Connecting
a graphing calculator
and importing data.
| You can connect a TI-83, TI-83 plus and/or TI-93 calculator to your computer and export data to the calculator or import data from the calculator. |
| Connecting the calculator to your computer. |
| The calculator needs to be connected to your computer, do this with a TI-Graph Link. These come in either gray or black, the link cord has a serial port either to connect to either port 1 or port 2 of your computer. Reboot your computer when connected and start TI-Interactive!. |
2. Click the Calculator Data Transfer button
at the top of the browser window. |
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3. Be sure your Communications Setting are correct... set type of calculator, type of graph link and port of computer. Hint: Your screen should look like this, wiggle the connections at computer end and calculator end if you are not getting the calculator connect icon. |
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| Capturing the calculator screen for a word processing document. |
| 1. Do the computations you need on your calculator. |
| 2. Put cursor on place in your document, where screen shot is to be inserted. |
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3. With the calculator connected, click the Click the Insert Calculator
Screen Button. |
| 4. The calculator screen should be inserted into your document. |
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| Importing data from calculator to Computer. |
| 1. With the calculator connected to the computer, Click the Calculator
Data Transfer button
at the top of the browser window. |
| 2. You can also drag-and-drop objects between the computer and calculator. If you drag to the computer, drop the objects on the applicable folder. If you drag to the calculator, drop the objects on the calculator name at the top of the calculator pane. |
| 3. If you have problems, use the help button on the bottom of the screen on the Calculator Data Transfer Screen. |
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