Schedule Manager Software

Summary

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• Designed for non-programmers running standard schedules with structured data collection. Like other closed- ended programming systems, there is a limit to what can be accomplished with Schedule Manager. However, the advantage of selecting a Med Associates system is that should your needs ever demand an open programming language such as Med-PC, the hardware purchased from us will always be 100% compatible.
• Compatible with all Med Associates equipment
• Collect, display, and analyze data gathered from up to 8 chambers at a resolution of 10 ms or better
• Enables the design of protocols such as:
  Fixed Ratio (FR), Variable Ratio (VR), Random Ratio (RR), Fixed Interval (FI), Variable Interval (VI), Random Interval (RI), Fixed Time (FT), Variable Time (VT), Differential Reinforcement High Level (DRH), Differential Reinforcement Low Level (DRL), Extinction (EXT)

Experiment design

• Build procedures with up to 100 individual components each
• The number of components is unlimited by means of repeat loops and timed blocks
• A “populate chambers” button allows common information to be loaded to all chambers at one time to greatly reduce setup time
• Monitor all component details or simulate responses to test procedure logic

Chamber control

• User-defined labels for all inputs and outputs to easily identify test modules and what procedure is being run in them
• Pause or stop a running chamber at any time during the experiment, save or abandon the data, and reload any existing procedure from the directory without affecting other tests in progress

Analyze

• Automatically creates data files for use in the SoftCR Cumulative Recorder software (SOF-721/-722) for graphical printouts, independent of the component data file
• Summary data is automatically saved in an individual, fully annotated, ASCII file, and may be organized: chronologically, by component with full detail, or by component detail only (optional time stamps in SoftCR format can be saved in a separate file)

Required Hardware

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• Med Associates operant chamber
• Input (lever, nose poke, etc.)
• Stimulus (light, tone generator, etc.)
• Reward delivery (pellet dispenser/receptacle, liquid dipper, etc.)

 

For more information, check out the brochure or this webpage.
SKU:   SOF-706