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1. Min amp Max When you select Min amp Max DataLab 2000 Software calculates Gain m and Offset b based on the Signal Voltage Range and Scaling Min Max egu values Gain amp Offset When you select Gain amp Offset DataLab 2000 Software calculates Scaling Min Max egu based on the Signal Voltage Range and Gain m and Offset b values that you supply Min egu Max egu Enter the minimum and maximum engineering values corresponding to the minimum and maximum volts DC values you enter in Signal Voltage Range Gain m Offset b DataLab 2000 Software uses the gain and offset to convert voltages to engineering units using the equation Y mX b where X is the signal in VDC and Y is the signal converted to the unit you select Calibrate This button opens the 2 Point Calibration dialog box shown in Figure 2 5 You can use the two point calibration routine to determine the Signal Voltage Range that applies to the Scaling Min Max egu values For more information refer to the next section Two Point Calibration Routine e Device Settings Click on this button to open the Device Settings dialog box described later in this chapter By selecting the amplifier and the attached device the program will automatically configure the hardware e Clear Settings Click on this button to clear the settings set in Device Settings e Device When you use the device database to configure the selected channel t
2. File Name Displays the path and filename of the data file Testgroup Displays the testgroup if any the data file is associated with Username Displays the name of the user who acquired the data Creation Date Shows the creation date of the data file Creation Time Shows the creation time of the data file Data File Notes Contains any notes which are associated with the data file Number of Events Shows the number of file events that the data file contains DataLab 2000 includes the events in the export file when you select the Include Events option in the Export Data dialog box DataLab 2000 does not export search events Start Events End Events Displays file events that are associated with the data file Each event is time stamped and includes its event type and event notes e Signals The following items describe the parameters in the Signals area Number of Signals Displays the number of signals that have been selected for export Signal Label Displays the name of each signal Units Displays the engineering unit associated with each signal Filter Type lIndicates whether the signal had a filter applied to it and if so the type of filter Transform Type lIndicates whether the signal had a transform applied to it and if so the type of transform e Start Data End Data Contains the data array for each signal that was selected for export DataLab 2000 export
3. The next chapter Chapter 6 Printing Data tells you how to print waveform displays and reports from DataLab 2000 Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 5 6 6 1 Lafayette Instrument Company Chapter 6 This chapter explains how DataLab 2000 can print snapshots of your signals as they appear on the screen or print reports that summarize the data you acquire Printing Data Printing a Screen You can print out all signals as they appear on the screen by taking a snapshot of the screen You can print a snapshot in any of the acquisition and analysis views and also in any of the tabs of the Array Analysis dialog box In the acquisition and analysis views you select Print Window from the File menu to print a screen In the Array Analysis dialog box you click on the Print button to print the dialog box Printing Reports on Data Files and Testgroups To print summary reports select File Reports The Reports dialog box appears Using the Reports dialog box you can print data file information from a specific data directory for a specific user or all users or for a specific testgroup or all testgroups gt Note These reports do not contain the actual signals contained in the data files To print displays of the actual signals please see the Printing a Screen section 7 k You can print the following three basic sets of information in a DataLab 2000 report e
4. Alam LabelfLow heart rate Type E elow Minin Minimum AO 00O pra Print at A E Use the Configure Settings Menu to change alarms a En Bee En Figure 3 7 Alarm Options Display Dialog Box g Note The Alarm Options Display dialog box only displays the alarm settings in use for an acquired signal You cannot change the alarm settings in it Refer to the Configuring Alarms section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for instructions on how to set and change alarm parameters Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 3 zI 1 3 12 Lafayette Instrument Company XY Graph View In the XY Graph view you can display two signals plotted against one another Figure 3 8 shows the XY Graph Acquisition view The XY Graph view behaves like all the other acquisition views and has the additional features described in this section AT Graph Acquisition File Configure View Help hh mm s2 33 Y as a 7o0 E oF Paw Pressure 1000 800 a 7 Sron Ei gt l re Bee ee o Autoscale Graph Speed 400 w 10 00 z 200 Logging jii iis Panis T Log Data al ori D EE z l w Lung Pressure file none Points to Display rae d Br 3cm H20 Li nigr ee Trending w Paw Pressure w Mean 13 979 g cm H20 ae p HE H y CA A IA a 7 Setup trend Status 1 00 samples EPET Fe a Figure 3 8 XY Graph Acquisition View e
5. e Date Time This indicator shows the date and time when the testgroup was created e Testgroup Notes This text box shows the notes associated with the selected testgroup You can enter new text or modify the text in this box e Show Data Files Clicking on this button displays the Data File Summary dialog box shown in Figure 2 14 The following section describes the Data File Summary dialog box in detail e OK Makes the testgroup you selected the current testgroup and closes the Testgroup Setup dialog box Reviewing Data File Summary Information This section describes the controls in the Data File Summary dialog box shown in Figure 2 14 Data File Summary Es Data Files Events General Info Modity Frog muscle bb Created 12 32 18 PM 8 11 97 Fat lung bb Sample rate 100 00 signals 6 File length secs 136 0 Username Joe Teshgroup Tuesday Class File notes The probes are connected to the mouse s nerve endings in the spinal column Figure 2 14 Data File Summary Dialog Box The following controls appear in the Data File Summary dialog box e Data Files Displays the files that are in the datalab 2000 software data directory and are associated with the testgroup that you select in the Testgroup Setup dialog box e Modify Clicking on this button displays the Modify File Information dialog box shown in Figure 2 15 where you can view and modify some of the general information about the selected
6. time hh mm s s _ PBT AP Figure B 5 4 Graph Acquisition View with Data Logging Enabled 10 Stop data acquisition by clicking on the STOP button 11 If you want to perform analysis on the data you just collected click on the Analysis button to go to the analysis view Refer to Chapter 4 Analyzing Data for more information on analyzing your data B 25 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Example 2 Pressure Volume Data Acquisition To acquire and display two signals in this example pressure and volume in real time on an XY graph complete the following steps This example also shows you how to initiate data acquisition after a specified delay 1 Complete steps 1 through 4 of Example 1 Getting Started with Acquisition to assign LV Pressure LV Volume and ECG to three channels 2 Select Configure Settings then select the Timing tab in the dialog box that appears Figure B 6 shows how you need to set up the Timing tab Configuration Settings for Acquisition Timing Alarms Stimulus Start Time Sample Fate T Manual jw 100 sariples s Zz 3 an Dea Note Real time filtering i disabled MAINTE hea for sample rates less than 200Hz Delay Duration Scan List 239 Amn ss LY Pressure _ Select All LY Voolurine Stop Time i Manual f After Specified Duration 30 0 hh mm 8 21 Approximate Free Disk Space 35848 Kbytes Spoproximat
7. 2000 Software issues the data waveform at 100 points per second the maximum pulse duration is 100 seconds Stimulus Type From File You can select an arbitrary waveform from file for analog output stimulus A graphical representation of the arbitrary waveform appears in the Stimulus Waveform graph You can click on the Browse button to select a data file that contains the arbitrary waveform Figure 2 10 shows the controls that appear when you select this option jt ncligueetian Pou kticay iver ur nen ilies Trang Alarm shea siparo alenraus Wah Sirmur Wami 5 Pabst i O Freri Fare rua Casts aD T Lie Dei lento i lt j T i l Gian Tj 1 IO taa o oe i Pubs IE finfi amuia FE Espri l Fvag an a Legen iem aya DEE Fikira a sh Se Bs anirai ab ote mk C Coba TOO piriy ee i E E ei Appa Free Cah Space ATE Fai Diaa Fia Bical Fiai BEDOT biakin s Figure 2 10 Using a Stimulus from a File For Stimulus Type From File the file you select must contain the voltage waveform data in an ASCII tab delimited format The data values must be between 10 VDC to 10 VDC DataLab 2000 Software only uses the first column of data For example a five second stimulus waveform would be represented by a single column of 500 numbers in an ASCII tab delimited file Es Note DataLab 2000 Software uses only the first column and the first 10 000 rows in the stimulus file At the bottom of the Stimulus tab y
8. Displaying both absolute time and relative time In DataLab 2000 1 2 the time axis at the bottom of the Analysis view and Acquisition view indicates both the relative time and absolute time from the beginning of data acquisition R 4 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Plug In Analysis To increase flexibility for processing data DataLab 2000 1 2 offers a plug in architecture to allow implementation of custom LabVIEW built analysis functions Through this data interface you can process data provided by DataLab 2000 and observe the results in the DataLab 2000 Analysis view Based on the dynamically loading mechanism of LabVIEW the plug in architecture enables you to associate your own subVIs with DataLab 2000 By calling those subVIs dynamically DataLab 2000 can process data based on the requirements of the customer and avoid rewriting or recompiling its source code Refer to the LabVIEW demo of the plug in located in labview Examples Viserver plugins 11b for more information about plug in analysis Applying Plug In Analysis To choose a plug in analysis method for a graph click the corresponding label located in the upper left corner of each graph The Select Signal dialog box appears as shown in the following illustration Sapeal Sucheclion ECG Al Lip Hargi Litt ci Signar Pane a Poseutest a Fireman aLa A bos pari Fiar Select the type of plug
9. Min Max Enter the values you would like DataLab 2000 to search for Adding New Events You can add new user defined file events to your data files during analysis Event e Event Allows you to add a new user defined file event to the file When you click on this button the Add User Event dialog box shown in Figure 4 13 appears After you enter any notes you want for this new event a yellow event marker appears in the center of the Event Profiler on theAnalysis view As with any user defined file event you can drag the event and place it anywhere in the Event Profiler If multiple files are open DataLab 2000 adds the events you create to the currently selected file Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com AeA Ly Lafayette Instrument Company The Displaying File Information section in this chapter describes how to select one file when multiple files are open Add User Event Ed Event Notes Time 14 94 HA rar 22 2 The varlability in heart rate seeme particularly high at this poirt Figure 4 13 Add User Event Dialog Box Viewing and Changing Data File Information DataLab 2000 allows you to view and change general information associated with each data file Displaying File Information You click on the Info button in an Analysis view to display acquisition and file information info for all open files General information includes creation date and
10. Setting Up Your System for more information on alarm checking Alarms are for display purposes only and you can always define Search Events to search for alarm conditions during analysis Refer to the File and Search Events section in Chapter 4 Analyzing Data for more information on search events Acquiring Data from Many Different Signals DataLab 2000 can acquire up to 16 signals simultaneously Each additional signal requires additional computer resources Make sure that you are only acquiring data from signals that you really need Refer to Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for more information Acquiring Data at a High Sample Rate Although DataLab 2000 allows you to sample data at up to 1 000 Hz many physiological signals do not require sample rates of more than 100 or 200 points per second Try slowing down your sample rate Refer to Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for more information A 2 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Acquired Data is Noisy There are many reasons why your data may appear to be noisy or distorted Some of these reasons are related to hardware configuration and some are related to software configuration e Cabling Ensure that all cables are connected correctly and securely e Improper Ground Check the ground references of your signal Ensure that the NI DAQ Configuration Utility shows your hardware s analog input reference mode to
11. Software is currently measuring The longer red needle on the meter indicates the instantaneous values while the shorter blue needle indicates the accepted value Accept When you have properly set the output calibration voltage of the physiological monitoring device or amplifier click on the Accept button to record the voltage as the calibration voltage Perform this operation for both the Minimum and Maximum calibration points DataLab 2000 Software uses a ten point average to calculate the calibration voltage Minimum Maximum Calibration Voltage The voltage level that DataLab 2000 Software records when you clicked on the Accept button The shorter blue needle on the voltage meter indicates the value of the calibration voltage Eng Value The minimum and maximum Engineering Values are initially the same as the values you entered in the Channel Configuration dialog box You can change the values here and these values will display as the Min egu Max egu values on the Channel Configuration dialog box e Voltage Range For best calibration results select the voltage range that encompasses the expected voltage range of the signal e Linear Conversion Contains a graph control and two indicators Graph The two data calibration points are graphed with the voltage on the X axis and the engineering values on the Y axis Gain m Offset b These are the calculated values of m and b used in the linear fit
12. This error message appears when you are acquiring signals faster than your computer can display them on the screen and also store them to disk when data logging is enabled This situation overloads your computer and prevents it from performing all required tasks You should ensure that your system meets the Minimum System Requirements as described in Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System Even when your system meets the minimum system requirements you may continue to have difficulties in certain situations described below e Running other applications while you acquire data can reduce performance and memory availability It is preferable that you close other applications while acquiring data in DataLab 2000 Beware of hidden or background programs that are running If you have for instance anti virus programs running when you encounter error 10846 you can disable them to determine if they are using up resources and causing the problem e Windows 95 suspends all other computer activities while you drag a title bar Do not click and drag the title bar of a window with the mouse during acquisition e There are several features of DataLab 2000 which use significant resources If you are using any of these features when you encounter the 10846 error you should consider disabling them The following are some features in DataLab 2000 that can be disabled to increase performance Alarm Checking Refer to the Configuring Alarms section in Chapter 2
13. equation Y mX b See the Channel Configuration dialog box for more information Help This button opens a dialog box which has step by step instructions for performing a typical two point calibration procedure e OK Takes calibration voltages and engineering values you enter and displays them in the Channel Configuration dialog box in the Signal Voltage Range and Engineering Scaling areas respectively 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 2 9 Device Settings The Device Settings screen allows you to automatically configure a measurement channel for a DataLab 2000 amplifier Toro Basie ECE TOPE Ogan EEG 0T i4 G E ERG Action Ptenialhene Monducion Ty rand Late hint Lirats bohra zarza m Coabgens Amn Collate Deane MiHo a F Gand Oe ee i weal T ERCI Heil 10m Winje TE Ganj CE Oren oo bop lve 10 1 eae w concer Figure 2 5a Device Settings Dialog Box The following controls appear in the Device Settings screen e Amplifiers This is a listing of all of the available DataLab 2000 amplifiers Choose the amplifier to be used from the list e Transducer Pre Amplifier Gain Setting Range Setting This list shows all of the available options for the selected amplifier Chose the setting or attachment desired for the measurement channel e Configuration display Shows the configuration for the
14. 10 The profiler can display either file events or search evenis When you display file events the Event Profiler shows file events associated with the file being analyzed If more than one file is open DataLab 2000 displays file events for only the selected file Refer to the Displaying File Information section later in this chapter for information on how to select a file When you display search events the Event Profiler shows the search events that are associated with one of the signals that is being displayed on one of the graphs Figure 4 10 Event Profiler Event Profiler Graphically profiles file or search events All events are time stamped and color coded The vertical lines that appear on the Event Profiler are called event markers There are four colors of event markers to represent file events User Defined Events Yellow Events you define during acquisition or analysis You can create modify and move user defined events by clicking on the Event or Event buttons Stimulus Events Green Indicates when a manual analog voltage stimulus begins and ends Datalog Events Blue Indicates when you stopped data logging during an acquisition There are two colors of event markers that appear on the Event Profiler to represent the two types of search events Search Criteria Met Red Indicates the points that DataLab 2000 found in the data that meet the search criteria DataLab 2000 does not show search
15. E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 2 3 Lafayette Instrument Company Starting the DataLab 2000 Software To start DataLab 2000 select Start Programs Lafayette Instrument DataLab 2000 Software After you start DataLab 2000 Software the User Login dialog box appears shown in Figure 2 1 Type in your name or select it from the list It is important to select the correct user name because DataLab 2000 Software associates the name you select with any data you acquire and save to disk You can also change the user name after you start DataLab 2000 Software by selecting File Username and entering a different name x Type 4 new username or press OF to accept the following Joe WARNING Lafayette Instrument products are not designed with components and testing tor a level of reliability suitable for use in treatment and diagnosis of humans or as critical components in any lite support systems whose talure to pertorn can reasonably be expected to cause significant injury to a human Consult your User Manual for more imformation Exit DataLab 2000 Figure 2 1 User Login Dialog Box ga Note The program will automatically load the hardware channel configurations from the previous acquisition session on start up 2 3 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Data Acquisition View When you first install and open DataLab 2000 Software the
16. National Instruments Data Acquisition Hardware This option allows you to select any National Instruments DAQ hardware that is installed and configured in your computer You can select only one piece of DAQ hardware at a time DataLab 2000 Software can only collect data from signals connected to the selected DAQ hardware If the DAQ hardware you expect to see is not listed make sure that it is properly installed and configured using the NI DAQ Configuration Utility e Demonstration Teaching Data Files This option allows you to select a data file that contains sample or teaching data You can replay the selected data file in simulated real time even if the computer you are using does not have DAQ hardware DataLab 2000 Software displays the data files found in the datalab 2000 software examples directory when you choose this option You can always add new example files to the datalab 2000 software examples directory to meet your specific needs The files you add must be created with DataLab 2000 Software e Data Files Acquired with DataLab 2000 Software This option allows you to select any DataLab 2000 Software data file that has been stored to disk previously You can replay the selected data file in simulated real time even if the computer you are using does not have DAQ hardware Use the Browse button to select the directory that contains the data file Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstru
17. Per Minute BPM Employs a beat detection algorithm to create a signal that profiles the number of beats per minute as in a heart rate from an ECG signal To apply this transformation enter the following parameters the percent threshold the width whether you choose to apply the derivative to reduce baseline drift and whether you want to use local minimum or maximum values to determine BPM For more specific information refer to the Entering Trend Parameters section in Chapter 3 Acquiring Data e Standard Deviation For each point in the data set DataLab 2000 calculates a new point by finding the standard deviation for the preceding number of seconds you specify e Simple Expressions Creates a new signal by adding subtracting multiplying or dividing the selected signal with a user defined constant or any other signal that you can select from an open file When you perform division with a divisor of zero DataLab 2000 uses zero as the result e Derivative Creates a new signal that is the first derivative of the selected signal e Integral Creates a new signal that is the integral of the selected signal 4 8 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Scalar Analysis No analysis After you have selected a signal and applied the filter or transform you want you can select a subset of the data on the graph and perform scalar analysis on that subset Use the Scalar
