MouseComparator

Basic Instructions

First, connect both mice to your PC, duh!

Click on the Mouse 1 button with the first mouse. You should see the text box next to the button filled with numbers, this is the handle for the mouse. You can fill in the name or some other description in the text box now that mouse 1 has been identified.

Click on the Mouse 2 button with the second mouse. You should see the text box next to the button filled with numbers, this is the handle for the mouse. You can fill in the name or some other description in the text box now that mouse 2 has been identified.

Arrange the two mice so you can move them along exactly the same path. Try to align them so the sensors are square relative to each other.

Now you can Collect, Stop, and then Plot data using the buttons or the F keys listed in parentheses (F1, F2, F3).

There are three plot types implemented at this time.

Mouse counts vs. time. Sum of mouse counts vs time. X-Y plot

Optional Normalization

Collect a long diagonal line. Press the Calculate button. You will see two values populate the text boxes next to the button. The closest text box is the start to finish path length ratio. The farther text box is the start to finish radial angle difference of the path. These values are used to scale and rotate the data from Mouse 2 in the plots. To reset this just put a 1 in the first box and 0 in the second box.

The calculated path length ratio can be useful for recalculating sensitivity between two mice.