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AcqKnowledge ® 4 Software Guide Check BIOPAC.COM > Support > Manuals for updates For Life Science Research Applications Data Acquisition and Analysis with BIOPAC Hardware Systems Reference Manual for AcqKnowledge ® 4.4.1 Software & MP150/MP36R, BioHarness, B-Alert, Mobita, or Stellar Hardware/Firmware on Windows® 10, 8, and 7 or Mac OS® X 10.7-10.10 42 Aero Camino, Goleta, CA 93117 Tel (805) 685-0066 | Fax (805) 685-0067 info@biopac.com | www.biopac.com 2 AcqKnowledge 4 Software Guide Visit the online support center at www.biopac.com TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO ACQKNOWLEDGE SOFTWARE GUIDE .................................................. 15 Welcome ..................................................................................................................................................................15 Supported Platforms .................................................................................................................................................15 What’s new for AcqKnowledge 4.4.1 ......................................................................................................................16 User Support System ................................................................................................................................................19 Where do I find help? ...............................................................................................................................................20 PART A — GETTING STARTED ....................................................................................... 23 Chapter 1 MP Systems Overview ............................................................................................................................... 23 MP36R support ........................................................................................................................................................24 MP System Requirements ........................................................................................................................................24 Automator Integration and Scripting Support ..........................................................................................................25 MP System Features.................................................................................................................................................26 Application Features ................................................................................................................................................29 Application Notes ....................................................................................................................................................30 Chapter 2 AcqKnowledge Overview ........................................................................................................................... 31 Launching the AcqKnowledge software ..................................................................................................................32 Setting up channels using Module Setup (MP150 Hardware) .................................................................................34 Setting up channels manually...................................................................................................................................34 Basic Analog Channel Information ..........................................................................................................................35 Basic Digital Channel Information ..........................................................................................................................35 Basic Calculation Channel Information ...................................................................................................................35 Selecting Hardware ..................................................................................................................................................35 Setting Up Acquisitions ...........................................................................................................................................36 Starting an Acquisition .............................................................................................................................................37 Stopping an Acquisition ...........................................................................................................................................37 Display Modes .........................................................................................................................................................38 Data Views ...............................................................................................................................................................44 Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................................45 Selecting a waveform ...............................................................................................................................................47 Show/Hide Channel .................................................................................................................................................47 Collapsing Channels ................................................................................................................................................48 Zoom ........................................................................................................................................................................49 Select an area ...........................................................................................................................................................49 Keyboard data selection ...........................................................................................................................................49 Transform data .........................................................................................................................................................50 Measurements ..........................................................................................................................................................50 Events (Markers) ......................................................................................................................................................51 Grids .........................................................................................................................................................................51 Horizontal Split View ..............................................................................................................................................51 Table of Contents 3 AcqKnowledge 4 Software Guide Autoscroll Horizontal Axis Controls ....................................................................................................................... 52 Journals .................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Saving data ............................................................................................................................................................... 53 Format change warnings ............................................................................................................................................ 53 “Data Snapshot” — Embedded Archive .................................................................................................................. 54 Print.......................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Chapter 3 User Interface & Context Menu Features ............................................................................................... 56 Toolbars ............................................................................................................................................................................. 57 Main, Display and Scaling Toolbars ........................................................................................................................ 58 Hardware Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 58 Cursor Toolbar ......................................................................................................................................................... 58 Selection Palette ....................................................................................................................................................... 62 Start/Stop Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 62 Channel Button Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................... 63 Event Toolbar .......................................................................................................................................................... 63 Focus Area Toolbar ................................................................................................................................................. 63 Measurements Toolbar............................................................................................................................................. 63 Custom Toolbars for Transformations and Analysis ............................................................................................... 63 Toolbar Position Retention and Changes ................................................................................................................. 64 Axis Controls ........................................................................................................................................................... 64 Enable Cursor Tools During Acquisitions ............................................................................................................... 64 Button Transparency ................................................................................................................................................ 65 Customizable Chart Track Dividers ......................................................................................................................... 65 Plotting Background Colors ..................................................................................................................................... 65 Spectrum Analyzer Palette ....................................................................................................................................... 65 Keyboard Shortcuts .................................................................................................................................................. 65 Tooltips .................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Mouse Controls ........................................................................................................................................................ 70 Mouse Scrollwheel Support ..................................................................................................................................... 70 Modification History ................................................................................................................................................ 70 Cancelling Transformations and Transformation Progress Bar ............................................................................... 71 Typed Event Label Drawing Improvements ............................................................................................................ 71 Choose MP150 Help Button .................................................................................................................................... 71 Tooltips .............................................................................................................................................................................. 71 Channel Label, Units Length and Tooltips .............................................................................................................. 