18. Testgroups including the following information sorted alphabetically by testgroup name Testgroup name Date and time created Notes e Data files including the following information sorted alphabetically by filename Filename Date and time created Username of the person who acquired the data Testgroup if any associated with the data file Sample rate at which the data was collected Labels of the signals acquired Notes associated with the data file e Data files including the information listed above sorted by testgroup 6 1 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 6 2 Figure 6 1 shows the Reports dialog box with Testgroup selected in the Report Type area Report Selector Data Path ic CataLab2000 Sottware data Report Type Browse Testgroup C Data File Information Taa Ta alai F Fhar Eo Sr he th E TAAST BNO r Men lagt NT A z z Testgroup Selection Non Testgroup Files Afternoon Class Al Tuesday Class FE Individual Friday pm Class Username Selection Figure 6 1 Reports Dialog Box with Testgroup Report Type Selected The following controls appear in the Report Selection area e Data Path This is the directory that DataLab 2000 searches for data files to meet the selection criteria e Browse Allows you to select a directory for the Data Path e Report Type Testgroup Creates a Tesitgrou
19. The pull down lists for selecting signals appear beside the XY graph in the XY Graph view not beside the time graphs e When you select the Autoscale options DataLab 2000 applies a scale to the data that best fits the data to the XY graph e The XY Graph view contains the Points to Display control You can choose the number of points to display by typing a number in this field or by using the slide control above the field The number of points is also translated into a time value hh mm ss sss which depends on the sample rate of the data As DataLab 2000 acquires new data the XY display continues to add to the existing waveform until it reaches the Number of Points to Display When the number of points to display is reached DataLab 2000 adds data to the end of the existing waveform and removes data from the beginning After acquiring data as described in this chapter refer to Chapter 4 Analyzing Data to learn about data analysis features in DataLab 2000 3 n 2 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Chapter 4 Analyzing Data Analyzing Data This chapter explains the ways you can analyze data in DataLab 2000 Preparing to Analyze Data To get to the data analysis view from the data acquisition view click on the Analysis button You can also access a data analysis view through the View menu After you save an acquisition to disk DataLab 2000 automatically loads this d
20. as well as the number of decimals to display Refer to the Manually Setting the Scale section in Chapter 3 Acquiring Data for more information on how to set the scale manually e Autoscaling To automatically set the scale for a graph click on the Autoscaling button DataLab 2000 applies a scale to the data that best fits the data into the graph e Scroll Bars Use the vertical scrollbar to the left of each graph to change the Y scale of the graphs You can change the amount of data you are viewing in the display by clicking and dragging the ends of the scroll bar or scroll up and down by clicking and dragging the middle of the scroll bar The vertical scroll bar behaves similarly to the horizontal scroll bar shown in Figure 4 5 Changing the Appearance of Graphs To change graph display parameters such as color line width fill options and so on click on the legend of the graph The line in the legend box reflects the parameters you selected for the graph Indicators of the Analysis View Following are descriptions of all the indicators in the analysis view e Graph indicator bar A light gray indicator bar appears at the top of each graph Depending on whether you have assigned a signal to the graph and if you have selected a region of data several indicators appear in this bar The following indicators and options appear on the graph indicator bar Presume Signal label This is the name of the signal that is display
21. be properly configured e Improper Voltage Range In the Channel Configuration dialog box presented in Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System you specify for each signal the minimum and maximum voltages you expect If these values are inaccurate DataLab 2000 may acquire noisy or incorrect data e Signal Is Too Small Your signal can be of such a small voltage level that noise distorts the signal Typically in this case you should be using data acquisition hardware which applies a gain to amplify your signal and thus reduces this distortion Not all DAQ hardware is capable of applying gain If you do not have a means to apply gain to amplify your signal you cannot acquire signals that have small voltage levels e Mixed Signals You may be simultaneously acquiring high level and low level signals Low level signals lt 1 VDC typically require that gain be applied by the DAQ hardware to reduce noise Some DAQ hardware does not allow you to apply gain to some Appendix A Using Help and Troubleshooting signals and not to others In this case you should use DAQ hardware that allows you to apply a different gain to each signal In addition to addressing the preceding possible cases you can also try the following measures e Software Filtering DataLab 2000 allows you to reduce noise in your signal caused by 50 or 60 Hz power sources by applying a 50 or 60 Hz notch filter See Chapter 3 Acquiring Data and Chapter 4 Analyzing Data for informati
22. data acquisition view appears Figure 2 2 shows what your screen might look like while you acquire data Chapter 3 Acquiring Data explains the data acquisition views in detail 4 Graph Acquisition File Configure View Help w JECG UpRamp 0 04 vde 2 097 T Log Data file none amp 2 Trending w Arterial Pressure w Mean 135 831 Status 100 samples s i Ti Arreleyia s Figure 2 2 4 Graph Acquisition View Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 4 Lafayette Instrument Company Setting Up DataLab 2000 Software for Acquisition lf you want to change the names of the signals or any of the default settings you should follow the instructions in this chapter When you first install DataLab 2000 Software and you have properly installed your DAQ hardware DataLab 2000 Software automatically configures itself to begin acquiring data with default settings All you need to do is click on the GO button The default settings are configured for signals that fall in the 5 to 5 VDC range You must perform additional configuration steps if you want to use alarms logging or stimulus Selecting a Data Source The data source for your DataLab 2000 Software application can be DAQ hardware or a data file The data file can be a file included with DataLab 2000 Software inthe datalab 2000 software examples directory or a data file you previously acquired
23. e Decimals Selects 0 1 2 or 3 for the number of decimals you want to use in the Y scale and in the digital display for the graph Changing the Data for a Graph DataLab 2000 can display any signal you are acquiring in the graphs of the data oy Channel 1 acquisition view To select a channel to display on a particular graph use the pull down list in the upper left hand corner of the graph The pull down list shows all the signals currently being acquired This list consists of the signals selected in the Scan List of the Timing tab of the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box The Configuring Timing of Data Acquisition section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System explains how to configure the Scan List g Note You can change the signal that displays in a graph while you are acquiring data Digital Display 120 mmHg DataLab 2000 displays the instantaneous value for each signal in real time The digital display and the engineering units that is mmHg VDC and so on are centered above each graph Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 3 9 Lafayette Instrument Company Changing the Display Parameters Legend To change graph display parameters such as color line width fill options and so on click on the legend box above the graph Changes affect only the graph below the legend The line in the Legend box reflects the display parameters you sele
24. e Testgroup This is the testgroup which is associated with the data file e List of Events This list displays the files events which are associated with this file Select an event from this list and the Time and Event Notes for this event are displayed to the right e Time This is the time at which the event occurred during the acquisition The Time value does not reflect any time that elapses while logging is turned off e Event Notes These are the notes associated with the event DataLab 2000 may have automatically generated these notes or a user may have created them during the acquisition cs Note You cannot modify events in this dialog box Refer to the File and Search Events l section of Chapter 4 Setting Up Your System for information on how to modify file events or their associated notes After you set up your system you will be ready to read Chapter 3 Acquiring Data 2 2 1 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Chapter 3 Acquiring Data Acquiring Data This chapter gives instructions for acquiring data with DataLab 2000 after you have set up your system Before you begin acquiring data make sure that your DAQ hardware is correctly installed and configured as described in Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System lf you do not have data acquisition hardware you can use the demonstration teaching data files in the datalab2000 examples directory to simulate real
25. lafayetteinstrument com 2 6 2 1 7 Lafayette Instrument Company Entering Device Profiles You can enter information about your physiological monitoring instruments and amplifiers in a database within DataLab 2000 To open this database select Configure Device Database Figure 2 11 shows the Device Database Maintenance dialog box j Ceatpad iaga A ag Mode TOF DE Bapor rais j l i j 7 J Connection Type Pin rara D Bipa Type enimi yak ihal xoni BOG EEG EMG dition Poential GSR canbe used path TOTE Por TO Tr TOTE ed TOSS via Dhel Demana mearan belo J ai ie bormi d m romei Bi neti Figure 2 11 Device Database Maintenance Dialog Box The Device Database Maintenance dialog box allows you to view modify add and delete data about various physiological monitoring devices and amplifiers A predefined database of equipment information comes with DataLab 2000 For each device you can enter the suggested default signal levels and other information to speed up the channel configuration procedure 2 sg 7 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Tesitgroups With DataLab 2000 you can organize your data files into testgroups of similar data For example a professor might create two testgroups that correspond to two separate groups of students You can also acquire data without associating the data to any particular testgroup i
26. lurer notch filter is disabled during data acquisition ihj e Scan List Shows the signals configured in the Channel Configuration dialog box or available in the data file you are replaying You highlight the signals in the Scan List that you would like to acquire Click on the Select All button to select all signals If the data source is a file you cannot change the selected signals e Approximate Free Disk Space Displays the amount of free disk storage space you have available for your data files You specify the disk for data logging in the dialog box that appears when you select File Logging in the data acquisition view e Approximate Data File Size Approximate File Growth Rate These indicators help you monitor file size or growth rate When you select Stop Time After Specified Duration the indicator displays the Approximate Data File Size based on the number of signals in the Scan List Sample Rate and duration of acquisition When you select Stop Time Manual the indicator displays the Approximate File Growth Rate based on the number of signals in the Scan List and Sample Rate Configuring Alarms Alarm settings allow you to receive automatic notification when your signals go out of the range you specify To configure alarms select Configure Settings then select the Alarms tab in the dialog box that appears The Configuring Timing of Data Acquisition section of this chapter describes the indicators at the botto
27. one green one blue cursor on two different peaks or valleys dy shows the difference in Y values between the two peaks or valleys e Found Ihe number of peaks or valleys DataLab 2000 finds given the Mode Width and the threshold of the horizontal cursor e Peak Valley List A numeric list of all the peaks or valleys DataLab 2000 finds given the Mode Width and the threshold of the horizontal cursor e Print Click on this button to print the Peak Detection tab e Save Click on this button to save the Peak Detection tab e Graph Tool Palette Refer to the Power Spectrum tab discussion for information on the Graph tool palette XY Analysis The XY Analysis tab allows you to graph and analyze two independent signals with respect to one another as shown in Figure 4 9 hay Se Hiekagnan PoverSpectuan Peak Detection Xr Anak ar L cher feri Fegan Arae 17 Slope MA mi 45i HEE im 2 1 7 i I I L i i i i Bo ED go o BD a0 gao eo ao SOE ar L Peroure rard ol as 51 F a EE et alu i 5 21 Tye Eyi Laba L i ciara p Fini i Figure 4 9 XY Analysis Tab Array Analysis Dialog Box Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrument Company The pull down lists at the top and bottom of the graph contain a list of all signals being displayed in the analysis view Use these pull down lists to select a signal to graph on each axis The top list
28. selects the data for the Y axis and the bottom list selects the data for the X axis Several regression analysis options are available for XY graphs Specifically you can perform a linear exponential or polynomial fit to any XY graph The parameters for display of the best fit data appear in the Legend control the item labelled Fit in Figure 4 9 The Cursor Navigation area allows you to scroll the red XY cursors through the data on the graph and indicates the respective X and Y coordinate values Alternatively you can use the mouse to select the cursors directly on the graph and move them The following controls appear in the XY Analysis tab e Regression Analysis Area where you set the parameters for regression analysis Linear Calculates and graphs a linear fit to your data Calculates the slope intercept and mean squared error mse of the linear fit Exponential Calculates and graphs an exponential fit to your data Calculates the amplitude damping and mean squared error of the exponential fit Polynomial Calculates and graphs a polynomial fit to your data based on the polynomial signal order that you enter Calculates the coefficients and mean squared error of the polynomial fit e Signal selectors Use these pull down lists to select a signal for each axis You can use these controls to invert the graph e Cursor Navigation Area where you control cursor position X value The x value of the vertical
29. the selected file and its sequential number Refer to the Displaying File Information section later in this chapter for instructions on how to select one file if multiple files are open Returning to the Acquisition View You can use the Acquisition button as a quick and convenient way to switch from an analysis view to an acquisition view You can also switch to the acquisition mode of DataLab 2000 by selecting any of the data acquisition views from the View menu Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 4 4 8 Lafayette Instrument Company Applying Analysis Methods The Select Signal dialog box shown in Figure 4 2 allows you to choose analysis methods for your data You can open the Select Signal dialog box by clicking on the signal label for a graph The Selecting the Signal for a Graph section earlier in this chapter describes how to select signals This section describes the analysis methods of the filters and transforms g Note You can perform one filter and or one transform operation on any signal When you i perform both a filter and a transform operation DataLab 2000 filters the entire data set before calculating the transform Filtering Choose the type of filtering you want to use from the Filtering pull down list The following filter options are available e No Filter Applies no filter to your data e Digital Filter Applies a third order Butte
30. this chapter describes the Event Profiler e Click on the Select Entire Display button at the bottom of the graphs to select all visible data in the graph Use the navigation buttons to scroll and jump back and forth through a data file These buttons also allow you to view the entire data file with a single click or magnify a highlighted region of the data file Descriptions of the navigation and selection buttons follow e Magnify Selected Region Click on this button to magnify the selected region of the data file e Jump Left Click on this button to jump left toward the beginning of the file The size of the jump is equal to the amount of time currently displayed on the graph or to the beginning of the file whichever is less e Scroll Left Click and hold this button to scroll back toward the beginning of the data file e Full Scale Click on this button to display the entire data file on the graph e Scroll Right Click and hold this button to scroll forward toward the end of the data file e Jump Right Click on this button to jump right toward the end of the data file The size of the jump is equal to the amount of time currently displayed on the graph or to the end of the file whichever is less e Select Entire Display Click on this button to select all the data displayed on the graph This button does not select all the data in the file h h h HHC he al H Changing Time Scale and Scrolling
31. time sample rate number of signals file length user name testgroup and any notes associated with the file Figure 4 14 displays the Open File Information dialog box Open File Information Es Open Files C DataLab 2000 Software examples 4 Demo Fi C DataLab 2000 Sottwareexamples O ximetry H C DataLab 2000 Software data Fruit Fly bb Modify General Info Created 8 58 17 PM 625 97 Sample rate 100 00 signals 3 File length secs 30 2 Username Pam Testgroup Afternoon Class File notes The probes are connected to the mouse s nerve endings In the spinal column Cancel Figure 4 14 Open File Information Dialog Box 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 The following controls appear in the Open File Information dialog box e Open Files A list of all the open data files An asterisk beside a file name indicates that changes have occurred in the data file See Chapter 5 Saving Data for more information on saving your data When you select a file the General Info associated with that file appears Click on the OK button after highlighting a file to make the signals from that file available for analysis and event searching Es Note When multiple files are open the Event Profiler in the Analysis views displays only file events for the file you select in the Open Files list e General Info Displays information about the file You can chan
32. 00 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 3 11 Sample Rate You select sample rate in the Timing tab of the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box Notch filtering is not available when the sample rate is below 200HZ IIR Filter Order This number represents the number of IIR filter coefficients used to create the notch filter Higher order filters require more processing but in general better meet the filter specifications of minimal notch width and maximum target frequency attenuation Notch Width 3 dB Indicates the frequency range where the notch filter is attenuating by three decibels or more 50 60 Hz Attenuation lIndicates the decibel attenuation at the target frequency of the notch filter Viewing Alarm Information SE High Temp You can set alarms to notify you if the data you are acquiring reaches or exceeds a specified level or range The indicator at the left shows what a high temperature alarm looks like on the screen To view alarm information for a specific graph click on the bell button for that graph The Alarm Options Display for the corresponding signal appears This dialog box displays the Alarm Label Type Minimum and Maximum parameters that you previously chose in the Alarms tab of the dialog box that appears when you select Configure Settings see Figure 2 7 Figure 3 7 shows the Alarm Options Display dialog box Alarm Options Display Ea
33. 00 Software The DataLab 2000 is operational after the following steps are completed 1 Insert the CD ROM supplied with your DataLab 2000 and follow the on screen instructions 2 Shut down or restart Windows Locating the DataLab Manuals After you install all software you can find this manual on your hard drive in this directory C Program Files Lafayette Instrument DataLab 2000 Software DL2KSoft pdf The manual is in PDF format which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader After you install all software you can find the hardware manual on your hard drive in this directory C Program Files Lafayette Instrument DataLab 2000 Software DL2KHard pdf The manual is in PDF format which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader R i 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Printing in DataLab 2000 DataLab 2000 front panels print as bitmap images by default If your printer supports postscript or color printing you can modify lines in your datalabsoftware2000 ini file to use postscript or color printing when printing the DataLab 2000 screens The datalabsoftware2000 ini file is located in your DataLab 2000 directory Be sure to save a backup copy of your datalabsoftware2000 ini file before you try to modify it You can edit your datalabsoftware2000 ini file with any word processing or text editing software such as Notepad Restart DataLab 2000 for the new settings to take
34. 17701 E mail lic uk lafayetteinstrument com Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com G 1 Lafayette Instrument Company G lossary base name base path bins C channel D data source DAQ DAQ hardware DC decimation decimation factor device E EGU event event markers Event Profiler The name of the file before DataLab 2000 adds a sequence number The base name is used when you turn on the Autonaming feature The directory where DataLab 2000 creates a log file whether Autonaming is on or off Equally sized partitions that DataLab 2000 creates by subdividing an entire range of values for display in a histogram A pathway between your data acquisition hardware and your computer The source that DataLab 2000 acquires data from Possible sources are DAQ hardware DataLab 2000 data files and example files Data acquisition The equipment that takes the data from your physiological monitoring devices and transfers the data into your computer Direct current Process of reducing a large set of data values to a smaller more manageable size DataLab 2000 uses this technique when the user requests to see more data than could reasonably fit on a single screen Degree to which DataLab 2000 uses decimation to reduce a dataset For example DataLab 2000 decimates 30 000 data points to 10 000 data points using a three to one decim
