User`s manual

Cerebus® User’s Manual
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File Storage
TOC Interface
Use the File Storage Interface screen to record data. The user can enter patient information and select a path for the
files that are created when the session is initiated. The Cerebus® Software assigns a numeric name to the files. The
numeric file name indicated the data and time of recording. For example, 20110124-152145 indicated that the data
file was recorded on January 24, 2011 at 3:21:45 PM. File Storage will also save the settings, in the same folder as
the data file, at the beginning of a recording session.
Figure 39 - File Storage – TOC Interface
o File Splitting: The software can split recorded data files during a recording session to allow smaller file sizes for offline
analysis. The file size and time limit before the system will create a new file can be user defined by clicking the view
drop down menu Options. To disable file splitting, check the disable file-splitting box in the file storage module.
o File Description: Use the dialog to add comments up to 256 characters long to the data files. Multiple lines can be
entered by pressing the <Enter> key, but the user should not enter more than eight lines in this field. Comments need to
be entered prior to recording a data file.
o Record For: With the Record For box checked, specify an amount of time (in seconds) that the Cerebus® system will
record data. Once the time has expired, the recording will stop automatically.
o Start/Stop Recording: Press the Record button to start recording data. Press the Stop button to stop the data acquisition
cycle. This is an acceptable way to stop acquisition cycles as it simply closes the data file and preserves all file content
up to the point of acquisition termination.
o Remote Recording Control: Check the remote recording box to Start, Stop, Pause, and Resume file recording from an
external source through the digital input port, or the serial I/O port. Click the Setup button below the remote recording
check box to set user-defined hex values for each remote recording function. For example, to start recording as soon as
HEX value 0001 is read on the digital port and ignoring bits 5-12 choose Digital Input, enter 000F for the first HEX
box (mask) and enter 0001 for the second HEX box (read value).