71 Graph Window Tooltip Improvements .................................................................................................................... 72 Menu Item Tooltips ................................................................................................................................................. 72 Chapter 4 Editing and Analysis Features .................................................................................................................. 73 Scroll bars ................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Scaling ..................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Horizontal axis ........................................................................................................................................................... 74 Vertical (Amplitude) axis .......................................................................................................................................... 75 Adaptive Scaling ...................................................................................................................................................... 76 Show Textual Value Display ................................................................................................................................... 76 Grid Details .............................................................................................................................................................. 78 Grid Options .............................................................................................................................................................. 81 Journal Details ......................................................................................................................................................... 83 Journal Contextual Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 83 Rich Journals.............................................................................................................................................................. 84 Journal Toolbar Buttons ............................................................................................................................................. 84 Journal Numerical Table Tools .................................................................................................................................. 85 Example of Sum, Mean or Standard .......................................................................................................................... 86 Example of Evaluate Expression ............................................................................................................................... 87 4 AcqKnowledge 4 Software Guide Visit the online support center at www.biopac.com Adding a hyperlink to the Journal .............................................................................................................................. 87 Embedding PDFs in Journals ..................................................................................................................................... 88 Select a waveform / channel ...................................................................................................................................... 88 Channel Labels .........................................................................................................................................................88 Show/Hide Channel .................................................................................................................................................89 Focus Areas ..............................................................................................................................................................89 Creating Focus Areas ...............................................................................................................................................89 Measurements ..........................................................................................................................................................91 Measurement Display ................................................................................................................................................ 92 Measurement Area ..................................................................................................................................................... 92 Measurements and Measurement Presets ................................................................................................................... 94 Measurement Validation ............................................................................................................................................ 94 Measurement Info / Parameters ................................................................................................................................. 94 Measurement Interpolation ........................................................................................................................................ 95 Exporting measurements ............................................................................................................................................ 95 PART B—ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS: THE HARDWARE MENU ................................ 106 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................106 Set Up Data Acquisition > Data Acquisition Settings ...........................................................................................107 Chapter 5 Set Up Channels ....................................................................................................................................... 109 Set Up Channels—The Basics ........................................................................................................................................ 109 Module-based analog channel setup ......................................................................................................................109 View by Channels ..................................................................................................................................................111 Set Up Channels—Advanced ......................................................................................................................................... 114 Analog channels .....................................................................................................................................................114 Increased Channel Count Support (AcqKnowledge 4.3 and above) ......................................................................115 Analog channels MP36R .......................................................................................................................................116 Offset .....................................................................................................................................................................116 Adjustable, user defined, digital IIR filters for MP36R .........................................................................................117 High Pass Filters MP36R .......................................................................................................................................117 Additional controls in MP36R Input Channel Parameters .....................................................................................118 MP36R Advanced Preset Settings .........................................................................................................................118 MP36R Transducer SSID Table .............................................................................................................................121 Digital Channels .....................................................................................................................................................122 Calculation Channels .............................................................................................................................................122 Metachannel ...........................................................................................................................................................123 Chapter 6 Calculation Channel Presets .................................................................................................................... 126 Integrate Calculation ................................................................................................................................................ 127 Smoothing Calculation ............................................................................................................................................. 132 Rate Calculation ....................................................................................................................................................... 134 Signal Parameters Tab ............................................................................................................................................. 135 Output Tab ............................................................................................................................................................... 136 Function Calculation ................................................................................................................................................ 138 Filter IIR Calculation ............................................................................................................................................... 139 Expression ................................................................................................................................................................ 141 Delay Calculation ..................................................................................................................................................... 148 Fourier Linear Combiners: FLC, WFLC, CWFLC Calculations ............................................................................. 153 Basic FLC ................................................................................................................................................................ 153 Weighted-Frequency FLC ........................................................................................................................................ 153 Coupled WFLC/FLC................................................................................................................................................ 153 Adaptive Filtering Calculation ................................................................................................................................. 154 Comb Band Stop Filter Calculation ......................................................................................................................... 154 Metachannel ............................................................................................................................................................. 154 Rescale Calculation .................................................................................................................................................. 155 Table of Contents 5 AcqKnowledge 4 Software Guide Slew Rate Limiter .................................................................................................................................................... 156 Filter - FIR ............................................................................................................................................................... 157 Chapter 7 Data Acquisition ...................................................................................................................................... 158 Data Acquisition—The Basics ............................................................................................................................... 