CinePlex v3 Manual - Plexon Inc

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Plexon Inc CinePlex viii CinePlex Editor Reference 209 Overview 210 Main Window 211 Video Window 211 Activity Window 216 Markers Window 220 Input Window 223 Channels Window 224 File Info Window 225 Audio Output Window 227 Messages Window 228 Marker Occurrences Window 229 Scalar Window 232 Menus 235 File Menu 235 Edit Menu 245 View Menu 249 Animate Menu 250 Looping Menu 251 Find Menu 253 Tools Menu 254 Window Menu 272 Run Menu 272 Help Menu 272 Toolbars 273 Standard Toolbar 273 Edit Toolbar 273 Views Toolbar 273 Animate Toolbar 273 Looping Toolbar 274 Find Toolbar 274 Tools Toolbar 274 How CinePlex Editor Creates Initial Project Files 275 Reading Video (AVI) Files 275 Reading Plexon (PLX) Files 275 Reading NeuroExplorer (NEX) Files 276 Reading Digital VideoTracker (DVT) Files 276 Non-Typical Initial File Creation 276 Understanding Markers and Marker Occurrences 278 Marker Occurrences and the Marker Occurrences Window 279 Correcting for Video Latency 282 Aligning Tracker Coordinates to Frames 284 Interpreting Frame and Event Timestamps 286 Analyzing CinePlex Studio data with NeuroExplorer 287 Appendix A Installation A-1 Installation - Hardware A-2 Installation - Software A-5 Licensing A-32 Plexon Technical Support A-34 Technical Support A-34 Demo Mode A-34 Version 3.0
Plexon Inc CinePlex ix Appendix B Problem Resolution B-1 Physical Installation Issues B-2 Other Issues B-4 Other Typical Problems and Solutions B-9 CinePlex Studio Messages B-11 Appendix C Lens Selection, Experiment Design, and Camera Installation C-1 Introduction C-2 Lens Selection C-3 Experiment Design C-5 Field of View C-5 Colors C-7 Visibility C-7 Camera Installation C-8 The Plexon Camera Mounting Kit and Accessories C-8 Bracket Mounting Choices to Make C-11 Installing the Camera C-14 Examples Using Optional Accessories C-18 Camera Removal C-19 CinePlex Screen Capture C-20 Appendix D Plexon User Interface D-1 Plexon User Interface D-2 Screen Elements D-3 Menus D-3 Toolbars D-5 Windows D-6 Standard Menu Items and Dialogs D-11 Window Menu D-11 Run Menu D-13 Help Menu D-13 Messages Window D-17 Right-click Menus D-18 Current Selections D-18 . Undo D-18 Customization D-19 Toolbars Customization D-19 Commands Customization D-20 Keyboard Customization D-20 Run Menu Customization D-22 Options Customization D-23 Appendix E Cabling Guide E-1 Overview E-2 Typical MAP/CPX Cabling Diagram E-3 Typical MAP/CPX System Cabling E-5 MAP/CPX System with One Video Camera, No CHUB E-6 MAP/CPX System with Two Video Cameras, No CHUB E-7 Version 3.0
Page 1 and 2: Neurotechnology Research Systems Us
Page 3 and 4: CinePlex Video, Capture, Tracking,
Page 5 and 6: Plexon Inc Publication History iii
Page 7 and 8: Plexon Inc Contents v Publication H
Page 9: Plexon Inc CinePlex vii File Toolba
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Page 15 and 16: — All-digital imaging with one or
Page 17 and 18: stamped with corresponding MAP time
Page 19 and 20: Editor features, see “Offline ext
Page 21 and 22: 1.3 CinePlex System Hardware and So
Page 23 and 24: The Quad MAP Controller (QMC) can c
Page 25 and 26: 1.4 Data Analysis After recording,
Page 27 and 28: Plexon Inc Chapter 2 Using CinePlex
Page 29 and 30: 2.2 Designing the Experiment The pr
Page 31 and 32: 2.4 Performing an Operational Test
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Page 41 and 42: the object and the yellow rectangle
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Page 45 and 46: Selecting the Tracking Mode 1 Selec
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6 Repeat these steps for each addit
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Defining Logical Events Logical eve
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1 Click the Add new combination of
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2.6 Executing the Experiment Plan T
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also use a variety of commercial so
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When the Start button is clicked, S
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Note: If Studio is armed on one day
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settings and use the file mode to d
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2 To set or change the folder locat
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3 Open a second Windows Explorer an
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2.7 Global Configuration Pane The G
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2.8 Source Pane The Source Pane def
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The Arena Definition is also used t
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• In Reflective Colors mode, pixe
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Configuring CinePlex Studio to trac
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emove progressively larger features
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The illustration below is taken aft
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Configuring CinePlex Studio to trac
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2 In the Video window a square area
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If Pure Colors is not selected, the
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Increase the threshold to reduce th
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2.10 Operating CinePlex Studio with
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To verify CinePlex Studio data acqu
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3 In the Control View, click Connec
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2.10.1.1 Control View VTViewer disp
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2.10.1.3 VTViewer Options The Optio
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2.11 CinePlex Studio Offline Mode 2
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• Sequences Pane(s) (if behavior
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2.13 CinePlex Studio Test Mode Test
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2.14 Operation with the Quad MAP Co
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6 Connect a push button switch (09-
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Version 3.0 111
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15 On each CPX, launch and arm CPX.
