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The program requires to claim devices in groups named box0, box1, box2… with device names as listed below in bold:
# ---------------- Box 0 definition
# INPUTS
line 0 box0 REARPANEL
line 3 box0 HOLE_0
line 6 box0 HOLE_1
line 9 box0 HOLE_2
line 12 box0 HOLE_3
line 15 box0 HOLE_4
# OUTPUTS
line 24 box0 HOUSELIGHT
line 27 box0 PELLET
line 30 box0 TRAYLIGHT
line 33 box0 TONE
line 36 box0 STIMLIGHT_0
line 39 box0 STIMLIGHT_1
line 42 box0 STIMLIGHT_2
line 45 box0 STIMLIGHT_3
line 48 box0 STIMLIGHT_4
line 51 box0 STIMLIGHT_0_DIM
line 54 box0 STIMLIGHT_1_DIM
line 57 box0 STIMLIGHT_2_DIM
line 60 box0 STIMLIGHT_3_DIM
line 63 box0 STIMLIGHT_4_DIM
line 66 box0 DIM0
line 69 box0 DIM1
line 72 box0 DIM2
# ... and so on for all your boxes
Please ensure that these devices are available and listed in the device definition file in use by the server. (The snippet above shows an extract from a typical definition file.)
The TONE device is the one used as a tone or a white-noise distractor.
MORE DETAIL
Please note that for nine-hole boxes, the five-choice task is usually configured to use holes 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. These boxes often also have a dimming system. The three types of box in common use are as follows:
Box type 1: no dimming system
| • | In the WhiskerServer device definition file, assign your chosen five holes so that their input lines (nosepoke detectors) map to HOLE_0 to HOLE_4. |
| • | Assign their corresponding output lines (lamps) to STIMLIGHT_0 through STIMLIGHT_4. |
| • | Assign all the other devices (REARPANEL, HOUSELIGHT, PELLET, TRAYLIGHT, TONE). |
| • | You will need to create fake lines in WhiskerServer, and assign STIMLIGHT_0_DIM to STIMLIGHT_4_DIM to them. |
| • | Likewise, you will need to assign DIM0, DIM1, and DIM2 to fake lines. |
Box type 2: nine-hole box with "old" dimming system (e.g. Cambridge Cognition / Campden Instruments 80600 [rat] and 80610 [mouse] Nine Hole Box Operant Chamber)
| • | In nine-hole boxes, holes 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are usually used for the five-choice task. So: |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE1 to have the label HOLE_0. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE3 to have the label HOLE_1. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE5 to have the label HOLE_2. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE7 to have the label HOLE_3. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE9 to have the label HOLE_4. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP1A to have the label STIMLIGHT_0. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP3A to have the label STIMLIGHT_1. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP5A to have the label STIMLIGHT_2. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP7A to have the label STIMLIGHT_3. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP9A to have the label STIMLIGHT_4. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP1B to have the label STIMLIGHT_0_DIM. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP3B to have the label STIMLIGHT_1_DIM. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP5B to have the label STIMLIGHT_2_DIM. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP7B to have the label STIMLIGHT_3_DIM. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP9B to have the label STIMLIGHT_4_DIM. |
| • | Assign all the other devices (REARPANEL, HOUSELIGHT, PELLET, TRAYLIGHT, TONE). |
| • | You will need to create fake lines in WhiskerServer, and assign DIM0, DIM1, and DIM2 to them. |
| • | Adjust your box's DIAL A or V1 to set what will be known as "brightness level 1". |
| • | Adjust your box's DIAL B or V2 to set what will be known as "brightness level 2". |
Box type 3: nine-hole box with "new" dimming system (e.g. Cambridge Cognition / Campden Instruments 80600A [rat] and 80610A [mouse] Nine Hole Box Operant Chamber)
| • | In nine-hole boxes, holes 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are usually used for the five-choice task. So: |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE1 to have the label HOLE_0. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE3 to have the label HOLE_1. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE5 to have the label HOLE_2. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE7 to have the label HOLE_3. |
| • | Assign your box's input HOLE9 to have the label HOLE_4. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP1 to have the label STIMLIGHT_0. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP3 to have the label STIMLIGHT_1. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP5 to have the label STIMLIGHT_2. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP7 to have the label STIMLIGHT_3. |
| • | Assign your box's output LAMP9 to have the label STIMLIGHT_4. |
| • | Assign DIM0, DIM1, and DIM2. |
| • | Assign all the other devices (REARPANEL, HOUSELIGHT, PELLET, TRAYLIGHT, TONE). |
| • | You will need to create fake lines in WhiskerServer, and assign STIMLIGHT_0_DIM through STIMLIGHT_4_DIM to them. |
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