Labnotebook descriptions

Numerical entries

Name

Unit

Tolerance

Description

Headstage Contingency

ClampMode

SweepNum

Sweep number: Non-repeating non-negative numeric identifier for sweep time series. Increments in the order of acquisition. Starts at zero.

ALL

TimeStamp

s

Time Stamp: Seconds since Igor epoch (1/1/1904) in local time zone with millisecond precision. Written at time of labnotebook entry.

ALL

TimeStampSinceIgorEpochUTC

s

Time Stamp: Seconds since Igor epoch (1/1/1904) in coordinated universal time zone (UTC) with millisecond precision. Written at time of labnotebook entry.

ALL

EntrySourceType

Entry source type: type of the labnotebook entry, 0 for data acquisition, 1 for test pulse, NaN for all other types including user entries.

ALL

AcquisitionState

Stores the current numbered state of data acquistion.

ALL

TP Baseline Vm

mV

1

Testpulse Baseline: Average membrane potential, see https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html

DEPEND

IC;I=0

TP Baseline pA

pA

50

Testpulse Baseline: Average holding current, see https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html

DEPEND

VC

TP Peak Resistance

runtime

Testpulse Peak Resistance: Instantaneous resistance measurement calculated from testpulse profil, https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html

DEPEND

TP Steady State Resistance

runtime

Testpulse Steady State Resistance: Resistance measurement obtained from the end of the applied testpulse profile, see https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html

DEPEND

Fast compensation capacitance

F

1e-12

Fast capacitance compensation: Cp Fast sets the parameters of current injected into the headstage atvoltage steps to charge (and discharge) the fast component of electrodecapacitance. The adjustable fields display estimates of the magnitudeand time constant for this capacitance.

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

Slow compensation capacitance

F

1e-12

Slow capacitance compensation: Settings for Cp Slow determine the parameters of current injected intothe headstage at voltage steps to charge and discharge the slow componentof electrode capacitance. The adjustable fields display estimates of themagnitude and time constant for this capacitance.

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

Fast compensation time

s

1e-6

Fast compensation time: Time constant for Fast compensation

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

Slow compensation time

s

1e-6

Slow compensation time: Time constant for slow compensation

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

Headstage Active

On/Off

Headtage Active State: Specifies if the hardware associated with the headstage is in use.

DEPEND

DAC

0.1

Digital Analog Channel used for testpulse or data acquisition

ALL

ADC

0.1

Analog digital channel used for testpulse or data acquisition

ALL

Clamp Mode

Amplifier clamp state: One of 0 (VC aka Voltage Clamp), 1 (IC aka Current Clamp), 2 (I=0 aka I Equal Zero)

ALL

TP Baseline Fraction

0.01

Testpulse baseline fraction: Fraction of the full test pulse length used for baseline. Proportional to test pulse repeat frequency f = ???.

See also https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html

INDEP

TP Amplitude VC

pA

Testpulse Amplitude: Current injected during testpulse

DEPEND

VC

TP Amplitude IC

mV

Testpulse Amplitude: Applied potential relative to the holding potential of the amplifier.

See also https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html.

DEPEND

IC;I=0

TP Pulse Duration

ms

Duration of the applied testpulse without baseline.

See also https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/CalculateTPLikePropsFromSweep.html.

INDEP

Stim Scale Factor

.0001

Scalar applied to the stimulus set at acquisition time.

ALL

DA Gain

.000001

Digital Analog amplifier gain: Termed external command sensitivity in the Multiclamp Commander.

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

ALL

AD Gain

.000001

Analog digital amplifier gain for current and voltag clamp.

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

ALL

Set Sweep Count

0.1

Non-negative sweep (timeseries) index for the stimulus set.

ALL

TP Insert Checkbox

On/Off

Inserted Testpulse:

INDEP

Inter-trial interval

s

0.01

Target interval for consecutive sweeps, start to start, in seconds

INDEP

Inter-trial interval (effective)

s

Realised interval for consecutive sweeps, start to start, in seconds including repurposed time

INDEP

TTL rack zero bits

bit mask

ITC hardware specific: Bit mask for active DAEphys TTL channels of rack zero.

See also https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___mies_utilities_8ipf.html?highlight=getttlbits#_CPPv310GetTTLBits4wave8variable8variable and https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___mies_utilities_8ipf.html?highlight=getttlstimsets#_CPPv314GetTTLStimSets4wave4wave8variable.

