If you’re a long-time Logger Pro user, thank you. Logger Pro 3.16.2 is the final version of this long-lived application. We will not be releasing updates, even if features cease to work as Windows and macOS are updated. You don’t need to change anything, but be aware that as you update computers and operating systems, things might break or change, so proceed with caution.
You are welcome to continue to use Logger Pro as long as it works for you. We are not taking it away, and we will continue to offer downloads and answer any questions you have about its use. We will continue to distribute any lab books that include step-by-step instructions for performing experiments with Logger Pro. None of that is changing.
What has changed is the computing environment in schools. When Logger Pro 3 was first released in 2001, schools used either Windows or macOS computers. Today, decades later, many students are using Chromebooks, phones, or tablets running Android or iOS. Windows and macOS continue, but are used alongside these other platforms. The legacy Logger Pro code would have to be rewritten from scratch to run on these new platforms, and even then the menu-based interface is not appropriate for touchscreen devices. Needing support for these platforms, we did start from scratch, and released a suite of applications: Graphical Analysis Pro, Vernier Video Analysis, Spectral Analysis, and Instrumental Analysis. We’ll call those the Analysis apps for short.
The majority of functionality of Logger Pro can be found in the four Analysis apps. We have rewritten most lab book activities to support the new applications. For the most part, you can use the same LabQuest interfaces and auto-ID wired sensors with the new apps, so your existing sensor collection will continue to work. There are a few exceptions, but mostly the very old non-auto-ID sensors are the ones you’d need to retire. These non-auto-ID sensors are typically more than 20 years old.
In addition the new Analysis apps work with Go Direct sensors. Go Direct means that you don’t need to purchase any interface; just the sensor and your device with an Analysis app are all you need. Logger Pro cannot support those sensors due to its old architecture. Most of our newer sensors and instruments can only work with the Analysis apps.
Between the Go Direct sensor family, the many device platforms used today, and our work on the four Analysis applications, we are focusing work on the devices our instructors and students are using, and not the legacy application that is Logger Pro.
If you would like to discuss switching to the Analysis apps, we’d be happy to help.
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