Multichannel Systems MEA_Signal_Generator Manual - Manual (Page 15)

MEA Signal Generator
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5.2 Getting Started
Here you will find a short description of basic tasks and tools that are needed. Go through
this chapter before you start building a rack.
5.2.1 Starting MC_Rack
Double-click the MC_Rack icon or select MC_Rack from the Start menu.
The program starts. One dialog box opens automatically. This is your rack. You will now configure
your rack and implement the features you need to accomplish the task. Your rack is almost empty,
it holds only a Recorder. In the Recorder dialog box, you define the path and the file in which the
acquired data is going to be saved.
5.2.2 Creating a Data File
1. Click the Recorder tab.
2. Browse your folders and select a path.
3. Type a file name into the text box.
4. Confirm by clicking Save.
The file extension for the data files is ".mcd".
The generated files can have a maximum size of 2047 MB. This is a limit of Microsoft Windows.
When this size has been reached, a new file is generated automatically. The file name is extended
by four digits, counting up, for example LTP-Parameters0001.mcd, LTP-Parameters0002.mcd,
and so on. This allows you to create very large data files. You can also choose that the recording
is stopped automatically when a file has reached the maximum size (option Auto Stop).
As has been said before, the fate of each single channel is independent from other channels.
You can pick specific channels you wish to save from all generated data streams. For example,
you can decide to save only one channel of raw data, but the peak-to-peak amplitude results
of all, or of a specific selection of channels.