INDEP

TTL rack one bits

bit mask

ITC hardware specific: Bit mask for active DAEphys TTL channels of rack one.

See also https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___mies_utilities_8ipf.html?highlight=getttlbits#_CPPv310GetTTLBits4wave8variable8variable and https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___mies_utilities_8ipf.html?highlight=getttlstimsets#_CPPv314GetTTLStimSets4wave4wave8variable.

INDEP

TTL rack zero channel

ITC hardware specific: ITC XOP TTL hardware channel for rack zero, e.g., ITC 1600 = 0, ITC 18USB = 1

INDEP

TTL rack one channel

ITC hardware specific: ITC XOP TTL hardware channel for rack one, e.g., ITC 1600 = 3. Of the ITC devices, only the ITC1600 can have up to two racks.

INDEP

Delay onset user

ms

1

User defined delay of stimset onset in milliseconds across all active channels. Occurs immediately after an optionally inserted Testpulse. Output is constant zero during the delay.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id2 for a visualization of the sweep delays during data acquisition.

INDEP

Delay onset auto

ms

1

Automatically defined delay in milliseconds due to the Testpulse (optionally) inserted at sweep onset.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id2 for a visualization of the sweep delays during data acquisition.

INDEP

Delay termination

ms

1

User defined delay of sweep termination in milliseconds across all active channels. Occurs immediately after stimulus set termination. Output is constant zero during the delay.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id2 for a visualization of the sweep delays during data acquisition.

INDEP

Delay distributed DAQ

ms

1

Distributed data acquisition distributes in time the selected stimsets across all active channels in a single sweep. The delay is the time in milliseconds between stimsets on each active channel.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id3 for visualization of the delay.

INDEP

Distributed DAQ

On/Off

Distributed data acquisition distributes in time the selected stimsets across all active channels in a single sweep.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id3 for visualization of the delay.

INDEP

Repeat Sets

1

User defined value that sets the minimum number of times a stimulus set is acquired within a repeated acquisition cycle.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id1 for a visualisation of set repetition and indexing.

INDEP

Scaling zero

On/Off

The DA scaling for active channels is set to zero after the stimulus set has cycled once. Only applies with locked indexing.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id1 for a visualisation of scaling to zero.

INDEP

Indexing

On/Off

Enables the acquistion of multiple stimulus sets, for an active channel, on a single repeated acquisition cycle.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id1 for a visualisation of indexing.

INDEP

Locked indexing

On/Off

Enables the acquistion of multiple stimulus sets, for an active channel, on a single repeated acquisition cycle. A special form of indexing where the transition to the next stimulus set happens on the same sweep for all active channels.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id1 for a visualisation of indexing.

INDEP

Repeated Acquisition

On/Off

Automated acquisition of more than one sweep.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id1 for a visualisation of repeated acquisition.

INDEP

Random Repeated Acquisition

On/Off

Randomizes the sweep acquisition order within a stimulus set.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/index.html#id1 for a visualisation of indexing.

INDEP

Sampling interval DA

ms

1

Time interval between consecutive DA data points.

INDEP

Sampling interval AD

ms

1

Time interval between consecutive AD data points.

INDEP

Sampling interval TTL

ms

1

Time interval between consecutive TTL data points.

INDEP

Sampling interval multiplier

0.1

The hardware limited minimum interval between consecutive data points is called the minimum sampling interval. This interval can be prolonged by the user configured sampling interval multiplier.

INDEP

Stim set length

0.1

Number of points in each sweep of the stimulus set. This is determined by the acquisition sampling interval.

ALL

oodDAQ Pre Feature

ms

1

oodDAQ pre delay is the leading time envelope for non-zero parts of the stimulus set sweeps.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id4 for a visualisation of oodDAQ.

INDEP

oodDAQ Post Feature

ms

1

oodDAQ post delay is the trailing time envelope for non-zero parts of the stimulus set sweeps.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id4 for a visualisation of oodDAQ.

INDEP

oodDAQ Resolution

ms

1

The minimum search step for the oodDAQ time offset calculation.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id4 for a visualisation of oodDAQ.