35. 20 Off Voltage OUT button during an acquisition 50 On Voltage DataLab 2000 will output the On Voltage Approximate Free Disk Space 81658 Kbytes OF Cancel Data File Growth Rate 1600 00 bytes sec Figure B 8 Setting Up Stimulus in the Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box a Select the Front Panel Manual Control radio button This option allows you to generate an analog output signal by clicking on the stimulus output button the button labeled OUT b Enter the desired values for Off Voltage and On Voltage c Click on the OK button to confirm your settings Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 8 Lafayette Instrument Company E Note n addition to manual control DataLab 2000 can generate analog output signals in the form of a user defined pulse or by reading a predefined waveform from a file The selected output signal can be continuous or can iterate for a defined number of times Refer to the Defining an Output Stimulus section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for more information DataLab 2000 issues the output stimulus on Analog Output channel 0 Because you configured the stimulus output to be Front Panel Manual Control DataLab 2000 generates the predefined analog output On Voltage whenever you click and hold on the stimulus output button the button labeled OUT on the Acquisition view DataLab 2000 generates the predefined anal
36. Analysis pull down list on the analysis view to select the type of scalar analysis you want to perform on the selected data Notice that the analysis types here all yield scalar values Scalar analysis results appear to the right of the analysis pull down list The following options appear in the Scalar Analysis pull down list e No analysis This option does not display any calculations e Minimum This option displays the minimum value for the selected region e Maximum This option displays the maximum value for the selected region e Mean This option displays the mean value for the selected region e Delta Y This option displays the difference between the y values for each of the markers defining the selected region y2 y1 e Standard Deviation This option calculates and displays the standard deviation for the selected region e Slope This option calculates and displays the slope of the line defined by the two y values for each of the markers e Integral This option calculates and displays the integral of the selected region Array Analysis rer Array After you have selected a signal and applied the filter or transform you want you can select a subset of the data on the graph and perform array analysis on that subset You can perform four types of array analysis on selected data Histogram Power Spectrum Peak Valley Detection and XY Analysis Complete the following steps to perform array analysis on your dat
37. Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 4 Now you need to change the signals displayed in the top and bottom graphs Click on the label of the top graph the Select Signal dialog box appears Select Lung Pressure and click on OK Refer to Example 5 Analyzing Heart Rate for an explanation of this dialog box 5 Repeat the previous step for the bottom graph and choose the Paw Pressure signal 6 Now that you have the two signals on your Analysis view highlighta region of data by clicking and dragging your mouse over the graphs Figure B 21 shows the 2 Graph Analysis view with a subset of data highlighted 2 Graph Analysis File VIEW Help ta Into eae Lung Pressure EE FE 7 Arran Legend a pag sta rh br No analysis No filter No transtorm aie H20 7 20 ye ct rij oe Array Legend a TT iam Eo t a No filter HENTER ta ToT g WA INE Om eR a iD TI shin 7 j as an all riy es ryt ee ee ap i l B 7 280 ne 13 540 dx 6 20 file Cardiopulmonary window view 13 9 we mj 4 me ae H gt TEN b gt ae mon Acquisition gt Figure B 21 Data Selection in the 2 Graph Analysis View Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 1 Q Lafayette Instrument Company 7 Click on the Array button to the right of either graph to display the Array Analysis dialog box Select the XY Analysis tab to display the pressure relationship loop
38. CATION ooo ccs ces eeesceseseeeeteseateeaeesen C 1 Glossary scicsciccsitsccsessetescscesdsscsisseseseocisbsieysdtvuedoisdovsteneietsesivarsoniseeesuavdeacsieeisbeentiands G 1 Release Notes Release 1 2 icc cccscsssssssasasasasasesesesssssssssescasasasacateeseiessssisssseacaeaeeeeeeee R 1 Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrument Company DataLab 2000 Software Use the DataLab 2000 Software User Manual to learn the features functions and operation of DataLab 2000 Software DataLab 2000 Software can help you acquire and analyze biological data The DataLab 2000 Software User Manual is intended for use by life science students and research professionals who acquire lab data using a personal computer To use this manual effectively you should be familiar with the Windows operating system Organization of This Manual This manual is organized as follows e Chapter 1 Introduction to DataLab 2000 Software introduces the DataLab 2000 Software application e Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System explains how to set up your DataLab 2000 Software system and start the DataLab 2000 Software application e Chapter 3 Acquiring Data gives instructions for acquiring data with DataLab 2000 Software after you have set up your system e Chapter 4 Analyzing Data explains the ways you can analyze data in DataLab 2000 Software e Chapter 5 Saving Data explains h
39. DAQ hardware you would like to use to acquire data If the DAQ hardware you expect to see is not listed make sure that it is properly installed and configured using the NI DAQ Configuration Utility a Note The DAQ hardware you select in this dialog box automatically becomes the data source e Channels This list shows all of the channels available on the selected DAQ hardware up to 16 channels To configure a channel select the channel and then enter a Signal Label Signal Voltage Range and Scaling parameters DataLab 2000 Software automatically configures all channels when you first install your DAQ hardware 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 2 8 If a channel reads not available and is grayed out you cannot select the channel This display state occurs when your DAQ hardware does not support the channel number Also the configuration you selected in the NI DAQ Configuration Utility can affect which channels are available e Signal Label Enter the label of the selected channel in this field This label appears on the graph that displays the signal e Signal Voltage Range Specify the minimum and maximum DC voltage of the signal that is connected to this channel e Scaling This group of controls allows you to set various scaling parameters Units Choose the engineering units egu for the selected channel Select New to define a new engineering unit
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41. Enter a Max value of 1 25 in the Max text box Give the alarm a label by typing heart beat into the Label text box PAIE ae a Fi C e aF w ECG Filip a JEP EDIN tine hhee ant msiri e Figure B 12 2 Graph Acquisition with Heartbeat Indicator QRS Complex 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 B 12 4 Click on OK to accept your settings 5 Click on GO to begin acquiring data from the example file The alarm LED labeled heart beat should flash each time the heart beat alarm condition is met Look at Figure B 12 for an example of the real time data acquisition view in which the ECG signal and the heart beat indicator is in the top graph Remember that you can define many other alarms besides heart beat Example 5 Analyzing Heart Rate In addition to displaying and trending heart rate information during data acquisition DataLab 2000 allows you to transform ECG data or any other periodic waveform into a heart rate frequency profile when viewing the signal in an analysis view To transform ECG data into a heart rate profile perform the following steps 1 Use the View menu to access one of the Analysis views For this example choose the 2 Graph Analysis view 2 Select File Open in the Analysis mode and use the Browse button to navigate to the datalab2000software examples directory Highlight the examples directory and click on the Select bu
42. Lab2000Software plugin for more plug in examples 7 Select Window Show Diagram to view the block diagram Build the block diagram according to the following illustration Output Arra Plot Mo Contig l Name Init cont Error E gt Multiply function Functions Numeric palette This function calculates the product of two inputs 2 00 Numeric constant Functions Numeric palette 8 Save the VI as Multiply by Const vi in the DataLab2000Software pluginMultiply by Const 11b Completing the Plug in Analysis VI Now you have created a simple plug in analysis 9 Launch DataLab 2000 1 2 and set the Analysis view to the current view 10 Select File Open and select Datalab2000 bb from the Open dialog box 11 Click the ECG signal label to open the Select Signal dialog box Then click the Plug in pull down menu to see that the display name of the plug in analysis Multiply by Const Configurable has been enumerated 12 Select the plug in analysis and click the OK button to return to the Analysis view The value of ECG has been multiplied by 2 Note You must save the plug in VI in a VI library in the plugin folder DataLab 2000 looks for the plug in VI in that plugin folder 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Creating a Configuration VI Complete the following steps to build a configuration VI that configures the parameters of plug in VI Refer to DataLab2000S
43. Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 File Notes The probes are connected to the mouse s nerve endings in the spinal column Event List of Events Hotes ig User Detined Stimulus tured on af Fluid injection is now completed Stimulus turned off Stimulus turned on Stimulus turned off User Event Stimulus turned on Stimulus turned off User Event 1 08 30 Stimulus turned on Figure 3 2 Journal Dialog Box e User Event Displays the Add User Event dialog box as shown in Figure 3 3 This dialog box allows you to create user defined events and notes during data acquisition DataLab 2000 time stamps each event and displays it in the Journal s List of Events The User Event button is enabled only when you are logging data to disk Add User Event Event Notes Time 4 37 50 hhimm ss 4 Fluid injection i now completed Ok Cancel Figure 3 3 Add User Event Dialog Box Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 3 5 3 0 Lafayette Instrument Company Trending DataLab 2000 can show trends in your data for example computing heartrate over time from an ECG signal If you enable trending DataLab 2000 graphs the trend of your data according to the parameters you specify You can display trending graphs only during data acquisition Enabling Trending ow No trending To enable trending click on the pull down list to displ
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46. a 1 Select the entire data set or a subset of data in the displayed graphs The Array button becomes active when you highlight data 2 Click on the Array button to the right of the graph of the signal that you want to perform array analysis on The Array Analysis dialog box shown in Figure 4 6 appears The label of the signal you are analyzing appears in the Signal Label display 3 Select a type of analysis by clicking on the appropriate tab g Note The numeric precision for the selected graph is passed into the array analysis options Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 4 9 Lafayette Instrument Company The following sections describe each tab in the Array Analysis dialog box Histogram The Histogram tab creates a histogram of the selected data set as shown in Figure 4 6 H Array Analysis Histogram Power Spectrum Peak Detection ey Analysis 00 02 04 06 08 1012 14 18 18 21 Value 06 os o3 ta colon e ool wo ry eo e co oo do sy a oo co in eni o wm oo Sea po foo uo e i tain 20 E qz a Recalculate 1 9 T 0 4 Signal Label ECG 1 Up Ramp vde Figure 4 6 Histogram Tab Array Analysis Dialog Box You can specify the number of bins and click on the Recalculate button to update the histogram and table You can use the vertical cursor to select any histogram bin A blue outline then appears around th
47. aLab 2000 goes to calculate a trend value e Beat Per Minute BPM Calculations This group of controls determines the frequency of a periodic signal such as the heart rate frequency from an ECG The data set is determined by the History setting specified above The DataLab 2000 BPM algorithm first determines where the local maximums are in the data set DataLab 2000 then counts the number of local maximums and divides that number by the History to obtain a rate value DataLab 2000 follows the same process when you choose Minimums except that it looks for local minimums rather than maximums The following controls appear in the BPM Calculations area Threshold Sets DataLab 2000 to reject local maximums or minimums that are too small DataLab 2000 determines the amplitude of the data set and obtains a threshold value by applying this percentage The system ignores any maximums or minimums that do not meet this threshold level Width Specifies the number of consecutive data points to use in the quadratic least squares fit equation DataLab 2000 uses this equation to locate the local maximums or minimums The default value is three Use Derivative Applies the first derivative to the trending signal and can help you minimize the effects of baseline drifting in your signal Mode Minimums Maximums Determines whether DataLab 2000 looks for local maximums or local minimums This feature is useful when you are mea
48. add or delete testgroups A bullet appears beside the current testgroup DataLab 2000 associates any new data files with this testgroup g Note f you want to assign a file to a testgroup that does not currently exist you must first create that testgroup by using the New option in the Testgroup Setup dialog box Refer to the Setting Up Testgroups section for more information File Notes These are the notes associated with the file You can edit the notes in this box e OK When you click on OK the selected username testgroup and File Notes are associated with the file Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 P 0 2 21 Lafayette Instrument Company Reviewing Data File Events You click on the Events button in the Data File Summary dialog box to open the Data File Events dialog box shown in Figure 2 16 Data File Events Es Data File F at lung bb Testgroup IT uesday Class List of Events Time Stimulus turned off 44 hk min 3 2 Stimulus turned on Stimulus turned off Event Notes Fluid injection is nov Stimulus tured on completed Stimulus tured off Figure 2 16 Data File Events Dialog Box Use this dialog box to review file events associated with a file The following controls appear in the Data File Events dialog box e Data File This is the filename which you selected in the Data File Summary dialog box when choosing to review events
49. al Dialog Box Flow Volume Example File B i Q 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 B 20 4 Display the Flow Airway signal in the top graph of the analysis view by clicking on the OK button 5 You can apply a software filter to smooth the Flow Airway signal To display this filtered data on the second graph click on its label Again the Select Signal dialog box appears Choose the Median Filter option from the Filtering pull down list enter the value 0 050 in the Seconds field and click on the OK button 6 In this example the corresponding volume signal Volume Airway was available in the form of an analog voltage To display this data in the third graph click on its label and select Volume Airway from Select Signal dialog box Click on the OK button 7 If the volume signal were not available as an analog voltage DataLab 2000 could derive it by integrating the flow signal To display the integrated flow in other words volume signal on the bottom graph click on its label and select the Flow Airway signal Change the Signal Label to Integrated Flow Volume Choose the Median Filter option from the Filtering pull down list enter the value 0 050 in the seconds field Choose the Integral option from the Transform pull down list and click on the OK button Figure B 24 on the next page shows each of these signals in the 4 Graph Analysis view Notice that the volu
50. al treatment can create a potential for death or bodily injury caused by product failure or by errors on the part of the user or application designer Any use or application of Lafayette Instrument Company products for or involving medical or clinical treatment must be performed by properly trained and qualified medical personnel and all traditional medical safeguards equipment and procedures that are appropriate in the particular situation to prevent serious injury or death should always continue to be used when Lafayette Instrument Company products are being used Lafayette Instrument Company products are NOT intended to be a substitute for any form of established process procedure or equipment used to monitor or safeguard human health and safety in medical or clinical treatment Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com ae Lafayette Instrument Company Table of Contents About This Manual Organization of This Manual cccccceeecccceeceeseeeeeceee cesses ceeseeeeeseeesesseueeeseeeeesaeeeesseeess xi Conventions Used in This Manual ccccccccccecccccccccecececucececececcauavavaeacstacseersneneneas xii Chapter 1 Introduction to DataLab 2000 Software What Is DataLab 2000 Software cccccccccecccccccececececcccccauccauaeecucecscecececeaeauaeavaestenessnens 1 1 Why Use DataLab 2000 Software ausiierireieiuaninnninn dienai eiaa aaa aE 1 1 Chapte
51. analysis output into DataLab 2000 Data type must be single precision SGL Error Indicates whether there are errors in the course of data processing Output into DataLab 2000 Note Data type of all the controls and indicators must be consistent with what is specified Otherwise DataLab 2000 cannot recognize it and errors occur 7a ka 3 Enter Multiply By Const Configurable in the Display Name control which represents the Plug in Analysis name Leave Config VI Name control blank which means that configuring the parameters of the plug in VI is not needed 4 Right click the Display Name control and select Data Operations Make Current Value Default from the shortcut menu Repeat this procedure with Config VI Name control 5 Open the connector pane Notice that the pattern has four inputs and two outputs 6 The Input Array Plot No Sample Rate and Init cont controls are connected to the four conneciors on the left side of the icon The Output Array and Error indicators are connected to the two output connectors on the right side of the icon as shown in the following illustration Input Array Flot Mo Sample Rate Init cont Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com R Lafayette Instrument Company Building the Block Diagram The following example multiplies the input array by 2 However you can analyze data with any method you wish Refer to Data
52. and time each data set was acquired DataLab 2000 Software has an intuitive data management scheme that allows you to organize your data into testgroups You can associate a data set with any testgroup e Vendor Data Storage DataLab 2000 Software makes data acquisition configuration and setup easy with the use of a built in vendor database The vendor database includes DataLab 2000 Software configuration information for many of the most widely used physiological monitors and amplifiers e Automatic Journal Creation DataLab 2000 Software automatically generates entries in a journal to indicate that a user changed voltage output stimulus levels or turned data logging on or off during an acquisition You can also add your own entries to the journal e File Analysis You can use the DataLab 2000 Software analysis views to open review and analyze your data 1 z 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 File Exporting You can write your data to an ASCII spreadsheet file for further analysis in other software applications e Look and Feel of a Chart Recorder DataLab 2000 s graphs have the look and feel of traditional physiographs and strip chart recorders that you are accustomed to using e Configuration Settings DataLab 2000 Software can load save and reset your settings This saves time when multiple users have different configuration settings e Example Data Files
53. ata into the Analysis view you open lf you want to analyze a data file you have collected previously you can open the file by selecting File Open and then choosing the file from the File Open dialog box shown in Figure 4 1 File Open Dave s Frog bb Frog heart bb Frog muscle bb Fruit Flo bb Pam s study 3 bb Username Rose Rat lung bb Testgroup Tuesday Class File notes The probes are connected to the mouse s nerve endings in the spinal column Figure 4 1 File Open Dialog Box You use the controls in the File Open dialog box to browse for and select the file that contains the signals you want to display in the analysis view e General Info Displays general information for the file you select such as the creation date and time sample rate number of signals file length user name testgroup and file notes By default the File Open dialog box displays data files found in the datalab2000 data directory Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 4 1 Lafayette Instrument Company e Browse Invokes the File Dialog box where you can select a directory other than datalab2000 data that contains the file you want to open In the File Dialog box navigate to the directory you want highlight the directory and then click on the Select button e Append Allows you to open more than one data file at a time In DataLab 2000 you can display compare an
54. ataLab200U0 Softwarelexamples Cardiopulmonary 3 Cardiopulmonary study Eric bia 1 02 Ph This is the first in a series of pulmonary function amp ventilation studies 45 0 6 75 Rapid breathing begins r 4 4A 50 4 Pressure Qximetry Pulse Airway Pressure Signal Label mmAy vide vde Units Mo filter Mo filter Mo filter Filter Type Mo transform Mo transform Mo transform Transform Type START DATA 33 0 03418 147 766113 0 385742 0 939941 0 03418 147 399902 0 361328 0 95459 yo y 4 0 15625 147 460937 0 34668 0 966325 0 26123 147 399902 0 349121 0 959473 40 END DATA i gt Hf Export BB Data dT a Ready Ema INUMD Tf fy Figure 5 4 Sample Data File Exported to a Spreadsheet Application Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 5 4 Lafayette Instrument Company The following sections appear in an exported data file e DataLab 2000 Version lIndicates the version of DataLab 2000 that exported the data The following items describe the parameters in the DataLab 2000 Version area Export Notes The Export Header Notes that you typed in the Export Data dialog box Sample rate Indicates the sample rate used to acquire the data Decimation Indicates the decimation factor DataLab 2000 used to display and to export the data e Data File Info Contains the following information regarding each currently opened data file
55. ation VI according to Config VI Name which is an empty string if configuration is not needed The plug in VI and the configuration VI must be saved in the same VI library llb in the DataLab2000Software plugin folder DataLab 2000 identifies plug in architecture automatically and calls a plug in VI and or a configuration VI according to the needs of data processing Creating a Plug In Custom Analysis VI al kzal The following example shows you how to create a Plug in Custom Analysis VI First the example generates a Plug in VI and multiplies the inputs by 2 Next the example generates a Configuration VI which sets the multiplier of the Plug in VI Refer to DataLab2000Software plugin demo Multiply by Const llb for an example of a plug in custom analysis VI Note You need a general familiarity with the LabVIEW development environment to follow the next example Complete the following steps to create plug in custom analysis routine Building the Front Panel 1 Open the Plug in Template VI from the DataLab2000Software plugin plug intemplate folder Review the controls and indicators on the front panel shown in the following illustration Input Array Output Array o 640 00 o 0 00 ae Display Name Te Sample Fate foo Config Vl Mame Initicontk 4 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 R 2 All of the following controls and indicators are re
