User Reference:EDFFileWriter

Function

The EDFFileWriter component writes out data in the EDF File Format.

General storage related parameters are described on the DataIOFilter documentation page. In addition, the EDFFileWriter provides the following:

Parameters

SavePrmFile

Specifies whether parameters are to be stored in a parameter file separate from the data file. The additional parameter file will be redundant, as data files always contain the complete set of parameters.

SubjectYearOfBirth

Year the subject was born, in the format specified in the EDF File Format specification.

SubjectSex

An enumerated value specifying the subject's sex:

0: not specified,
1: male,
2: female.

LabID

A string identifying the recording laboratory.

TechnicianID

A string identifying the recording technician.

EquipmentID

A string identifying the equipment provider.

TransducerType

A string describing the transducer (sensor) type, e.g. EEG: Ag/AgCl.

SignalUnit

A string specifying the physical unit of the calibrated signal. Differently from the notation used throughout the rest of BCI2000, this is usually "uV".

States

None.