INDEP

Optimized Overlap dDAQ

On/Off

Optimized overlap distributed data acquisition (oodDAQ) offsets in time stimulus set sweeps across headstages. The offset is determined such that the non-zero parts, plus user defined envelope (pre and post delay), of the stimset sweeps don’t overlap on different headstages.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id4 for a visualisation of oodDAQ.

INDEP

Delay onset oodDAQ

ms

1

Calculated total oodDAQ offset used for acquisition.

See https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id4 for a visualisation of oodDAQ.

DEPEND

Pulse To Pulse Length

ms

1

Not used in newer MIES versions.

ALL

Repeated Acq Cycle ID

1

The “Repeated Acq Cycle ID” labels each repeated acquisition with a unique integer number. Sweeps belonging to the same repeated acquisition cycle have the same ID. For yoked devices the follower and lead devices will have the same ID, which also helps in that case to group sweeps together.

INDEP

Stim Wave Checksum

1

The “Stim Wave Checksum” is a unique identifier for the stimulus set contents.

Changes in this ID catches cases where the stimset has the same name but different contents.

DEPEND

Multi Device mode

On/Off

Support for multiple DAQ devices acquiring data simultaneously. When turned off, legacy single device mode is used.

INDEP

Background Testpulse

On/Off

When enabled, a running testpulse does not block the Igor Pro user interface.

INDEP

Background DAQ

On/Off

When enabled, data acquisition does not block the Igor Pro user interface.

INDEP

TP buffer size

0.1

Size of the running average window for the testpulse results.

INDEP

TP during ITI

On/Off

When checked the testpulse runs during the inter-trial-interval.

INDEP

Amplifier change via I=0

On/Off

Switching between voltage and current clamp passes through I=0 mode if enabled.

For theoretical details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

INDEP

Skip analysis functions

On/Off

Analysis functions attached to simulus sets are not called when enabled.

INDEP

Repeat sweep on async alarm

On/Off

When an asynchronous’ channel alarm is triggered (user configurable) the last sweep is continously reacquired until the alarm state is cleared.

INDEP

TP after DAQ

On/Off

Run the testpulse immediately after data acquisition finished or was stopped prematurely.

INDEP

Set Cycle Count

1

The number of stimulus set repetitions in one repeated acquisition cycle.

DEPEND

Stimset Acq Cycle ID

1

This identifier changes if one of the folllowing properties change:
  • Repeated acquisition cycle ID

  • Stimulus set

  • Stimulus set checksum

  • Stimulus set cycle count

The primary use case is for querying all labnotebook entries of all sweeps from the current set. In analysis function terms all sweeps which are acquired between pre set event and post set event, see also https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html.

A visualisation is available at https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/#id1.

DEPEND

DAQ stop reason

Documents why data acquisition was stopped.

INDEP

Digitizer Hardware Type

1

Hardware type (integer) of the DAEphys panel digitizer.

INDEP

Fixed frequency acquisition

kHz

1

The sampling frequency of the digitizer in kHz when fixed frequency acquisition is enabled.

INDEP

Igor Pro bitness

Architecture bitness (32 or 64) of Igor Pro.

INDEP

DA ChannelType

1

Acquisition mode of the given DA channel. Can be one of Testpulse (2), data acquisition (1) or unknown (-1).

DEPEND

AD ChannelType

1

Acquisition mode of the given AD channel. Can be one of Testpulse (2), data acquisition (1) or unknown (-1).

DEPEND

oodDAQ member

On/Off

Set to one for headstages taking part in oodDAQ, set to zero for TP during DAQ headstages.

DEPEND

V-Clamp Holding Enable

On/Off

Enables the holding potential in Voltage Clamp.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

V-Clamp Holding Level

mV

0.9

Holding potential in Voltage Clamp.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

Osc Killer Enable

On/Off

Disables or reduces capacitance neutralization (Current Clamp) or RS compensation (Voltage Clamp) when oscillations are detected.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC

RsComp Bandwidth

Hz

0.9

The lowpass filter cutoff frequency of the series compensation signal.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

RsComp Correction

%

0.9

Percentage of active series resistance compensation applied.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

RsComp Enable

On/Off

Compensates the series resistance in voltage clamp.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

RsComp Prediction

%

0.9

Open loop amplification of output current transient.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

Whole Cell Comp Enable

On/Off

Voltage clamp whole cell capacitance and resistance compensation.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