56. ation factor The instrument that measures and collects your data Engineering Unit See file events and search events A set of color coded lines that appear in the Event Profiler to graphically profile over time file or search events Horizontal bar with vertical markings event markers that indicate the times at which events occurred during an acquisition You can view these event markers in the Analysis views 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 F FFT file events G gain Hz Label LED Legend Logging mmHg N NI DAQ notch filter S scalar scrollbar Fast Fourier Transform Times during data acquisition that specific actions took place DataLab 2000 handles file events of three types user defined events stimulus events or datalog events The File and Search Events section in Chapter 4 Analyzing Data describes events Amplification of a signal Data acquisition hardware can increase the resolution of a signal by applying amplification to the signal before the analog to digital converter converts the signal into a digital representation Increased signal resolution enables DataLab 2000 to more easily distinguish noise from the actual signal when noise reduction techniques such as filtering are used Hertz samples per second Name you assign to each signal Light emitting diode DataLab 2000 uses a virtual LED in its us
57. ay the names of all the signals currently displayed on the graphs Select one of these signals to enable real time trending If you change the trending signal DataLab 2000 resets the trend graph Setting up Trends Mean To set up trending you must select the trend type from the pull down list in the Trending area The trending types are Min Max Mean and BPM If you change the trending type while you acquire data DataLab 2000 resets the trend graph A numeric indicator displays the most recent trend value for the selected signal and the selected trend type DataLab 2000 updates this value based on the screen update rate you define when you set up the trending feature as follows Entering Trend Parameters To enter trend parameters click on the Setup button in the Trending area Figure 3 4 shows the Trend Setup dialog box that appears Trend Setup BPM calculations Screen Update F Bete 2 Threshold 5 Mode 1 secs width 3 Maximum Jein Minimums 10 000 secs Use Derivative Cancel Figure 3 4 Trend Setup Dialog Box 3 0 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 3 7 The following controls appear in the Trend Setup dialog box e Screen Update Rate Sets how frequently DataLab 2000 calculates a trend value and updates the numeric screen indicator located just above the Setup button in the Trending area e History Sets how far back in time Dat
58. b 2000 1 2 uses a Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX to get the hardware configuration information of DAQ devices If you have MAX installed on your computer and MAX supports the DAQ devices installed on your computer DataLab 2000 1 2 can identify the DAQ devices and work with them To view a list of the DAQ devices installed on your computer select Configure Data Source to access the Select Data Source dialog box Click the Data Acquisition Hardware radio button and you can see the names of DAQ devices that are listed in the Data Acquisition Hardware selection box If the DAQ hardware you expected to see is not listed make sure that it is properly installed and configured using MAX Standard LabVIEW menus Standard LabVIEW menus are used instead of the menu rings used in DataLab 2000 1 0 Exporting Analysis Data The peak detection and histogram tables can be saved as a text file Saving as a New File Select File Save as New File to save all the data displayed in the Analysis view including the records of the analysis steps taken to a new file Event List Click the Event button located at the top of the Analysis view to see a list of recorded events The Pause event is also recorded during data acquisition Scrolling Event Marks Click the arrow button on the right side of the Event Profile to move the cursor to the next event or the last event Using event marks you can click through all the important points in the data witho
59. by iteratively calculating the power spectrum on portions of the data set of size equal to the frame size The displayed result is the mean of all previously calculated power spectra After selecting the desired configuration click on the Recalculate button to update the graph Estimated Power Peak and Estimated Frequency Peak The following controls appear in the Power Spectrum tab e Window Specifies the windowing function to apply when calculating the power specirum e Display Unit Specifies the output unit for the power spectrum Log Linear Specifies linear or log mode for the Y axis e Frame Size Number of points used in the power spectrum calculation The frame size is always a power of two Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 4 1 1 Lafayette Instrument Company e Resolution Ihe degree of accuracy you can expect in terms of Hertz Resolution is defined as Frame Size Sample Rate e Sample Rate The rate at which data was acquired For example 100 Hz 100 samples per second e Est Power Peak Indicates the estimated power of the peak in the power spectrum e Est Frequency Peak lIndicates the estimated frequency of the peak in the power spectrum e Legend Refer to the Changing the Appearance of Graphs section of this chapter to learn Ed how to use the Legend control e Recalculate Click on this button to recalculate the display e Print Cli
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61. ch DataLab 2000 and log in Figure B 1 shows the User Login dialog box Type a new Username or press Enter to accept the following we WARNING Lafayette Instrument products are not designed with components and testing for a level of reliability suitable for use in treatment and diagnosis of humans or as critical components in any lite support systems whose falure to perform can reasonably be expected to cause significant injury to a human Figure B 1 User Login Dialog Box B a 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 3 Configure each DAQ channel by performing the following steps a Select Configure Channels Figure B 2 shows the Channel Configuration dialog box that appears Channel Configuration I x Data Acquisition Hardware Signal Label 2 DAG Card 6024E channel 0 Signal Voltage Flange Channels Min vde 5 000 channel 1 Mam vdc i 5 000 channel 2 channel 3 Scaling channel 4 channel 5 pets channel 6 channel 7 ee channel 8 channel 9 C Gain amp Offset qa Min equ 5 000 channel 11 channel 12 Max egu 5 000 channel 13 Bare di 100 channel 14 15 channel 15 Offset ib 0 00 iy m b Clear Device Settings Settings Calibrate Device none assigned OF Cancel Figure B 2 Channel Configuration Dialog Box vide 0 2 4 4 z 6 A 4 b Select the National Instruments device you want to use from
62. ck on this button to print the Power Spectrum tab e Graph Tool Palette You use the Graph tool palette to adjust the display of your data X and y Autoscaling Buttons When you click on the x autoscale button DataLab 2000 autoscales the X axis data of the graph When you click on the y autoscale button DataLab 2000 autoscales the Y axis data of the graph If you want the graph to autoscale continuously click on the lock switch to the left of each button In the graphic to the left of this paragraph the lock is on for autoscaling in the X axis X XX and y yy Scale Format Buttons The scale format buttons give you run time control over the numerical format of the X and Y axis respectively Zoom Tool When you click on the Zoom tool you can drag a selection rectangle around a section to see more detail When you click on the Zoom tool a pop up list appears where you can choose a zooming method Panning Tool When you click on the Panning tool you can scroll the visible data by clicking and dragging sections of the graph Mode Button While this button is selected you can click and drag cursors within a graph LF Le H fs i Peak Detection The Peak Detection tab allows you to determine peaks or valleys local maximum or minimum values within the selected data set as shown in Figure 4 8 H acray Analysis Hiin Peer Speci Peet Oetecton siy Anka ped nd ad ee a Ca pals i i
63. cted Filtering Data filter To filter data click on the Filter radio button above the graph you want to filter This option enables or disables filtering with a 50 or 60 Hz notch filter The choice of filter type appears in the Timing tab of the dialog box that appears when you select Configure Settings The notch filter attenuates signal noise at the specified frequency Note The filtering feature is only enabled when the sample rate is 200 Hz or more Although the graph displays filtered data all of the raw data is stored to disk so you can reanalyze the same data later using other types of filters and transformations as described in the Applying Analysis Methods section of Chapter 4 Analyzing Data Notch Filter Specifications DataLab 2000 uses various IIR filter coefficients to implement the notch filter based on the sample rate and notch filter frequency selected The tables below provide the IIR filter order notch width and attenuation for each of the six different notch filter scenarios Table 3 1 60 Hz Notch Filter Specifications Sample Rate IIR Filter Notch Width 3 dB 60Hz Attenuation Order 200Hz zmz 4 592 608H 59 2 60 8Hz uB 500Hz E 58 2 61 7Hz 70dB 1000Hz 55 4 64 3Hz 59dB Table 3 2 50 Hz Notch Filter Specifications Sample Rate IIR Filter Notch Width 3 dB 50Hz Attenuation Order 200Hz pot 49 6 50 4Hz 700B 500Hz 47 5 52 1Hz 63dB 1000Hz 45 5 54 2Hz 5d0B 37
64. cursor Y value The y value of the horizontal cursor Arrow controls Use these controls to move the XY cursors across the graph e Legend Refer to the Changing the Appearance of Graphs section of this chapter to learn how to use the Legend control The first ttem in the legend is the graph of X versus Y white by default The second item is the best fit data set yellow by default which is shown when you choose a type of regression analysis e Graph Tool Palette Refer to the Power Spectrum tab discussion for information on the Graph tool palette Mes A Print Click on this button to print the XY Analysis tab TEESI i ne Data Fit 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 File and Search Events DataLab 2000 uses two classes of events file events and search events DataLab 2000 generates file events during data acquisition and these events can be any of three types user defined events stimulus events or datalog events Search events mark specific times in the data file as defined by criteria which the user enters In the analysis views you can view file events saved during data acquisition add delete and modify file events and define search criteria to create search events Descriptions of all event types appear in the following section Viewing Events The bar at the top of the analysis views is called the Event Profiler as displayed in Figure 4
65. d ceeee A 1 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Table of Contents DataLab 2000 Software Indicates That DAQ Hardware is Not Installed A 1 Error 10846 When Performing Data ACQUISITION cccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeees A 2 Acg ired Data 15 NOISY grcssie tech cece annee EE AE EEE A 3 Cannot See the Data in a Graph cece ceecccceeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseeeesseeeeeeas A 3 Appendix B Examples Example 1 Getting Started with ACQUISITION ccccccccsseeeceseeeeeseeeeeeseeeesaeeees B 1 Example 2 Pressure Volume Data ACQUISITION cccceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees B 6 Example 3 Data Acquisition Using Analog Output cccceecceseeeeeeeeeeseeeeees B 8 Example 4 Trending Heart Rate and Replaying a Data File cecceeeee eee B 9 Using Alarms to Display Heart Beats During Data Acquisition B 11 Example 5 Analyzing Heart Rate ccccccsscccseeceececeeeseeeecaeeseeeeseueeseeseeeeneas B 12 Example 6 Analyzing Multiple Files and Signals ccccccsseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeseees B 14 Example 7 Performing Array Analysis cccscccceeceseeeceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeaeeesseeens B 17 Profiling Pulmonary Pressure Relationsnhips ccccccecseeesseeeeeeeeeeesees B 17 Profiling Flow Volume Loops Using Filters and Transforms 0005 B 19 Appendix C Customer COMMUNI
66. d analyze several signals from different files simultaneously F Note The Append checkbox is available when one data file is already open Remember that the files you open all must have the same sample rate Selecting the Signal for a Graph To change the signal being displayed click on the label of a graph which is in the upper left corner of each graph The Select Signal dialog box opens as shown in Figure 4 2 In the Overlaid Analysis view the labels for up to eight signals appear on the right side of the screen Select Signal El Signal Selection Signal Label Osimetry Pulse List of Signals OFF ECG 1 Up Ramp Artenal Pressure Osimetr Pulse Paw Pressure Lung Pressure Mo Transform ECG 2 Down Ramp LY Pressure a Filename H eart Rate Wanations bb Open Files Figure 4 2 Select Signal Dialog Box Use the following controls to choose a signal to analyze e Signal Label Displays the currently selected signal name You can change this label to show a name on the graph that is different from the signal name e List of Signals Select the signal you want to display from this scrolling list This list contains the names of the signals in all the files currently opened When you open multiple files each signal name is preceded by a sequential file indicator that is file 1 file 2 file 3 and so on e Filename Displays the name of the opened file that contains the selected signal e Open Files
67. e 2 Click on the Select Entire Display button to highlight the entire displayed signals 3 Select File Export to Spreadsheet to export the data nl The following controls appear in the Export Data dialog box e Signals This list box contains all the signals displayed in the analysis view By default all of the signals are selected You can lt Shift gt click on each signal name to select or deselect it e Export File Path This indicator displays the target directory and filename for the export data file All export data files receive the default extension txt To change the data filename or directory click on the Browse button e Export Header Notes This text field allows you to enter any header notes you want to include in the exported data file These notes will appear at the beginning of the exported data e Include Events This option includes file event information from all open data files in the exported data file The type time and any notes associated with the events are included Search events do not appear in the export file e Append lf the Export File Path already exists on your computer disk this option allows you to append exported data to the existing file rather than replacing the file e Browse This button allows you to select or create a file to receive exported DataLab 2000 data e Cancel This button cancels the export option and returns you to the analysis view e Export Click on this butto
68. e 4 Demo File bb Le window view 1 30 3 EPD 44 PD H E b mn mal dec 2 1 Acquisition Figure B 16 Heart Rate Profile from ECG Data Example 6 Analyzing Multiple Files and Signals This example demonstrates how DataLab 2000 can open and analyze signals from multiple files allowing you to simultaneously view and analyze signals that were collected at different times In this example you examine variation in the heart rate of a subject at rest baseline and during subsequent stages of a treadmill test in which the subject exercises at increasing intensities Predictably the heart rate increases over the duration of the graded exercise test as the speed and grade of the treadmill increase Example Five explained how to open a single data file using the File Open menu This example tells you how to open multiple data files and then select signals from each of the files to display in an Analysis view 1 Use the View menu to select the 4 Graph Analysis view Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrument Company 2 Assign a signal to be displayed in the top graph by clicking on the signal label located in the upper left corner of the top graph The OFF signal label appears when no data is displayed The Select Signal dialog box appears as shown in Figure B 17 Select Signal E Signal Selection Signal Label List of Signals OFF Transt
69. e Data File Size 12 Kbytes o _Cancel_ Figure B 6 Setting Timing in the Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box Shitt Click to select multiple signals a Click on the Start Time After Specified Delay radio button and enter text in the Delay Duration field in hh mm ss format For example if you want to initiate data acquisition 2 minutes and 35 seconds after clicking the GO button enter 2 35 b Select the desired sample rate from the Sample Rate pull down list In this example a sample rate of 100 samples per second is selected c Prepare to take a 30 second snapshot of data by clicking on the Stop Time After Specified Duration radio button and entering 30 0 Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrument Company 3 Click on OK to confirm your settings 4 With DataLab 2000 you can view real time data in a variety of formats by using the View menu You can display up to eight graphs of data simultaneously In this example select View XY Graph Acquisition to view the data as an XY graph Figure B 7 shows the XY Graph Acquisition view AT Graph Acquisition m Configure VIEW Help hk rin s3 333 120 0 p Taa 10 000 cn hen i 100 0 A T w L Pressure 1 O00 a wae aA a i r E i WA ALAS BEEP 00 D aji AA v4 Y ki is a rf Autoscale Graph Speed 400 VA i Wh i 1 1 i ar j Logging J A PAS RRA S Mi Abide Log Data 477000 a
70. e STOP button The STOP button is enabled only after you click on the GO button Alternatively you can configure DataLab 2000 to stop after a specified duration For more information refer to the Configuring Timing of Data Acquisition section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System Producing a Manual Stimulus Panel Manual Control option in the Stimulus tab of the dialog box that appears When you click on and hold the OUT button the analog output of the DAQ hardware is set to the On Voltage When you are not clicking on and holding the OUT button the analog output is set to the Off Voltage You configure On Voltage and Off Voltage in the Stimulus tab of the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box You enable the OUT button by selecting Configure Settings then selecting the Front g Note When you begin data acquisition arbitrary waveforms and user defined pulses start generating immediately after any delay or trigger condition is met When you select User Defined Waveform stimulus the OUT button is disabled To learn how to set up output stimulus waveforms refer to the Defining an Outout Stimulus section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for more information Controlling the Graph Speed To control the speed at which data flows across the screen use the Graph Speed pull Graph Speed i ow 1000s down list This display is analogous to a strip chart recorder For example if you set the graph speed to fi
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72. e corresponding row in the Histogram Table The Histogram Table numerically displays the value count and relative percentage of each bin number In addition the total count appears at the bottom of the table You can click on the Print button to print the Histogram tab You can click on the Save button to save the Histogram tab 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Power Spectrum The Power Spectrum tab calculates a power spectrum of the selected data set as shown in Figure 4 7 L Array Analysis Histograrn Power Spectrum Peak Detection T Analysis dB yvderme 17 5 ih Wi i i Mi MWh TY PNA 925 3 0 000 sodod 100 000 150 000 200 000 250 000 200 000 250 000 400 000 450 000 499 02 T re Hy ar BCaichiale PM vy ih Window None Unitor r Frame Size fi O24 Est Power Peak Cursor Navigation 0 0182 wde rme 2 Display Unit ms Resolution Og Hz el 111 32 Est Freg Peak Log Linear E Sample Rate 1000 samples 300340 He TT 37 35 Signal Label ECG 1 Up Ramp wde Figure 4 7 Power Spectrum Tab Array Analysis Dialog Box You can select from a number of pull down lists to configure the window unit and Y axis display mode which DataLab 2000 uses in the calculation and display of the power spectrum You can also define the frame size from 128 to 8 192 for the power spectrum DataLab 2000 calculates the entire power spectrum
73. eates data log files with filenames BlueFly BlueFlyO01 BlueFly002 and so on e Base Name Applies only when Autonaming is on This is the name of the file before DataLab 2000 adds a sequence number e Base Path The directory where DataLab 2000 creates a log file regardless of whether Autonaming is selected e Browse Displays the File Dialog box which allows you to select or create a desired directory for the base path Figure 5 2 shows the File Dialog box File Dialog DataLab 2000 Sotware z data Please select a directory for logged data files data View All Figure 5 2 File Dialog Box Exporting Data To export selected data to a spreadsheet from any analysis view select File Export to Spreadsheet The Export Data dialog box shown in Figure 5 3 appears Signals Esport Header Hotes Blood Pressure A Heart Rate EKG Ternperature can be read by a spreadsheet or word processor Export File Path CA Datalab2000Sottheeresdata V Include Events Append Export BE D ana tut Browse Cancel Export Figure 5 3 Export Data Dialog Box Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 5 2 Lafayette Instrument Company You can export only the data that is highlighted in the graphs If you need to export all of the data for a given signal complete the following steps 1 Click on the Full Scale button to display the entire fil
74. ed in the graph Click on the label to open the Select Signal dialog box where you can apply and modify filters and transforms for the signal On the Overlaid Analysis view click on the labels to the right of the graph to open the Select Signal dialog box Refer to the Selecting the Signal for a Graph section earlier in this chapter for more information mmHg Engineering Unit This indicator displays the engineering unit such as mmHg VDC and so on of the displayed signal 1 160 2145 T y1 y2 These indicators display the y value of markers one and two y1 appears when you first click on the graphs y2 appears when you select a region Marker 1 always appears on the left Marker 2 always appears on the right g Note In the Overlaid Analysis view the indicators at the top pertain only to the selected signal To select a signal in the overlaid analysis view click on the radio button to the right of the signal labels on the right side of the screen 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 4 7 e Filter Transform Indicators These indicators display any filter and or transform option tak you have selected for the graph in the Select Signal dialog box shown in Figure 4 2 Refer to the Selecting the Signal for a Graph section earlier in this chapter for an explanation of this dialog box e Absolute and Relative Time indicators The following indicators at the bott
