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Mr. Kick I version 1.14, recommended for Windows 95.

Mr Kick II version 1.42e based on traditional NI-DAQ. Recommended for Windows 98.

Mr Kick II version 2.03 based on NI-DAQmx. Recommended for Windows 2000/XP (Vista and Win7 not fully supported).

Mr Kick III version 3.0 (2.9+) intended for Windows 7, 8 and 10+.

Warning: Using Analog Output in the mx-based Mr Kick II with PCI-6024E and alike boards may malfunction: The analog output may not end at the set offset! - Eg. if used to control the stimulation amplitude of an electrical stimulator this can cause severe stimulations!!!

Note: Matlab bug - Mr. Kick files loaded into Matlab version 7.7 (R2008b) and 7.8 (R2009a) may be corrupted! - Fixed in MatLab 7.9 (R2009b).

See the What's New section below for details.

Present versions are available for download here. - If you are outside HST premises a login name and password will be required.

Also a Mr. Kick File Append utility is available: This should only be used on files with exactly the same settings. It is up to the user not to mix incompatible data, eg. data not sampled under same conditions!
 

What's New

Follow these links to view the history of Mr. Kick:

• Version 0.70 - 0.72; 0.73; 0.74 - 0.80; 0.81 - 0.901: I betas and pre-releases
• Version 1.00 - 1.14: I releases
• Version 1.15 - 1.42: II based on Traditional NI-DAQ
• Version 1.70 - 1.81: II pre-releases, based on mx-drivers¹
• Version 2.0+: The real II, based on mx-drivers²
• Version 3.0 (2.9+ "preview"): III based on mx-drivers³, requires Windows XP or above, intended for Windows 7, 8 and 10+

¹NI-DAQmx version 7.4+ required for data acquisition. Requires Windows 2000 or above!
²NI-DAQmx version 8+ required for data acquisition. Requires Windows 2000 or above!
³NI-DAQmx version 9+ required for data acquisition. Requires Windows XP or above!

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