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1. 940 07 80 79 6F E4 90 07 80 79 6F E4 90 07 80 79 6F E4 90 07 80 79 6F E4 Synching 66 6 7 86 79 6F E1 Synching Samples 4940 07 8060 29 6F E1 Sunching Samples 4940 0 7 8050 29 6F E1 Fig 27 Open Signals log shown in Windows command program CMD exe The theory of the SYNC function explained in 6 3 Open Signals rjevolution Synchronisation can be seen in action in this extract of the CMD window that documented the acquisition of the signal above How to interpret each line Function Name Device A Lost Samples synching Samples Lost 00 07 80 79 6F E1 2 00 07 80 79 6F E4 65 Function Action Lost Samples Device B SYNC compares the amount of samples of Device A and Device B If the A s sample amount is greater then B s it actives the Samples Lost action and removes 2 samples from Device A and O samples from device B Both acquisitions contain the same amount of samples now This leads to two EMG signals as seen above from two devices but with the same amount of samples and no time delay Open Signals r evolution User Manual 29 7 Plug Ins Open Signals r evolution is extendable via plug ins These plug ins are already installed on your computer through the Open Signals installation and only need to be activated through Plux servers when bought while other ones are free to download from the BlTalino community future project Note The plug in ac2. esensiqnaly r evolution USER MANUAL GIL esensiqnaly Table of Contents VEN OCC BIO g e A AA PENA EN N E AANA A 3 2 How To Get Open Signals r evolution 0 0000000s0s0sesosossosososeseseosososcseseseseosososesessosososesesss 4 3 Installation GUIAS sirios iii its 5 3 1 Open Signals rjevolution Installation 0 0000000000s000s0sosososososososcsoscsososossesesesesesesesesesesosesesesoseses 5 ES e OO 5 A In 5 DL MIO ara 5 3 2 Plug ins Informati n sia 5 3 3 Connecting Bluetooth DevViCOS ss 6 VV A e UE IAS 6 332 MACS atada 7 4 Getting started with Open Signals r evolution cmocoommsmmmmsmmsms os 8 4 1 Open Signals Main Interface msnm 8 4 2 Acquisition Settings o sossesoesossesossessesossossssossossssoesosossossessssossessssossosssssssososssssesosssssssosssssesssssssses 9 ES Device Manag eT lt noia Eaa Eea 10 4 4 Setting Up Devices esoesossosoesossossesossosoesossesoesossosoesossessesossesoesossesossossosossossosoesossesossossessssossessssosss 10 4 4 1 Resolution Sampling Rate Trigger and Synchronisation ssesesessseseesesesessssesesesesessese 11 a a P EE ro E E TA e PR UU E E Nr ee 11 Pics Recordin SINS aeia E EE 12 4o l Rear ime ACQUIS ION asias raid 12 AA A o ro OE ines asic mses 14 Aa gt OVELVIOW VV INC Diseno 14 A e o E II aeasane aes aaates 14 4 6 Visualise SIP Sinn iii 15 4 6 1 Open Acquired Signals scsssncsssxcsosevus
3. Trigger The trigger function can be enabled in the device manager by clicking on TRIGGER in the device s extended header circle will turn blue The trigger function state can also be seen in the information bar in the acquisition window bioigralrplux 00 07 80 79 O smc INPUT DIGITAL OUTPUT C CP Tic Trigger Function State OOOO Fig 14 Trigger function in the Information Bar 4 9 3 LED light The external LED light can be used to give additional visual information besides the signal itself This can be used for example for testing reaction times of test persons The LED light can be activated by sending a signal to the digital output of your BiosignalsPlux device via Open Signals To do so click on the empty circle next to DIGITAL OUTPUT in the information bar The information about when the LED was activated will be added to the acquisition biojgralrplux 00 07 80 79 O smc INPUT DIGITAL OUTPUT C UP mG Activating Digital Output___________ Fig 15 Digital Output in the Information Bar Open Signals r evolution User Manual 17 4 9 4 Adapt l Adapt has the purpose of enabling the connection of several components at the same time Therefore connect the single micro USB male end to the hub and the components to one of the female connectors of the adapt cable The configuration of the component maintains the same as using only one component at a time 4 10 Open Signals Help Interface OPENSIGNALS MAN
4. Signals will for that compare the amount of received samples TRIGGER O SYNC from each device in a certain pre set time frame and adjust the amount of samples Example DeviceA 5samplesinAT 0 01 sec Activate Synchronisation Device B 4 samples in AT 0 01 sec gt OpenSignals r evolution will adjust the amount of samples by removing 1 sample from device A This will lead to a synchronised signal with the same amount of samples for each device during a determinate time interval 6 4 Synchronised Signal Acquisition This is what a synchronised signal acquisition of two BiosignalsPlux devices looks like mv 0 EMG CHI comal AORC biojgalrplux 00 07 80 79 6F El 6 INPUT DIGITAL OUTPUT O cP mG 1 A Es EMG CHI biojgralrplux 00 07 80 79 6F E4 Gs INPUT DIGITAL OUTPUT O cP mic 01 26 8 01273 0278 01283 0128 8 01293 ae Cua Y OVERVIEW WINDOW os_file VYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 ii Uy hr HA E 01263 01 293 Activated SYNC Function Fig 26 Synchronised data acquisitions Open Signals r evolution User Manual 28 On the first look the only difference between a normal and the synchronised acquisition may be the activated sync symbol on each device s information bar There is no other difference for the regular Open Signals user The real effect of this function can only be seen when starting Open Signals r evolution via the cmd exe Windows or the mac terminal Mac OSX Synching Samples 66 07 86 79 6F E1
