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CLASS ndr.reader.base

  READER - create a new Neuroscience Data Reader Base object

  READER_OBJ = ndr.reader.base()

  Creates an Neuroscence Data Reader object of the indicated type.

Superclasses

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Properties

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Methods

Method Description
base create a new Neuroscience Data Reader Base object
canbereadtogether can the channels in a channel struct be read in a single function call?
daqchannels2internalchannels convert a set of DAQ channel prefixes and channel numbers to an internal structure to pass to internal reading functions
epochclock return the ndr.time.clocktype objects for an epoch
getchannelsepoch List the channels that are available on this device for a given epoch
mfdaq_channeltypes channel types for ndi.daq.system.mfdaq objects
mfdaq_prefix Give the channel prefix for a channel type
mfdaq_type Give the preferred long channel type for a channel type
readchannels_epochsamples read the data based on specified channels
readevents_epochsamples_native read events or markers of specified channels for a specified epoch
samplerate GET THE SAMPLE RATE FOR SPECIFIC CHANNEL
t0_t1 return the t0_t1 (beginning and end) epoch times for an epoch

Methods help

base - create a new Neuroscience Data Reader Base object

READER_OBJ = ndr.reader.base()

  Creates an Neuroscence Data Reader object of the indicated type.

    Documentation for ndr.reader.base/base
       doc ndr.reader.base

canbereadtogether - can the channels in a channel struct be read in a single function call?

[B,ERRORMSG] = CANBEREADTOGETHER(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, CHANNELSTRUCT)

  Returns 1 if the NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ can read all of the channels in
  CHANNELSTRUCT with a single function call. If they cannot be read together,
  a description is provided in ERRORMSG.

  In the abstract class, this returns 1 if all of the samplerate values are
  the same and none are NaNs.

  CHANNELSTRUCT is a structure with the following fields:
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Parameter                   | Description                                  |
  |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
  | internal_type               | Internal channel type; the type of channel as|
  |                             |   it is known to the device.                 |
  | internal_number             | Internal channel number, as known to device  |
  | internal_channelname        | Internal channel name, as known to the device|
  | ndr_type                    | The NDR type of channel; should be one of the|
  |                             |   types returned by                          |
  |                             |   ndr.reader.base.mfdaq_type                 |
  | samplerate                  | The sampling rate of this channel, or NaN if |
  |                             |   not applicable.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  in the abstract class, this returns 1 if all the samplerates are the same
  and none are NaNs

daqchannels2internalchannels - convert a set of DAQ channel prefixes and channel numbers to an internal structure to pass to internal reading functions

CHANNELSTRUCT = DAQCHANNELS2INTERNALCHANNELS(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, ...
     CHANNELPREFIX, CHANNELNUMBERS, EPOCHSTREAMS, EPOCH_SELECT)

  Inputs:
  For a set of CHANNELPREFIX (cell array of channel prefixes that describe channels for
  this device) and CHANNELNUMBER (array of channel numbers, 1 for each entry in CHANNELPREFIX),
  and for a given recording epoch (specified by EPOCHSTREAMS and EPOCH_SELECT), this function
  returns a structure CHANNELSTRUCT describing the channel information that should be passed to
  READCHANNELS_EPOCHSAMPLES or READEVENTS_EPOCHSAMPLES.

  EPOCHSTREAMS is a cell array of full path file names or remote
  access streams that comprise the epoch of data

  EPOCH_SELECT allows one to choose which epoch in the file one wants to access,
  if the file(s) has more than one epoch contained. For most devices, EPOCH_SELECT is always 1.

  Output: CHANNELSTRUCT is a structure with the following fields:
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Parameter                   | Description                                  |
  |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
  | internal_type               | Internal channel type; the type of channel as|
  |                             |   it is known to the device.                 |
  | internal_number             | Internal channel number, as known to device  |
  | internal_channelname        | Internal channel name, as known to the device|
  | ndr_type                    | The NDR type of channel; should be one of the|
  |                             |   types returned by                          |
  |                             |   ndr.reader.base.mfdaq_type                 |
  | samplerate                  | The sampling rate of this channel, or NaN if |
  |                             |   not applicable.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  abstract class returns empty

epochclock - return the ndr.time.clocktype objects for an epoch

EC = EPOCHCLOCK(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, EPOCHSTREAMS, EPOCH_SELECT)

  Return the clock types available for this epoch as a cell array
  of ndr.time.clocktype objects (or sub-class members).

