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Pausing a running test

Introduction

During a test you may encounter circumstances where you would like to pause the test clock, perhaps adjust something in the apparatus, and then restart the test. This is easily achieved using the pause button.

Details

To pause a test simply click the button. The test clock will be paused and ANY-maze will stop recording tracking results - although it will continue to track the animal.

While the test is paused you can enter the image without causing any problems. To restart the test simply click the button again.

A pause in a test necessarily breaks the animal's track because ANY-maze stops recording the track while paused. This is reflected in the track plot report where a symbol is shown at the point where the animal was when the test was paused and another symbol is shown at the point where the animal was when the test was restarted.

Pausing all running tests

If you are running tests in multiple apparatus simultaneously, you can pause all the tests at the same time by clicking the Pause all button.

You can also resume all paused tests by clicking the Resume all button.

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