5. These plug ins are either included in your BiosignalsPlux kit or can be bought additionally to any of your Plux device s In both cases these plug ins have to be activated by Plux to be ready to use Therefore an internet connection is only needed for the activation process as the plug ins are already installed with the open signals software and it is not needed to download them For more information about Open Signals plug ins check Chapter 7 Plug Ins Open Signals r evolution User Manual 5 by 3 3 Connecting Bluetooth Devices Use the Bluetooth device manager provided by the operating system to create a Bluetooth connection between your PLUX device and your computer When connecting the device you first need to enable Bluetooth on your computer or need to plugin an additional Bluetooth dongle to your USB port if Bluetooth is not built in or reliable for your computer BiosignalsPlux users receive this dongle as part of the package BlTalino users can purchase a trialled amp tested Bluetooth dongle known to use with BlTalino at the BITalino web store Note There may be differences to the pictures in this manual as the device manager s interfaces can vary depending from the operating system s version 3 3 1 Windows gt E y U Add a device Select a device to add to this computer Windows will continue to look for new devices and display them here bitalino Bluetooth a Other What if Window
6. if possible screenshots of the problem E Mail at bitalino plux info support plux info Error Error description When did it occur Screenshots Open Signals r evolution User Manual 35
7. ins symbol depending on which kind of plug in you bought Shows a list of available plug ins There are two kinds of plug ins Real Time Plug Ins Plug Ins functions will work during real time signal acquisitions Therefore these plug ins will be available in the real time visualization window Open Signals r evolution User Manual 30 by Visualization Plug Ins Plug Ins post acquisition functions will work when visualising already acquired signals Therefore these Plug Ins will be available in the visualization window To select which plug ins are to be displayed in the real time visualization go to the help interface symbol in the main interface and select or deselect plug ins as needed To access plug ins in the visualization windows click on the plug in symbol circle and a list activated plug ins will be shown Click on the plug ins symbol to select it oo 0 EMG vs Al All the needed information will then Select a Plugin appear with the selected plug in y Fig 28 Plug In selection O v Heart Rate Variability Device Channel 98 03 31 v iv Process Interval Init Time 5 Fin Time 5 e y e Filter RR Noise by Value RR Min 5 RR Max s Filter RR Noise by Window RR Int Before and After Window Avg Acceptance process Gs Y Fig 29 Active Heart Rate Variability Plug In Open Signals r evolution User Manual 31 e 8 Do It Yourself API Open Si
8. 00 10 4 00 10 9 00 11 4 00 11 9 11 lt OVERVIEW WINDOW opensignals_file _YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 Overview Window Stop Acquisition Fig 8 Real Time acquisition window 4 5 1 Real Time Acquisition lt 00 Lox and units Channel Information T Data stream sent from the device in real time Fig 9 Acquisition window Real Time visualization shows signals sampled from the device in Real Time This part of the interface is divided in three parts Amplitude and units the signal itself and channel information Open Signals r evolution User Manual 12 Amplitude and units are automatically scaled and assigned when the channel type for this acquisition is set in the device manager here ACC Channel information contains the channel values such as type and channel number set in the device manager The signal seen above was acquired using the accelerometer Fig 10 Channel information ACC on channel 4 digital input A4 Two arrows up down and two magnifying glasses appear next to the channel information on the Real Time visualization when scrolling over it with the mouse cursor The chain will tether all channels of the same type When the scaling of one of the connected channels is changed the scaling of all the other connected channels will be changed too Symbol explanations Zoom in ordinate Zoom out ordinate Moves the zero line up Moves the zero line down Connects visualization
9. 2 10 00 34 9 00 35 9 00 36 9 doh vis YA La ae a a a Hii OD A 00 33 10 OVERVIEW WINDOW opensignals file _YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 f WAVE V Or A Va AY Fig 13 Visualization of three channels time interval Open Signals r evolution User Manual EMG yy Al O AC y M4 5 O LUX oy AS as Y E 4 7 Scheduling 4 8 Downloading PDF Report 4 9 Synchronisation Kit ADAPT SYNC LED and SWITCH are all components of the synchronisation kit provided as an option to BiosignalsPlux users To connect these components to your BiosignalsPlux plug the micro USB connector of your equipment to the digital port left right arrow of your device Note Components of the synchronisation kit require a digital port As O only the 8 channels BiosignalsPlux has a digital port it is the only device that is compatible with the components below 4 9 1 Sync The SYNC cable allows you to connect up to three BiosignalsPlux devices to synchronise their acquisition and to prevent signal drifts caused by the difference between each device s internal clocks More information about the Sync set up and the SYNC function in Open Signals is available in Chapter 6 Multi Device Acquisition 4 9 2 Trigger Switch The trigger switch is useful to manually introduce markings in the acquisitioning signals or to activate the acquisition by manually pressing the switch button and using it as a trigger
