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CHAPTER 4 – Running a Basic LTP Experiment
In the Getting Started section (Chapter 2) an initial configuration of the program has been performed. This
includes:
1) Installing WinLTP
2) Installing the data acquisition board.
3) Starting WinLTP
4) Making the appropriate connections to the data acquisition hardware from the recording amplifier
and stimulus isolation units (SIUs).
5) Setting up data acquisition and stimulation parameters
6) Acquiring a sweep of data
4.1 Automatic and Manual Loading of the Protocol (*.pro) File from
Disk
If you have already developed custom protocols to run your particular experiment, the last protocol file
used will be the one automatically loaded when the program is later restarted. However, if there was
never any protocol file saved, then only the integral default values will be initially operating (as indicated
by the default.pro name in the Status Bar.
Alternatively, if you wish to load a different protocol file, use the menu command
File -> Open
to open the Protocol File Dialog Box (Fig. 4.1.1).
Fig. 4.1.1. The Open Protocol File dialog box.