EMGworks Analysis Getting Started

1. Contact Delsys Support for the EMGworks installer. This installer contains:

   1. EMGworks Acquisition

   2. EMGworks Analysis

   3. Trigno Control Utility

   4. The Delsys Software Update Tool

   5. The Delsys File Utility

2. Run the installer and follow the on-screen prompts.

   

Information

• To use EMGworks Analysis you will need to download and activate EMGworks Acquisition.

1. Launch EMGworks Acquisition

2. Choose the “Click to activate” button

3. Enter your EMGworks License key, then click “Activate”

   1. If you don’t have an EMGworks License Key, reach out to Delsys Support to receive an activation code.

4. A Registration Request prompt will appear

   4. Click Register Now

5. Submit your information to complete the registration

   5. Fill in the Name, Organization, and E-Mail sections at a minimum.

6. Click Register.

7. Once registration is complete, close out of EMGworks Acquisition.

   7. You will not need to use EMGworks Acquisition moving forward.

Important

• EMGworks Acquisition & Analysis are one software. Users cannot uninstall EMGworks Acquisition without removing EMGworks Analysis as well.

1. Launch EMGworks Analysis

2. A prompt will appear to create or open an existing workspace.

   1. Workspaces contain the files that are being analyzed, calculations that have been done, and plots that have been made.

3. Choose “Create new workspace” and click OK.

   1. Once you have a workspace created, you will be able to choose the option to “Open existing workspace” in the future

4. Choose the workspace save location and the workspace name, then click OK.

5. EMGworks Analysis has a customizable UI that allows users to select which view panels appear on screen.

   5. Select the View tab to toggle different view panels.

   6. Refer to the screenshot below to see which view panels are enabled for this tutorial.

   7. View panels can be dragged and reorganized into the position of your liking.

1. In the Data panel, click the Add Data button.

   1. Locate the data file(s) you would like to add.

      1. Only .HPF Files can be analyzed in EMGworks Analysis

   2. Click Open to add them to EMGworks Analysis.

   3. Raw data files will appear in a logo with a red border.

2. Click the + button to expand a file and show its contents, including data from different sensors and channels.

Information

• Select multiple channels by holding Ctrl on the keyboard and clicking each channel. Alternatively, hold Shift and left-click to select a range of channels. This will be useful for plotting multiple channels or running calculations on multiple channels at once.

Option 1: Quick plotting a single channel

1. Double left-click a data channel to plot it.

Option 2: Quick plotting multiple channels

1. Select multiple channels of data, then right-click anywhere in the data panel.

2. Choose “Plot as Subplots” to plot multiple channels of data on their own graph with their own axes.

3. Choose “Plot Overlaid” to plot multiple channels of data on the same graph with the same axes.

Option 3: Plot Wizard

1. Click Plot > Create Plot… to open the Plot Wizard

2. Rename your plot, then click Next

3. Control + click the Data Channels that you want to add to the plot, then click Next

4. Choose the Remove All button to clear the plot contents.

5. Choose the number of rows and columns you want in your plot.

6. Click into each mini plot window and use the arrows to add/remove channels.

   1. Multiple channels can be added to the same mini plot window.

7. Once all your mini plot windows have data, click Finish to create the plot.

   1. Deselect the Y lock button, then choose the X autoscale and Y autoscale all buttons to best visualize the data.

8. Swap between open plots by clicking through the tabs of the plot names at the top

9. Select a plot from the plot panel, then right-click in the plot.

   9. This gives the option to show, rename, or remove plots.

1. Select the data channel(s)

   1. A calculation script can be applied to multiple data channels at a time.

2. Right-click anywhere in the data panel, then hover your mouse over Calculation Scripts.

3. Left-click the calculation script you want to perform.

4. A pop-up window will appear with options.

   4. Adjust calculation script parameters and output names, then click OK once finished to run the calculation.

5. Data that has had a calculation script applied will appear in the data panel with a logo with a black border.

6. Data that has had a calculation script applied will appear in the data panel with a logo with a black border.

Information

• For more information on the calculation scripts and the parameters, choose Help > Help Topics. This opens an extensive guide to EMGworks Analysis, offering in-depth details on how the different calculation scripts function.

1. The toolbar at the top has plot zoom and drag functions to more easily visualize your data

2. The QuickView pane on the right hand side offers the ability to get quick analytics

   • Choose the data series of interest

   • Set the cursor mode, then drag the magenta and orange cursors around the section of data that you’re interested in

   • Select the metric(s) that are desired

   • Click Snap Values to add the metrics to the metrics table

   • Once all metrics are added, click Export table to CSV… for further processing

     • This exports only the data added to the metrics table

1. Once you are finished plotting data and running calculation scripts, you can export the data for further processing

2. Select the data file(s) you wish to export

   1. Note: You cannot export individual channels of data, you must export the parent data file instead

3. Choose Tools, then pick your export type

The QuickView panel is a movable window. Check to see if there are any pop-up windows. If found, drag the pop-up window into EMGworks Analysis to add it back to the main screen. If you need additional support, reach out to Delsys Support

To change the scientific notation in the QuickView panel, navigate to Tools > Options, a new window will appear. In the new Options window, navigate to the Floating point notation drop-down and select your preferred notation.

To change the units in your graph navigate to Plot > Properties. In the Plot Properties window, you can customise how each of your graphs are visualised.