10. ION 7 BlTalino s standard channel configuration did BITalino poate 1 EMG 2 EDA 3 ECG 4 ACC 5 LUX 6 Free for other third party components The channel configuration is to be set up as seen on the image or above Channel numbers are also listed in BITalino s manual or on the backside of each sensor ove bit a A number ah The 6st analogue input is free for adding HRS Bo other components BlTalino or third party ENABLE components such as trigger buttons OF jeu SAMPLING RATE other accelerometer axis only z axis is 1000 Hz connected to the MCU AAA CHANNELS OOOOO For information about how to set the PANA channel types check 4 4 2 Channel TRIGGER O SYNC O Settings Fig 18 BITalino extended Open Signals header Open Signals r evolution User Manual 20 RESOLUTION The resolution is pre set to 10 bit for the first 4 channels and 6 bit for the last two and is not changeable as the BITalino does not support other resolutions SAMPLING RATE It s recommended to use a sampling rate of 1000Hz Use at least 100Hz if the first configuration causes to much signal delay otherwise you will get unusable results for EMG and ECG acquisitions LED STATES White LED Low frequency blinking on stand by mode White LED High frequency blinking when acquiring hoped Battery is running low MCU y 8 Red LED UN 0 Power Unit BlTalino is turned off Battery s charging http bitalino com index php learn d
11. L OK folders in the chosen file path Click on an Open Signals h5 file and load it to the visualization module by accepting with OK WHERE BS Users viv FILENAME WHERE 25 Users VA QD opensignals_file_YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 FILENAME opensignals_file_YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 CANCEL OK Open Signals r evolution User Manual 15 4 6 2 Multi Channel Visualization An acquisition can also consist of several channels The visualization of acquisitions looks like this example EMG ACC and LUX 50 0 eer bitolina dev tty bitalino DevB 00 06 5 00 13 1 00 19 6 00 26 1 00 32 6 00 39 2 OVERVIEW WINDOW opensignals_file _YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 gt OIR FANAN Ar A ERA mia ayn 5 Zan a ae nV Ze W APAGAR _ a TOV _ a DY LA NI ha A RAR ZA s 00 00 0 00 39 2 Fig 12 Visualization of three channels full time range such oa EMG Y Al o 4 3 ACC Y A4 5 oa LUX e A5 sa Y a The visualization extends the visualised time interval Overview Window over the whole acquisition Each channel is shown in 2 different colours the dark one shows the arithmetic mean of each signal and the light one shows a rough visualization of the real acquisition Shortening the visualising time interval will show the correct visualization of each channel but maintain the rough visualization in the overview window 0 bibolina dev tty bitalino DevB 00 32 0 00 3
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13. UAL SUPPORT bitalino plux info support plux info ABOUT REALTIME PLUGINS OpenSignals is an easy to use and extensible software for real time biosignals acquisition Check the Store for Plugins visualization and interaction with PLUX s devices such as biosignalsplux and BITalino VISUALIZATION PLUGINS Check the Store for Plugins LICENSE Opensignals end user license can be found here Our software includes python 2007 2015 PLUX S A All rights reserved Fig 16 Help Interface The help interface offers a great amount of information and documents for the use of open signals 2 Opens the help interface The Open Signals revolution User Manual can be downloaded by clicking on the OPENSIGNALS MANUAL field right below the OS logo Don t hesitate to contact us if you re struggling with any kind of problems that cannot be solved with the information in this manual Write an e mail to one of the addresses shown in the Support section To be able to offer you the best service please add as much information as possible about the problem that occurred and if possible about the configuration and device you where using Add screenshots of the problem if it can be seen in the interface or a copy of the terminal console text The Open Signals Terms of Use are available in the License section if it s needed to reread them This section can also bring you to the Python org homepage where you can get more information ab
