Ponemah 6.x Getting Started Guide for Implantable Telemetry - Step 6
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Step 6: Sampling Control
The Ponemah Sampling Control allows you to use Continuous and Scheduled sampling methods for data collection. Sampling tabs are used to manage each sampling method and provide visual feedback on the state of the data acquisition. The Sampling Manager allows you to acquire using the Continuous Sampling method in conjunction with two disparate Scheduled Sampling sequences. By default, new Subjects are automatically added to the Continuous sampling tab.
Note: The number of Subjects you may acquire from simultaneously is determined by the source number defined by your software license; this number is shared across all Continuous and Scheduled tabs.
Continuous Sampling
Continuous sampling allows the sampling of one or more implants for an extended period of time without breaks in the data. Continuous Sampling is manually started and continues uninterrupted for minutes, hours, or days until you stop the process.
To start a Continuous Sampling session:
- Start All Subjects for Continuous Sampling:
- Select the Start All Continuous button from the Sampling Control
- Alternatively, select the Actions menu | Start Sampling | Continuous – All Subjects.
- To start a group of Subjects for Continuous Sampling:
- Multi-select the subjects you wish to start sampling from using <Shift> + left-mouse-click or <CTRL> + left-mouse-click (used if Subjects are non-sequential).
- Right-click and choose Start Sampling.
- To start/stop Continuous sampling of individual Subjects:
- Left-click the Play/Pause buttons in the Sampling column of the Sampling Control dialog. These buttons will change in appearance according to the State of the acquisition process.
Sampling
State
Action
Inactive
Click to Start Sampling
Waiting
None
Sampling
Click to Stop Sampling
- Starting and stopping Continuous Sampling for a single subject will not impact the sampling of other subjects within the experiment.
- Left-click the Play/Pause buttons in the Sampling column of the Sampling Control dialog. These buttons will change in appearance according to the State of the acquisition process.
To stop Continuous sampling using any of the menu options below:
- Actions | Stop Sampling | All
- Actions | Stop Sampling | Continuous – Selected Subjects
- Actions | Stop | Stop Acquisition
- Right-click Subject and choose Stop Sampling.
Schedule Sampling
Scheduled Sampling allows the sampling of many implants sequentially and at intervals you may define in the Scheduled tab. This allows you to cycle Subjects through the number of available resources defined by your software license in order to maximize the number of Subjects that can be sampled from.
Note: PhysioTel Digital supports setups of up to 16 animals for continuous and scheduled sampling.
The following example will walk you through setting up a Schedule to maximize a 4-source software license to sample from 16 subjects for 10 seconds (Duration) every 1 minute (Interval).
Note: this will require two MX2s.
- Sampling Group – A group of Subjects that will be sampled together during the Schedule.
- Sampling Group Size – The number of Subjects to be sampled from together simultaneously during the schedule. This number cannot exceed the software license source number.
- Duration – The time (hh:mm:ss) for which waveform data is acquired from the Sampling Group.
- Interval – The time repetition (hh:mm:ss) over which all Sampling Groups are sampled.
Setup and Control:
- From the Schedule 1 tab, define your Sampling Group Size as 4.
- Define your Duration as 10 seconds (00:00:10).
- Define your Interval as 1 minute (00:01:00).
- Auto-assign subjects to Sampling Groups by select the By Subject button.
Note: You may define Sampling Groups manually by clicking-and-dragging subjects from the Unassigned/Continuous column to the appropriate Group. - Select the Start Schedule 1 play button when ready to start sampling.
- Select the Stop Schedule 1 pause button when ready to stop sampling. This will only appear when sampling is on.
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