Table of Contents Introduction to EMGworks 4 Acquisition Release Information System Requirements Supported NI A/D Cards Terminology and Organization Program Overview Quick Summary Launchpad Demonstration Period Activation and Registration Quick Reference Support and Customer Feedback Program Menus Application New User... Edit User... Edit Calibrations... Refresh A/D Devices... Myomonitor Wireless Configuration... Browse Database... Export to Analysis... Recent Data Exit Test Start Acquisition (Ctrl-A) Pause Acquisition (Ctrl-D) Stop Acquisition (Ctrl-S) View Oscilloscope Mode Resume Realtime Plotting (F2) Add User Marker... (F12) Fit Plots Vertically Toggle View Zoom in time (F7) Zoom out time (F8) Zoom full in time (Ctrl-F7) Zoom full out time (Ctrl-F8) Zoom to L-R Marker (Ctrl-F9) Cycle Zoom Levels (F9) Zoom in Y (F5) Zoom out Y (F6) Zoom full in Y (Ctrl-F5) Zoom full out Y (Ctrl-F6) Auto zoom Y (Shift-F5) Auto zoom all Y (Ctrl-Shift-F5) Zoom all Y full out (Ctrl-Shift-F6) Plot Control Maximize Band Synchronize Y zoom Show Y markers Show Grids Time Format Sample Number Time of Day Minutes Seconds Milliseconds Marker Show Left/Right Markers Place Left Marker at C Marker (F3) Place Right Marker at C Marker (F4) Pan to Left Marker (Ctrl-F3) Pan to Right Marker (Ctrl-F4) Lock L-R Marker Delta Show Help Show In-Context Help Help... Send Feedback to Delsys... About EMGworks4... Program Toolbars Application Toolbar Test Toolbar EMG Toolbar Plot Toolbar Marker Toolbar Status Area Help Toolbar Test Configuration Manager New Duplicate Rename Delete Import New Project Up Quick Run View Search Configurations Load and Edit Add Metadata... Set Emblem Print Test Configuration... Export Configuration... Test Configuration Editor People Hardware A/D Device Desired Sample Rate A/D Channel Allocation A/D Settings Sensors Sensor Management Per-Sensor Settings Name Color Units Description Mode Default Y-scale Remove Sensor Calibration New Calibration... Reassign Channels Sensor Calibration Naming Setup Data Collection Review and Save Experiment Workflow Plot and Store Name Run Time Sensors Plot Columns Signal Quality Check Name Sensor For Feedback Operator Plot Style RMS Window Length and Unit Offset Compensation MVC (Force) Name Sensor For Feedback Number of Attempts Attempt Time Rest Time MVC (EMG RMS) Name Sensor For Feedback Number of Attempts Attempt Time Rest Time RMS Window Length and Unit Fixed Target Force Name Sensor For Feedback Tracking Paradigm Name Run Time Trajectory File Operator Display Subject Display Bar Feedback Name Run Time Target Contraction Operator Display Subject Display Analyze Common Task Options Per-Sensor Advanced Options Log Only RMS overlay Display Acceleration as Inclination Angle Display Acceleration as Impacts Only Prompting General Options Running a Configuration Database Export to Excel Print Results Export to Analysis Export to Another Computer Open in Analysis Plot Interaction Lower Controls Time Axis Y Axis Information Area Plot Area Acquiring Data Delsys File Utility Example MATLAB Script Delsys Software Update Introduction to EMGworks 4 Analysis Getting Started Understanding Workspaces Test File Folder Data File Data Series Create Plot Plot Subplot Workspace Data Storage and Display Close Save Print Close All But This New Horizontal Tab Group New Vertical Tab Group Tutorials Simple Data Analysis Tutorial Simple Data Analysis Overview Step 1 - Creating the Workspace Step 2 - Adding Data to the Workspace Step 3 - Plotting the Data Step 4 - Calculating the Root Mean Square Advanced Data Analysis Advanced Data Analysis Overview Advanced Step 1 - Creating the Workspace Advanced Step 2 - Adding Data to the Workspace Advanced Step 3 - Plotting the Data Advanced Step 4 - Calculating the Absolute Value of Selected Data Advanced Step 5 - Filtering the Result Advanced Step 6 - Threshold Determination Advanced Step 7 - Plotting the Results Cyclical Analysis Tutorial Cyclical Analysis Overview Collecting Data : Step 1 - Hardware Setup Collecting Data : Step 2 - Software Setup Collecting Data: Step 3 - Physically Placing the Sensors Collecting Data : Step 4 - Running Experiment Analyzing Data: Step 1 - Setting up the workspace Analyzing Data: Step 2 - Selecting the Series Defining Epochs Analyzing Data: Step 3 - Cyclical Analysis Calculation Analyzing Data: Step 4 - Plotting