Research software PlexUtil

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PlexUtil is a Plexon program for modifying PLX, PL2 and DDT data files generated by both the OmniPlex® Neural Data Acquisition System and the original Multichannel Acquisition Processor (MAP) Data Acquisition System. Plexon data acquisition systems generate three types of data files: PLX, PL2 and DDT file types. PLX files are Plexon data files that contain action potential (spike) timestamps and waveforms, event timestamps, and continuous variable data. PL2 is Plexon’s next generation PLX format developed to significantly decrease the time it takes to read (single channel or block level) the data into a sorting or analysis program. DDT files are an older format containing only continuous data. PlexUtil functionality empowers the user to do the following: Create subsets of PLX or PL2 files that includes all channels, a user-defined selection of spike, event and continuous channels, and a user-defined selection of start and end times Split PLX or PL2 files according to all channels, a user-defined selection of spike, event and continuous channels, and into multiple files by channels, time, space and frames Scan for and repair PLX or PL2 file errors and inconsistencies Convert PLX files into PL2 files and the reverse