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Name

digitize-info - digitization parameters file

Description

The digitize-info file is used to describe the digitization parameters necessary for the digitize (1) program. The free format ASCII file contains keywords and values that are used to describe various aspects of the EEG digitization process. The file supports the following keywords:
srate Hz
The srate keyword takes a single parameter which is the sample rate in Hz to be used during EEG data acquisition.
speriod usecs
The speriod keyword takes a single parameter which is the sample period in microseconds to be used during EEG data acquisition.
format file_format
The format keyword takes a single parameter which is the file format used to save the EEG and event code data. Currently only erpss is supported.
gain value
The gain keyword takes a single parameter which is the programmable instrumentation amplifier analog gain to be applied to the channel signals before they are digitized.
scan { channel description ... }
The scan keyword takes an array of channel, description pairs. Each pair corresponds to an entry in the channel scan list. Channels are scanned in the order they are listed in this array. Each channel number (starting from 1) is accompanied by a description string (delimited by double quotes). This description string should be short as it is displayed on the digitize display during data collection.
experiment value
This keyword is used to describe the experiment, value is delimited by double quotes.
experimenter value
This keyword is used to describe the experimenter, value is delimited by double quotes.
subject value
This keyword is used to describe the subject, value is delimited by double quotes.

Examples


#
# sample info file for digitize.
#
# newlines, spaces and tabs are ignored...
#
#
# sample period in microseconds
#
# usage: srate   hertz
#        speriod usecs
#
srate 512 
#speriod 8000
#
# file format
#
# usage:
#    format erpss
#
format erpss
#
# gain (constant across all channels)
#
# usage:
#       gain value
#
gain 1
#
# scan description
# 
# channel is the channel to sample (indexed from 1)
#
# description is the channel description
#
# order of listing gives order in output file and screen.  the info is
# parsed in english reading order (left-to-right, top-to-bottom).
#
scan {
#
# channel  description    channel  description   channel  description
#
     1     "ch 1"             2    "ch 2"            3    "ch 3"
     4     "ch 4"             5    "ch 5"            6    "ch 6"
     7     "ch 7"             8    "ch 8"            9    "ch 9"
    10     "ch 10"           11    "ch 11"          12    "ch 12"
    13     "ch 13"           14    "ch 14"          15    "ch 15"
    16     "ch 16"           17    "ch 17"          18    "ch 18"
    19     "ch 19"           20    "ch 20"          21    "ch 21"
    22     "ch 22"           23    "ch 23"          24    "ch 24"
    25     "ch 25"           26    "ch 26"          27    "ch 27"
    28     "ch 28"           29    "ch 29"          30    "ch 30"
    31     "ch 31"           32    "ch 32"          33    "ch 33"
    34     "ch 34"           35    "ch 35"          36    "ch 36"
    37     "ch 37"           38    "ch 38"          39    "ch 39"
    40     "ch 40"           41    "ch 41"          42    "ch 42"
    43     "ch 43"           44    "ch 44"          45    "ch 45"
    46     "ch 46"           47    "ch 47"          48    "ch 48"
    49     "ch 49"           50    "ch 50"          51    "ch 51"
    52     "ch 52"           53    "ch 53"          54    "ch 54"
    55     "ch 55"           56    "ch 56"          57    "ch 57"
    58     "ch 58"           59    "ch 59"          60    "ch 60"
    61     "ch 61"           62    "ch 62"          63    "ch 63"
    64     "ch 64"
}
#
# ansillary info
#
experiment   "test"
experimenter "arthur"
subject      "ejg"

Author

Arthur Jones, sponsored by: Yale University, University of Oregon, Dartmouth College, University of California, San Diego, University of Texas, San Antonio, University of California, Davis and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

See Also

digitize(1)


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