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76. effect after you modify any information in your datalabsoftware2000 ini file Enabling Postscript Printing Modify the postScriptPrinting line in your datalabsoftware2000 ini file exactly as shown in the following line to enable postscript printing postScriptPrinting True lf you enable postscript printing and your printer does not support it your printout consists of a single garbled line of postscript text Enabling Color Printing Color and grayscale printing are disabled by default Modify the colorPrinting line in your datalabsoftware2000 ini file exactly as shown in the following line to enable color and grayscale printing colorPrinting True You can conserve toner by leaving grayscale printing disabled AN Caution Do not change any other lines in the datalabsoftware2000 ini Changing the datalabsoftware2000 ini file might cause DataLab 2000 to operate incorrectly Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com R 3 R 4 Lafayette Instrument Company What s New in DataLab 2000 1 2 The following features are new in DataLab 2000 1 2 Using plug in custom analysis routines DataLab 2000 1 2 offers a data interface through which you can process data provided by DataLab 2000 in a variety of ways and observe the results in the DataLab 2000 Analysis view You need LabVIEW 6 0 or later to build VIs for plug in analysis routines Support for more DAQ devices DataLa
77. er interface to indicate an alarm Indicator box showing the display parameters of a signal on a graph that is signal color signal style point style point color and so on Recording data to disk Millimeters of mercury National Instruments data acquisition driver software DataLab 2000 needs this software to communicate with your DAQ hardware Digital filter used to attenuate a certain frequency or range of frequencies in a signal DataLab 2000 uses notch filters to attenuate 50 and 60 Hz noise caused by power signals A single numeric value Vertical or horizontal bar on the analysis views that allow the user to shift the data up down left or right By clicking on the scrollbar with the mouse and dragging the user activates it Each scrollbar has dark markings on the ends that can be moved to expand or shrink the data set Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com G 2 G 3 Lafayette Instrument Company search events Times in a data file when special conditions occurred You can set up search criteria to define the special conditions you are looking for in a signal The File and Search Events section in Chapter 4 Analyzing Data describes events T Testgroup Collection of data files U undersampling Failure to sample a signal at an adequate rate At a minimum you should sample a signal at least twice as fast as the highest frequency component
78. er to your data e Digital Filter Applies a third order Butterworth filter of your choice Lowpass Highpass Bandpass or Bandstop You enter the desired low and high cutoff frequencies Median Filter Smoothes a data set by replacing noise spikes in the sample with the median value of the data points included in the specified time window The time window is determined by the user A typical time value will be Time 1 sample rate x 5 e 50 60 Hz Notch Filter Applies your choice a 50 Hz or 60 Hz notch filter These notch filters have the same specifications as those described in the Notch Filter Specifications section of Chapter 3 Acquiring Data 1 l align alian Fentticays bra Fir cues lim Pt Mo Taito om ss doprcants Free Gia Space ETD kisii r Chaka Fia Birahi Fishi S000 betes wa Figure 2 10a Signal Process Tab Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box Transforming Transforms help you acquire data by allowing you to create a new signal derived from an existing signal For acquiring data the simple expressions transform is available e Simple Expressions Creates a new signal by adding subtracting multiplying or dividing the selected signal with a user defined constant or any other signal that you can select from an open file When you perform division with a divisor of zero DataLab 2000 uses zero as the result Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales
79. es i Ea fle none Points to Display 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 30 Trending ow No trending ERP ie ans P aa a a a a a aa a ahaa Piona EA zl Status 100 samples s time Hh rnc ss 3 Analysis Figure B 7 XY Graph Acquisition View 5 Select the Points to Display on the XY graph by entering the number of points you want DataLab 2000 to display or by using the slide control In this example displaying 1 000 points with a sample rate of 100 samples per second profiles the last 10 seconds of data in the XY Graph 6 Use the pull down lists for the X and Y axes to select the desired signal for each axis In this example select the pressure signal for the Y axis and the volume signal for the X axis 7 Click on the Log Data check box in the Logging area to log your data See step 9 from Example 1 Getting Started with Acquisition for more information about data logging options 8 Start data acquisition by clicking on the GO button The Pressure Volume Loops display in the XY Graph while the pressure and volume data displays independently on the two lower graphs 9 Stop data acquisition by clicking on the STOP button B sF 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Example 3 Data Acquisition Using Analog Output lf your DAQ hardware can generate analog output DataLab 2000 allows you to acquire and display multiple signals in real time while simultaneo
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81. events for consecutive points Search Criteria Not Met Green Indicates the points that DataLab 2000 found in the data that do not meet the search criteria DataLab 2000 does not show search events for consecutive points e File Event Search Event Selector Click on these buttons to display file events or search events in the Event Profiler Continue to the next section for more information about file and search events Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrument Company Viewing or Changing File and Search Events 0SN You can view and change information for file events and define search criteria for search events When you click on the Event button in the Analysis view the Event List amp Search Criteria dialog box shown in Figure 4 11 appears Event List amp Search Criteria File Events Search Criteria Open Files Event Notes CD ataL ab 20 Sotra re datasFri i The stimulus WAZ applied to the ie C Datalab 2000 Software dataHe olfactory receptors of the fruit fly Drosophila Event List 23 50 Stimulus turned on a 24 10 Stimulus turned otf User Defined Event 25 20 Stimulus turned on El aP A E ATE 25 70 Stimulus turned off Log Event 0 00 250 5 00 7 50 10 00 12 50 15 00 17 50 20 00 22 50 25 00 28 2 ook Cancel Figure 4 11 File Events Tab Event List amp Search Criteria Dialog Box The followin
82. ey names enclosed in angle brackets denotes that you should simultaneously press the named keys for example lt Ctrl Alt Delete gt The symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action The sequence File Page Setup Options Substitute Fonts directs you to pull down the File menu select the Page Setup item select Options and finally select the Substitute Fonts option from the last dialog box Bold text denotes the names of menus menu items and buttons Bold italic text denotes a note caution or warning ltalic text denotes variables emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should literally enter from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font also is used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names filenames and extensions and for statements and comments taken from programs Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer automatically prints to the screen This font also emphasizes lines of code that are different from the other examples ltalic text in this font denotes that you must enter the appropriate words or values in the place of these items Paths in this manual are denoted using backslashes to separate drive names directories and files as in C diriname dir2
83. file e Events Clicking on this button displays the Data File Events dialog box shown in Figure 2 16 where you can view file events for the selected file e General Info Displays information about the acquired data in this file You can click on the Modify button to change some of this information 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Modifying Data File Information You click on the Modify button in the Data File Summary dialog box to open the Modify Data File Information dialog box shown in Figure 2 15 Modify Data File Information Existing Usernames Existing Testgroups Fam no testgroup Eric Afternoon Class Tuesday Class Joe File Hotes The probes are connected to the mouse s nerve endings in the spinal column Figure 2 15 Modify Data File Information Dialog Box Use this dialog box to assign a different username to a file to associate a different testgroup with a file and to edit the notes associated with a file The following controls appear in the Modify Data File Information dialog box e Existing Usernames This list displays the usernames of users who have previously logged onto DataLab 2000 A bullet appears beside the username of the person who is currently logged on e Existing Testgroups This list displays the testgroups that DataLab 2000 recognizes Refer to the Setting Up Testgroups section in this chapter for information on how to
84. for Teaching DataLab 2000 Software includes many example data files that you can replay in the classroom without the use of any data acquisition hardware or physiological monitoring equipment You can also replay your own recorded data sets to show students what your unique signals look like in real time Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 1 2 2 1 Lafayette Instrument Company Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System This chapter explains how to set up your DataLab 2000 Software system and start the DataLab 2000 Software application Minimum System Requirements Your computer must have the following software and hardware to work with DataLab 2000 e Microsoft Windows NT 9x ME 2000 XP e Personal computer using at least a Pentium III MHz or higher e CD drive e VGA or higher resolution video adapter e Minimum of 128 MB of RAM e 100 MB of free hard disk space e Microsoft compatible mouse e NI DAQ 6 9 1 or later Installing Your NI DAQ Software The National Instruments Data Acquisition NI DAQ Software is installed when you install the Lafayette DataLab 2000 Software DL 2000 After the DL 2000 is installed then run the Measurement amp Automation Explorer from the DL2000 CD menu to configure your hardware 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Installing Your Hardware National Instruments Data Acqu
85. from the shortcut menu The data type of the number constant must be the same as the Multiplier control Local variable of Multiplier control To create the local variable right click on the block diagram and select Functions Structures Local Variable Place the local variable on the block diagram Right click the local variable and select Select Item Multiplier 7 Build Frame 1 as shown in the following illustration 100000000000 0 01 0 Multiplier Sample Fate Set Plugin Parameters VI available in DataLab2000Software plugin re pluginutils 11b Functions Select a VI palette This VI sets the value of the multiplier control into plug in information glo to configure plug in parameters e i Flatten to String Functions Advanced Data Manipulation palette This function converts binary strings to any data type It is the reverse operation of Unflatten from String ai Ce Not Function Functions Boolean palette This function inverts the value of the OK button Y The global variable plug in information glo located in DataLab2000Software pluginutils 11b is an array of binary strings that saves the configured parameters by Plot No aiding data transfer between plug in VI and configuration VI _ Note We recommend that you load the Set Plugin Parameters VI to set parameters of Eg plug in VI and load the Get Plugin Parameters VI to get parameters of plug in VI The two Vis are placed in the DataLab2000Sof
86. g a signal flow to yield a flow volume loop Profiling Pulmonary Pressure Relationships In this example DataLab 2000 profiles the relationship of pulmonary airway pressure delivered by a ventilator and the corresponding pressure in the lung 1 Select View 2 Graph Analysis to display and analyze the two signals of interest 2 Select File Open and open the example data file called Cardiopulmonary Study You may need to use the Browse button to navigate to the datalab2000software examples directory This file contains the ventilator and lung pressure signals Figure B 20 illustrates this step in the File Open dialog box File Open x C DataLab 2000 Softwaresexam Browse Demo File bb General Info Arrhythmia 1 bb Created 8 18 31 PM 6 25 97 Arrhythmia 2 bb Sample rate 100 00 Arrhythmia 3 bb signals 6 Arrhythmia 4 bb File length secs 30 3 Arrhythmia 5 bb Username Eric Cardiopulmonary Study bb Testgroup Cardiopulmonary ECG 1 30 BRM ECG 2 60 BPM ECG 3 80 BPM ECG 4 120 BPM ECG 5 180 BPH ECG 6 240 BPM ECG 2 DEGREE BLE I E Append OFEN Cancel Figure B 20 File Open Dialog Box 3 If the Append checkbox is active and selected you should deselect it so that only the file you select will open Click on the OPEN button The Analysis view returns and the data from the first two signals in the file automatically fill the graphs B J 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO
87. g controls appear in the File Events tab e Open Files A list of all the open data files When you select a file the file events associated with that file appear in the Event List and the Event Profiler An asterisk beside a file name indicates that changes have occurred in the data file See Chapter 5 Saving Data for more information on saving your data e Event List Indicates the time that a file event occurred and the type of file event When you select an event the arrow above the Event Profiler jumps to the corresponding event marker and the notes associated with the event appear in the Event Notes field A checkmark to the left of the time in the Event List indicates that you selected this event in the Analysis view A trash can icon to the left of the time in the Event List indicates that you have selected this event for deletion using the Delete button e Event Notes Shows any notes associated with an event You can edit the text in this field e Delete Marks for deletion the event that is highlighted in the Event List When you click on this button a trash can icon appears to the left of the event in the Event List When you click on the OK button DataLab 2000 deletes any events you have marked for deletion e Event Profiler The Event Profiler in this dialog box works like the Event Profiler for Analysis views refer to the Viewing Events section of this chapter However this Event Profiler shows only file events and it sho
88. ge some of this information using the Modify button e Modify Opens the Modify Data File Information dialog box which is described in the Modifying Data File Information section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System Use this dialog box to assign a different username to a file to associate a different testgroup with a file and to edit the notes associated with a file Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 5 1 Lafayette Instrument Company Chapter 5 Saving Data This chapter explains how to record and save your DataLab 2000 data Logging Data DataLab 2000 allows you to log data to a file during data acquisition You can then read and analyze the file in DataLab 2000 s Analysis mode or play the data back in simulated real time in DataLab 2000 s Acquisition mode en Note To maximize its efficiency in reading and writing data and to reduce the hard disk space required for file storage DataLab 2000 stores its data files and associated header information in a binary format However DataLab 2000 also gives you the option to export data to a standard ASCII text format that you can read with spreadsheet or word processor applications Enabling Logging To enable logging check the Log Data checkbox in the data acquisition view If you enable logging during an acquisition DataLab 2000 creates a file and begins storing data to the file If you enable logging while you are
89. he device appears in this indicator e Help This button opens or closes the Help window It has the same effect as the Popup Help option in the Help menu Alternatively you can press lt Cirl h gt to open or close this window Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 8 2 9 Lafayette Instrument Company Two Point Calibration Routine You can use the two point calibration routine to directly measure the signal voltage range in the Channel Configuration dialog box instead of typing in those values nee Corer y EmMa O Guka LY Frias 12000 Fd rari Ad ery Voiaj ABO Cakton Erg BaN Vind va EDEN g H Hamre ra 130 Cabeo Erg cij mal id var in WLLL 1 000 i r Ancepd rar ENLi z AIN oN TaN W 10 20 30 4D BO Vilage an I gy ia ple man f 1 11g 4 io ia ae Loner ma ci beet ht OY e b i r s _Accapl bent mom Diet Li cas Figure 2 5 Two Point Calibration Dialog Box kataga Finga Y 10i 10 vk The following controls appear in the 2 Point Calibration dialog box e Signal Label The label of the signal you are calibrating It is the label you entered in the Channel Configuration dialog box Minimum Maximum Areas You specify several parameters for both the low minimum and the high maximum calibration values Voltage This meter and its digital indicator show the voltage level that DataLab 2000
90. iguration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box Descriptions of each control on the Timing tab of the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box follow e Start Time Manual Sets DataLab 2000 Software to start acquiring data as soon as you click on the GO button in the data acquisition view e Start Time After Specified Delay Sets DataLab 2000 Software to delay data acquisition for a specified time after you click on the GO button in the data acquisition view e Start Time On Trigger Sets DataLab 2000 Software to delay data acquisition until a trigger condition occurs after you click on the GO button in the data acquisition view Remember the following details about setting start time for a trigger You select a Trigger Signal from the pull down list Enter the trigger level in the Trigger Level box The acquisition begins when the Trigger Signal exceeds the trigger level e Stop Time Manual Sets DataLab 2000 Software to stop data acquisition when you click on the STOP button in the data acquisition view Stop Time After Specified Duration Sets DataLab 2000 Software to automatically stop an acquisition after the specified time elapses 2 a 1 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 e Sample Rate Select the sample rate from this pull down list The maximum sample ee rate is 1 000 samples per second Hz If you set a sample rate below 200 Hz the F ite Spaced
91. in option you want to use from the Plug in list If the selected plug in VI is configurable a Configure button appears Click the Configure button to launch a configuration VI to configure the parameters of the plug in VI If you cannot configure the plug in VI the Configure button does not appear Data is processed according to the following flow chart Data Data Data Data Read from File gt Filter gt p Plug in Analysis gt Analysis Views Note You can perform one filter one transform and or plug in analysis operation on any signal DataLab 2000 processes all the data with filter and transform methods before carrying out plug in analysis Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com R 5 Lafayette Instrument Company Components of Plug in Architecture The plug in architecture includes two subVIs a plug in VI and a configuration VI The plug in VI is used for data analysis while the configuration VI sets parameters for data analysis The global variable plugins parameter glo in the DataLab2000Software plugin pluginutils 11b library transfers data between two Vis There are two controls Display Name and Config VI Name in the plug in VI Display Name denotes the display name of this plug in VI which is enumerated by DataLab 2000 in the plug in pull down list Config VI Name denotes the name of the configuration VI DataLab 2000 calls the configur
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93. isition Card Installation for the DataLab 2000 1 2 3 4 5 Turn the computer off and unplug it from the wall outlet Remove the computer cover following manufacturer s instructions Insert the card in an empty expansion slot The Data Acquisition Card requires no settings because it is a Plug and Play device Replace the computer cover Restore power to the computer Windows 95 98 ME 2000 XP recognizes the new card on start up Installing the DataLab 2000 Software Lafayette Instrument Co ships the DataLab 2000 Software in CD format only This section describes installation from CD Using the DataLab 2000 CD to install DataLab 2000 Software The DataLab 2000 is operational after the following steps are completed 1 2 Insert the CD ROM supplied with your DataLab 2000 and follow the on screen instructions Shut down or restart Windows Locating the DataLab Manuals After you install all software you can find this manual on your hard drive in this directory C Program Files Lafayette Instrument DataLab 2000 Software DL2KSoft pdf The manual is in PDF format which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader After you install all software you can find the hardware manual on your hard drive in this directory C Program Files Lafayette Instrument DataLab 2000 Software DL2KHard pdf The manual is in PDF format which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com
94. lf you want to select a signal from a new data file click on this button to open the file This button opens the File Open dialog box shown in Figure 4 1 e Filtering and Transform Refer to the Applying Analysis Methods section of this chapter for explanations of these controls 4 2 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Analysis View Using the View menu you can select one of three analysis views e 2 Graph Analysis View and analyze one or two selected signals in two independent graphs e 4 Graph Analysis View and analyze up to four selected signals in four independent graphs e Overlaid Analysis View and analyze up to eight selected signals overlaid on the same graph g Note Before you can view data in the analysis views you must select a file from the File Open menu or from the Select Signal dialog box Refer to the beginning of this chapter for more information The controls and graphs in all the Analysis views behave similarly and are described in this chapter Figure 4 3 shows what data looks like in the 4 Graph Analysis view 4 Graph Analysis File View Help 2 Ls E ECG 1 hi os LI Pe launalaane lal 5 Jo Arterial Pressure ab mnr window view 10 0 1 9 000 I l i i I we 10 0 5 de 1 050 Bam cm am gt gt Figure 4 3 4 Graph Analysis View aes Array Legend aw w No analysis Mo filter Ho transtor
95. m 5 TEN LED 2a 2a 2a LAOD an 22E i m mt m Pt ee Mae Fees a ire eae id TF df ar A l e wat al afore LE 1E bignal Labsi E OA Ai ip hanp vek dave Fri nT Figure 4 8 Peak Detection Tab Array Analysis Dialog Box 4 12 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 EAF MEESE DataLab 2000 indicates the location of the peaks or valleys by placing a red dot at the peaks or valleys A horizontal cursor allows you to change the threshold level DataLab 2000 ignores peaks less than the threshold and ignores valleys greater than the threshold You can use one or two vertical cursors to select any detected peak or valley A blue or green outline then appears around the corresponding row in the Peak Valley list The following controls appear in the Peak Detection tab e Mode DataLab 2000 finds the peaks local maximums or valleys local minimums e Width Specifies the number of consecutive data points to use in the quadratic least squares fit The value should be no more than one half of the half width of the peak or valley and no less than two for noise free data Large widths can reduce the apparent amplitude of peaks and shift the apparent location e dx lIf you place the two vertical cursors on two different peaks or valleys dx shows the difference in time between the two cursors the green and the blue cursor e dy lIf you place the two vertical cursors
