Instruction Manual

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