MotoTrak Behavior Program Version 1.1 Release Notes

Version 1.23 (win64) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 02/19/2020

Bug fixes and new features:

Version 1.22 (win64) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 07/08/2019

Bug fixes and new features:

• Fixed a bug that caused errors when reading stage parameters from a local spreadsheet that had been edited in Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word was automatically adding quotation marks which are not normally present in TSV files downloaded from Google Sheets.

Version 1.21 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 06/13/2019

Bug fixes and new features:

• Updated lever module calibration to save the lever range, i.e. rat- versus mouse-model levers.
• Added options for randomly-delivered automatic feedings during behavior. Use these two new column headings in your online or offline stage spreadsheet:

• “Random Feeding - Minimum Interval (s)” - The minimum interval between random feedings.
• “Random Feeding - Maximum Interval (s)” - The maximum interval between random feedings.
• The interval between each random feeding will be a random number between teh minimum and maximum interval values.

• Updated the MotoTrak Controller firmware to version 2.10. MotoTrak V1.21 should automatically update your firmware when it first connects.

Version 1.19 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 01/11/2019

Bug fixes and new features:

• Added support for the water reach module.

Version 1.15 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 01/09/2018

Bug fixes and new features:

• Fixed a plotting error for users of the capacitive touch sensor as a trial initiator.

Version 1.14 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 02/21/2017

Bug fixes and new features:

• Improved the automatic error-reporting functions to save a copy of the error report to the user’s local AppData directory, and added an “Error Reports” link to the preferences menu to bring up the Error Reports directory.

Version 1.13 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 02/08/2017

Bug fixes and new features:

• Added launching of the isometric pull calibration program directly from the “calibration” menu at the top of the MotoTrak window.
• Added the ability to reset the signal baseline from the “calibration menu at the top of the MotoTrak window.
• Changed handling of the global “run” variables to streamline the hand-off between “idle” mode and running behavioral sessions.

Version 1.12 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 02/08/2017

Bug fixes and new features:

• Added automatic remote error reporting to send error reports back to Vulintus. Users can opt out anytime by selecting “Preferences >> Automatic Error Reporting >> Off” in the top menu bar.

Version 1.11 (win64) (win32) (MATLAB)

Uploaded: 12/15/2016

Bug fixes and new features:

• Added a menu bar at the top of the user interface for accessing stage definition, calibration, preference-setting, and help functions.
• Added session duration as an user-settable stage parameter. The session will not end after the specified duration (to prevent behavioral extinction), but the timer will turn red to indicate to the experimenter that the session duration has passed.