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The I/O page

Unlike the pages on the left side of the ribbon bar, you can access the I/O page without having to open an experiment first.

Introduction

I/O stands for input/output and is a term used in ANY-maze in a rather generic way to refer to any input or output that doesn't rely on a camera or the experimenter. For example ANY-maze input/output includes such things as, detecting switch closures, sensing photobeam breaks, turning devices, such as shockers, on and off, etc.

Of course to do any of the above, ANY-maze needs to be physically connected to a switch, a photobeam, a shocker, etc. and this is achieved using an input/output device. ANY-maze supports various I/O devices, including some which we have specifically developed for use with the system - the full list can be found here.

Whatever I/O device you use you will almost invariably want to configure and test it before using it in an experiment, and this is what the I/O page is for. Here you can alter the configuration of a device, for example, specifying when ANY-maze should consider the device to be 'on', and you can test that the entire chain of connections from ANY-maze through your I/O device to the source (or target) apparatus is working correctly - for example, when ANY-maze activates a pellet dispenser, is a pellet actually dispensed?

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