User manual

Stim Switch User Manual
Rev. 2.00 ® Page 10
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stimulating and recording. Turn stimulation on by pressing the ‘Set Stim’ button. Click the
‘Set Record’ button to switch to recording mode.
Enable A-D: This feature assigns single or multiple Enable In connectors to the stimulation
inputs on the selected bank. The Enable In connection enables/disables the stimulation
inputs and initiates switching between stimulation and recording modes. Turn stimulation
on by pressing the ‘Set Stim’ button.
Timed: This feature allows for periodic switching between stimulation and recording
modes. This box must be selected to use the Timer Control panel. Turn stimulation on by
pressing the ‘Set Stim’ button. Note: Make sure no other options in the Stim Control panel
are selected in order to use this feature.
Blanking: This box must be selected to enable automatic switching between stimulation
and blanking modes. If this box is not visible and you would like to activate it, see Section 5
below for instructions on adding registries to StimComm.
Selecting the Blanking and Enable A-D options, results in switching between stimulating
and blanking modes.
Set Record: In this mode, all selected electrodes in the bank are set to pass through read
mode and all stimulation channels are disconnected.
Set Blank: All 32 channels within the selected bank are blanked and all of the stimulation
switches are opened. While the channels are blanked, the electrode connectors on the
heastage are not connected to either the stimulation source or the recording amplifier.
Set Stim: The channels specified for stimulation in the Electrode Selection area are set to
stimulation mode. All channels not selected for stimulation are blanked while in stimulation
mode.
Timer Control Panel (3): Periodic switching between Stimulation and Recording modes can be
setup using the Timer Control feature. For this feature to be enabled, the ‘Timed’ box in the Stim
Control panel must be selected.
Period: Enter the period setting in seconds for the selected bank (required).
Duty Cycle: Enter the duty cycle as a decimal value in seconds (required).
Offset: This feature allows you to provide an offset value in seconds that will start the
stimulation at the specified time following the start of the period.
Cycle Count: Periodic switching can be set to stop after a specific number of cycles. If the
number of cycles is set to ‘0,’ switching will continue until the ‘Stop Timer’ button is pressed.
Set Timer Values: This button must be pressed following any changes that are made to
the values in the Timer Control panel in order for subsequent timing cycles to recognize the
new values.
Start/Stop Timer Buttons (4): Use the ‘Start Timer’ button to begin periodic switching between
Stimulation and Recording modes. When the ‘Start Timer’ button is pressed, the timing cycle will
begin for each active bank simultaneously. Upon completion, a message will appear in the
Console Window indicating when the timing cycle for each bank has ended. The ‘Stop Timer’
button must be pressed after each timing cycle in order to begin timing again. This button can
also be used to manually stop the timing cycle.