PATCHMASTER TUTORIAL

Contents1 The First Experiment 11.1 Starting PATCHMASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 Configuring the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.2.1 Files and Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2.2 AD/DA Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2.3 Using the Software without Connected AD/DAHardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.2.4 Entering the Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.2.5 Saving the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.3 Controlling the Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.3.1 The Default Macros for Cell Set-Up . . . . . . . . . 101.3.2 Test Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.4 Setting up a Simple Pulse Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121.4.1 Creating a New Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4.2 Setting up the Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4.3 Defining the Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.4.4 Defining the Segment for Online Analysis . . . . . . 161.4.5 Setting the Output Channel and the AD Input . . . 171.4.6 Other Settings in the Pulse Generator . . . . . . . . 181.5 Starting the Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.5.1 Making a Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22ii CONTENTS1.5.2 Setting up the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.5.3 StartingtheSequencefromtheProtocolEditorWin-dow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...