14. als r evolution Synchronisation 6 1 Connecting Devices Therefore connect the BiosignalsPlux Pro hubs with a BiosignalsPlux micro USB cable as shown in the picture below Y Fig 24 Channels for sync cable connection This device synchronisation is only available for 8 channel BiosignalsPlux Pro devices as only these have the required digital output for this function Note 3 device connections are also possible but most Bluetooth adapters do only provide stable connections for maximum two devices Make sure your Bluetooth adapter is compatible with 3 device connections Also you need a micro USB y cable sync cable 6 2 Synchronisation Set Up 0 NEW Configure your devices as explained in i the chapters before Note that all devices need to be configured with the same sampling rate We also recommend using the same resolution to prevent signal differences caused by different resolution settings Click on one of your devices in the device manager and activate the SYNC function Fig 25 Selection of sync devices Open Signals r evolution User Manual v Activating this function in one device will activate it in all the other connected devices and lead to a synchronised signal gods acquisition You can now start the acquisition 6 3 Open Signals r evolution Synchronisation oT oe The SYNC function will synchronise all the connected devices and prevent time delays between the online channels Open MISAS
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16. ell and also for Mac OS and Linux platforms In order to start working with the device through PLUX Python API please follow these steps Download the Python API package available at http downloads plux info PLUX API Python2 7 v1 1 zip Extract the files from the package to a working folder Open the readme rtf file on the working folder and follow the instructions Open Signals r evolution User Manual 32 9 Troubleshooting 9 1 Error List Coming Soon Error Number 00000 Error description DESCRIPTION SOLUTION 9 2 Bluetooth 9 2 1 Which one is my device Using several Plux devices at a time for example using many Bitalinos in a classroom may be confusing when trying to detect the right device for the right computer Comparing the device s MAC address to the one shown on your computer will help finding the correct device How to show the MAC Address Mac OSX Yosemite and newer Open the Bluetooth device manager and search for available devices Right click on one of the devices to see its MAC address 009 lt HE Bluetooth Q Devices S bitalino Pair Pair Bluetooth On Turn Bluetooth Off Now discoverable as MacBook Pro Show Bluetooth in menu bar Advanced 2 Open Signals r evolution User Manual 33 Mac OSX Mavericks and older Hold the alt key on your keyboard and click on the Bluetooth symbol in the menu bar A list of the connected devices will appear Click on y
17. etooth Off Show Bluetooth in menu bar Advanced 009 lt HE Bluetooth Q Devices _ bitalino Pairing failed Bluetooth On Turn Bluetooth Off Show Bluetooth in menu bar Advanced 2 009 lt HH Bluetooth Q Devices bitalino Q Connected Bluetooth On Turn Bluetooth Off Show Bluetooth in menu bar Advanced Fig 3 MacOSX BT device manager Open Signals r evolution User Manual Click the symbol on the upper left of your Screen go to System Preferences and start the Bluetooth device manager The device manager will search for devices and show you the BlTalino when found Try to pair the BlTalino with your Mac by clicking on Pair and an error message will be shown Click on Options 1234 and the connection between your BlTalino and your computer will be build or 123 for your BiosignalsPlux and MotionPlux device The device will be indicated as Connected and marked green if the connection was successful Ly 4 Getting started with Open Signals r evolution After installing Open Signals r evolution Google Chrome and successfully connecting a BlTalino device to the computer Open Signals r evolution is ready to use 4 1 Open Signals Main Interface The main interface allows the access to all Open Signals r evolution menus and interfaces through the following buttons OOOEVO ER Starts the signal acquisition of selected channels Visuali
18. format for channels of same type Show Hide signal in overview window Sets signal colour here in green SS Hides channel Open Signals r evolution User Manual 13 4 5 2 Information Bar biolina dev tty bitalino DevB O smc 0000 INPUT DIGITAL OUTPUT OOOO EP TRIG Ad Device Name Digital Input Digital Output Show Hidden Status Status Channel 4 The information bar shows which device is being used if it is synchronised with other devices its input and output channel statuses and if it s a triggered acquisition Hidden channels can be opened again by clicking on the up arrow next to the channel number 4 5 3 Overview Window Hide Time File Name 00 09 4 00 09 9 00 10 4 00 10 9 00 11 4 00 11 9 y OVERVIEW WINDOW opensignals_file _YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 00 11 9 ES E Time Frame The overview window manages the time axis and gives additional information about the file name The time frame is changeable to adapt to the users signal lts interval can be extended or reduced by moving one of the two blue borders Changing the time frame s interval will also chance the time line formatting in the Real Time acquisition window Symbol explanations Ms Stops the acquisition Shows a list of usable plug ins Changes the order of acquiring channels Hides all channels o lt iii Hides all channels in the overview window 4 5 4 Saving Manually If you re using Open Signals r evolution without the aut
