2 operating multiple mea amplifiers with one stg – Multichannel Systems STG4004+STG4008 Manual User Manual

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The following dialog appears when you change anything in the “Trigger Settings” dialog. Click
“Yes” button to download on all channels, click “No” button to download on selected channels.

8.2 Operating multiple MEA Amplifiers with one STG

It is possible to operate more than one MEA amplifier independently with a single stimulus
generator of the 4000 series. To do this, activate the Independent Channel Download feature
in the Settings menu.

This will allow you to download new stimulation paradigms to individual channels without
interrupting the ongoing stimulation on other channels. See chapter “Downloading Stimulus
Files” for more information.

It is mandatory that all stimulation and Sync Out channels that are associated with one amplifier
are assigned to the same trigger in the Trigger Settings menu. For example, if four MEA1060-
BC
amplifiers are connected to one STG4008, usually two stimulation channels and one Sync Out
are associated to each amplifier. In that case, the trigger settings should be as shown:

Amplifier A is connected to stimulation channels 1 and 2 and Sync Out 1, Amplifier B
is connected to stimulation channels 3 and 4 and Sync Out 2, and so on. All channels
connected to one amplifier are assigned to the same trigger.

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