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2.15 Using the Extractor This chapt
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illustrates. Note that the Marker 4
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Plexon Inc Chapter 3 CinePlex Studi
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3.2.1 Static Configuration Pane The
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3.2.1.2.1 Camera Group. The Camera
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• Brightness - this setting speci
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3.2.1.3 Tracking Tabs One of three
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3.2.1.4.1 Object Contour Tracker Gr
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• Object Transparency - This sett
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• Cent. Grav. Size - This setting
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• Mrk1Threshold, Mrk2Threshold, M
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3.2.2 Dynamic Configuration Pane Th
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• Subtract shapes - - this button
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• Add zone to selected sequence -
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• Delete selected tracking event
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3.2.2.4.1 Toolbar. The toolbar cont
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Note: The effects of the Image Qual
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— Name - this value depends on wh
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3.3 Menus The CinePlex Studio File
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3.3.3 DVR Menu 3.3.3.1 Arm Clicking
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3.4 Toolbars The File, DVR and Trac
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ow,time,x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4,x5,
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3.6.3 Source Settings The Source se
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Plexon Inc Chapter 4 Using CinePlex
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4.1.3 Changing and Saving Project F
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4.2.2 Setting Up a New Project This
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4.2.3 Understanding the CinePlex Ed
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4.2.4 Defining a New Marker This pr
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Markers window in the Name column a
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3 In the Format area, accept the de
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4.4 Customizing the User Interface
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In the Input window, select an inpu
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matically advances the video by a p
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4.5.3 Editing Markers and Marker Oc
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Selected Marker Occurrence, or clic
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3 Select entries in the Marker 1 an
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is defined and selected. A more sop
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corner of the image. If the video r
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Finding marker occurrences with a b
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2 Choose a marker from the Marker l
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Interpolating missing occurrences 1
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lowing illustration idx indicates t
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6 The user may set the columns for
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4.6 CinePlex Editor How-Tos This se
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However, do not expand the range so
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name and click Export! The Export C
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7 Repeat Step 6 until all the coord
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Plexon Inc Chapter 5 CinePlex Edito
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5.2 Main Window This section descri
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Show Complete Tail feature is usefu
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The color drawn at point p in the t
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— By pressing the PAGE UP or PAGE
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• Automatically Adjust Label Area
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Note: — Type - In the Type area,
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ox and select a different key. When
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Note: By default, if the Show check
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— Data Type: - This item contains
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5.2.8.1 Function The Messages windo
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• Add, Edit, and Delete Marker Oc
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• Reset Automatic Range Adjustmen
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5.3 Menus Menus provide access to C
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— Video Data Input File (AVI) - T
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After verifying that the correct fi
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• Which Markers - The default val
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• File - Type an export file name
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5.3.2 Edit Menu The following illus
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Note: The Edit Marker dialog box ma
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• Marker - This box shows the mar
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5.3.4.7 Step Forward This button ad
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5.3.6 Find Menu The following illus
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• Generate Selected - This button
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• Generate All - This button gene
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— Zone Interval • Operation to
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5.3.7.5 Snap-To Marker Occurrences
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— max - the largest time differen
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5.3.7.8.1 General Tab. • Initial
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5.3.7.8.3 Latency Correction Tab. F
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5.3.7.8.5 Audio Tab. • Available
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— Background - This is the backgr
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5.4 Toolbars CinePlex Editor includ
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5.5 How CinePlex Editor Creates Ini
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then load a neural data file that c
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Marker Type Abbr Information Stored
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From the Marker Occurrences window
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Note that applying this correction
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Snap-To Marker Occurrences tool des
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5.10 Analyzing CinePlex Studio data
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Plexon Inc Appendix A Installation
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Procedure for MAP/CPX Computer Hard
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A.2 Installation - Software This se
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3 The End User License Agreement wi
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7 The Select Program Manager Group
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11 The following window appears twi
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14 Click Next on the window below.
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18 The CinePlex installation has no
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3 The End User License Agreement wi
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7 The Select Program Manager Group
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11 Next, the Sentinel Key Drivers a
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15 Click Finish on the window below
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2 The Welcome window appears. Press
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6 The Select Components window appe
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10 Nothing else will be installed,
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3 After step 6 continue the procedu
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Note: to remote upgrades. If a remo
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Plexon Inc Appendix B Problem Resol
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toggle switch above these connector
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the CinePlex software will be requi
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1 Remove the TIM card and check tha
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1 Stop running all unnecessary appl
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B.3 CinePlex Studio Messages The ta
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Table 1: CinePlex Studio Simple Mes
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Table 2: CinePlex Studio Critical M
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Plexon Inc Appendix C Lens Selectio
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C.2 Lens Selection For CinePlex Ver
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C.3 Experiment Design C.3.1 Field o
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The formula to calculate the optimu
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3 Three Arm Phenolic Knob (small) -
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• A local professional camera or
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a Place the sandwich plate on the o
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7 The tripod adaptor should already
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Port 1 Port 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3
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3 Using the Plexon camera mounting
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Plexon Inc Appendix D Plexon User I
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D.2 Screen Elements D.2.1 Menus The
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D.2.2 Toolbars Each toolbar has a d
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• Close Button - The Close button
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— Hidden Windows - Docked windows
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D.3 Standard Menu Items and Dialogs
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D.3.2 Run Menu The purpose of the R
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— Licensing - Clicking the Licens
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D.3.4 Messages Window The Messages
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D.4 Customization Although the menu
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• Category - This is a list of al
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• Buttons - The toolbar buttons a
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Plexon Inc Appendix E Cabling Guide
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E.2 Typical MAP/CPX Cabling Diagram
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E.3 Typical MAP/CPX System Cabling
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E.3.2 MAP/CPX System with Two Video
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E.4 MAP/CPX Cable Images Version 3.
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E.5.2.2 With CHUB Version 3.0 E-11
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E.5.3.2 Two Video Cameras Version 3
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