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Many application require a custom tailored experimental approach or
user interface. The HEKA software packages provide different means for
tuning the system.
Automation and Standardization
The HEKA programs PATCHMASTER, CHARTMASTER and FITMASTER
provide a Protocol Editor which allows the design of more complex experimental
work flows. The Protocol Editor also allows to include conditional
statements in order to react upon online calculated analysis results
or user input. The Protocol Editor is the central engine in PATCHMASTER
which controls the interplay between patch clamp amplifier, stimulation
and acquisition, online analysis and user interaction.
User Interface
All buttons in the HEKA programs provide a so-called "icon configuration"
which can be used to control e.g. position, size, color or the icon.
Individual icons, in addition, can be hidden. The customized window
configuration can then be saves as dialog file and serves as new user
interface at the next start-up of the program.
Batch communication
All HEKA programs of the "Master" family include the so-called "batch
communication" interface which allows to control the software from
another application. This interface is widely used to customize an experimental
workflow to a larger extend than it is possible with the protocol
editor. The HEKA software then serves as kind of engine running in the
background. The advantage is that the user does not have to worry about
many standard operations which are provided by the HEKA software
but has full freedom to create his own application on top of the HEKA
program.
EPC DLL
For customers requiring even a larger freedom for writing their own
application than described above, HEKA provides a dynamic link library
which gives direct access to HEKA patch clamp amplifiers and data
acquisition interfaces. The DLL can be used with most programming
languages, such as C, Pascal, Delphi, and Visual Basic. The DLL provides
functions for controlling all amplifier settings and for stimulation and data
acquisition.
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discover EPC DLL:
- write you own custom tailored software
- easy support of various HEKA hardware
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