Results Amplitude Analysis Tutorial Amplitude Analysis Overview Collecting Data: Step 1 - Hardware Setup Collecting Data: Step 2 - Software Setup Place it on the Collecting Data: Step 3 - Physically Placing the Sensor Collecting Data: Step 4 - The Experimental Procedure Analyzing Data: Step 1 - Setting up the Workspace Analyzing Data: Step 2 - Amplitude Analysis Calculation Analyzing Data: Step 3 - Plotting Results Template Matching Tutorial Part A: Basic Template Matching Step 1: Collecting cyclical data Step 2: Determine template Step 3: Run Calculation Step 4: Add second channel Step 4: Run Multi Channel Calculation Step 5: Display the Results Part B: Multi Template Matching Step 1: Collecting cyclical data with two distinct patterns Step 2: Running the calculation Program Layout Program Screen 1. Main Menu 2. Toolbar 3. Calculation Scripts 4. Plot Bar 5. Script Manager Pane 6. Data Pane 7. Plots Pane 8. Status Bar Main Menu File Edit View Plot Tools Window Help Dockable Windows Script Manager Pane Background Tasks Window Start Now Abort QuickView Window Data Series Cursor Mode X1 X2 Delta X 1/Delta X Pk-Pk (Peak to Peak) Y1 Y2 Delta Y RMS Mean Goto 1 Get 1 Goto 2 Get 2 Video Window Play Pause Rewind Previous Frame Next Frame Half Speed Toolbars Plot Bar X-axis Range Y-axis Range X Lock Y Lock Zoom X Zoom Y Zoom Pan Selection Last Zoom Redo Zoom Equal Size Maximize X Autoscale Y Autoscale Status Bar Toolbar Open Save Save All Copy About EMGworks 4 Analysis Help Acquire Floating Windows GridView Window Properties Window Dialog Boxes Options Automatically save changes Automatically open last active workspace Delete files when removing from workspace Confirm removing items from workspace Fit graphs to paper when printing Use a fixed size when placing graphs on the Clipboard Floating point notation Document display User Script Path Plot Properties Apply to All Subplots Show X Labels Show Y Labels Show Annotation Plot Layout Show Labels Caption Unit Show Gridlines Tick Mode Divisions Min Max Width Format Logarithmic Show Labels Caption Unit Show Gridlines Tick Mode Divisions Min Max Width Format Logarithmic Show Annotation Font Size Label X Min X Max X Display Precision X Min X Max X Range Precision Show legend Location Trace Line Style Line Weight Line Color Fill Trace Send to Back Bring to Front Point Style Point Color Managing Workspaces Creating a New Workspace Adding Data into a Workspace Saving a Workspace Opening an Existing Workspace Calculations Using Calculations Background (Parallel) Data Processing Calculations Using a Moving Window Calculations with a Remove Offset Option Root Mean Square Parameters Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Remove Offset Validation Output RMS Mean Absolute Value Parameters Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Remove Offset Validation Output MAV Moving Average Parameters Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Validation Output MOV Integrate Parameters Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Remove Offset Validation Output INT Power Spectral Density Parameters Window Type FFT Length Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Remove Offset Output Units Validation Output PSD Median Frequency Parameters Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Remove Offset Validation Output MDF Mean Frequency Parameters Window Length Window Overlap Windowing Units Zero Pad Data Remove Offset Validation Output MEF Curve Fit Parameters Type of Fit Order (if Polynomial) Validation Output CUR Mean Parameters Validation Output MEAN Subset Parameters Units Start Length Validation Output Subset Threshold Parameters Threshold Type Threshold Level Suppress Spikes and Gaps Suppression Time (sec) Scale Output Rectify Input Low Pass Filter Input Low Pass Filter Cutoff Frequency (Hz) Validation Output Threshold Smart Threshold Parameters Baseline Level Window Length (sec) Number of Windows Suppress Spikes and Gaps Suppression Time (sec) Scale Output Rectify Input Low Pass Filter Input Low Pass Filter Cutoff Frequency (Hz) Validation Output ThresholdSmart Threshold Search Parameters First Cycle Starts At (sec) Cycle Length (sec) Search Window Length (sec) Peak Type Scale Output Rectify Input Low Pass Filter Input Low Pass Filter Cutoff Frequency (Hz) Validation Output Threshold Scale Parameters