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Newsletter
- Edition Five
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September
25, 2008
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Bozeman, MT - September 2008
Back to business as usual for Neuralynx. After our
move to a new location, we are still making adjustments to our new
building. Please be sure to update all our contact information
with your facility. All phone numbers and email contact addresses
remain the same. Our new address is: 105 Commercial Dr.
Bozeman, MT 59715
SFN 2008 - Washington, D.C. - From
November 15th - 19th, 2008 Neuralynx will be attending the annual
Society for Neuroscience meeting. Our Booth Number is #533
and we have a new exciting look. There will be many
representatives from our company, we'd love for you to drop by and say
"hi"!
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TECHNICAL TIP OF THE
DAY - Digital Lynx Fiber Optic Cable Handling
by: Casey
Stengel
For all User, both Analog Cheetah32/64 and Digital Lynx systems, it is important
to keep an eye on the Status Window Error and Warnings Counters and the
messages that appear in the Status Window. This will make sure
that any problem encountered while running a recording session is
identified quickly and resolved to get a good recorded data set.
Digital Lynx uses a Fiber Optic cable to transfer about 500 MegaBits
per second from the interface box to the computer. This Fiber
Optic Cable carries both the digitized analog input signal values (from
the interface to the PC) and commands (from the PC to the interface
box). For many users this is the first experience with Fiber
Optic Cables. Special care must be used for Fiber Optic cables
which is very different from normal copper wire cables.
The two biggest care points are:
1.) Keep the cable ends clean and don't scratch the ends (this
means don't touch the ends to your fingers or the floor); and
2) Don't allow bends in the cable that are sharper than a 2 inch (5cm)
radius.
The reason fiber optic cables can not be sharply bent is that cable
core fiber is a "graded plastic" where the speed propagation
gradient is such that the light at the surface of the cable is bent
back towards the center of the plastic core. If the fiber is bent
too sharply then the light will actually exit the side of the fiber.
When this occurs you will see an increase in data communications
errors, commonly called HUNT Errors in Cheetah, and you may experience
commands controlling the Digital Lynx interface being missed. So
if you see hunt errors or acquisition start/stop, DRS-36 commands or
other "weirdness" with the Digital Lynx interface check the
Fiber Optic Cable for sharp bends.
If you have questions on this system feature feel free to contact
Technical Support at Support@Neuralynx.com or give us a call.
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TRACKING
THE STATUS OF YOUR ORDER
For
ordering, checking up on an order's status, or shipping details, please
be sure to use our sales@neuralynx.com
email address.
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TECH
SUPPORT ISSUES
For
tech support questions, please be sure to use our support@neuralynx.com
email address.
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THE
NEURALYNX MISSION STATEMENT
"We
are the preferred provider of high quality electrophysiology hardware
and software solutions for the neuroscience research community and the specific
markets of epilepsy research and multi-unit neurosurgery support."
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©
Copyright 2008, Neuralynx,Inc., All Rights Reserved.
105
Commercial Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone:
(406) 585-4542 Fax: (406) 585-9034
sales@neuralynx.com
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