Multichannel Systems MC_Rack Manual - Manual (Page 58)

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After opening MC_Rack as many times as necessary, please open the “Data Source Setup” dialog
from the “Edit” menu. This dialog can only be opened in one instance at a time, please do the
adjustments in one instance after the other. The example below shows the settings for one
MEA2100-HS2x60.
Select “USB” and MEA2100 (S/N: XXXXX-A) as Data Source. Select “Configuration” in the “Source
Layout”. Please select the type of the connected headstage in the "Amp" drop down menu.
If a MEA2100-HS2x60 is connected you have additionally to select the "Block" in the right drop
down menu of “Virtual Device Configuration”. For the first instance of MC_Rack, select Block 1
(Channel 1…64) and for the second instance Block 2 (Channel 65…128). Select the appropriate
MEA type from the drop down menu for each instance. If a second headstage is connected
to the same interface board, it will become available in the "Data Source Setup" as MEA2100
(S/N: XXXXX-B). The settings for the second headstage are analog to the first.
Hardware Settings for the MEA2100-System in the Data Source
When using the MEA2100-System, the “Hardware” tab of the MC_Rack software is modified.
Please see also chapter “Defining a Data Source”.
In the "Hardware" tab of the Data Source, the gain setting must be adjusted to ensure a correct
scaling of the data in MC_Rack. The gain is a fixed hardware property, while sampling frequency
and input voltage range of the data acquisition board can be selected according to the demands
of the experiment.