Arena Properties dialog

How to fill in the dialog box fields...

Fill in the dialog box field as indicated below. You may also accept presented default values and options. Disregard grayed fields and options. When done, press Ok to continue. Or press Cancel to abort. The setup file name will be preserved when quitting Wintrack and the file reloaded when Wintrack is started the next time.

Type
Use this radio button field to indicate the type of your experimental setup:

• water maze = cued or spatial water maze,
• Barnes maze = Barnes circular maze,
• open field = free openfield,
• custom with setup file = custom experimental setup defined in the setup file which you specify in the file field associated with this option. Use this option if none of the three predefined setup types applies to your situation. Setup files are expected to have the extension .WSP.

Size and shape
This group of number fields controls the size and shape of the maze and any fields it contains:

• maze [m] specifies the diameter of the maze.
• goal platform [m] specifies the diameter of the goal platform in a water maze. This field is available if you select water maze in the Type field.
• Barnes holes [m] specifies the diameter of the peripheral holes of a Barnes circular maze. This field is only available if you select Barnes maze in the Type field.

Position coordinates
This group of array fields controls the position of any fields the maze contains:

• NE defines the coordinates of the center of the Northeast goal annulus. This field is only available if you select water maze in the Type field.
• NW defines the coordinates of the center of the Northwest goal annulus. This field is only available if you select water maze in the Type field.
• SE defines the coordinates of the center of the Southeast goal annulus. This field is only available if you select water maze in the Type field.
• SW defines the coordinates of the center of the Northeast goal annulus. This field is only available if you select water maze in the Type field.
• first Barnes hole defines the coordinates of the center of the first Barnes maze hole. This field is only available if you select Barnes maze in the Type field.

Additional information...

• The topic Arena Properties command explains the basics of the command.
• The equivalent macro statement is explained in the topic Arena Properties statement.
• There is a toolbar shortcut to specify properties of the arena.
• Managing custom setup files provides more information on the management of custom setup files.
• See Creating and using macros to learn how to use and create macros.
• Keyboard Shortcuts gives an overview on keyboard shortcuts.
• Using the Wintrack toolbar gives an overview of toolbar shortcuts.