158 Multiple Hardware ................................................................................................................................................... 161 Averaging (MP150 Hardware only) ...................................................................................................................... 162 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 162 Averaging Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 164 Advanced Averaging—P300 ................................................................................................................................... 165 Repeating ................................................................................................................................................................. 167 Starting an acquisition............................................................................................................................................ 169 Stopping an Acquisition ......................................................................................................................................... 169 Rewind ................................................................................................................................................................... 169 Saving acquisition data .......................................................................................................................................... 169 Timers (Stop watches and Elapsed timers) ............................................................................................................ 170 Timer Types ........................................................................................................................................................... 170 Electrode Checker .................................................................................................................................................. 171 Chapter 8 Set Up Triggering ..................................................................................................................................... 173 Digital Triggers (MP150 only) .............................................................................................................................. 173 Analog Triggers ..................................................................................................................................................... 174 Chapter 9 Set Up Stimulator..................................................................................................................................... 176 Analog Output for MP150 Users ........................................................................................................................... 180 Dual Stimulation .................................................................................................................................................... 181 Square waves ......................................................................................................................................................... 182 Tone Stimuli .......................................................................................................................................................... 183 Ramp Waves .......................................................................................................................................................... 183 Arbitrary Waveform............................................................................................................................................... 184 MP150 Stimulator Sample Rates ........................................................................................................................... 185 Analog Output Upper Limits Summary ................................................................................................................. 186 Chapter 10 Output Control ..................................................................................................................................... 187 CH# to Output ........................................................................................................................................................ 189 MP36R Input > Output Scaling ............................................................................................................................. 190 Digital Outputs Control.......................................................................................................................................... 191 Pulses Output Control ............................................................................................................................................ 192 Stimulator – BSLSTM Output Control .................................................................................................................. 192 Stimulator – Low Voltage Output Control ............................................................................................................. 192 Stimulator Human Stimulator (STMHUM) Output Control .................................................................................. 192 Pulse Sequence Output Control ............................................................................................................................. 194 Visual Stim Controllable LED – OUT4 Output Control ........................................................................................ 198 Sound Sequence Output Control ............................................................................................................................ 199 Pulse Defititions ..................................................................................................................................................... 201 Output Control Panel Descriptions ........................................................................................................................ 202 Usage Guidelines & Setup Summary for BSLSTM Output Control ..................................................................... 211 Chapter 11 Set Up Event Marking......................................................................................................................... 213 Events (Markers) .................................................................................................................................................... 213 Event (Marker) Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 213 Event Toolbar .......................................................................................................................................................... 214 Event Tooltips .......................................................................................................................................................... 214 Preferences for Events ............................................................................................................................................. 214 Event Marking Setup ............................................................................................................................................... 216 Create/Toggle Focus Area Action ............................................................................................................................ 217 Event Palette ............................................................................................................................................................ 218 6 AcqKnowledge 4 Software Guide Visit the online support center at www.biopac.com Audio ....................................................................................................................................................................... 223 Event Type Options ................................................................................................................................................. 223 Printing Events ......................................................................................................................................................... 228 Events and Waveform Editing ................................................................................................................................. 229 Constructing Graph Selections from Events ............................................................................................................ 229 Event Plotting and Variable Sampling Rate ............................................................................................................. 229 Chapter 12 Other Hardware Menu Commands ................................................................................................... 230 Show Input Values .................................................................................................................................................230 Manual Control (MP150 only) ...............................................................................................................................231 Set Up Linked Acquisitions ...................................................................................................................................233 Limitations on Linked Acquisitions synchronization methods ..............................................................................234 Manage Hardware Connections .............................................................................................................................235 MP150 Info ............................................................................................................................................................236 Segment Labels ......................................................................................................................................................236 Sound Feedback .....................................................................................................................................................236 Gauge .....................................................................................................................................................................238 Gauge Preferences.................................................................................................................................................... 238 Segment Timer “Stopwatch” option ........................................................................................................................ 240 Autoplot and Scroll ................................................................................................................................................242 Warn on Overwrite.................................................................................................................................................242 Organize Channel Presets ......................................................................................................................................243 PART C—ANALYSIS FUNCTIONS ................................................................................. 244 Toolbars ................................................................................................................................................................... 244 Shortcuts .................................................................................................................................................................. 244 Chapter 13 File Menu Commands .......................................................................................................................... 245 New ........................................................................................................................................................................245 Graph Window ......................................................................................................................................................... 245 New > Graph-specific Journal ................................................................................................................................. 