  For the generic ndr.reader.base, this returns a single clock
  type 'dev_local'time';

  See also: ndr.time.clocktype

getchannelsepoch - List the channels that are available on this device for a given epoch

CHANNELS = GETCHANNELSEPOCH(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, EPOCHSTREAMS, EPOCH_SELECT)

  Returns the channel list of acquired channels in this epoch


  CHANNELS is a structure list of all channels with fields:
  -------------------------------------------------------
  'name'             | The name of the channel (e.g., 'ai1')
  'type'             | The type of data stored in the channel
                     |    (e.g., 'analogin', 'digitalin', 'image', 'timestamp')

mfdaq_channeltypes - channel types for ndi.daq.system.mfdaq objects

CT = MFDAQ_CHANNELTYPES - channel types for ndi.daq.system.mfdaq objects

   Returns a cell array of strings of supported channels of the
   ndi.daq.system.mfdaq class. These are the following:

   Channel type:       | Description: 
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   analog_in           | Analog input channel
   aux_in              | Auxiliary input
   analog_out          | Analog output channel
   digital_in          | Digital input channel
   digital_out         | Digital output channel
   marker              | 

  See also: ndi.daq.system.mfdaq/MFDAQ_TYPE

mfdaq_prefix - Give the channel prefix for a channel type

PREFIX = MFDAQ_PREFIX(CHANNELTYPE)

   Produces the channel name prefix for a given CHANNELTYPE.

  Channel type:               | MFDAQ_PREFIX:
  ---------------------------------------------------------
  'analog_in',       'ai'     | 'ai' 
  'analog_out',      'ao'     | 'ao'
  'digital_in',      'di'     | 'di'
  'digital_out',     'do'     | 'do'
  'time','timestamp','t'      | 't'
  'auxiliary','aux','ax',     | 'ax'
     'auxiliary_in'           | 
  'mark', 'marker', or 'mk'   | 'mk'
  'text'                      | 'text'
  'event' or 'e'              | 'e'
  'metadata' or 'md'          | 'md'
  'digital_in_event', 'de',   | 'dep'
  'digital_in_event_pos','dep'| 
  'digital_in_event_neg','den'| 'den'
  'digital_in_mark','dimp',   | 'dimp'
  'digital_in_mark_pos','dim' |
  'digital_in_mark_neg','dimn'| 'dimn'

  See also: ndi.daq.system.mfdaq/MFDAQ_TYPE

mfdaq_type - Give the preferred long channel type for a channel type

TYPE = MFDAQ_TYPE(CHANNELTYPE)

   Produces the preferred long channel type name for a given CHANNELTYPE.

  Channel type:               | MFDAQ_TYPE:
  ---------------------------------------------------------
  'analog_in',       'ai'     | 'analog_in' 
  'analog_out',      'ao'     | 'analog_out'
  'digital_in',      'di'     | 'digital_in'
  'digital_out',     'do'     | 'digital_out'
  'time','timestamp','t'      | 'time'
  'auxiliary','aux','ax',     | 'auxiliary'
     'auxiliary_in'           | 
  'mark', 'marker', or 'mk'   | 'mark'
  'event' or 'e'              | 'event'

  See also: ndi.daq.system.mfdaq/MFDAQ_PREFIX

readchannels_epochsamples - read the data based on specified channels

DATA = READ_CHANNELS(MYDEV, CHANNELTYPE, CHANNEL, EPOCH ,S0, S1)

   CHANNELTYPE is the type of channel to read

   CHANNEL is a vector of the channel numbers to read, beginning from 1

   EPOCH is the epoch number to read from.

   DATA will have one column per channel.

readevents_epochsamples_native - read events or markers of specified channels for a specified epoch

[DATA] = READEVENTS_EPOCHSAMPLES_NATIVE(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, CHANNELTYPE, CHANNEL, EPOCHFILES, T0, T1)

   CHANNELTYPE is the type of channel to read
   ('event','marker', etc). It must be a string (not a cell array of strings).

   CHANNEL is a vector with the identity of the channel(s) to be read.

   EPOCH is the epoch number or epochID

   DATA is a two-column vector; the first column has the time of the event. The second
   column indicates the marker code. In the case of 'events', this is just 1. If more than one channel
   is requested, DATA is returned as a cell array, one entry per channel.

   TIMEREF is an ndi.time.timereference with the NDI_CLOCK of the device, referring to epoch N at time 0 as the reference.

samplerate - GET THE SAMPLE RATE FOR SPECIFIC CHANNEL

SR = SAMPLERATE(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, EPOCHSTREAMS, EPOCH_SELECT, CHANNELTYPE, CHANNEL)

  SR is an array of sample rates from the specified channels

  CHANNELTYPE can be either a string or a cell array of
  strings the same length as the vector CHANNEL.
  If CHANNELTYPE is a single string, then it is assumed that
  that CHANNELTYPE applies to every entry of CHANNEL.

t0_t1 - return the t0_t1 (beginning and end) epoch times for an epoch

T0T1 = T0_T1(NDR_READER_BASE_OBJ, EPOCHSTREAMS, EPOCH_SELECT)

  Return the beginning (t0) and end (t1) times of the epoch defined by EPOCHSTREAMS and EPOCH_SELECT.

  The abstract class always returns {[NaN NaN]}.

  See also: ndr.time.clocktype, ndr.reader.base/epochclock