BioProc Data Processing System

(Last revisions: BioProc for DOS: version 1.65i, December 2007;

BioProc for Windows: version 1.13, January 2008)

This page provides access to software that may be used to process and analyze various types of analog data files, including Kistler's BioWare data files, Ariel's (APAS) analog files and several other file formats. The software can be used to generate waveforms and test various data smoothing techniques for educational purposes. Its graphical display permits the simultaneous viewing and analysis of up to 16 signals. It is suitable for analyzing force platform, EMG, accelerometer or force transducer signals and correcting bias levels or filtering unwanted noise. The program also has the ability to ensemble average a series of signals, 8 channels at a time.

Contributed by D. Gordon E. Robertson, PhD (dger@uottawa.ca). Please report problems, errors and suggested enhancements.

Files:

  • bp165.exe (1.2 Mb) Self-extracting archive containing the DOS program, BIOPROC.EXE, the installation file, ReadMeBP.TXT, and sample data for testing the BioProc system. Also included are two interfaces for calling the software from Windows 3.1 (BPWIN.EXE) and Windows 95 (BPWIN95.EXE). The program, CONV2BPA, may be used to convert ASCII data files to a form suitable to BioProc.
  • BIOPROC.EXE (315 Kb) BioProc program only.
  • bioproc.pdf (1.1 Mb) BioProc User's Manual in PDF format (needs Acrobat Reader). Note, when used with the Biomech system this file should be placed in the \MANUALS subdirectory of the \BIOMECH directory (e.g., C:\BIOMECH\MANUALS).
  •  bp_qrg.pdf (21.8 Kb) BioProc Quick Reference Guide in .PDF format.
  • BPwin98.EXE (144 Kb) Windows interface to BioProc for DOS.
  • conv2bpa.exe (100 Kb) DOS program for converting various ASCII formats to BioProc .BPA format.
  • BioProc2 Link to BioProc2 software. BioProc2 is entirely Windows based.

    • How to install the system:

    To install, download the BP165.EXE file to a hard disk subdirectory, such as, C:\TEMP. Then execute the following command:

    BP165 -n path

    where "path" is the name of the subdirectory where the software will be installed. If you plan to use this sotware with the Biomech Motion Analysis System (recommended), install them to the same subdirectory, e.g., C:\BIOMECH. You will need, approximately, 1 Mbyte of disk space.

    The Windows programs require that certain files be already installed in the system directory (x:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM) of your computer. These files may be already loaded on your system. If not, they may be obtained from the FTP site: 137.122.122.66, using a user name of "guest" and a password of "guest". The Windows files are in the subdirectory, VBASIC. Updates to the software will be posted in this FTP site regularly. View the file READMEBP.TXT for the appropriate files. 

    Send comments, corrections and suggestions to the author via email only.
    eMaildger (at) uottawa.ca