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source/Hardware Guide/Lighthouses/setup.rst

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Setup
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1. Mount 2 Vive Base Station Lighthouse over the setup.
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/vive_front.jpg
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/vive_front.jpg
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Follow these guidelines to decide where to mount your two Lighthouse base stations:
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- They should be centered above and facing the area that will be occupied by the lighthouse receivers.
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- The lighthouses should have the same orientation.
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- The distance between the receiver and the transmitters should not exceed the maximum range. This depends
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on the sensitivity of the receiver's photodiode on the headstage and is best determined experimentally. Each
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base station has a 120° field of view. However, the photodiode has a larger chance of being obstructed from
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the transmitter by parts on the headstage at larger angles.
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- Position measurements are noisier when receivers are at the boundary of the transmitters' range, so leave a
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safe margin.
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- A receiver must be in range of _both_ transmitters in order to measure position.
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- Secure the base stations such that they can't be easily jostled or moved.
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1. Mount 2 Vive Base Station Lighthouse over the behavioral arena.
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/vive_front.jpg
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:width: 48 %
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/vive_front.jpg
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:width: 48 %
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Follow these guidelines when deciding where to mount your Lighthouse base stations:
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.. On the headstage64, the photodiodes allow can accommodate up to at least distance 3m between the lighthouse receivers and transmitters. THIS REQUIRES CONFIRMATION TO INCLUDE IN DOCS, OTHERWISE DELETE.
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- They should be centered above and facing the area the behavioral arena
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- The lighthouses should have the same orientation.
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- The distance between the receiver and the transmitters should not exceed
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the maximum range. This depends on the sensitivity of the receiver's
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photodiode on the headstage and is best determined experimentally. Each
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base station has a 120° field of view. However, the lighthouse receivers
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have a higher chance loosing line of sight of the transmitters at these
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larger angles if the headstage tilts.
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- Position measurements are noisier when receivers are at the boundary of the
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transmitters' range, so leave a safe margin.
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- A receiver must be in range of *both* transmitters in order to measure
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position.
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- Secure the base stations such that they can't be easily jostled or moved.
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The image below shows a cartoon of what a lighthouse & commutator commutator
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might look mounted on extruded aluminum rail. The overlapping green area
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represents the region where a TS4231 device is in range of both base
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stations and can measure position.
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/lighthouse_active-range.svg
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.. tip::
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To confirm if the base station configuration covers the entire desired range, slowly move
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the TS4231 device through the entire desired range while running
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the TS4231 device through the entire arena while running
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`an example workflow <https://open-ephys.github.io/bonsai-onix1-docs/articles/hardware/hs64/workflow.html>`_ and
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`inspecting the TS4231V1PositionData position data visualizer <https://open-ephys.github.io/bonsai-onix1-docs/articles/getting-started/visualize-data.html>`_.
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If the TS4231V1PositionData operator ceases to produce data (i.e. if the visualizer stops updating)
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at a certain spot, the current base station configuration does not cover that spot. If you are unfamiliar with
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using Bonsai to acquire Onix data to do this, visit the OpenEphys.Onix1 Bonsai package
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`Getting Started page <https://open-ephys.github.io/bonsai-onix1-docs/articles/getting-started/index.html>`_.
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The image below shows a cartoon of what a lighthouse setup might look with a commutator as well mounted
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on extruded aluminum rail. The overlapping green area represents the region where a TS4231 device is in
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range of both base stations and can measure position.
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/lighthouse_active-range.svg
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The image below shows an photo of how the actual mounting hardware looks for mounting on extruded aluminum rail.
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The image below shows an photo of how the actual hardware could look for mounting on extruded aluminum rail.
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/lighthouse-mount-example.png
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.. image:: ../../_static/images/lighthouses/lighthouse-mount-example.png
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2. Connect one power adaptor to each base station.
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