Overview

• This page serves as a central information hub presenting an overview of the work done in the SC3 Visualization Framework Use Case.
• In this use case, a connection between NEST Desktop, ViSimpl and Insite was realized.
• The detailed setup guides can be found in the official user guides of NEST Desktop and ViSimpl on ReadTheDocs:
  • ViSimpl https://visimpl-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/06-NestInsite.html
  • NEST Desktop https://nest-desktop.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/usage-external/usage-with-visimpl.html
• More documentation regarding the used in-situ recording backend Insite can be found in the Insite user docs: https://vrgrouprwth.github.io/insite/

Preparation (Quickstart Guide)

First, download the Docker Compose configuration file for NEST Desktop and Insite.

Then, pull the docker images using Docker Compose.

Afterwards, you can start NEST Desktop (with Insite).

For ViSimpl, download the (binary) AppImage from the page, make it executable and then open it.

How to use NEST Desktop with ViSimpl (Quickstart Guide)

1. In NEST Desktop, make sure that both backends (NEST Simulator and Insite) are running.
2. Run the simulation of the network with Insite as recording backend.
3. In ViSimpl, click on the REST button to get data from Insite (check that you use the correct URL).
4. Now, ViSimpl shows spatial dots representing neurons and spikes are displayed in glowing mode.

Usage Video

A video showing the usage can be found here.

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