CinePlex v3 Manual - Plexon Inc

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When using CinePlex Studio with a Plexon NDAQ, the NDAQ generates control
signals and routes the signals through the control cable to the appropriate inputs
for CinePlex Studio. To use this mode of operation, arm CinePlex Studio to
respond to the electrical control signals. When armed, CinePlex Studio starts
recording the video file one frametime after the start of the neural data file.
Note:
CinePlex Studio resets the time stamp to zero when recording is started in Arm
mode by Sort Client or when clicking the Record button to manually start
recording a video file. Otherwise the time stamps continue to increment until
CinePlex Studio is shut down.
2.6.8 Recording Synchronized Video and Neural Data
The system is connected as described in Appendix A so that the clock and control
signals are sent from the Plexon Neural Data Acquisition to the CinePlex Studio
components.
Note:
For more information on setting up and running the MAP Sort Client, refer to
the RASPUTIN User’s Guide.
Procedure for recording time-synchronized video and neural data files
1 At the Plexon NDAQ, turn the power on and configure the Plexon NDAQ so
that neural data appears in Sort Client; see “Operating CinePlex Studio with
RASPUTIN Sort Client” on page 91. Do not start recording data to a PLX file.
2 Click the CinePlex Studio icon. Wait for the CinePlex Studio application main
window to appear on the monitor.
3 CinePlex Studio provides a time code that tracks the time elapsed since the
last time recording began. To view and configure the CinePlex Studio time
display, in the Properties window in the Timecode area, click Visible. Choose
a Location and a Format setting to configure the display. For example, the
following illustration shows the time code in the Upper Left location in
HH:MM:SS.SSS format.
4 In the Properties window in the Camera area, set the Contrast, Brightness,
and Sharpness controls to get a acceptable image on the screen.
5 In the DVR area, set the Image Quality to the default setting of 4.
Note:
The user may also use other image quality settings. To evaluate
image quality settings, manually collect a set of AVI files at different
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