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What to show on the Session log panel

Introduction

The Session log panel on the Test window shows events happening during a test, as shown in figure 1:

Figure 1. The Session log panel, showing information about the test that is currently running.

The 'What to show on the Session log panel' settings allow you to choose which information should be logged on the Session log panel.

More details

The Session log panel can show a log of information about the various events that occur during a test - from starting and stopping of tests, through to zone entries, I/O events, key presses and more. These settings allow you to choose which events you're interested in seeing on the Session log panel as the test progresses.

Figure 2. The 'What to show on the Session log panel' settings. By default, nothing is selected - so only test control events will be logged.

Test control events are always included on the Session log panel - i.e about the test being prepared (indicating which animal is about to be tested) and the starting and stopping of the test. By default, this is all that's included on this panel - but you can use these Session log panel settings to add in other events that you might be interested in seeing.

For example, you may be interested in noting when during the test the animal enters and leaves a certain zone - in which case, just find the zone in this list, and check the box.

Note: The settings here are also available by clicking the button on the Session log panel itself.

What you can show on the Session log panel

The following list outlines the information that will be shown on the Session log panel when you select an item of that type in the list:

Zone	Animal enters zone

Animal starts investigating zone

Key	Key pressed / released

Sequence

Sequence completed

Virtual Switch

Switch becomes active / inactive

Freezing

Freezing starts / stops (*)

Immobility

Immobility starts / stops

Rearing

Rearing starts / stops

On/off inputs

On/off input activated/deactivated

Rotary encoder

Clockwise / anticlockwise rotation completed

Movement detector

Movement detector - animal goes mobile / immobile

On/off output

Output turned on/off

Output changed from continuous to pulse train

Pulse train frequency, duty cycle or duration changed.

Speaker

Speaker source changed

Speaker started or stopped

Volume, frequency, or duration changed.

Speaker reached the end of the file

'Repeat at end of file' setting changed.

Temperature controller

Programmed temperature changed

Ramp duration changed

Ramping started or ended

Light controller

Light controller turned on/off

Programmed light level changed

Ramp duration changed

Ramping started or ended

Syringe pump

Syringe pump started / stopped / stalled

Target volume changed or cleared

Flow rate changed

Direction changed

Shocker

Shocker activated / deactivated

Intensity or duration changed

Laser controller

Laser controller turned on/off

Source changed (continuous / pulse train / pulse file)

Pulse train frequency, duty cycle or duration changed.

Pulse file name changed.

Selector

Selector value changed

Pellet dispenser

Pellet dispensed

Clearing the Session log panel

You can leave the Session log panel logging events from one test to the next - but you'll probably find this an overload of information, and you only really need to see the events from the test that you've just finished running.

To help you see this information automatically, ANY-maze allows you to Clear the Session log panel at the start of each test. When a test starts, this will in fact clear away all the information from the previous test - thus leaving you with only the information relevant to the test that's currently running. So you'll still see the information about the preparation of the test, including which animal is being tested - but none of the events that occurred during the previous test.

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