Mock Scanner 2.0

A lightweight, cross-platform tool designed to simulate scanner triggers automatically. It starts on launch and can be seamlessly embedded into any experimental framework that supports standard socket functions.

Installation

You can download from the releases or install from my homebrew tap

brew tap ChengranAA/neuraltools
brew install mock_scanner

Usage

Add the following snippet to your experiment scripts

For python:

import socket

def start_scanner(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 2333):
    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
        s.connect((host, port))
        s.sendall(b"Start")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    start_scanner()
    # rest of your code

For MATLAB:

function start_scanner(host, port)
    if nargin < 1
        host = '127.0.0.1';
    end
    if nargin < 2
        port = 2333;
    end

    t = tcpclient(host, port);
    write(t, uint8('Start'));
    clear t;
end

start_scanner();
% rest of your code