Scale Factor Scale Type Offset Validation Output Scale Remove Mean Parameters Validation Output RMean Simple Math Parameters Operation Type Constant Secondary Input Auto Resample Validation Output Math Filter IIR Parameters Class Order Passband Ripple Attenuation Response Corner Frequency 1 Corner Frequency 2 Validation Output Filter Histogram Parameters Automatically Create all bins Number of Bins Remove Outliers Rectify Input Validation Output HIST Rate Parameters Threshold Type Threshold Level Suppress Spikes and Gaps Suppression Time Rectify Input Low Pass Filter Input LPF Cutoff Frequency Interpolation Type Data Sampling Frequency Validation Output Rate Smart Rate Parameters Baseline Level Window Length Number of Windows Suppress Spikes and Gaps Suppression Time Rectify Input Low Pass Filter Input LPF Cutoff Frequency Interpolation Type Data Sampling Frequency Validation Output Rate Time Shift Parameters Time Shift Length Units Zero Pad Data Validation Output TShift Cyclical Activity Analysis Parameters Type of Epoch Definition Length of User Epoch (sec) Gap between User Epochs (sec) Series Defining Epoch Threshold Type Threshold Level Baseline Estimation: Threshold Level Baseline Estimation: Window Length (sec) Baseline Estimation: Number of Windows Peak Find: Cycle Start (sec) Peak Find: Search Window Length (sec) Peak Find: Peak Type Number of STARTING epochs to throw away Number of ENDING epochs to throw away Remove Outlier Epochs RMS Input RMS Window Length (sec) Suppress Spikes and Gaps in Threshold Output Suppression Time Rectify Threshold Input Low Pass Filter Threshold Input Low Pass Filter Cutoff Frequency Validation Outputs Mean Standard Deviation Mean + Standard Deviation Mean - Standard Deviation Captured Data GPS Info Parameters Longitude Series Output Units Kalman Filter Enabled Kalman Filter Process Noise Window (samples) Kalman Filter Process Smoothing Factor Validation Outputs Elevation Speed Distance EKG Rate Parameters Template Detection Percentile (%) Template Width (seconds) Interpolation Type Output Sampling Frequency (Hz) Validation Outputs Rate Template Differentiate Parameters Validation Outputs Slope Template Matching Scripts Template Finder Parameters Template Width (sec) Validation Output Template Template Matching Parameters Automatically Detect a Template Template Width (sec) Template Start Time (sec) Template Stop Time (sec) Detection Percentile (%) Validation Output Matches Template Template Matching - Discriminator Parameters Template A start time (sec) Template A stop time (sec) Template B start time (sec) Template B stop time (sec) Detection Percentile (%) Validation Output Template A Template B Matches A Matches B Template Matching - Multichannel Parameters Automatically Detect a Template Template Width (sec) Template Start Time (sec) Template Stop Time (sec) Additional Channel to Match Detection Percentile (%) Validation Output Matches Template 1 Template 1 (aux) Template Matching - Multichannel Discriminator Parameters Additional Channel Template A Start Time (seconds) Template A Stop Time (seconds) Template B Start Time (seconds) Template B Stop Time (seconds) Detection Percentile (%) Validation Output Template A Template B Template A (aux) Template B (aux) Matches A Matches B Creating and Analyzing Plots Creating a New Plot using the Plot Wizard Creating a New Plot using the Context Menu Creating a New Plot using Drag and Drop EMGscriptTM User Guide Defining a Script Script Header Script Namespace Script Primary Input Script Parameter Template Script Parameters Script Output Template Script Validation Script Calculation Constructors and Member Accessors for Series Series (Constructor) Name Sampling Frequency Unit Domain Unit Domain Label Number of Points Starting Position Indexer Basic Math Operations Add Subtract Multiply Divide Sum Maximum Minimum Mean Root Mean Square Power Exponential Natural Logarithm Logarithm Base 10 Absolute Value Trigonometric Operations Sine Cosine Tangent Arcsine Arccosine Arctangent General Series Operations Split Subset Concatenate Resample Polynomial Curve Fit Filtering and Frequency Domain Operations FFT Filter Filter IIR Convolve Threshold Threshold (Peak Find) Threshold (Split) Histogram Normalized Cross Correlation Utility Functions Include Assert Web Service Progress Window Maker Filter Response Plot