Configuring a computer for Stytra experiments¶
By default, Stytra checks the user folder (on Windows usually C:/Users/user_name, ~ on Unix-based systems)
for the stytra_setup_config.json file. You can put default settings for the current computer in it,
specifying the e.g. saving format, camera type and ROI, full-screen stimulus display and anything
else that is specified when instantiating Stytra .
An example is provided below:
stytra_setup_config.json
{
"display": {"full_screen": true},
"dir_save": "J:/_Shared/experiments",
"dir_assets": "J:/_Shared/stytra_resources",
"log_format": "hdf5",
"camera": {"type": "ximea", "rotation":-1, "roi":[0, 0, 784, 784]},
"tracking": {"method":"fish"},
"embedded" : false
}
Camera configuration¶
The currently supported cameras and features controllable from Stytra are:
To use a camera with Stytra, either put it in the stytra_setup_config.json file or, in a script that runs Stytra set the camera argument, e.g.:
Stytra(protocol=ClosedLoopProtocol(), camera=dict(type="ximea")
The priority of the configuration settings is the stytra_setup_config.json (lowest), the stytra_config dictionary in the Protocol class and the keyword arguments when calling Stytra.
Trying example protocols on your setup¶
Copy the example file you are interested in from the repository (e.g. stytra/examples/closed_loop_exp.py) and either:
remove the camera entry from the stytra_config dictionary in the protocol class and create the stytra_setup_config.json file
change the stytra_config dictionary in the protocol definition
add a keyword argument to the stytra call specifying the camera