Follow the following 4 steps to connect your spectrometer to your computer:

1. Plug the cord into a USB port on your computer
2. In an internet browser (we strongly recommend Chrome for reasons that will later become clear), navigate to http://spectralworkbench.org (make sure you’re logged in! See 2.1)

3. On Spectral Workbench, click “Capture Spectra” (the live capture drop down).

4. Make sure it is working:

   1. If you see black or just a light line of color, you will know you are using the correct camera (i.e. not the built-in one on your computer).
   2. If you see yourself, you need to switch the input camera by using the button on the right under the picture that says “change camera.”
   3. If you still see yourself, use Chrome’s address bar to “allow” or “enable” the camera on your spectrometer from the browser’s address bar. Once you’re seeing the rainbow image from your spectrometer on SpectralWorkbench, you are ready to proceed.