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Line 1: − + − Distance (formally known as Acoustic Tape Measure) determines the physical distance between two computers by measuring how long it takes sound pulses to travel between them.+ − + − − [[File:Distance.png]] − − ===Using the Distance activity=== − − You need two laptops in order to use this activity. − − Steps: − − # Launch the Distance activity on one of the computers by clicking on the icon in the Home view. − # Share the activity from the Share icon on the activity toolbar (or send an invitation to the another computer). − # Launch the Distance activity on the second computer by clicking on the icon in the Neighborhood view (or on invitation icon). − # Click on the "Begin Measuring Distance" button found near the top of the activity view on both computers. − # The first computer will send an audio pulse; the second computer will respond with an audio pulse of its own; then both computers will calculate and display the distance between them (by default, the measurement is displayed in meters). − # This process will repeat until you click on the "Stop Measuring Distance" button or you exit the activity. − − Notes: − * Try not to move the laptops while they are taking measurements as it will result in a bad measurement. You can move them between measurements. − * If the "Begin Measuring Distance" button does not activate, try relaunching the Distance activity again on the second laptop from the Neighborhood view. − * Atmospheric conditions can impact the accuracy of the measurement; there are overrides to the default settings on the Atmosphere toolbar. − [[File:Distance-adjust.png]] − * The units of measure can be changes by choosing a unit from the combo box on the Customize toolbar. If you chose "custom units", the current distance between laptops will be used as a metric. For example, you could measure the height of a student, Pedro, and then select that distance to define a new unit of measure, the "Pedro". − [[File:Distance-units.png]] − − ===Reporting problems=== − − You can file bug reports at [https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/newticket?component=Distance]. − − ===Credits=== − − Distance was written by Benjamin Schwartz. It is maintained by Rafael Ortiz and Walter Bender − − [[Category:Sugar Activity]]
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==Distance==
== Distance ==
Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/distance.html
The Distance activity is available for download from [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4264].
The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/distance.rst GitHub]