Whole Cell Comp Cap

pF

0.9

Voltage clamp capacitance for whole cell compensation.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

Whole Cell Comp Resist

0.9

Voltage clamp resistance for whole cell compensation.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

I-Clamp Holding Enable

On/Off

Bias current in current clamp.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

I-Clamp Holding Level

pA

0.9

Bias current level in current clamp.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Neut Cap Enabled

On/Off

Pipette Capacitance Neutralization.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Neut Cap Value

pF

0.9

User defined pipette capacitance.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Bridge Bal Enable

On/Off

Pipette series resistance bridge balance.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Bridge Bal Value

0.9

User defined pipette series resistance.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Serial Number

Vendor defined amplifier serial number. More than one headstage can share one amplifier.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Channel ID

Amplifier headstage channel. Unique for each headstage of a given amplifier.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

ComPort ID

Always -1 for 700B amplifiers.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

AxoBus ID

Always -1 for 700B amplifiers.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Operating Mode

Clamp mode of the headstage.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Scaled Out Signal

Type of output signal:

  • Membrane Current

  • Membrane Potential

  • Pipette Potential

  • 100x AC Membrane Potential

  • External Command Potential

  • Auxiliary 1 Potential

  • Auxiliary 2 Current

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Alpha

Output gain for primary output signal.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Scale Factor

Gain scale factor (for Alpha == 1) of primary output signal

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Scale Factor Units

Units of the scaled output signal

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

LPF Cutoff

Primary output low pass filter cut off value (Bessel)

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Membrane Cap

pF

0.9

User configured whole cell membrane capacitance.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

VC

Ext Cmd Sens

Scaling between the external command voltage sent to the COMMAND input BNCs on the amplifier front panel, and voltage or current steps delivered to the cell.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC

Raw Out Signal

User configured signal type of secondary output

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Raw Scale Factor

Gain scale factor (for Alpha == 1) of secondary output signal.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Raw Scale Factor Units

Number denoting the unit of the Raw Scale Factor.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Hardware Type

Identifier of the amplifier hardware, will be 1 for the 700B. A string version is available in the textual labnotebook as “HardwareTypeString”.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Secondary Alpha

Output gain for secondary output

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Secondary LPF Cutoff

Secondary output lowpass filter cutoff frequency, in Hz.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Series Resistance

Measured series resistance

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Pipette Offset

mV

0.1

Removes the differential voltage between the ground and the pipette.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC;VC;I=0

Slow current injection

On/Off

Varies holding level to hit a certain voltage.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Slow current injection level

V

0.1

Holding level for “Slow current injection”.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Slow current injection settling time

s

Time constant for “Slow current injection”.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

IC

Autobias Vcom

mV

0.1

During the inter trial interval (“ITI”) autobias adjusts the holding current to maintain the user defined “Autobias Vcom” within “Autobias Vcom variance”. The autobias evaluates a user defined part (“Autobias (%)”) of the Testpulse baseline at the “Autobias Interval” (DaEphys->Settings->Amplifier).

DEPEND

IC

Autobias Vcom variance

mV

0.1

During the inter trial interval (“ITI”) autobias adjusts the holding current to maintain the user defined “Autobias Vcom” within “Autobias Vcom variance”. The autobias evaluates a user defined part (“Autobias (%)”) of the Testpulse baseline at the “Autobias Interval” (DaEphys->Settings->Amplifier).

DEPEND

IC

Autobias Ibias max

pA

0.1

During the inter trial interval (“ITI”) autobias adjusts the holding current to maintain the user defined “Autobias Vcom” within “Autobias Vcom variance”. The autobias evaluates a user defined part (“Autobias (%)”) of the Testpulse baseline at the “Autobias Interval” (DaEphys->Settings->Amplifier).

DEPEND

IC

Autobias Interval

s

0.1

During the inter trial interval (“ITI”) autobias adjusts the holding current to maintain the user defined “Autobias Vcom” within “Autobias Vcom variance”. The autobias evaluates a user defined part (“Autobias (%)”) of the Testpulse baseline at the “Autobias Interval” (DaEphys->Settings->Amplifier).

INDEP

IC

Autobias %

0.1

During the inter trial interval (“ITI”) autobias adjusts the holding current to maintain the user defined “Autobias Vcom” within “Autobias Vcom variance”. The autobias evaluates a user defined part (“Autobias (%)”) of the Testpulse baseline at the “Autobias Interval” (DaEphys->Settings->Amplifier).

