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Unable to find an appropriate device to wire to

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I posted this on the main spike interface issue page and was suggested the following:
"Looks like we don't have wiring to RHD2216 yet. I would open this issue on the probeinterface repo so that it can be put on the todo list over there. We have tools to allow you to do it manually if you want help with that and if you get that working then you can actually share the mapping with us and we can include it in probeinterface in the future."

We recently switched from a Cambridge Neurotech 64 channel probe to a Cambridge Neurotech 16 channel probe that uses an omnetics adapter to connect to our Intan 16 channel headstage. We are trying to analyze a group of our data obtained with this set-up but are not able to wire to any of the devices that are listed as an option for these probes.
Our probes are: ASSY-1-P-2 - cambridgeneurotech - 16ch - 1shanks
The device options made available are:
['H32>RHD2132',
'ASSY-156>RHD2164',
'ASSY-116>RHD2132',
'ASSY-77>Adpt.A64-Om32_2x-sm-NN>RHD2164',
'ASSY-77>Adpt.A64-Om32_2x-sm-NN>two_RHD2132',
'cambridgeneurotech_mini-amp-64']

All of these appear to be 32 to channel or 64 channel which then read the error: "AssertionError: chan_indices 32 != contact count 16"
Can you help us identify how we can fix this problem?

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing device options listed in the issue and the probe wiring support for Cambridge Neurotech and Intan devices. Reproduce the 16-channel mismatch with the ASSY-1-P-2 probe, then trace how device mappings are selected. Done means this probe can be wired to its compatible device without the 32-versus-16 channel assertion.

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tooling
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Feature
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3-5 days
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