96. m ies Array Legend ir No analysis Ma filter 7 Mo transform Legend E E Array j i vr No analysis Mo filter Ho transhorm Legend ieee Array Fi w No analysis Mo filter Mo transtorm file Cardiopulmonary p Acquisition Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 4 3 Lafayette Instrument Company Figure 4 4 shows what data looks like in the Overlaid Analysis view Overland Analysis File View Co i es 2 marg AEREA wi 0 1 ye 0 0 FT E Arras ha No analysis Mo filter Mo transform ECG 1 Arterial Fre OFF OFF iy OFF AEN OFF Hiii OFF OFF T E i I I l I EnA I I I il I l I Ii i il l I oe oe l I Il rot l i i i i E Il I Il 20 8 1 12 000 s2 13 140 ds 1 740 File Cardiopulmonar z E window view 10 0 Pes cma im mn m men Acquisition gt Figure 4 4 Overlaid Analysis View 4 4 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Selecting Data and Navigating Through Your Data The following list describes several ways to select a subset of data in any analysis graph DataLab 2000 highlights the regions you select in a lighter color e Click the mouse and drag the cursor over a region you want to select e Click on any two event markers in the Event Profiler to select the region between them The Viewing Events section later in
97. m of the dialog box Approximate Free Disk Space Approximate Data File Size Approximate File Growth Rate H Configuration Settings for Acquisition x Timing Alarms Stimulus Signal Process I Alarms Enabled Signals Alarm Setup Parameters ECG 1 Up Ramp Arterial Pressure T aii ee Label fhigh pressure Paw Pressure Lung Pressure maim PEE ECG 2 Down Ramp No Alarm LY Pressure Below Min salle T Above Maz Inside Range r Outside Range Min D00 pf 150 00 mmHg Approximate Free Disk Space 15479808 Kbytes OF B Approximate Data File Size 4 E bytes E Cancel Figure 2 7 Alarms Tab Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrument Company Descriptions of each control on the Alarms tab of the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box follow e Alarms Enabled Use this checkbox to quickly enable or disable all existing alarms To configure alarms you must check this box e Signals This list shows all the signals configured in the Channel Configuration dialog box When you select a signal in the list the alarm settings for that signal appear at the right e Alarm Setup Parameters Use this group of controls to set alarm parameters You can set up alarms for each signal in the Signals list Label Eniter an alarm label fo
98. me signal from the ventilator in graph three closely matches the Integrated Flow in graph four which DataLab 2000 derived from the raw flow signal 4 Graph Analysis File View Help i Info 10 Flow Airway aes ye 0 0 3 E ara Legend EN w No analysis Mao filter Mo transtorm e ees Array Legend a e No analysis Median filter Mo transhorm Ld aar Array Legend BEM Pwr Mo analysis fd Mo filter fa Ho transtom 41 0 1 ye 0 1 vj BB Aray Legend Bam PN r Mo analysis H Median filter 2 transform integral Peer Cohn hi eee aia oo 3 158 1 3 150 we 11 475 ds 2 265 Fics Ena Y EN m E window view 79 EPD lt 4 140i m gt gt mon Acquisition Figure B 24 4 Graph Analysis View of Flow and Volume Waveforms 8 To display the flow and volume signals in an XY Graph highlight a region of data by clicking and dragging your mouse over the graphs Be sure that you highlight at least one complete pulmonary cycle to display a good loop Click on the Array button to the right of any graph to display the Array Analysis dialog box 9 Click on the XY Analysis tab and select Filtered Flow Airway for the Y axis and Integrated Flow Volume for the X axis Figure B 25 displays the Flow Volume loop for the highlighted Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 22 0 Lafayette Instrument Company breath For more inf
99. ment com 2 6 2 2 Lafayette Instrument Company Configuring Your DAQ Hardware Channels If you want to use DAQ hardware to acquire signals with DataLab 2000 Software you must configure the hardware first To configure the hardware you must tell DataLab 2000 Software what types of signals you will be acquiring on each channel ga Note Make sure your DAQ hardware and NI DAQ software are correctly installed before trying to configure the channels To configure hardware select Configure Channels in the data acquisition view Figure 2 4 shows the Channel Configuration dialog box H Channel Configuration 7 x Data Acquisition Hardware Signal Label 2 DAGCard 6024E channel 0 Signal Yoltage Aange Channels Min vdc 5 000 channel 1 Mae vdeo 5 000 channel 2 channel 3 Scaling channel 4 channel 5 ee channel 6 vde channel 7 Oh ate channel 6 channel 9 Gain amp Offset Sle Min equ 5 000 channel 11 channel 12 Max equ 5 000 channel 13 Gaim 100 14 channel 14 15 channel 15 Offset b 0 00 5 y mes b Clear Device ettings Settings Calibrate Device none assigned OF Cancel Figure 2 4 Channel Configuration Dialog Box O 1 2 3 A A B T E J The following controls appear in the Channel Configuration dialog box e Data Acquisition Hardware This list shows all the National Instruments DAQ hardware that is installed in your computer Choose the
100. mples s M i on ne a ee Prprerada PUP erering hi E time hh mm 22 10 0 Anees P Figure 3 1 4 Graph Acquisition View Starting Data Acquisition To start acquiring data click on the GO button After you click on the GO button DataLab 2000 checks its settings to determine when to begin acquiring and displaying data For instance DataLab 2000 can immediately begin collecting data wait for a specified time delay before acquiring data or wait for a trigger condition before acquiring data For more information refer to the Configuring Timing of Data Acquisition section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System Es Note You cannot access the menu options during data acquisition except the Help menu However you can turn data logging on or off initiate trending adjust graph speed and create user events and notes in the data file during acquisition 3 2 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Pausing the Display enabled only after you click on the GO button The time scale below the graphs does not You can click on the Pause button to suspend the screen update The Pause button is reflect any time that elapsed while in paused mode lt Note When you click on the Pause button DataLab 2000 suspends the screen update l but continues to log data to disk when logging is enabled Stopping Data Acquisition You can stop data acquisition at any time by clicking on th
101. n OK The 4 Graph Acquisition view returns and now displays the ECG data in the top graph 6 Repeat steps two through five for each of the three remaining graphs However for every step 4 you must now select the Append checkbox in the File Open dialog box so that DataLab 2000 can open multiple data files The three files you should open are ECG 3 80 BPM ECG 4 120 BPM and ECG 5 180 BPM As you repeat step 5 the Select Signal dialog box lists the signals contained in all the data files you have opened Notice that DataLab 2000 temporarily attaches a prefix to the name of each signal e The prefix file 1 precedes the names of the signals from the first data file you opened e The prefix file 2 precedes the names of signals from the second data file you opened and so on The prefixes help you easily distinguish signals from multiple files For each of the files you open select the ECG signal from the list of available signals 7 After you select a signal for each of the four graphs click on the Autoscale button for each graph Figure B 19 presents an example of the 4 Graph Analysis view showing a subject s increasing heart rate during a graded exercise test Es Note You must click on the Append checkbox to have multiple files open at the same time Note DataLab 2000 allows you to open an unlimited number of files for comparison and a analysis However the number of signals you can view at a time is limited by the analysis vie
102. n the List of Signals 5 Enter Heart Rate Profile in the Signal Label field Then in the Transform area select the beats per minute BPM option Be sure to apply the following settings for the BPM parameters e Threshold 80 e Width 3 e Use Derivative checked e Mode Maximums These parameters will generate the heart rate profile of the ECG Click on the OK button Select Signal Es Signal Selection Signal Label Heart Aate Profile List of Signals ECG 1 Up Ramp Arterial Pressure Oximetry Pulse Paw Pressure Lung Pressure ir Beats Per Minute BPM ECG 2 Down Ramp Transform LY Pressure Sal 4 hreshold a0 4 Masximums Filename fA Demo File bb width 3 Mode Use Derivative Iw Minimums Open Files Cancel Figure B 15 Select Signal Dialog Box for BPM Transformation B 1 3 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 6 Inspect Figure B 16 as an example of the graph of the heart rate from the ECG data The top graph shows the raw ECG signal while the bottom graph shows the corresponding heart rate profile To view the entire data file click on the middle navigation button shown to the left of this paragraph 2 Graph Analysis File VIEW Help ECG 1 Up Ramp wee wee ead 5 0 ARTE Mo filter No transform x A O Heart Rate Profile Mo filter Transform BPM a Oreo PE rirairdd LS 0 0 1 30 53 fil
103. n to export the selected signals to the file selected in the Export File Path E Note When DataLab 2000 is displaying decimated data in the Analysis view it will export the decimated data The decimation factor appears in the Analysis view and in the header information of the exported data If you choose to view more than 5 000 points in the Analysis view DataLab 2000 decimates the data to improve screen update rates D 3 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Format of Exported DataLab 2000 Data Figure 5 4 illustrates the format of exported DataLab 2000 data as it appears in Microsoft Excel Vertical arrows denote a continuing series of data w M ecrosoff Excel Export BB Data_xls 1S File Edit View Inser Format Toole Data Window Help At DATALAB 2000 VERSION a ee ae ee ee 4 DATALAB 2000 VERSION 10 Export Notes 3 Sample rate 4 Decimation 6 IDATA FILE INFO 7 File Marne 8 Testgroup Username 40 Creation Date 141 Creation Time 12 Data File Notes 43 Number of Events 44 Start Events 45 Stirnulus turned on 46 User Event a 19 20 Logging turned off 124 Logging turned on stimulus turned off 29 End Events 25 SIGNALS 26 Nurnber of Signals 27 ECG 28 vdc 129 No filter 130 No transform This is an example of exporting 4 selected signals from DataLab 2000 100 UO D
104. n which case you do not need to set up testgroups Using the Testgroup Setup dialog box you can set the current testgroup view all testgroups and modify testgroup information You can also view all data files associated with a specific testgroup modify file information and view events for a file Setting Up Testgroups To access the Testgroup Setup dialog box select File Testgroups Figure 2 12 shows the Testgroup Setup dialog box Testgroup Setup Testgroups Afternoon Class re Date Time Tuesday Class Mon Aug 11 1997 9 23 AM Friday pm Class Testgroup Motes Sue and Tony are the leaders Ty Delete p Hew Show Data Files Cancel Figure 2 12 Testgroup Setup Dialog Box The following controls appear in the Testgroup Setup dialog box e Testgroups This list shows all testgroups DataLab 2000 recognizes A bullet appears beside the current testgroup Any acquisition you perform and log to disk is associated with the current testgroup you have selected To select a different testgroup highlight it and click on the OK button e Delete Deletes the selected testgroup e New Allows you to create a new testgroup Figure 2 13 shows the New Testgroup dialog box Hew Testgroup Ez Mew Wesday Class Testgroup Figure 2 13 New Testgroup Dialog Box Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 1 Q 2 19 Lafayette Instrument Company
105. name filename This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a note which alerts you to important information Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com xI 1 1 Lafayette Instrument Company 1 Introduction to the Chapter DataLab 2000 Software This chapter introduces the DataLab 2000 Software application What is DataLab 2000 Software DataLab 2000 Software is a stand alone application designed to meet the data acquisition and data analysis needs of the life science medical research and education markets It has ready to run data acquisition and data analysis capabilities that can help you save time and money by integrating your personal computer with your physiological monitoring system Using Lafayette Instrument Co data acquisition hardware you can use the DataLab 2000 Software to acquire data from virtually any type of physiological linear voltage signal source While your physiological data is being acquired DataLab 2000 Software can save it to disk along with any notations you want to add After you save your data to disk you can use DataLab 2000 Software to open your data file for review and analysis Why Use DataLab 2000 Software DataLab 2000 Software can help you with your physiological data acquisition and data analysis needs in the following ways e Data Management DataLab 2000 Software automatically keeps track of the user name and the date
106. ndor amp Device Database Maintenance dialog box If you have already configured the vendor database with the voltage range and calibration factors for the device you are using you can select this device from the vendor database to automatically configure any channel Refer to the Entering Vendor Information section in Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for more information 4 Click on OK to confirm your channel configuration 5 Select Configure Settings then select the Timing tab in the dialog box that appears Choose a sample rate of 200 Hz from the Sample Rate pull down list Figure B 3 shows the Timing tab in the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box 6 Leave the Start Time and Stop Time settings on Manual The Scan List should contain the names of the signals you configured in the Channel Configuration dialog box Configuration Settings for Acquisition Timing Alarrns Stimulus Start Time Sample Aate E Manual 200 samples s After Specified Delay r 50Hz Fon Trigger Notch Filter Frequency F eH Scan List ECG Lead 1 _ Select All Arterial Pressure Osimetry Pulse Anau Pressure Stop Time Manual After Specified Duration fs hhmm ss s Approsimate Free Disk Space 35848 Kbytes l LIE Cancel Data File Growth Rate 1600 00 bytes sec Figure B 3 Setting Sample Rate Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box Shuft Click to select multiple signals 7 Click on OK to confirm your se
107. not acquiring data DataLab 2000 waits until you click on the GO button to create a new file The filename depends on the settings you selected in the Logging Setup dialog box The Logging Setup section later in this chapter describes these settings When you turn data logging on and off repeatedly during an acquisition by selecting and deselecting the Log Data checkbox DataLab 2000 appends data to the same file Logging Setup To configure the settings for data logging select File Logging The Data Logging Setup dialog box shown in Figure 5 1 appears Data Logging Setup ETA Prompt each time Ii Autonaming no prompt Base Name BleFy BleFy Base Path F Datalab 2000 Sotwaresd Browse Figure 5 1 Data Logging Setup Dialog Box D sil 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 5 2 Descriptions of each of the controls on the Data Logging Setup dialog box follow e Prompt each time Tells DataLab 2000 to prompt you for a filename each time a data file is created e Autonaming no prompt Tells DataLab 2000 to automatically determine the filename each time a data file is created DataLab 2000 creates the file in the directory specified by the Base Path field In this mode you must enter a Base Name DataLab 2000 automati cally creates a filename with a sequence number appended to the base name For ex ample if the base name is BlueFly DataLab 2000 cr
108. of the signal you are acquiring user event A file event that a user defines usually during data acquisition to record comments for a specific time See file event V vdc Volts direct current e 3 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Release Notes DataLab 2000 Software Version 1 2 These release notes contain installation instructions list system requirements and provide updated information to help you begin using DataLab 2000 1 2 This document also includes a list of the new features of this version and an overview of plug in analysis Minimum System Requirements Your computer must have the following software and hardware to work with DataLab 2000 e Microsoft Windows 2000 NT Me 9x XP e Personal computer using at least a Pentium III MHz or higher e CD drive e VGA or higher resolution video adapter e Minimum of 128 MB of RAM e 100 MB of free hard disk space e Microsoft compatible mouse e NI DAQ 6 9 1 or later Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com R Lafayette Instrument Company Using the DataLab 2000 Software with National Instruments Data Acquisition Hardware If you are using DataLab 2000 with NI data acquisition DAQ hardware you must use NI DAQ version 6 9 1 or later NI DAQ is the driver software that ships with your data acquisition hardware Installing the DataLab 20
109. oftware plugin demo Multiply by Const Configurable 11b for an example of a configuration VI Building the Front Panel 1 Create a new VI On the front panel add a numeric control called Sample Rate anda numeric control named Plot No The data types of the two controls are the same as those mentioned in the plug in VI These two controls are essential in the configuration VI 2 Add a digital control and an OK button to the front panel Label the digital control Multiplier which are the parameters that should be configured in the configuration VI Refer to Creating a Plug In Custom Analysis VI section in this document for more information about the data types of these controls 3 Build the connector pane Choose the pattern with two inputs Connect the controls as shown in the following illustration Sample Rate Flot Ho 4 Your front panel should look similar to the following illustration Multiplier Hlo Flot Mo Sample Aate Ao foo 5 To customize the window appearance select File VI Properties to display the VI Properties dialog box Select Window Appearance from the Category pull down menu Click the Customize button to view the Customize Window Appearance dialog box Place a checkmark next to the options shown in the following illustration Click the OK button to enable these customizations Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com Lafayette Instrumen
110. og output Off Voltage whenever you do not click on the stimulus output button 4 Click on the GO button to begin your acquisition and the STOP button to end it During acquisition try clicking on the OUT button to change the analog output voltage of DataLab 2000 E Note Analog outputs can only be generated when DataLab 2000 is acquiring data Example 4 Trending Heart Rate and Replaying a Data File This example demonstrates how you can use the transformation features of DataLab 2000 to determine heart rate beats per minute and heart rate variability from a standard ECG signal By determining the time interval between peaks QRS complexes DataLab 2000 can calculate and plot heart rate and heart rate variability as a function of time F Note This example does not require external hardware You acquire data from a DataLab 2000 playback file DataLab 2000 can trend and display rate information for example heart rate respiration rate or any other periodic signal during data acquisition In this example DataLab 2000 determines heart rate from an ECG signal In addition this example illustrates how the Data Source option allows you to acquire or replay an example data file or any other data file previously collected by DataLab 2000 1 Select Configure Data Source and click on the radio button labeled Demonstration Teaching Data Sets 2 Highlight the file A Demo File bb and click on the OK button 3 Select View 2 G
111. om of the graph display several time related values Initial Final Time These indicators located at the far left and far right edges of the bottom graph display the starting and ending time of the portion of the data file currently displayed on the graphs in a standard format hh mm ss s window view This indicator displays the amount of time currently displayed on the graphs in a standard format hh mm ss s x1 x2 These indicators display the time values hh mm ss s associated with markers one and two which define a highlighted region of data x7 appears when you first click on the graphs Then x2 appears when you drag your mouse and select a region Marker 1 always appears on the left Marker 2 always appears on the right dx This indicator displays the time interval between the two markers that define a highlighted region of data x2 x1 decimation factor This indicator displays the decimation factor for the analysis graphs When a large amount of data Is displayed DataLab 2000 decimates the data set to display 5 000 points on each graph Decimating the data makes data selection and scrolling more efficient in DataLab 2000 Decimation is only implemented when you try to view more than 5 000 points on a graph e File indicator Located in the lower right corner of the view this area displays the data file you are currently viewing and analyzing If multiple files are open DataLab 2000 displays only
112. on about enabling the DataLab 2000 software filtering e Hardware Filtering lt is always best to remove noise from your signals before the signals are acquired in DataLab 2000 if possible You can design a hardware filter if you have the expertise to do so e Increase Sample Rate In some cases the noise you see may be caused by undersampling Undersampling means that you are not sampling fast enough to acquire your signals correctly Sometimes increasing the sample rate can improve the signal Cannot See the Data in a Graph Be sure that you have clicked on the GO button in the data acquisition view Click on the Autoscale button above the graph Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com A 3 B 1 Lafayette Instrument Company Appendix B Examples This appendix gives you step by step examples on how you can use DataLab 2000 Some of these examples use data files that come with your DataLab 2000 application in the datalab2000 examples directory Example 1 Getting Started with Acquisition In this example you collect physiological data from four different signals ECG arterial pressure oximetry and airway pressure PAW at a sample rate of 200 Hz for an unspecified duration 1 Connect each signal to an available input channel DataLab 2000 General Purpose Interface Bed or DataLab 2000 Amplifier Refer to DataLab 2000 Hardware manual for details 2 Laun
