Blanking the laser between trials

Sometimes, during long behavioral sessions, it is advantageous to turn off the laser between trials to minimize damage while keeping the microscope scanning.  To do this without introducing any additional noise that may influence the behavioral state we use the Pockels cell.  Scanbox now allows one to blank the laser by sending a command over…

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Scanbox is Windows 10 compatible

We have upgraded to Windows 10 without major problems. Scanbox along with all the other drivers appear to be running just fine. The only issue that we ran into is access to the parallel computing toolbox using a GeForce GTX Titan Z card.  While Scanbox can still run without the parallel computing toolbox, some features will be…

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