[FieldTrip] How to implement the .pl2 patch for Plexon data

[Pack, Weston]

Greetings FieldTrip community,

I am new to using FieldTrip, but am well versed in Matlab. I would like to use FieldTrip to analyze Plexon data from LFP recordings and am working with the .pl2 format. I have read through the current documentation (very short) about the patch for loading .pl2 files, but I still have no idea how to install and use the patch as this is not documented (that I can find). The following is provided but with no explanation of how to implement it:

“ (filetype = plexon_plx_v2) “

I have added the path of the Plexon SDK folder using:
“ addpath ('E:\MatlabOfflineFilesSDK')”

I have download the .diff patch file as well as the .zip folder “ft_plexon” but I don’t know where to put them. Does the “plexon” folder inside go in the main FieldTrip directory, the main Plexon SDK directory (currently listed above), or somewhere else? The same question applies to the .diff file.
Thank you in advance for your assistance. Once I get FieldTrip figured out, I intend to create a thorough, novice-friendly tutorial with step-by-step instructions how to work with .pl2 files for LFP analysis. I’ve spent the better part a week fumbling through the tutorials and I’m certain I can write a novice-friendly tutorial on the wiki that will only take a few hours at most for beginners to master. My goal is first to understand how to utilize FieldTrip, at which point I can document my struggles and successes so that future users (especially my lab-mates) can obtain competency with far more efficiency.

Thanks again in advance. I hope to contribute significantly to the community. Happy Holidays!

Weston Pack, PhD

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