19. gnals rlevolution is not the only way to acquire visualise and analyse signals received by Plux devices It is possible to connect the devices to third party application including your own applications and algorithms The needed kit to start your own biosignal software is delivered by Plux for free What you need to do is to check your firmware get the API and start working 8 1 Firmware Update In order to get the most out of your new device we strongly recommend that you check if your device is installed with the most recent firmware latest version is v3 1 To check and update the device firmware you can use the Plux Firmware Update Tool http downloads plux info FW_biosignalsplux_v3 1 zip After extracting the files within the zip file to a temporary folder run the Updater exe application with a Bluetooth adapter connected and click the Find Devices button After a few seconds the MAC address of your device should appear in the dialog Then click the Check button You should update the device s firmware if the returned firmware version is earlier than v3 1 To update the firmware select the enc file from the package and click the Update button 8 2 PLUX API The device functionality is available to applications through our standard API the PLUX API This API is currently available for Python 2 7 applications in Windows 7 or later 32 bit and 64 bit In the near future the API will be available for C applications as w
20. import the recorded data to third party applications NOTE Saving recorded data to txt format needs you to manually save the acquisitions BEFORE visualising them if the auto save option is turned off Open Signals r evolution will automatically save the acquisition to h5 format by starting the visualization AUTO SAVE option automatically saves every recording session after ending them Open Signals r evolution User Manual 9 w Q Device Manager select device s channels channel labels trigger sample rate resolution Open the device manager to search and configure your device s over Bluetooth Open Signals r evolution will search and show an overview of new or known devices as seen below 4 3 Device Manager 0 NEW y KNOW A y 2 MAC FOUND ENABLE Fig 5 Open Signals device overview ENABLE will set the selected device as acquisition device To refresh the device list click on the Devices button Open Signals will then scan its surroundings again and list all found devices 4 4 Setting Up Devices The device header extends when clicking on it and shows several device related settings such as channel status channel labels sampling rate resolution trigger and synchronisation settings Device bi a MAC ENABLE SAMPLING RATE 1000 Hz CHANNELS OOOOOQO TRIGGER O SYNC O Fig 6 BlTalino extended header Open Signals r evolution User Manual 10 4 4 1 Reso
21. luetooth on Internal acquisition Charging Bluetooth on BUTTON BEHAVIOUR Device state before button press Power Down Idle or real time acquisition Internal acquisition Bluetooth on Internal acquisition Bluetooth off Device state after button press Idle Power down Intern acquisition Bluetooth off Internal Acquisition Bluetooth on Open Signals r evolution User Manual 23 Y 5 2 1 BiosignalsPlux Explorer Channels 4 Channel Device BiosignalsPlux Explorer offers 4 input channels for sensors and a ground connection The user can set up these 4 channels as it is needed gous ENABLE RESOLUTION SAMPLING RATE 16 bit 1000 Hz CHANNELS TRIGGER Fig 20 4 channel BiosignalsPlux extended Open Signals header 5 2 2 BiosignalsPlux Researcher Professional Channels 8 Channel Device BiosignalsPlux Researcher Professional offers 8 input channels for sensors a ground connection and a digital port for synchronisation with other devices via USB connection using the SYNC function see Chapter 6 Multi Device Acquisition The user can set up these 8 input channels as it is needed gals ENABLE RESOLUTION SAMPLING RATE 16 bit 1000 Hz CHANNELS TRIGGER Fig 21 8 channel BiosignalsPlux extended Open Signals header http www biosignalsplux com Open Signals r evolution User Manual 24 5 3 MotionPlux Open Signals r evolution and BiosignalsPlux connection is n
22. lution Sampling Rate Trigger and Synchronisation RESOLUTION sets the minimal digital step between each acquired value SAMPLING RATE sets the amount of recorded samples per second Minimum f Hz EMG electromyography 1000 EDA electro dermal activity 10 Hz O 100 Hz O 1000 Hz Y ECG electrocardiography ACC accelerometer LUX photodiode SYNC offers the option for BiosignalsPlux users of using more than one device at the same time and synchronising all the devices with each other to prevent time offsets For more information go to Chapter 6 Multi Device Acquisition 4 4 2 Channel Settings A Channel number B Channel Type C Label change D Channel State To get a better and correct visualization of the channels choose the right channel types of each channel The type will not only name a channel scale the visualization axis Data acquisition from a given channel can be enabled disabled by clicking on them Channel State empty circle offline blue circle online Fig 7 Channel Settings Open Signals r evolution User Manual 11 4 5 Recording Signals After setting up the device go to the main interface and click on the red recording button to start the acquisition Starts the acquisition po Real Time Acquisition Channel Information ACC Y A4 5 biolina dev tty bitalino DevB Om 00 09 4 00 09 9 c INPUT DIGITAL OUTPUT OOOO gP TRIG
