Here are some simple steps to get you started
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Here are some changes to expect before getting started with LabChart Lightning
Want a bit more detail? Check out our introductory webinar series.
When creating custom calculations you can now specify default names for your output signals. This means that you don’t have to rename the signals every time you reuse the calculation. Having signal names that are consistent across recordings makes it easier and faster to analyse data.
For calculated signals, the default name appears as placeholder text in the signal settings.
You can add descriptions to outputs in the calculation builder.
Anyone using your calculation can see your description, even when saving or sharing the calculation.
You can now edit signal information in the channel settings popup. You can edit the color and name of each signal contained in the channel, in one convenient place.
You can now rename a signal to the same name as another signal within a single recording, provided each signal is in a different subject. This makes Table View analysis more convenient as you can easily align data in columns for easy comparison.
You can now export all regions within a project to the HDF5 file format. You can open HDF5 files using a broad range of programs, including MatLab, R-Studio and Python.
For more details on the HDF5 file format, see the HDF Group Website. Exported HDF5 files are structured to best represent a project and its recordings.
The Export All Regions command can be found under the Export file menu.
You can now edit your stimulator settings for your active protocols while sampling via the sampling control window.
This also comes with large buttons to increment and decrement your parameters by custom amounts while you are running your experiment.
You can now resize the sampling control window to suit your experiment setup. You can also choose to hide either the annotation or stimulator controls depending on your requirements.
You can now use your Stimulator hardware with LabChart Lightning. This allows you to generate stimulus waveforms using the PowerLab analog outputs, Stimulus Isolators and even multiple Stimulus Isolators connected through C Series Front-End Interfaces.
LabChart Lightning lets you create multiple stimulus protocols for your project. You can easily define calibration phases separate from your experiment phases or even set up different stimulus configurations to stimulate together.
Click the Stimulator icon on the left toolbar to access the Stimulator view:
In this View, you can:
Lightning Stimulator supports basic LabChart 8 waveform types such as:
In Lightning Stimulator, we've also added new built-in support for typical pulse burst applications such as:
You can now turn the recording inputs on/off individually in the signal settings dialog. The recorded signal settings can be accessed from either the Setup menu, or clicking the signal icon next to the devices popup.
LabChart Lightning now allows you to export selected data to the HDF5 file format. HDF5 files can be opened using a broad range of programs, including MatLab, R-Studio and Python.
HDF5 is a file format that allows large amounts of data to be organized in a hierarchical manner, allowing for the creation of groups and datasets within a file. This structure enables the organization of data in a way that reflects a filesytem with groups and datasets being analagous to directories and files. See the HDF Group Website for more details.
To export to HDF5, select the data in the recording you would like to export, then bring up the exporting dialog by clicking on the export button in the selection panel or use the sequence File>Export>Export selection... from the menu bar. Make sure the HDF5 file format is used in the export selection dialog box (it is set as the default option). Once the save button has been pressed, a modal box will appear informing the user of the progress of the data exporting.
You can now view the time information for your recordings in a separate window. This can be accessed from either the View menu, or right-clicking in the Chart View x-axis.
While sampling and viewing incoming data, the time readout will display the current time. Otherwise, it will display the time at the cursor position. The time displayed is formatted using the project's time display mode (start of block or time of day).
Detailed signal information can now be viewed using the Signal Information Panel. Simply alt-click (Windows), option-click (Mac),or right-click and select Show signal information... in a Chart View channel with one or more signals. A popover will appear allowing you to view information for all signals in the channel.
The panel will initially show the block that was clicked over, but you can navigate through all of the blocks in the recording using the forward and back buttons.
Calculated signals can now be deleted from recordings by deleting the underlying calculation.
You can now set times to start and stop recording data, for as many days as you like. This is particularly useful for long-running experiments, such as telemetry, or want data at specific times during your experiment.
You are able to:
