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Introduction

Welcome to the Ultrasonic Recording Manual, your go-to source of information for recording ultrasonic rat
vocalizations with a Tucker-David Technologies (TDT) RX6 Multifunction Processor via the 
Ultrasonic_Recording_Interface software. 
This manual provides information about navigating the graphical user interface (GUI) and possible errors that
you may encounter. Future versions will include guidelines for modifying the source code, should the
program become insufficient for new applications. Should you encounter issues that are not addressed in
this manual, please contact Erica Nordin at [email protected].

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Starting the RX6 and microphone

The RX6 and microphone each have a hardware power switch which must be started independently before
opening the program. If the RX6 is on, it will display information on the front display. If the microphone is on,
the "Power On" button will be lit.
If the RX6 is not already on, the user must run a procedure through the zBUSmon program to prevent 

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. A shortcut to zBUSmon is located on the desktop.

The RX6 should be visible at the bottom of the window. Press "Reboot System!", wait for the reboot, and

Summary of Contents for RX6

Page 1: ...Ultrasonic Recording Manual...

Page 2: ...Stop 9 Waveform Spectrogram 9 Status Output 10 New Test Subject 11 Errors 12 Invalid field prevents record 12 Transfer rate is too slow 12 RX6 not connected 12 Microphone not connected 12 Program or...

Page 3: ...ncounter issues that are not addressed in this manual please contact Erica Nordin at erica nordin uleth ca Created with the Personal Edition of HelpNDoc Easily create PDF Help documents Starting the R...

Page 4: ...e desktop If the shortcut is absent the program can be found at C Ultrasonic Recording Program Ultrasonic_Recording_Interface Opening the program will display the main GUI outlined in the next section...

Page 5: ...recordings The microphone should be turned off between program uses The RX6 can be left on if no recordings are planned within the next week Created with the Personal Edition of HelpNDoc Write eBooks...

Page 6: ...Selecting a lab will bring the user to a new window with entry fields for data relevant to the file name The user can switch between the fields by pressing Tab and finalize their data by pressing Ent...

Page 7: ...with the Personal Edition of HelpNDoc Generate Kindle eBooks with ease Gibb When the Gibb automatic naming format is chosen the entry fields are Rat ID or Litter Number Postnatal Day and Experiment U...

Page 8: ...er 3rd 2017 at 4 30 pm for Rat 63 on Day 8 belonging to Cohort 4 the file will be named R63D8C4_2017 09 03_T16 30 wav Upon data entry another window will open asking whether the rat belongs to an expe...

Page 9: ...with the Personal Edition of HelpNDoc News and information about help authoring tools and software Storage Fidelity The user has three bit depth options 32 bit int 24 bit float or 16 bit float All th...

Page 10: ...a lower dB level The spectrogram displays vocalizations up to 100 kHz in frequency Due to limitations in the processor frequencies above 100 kHz cannot be represented in the recording Created with th...

Page 11: ...e program to enable a new recording After one recording is complete the program will not allow the user to press Start Recording again until it is initialized for the new recording task The current di...

Page 12: ...off the RX6 and microphone restart the PC and begin the start up sequence from scratch Created with the Personal Edition of HelpNDoc Free help authoring environment Microphone not connected The progr...

Page 13: ...t of the card and the critical failure is immediately rectified by a reboot the developers have decided to ignore this issue for now If this problem expands the PCI card will likely have to be replace...

Page 14: ...rd which the fiber optic cables connect to at the back of the PC Note that the currently installed card causes some issues upon booting the computer and may have to be replaced in the future See http...

Page 15: ...le and the text files mccExcludedFiles readme and requiredMCRProducts 2 The folder RecoverAudio containing the BinaryToWav executable and the text files mccExcludedFiles readme and requiredMCRProducts...

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