23. mount of samples but just as the resolution it consumes more of your systems resources and can cause delay in the Real Time visualization Open Signals r evolution User Manual 25 e LED STATES Blinks 1 sec Stand By Blinks 2 sec Acquiring Blinks Green High battery level Blinks Red Low battery level Constantly Green Charging 5 4 Force Platform Open Signals r evolution and BiosignalsPlux connection is not supported on Mac OSX yet COMING SOON 5 5 Advanced Goniometer Open Signals r evolution and BiosignalsPlux connection is not supported on Mac OSX yet COMING SOON Open Signals r evolution User Manual 26 6 Multi Device Acquisition SYNC One of Open Signals r evolution s newest features is the possibility of multi device acquisitions This feature enables to connect 2 or 3 of PLUX BiosignalsPlux Researcher Professional devices to each other via a sync cable and to acquire data from both devices at the same time Longer acquisitions without this SYNC function would cause signal drifts due to that each BiosignalsPlux HUB have a different internal clocks The acquired signals would therefore be visualized with a time shift which is not accurate and in longer acquisitions can appear seconds apart The SYNC function solves this problem through sample selection and manages the receiving signals differently as in non synchronised signal acquisitions For more information see 6 3 Open Sign
24. n your Name Maie ne ea NameBIT your e Mail address MailBIT oo rine choose the not supported operating system o and fill out the captcha modia The Request will be sent by clicking on the _ Please Enter The E AA Help us prevent SPAM SUBMIT Reset Fig 1 OpenSignals Request Open Signals r evolution User Manual 4 3 Installation Guide Open Signals r evolution is a Python powered web based application You need to download and install the Google Chrome browser by Google Inc if it s not already installed on your computer The latest version is available here http www google com chrome 3 1 Open Signals r evolution Installation 3 1 1 Windows Please select the Windows 32 or 64 bit installer depending on the y operating system you have installed on your computer Double click the OpenSignals2 0 win bit exe file and follow the standard installer steps Open Signals r evolution will appear in you installed Program Files and on your desktop 3 1 2 Mac OSX Double click on the OpenSignals2 0_OSX pkg to start the installation y Follow the instructions of the installer choose which users are allowed to use OS2 the installation path and confirm the installation Open Signals r evolution will appear on your Launchpad after a successful installation 3 2 Plug Ins Information Open Signals r evolution contains a list of plug ins which are installed with the Open Signal software
25. o save option you have to save your acquisitions manually Go to Open Signals main interface and click on the saving button H Opensaving file window Er a The saving dialogue will pop up Click on the down arrow next to the WHERE field FILENAME opensignals_file _YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 to get 2 better overview of the files and CANCEL OK folders in the chosen file path Choose the file path and accept saving your signal by clicking on OK Open Signals r evolution User Manual 14 4 6 Visualise Signals To visualise recorded signals go to the main interface and active the play button B Starts signal visualization zB lt 00 bitolinma dev tty bitalino DevB 00 08 7 00 09 5 00 10 2 00 10 10 00 11 8 00 1251 am ean Y OVERVIEW WINDOW opensignals_file _YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss H5 fs 00 07 10 00 12 5 Fig 11 Visualization window The visualization window and the already known Real Time acquisition window are very similar Therefore the options from before are also available here Differences can be found when looking at the overview window The whole acquisition is now shown in this window The time frame is also changeable and was set to show the same signal segment as in the examples before 4 6 1 Open Acquired Signals R Starts open file window The Open File dialogue will pop up Click on the down arrow next to the WHERE field to get a better overview of the files and CANCE
26. ocumentation Open Signals r evolution User Manual 21 A 5 3 BiosignalsPlux CHANNEL TYPES ECG Electrocardiography EMG Electromyography HANDGR Handgrip Force Measurement RESP Respiration RAW Non scaled signal visualization XYZ Accelerometer 0 CUSTOM User scaled visualization GONIO Goniometer EDA Electrodermal Activity BVP Blood Volume Pressure EEG Electroencephalography Fig 19 8 channel BiosignalsPlux hub These channel types have pre set signal visualization scales CHANNEL CONFIGURATION BiosignalsPlux has no fix channel configuration Every single channel is compatible with all BiosignalsPlux Sensors and the user decides how to set up the device and channel type configuration For information about how to set the channel types check 4 4 2 Channel Settings As most of the channels have pre set signal visualization scales only CUSTOM XYZ and RAW offer the possibility to modify GAIN OFFSET and UNIT values RESOLUTION BiosignalsPlux has changeable resolution values of 8bit and 12bit 12bit values leads to a more accurate and precise resulting signal On the other hand it needs more resources from your computer which may cause delay in the signal acquisitions if your computer does not support the recommended requirements SAMPLING RATE The sampling rate can be set between 100Hz and 1000Hz by 100Hz steps The higher the sampling rate is the more precise are the resulting signals as
