Warn if untested NIRX device

mne/io/nirx/nirx.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 def read_raw_nirx(fname, preload=False, verbose=None):
     """Reader for a NIRX fNIRS recording.
 
+    This function has only been tested with NIRScout devices.
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     fname : str
@@ -70,6 +72,9 @@ def __init__(self, fname, preload=False, verbose=None):
         if fname.endswith('.hdr'):
             fname = op.dirname(op.abspath(fname))
 
+        if not op.isdir(fname):
+            raise RuntimeError('The path you specified does not exist.')
+
         # Check if required files exist and store names for later use
         files = dict()
         keys = ('evt', 'hdr', 'inf', 'set', 'tpl', 'wl1', 'wl2',
@@ -92,35 +97,6 @@ def __init__(self, fname, preload=False, verbose=None):
             for line in fid:
                 last_sample += 1
 
-        # Read participant information file
-        inf = ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
-        inf.read(files['inf'])
-        inf = inf._sections['Subject Demographics']
-
-        # Store subject information from inf file in mne format
-        # Note: NIRX also records "Study Type", "Experiment History",
-        #       "Additional Notes", "Contact Information" and this information
-        #       is currently discarded
-        subject_info = {}
-        names = inf['name'].split()
-        if len(names) > 0:
-            subject_info['first_name'] = \
-                inf['name'].split()[0].replace("\"", "")
-        if len(names) > 1:
-            subject_info['last_name'] = \
-                inf['name'].split()[-1].replace("\"", "")
-        if len(names) > 2:
-            subject_info['middle_name'] = \
-                inf['name'].split()[-2].replace("\"", "")
-        # subject_info['birthday'] = inf['age']  # TODO: not formatted properly
-        subject_info['sex'] = inf['gender'].replace("\"", "")
-        # Recode values
-        if subject_info['sex'] in {'M', 'Male', '1'}:
-            subject_info['sex'] = FIFF.FIFFV_SUBJ_SEX_MALE
-        elif subject_info['sex'] in {'F', 'Female', '2'}:
-            subject_info['sex'] = FIFF.FIFFV_SUBJ_SEX_FEMALE
-        # NIRStar does not record an id, or handedness by default
-
         # Read header file
         # The header file isn't compliant with the configparser. So all the
         # text between comments must be removed before passing to parser
@@ -135,6 +111,10 @@ def __init__(self, fname, preload=False, verbose=None):
                    ["\"15.0\"", "\"15.2\""]):
             raise RuntimeError('MNE does not support this NIRStar version'
                                ' (%s)' % (hdr['GeneralInfo']['NIRStar'],))
+        if "NIRScout" not in hdr['GeneralInfo']['Device']:
+            warn("Only import of data from NIRScout devices have been "
+                 "thoroughly tested. You are using a %s device. " %
+                 hdr['GeneralInfo']['Device'])
 
         # Parse required header fields
 
@@ -161,6 +141,35 @@ def __init__(self, fname, preload=False, verbose=None):
         # Extract sampling rate
         samplingrate = float(hdr['ImagingParameters']['SamplingRate'])
 
+        # Read participant information file
+        inf = ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+        inf.read(files['inf'])
+        inf = inf._sections['Subject Demographics']
+
+        # Store subject information from inf file in mne format
+        # Note: NIRX also records "Study Type", "Experiment History",
+        #       "Additional Notes", "Contact Information" and this information
+        #       is currently discarded
+        subject_info = {}
+        names = inf['name'].split()
+        if len(names) > 0:
+            subject_info['first_name'] = \
+                inf['name'].split()[0].replace("\"", "")
+        if len(names) > 1:
+            subject_info['last_name'] = \
+                inf['name'].split()[-1].replace("\"", "")
+        if len(names) > 2:
+            subject_info['middle_name'] = \
+                inf['name'].split()[-2].replace("\"", "")
+        # subject_info['birthday'] = inf['age']  # TODO: not formatted properly
+        subject_info['sex'] = inf['gender'].replace("\"", "")
+        # Recode values
+        if subject_info['sex'] in {'M', 'Male', '1'}:
+            subject_info['sex'] = FIFF.FIFFV_SUBJ_SEX_MALE
+        elif subject_info['sex'] in {'F', 'Female', '2'}:
+            subject_info['sex'] = FIFF.FIFFV_SUBJ_SEX_FEMALE
+        # NIRStar does not record an id, or handedness by default
+
         # Read information about probe/montage/optodes
         # A word on terminology used here:
         #   Sources produce light