245 New > Independent Journal ..................................................................................................................................... 245 New > Data View ..................................................................................................................................................... 245 New > Batch Acquisition ......................................................................................................................................... 246 Batch Errors ............................................................................................................................................................. 246 Open .......................................................................................................................................................................248 Open Recent ...........................................................................................................................................................254 Open for Playback ..................................................................................................................................................254 SMI BeGaze Import ...............................................................................................................................................254 Dataquest Import ....................................................................................................................................................255 Close ......................................................................................................................................................................256 Save ........................................................................................................................................................................257 Save As ..................................................................................................................................................................257 Save Selection As...................................................................................................................................................263 Save Journal Text As .............................................................................................................................................264 File Format prompts ................................................................................................................................................. 264 Send Email Attachment .........................................................................................................................................265 Copy to Dropbox – Open from Dropbox ...............................................................................................................265 Page setup ..............................................................................................................................................................266 Print ........................................................................................................................................................................266 Quit ........................................................................................................................................................................267 Chapter 14 Edit Menu Commands ......................................................................................................................... 268 Undo / Can’t undo ..................................................................................................................................................269 Cut ..........................................................................................................................................................................269 Copy .......................................................................................................................................................................270 Paste .......................................................................................................................................................................270 Table of Contents 7 AcqKnowledge 4 Software Guide Clear ....................................................................................................................................................................... 270 Clear all .................................................................................................................................................................. 270 Select All ............................................................................................................................................................... 271 Insert waveform ..................................................................................................................................................... 271 Duplicate waveform ............................................................................................................................................... 271 Remove waveform ................................................................................................................................................. 271 Remove last appended segment ............................................................................................................................. 271 Create Data Snapshot ............................................................................................................................................. 271 Merge Graphs ........................................................................................................................................................ 272 Merging graphs as data segments .......................................................................................................................... 273 Clipboard ............................................................................................................................................................... 273 Journal .................................................................................................................................................................... 275 Chapter 15 Transform Menu Commands .............................................................................................................. 278 Recently Used Transformations ............................................................................................................................. 279 Digital Filters ......................................................................................................................................................... 279 FIR Filters ................................................................................................................................................................ 282 Digital filter dialog ................................................................................................................................................... 282 IIR Filters ................................................................................................................................................................. 284 Adaptive Filtering .................................................................................................................................................... 285 Comb Band Stop Filter ............................................................................................................................................ 285 Fourier Linear Combiners ...................................................................................................................................... 288 Basic FLC ................................................................................................................................................................ 288 Weighted-Frequency FLC ....................................................................................................................................... 288 Math Functions ...................................................................................................................................................... 290 Template Functions ................................................................................................................................................ 292 Set Template ............................................................................................................................................................ 292 Remove mean .......................................................................................................................................................... 293 Template algorithms ................................................................................................................................................ 294 Adaptive Template Matching................................................................................................................................... 296 Integral ................................................................................................................................................................... 297 Derivative .............................................................................................................................................................. 298 Integrate ................................................................................................................................................................. 299 Output Reset ............................................................................................................................................................ 299 Smoothing .............................................................................................................................................................. 302 Difference .............................................................................................................................................................. 303 Resample ................................................................................................................................................................ 304 Resample Graph ....................................................................................................................................................... 304 Resample Waveform ................................................................................................................................................ 304 Expression .............................................................................................................................................................. 305 Delay ...................................................................................................................................................................... 305 Rescale ................................................................................................................................................................... 306 Waveform Math ..................................................................................................................................................... 306 Slew Rate Limiter .................................................................................................................................................. 307 Chapter 16 Analysis Menu Commands .................................................................................................................. 309 Histogram .............................................................................................................................................................. 309 Autoregressive Modeling uploads/Geographie/ acqknowledge-4-software-guide.pdf

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