User's Manual

sufficient. The other option would be to individually house the animals. Animals housed
individually will be able to have the cages closer together and there will be no need for a
spacer.
Software Setup
Setup of the 4ET transmitter with the Dataquest ART system will be a tedious process.
Keeping track of all the information on the transmitters and where they are implanted and
what receiver they are being placed on will be crucial in making this process go
smoothly. There is a log at the back of this manual that will aid in the organization of
setting up the transmitters.
Configuring the RPC-2
The RPC-2 receiver will be detected automatically by the software just as the
RMC and RPC receivers do. Once the RPC-2 receiver has been detected by the computer
it will show up as two different receivers with two names:
•
RPC-2 F1 SN XXX
• RPC-2 F2 SN XXX
The F1 and F2 are referring to the 4ET frequency that is being detected. F1 is referring
to the 8 MHz channel and the F2 is referring to the 18 MHz channel.
If there is only going to be one transmitter on a receiver then it won’t be necessary to
configure anything on the receiver for the channel that is not being used.
Configuring the 4ET transmitter
Follow the listed steps to get the 4ET transmitter configured properly:
1. If using the 4ET with the Dataquest ART 4.0 there is a patch that will be needed.
All software previous to Dataquest ART 4.0 is not compatible with the 4ET
transmitter. Any software following Dataquest ART 4.0 will be compatible with
the transmitter without an additional patch.
2. All the transmitters that are using the 8 MHz frequency will need to be configured
on the F1 receivers. The 18 MHz frequency transmitters will need to be
configured on the F2 receivers.
3. After the appropriate receiver has been chosen then select to add a new
transmitter to the particular receiver. The 4ET transmitter will be listed as 4ET
S1 or 4ET S2. (Whether using hermetic sensing module or not)
4. A number of calibration values will need to be entered at this time as well as the
signal type used for each channel. There are no limitations regarding what signal
can be detected from each channel. DSI however does have two suggestions: for
channels 1 and 3 use a more stable signal, for example the EMG or EEG. The
other suggestion is if using this smaller transmitter in a larger animal to detect
ECG the lead placement would be best closer together, since the input voltage
range for the channel is + 1.25 mV.