27. ot supported on Mac OSX yet Dl CHANNEL TYPES ACC Accelerometer j MAG Magnetometer s j RAW Non scaled signal visualization Play CUSTOM User scaled signal visualization CHANNEL CONFIGURATION NG J MotionPlux standard configuration Accelerometer X Axis Accelerometer Y Axis Accelerometer Z Axis Magnetometer X Axis Magnetometer Y Axis Magnetometer Z Axis Fig 22 MotionPlux OmBWN FP The channel configuration is to be set up as seen on the image or above Channel numbers are also listed in MotionPlux data sheet The first three channels 1 3 belong to the accelerometer and each of these 3 channels receives the signals for one specific axis The last three channels 3 6 belong to the magnetometer and each of these 3 channels receives the signals for one specific axis For information about how to set the channel types check 4 4 2 Channel Fig 23 MotionPlux extended Open Signals header Settings RESOLUTION MotionPlux has changeable resolution values of 8bit and 12bit 12bit values leads to a more accurate and precise resulting signal On the other hand it needs more resources from your computer which may cause delay in the signal acquisitions if your computer does not support the recommended requirements SAMPLING RATE The sampling rate can be set to 50Hz 100Hz 200Hz or 400Hz The higher the sampling rate is the more precise are the resulting signals as there exists a greater a
28. our device and check the MAC address on your device with the MAC address on your display EJ BD 100 Ba A 17 11 Q Create Diagnostics Report on the Desktop Turn Bluetooth Off Fbiaino reno Send File to Device Address 98 D3 31 820 _ Browse Files on Device Open Bluetooth Preferences Windows XP Vista 7 8 Click the Start button and go to the Control Panel Select the Hardware tab and open the device s properties right click gt properties and check the shown MAC address with your device s MAC address Note Unfortunately it is not able to see the device s MAC address before establishing a connection with it in Windows operating systems 9 2 2 Fixing Connection Issues Simply rebuilding the connection between your PLUX device and your computer can solve most of the existing Bluetooth connection problems For this delete your device from your operating systems device manager Windows left click gt Remove device Mac OSX click on the circled x on your device s information and connect it again as explained in Chapter 3 3 Connecting Bluetooth Devices Open Signals r evolution User Manual 34 10 Support Please contact us if your problem is not listed in this manual so that we can find a solution to it as fast as possible Send us an e mail with precise information of what you where doing which device was being used what problem occurred when it occurred and
29. out the Python programming language in which Open Signals was written Open Signals r evolution User Manual 18 You can see the list of your available plugins and de select them in the Realtime Plugins and Visualization Plugins section as needed Please check Chapter 7 Plug Ins for further information Want more information about Open Signals Plux devices and Plux in general Then click on PLUX S A in the License section and you will be directed to the Plux homepage Open Signals r evolution User Manual 19 f d zs a A rd pS A ln an ii 5 Advanced Device Configuration and Information Open Signals r evolution is compatible with all PLUX devices It is recommended to use the following specific configurations of each device to obtain the best acquisition results Note BiosignalsPlux MotionPlux Open Signals r evolution connection is not available for Mac OSX yet Windows only 5 1 BlTalino Note This BlTalino configuration does work for the board freestyle and plugged kit but consider adapting the channel configuration to your setup as the channel configuration is pre set for the board kit but not for the other kits due to user depended setups CHANNEL TYPES o EMG Electromyography EDA Electrodermal Activity bo ECG Electrocardiography a d ACC Accelerometer i LUX Photodiode Je RAW Non scaled signal El visualization e er CHANNEL CONFIGURAT
30. s doesn t find my device Next Cancel O Pr Add a device Select a pairing option gt Create a pairing code for me The device has a keypad gt Enter the device s pairing code The device comes with a pairing code Check for one on the device or in the device manual gt Pair without using a code This type of device such as a mouse does require a secure connection How can tell if my device has a pairing code Cancel 1 Adda device Enter the pairing code for the device This will verify that you are connecting to the correct device 1234 The code is either displayed on your device or in the information that came with the device What if I can t find the device pairing code Next Cancel Fig 2 Windows BT device manager Press the Windows key on your keyboard go to System Preferences and start the Bluetooth device manager The manager will search for Bluetooth devices and add the BlTalino when found Click Next to continue To connect the device click on Enter the device s pairing code and the window will proceed For BlTalino enter the pairing code 1234 and the connection between your BlTalino and your computer will be build For BiosignalsPlux and MotionPlux enter the pairing code 123 Open Signals r evolution User Manual 6 3 3 2 Mac OSX 009 lt HE Bluetooth Q Devices bitalino rx Not Connected Bluetooth On Turn Blu