INDEP

IC

Autobias

On/Off

During the inter trial interval (“ITI”) autobias adjusts the holding current to maintain the user defined “Autobias Vcom” within “Autobias Vcom variance”. The autobias evaluates a user defined part (“Autobias (%)”) of the Testpulse baseline at the “Autobias Interval” (DaEphys->Settings->Amplifier).

DEPEND

IC

Sweep Rollback

0.1

Sweep rollback allows to remove existing sweeps by decreasing the device sweep counter. This entry documents that sweep rollback has happened and the new target sweep number. (removed)

INDEP

Skip Sweeps

0.1

Whenever the user issues a “Skip Sweeps” command this entry documents the new and to be jumped to sweep number.

INDEP

Async 0 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 1 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 2 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 3 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 4 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 5 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 6 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 7 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 0 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 1 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 2 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 3 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 4 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 5 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 6 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async 7 Gain

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 0 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 1 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 2 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 3 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 4 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 5 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 6 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 7 On/Off

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 0 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 1 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 2 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 3 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 4 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 5 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 6 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 7 Min

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 0 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 1 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 2 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 3 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 4 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 5 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 6 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 7 Max

.001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 0 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 1 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 2 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 3 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 4 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 5 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 6 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async Alarm 7 State

On/Off

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 0 [Set Temperature]

degC

0

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 1 [Bath Temperature]

degC

17.5

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 2

.0001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 3

.0001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 4

.0001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 5

.0001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 6

.0001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Async AD 7

.0001

Single AD channel read at the end of the sweep. Commonly used for reading experimental hardware states. From temperature controllers, for example.

Alarm is triggered when enabled and minimum or maximum is exceeded.

The value is stored in a new labnotebook column called “Async AD$X: $Name” where X is the asynchronous channel and $Name the title of the entry.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

TP Auto

On/Off

Automatic adjustment of testpulse baeline fraction and IC amplitude

DEPEND

IC

TP Auto max current

pA

0.1

Maximum allowed current for automatic testpulse

DEPEND

IC

TP Auto voltage

mV

0.1

Target voltage of the pulse

DEPEND

IC

TP Auto voltage range

mV

0.1

Acceptable deviation from the set voltage to the measured voltage

DEPEND

IC

TP Auto percentage

%

1

Scaling factor for the amplitude adjustment

INDEP

IC

TP Auto interval

s

0.1

Interval how often to try tuning the Auto testpulse parameters

INDEP

IC

TP Auto QC

On/Off

Determines if the desired auto testpulse propertes were reached or not.

DEPEND

IC

TP Cycle ID

1

An arbitrary but unique number where all testpulse from the same run have the same ID. “Fast” testpulse restarting is considered to be the same run.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Minimum TP resistance for tolerance

1

Testpulse resistance values which differ more than this value from their value on the last TP run are documented in the sweep wave note.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Send TP settings to all headstages

On/Off

GUI control for headstage dependent testpulse settings.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Epochs version

1

Version number of the stored epoch information.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Get/Set Inter-trial interval

On/Off

Determines if the ITI is readout from the stimset in each sweep or the ITI from GUI control is used.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Double precision data

On/Off

Stored data is stored with double (ON) or single precision (OFF).

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Save amplifier settings

On/Off

ON if amplifier settings should be stored, OFF if not.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Require amplifier

On/Off

ON if data acquisition was done with an amplifier, OFF if not.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Skip Ahead

1

Determines how many sweeps are skipped from the stimset whan starting data acquisition.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Skip Sweeps source

0.1

Stores who is responsible for sweep skipping. Current values are 0x1 for the user and 0x2 for automatic/internal reasons.

INDEP

IC;VC;I=0

Textual entries

Name

Unit

Tolerance

Description

Headstage Contingency

ClampMode

TimeStamp

s

Time Stamp: Seconds since Igor epoch (1/1/1904) in local time zone with millisecond precision. Written at time of labnotebook entry.

ALL

TimeStampSinceIgorEpochUTC

s

Time Stamp: Seconds since Igor epoch (1/1/1904) in coordinated universal time zone (UTC) with millisecond precision. Written at time of labnotebook entry.

