The Axon Cereport Adapter is designed for use with a SciFi headstage. Before recording neural data, it must be connected to power and configured with a set of channels with the following directions.
Connecting
- Ensure your SciFi headstage is powered on by holding the right button down for 3 seconds, and the screen is displaying correctly.
- Connect the Axon Cereport Adapter with the SciFi headstage using a USB-C cable.
- After the adapter is powered, the LED will glow for 5 seconds to indicate the boot sequence.
- After booting, the indicator LED will blink green to indicate the device is powered. If the LED does not begin blinking green, there is a device fault.
- Place the adapter on a Blackrock 128-pin pedestal connected directly to a Utah array (or to a Blackrock Neural Signal Simulator if you want to test, debug, or evaluate noise) and ensure it is sitting flat.
- Rotate the body of the adapter clockwise until the mating features align. You should feel it “click” into place and be unable to rotate the body of the adapter in either direction.
- Connect the electrical contacts by rotating the thumb wheel clockwise until the indicator LED changes to solid green (tightening the device further may damage the equipment).
- The adapter is ready for use once the indicator LED is solid green.
Configuring
The Axon Cereport Adapter uses the Science Nixel 512 neural recording chip as its functional core. Please refer to the Synapse peripheral documentation for all available configuration options, including sample rate, bit depth, and filter cutoff frequencies. The channel configuration information is described in a Synapse JSON file (GitHub), which can be used with both Nexus software and the Synapse CLI.
Recording
Detailed information regarding recording sessions can be found in the usage section of the SciFi, Nexus, or Synapse-CTL documentation.
- To begin a recording session via the SciFi headstage, long press the Up button.
- To end a recording session via the SciFi headstage, long press the Down button.