multimeter - Device to record analog data from neurons.
multimeter Create
SLI ] /iaf_cond_alpha Create /n Set
SLI ] n /recordables get ==
[/V_m /g_ex /g_in /t_ref_remaining]
SLI ] /multimeter Create /mm Set
SLI ] mm << /interval 0.5 /record_from [/V_m /g_ex /g_in] >> SetStatus
SLI ] mm n Connect
SLI ] 10 Simulate
SLI ] mm /events get info
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Name Type Value
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g_ex doublevectortype <doublevectortype>
g_in doublevectortype <doublevectortype>
senders intvectortype <intvectortype>
times doublevectortype <doublevectortype>
t_ref_remaining doublevectortype <doublevectortype>
V_m doublevectortype <doublevectortype>
rate doublevectortype <doublevectortype>
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Total number of entries: 6
A multimeter records a user-defined set of state variables from connected nodes
to memory, file or stdout.
The multimeter must be configured with the list of variables to record
from, otherwise it will not record anything. The /recordables property
of a neuron model shows which quantities can be recorded with a multimeter.
A single multimeter should only record from neurons of the same basic
type (e.g. /iaf_cond_alpha and any user-defined models derived from it
using CopyModel). If the defaults or status dictionary of a model neuron
does not contain a /recordables entry, it is not ready for use with
multimeter.
By default, multimeters record values once per ms. Set the parameter /interval
to change this. The recording interval cannot be smaller than the resolution.
Results are returned in the /events entry of the status dictionary. For
each recorded quantity, a vector of doubles is returned. The vector has the
same name as the /recordable. If /withtime is set, times are given in the
/times vector in /events.
Accumulator mode:
A multimeter can operate in accumulator mode. In this case, values for all
recorded variables are added across all recorded nodes (but kept separate in
time). This can be useful to record average membrane potential in a population.
To activate accumulator mode, either set /to_accumulator to true, or set
/record_to [ /accumulator ]. In accumulator mode, you cannot record to file,
to memory, to screen, with GID or with weight. You must activate accumulator
mode before simulating. Accumulator data is never written to file. You must
extract it from the device using GetStatus.
The following parameters can be set in the status dictionary:
\verbatim embed:rst
============ ====== ===================================================
interval ms Recording interval
record_from array Array containing the names of variables to record
from, obtained from the /recordables entry of the
model from which one wants to record
============ ====== ===================================================
\endverbatim
DataLoggingRequest
• The set of variables to record and the recording interval must be set
BEFORE the multimeter is connected to any node, and cannot be changed
afterwards.
• A multimeter cannot be frozen.
• If you record with multimeter in accumulator mode and some of the nodes
you record from are frozen and others are not, data will only be collected
from the unfrozen nodes. Most likely, this will lead to confusing results,
so you should not use multimeter with frozen nodes.
• If you want to pick up values at every time stamp,
you must set the interval to the simulation resolution.
@see UniversalDataLogger
Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Barna Zajzon (added offset support March 2017)
2009-04-01
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