Computers supplied by Cambridge Cognition to run Whisker and MonkeyCantab for Whisker have the following characteristics:
| • | one Advantech PCI digital I/O card with reversed inputs |
| • | three displays (one for the experimenter, two for subject testing) with a Matrox multimonitor card |
| • | two touchscreens |
| • | two audio cards |
| • | no fake lines or failsafes |
| • | a device definition file as follows: |
Sample device definition file #1 - two-box MonkeyCantab system
WhiskerServer v2.0 - DEVICE DEFINITION FILE - DO NOT ALTER THIS LINE
####################################################################
# This file defines device names used by the WhiskerServer program.
# Lines beginning with a hash (#) are comments and are ignored.
#
# Each line takes the following format:
#
# <device_type> <device_number> <group_name> <device_name>
#
# where <device_type> may be
# line = digital I/O line
# display = display device (monitor)
# audio = audio device (sound card, or half-sound card; see manual)
#
# The <device_number> is the number of the line/display/audio device that you see
# on the server's console - the number that you would otherwise claim.
#
# The COMBINATION of the <group_name> and <device_name> must be unique.
# If the server encounters non-unique device group/name pairs in this file,
# all but the first will be ignored.
# Neither the <group_name> nor the <device_name> may start with a number.
#######################################################################
# File for double Monkey CANTAB test system
# ---------------- Box 0 definition
# INPUTS
line 0 box0 LEVER
line 1 box0 LICKSENSOR
line 2 box0 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE_INPUT
line 3 box0 MAGAZINE_DOOR
line 4 box0 FEEDER_REPORT
line 5 box0 PUMP2_FEEDER2_REPORT
line 6 box0 LEVERHOME
line 7 box0 SPARE_INPUT_BOX0
line 16 box1 LEVER
line 17 box1 LICKSENSOR
line 18 box1 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE_INPUT
line 19 box1 MAGAZINE_DOOR
line 20 box1 FEEDER_REPORT
line 21 box1 PUMP2_FEEDER2_REPORT
line 22 box1 LEVERHOME
line 23 box1 SPARE_INPUT_BOX1
# OUTPUTS
line 8 box0 HOUSELIGHT
line 9 box0 PUMP
line 10 box0 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE
line 11 box0 MAGAZINE_LAMP
line 12 box0 PELLET
line 13 box0 PUMP2
line 14 box0 LEVERCONTROL
line 15 box0 EXTRAPUNISHMENTDEVICE
line 42 box0 STIMULUS_INFO
line 43 box0 REINFORCEMENT_INFO
line 24 box1 HOUSELIGHT
line 25 box1 PUMP
line 26 box1 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE
line 27 box1 MAGAZINE_LAMP
line 28 box1 PELLET
line 29 box1 PUMP2
line 30 box1 LEVERCONTROL
line 31 box1 EXTRAPUNISHMENTDEVICE
line 44 box1 STIMULUS_INFO
line 45 box1 REINFORCEMENT_INFO
# DISPLAY
display 0 box0 SCREEN
display 1 box1 SCREEN
# AUDIO
audio 0 box0 SOUND
audio 1 box1 SOUND
# SAFETY RELAYS
line 40 R1
line 41 R2
Sample device definition file #2 - four-box MonkeyCantab system
WhiskerServer v2.0 - DEVICE DEFINITION FILE - DO NOT ALTER THIS LINE
####################################################################
# This file defines device names used by the WhiskerServer program.
#lines beginning with a hash (#) are comments and are ignored.
