On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Deryk Beal <
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> Hi Vladimir
>
> My apologies for not catching that on my own. The data appear to have been
> converted and they display just fine but I received the following errors:
>
> SPM8b: spm_eeg_convert_ui (v2850) 18:03:19 - 19/03/2009
> ========================================================================
>
> readCTFds: You are reading CTF data for use with a software-application tool
> that is not manufactured by VSM MedTech Ltd. and has not received
> marketing
> clearance for clinical applications. If CTF MEG data are processed by
> this tool,
> they should not be later employed for clinical and/or diagnostic
> purposes.
>
> readCPersist: Stop strings (EndOfParameters) do not balance start strings
> (WS1_).
> (No. of start strings)-(No. of stop strings)=1.
> Error using ==> ctf2grad at 197
> cannot determine balancing of CTF gradiometers
> Warning: could not construct gradiometer definition from the header
>> In fileio/private/read_header at 724
> In fileio_read_header at 11
> In spm_eeg_convert at 70
> In spm_eeg_convert_ui at 89
> java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no rxtxSerial in java.library.path thrown
> while loading gnu.io.RXTXCommDriver
> readCPersist: Stop strings (EndOfParameters) do not balance start strings
> (WS1_).
> (No. of start strings)-(No. of stop strings)=1.
> Error using ==> ctf2grad at 197
> cannot determine balancing of CTF gradiometers
> Warning: could not construct gradiometer definition from the header
>> In fileio/private/read_header at 724
> In fileio/private/read_event at 708
> In fileio_read_event at 11
> In spm_eeg_convert at 92
> In spm_eeg_convert_ui at 89
> Warning: Could not obtain electrode locations automatically.
>> In spm_eeg_convert at 401
> In spm_eeg_convert_ui at 89
> converting units from 'cm' to 'mm'
> checkmeeg: no channel type, assigning default
> checkmeeg: no units, assigning default
> checkmeeg: transform type missing, assigning default
> checkmeeg: data scale missing, assigning default
> checkmeeg: data type is missing or incorrect, assigning default
>>>
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Deryk
>
> Deryk Beal, M.HSc., S-LP(C), Reg. CASLPO
> Speech-Language Pathologist
> Doctoral Candidate
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Vladimir Litvak <
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> wrote:
>>
>> In the second paragraph try changing 'stadard' to 'standard'. I hope
>> this is it. I thought it was a bracket but maybe I was wrong.
>>
>> Vladimir
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Deryk Beal <
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>> > Hi Vladimir
>> >
>> > Thank you very much for the quick response. I have attached two .hc
>> > files
>> > for your information. One is from a continuous dataset and one from an
>> > epoched one. The files appear to be fine and I can not find a missing
>> > bracket or other obvious type of punctuation error. Any other
>> > suggestions
>> > for an easy fix?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Deryk
>> >
>> > Deryk Beal, M.HSc., S-LP(C), Reg. CASLPO
>> > Speech-Language Pathologist
>> > Doctoral Candidate
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>> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Vladimir Litvak
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>> >>
>> >> Dear Deryk,
>> >>
>> >> This problem sounds familiar. If I'm right this is a case of buggy
>> >> data rather than buggy SPM code. The problem comes down to some
>> >> missing closing bracket in the .hc files (these are ASCII files in
>> >> your .ds directory). I don't remember the details but perhaps if you
>> >> examine the files you'll figure it out yourself. This problem is
>> >> present in some CTF systems with some particular version of CTF
>> >> software. Since we used CTF toolbox that we prefer not modify and this
>> >> toolbox generates the error the solution is to fix your .hc file with
>> >> a text editor and then try again.
>> >>
>> >> If this is not enough for you to solve the problem, write again and
>> >> I'll try to find out more details about what you should fix.
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >>
>> >> Vladimir
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Deryk Beal <
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>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Hello
>> >> >
>> >> > I receive similar errors regardless of options entered when trying to
>> >> > convert MEG data from a CTF-151 unit using SPM8b. I have read the
>> >> > manual
>> >> > and
>> >> > I have tried various options within the convert gui but the error
>> >> > messages
>> >> > are usually similar to the example below (taken from the Just Read
>> >> > option).
>> >> > I am pointing the convert gui to the .meg4 file. The errors output
>> >> > are
>> >> > as
>> >> > follows:
>> >> >
>> >> > SPM8b: spm_eeg_convert_ui (v2850) 16:41:02 -
>> >> > 19/03/2009
>> >> >
>> >> > ========================================================================
>> >> > readCPersist: Stop strings (EndOfParameters) do not balance start
>> >> > strings
>> >> > (WS1_).
>> >> > (No. of start strings)-(No. of stop strings)=1.
>> >> > ??? Index exceeds matrix dimensions.
>> >> >
>> >> > Error in ==> C:\Program
>> >> > Files\MATLAB71\spm8b\external\ctf\readCTFds.p>readHc
>> >> > at 599
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Error in ==> C:\Program
>> >> > Files\MATLAB71\spm8b\external\ctf\readCTFds.p>readCTFds at 203
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Error in ==> fileio\private\read_header at 673
>> >> > orig = readCTFds(filename);
>> >> >
>> >> > Error in ==> fileio_read_header at 11
>> >> > [varargout{1:nargout}] = funhandle(varargin{:});
>> >> >
>> >> > Error in ==> spm_eeg_convert at 70
>> >> > hdr = fileio_read_header(S.dataset, 'fallback', 'biosig',
>> >> > 'headerformat',
>> >> > S.inputformat);
>> >> >
>> >> > Error in ==> spm_eeg_convert_ui at 89
>> >> > D = spm_eeg_convert(S);
>> >> >
>> >> > ??? Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there a solution? What am I doing wrong?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks & cheers,
>> >> >
>> >> > Deryk
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Deryk Beal, M.HSc., S-LP(C), Reg. CASLPO
>> >> > Speech-Language Pathologist
>> >> > Doctoral Candidate
>> >> >
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