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User's Manual

• Configuration and calibration
  • The use of "profiles"
  • The "recorder_config.yaml" file
  • Aligning the two cameras
  • Running the calibration scan
  • Fitting the calibration model
• Data collection
  • The experiment protocol string
  • Using the recording application
• Post-processing
  • Generating videos and consolidating metadata
  • Visualizing the travel path of the motion stages (optional)
• Troubleshooting
• Example: Protocol for MDN optogenetic activation experiment

Developer's Manual

Note: The asterisk^* indicates that the page is also part of the User's Manual.

• Design overview
  • Data in shared memory
  • Pseudocode of CPP threads
• Environment setup
  • Software dependencies and configurations
  • eGrabber and JAI camera configuration
• Installing the Spotlight control programs
  • Compiling CPP code
  • Uploading Arduino code
  • Installing Python code
• Configuration and calibration
  • The use of "profiles"^*
  • The "recorder_config.yaml" file^*
  • Calibration algorithm
• C++ programs (under the "recorder" folder)
  • pco-camera-server
  • align-cameras (Aligning the two cameras)^*
  • run-calibration-scan (Running the calibration scan)^*
  • run-spotlight (Using the recording application)^*
    • The experiment protocol string
• Python programs (under the "tools" folder)
  • generate-calibration-board (Generating the calibration board)
  • fit-calibration-model (Fitting the calibration model)^*
  • postprocess-recording (Generating videos and consolidating metadata)^*
  • visualize-stage-trajectory (Visualizing the travel path of the motion stages)^*
• Troubleshooting^*