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OpenBrowser User Guide

OpenBrowser is a data export client application for data stored in the DataTank format. Data from one or more data tanks can be selected, previewed, and exported to a standard ASCII file format or to formats compatible with NeuroExplorer™ or Plexon's Offline Sorter.

Before You Begin

Installation

OpenBrowser is included with Synapse and TTankMin.

About OpenBrowser

When working in OpenBrowser there are three steps in the data export process: data selection, data browsing, and finally, data export.

Data Selection
Before data can be exported or viewed it must be selected. The desired tank, block, event, and associated values are selected using a spreadsheet like interface and pop-up lists.

Data Browsing
Data can be previewed in a table or as a scroll plot. A time control window allows users to quickly navigate data in the scroll plot view. Data can be viewed along with epoch data allowing the researcher to modify data selections and create subsets of data on the fly.

Data Export
OpenBrowser provides for flexible data export. Several file formats are supported and users can choose to export all data to a single file or to export subsets of data to separate files.