What do the XDAQ Status LEDs mean?
XDAQ CORE LED IndicatorsSYS | [ON] | Program Loaded |
| [Flashing] | Hardware Error |
S1 | [ON] | Acquisition ON |
S2 | [Flashing] | Activities* in DIN1 |
S3 | [Flashing] | Activities* in DOUT1 |
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P1 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 1 (after software initialization) |
P2 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 2 (after software initialization) |
P3 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 3 (after software initialization) |
P4 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 4 (after software initialization) |
XDAQ ONE LED Indicators
SYS | [ON] | Program Loaded |
| [Flashing] | Hardware Error |
S1 | [ON] | Acquisition ON |
S2 | [Flashing] | Activities* in DIN1 and DIN2 |
S3 | [Flashing] | Activities* in DOUT1 and DOUT2 |
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STIM | [ON] | XDAQ™ in StimRecord (SR) Mode |
V1 | [ON] | VStim level set to +/- 7V |
V2 | [ON] | VStim level set to +10/-4V |
V3 | [ON] | VStim level set to +4/-10V |
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Port 1 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 1 (after software initialization) |
Port 2 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 2 (after software initialization) |
Port 3 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 3 (after software initialization) |
Port 4 | [ON] | Headstage Detected on Port 4 (after software initialization) |
* DIN, DOUT flash rate is deliberately slowed down for visualization purposes
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