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Welcome to the documentation wiki for the BControl Behavioral Control System!

Downloading the code can be done from the Installation Guide here.

Structure of the BControl System

• General Overview and road map to the Tutorial/Manual pages
• Real-Time Linux State Machine (RTLSM)
• Trial Structure using the RTLSM
• Dispatcher: a Governing-machine interface to the RTLSM
• Solo: a framework to help write large Matlab programs with GUIs
• Plugins: modular existing code that you can easily attach to your protocol
  • SessionModel: a plugin to coordinate within- and across-session training automation
  • sessionmodel2: An upgrade from sessionmodel.
  • pokesplot2: An upgrade from pokesplot, completely rewritten to incorporate various new features
• SQL: Depositing and accessing behavioral data in a mySQL database.

Getting Started with BControl

• Installation Guide for BControl - old and new systems. Downloading and installing code
• Startup Guide for BControl - old and new. Getting the system running.
• BControl Settings Interface A system for rig-specific settings

BControl Development

• Latest News on the Software
• Project Management for Bcontrol - bug reporting and tracking, development hub

Major, immediate, TODOs (The proper place to track development is here.)

• Incorporate AnalogOut and OlfactoryServer into the State Machine Assembler.
• Incorporate AnalogOut and OlfactoryServer into the current RTLSM emulator (@SoftSMMarkII)
• Calin is writing a new improved emulator that will also handle embedded c-code
• Structure Protocol directories so that different labs and different users have different directories. Structure data directories the same. Default lab could be set in config file.
• Make sure Dispatcher/disassembler is aware of the timestamps from NSpike (from the clock card in the RTLinux box).

Guides to MediaWiki Use for Beginners

• Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
• Configuration settings list
• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki release mailing list