113. one After you begin acquiring data you can turn off data logging by unchecking the Log Data checkbox You can click on the Log Data checkbox again to restart data logging When you turn data logging on and off repeatedly during an acquisition by selecting and deselecting the Log Data checkbox data is appended to the same file e File Displays the name of the data log file e Journal Clicking on this button displays the DataLab 2000 electronic journal where you can enter file notes during data acquisition The journal also displays all events associated with a file such as stimulus data log and user defined events Figure 3 2 shows the Journal dialog box The following controls appear in the Journal dialog box File Notes Displays any notes you wish to enter about the specific data file You can edit this field each time you click on the Journal button List of Events Shows all the events that have occurred during the acquisition along with the time at which the event occurred You can click on any event to see the associated Event Notes and event type Event Notes Displays the notes associated with an event You may have entered these notes using the User Event button during acquisition or DataLab 2000 may have entered these notes automatically Type Displays the type of event highlighted in the List of Events user defined stimulus or data log event 3 4 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729
114. orm Ho Transform Filename Open Files Cancel Figure B 17 Select Signal Dialog Box 3 Click on the Open Files button to open a data file The File Open dialog box appears as shown in Figure B 18 You may have to use the Browse button to navigate to the datalab2000software examples directory File Open x C DataLab 2000 Sofwerevexam Browse 4 Demo File bb General Info Arrhythmia 1 bb Created 7 00 34 PM 7 30797 Arrhythmia 2 bb Sample rate 100 00 Arrhythmia 3 6b H signals 2 Arrhythmia 4 6b File length zeca 30 2 Arrhythmia 5 bb Username Eric Cardiopulmonary Study bb Testgroup Eric s group 20 BPM File notes ECG 2 60 BPH ECG 3 50 BPF ECG 4 120 BPM ECG 5 180 BPM ECG 6 240 BPM ECG 2 DEGREE BLE II E Append OFEN Cancel Figure B 18 Selecting a Data File with the File Open Dialog Box 4 Click on the filename ECG 2 60 BPM Make sure the Append checkbox is deselected and then click on the OPEN button You must deselect the Append checkbox so that any other files that are opened will be closed The Select Signal dialog box now displays only signals from the ECG 2 60 BPM data file B gi D 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 5 Choose ECG from the List of Signals The signal then appears in the Signal Label control where you can enter a more meaningful name Enter Stage 1 HR 60 Click o
115. ormation on the XY Analysis tab refer to the XY Analysis section of Chapter 4 Analyzing Data Array Analysis Histogram Power Spectrum Peak Detection aay Analysis ow Filtered Flow Airway l sec Regression Analysis i None Linear Exponential f Polyriomial aj j l I I l l l l l l I l 7 02 01 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 oF 08 Cursor Navigation ow Integrated Flow Yolurme ee 3 OF J oo PE 5 fi e d O01 Y value Signal Label Filtered Flow Airway Sec Figure B 25 Flow Volume Loop B 271 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Appendix All phone orders must be accompanied by a hard copy of your order All must include the following information 1 Complete billing and shipping addresses 2 Name and department of end user 3 Model number and description of desired item s 4 Quantity of each item desired 5 Purchase order number or method of payment 6 Telephone number DOMESTIC TERMS There is a 50 minimum order Open accounts can be extended to most recognized educational institutions hospitals and government agencies Net amount due 30 days from the date of shipment Enclose payment with the order charge with VISA MasterCard American Express or pay COD We must have a hard copy of your order by mail or fax Students individuals and private companies may call for a credit application INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT INFORMATION There
116. ou can specify how many times DataLab 2000 Software repeats the pulse or waveform from file e Repetitions Continuous The waveform repeats until data acquisition stops e Repetitions Number The waveform repeats the specified number of times A Point to Remember When You Set Up a Stimulus DataLab 2000 Software issues the stimulus waveform at 100 points per second through the analog output channel 0 only when data acquisition is in progress Stimulus is not issued when DataLab 2000 Software is waiting on a delay or waiting for a trigger condition to occur F Note You cannot define a pulse waveform longer than 10 000 points Because DataLab 2000 i Software issues the data waveform at 100 points per second the maximum pulse duration is 100 seconds 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Applying Signal Process Methods The Signal Process dialog box shown in Figure 2 10a allows you to choose signal processing methods for your data To apply signal process methods select Configure Settings then select the Signal Process tab in the dialog box that appears This section describes the signal processing filters and transforms g Note You can perform one filter and or one transform operation on any signal Filtering Choose the type of filtering you want to use from the Filtering pull down list The following filter options are available e No Filter Applies no filt
117. ow to record and save your DataLab 2000 Software data e Chapter 6 Printing Data explains how DataLab 2000 Software can print snapshots of your signals as they appear on the screen or print reports that summarize the data you acquire e Appendix A Using Help and Troubleshooting explains how to use the DataLab 2000 Software online help features and also offers some trouble shooting tips e Appendix B Examples gives you step by step examples on how you can use DataLab 2000 Software Some of these examples use data files that come with your DataLab 2000 Software application e Appendix C Customer Communication contains information and instructions for ordering warranty and product returns e The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual including abbreviations and acronyms e The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics in this manual including the page where you can find each one e Release Notes Contains information on the latest release changes to the software 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Conventions Used in This Manual lt gt bold bold italic italic Monospace monospace bold monospace italic paths cS The following conventions are used in this manual Angle brackets enclose the name of a key on the keyboard for example lt Shift gt A hyphen between two or more k
118. p report e Report Type Data File Information Creates a Data File Information report e Sort by Testgroup Creates the Data File Information report sorted by testgroup Figure 6 2 shows a view of the Reports dialog box in which the Report Type is Data File Information and the user has selected the Sort by Testgroup option Notice that the Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 6 2 Lafayette Instrument Company Username Selection area is active for this type of report Reports Report Selection Data Path c DataLab2000 Sottwareidata Report Type Browse f Testgroup i Data File Information M Sort by Testgroup Testgroup Selection Hon Testgroup Files Afternaon Class All Tuesday Class fE Individual Friday pm Class Uszemame Selection F All ie Selected Figure 6 2 Reports Dialog Box with Data File Information Report Type Selected You use the following controls in the Reports dialog box to define the selection criteria for the report e Testgroup Selection The controls in this area are available for both report types All This option includes all testgroups in the report Selected This option includes only a single testgroup in the report When you choose this option the list to the right becomes active and you are allowed to select a single testgroup e Username Selection The controls in this area become active when you
119. ppears in the Stimulus Waveform graph The pulse waveform is initially off for the time you specify and then turns on for the time you specify Figure 2 9 shows the controls that appear when you select this option e Off Voltage Specifies the voltage level of the pulse waveform in the off state e On Voltage Specifies the voltage level of the pulse waveform in the on state e Off Time Specifies the amount of time the pulse waveform remains in the off state before changing to the on state e On Time Specifies the amount of time the pulse waveform remains in the on state before proceeding to the next waveform cycle H Configuration Settings for Acquisition E xX Timing Alarms Stimulus Signal Process stimulus Method Stimulus Waveform f None 10 0 Front Panel Manual Control 5 0 f User Defined wWwavelorm an 5 0 tthe t 1 0 0 i I i nii us ype 0 00 1 00 200 300 400 4500 Pulse ZECE From File pe Off Voltage 2 2 Off Time 2 00 H Repetitions are issued at On Voltage a5 On Time Boo Continuous 100 points vide SECs Number a per second Approximate Free Disk Space 15479714 Kbytes Data File Growth Rate 6400 00 bytes sec Figure 2 9 Configuring a Stimulus Pulse Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 1 4 2 15 Lafayette Instrument Company gt Note You cannot define a pulse waveform longer than 10 000 points Because DataLab
120. quired e Display Name Display name of this plug in VI In plug in analysis DataLab 2000 menu merates the display name in plug in selection pull down list for choice The label of the Display Name control must be Display Name so that DataLab 2000 can identify it correctly However the content of Display Name can be any desired string For example you can use the name of the plug in VI e Config VI Name lf you want the parameters of Plug in VI to be changeable and configurable you need a configuration VI Enter the configuration VI you wish to load in the string indicator labeled Config VI Name The label of the Config VI Name indicator must be Config VI Name so that DataLab 2000 can identify it correctly The content of this string indicator must be the same as the name of configuration VI e Input Array Data to be processed and output from DataLab 2000 Data type must be single precision SGL Plot No Plot number selected when you click on the Signal label button in DataLab 2000 Data type must be long 132 e Sample Rate Sample rate received from information on data file Data type must be single precision SGL Init cont Controls the initialization of the internal states To process a large data sequence which has been split into smaller blocks set this control to FALSE for the first block and set this control to TRUE for continuous processing of all remaining blocks e Output Array Data processed by plug in custom
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122. r the selected signal in this field This label appears on the data acquisition view when the alarm condition occurs If the signal is being displayed on a graph Alarm Type Select one of the following alarms No Alarm Below Min Above Max Inside Range or Outside Range Min Max Specify minimum and or maximum to define the level or range for the alarm Defining an Output Stimulus Output stimulus settings allow you to configure the characteristics of an analog output signal that you can use during data acquisition To define or select an analog output stimulus select Configure Settings then select the Stimulus tab in the dialog box that appears The Configuring Timing of Data Acquisition section of this chapter describes the indicators at the bottom of the dialog box Approximate Free Disk Space Approximate Data File Size Approximate File Growth Rate hou Heira w h Ho inina mai Doi praj E kad bra mi of ma the el T feri Pra Mara Cant VSE La ey TH Wands oj T ihesi irii iene haan ani Ct ads eal eed fey TI ae u Mies Des cee ores Bes Wind pi ee OUT badtor sharing wn craton aT Cin hioa Peit teal ia e Tr VE Dpat Free Cah ee Toa Fi i Cida Fie Gerth Fister H beet o irea Figure 2 8 Stimulus Tab Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box 2 e 3 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Descriptions of each control on the Stimulus tab of the Config
123. raph Acquisition from the View menu to display both the ECG and the corresponding arterial pressure signal 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 B 10 4 Click on the Setup button in the trending area to enable trending and configure the beat per minute BPM calculation parameters as shown in Figure B 9 Trend Setup Ez BPM calculations Screen Update Pale Threshold TA ade Bee width 3 Maximum i kini History Minimums 10 000 secs Use Derivative Cancel Figure B 9 BPM Calculation Trend Setup Dialog Box 5 Click on the signal pull down list in the trending area to display the names of all the signals on the screen Select the ECG signal 6 Select the trend type from the pull down list in the Trending area in the data acquisition view You can select Min Max Mean or BPM For this example select the BPM option 7 Click on the GO button to begin acquiring data from the example file You will observe that the numeric indicator above the Trend Setup button displays the heart rate over the last ten seconds Watch this value change over time and then proceed to the next step to view this data graphically 8 Click on the Trend button in the Trending area to see the trend graph like the one in Figure B 10 Try viewing the Trend Graph at different times as the trend values change over time For more information about trending refer to Chap
124. rent settings and returns to the configuration screen Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 2 as 1 0 Lafayette Instrument Company Start time Manual C After Specified Delay On Trigger Configuring DataLab 2000 Software Settings for Acquisition You can configure the timing alarm and output stimulus parameters of your acquisition in the dialog box that appears when you choose Configure Settings in the data acquisition view Configuring Timing of Data Acquisition Timing configuration settings allow you to control the amount of data you collect and speed of data acquisition To configure the timing of data acquisition select Configure Settings and select the Timing tab in the dialog box that appears H Configuration Settings for Acquisition i x Timing Alarms Stimulus Signal Process Start Time sample Rate Manual 200 samples s F After Specified Delay On Trigger Trigger Signal Arterial Pressure Scan List Trigger Level 100 00 mmHg ECG 1 Up Ramp a LJselect a Arterial Pressure Osimetry Pulse Paw Pressure Lung Pressure Stop Time ECG 2 Down Ramp C Manual ae Se Shift Click to select multiple signals 0 0 hh mm ss 3 Diamond indicates the signal used for triggering Approximate Free Disk Space 15479808 Kbytes ee eae OF B Approximate Data File Size 4 Kbytes sun Figure 2 6 Timing Tab Conf
125. rworth filter of your choice Lowpass Highpass Bandpass or Bandstop You enter the desired low and high cutoff frequencies e Median Filter Smoothes a data set by replacing noise spikes in the sample with the median value of the data points included in the specified time window The time window is determined by the user A typical time value will be Time 1 sample rate x 5 e 50 60 Hz Notch Filter Applies your choice a 50 Hz or 60 Hz notch filter These notch filters have the same specifications as those described in the Notch Filter Specifications section of Chapter 3 Acquiring Data Transforming Transforms help you analyze data by allowing you to create a new signal derived from an existing signal For example you can transform an ECG signal into a heart rate by applying the BPM transform Choose the type of transform you want to use from the Transform pull down list The following transforms are available e No transform Applies no transform to your data e Minimum For each point in the data set DataLab 2000 calculates a new point by finding the minimum value for the preceding number of seconds you specify e Maximum For each point in the data set DataLab 2000 calculates a new point by finding the maximum value for the preceding number of seconds you specify e Mean For each point in the data set DataLab 2000 calculates a new point by finding the mean value for the preceding number of seconds you specify e Beats
126. s as shown in Figure B 22 Funan Amair Hiipa Pore Bosotun Peak Detecton ei Anakar ar Para Proctusa fore H 21 ey eee ESj i Abe mii i Ly 45d T l Epntiy 40d AL en Jai uj chij iuj 140 100 cj ho aes GS SSL en BO E 60 EF 70 7E BO BS an 38 110 oe Lurg Feran om Ho re 318 A ia FF rmi Signal Label TET Figure B 22 Array Analysis Pulmonary Pressure Relationships Profiling Flow Volume Loops Using Filters and Transforms To display flow volume loops for pulmonary function studies on an XY graph complete the following steps This example also shows you how to filter and transform signals In this example you transform a flow signal by integrating over time to yield volume 1 Select View 4 Graph Analysis to view the data 2 Click on the signal label of the top graph The Select Signal dialog box appears Click on the Open Files button to open the data file Flow Volume Example in the datalab2000software examples directory You may have to use the Browse button to navigate to the datalab2000software examples directory If the Append checkbox is active and selected you should deselect it so that only the file you select will open 3 Click on the OPEN button You return to the Select Signal dialog box Figure B 23 illustrates the Select Signal dialog box for the Flow Volume Example data file Fima aw jH o Fia Tiarnd can fr Ho T eaeephrw Figure B 23 Select Sign
127. s only the data that you highlighted in the Analysis view g Note f you select the Append option in the Export Data dialog box DataLab 2000 places the appended data sets after the last data set in the exported file Saving Changes to Your Data Files You can make changes to your DataLab 2000 data files and save these changes F Note DataLab 2000 saves all data in its original form It does not save the results of transforms or filters As described earlier in this chapter you can change some of the information associated with your data files that is notes testgroup username events Select File Save to save these changes If you try to open another file while the current file has changes which can be saved DataLab 2000 prompts you to save your data 5 25 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Saving and Recalling DataLab 2000 Settings When you exit DataLab 2000 your DataLab 2000 configuration settings are saved automatically You can also store these settings to a file that you can use in a future session in DataLab 2000 Multiple users of DataLab 2000 can keep independent files containing the custom settings they need To save your settings to a file select Configure Save Settings Select Configure Recall Settings to open the settings file you want Select Configure Reset Settings to undo any settings changes you make during an entire session in DataLab 2000
128. select Configure Settings then select the Timing tab in the dialog box that appears Switching to Analysis Mode You can use the Analysis button as a quick and convenient way to switch from an acquisition view to an analysis view You can also switch to the analysis mode of DataLab 2000 by selecting any of the analysis views from the View menu If you have just saved data to disk and switch to analysis mode the data that you just acquired is loaded automatically The Analysis button is disabled during data acquisition For more information about the analysis features refer to Chapter 4 Analyzing Data Setting the Scale for a Graph You can set the scale for a graph manually or automatically Automatically Setting the Scale To automatically set the scale for a graph click on the Autoscaling button DataLab 2000 applies a scale to the data that best fits the data into the graph 3 8 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Manually Setting the Scale To set the scale for a graph manually click in the area to the left of the graph The Set Acquisition Scale dialog box shown in Figure 3 6 appears Set Acquisition Scale mar 150 0 H Decimals Yminf 50 0 vi Figure 3 6 Set Acquisition Scale Dialog Box The following controls appear in the Set Acquisition Scale dialog box e Ymax Ymin Sets the minimum and maximum Y axis values you want to use for the graph
129. select Data File Information as the Report Type You cannot sort a Testgroup report by username so these controls are disabled when you select the Testgroup report type All This option includes all usernames in the report Selected This option includes only a single username in the report When you choose this option the list to the right becomes active and you are allowed to select a single username ss Note A bullet appears beside the testgroup and username lists to indicate the current testgroup and username The bulleted testgroup and username is associated with any new data files you create a he You have reached the end of the final section of the DataLab 2000 Software Manual Remember that Appendix A Using Help and Troubleshooting contains many useful tips and Appendix B Examples gives you step by step instructions on using DataLab 2000 Software 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 l Using Help and Appendix A Troubleshooting This appendix explains how to use the DataLab 2000 online help features and also offers some troubleshooting tips Getting Help To get help within the DataLab 2000 application you can access the Help menu You can use the following types of help e Pop Up Help This option opens or closes a small help window With the help window open place your mouse over any object on the front panel to view more informa
130. selected amplifier and attachment Signal label This is how the channel will be labeled in the Acquisition screen Configure Amp This indicator is lit if the selected amplifier requires configuration The configuration is done automatically Calibrate Device This indicator is lit if the selected amplifier requires calibration If calibration is required the 2 point calibration screen will launch automatically upon exit of the Device Settings screen Output Voltage Range Indicates the range of voltages that may be produced by the amplifier in the current configuration Scaling Units This is the unit label for the measurement type Min egu The minimum engineering range of the measurement signal The engineering range units are determined by the Scaling Units setting Max egu The maximum engineering range of the measurement signal The engineering range units are determined by the Scaling Units setting Gain The multiplier applied to the input voltage to scale the signal to the engineering units Offset The amount added to the input voltage to scale the signal to the engineering units The gain offset voltage values and engineering units are related as follows Egu value Gain x voltage offset The software will always force the settings into this linear relationship e OK Accepts the current settings and returns to the configuration screen or the calibration screen e Cancel Disregards the cur
131. suring heart rate from a number of ECG lead configurations Viewing the Trend Graph To view the trend graph which shows the trend history of your acquired data click on the Trend button in the Trending area A graph showing the real time trend values appears Figure 3 5 shows the Trend Graph dialog box Es Note DataLab 2000 resets this graph whenever you change the trend signal the trend type or the trend setup parameters Trend Graph Heart rate ER paii Be time hh rine ss ies soll a Figure 3 5 Trend Graph Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 3 Lafayette Instrument Company EAF 2 seal a Viewing the Trend Graph continued The trend graph may contain no more than 10 000 data trend points After 10 000 points accumulate DataLab 2000 begins removing the oldest data points as it calculates new data points You use the Graph tool palette in the Trend Graph dialog box to adjust the display of your data Refer to the Power Spectrum section in Chapter 4 Analyzing Data for a description of the Graph tool palette Status Display Status waiting on trigger 100 sarmples s DataLab 2000 indicates the configured sample rate and the current status of the data acquisition acquisition off acquiring data waiting on trigger or waiting on delay You can view the status control at the bottom right of the acquisition view To set the sample rate
