Multi-channel display

  •   MULTIPLE CHANNELS...          Allows you to plot any combination of the channels in the file.  There are two 'modes' of channel display: Full Screen and Plot Area.

    • In Full Screen mode, the data plots fill up the entire available screen area.  You can change between the 'entire file' and 'active screen' modes and shift between screens using the normal channel change buttons or the left and right arrow keys.  Also, a small floating window at the right of the plot area indicates the active channel and lets you change active channels through button clicks.  The other channel-change options continue to work.You can also send an image of the file to a printer or load new files, but most analyses and edit menu functions are not usable.  You need to click the close box to get back to the regular analysis screen.

    • In Plot Area mode, the channels are plotted within the normal plot area and you can use all the normal edit and analysis menu functions. 

    Clicking the 'Use Standard Multichan Settings' button tells the program to plot all channels in the file at normal (equal) plot heights, with no further questions.   If you click the 'Next..'. button, a channel selection window allows you to pick any combination of the available channels.  If you click the 'non-standard plot height' button, a window will open to allow customization of the height of each channel:

    The window for customized plotting contains a diagram of the printed page.  You select the relative height of each channel in sequence by moving the cursor on the diagram to the desired height, and then clicking the mouse ONCE.  The channels will be redrawn one by one as their heights are selected.  Note that there is a fixed amount of room on the screen, so that enlarging one channel requires shrinking one or more of the others.  Consequently, the computer reserves an amount of space necessary for drawing the remaining channels at the minimum possible height (and will not let you exceed that limit).  You must select plot heights for all the channels.  When done, you can accept the results, re-do the plot height selection, or revert to the normal setting (all channels drawn with equal heights).

    When done, click the 'Plot heights OK' button, and the selected channels will be drawn.

    Example of a multi-channel display with 5 channels out of 6 shown.  These channels are plotted in normal scaling mode.

    • NOTE:  if the file contains only one channel, the menu reads FULL SCREEN instead of MULTIPLE CHANNELS.

  •    SINGLE CHANNEL     Shifts back to single channel display.  Note that some operations (like exiting from a full-screen multi-channel display) automatically switch to single channel display.   Overlay works in this viewing mode.
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