31. there exists a greater amount of samples but just as the resolution it consumes more of your systems resources and can cause delay in the Real Time visualization LED STATES for single device and multi device acquisition Main Rules 1 blink Device is idle 2 blinks Device is acquiring Green Blink Bluetooth on Red Blink Low Battery Green Charging Orange blink Internal acquisition Open Signals r evolution User Manual 22 A Detailed Information none 1 Green Blink 2 Green Blinks 1 Red Blink 2 Red Blinks 1 Black Blink in the Background 2 Black Blinks in the Background 1 Orange Blink 1 Orange Blink alternating with 1 Red Blink 2 Orange Blinks Orange Red Blinks 2 Orange blinks in green Background Orange Green Blinks Green Red blinks Orange Black blinks in green background Power down RTC is running Idle Bluetooth on Real time acquisition Bluetooth on Idle Low battery Bluetooth on Real time acquisition Low battery Bluetooth on Idle Charging Bluetooth on Real time acquisition Charging Bluetooth on Waiting for external trigger to start internal acquisition Bluetooth off Waiting for external trigger to start internal acquisition Low battery Bluetooth off Internal acquisition Bluetooth off Internal acquisition Charging Bluetooth off Internal acquisition Charging Bluetooth off Internal acquisition Bluetooth on Internal acquisition Low Battery B
32. tivation requires a stable internet connection as OpenSignals has to communicate with the Plux servers Plug Ins will work without an internet connection after a successful activation 7 1 Plug Ins List See http www biosignalsplux com index php order for a list of currently available plugins software add ons Plug In Online Store COMING SOON 7 2 How to get activate Plug Ins If you purchased a BiosignalsPlux Professional device the Video Sync the Heart Rate Variability and the EMG Analysis plug ins are included in your purchase and therefore already available for your device s If you purchased a BiosignalsPlux Researcher device the Video Sync plug in is included in your purchase and therefore already available for your device s Other Plux devices do not include plug ins by purchase but they can be bought additionally For purchasable plug ins you simply have to buy plug ins in the BiosignalsPlux online store Plug ins are related to the MAC address of devices Therefore you will be asked to introduce your device s MAC address during the purchase procedure The next time you connect your device to Open Signals after the purchase your plug in s will be activated for usage with your device s by Plux servers internet connection needed 7 3 Using Plug Ins To use purchased plug ins re start Open Signals revolution and they will now be accessible in the visualization and or the acquisition window through the plug
33. volution version release for BI Talino OpenSignals allows the user to acquire data from one or multiple devices setup the exact acquisition parameters such as sampling frequency and resolution save standard ASCII text format or in the more efficient Hierarchical Data Format HDF for processing by third party tools such as Python or MatLab and visualize and zoom into large datasets over a large number of channels It is available for Windows and Mac It is extendable with plug ins that are provided with the device or can be purchased separately It is even possible to create your own plug ins with specific functions and instruments this API will be published soon and share them and your projects with the BlTalino and BiosignalsPlux communities For more information visit www bitalino com and www plux info Open Signals r evolution User Manual 3 2 How To Get Open Signals r evolution You can download OpenSignals rjevolution from the BlTalino or BiosignalsPlux websites To download Open Signals r evolution visit the BlTalino homepage and choose the version that supports your operating system Windows Mac by clicking on the OS logo Download at http www bitalino com index php software http www biosignalsplux com index php software If your system is not supported by Open Signals r evolution yet you may fill out the Per 8n2 s Request OpenSignals Request anda and Therefore you have to fill i
34. zes recorded acquisitions Manually saves the acquired signal s when the Auto Save option is disabled in settings Scheduling offline acquisitions for BiosignalsPlux devices Download PDF report of the acquired offline data Device manager for device configurations Acquisition settings BlTalino online store accessories and components Open Signals r evolution Help BiosignalsPlux Professional devices only Open Signals r evolution User Manual 8 Active or non active options are differenced through colours E TE Active gt Not active General settings and device related settings should be configured before acquiring signals The settings are divided in two different interfaces 4 2 Acquisition Settings 2 e e e e e e a Acquisition settings save location file name format auto save SAVE LOCATION FILE PREFIX FILE FORMAT ot O h5 z _ AUTO SAVE Turning off this option will allow you to save manually after each acquisition session Fig 4 Settings window SAVE LOCATION indicates the path in which the acquired signals will be saved FILE PREFIX will save all the acquired signals as the prefixes value and add a timestamp to its name Example opensignals file YYYY MM DD_hh mm ss format extension FILE FORMAT saves the acquisitions into txt files or h5 files h5 files contains metadata which are used for signal visualization txt files don t have these metadata and are used to
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