132. t Company Customize Window Appearance x M Window has Title Bar M window is Modal stays on top Show Menu Bar W Use System Color for Panel Show Scroll Bars Show Toolbar When Flunni T Allow User to Close Window i Sea Allow User to Resize Window Show Abort Button Allow User to Minimize Window Show Aun Button Allow Run Time Pop up Menu Show Continuous Run Button W Show Front Panel hen Called Highlight lt Retum gt Boolean M Close Afterwards if Originally Closed M Auto Center Show Front Panel hen Loaded x Building the Block Diagram 6 Select Window Show Diagram to view the block diagram Build Frame 0 as shown in the following illustration Get plugin Untlatten From parameters wi String Multiplier 0 00 Restore ald values Sin Get Plugin Parameters VI available in DataLab2000Software plugin pluginutils 11b Functions Select a VI palette This VI gets the previous value of parameters from plug in information glo to initialize the multiplier control paced A Unflatten From String Functions Advanced Data Ma nipulation palette This 5 function converts anything to a string of binary values R 10 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 Numeric Constant Functions Numeric palette To change the data type of the constant right click on the numeric constant and select Representation Single Precision SGL
133. te IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 13 14 15 16 Now you can configure the parameters for the plug in VI The parameters can be any type such as a string number array cluster and so on However you must first convert the parameters to a string of binary values using the Flatten to String function and save the changes to plug in information glo The plug in VI also must unflatten the parameters from plug in information glo to read the effective values Refer to DataLab2000Software plugin for more examples of the configuration VI Save the Vl in DataLab2000Software plugin 11b You must save the configuration VI in the same VI library in which the plug in VI is saved The name of the configuration VI must be consistent with the name of the Config VI Name indicator in the plug in VI Refer to step 1 of the Creating a Plug In Custom Analysis VI section of this document for more information about Config VI Name Run DataLab 2000 1 2 and enter the Analysis view Select the Multiply by Const configurable plug in VI in the Select Signal dialog box The Configure button appears Click the Configure button to load the configuration VI you built Type 10 00 in the Multiplier control Click the OK button to close the Configuration VI Click the OK button in the Select Signal dialog box to return to the Analysis view The value of ECG has been multiplied by 10 00 Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sal
134. ter 3 Acquiring Data 9 Eventually replay of the data file will end or you can choose to click on the STOP button Trend Graph EEEE EE E e EE E ENA eek ea A ER eee pe 0 5 1 15 240 4 SU 3h 40 45 SO 55 1 00 1 04 he paul ee time AH ror 3 TER Figure B 10 Trend Graph of Beat per Minute BPM Calculation Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 11 Lafayette Instrument Company B 11 Using Alarms to Display Heart Beats During Data Acquisition To use an alarm indicator to display each beat in other words each QRS complex perform the following steps 1 Select Configure Settings then select the Alarms tab in the Configure Settings for Acquisition dialog box that appears 2 Enable alarms by selecting the Alarms Enabled checkbox as shown in Figure B 11 Lashgualn Sects ber Argus Baada Ajen Caup a Labai haar bam Flare Type Lung Pere u ECE 2 Doe Fra Hoike ppranea From Cirk Jp E r Chaba File Dith Fia TED ishte _ Eras Figure B 11 Setting Alarms in the Configuration Settings for Acquisition Dialog Box 3 Highlight the ECG signal as shown in Figure B 11 The ECG monitor in this example provides a 5 to 5 VDC analog signal Because the QRS complex for this lead configuration yields a positive deflection DataLab 2000 detects a heart beat when the waveform exceeds 1 25 VDC Set the Alarm Type to Above Max
135. the Data Acquisition Hardware pull down list If the correct data acquisition hardware does not appear make sure you have properly configured the hardware using the NI DAQ Configuration Utility c Assign a signal to a specific channel on the DAQ hardware by selecting a channel number in the Channels list box and typing in a name in the Signal Label field For example to assign ECG Lead 1 to channel 0 highlight channel 0 in the Channels list box and enter ECG Lead 1 in the Signal Label field d You can directly enter the signal voltage range reference the range from the vendor database or determine it by a calibration routine Enter the minimum and maximum signal voltages in the Min and Max fields in the Signal Voltage Range area e Select or create the appropriate unit in the Scaling area for the signal you are acquiring For this example you select vdc for ECG gt Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 2 Lafayette Instrument Company f Enter the minimum and maximum engineering values of the signal in the Min egu and Max egu fields of the Scaling area For alternative methods of scaling physiological signals see Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System g Repeat steps c through f for each of the physiological signals Tips In this example you will enter the signal voltage range directly Alternatively you F could click on the Vendor Database button to display the Ve
136. through Your Data In addition to the navigation buttons described in the previous section you can also use one of the following methods to change the time scale of your graphs e Changing the X axis manually To set the X scale the time scale manually click on the scale tick marks at the bottom of the graphs A dialog box appears where you can enter the starting and ending times of the data set that you want to view e Scroll Bars Use the scroll bar below the graphs and shown in Figure 4 5 to change the scale of the graphs and to scroll throughout the data file You can change the amount of time you are viewing in the display by clicking and dragging the ends of the scroll bar or scroll to the right or left in time by clicking and dragging the middle of the scroll bar z ecm IL j I I E E j I Per I l I I I I E I l lI Il E E I l I 1 I l I 1 I Ij 4 5 1 10 270 2 11 920 ds 1 550 16 5 m m Figure 4 5 DataLab 2000 Data Scrollbar Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 4 5 4 6 4 6 Lafayette Instrument Company Changing the Y Scales Use one of the following controls to change the Y scale of the graphs e Changing the Y axis manually To set the Y scale for a graph manually click on the scale tick mark to the left of the graph The Set Analysis Scale dialog box appears You can set the minimum and maximum Y scale values
137. time data acquisition See the Selecting a Data Source section of Chapter 2 Setting Up Your System for more information on using the data files for demonstration and teaching Data Acquisition Views All dialog boxes and controls in this chapter appear in or can be reached from the data acquisition views Using the View menu you can select one of four data acquisition views to display data in real time e 2 Graph Acquisition View one or two selected signals in two independent graphs e 4 Graph Acquisition View up to four selected signals in four independent graphs e 8 Graph Acquisition View up to eight selected signals in eight independent graphs e XY Graph Acquisition View any two selected signals graphed with respect to time and each other Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 3 1 Lafayette Instrument Company The controls in all the acquisition views behave similarly and are described in this chapter The XY view has additional capabilities that are described at the end of this chapter All data acquisition views behave in the same way Figure 3 1 shows the 4 Graph Acquisition view 4 Graph Acquisition File Configure View Help w ECG 1 Up Ramp 0 04 vde SRL Graph Speed i 10 00 4 Logging Log Data file none in PEPA ow simety Pulse J f l Trending Y Arterial Pressure w Mean 135 831 _Status_ 100 sa
138. tion regarding that object You can also press lt Ctrl h gt to open or close this window e About DataLab 2000 This option provides information about Lafayette Instrument Company the version of DataLab 2000 and the currently installed version of NI DAQ Troubleshooting This section contains some hints to help you if you encounter trouble using DataLab 2000 DataLab 2000 Indicates That NI DAQ Is Not Installed When DataLab 2000 is loading a message might appear indicating that NI DAQ is not installed NI DAQ is the software that communicates with your DAQ hardware If you will be performing data acquisition you need to install NI DAQ install your DAQ hardware and configure your DAQ hardware Please refer to procedures in beginning of this manual DataLab 2000 Indicates That DAQ Hardware Is Not Installed DAQ hardware is only necessary when you use DataLab 2000 to perform data acquisition DataLab 2000 indicates that no National Instruments DAQ hardware is installed in the following ways e When you launch DataLab 2000 a dialog box appears explaining that you do not have DAQ hardware installed e No DAQ devices appear in the Select Data Source dialog box e An error message appears when you select Configure Channels in an acquisition view Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com A A 2 Lafayette Instrument Company Error 10846 When Performing Data Acquisition
139. ttings 8 Start data acquisition by clicking on the GO button B 3 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 9 Enable data logging by clicking on the Log Data checkbox in the Logging area in the data acquisition view DataLab 2000 displays the dialog box shown in Figure B 4 prompting you to name the data file File Dialog x Enter a tile name Cancel View All Figure B 4 File Dialog Box Alternatively you can configure DataLab 2000 to automatically name each file For example if the first filename is labeled DataLab 2000 the sequential datalog files are named DataLab001 DataLab002 and so on Refer to the Logging Data section in Chapter 5 Saving Data to learn about setting data logging options Figure B 5 shows the 4 Graph Acquisition view with the Log Data checkbox activated Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 4 B 5 Lafayette Instrument Company Note You can turn data logging on or off initiate trending adjust chart speed and create user events and notes for the data file during acquisition mm E 4 Graph Acquisition File Configure WEN Help Graph Speed w 5 00 s Logging M Log Data file BioBench bb Trending ow Ho trending al ha tht a Matec Verde i ee mete ric Spee H Setup trend Status 200 samples s i ue SS E Ty TEIEIA JI PEEEIT 7 4
140. tton shown in Figure B 13 File Dialog E4 Datalab 2000 Sotware examples view All a Figure B 13 Selecting the Examples Folder with the File Dialog Box 3 Figure B 14 shows the File Open dialog box which lists all the files in the datalab2000software examples directory The example file A demo File bb contains eight signals of physiological data two of which are variable ECG waveforms Open this example file by clicking on the file and then clicking on the OPEN button which returns you to the Analysis view and displays the first two signals in the file on the Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 2 Lafayette Instrument Company the Analysis view The ECG data appears in the upper graph and a blood pressure waveform appears in the lower graph File Open 4 Demo File bb Arrhythmia 7 bb Arrhythmia fe bb Arrhythmia 3 bb Arrhythmia 4 bb File length secs 90 3 Arrhythmia 5 bb Username Eric Cardiopulmonary Study bb Teshgroup Heart Rate Variability ECG 1 30 BP File notes ECG 2 60 BPH ECG 3 80 BPH ECG 4 120 BPM ECG 5 190 BPM ECG 6 240 BPM ECG DEGREE BLE II E Append OFEN Cancel Figure B 14 Selecting a Data File in the File Open Dialog Box 4 Click on the signal label in the upper left corner of the bottom graph The Select Signal dialog box shown in Figure B 15 appears Highlight the ECG signal i
141. tware plugin pluginutils 11b library Refer to DataLab2000Software plugin for examples of these VIs Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com R 11 Lafayette Instrument Company Completing the Configuration VI 8 Resize the front panel area to hide the Plot No and Sample Rate controls and only display the Multiplier control and the OK button to simulate a dialog box 9 Save the VI as Constant configuration vi in the DataLab2000Software plugin Multiply by Const Configurable 11b You must save the configuration VI in the same VI library in which the plug in VI is saved The name of the configuration VI must be consistent with the content of control labeled Config VI Name in the plug in VI Refer to the Creating a Plug In Custom Analysis VI section of this document for more information about Config VI Name 10 Open the plug in VI you created earlier in LabVIEW and modify the block diagram as shown in the following illustration Untlatten From String o 11 On the front panel type Constant Configuration vi in the Config VI Name control 12 Right click the Config VI Name control and select Data Operation Make Current Value Default from the shortcut menu Your front panel should look similar to the following illustration Output Array Plot Mo veccenecrensenensenens Init cont Error ii R 12 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayet
142. uration Settings for Acquisition dialog box follow e Stimulus Method None Specifies no stimulus This is the default selection Stimulus Method Front Panel Manual Control DataLab 2000 Software provides a fixed DC level output of either the Off Voltage or the On Voltage you specify in the controls shown in Figure 2 8 Off Voltage While you are not clicking and holding down the OUT button during an acquisition DataLab 2000 Software sets the analog output channel 0 of your DAQ hardware to the Off Voltage On Voltage While you click and hold down the OUT button during an acquisition DataLab 2000 Software sets your DAQ hardware s analog output channel 0 to the On Voltage em Note When you turn the stimulus on or off using the OUT button DataLab 2000 Software records a stimulus event in the journal if you are logging data to disk Stimulus Method User Defined Waveform DataLab 2000 Software can generate an analog output stimulus waveform through the analog output channel 0 of your DAQ hardware The stimulus can be a pulse or an arbitrary waveform in a file With either choice DataLab 2000 Software begins the analog output stimulus as soon as data acquisition begins The A Point to Remember When You Set Up a Stimulus section later in this chapter gives more details on setting up stimulus Stimulus Type Pulse Defines a pulse waveform for analog output stimulus A graphical representation of the pulse waveform a
143. usly producing an analog output signal The analog output signal is based on user defined parameters To configure DataLab 2000 to generate an analog output signal perform the following steps 1 Select Configure Channels to assign each signal to a channel See previous examples in this appendix to learn about setting up acquisition channels E Note You can view and record the output stimulus by splitting out the output signal and connecting one of the cables to an available input channel ACHO ACH1 ACH2 and so on on your DataLab 2000 General Purpose Interface Bed 2 Click on OK to confirm your channel configuration 3 Select Configure Settings then set your parameters for timing alarms and output stimulus signals in the dialog box that appears Figure B 8 shows how to set up the Stimulus tab of the Configuration Settings for Acquisition dialog box If you choose to view the stimulus signal as you acquire your data be sure to include the analog input channel connected to the analog output in the Scan List of the Timing tab Configuration Settings for Acquisition Timing Alarms Stimulus Stimulus Method None Hote In thie mode DataLab 2000 Eman Panel M IC i provides a fired DC level output ront Panel Manual Lontra of either the OF Voltage or the User Detined Waveform On Voltage specified here When an acquisition begins DataLab 2000 will output the OFF Yoltage eo When the user presses the front panel
144. ut scrolling through the whole file Real Time Analysis DataLab 2000 1 2 has added real time analysis tools in the Data Acquisition view The real time analysis tools include digital filters and math functions to add subtract multiply and divide channels or channels with constants Select Configuration Settings Signal Process to select filters and transform methods You also can click the Filter radio and Transform radio buttons above the graph you want to process to set the filters and transforms parameters Setting Decimation Proportion You can set the decimation proportion when data is saved to spreadsheet Inserting hot PCMCIA hardware A PCMCIA DAQ card that is inserted while the laptop is powered on can be recognized while DataLab 2000 is running Refresh MAX first after the PCMCIA card is inserted hot Select Configuration Select Data Source to select the hardware you want to use If MAX is not refreshed DataLab 2000 cannot recognize your hardware and an error occurs Retaining settings after channel configuration When the channels are configured and calibrated some settings are retained including the channel scan list the channels displayed in the acquisition screen the max and min settings for all the channels the settings for the alarms and the settings for the stimulus Exporting data to Excel directly Select File Export to Spreadsheet Excel format to export selected data to Excel from any Analysis view directly
145. ve seconds the graph fills up with five seconds of data before it is cleared You can change the graph speed at any time during data acquisition The time axis at the bottom of each view indicates the amount of time that has passed since the beginning of data acquisition This time does not reflect any time passed while the display is paused Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com 3 3 Lafayette Instrument Company Logging Data This section describes the controls in the Logging area of the data acquisition views DataLab 2000 allows you to log data and record events during acquisition You can enable logging for an entire data acquisition episode or turn logging on and off intermittently Turning off logging during data acquisition creates a Log Off event in the journal The following controls appear in the Logging area e Log Data Activates the recording of data to a file on disk To stop recording deselect Logging this checkbox When you check the Log Data box during an acquisition DataLab mo 2000 prompts you for the filename or creates a filename automatically based on the settings in the File Logging options See the Logging Setup section of Chapter 5 Saving Data for a description of the Logging Setup dialog box If you select this option while data acquisition is not in progress DataLab 2000 does not determine the filename until you click on the GO button file n
146. w you use For example the Overlaid Analysis view allows up to eight signals 4 Graph Analysis File View Help Qe AE Stage 1 HA 60 0 5 ry No filter Wide Mo transform Abo filter i j a hy i ball UI di fL ful Ll ane No transform a i H fh fli TA TATA moa Wel No ilter yu faut ne Mal POPP RORR ROEM eg irMe Mo transform I wo O OO N f i h J E h f i 1 h 1 Ao a f i 1 i f i i ll I A H Nets Wye Wa A UH Wy ele ye ya Pee ite dee eda I Le thi he Tre Ay eh fy Le eee ET M la fl ut Wa vA TLR UHL HP LAL A AL Hdd ll HAA A i i AA i WO LI j el ii Hi Hi ii Hull No transform a0 FHI TS h L T 1h FOREL a ak I big T kf J 5 FH Fah FN S D i S ee Ld E a 5 l H T fo ioid F I a file ECG 2 60 BPM 1 window view 10 0 EPM amen am a gt en gt Ee Acquisition Figure B 19 Simultaneous Analysis on Multiple DataLab 2000 Data Files Fax 765 423 4111 www lafayetteinstrument com E mail sales lafayetteinstrument com B 1 7 Lafayette Instrument Company Example 7 Performing Array Analysis In addition to displaying and analyzing your data with respect to time DataLab 2000 allows you to analyze XY data The following two examples demonstrate array analysis features The first example illustrates how you can profile two pressure relationships in an XY graph The second example demonstrates how you can derive a new signal volume by integratin
147. with DataLab 2000 Software You may want to use the files inthe datalab 2000 software examples directory when you cannot do direct physiological data acquisition You can always add new files to the datalab 2000 software examples directory if the provided files do not meet your needs Because DataLab 2000 Software can use data files as a data source you can use a data file to simulate real time data acquisition on a computer that does not have DAQ hardware You might want to change the data source if one of the following conditions is true e This is the first time you have used DataLab 2000 Software and you need to select the DAQ hardware that you want to use to acquire data e You do not have DAQ hardware in your computer and you want to use a data file to simulate data acquisition e You want to use a different data source than you did the last time you acquired data 2 lS 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 To choose a data source select Configure Data Source Figure 2 3 shows the Select Data Source dialog box Select Data Source Ea NI Data Acquistion Hardware 1 PE LPH 16PNP Data Source 3 PCI MIO 16sE 10 National Instruments Data Acquisition Hardware C Demonstration Teaching Data Files Data Files Acquired with D ataLab 2000 Figure 2 3 Select Data Source Dialog Box The following controls appear in the Select Data Source dialog box e
148. ws events for the entire data file not for only a section of the data file EF Note When multiple files are open the Event Profiler displays only file events for the file you select in the Open Files list 3700 Sagamore Parkway North PO Box 5729 Lafayette IN 47903 USA Ph 765 423 1505 4 1 e Arrow control You can click and drag the arrow above the Event Profiler to any event marker the corresponding file event is highlighted in the event list In addition to file events you can also define a wide variety of search events Use search events to select any of the displayed signals and to locate special conditions in the signal as defined by the search criteria For example Figure 4 12 displays search criteria that will generate search events whenever the pressure signal rises above 150 mmHg and then falls below 150 mmHg Event List amp Search Criteria FileEvents Search Criteria Displayed Signals Search for z E f None Arterial Pressure E ian unn Osimetry Pulse ie Bei Pressure Above Masinum Inside Range Dutside Range fi iii Mar 150 00 mmHg Cancel Figure 4 12 Search Criteria Tab Event List amp Search Criteria Dialog Box The following controls appear in the Search Criteria tab e Displayed Signals A list of all the signals displayed on the analysis view e Search for You can select any of the search types Below Minimum Above Maximum Inside Range or Outside Range

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