ALL

EntrySourceType

Entry source type: type of the labnotebook entry, 0 for data acquisition, 1 for test pulse, NaN for all other types including user entries.

ALL

AcquisitionState

Stores the current numbered state of data acquistion.

ALL

Stim Wave Name

Stimulus set name

DEPEND

DA unit

User-defined analog output unit. Depends on the clamp mode. Typically pA or mV.

DEPEND

AD unit

User-defined analog input unit. Depends on the clamp mode. Typically pA or mV.

DEPEND

TTL rack zero stim sets

Names of the TTL stimulus sets for each channel of rack zero. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 4 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL rack one stim sets

Names of the TTL stimulus sets for each channel of rack one. Semi-colon separated string list .Up to 4 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

Pre DAQ function

Name of analysis function used for Pre DAQ event. Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Mid Sweep function

Name of analysis function used for Mid Sweep event. Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Post Sweep function

Name of analysis function used for Post Sweep event. Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Post Set function

Name of analysis function used for Post Set event. Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Post DAQ function

Name of analysis function used for Post DAQ event. Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Pre Sweep Config function

Name of analysis function used for Pre Sweep Config event (event occurs before config). Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Generic function

Stores the name of the analysis function run on each headstage. Version 3 of analysis functions only. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Pre Set function

Name of analysis function used for Pre Sweep event. Used for Version 1 and 2 analysis functions. Deprecated. See also: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___analysis_functions_8ipf.html

DEPEND

Function params (encoded)

A comma-separated list of analysis parameter names, types, and values. For formatting, see documentation: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___wave_data_folder_getters_8ipf.html#_CPPv427GetWaveBuilderWaveTextParamv

DEPEND

oodDAQ regions

Semi-colon separated list of optimized overlap distributed data acquisition (oodDAQ) regions (parts of the stimulus with a non-zero signal plus the oodDAQ pre and post-delay). Unit: stimset build ms (does not include user or auto onset delays).

DEPEND

Electrode

User-defined names of headstages. Names are stored in the cellElectrodeNames wave. Names are also stored in the MIES NWBV2 file. Electrode names in cellElectrodeNames are meant to be manually updated each time the user changes pipettes. The default names are the MIES headstage number. See documentation: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___wave_data_folder_getters_8ipf.html#_CPPv421GetCellElectrodeNames6string and https://pynwb.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pynwb.icephys.html#pynwb.icephys.IntracellularElectrode

DEPEND

High precision sweep start

High precision sweep start timestamp in ISO8601 format. See documentation: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___wave_data_folder_getters_8ipf.html?highlight=high%20precision%20sweep%20start#_CPPv427GetSweepSettingsTextKeyWave6string

INDEP

Stim Wave Note

Wave note of the DA stimulus set. Textual description of the stimulus set. See documentation: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___wave_builder_8ipf.html#_CPPv419WB_GetWaveNoteEntry6string8variable6string8variable8variable

DEPEND

TTL rack zero set sweep counts

Non-negative sweep (timeseries) index for the TTL stimulus set of rack zero. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 4 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL rack one set sweep counts

Non-negative sweep (timeseries) index for the TTL stimulus set of rack one. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 4 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL set sweep counts

Non-negative sweep (timeseries) index for the TTL stimulus set. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 8 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. Non-ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL stim sets

Names of the TTL stimulus sets for each TTL channel. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 8 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. Non-ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL channels

List of active TTL channels. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 8 entries. Both the entry and the list position encode the channel number. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. Non-ITC hardware only.

INDEP

Follower Device

Semi-colon separated list of follower (time locked) devices. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

Device

Name of the DAEphys panel used for acquiring the sweep.

INDEP

MIES version

MIES version.e.g., Release_1.4_20170929-16-g497e7aa8 Extended version includes the date and time of last commit e.g., 2018-05-08T14:42:50+02:00 and the submodule status, e.g., 160000 6c47163858d99986b27c70f6226e8fca894ed5f7 0tPackages/IPNWB 160000 ed7e824a6e065e383ae31bb304383e13d7c7ccb5 0tPackages/ITCXOP2 160000 2bd259940cb332339ed3c82b74632f06c9b68a15 0tPackages/ZeroMQ 160000 657e9e8abdc92aa299301796d710a0a717da4ef8 0tPackages/unit-testing

INDEP

Igor Pro version

Igor Pro version number. e.g., 9.0.1.2

INDEP

Digitizer Hardware Name

Device hardware name. ITC device names: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___constants_8ipf.html?highlight=device_types_itc#_CPPv416DEVICE_TYPES_ITC NI device names: given name (not model)

INDEP

Digitizer Serial Numbers

Hardware serial number is unique for each device. Formatting varies across hardware types.

