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# Decrypting recordings

*Please Note: a valid PRO license is required to carry out the decryption. Each seat of PRO allows you to decrypt data from up to 3 Extenders.* 

To decrypt data from Extender, open Cortex and click on the Tools tab. You will see under this section there is an option to decrypt local data.

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Step 1 : Click to "Decrypt local data" then select input directory which contains the \*.eed files: you'd like to decrypt.

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Step 2 : Select output directory

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Cortex will then carry out the decryption and output a \*.csv file for the motion and eeg data into the same folder.

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