NITRC Functional Real-time Interactive Endogenous Neuromodulation and Decoding (FRIEND) Forum: open-discussion

RE: Instrument Control Toolbox

Sebastian Hoefle — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 23:56:16 GMT

The communication is based on TCP/IP. So any functions, that implement this protocol, will do the job.

For older versions of Matlab, there is the tcpip object, which we used in the example frontend:

https://github.com/InstitutoDOr/FriendENGINE/blob/master/frontends/Matlab/initializeFriendObject.m

In newer versions, there is the tcpclient:
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/tcpclient.html

Another alternative could be the TCP/UDP/IP Toolbox available on exchange:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/345-tcp-udp-ip-toolbox-2-0-6

All these versions probably need some adaption of the original frontend code, but it should be straightforward.

Alternatively to Matlab, you can also choose a Python or Presentation frontend:
https://github.com/InstitutoDOr/FriendENGINE/tree/master/frontends

Best Regards

Sebastian

RE: Instrument Control Toolbox

Rodrigo Basilio — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:59:08 GMT

I think you need the toolbox and you wont be able to run the examples without this toolbox, but I will check with my colleages.

Instrument Control Toolbox

maryam_f — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:03:23 GMT

Hi Friend Support Group,

I have an academic licensed MATLAB. Is there any way to continue with MATLAB frontend without having 'Instrument Control Toolbox'?
(Or at least to run the examples, how can I avoid facing the error?)

Thanks in advance!

RE: Download FRIEND Engine

Rodrigo Basilio — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:57:24 GMT

This file was renamed to FriendMotor.m and FriendRoi.m. The main difference between them is the plugin they use.

Best,
Rodrigo

RE: Installation Question

Rodrigo Basilio — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:56:47 GMT

This file was renamed to FriendMotor.m and FriendRoi.m. The main difference between them is the plugin they use.

Best,
Rodrigo

RE: Installation Question

Hiroyuki Akama — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 3:17:17 GMT

Hi again

BTW there is no Frontends/Matlab/Friend.m in the package I installed. As I have Matlab and Instrument Control toolbox running in my Ubuntu machine, is there any other way instead of using Friend.m mentioned in the manual?
Thank you so much in advance.

Hiroyuki

Hiroyuki AKAMA
Associate Professor,
School of Life Science and Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Institute of Liberal Arts,
W9-10, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-152-8552
Japan
akama.h.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
http://www.dp.hum.titech.ac.jp

RE: Installation Question

Hiroyuki Akama — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 2:35:15 GMT

Dear Rodrigo
Thank you so much. I have created "engine" in the directory Application and after executing this file to establish the local connection, I could run a frontend files of Python.
I feel it is quite cool and I am looking forward to performing a rt-MVPA using our GE Signa machine.
Much appreciated.

Best regards

Hiroyuki

Hiroyuki AKAMA
Associate Professor,
School of Life Science and Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Institute of Liberal Arts,
W9-10, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo-152-8552
Japan
akama.h.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
http://www.dp.hum.titech.ac.jp

RE: Download FRIEND Engine

maryam_f — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:01:49 GMT

Dear Rodrigo,

Many thanks for replying back so soon- I think the problem in MAC was with with where FSL was located and it is now solved :)

Sorry but I was struggling with it some days but it got solved just after I sent you the question :/

Another question arising, I can not find 'friend.m' in ./frontend/matlab. Am I mistaking or it is not there?

Best,
Maryam

RE: Download FRIEND Engine

Rodrigo Basilio — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:49:53 GMT

Hi Maryam,

Can you please send more information about the errors you are experiencing.

Best,
Rodrigo.

RE: Installation Question

Rodrigo Basilio — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:47:15 GMT

Hello, professor AKAMA,

My name is Rodrigo Basilio and I am the main developer of Friend Engine.
Thanks for using Friend Engine.
We opted to recreate these libraries bacause in some Linux installations the user did not have these libraries for some reason. Dont bother about these warnings.

Please add this include line in the main.cpp file

#include < cstring >
or
#include < string.h >

to get rid of the error. I will update the github to correct this error for new users.

Best,
Rodrigo

PS.: Feel free to send more questions if you need.