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What: |
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Where: |
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Smoke detector |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L1
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RM-60 Micro Roentgen Radiation Monitors |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L1
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RJ-11 cable (i.e. telephone wire) |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L1 |
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8-pin serial port adapter
(see configuration notes below) |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L1
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Beaker (three-prong) clamp |
1 |
non-Majors storeroom, shelf C4 |
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Short rod & base |
1 |
non-Majors storeroom, shelf A3 |
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Right angle clamp |
1 |
non-Majors storeroom, shelf B3 |
Other goodies: |
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Chart of the Nuclides |
All we have
(place on the benches) |
Majors storeroom, shelf L1 |
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Assorted metal pieces
for blocking radiation |
1 box
(place on front bench) |
Majors storeroom, shelf L3 |
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Computer speakers |
1 pair |
Jeff will take care of these |
The
following is set up for the Geiger counter demo: |
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Old oscilloscope |
1 |
Majors storeroom |
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Baird Atomic Geiger Counter & Timer |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L3 |
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Geiger Tube |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L3 |
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Tube stand |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf L3 |
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BNC cables |
2 |
Bewkes 205 |
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BNC (female) to doube-banana (male) adapter |
1 |
Majors storeroom, shelf B2 |
- Configuring AW-SRAD software (if installing under Windows 98 with a serial connection for the first time, read these additional notes first):
- Connect a serial or parallel port adapter to the back of the computer (if you don't know the difference, you shouldn't be screwing around with the computer!)
- Connect the radiation monitor to the port adapter.
- Start AW-SRAD program. Choose Setup, Input Port. Select the port to which the monitor is connected, or choose Auto-Find COM Port (for serial connection) or Auto-Find LPT Port (for parallel). After a few moments, the correct port will be selected (if a port is not found, and all connections are correct, follow these instructions for running AW-SRAD in a pure DOS environment).
- To save these settings, select the Setup menu, then Disk Write All Settings (if this is not done, the program will forget the rad monitor port).
- Windows 98 serial (COM) port configuration notes (from Aware Electronics web site):
Computers running Windows 98 need to instruct Windows not to insert Windows special added code for COM ports; if this step is not performed, Windows will crash (BSOD!) when AW_SRAD is exited (Note: The following does not apply to printer (LPT) port usage):
Use a text editor to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Add the following to the bottom of the file:
C:\AWARE\RESERVE.EXE -A3f8 -I4
where C:\AWARE is the path to Aware Electronics RESERVE.EXE program (download a copy from Aware's web site); 3f8 is the address of the serial port; and 4 is the IRQ number for the serial port (these settings are for COM1).
- Running AW-SRAD in a pure DOS environment: If the previous instructions have been followed, and auto-find cannot detect the port where the monitor is connected, configure AW-SRAD to run in a "DOS-only" mode:
- Right-click on the AW-SRAD icon, and choose Properties.
- Click the Program tab; in the window that appears, click the Advanced... button.
- Check the box next to "MD-DOS mode". Click OK to close the window.
- When the AW-SRAD icon is double-clicked, Windows will exit, and the computer will restart in DOS mode. Then AW-SRAD will start. Configure the port as instructed above; the correct port should now be recognized. When the program is exited, Windows will restart. This fixed the non-recognition of the parallel port.
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