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Multichannel Systems MC_Rack Manual User Manual

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MC_Rack Manual

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Recorder 97

Recording Data

97

Generating Data Files

99

Replayer 101

Loading a Data File

101

File Specifications

102

Replaying Data

102

Displaying Data

104

Display Types

104

Setting up a Display Layout

104

Display Settings

106

Peak Detection

107

Customizing a Display

109

Displaying a Background Picture

109

ASCII Export of Waveforms

110

Data Display (for Monitoring Raw Data)

111

Plot Types

111

Trace Plot

111

Overlay Plot

111

Raster Plot

112

Digital Display (for Monitoring TTL Inputs)

114

Displaying Digital Data

114

Numeric Display

114

Trigger Detector

115

Using the Manual Trigger

115

Triggering MC_Rack

117

Triggering on TTL Pulses

117

Triggering on Biological Signals

119

Triggering on Extracted Parameters

120

Time Based Trigger

120

Automatic Feedback

122

Digital Output

122

Real-time Feedback

123

Real-time Feedback

123

Filtering Data

134

Filtering Data

134

Filter Characteristics

137

Filtering and Sampling Rate

138

Downsampling 140

Spike Sorter

142

Spike Detection Methods

142

Detecting Spikes by a Threshold

143

Detecting Spikes by Waveform

143

Spike Cutouts

144

Spike Sorting

145

Burst Analysis

147

Analyzing Data

152

Analyzing Data

152

Time-Interval Based Analyzer

153

Event-Based Spike Analyzer

158