How to get the toolbox running

Prerequisites

• Make sure you have the matlab Instrument control toolbox or PNET for low-level network access.
• Install the Psychtoolbox.

Installation

• Use a GIT client to check out the latest toolbox revision from https://bitbucket.org/DylanMuir/stimserver/overview, or download a tagged release from https://bitbucket.org/DylanMuir/stimserver/downloads#tag-downloads.

Configuring your setup

• CalibrateDisplay will be helpful. Most functions take a "fPixelsPerDegree" calibration parameter.
• If you want to use the "server" part of the toolbox, you will need to have a system that can send commands over a UDP channel. You can also use matlab for that, using the Instrument Control toolbox.
• Use "CreateStimulusStructure" to build a list of available stimuli.
• See building stimuli
• See the communications protocol for the stimulus server

Start the stimulus server

• "StartStimulusServer" will start the server listening on a UDP port.
• Send UDP commands to begin the display of a stimulus (see the communications protocol for the stimulus server)