INDEP

Epochs

Epoch information of the sweep of the DA channel per headstage. It contains start, end times, treelevel and tag information. The tag information is a list of key-value pairs, all possible tags are described in https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/epoch_information.html#naming. The epoch information is a serialized wave, documented at https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___wave_data_folder_getters_8ipf.html?highlight=getepochswave#_CPPv413GetEpochsWave6string, using : as row separator and , as column separator.

DEPEND

JSON config file [path]

Absolute file path (Igor style / HFS) to the experiment configuration file for the DA_ephys panel.

INDEP

JSON config file [SHA-256 hash]

Hash (an identifier that uniquely defines the contents of the file) of the absolute file path (Igor style / HFS) to the experiment configuration file for the DA_ephys panel. If the Hash changes, it indicates the file contents have been altered.

INDEP

JSON config file [stimset nwb file path]

Absolute path to the stimsets loaded with experiment configuration. Formatting matches the Stim set file name user entry in the config file.

INDEP

Igor Pro build

Igor pro build version (the build count). Used to identify nightly builds.

INDEP

Indexing End Stimset

The last DA stimulus set in the indexing list.

DEPEND

TTL Indexing End Stimset

The last TTL stimulus set in the indexing list.

INDEP

TTL Stimset wave note

Wave note of the TTL stimulus set. Textual description of the stimulus set. See documentation: https://alleninstitute.github.io/MIES/file/_m_i_e_s___wave_builder_8ipf.html#_CPPv419WB_GetWaveNoteEntry6string8variable6string8variable8variable

INDEP

TTL Stim Wave Checksum

List of TTL stimset checksums. URL-encoded semi-colon separated string list, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding. Up to 8 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. For all hardware types.

INDEP

TTL Stim set length

List of TTL stimset lengths in points. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 8 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. For all hardware types.

INDEP

TTL rack zero set cycle counts

The number of TTL stimulus set repetitions in one repeated acquisition cycle of rack zero. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 4 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL rack one set cycle counts

The number of TTL stimulus set repetitions in one repeated acquisition cycle of rack one. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 4 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

TTL set cycle counts

The number of TTL stimulus set repetitions in one repeated acquisition cycle. Semi-colon separated string list. Up to 8 entries. Empty entries for inactive TTL channels. ITC hardware only.

INDEP

OperatingModeString

Amplifier clamp mode as a text string. i.e., v-clamp, i-clamp, I = 0

DEPEND

ScaledOutSignalString

Amplifier output signal type encoded as string. One of:

  • Membrane Current

  • Membrane Potential

  • Pipette Potential

  • 100x AC Membrane Potential

  • External Command Potential

  • Auxiliary 1 Potential

  • Auxiliary 2 Current

DEPEND

ScaleFactorUnitsString

Units of the scaled output signal encoded as a string.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

RawOutSignalString

User-configured signal type of secondary output encoded as a string.

For more details, see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

RawScaleFactorUnitsString

String denoting the unit of the Raw Scale Factor.

For more details see the MultiClamp700B Manual.

DEPEND

User comment

Free-form user comment without a timestamp. Duplicate of entries in the user-comment notebook.

INDEP

HardwareTypeString

Amplifer hardware type string. e.g., MultiClamp 700B

DEPEND

Async AD0 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD1 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD2 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD3 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD4 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD5 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD6 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD7 Title

User name of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD0 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD1 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD2 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD3 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD4 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD5 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD6 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

Async AD7 Unit

User-defined unit of indicated asynchronous channel.

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 0

Epochs of TTL Channel 0

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 1

Epochs of TTL Channel 1

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 2

Epochs of TTL Channel 2

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 3

Epochs of TTL Channel 3

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 4

Epochs of TTL Channel 4

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 5

Epochs of TTL Channel 5

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 6

Epochs of TTL Channel 6

INDEP

TTL Epochs Channel 7

Epochs of TTL Channel 7

INDEP