#
# Eachline takes the following format:
#
# <device_type> <device_number> <group_name> <device_name>
#
# where <device_type> may be
# line = digital I/Oline
# display = display device (monitor)
# audio = audio device (sound card, or half-sound card; see manual)
#
# The <device_number> is the number of theline/display/audio device that you see
# on the server's console - the number that you would otherwise claim.
#
# The COMBINATION of the <group_name> and <device_name> must be unique.
# If the server encounters non-unique device group/name pairs in this file,
# all but the first will be ignored.
# Neither the <group_name> nor the <device_name> may start with a number.
#
# CREATED ON: 29-September-2004
# BY: Simon Gow
#######################################################################
# File for 4-Box Monkey Cantab boxes
# ---------------- Box 0 & 1 definition
# INPUTS
line 0 box0 LEVER
line 1 box0 LICKSENSOR
line 2 box0 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE_INPUT
line 3 box0 MAGAZINE_DOOR
line 4 box0 FEEDER_REPORT
line 5 box0 PUMP2_FEEDER2_REPORT
line 6 box0 LEVERHOME
line 7 box0 SPARE_INPUT_BOX0
line 16 box1 LEVER
line 17 box1 LICKSENSOR
line 18 box1 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE_INPUT
line 19 box1 MAGAZINE_DOOR
line 20 box1 FEEDER_REPORT
line 21 box1 PUMP2_FEEDER2_REPORT
line 22 box1 LEVERHOME
line 23 box1 SPARE_INPUT_BOX1
# OUTPUTS
line 8 box0 HOUSELIGHT
line 9 box0 PUMP
line 10 box0 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE
line 11 box0 MAGAZINE_LAMP
line 12 box0 PELLET
line 13 box0 PUMP2_FEEDER_2
line 14 box0 LEVERCONTROL
line 15 box0 EXTRAPUNISHMENTDEVICE
line 72 box0 STIMULUS_INFO
line 73 box0 REINFORCEMENT_INFO
line 24 box1 HOUSELIGHT
line 25 box1 PUMP
line 26 box1 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE
line 27 box1 MAGAZINE_LAMP
line 28 box1 PELLET
line 29 box1 PUMP2_FEEDER_2
line 30 box1 LEVERCONTROL
line 31 box1 EXTRAPUNISHMENTDEVICE
line 74 box1 STIMULUS_INFO
line 75 box1 REINFORCEMENT_INFO
# DISPLAY
display 0 box0 SCREEN
display 1 box1 SCREEN
display 2 box2 SCREEN
display 3 box3 SCREEN
# AUDIO
audio 0 box0 SOUND
audio 1 box1 SOUND
audio 2 box2 SOUND
audio 3 box3 SOUND
# SAFETY RELAYS
line 64 R1 SAFETY_RELAY1
line 65 R2 SAFETY_RELAY2
# ---------------- Box 2 & 3 definition
# INPUTS
line 32 box2 LEVER
line 33 box2 LICKSENSOR
line 34 box2 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE_INPUT
line 35 box2 MAGAZINE_DOOR
line 36 box2 FEEDER_REPORT
line 37 box2 PUMP2_FEEDER2_REPORT
line 38 box2 LEVERHOME
line 39 box2 SPARE_INPUT_BOX0
line 48 box3 LEVER
line 49 box3 LICKSENSOR
line 50 box3 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE_INPUT
line 51 box3 MAGAZINE_DOOR
line 52 box3 FEEDER_REPORT
line 53 box3 PUMP2_FEEDER2_REPORT
line 54 box3 LEVERHOME
line 55 box3 SPARE_INPUT_BOX1
# OUTPUTS
line 40 box2 HOUSELIGHT
line 41 box2 PUMP
line 42 box2 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE
line 43 box2 MAGAZINE_LAMP
line 44 box2 PELLET
line 45 box2 PUMP2_FEEDER_2
line 46 box2 LEVERCONTROL
line 47 box2 EXTRAPUNISHMENTDEVICE
line 76 box2 STIMULUS_INFO
line 77 box2 REINFORCEMENT_INFO
line 56 box3 HOUSELIGHT
line 57 box3 PUMP
line 58 box3 EXTRAREWARDDEVICE
line 59 box3 MAGAZINE_LAMP
line 60 box3 PELLET
line 61 box3 PUMP2_FEEDER_2
line 62 box3 LEVERCONTROL
line 63 box3 EXTRAPUNISHMENTDEVICE
line 78 box3 STIMULUS_INFOx
line 79 box3 REINFORCEMENT_INFO
# ---------------- Box User Inputs
# INPUTS
line 80 box0 USER_INPUT_1
line 81 box0 USER_INPUT_2
line 82 box1 USER_INPUT_1
line 83 box1 USER_INPUT_2
line 84 box2 USER_INPUT_1
line 85 box2 USER_INPUT_2
line 86 box3 USER_INPUT_1
line 87 box3 USER_INPUT_2
Configure the Advantech card like this:
