Small utility to rename channels in ABF files (both v1 & v2 supported)

Clone this repository and stick it somewhere on your MATLAB path.

1. create a file called channel_map.txt in the same folder that abfRenameChannels exists. for an example, look at the channel_map.txt that comes with this
2. navigate to the folder with ABF files you want to change the channels of
3. type "abfRenameChannels" in your MATLAB prompt and press enter.

Only 16 channels are supported, and no channel name can be more than 10 characters long. This is a limitation of the ABFv1 file format.

When working with ABF v2 files, it is only possible to assign a new name that is as long as the old name. So, if you want to rename a channel called IN 6 to Electrode 6, the new name will be truncated to the first four characters: Elec. So keep that in mind when you think of new names.

questions? bugs? [email protected]

GPL v3