Getting Started ================ Introduction ------------- Ceed is a Python based application to help run in-vitro experiments that optically stimulates brain slices and records their activity. Ceed is the user interface for describing and running the experiments. The overall system is described in :ref:`ceed-blueprint`. See the :ref:`ceed-guide` for a user guide. Complete developer API documentation is at :ref:`ceed-root-api`. .. _usage: Usage ----- Ceed is normally run on the PC connected to the required hardware described in :ref:`ceed-blueprint`. However, it can also be run in a demo-mode on a Windows/Linux PC without any additional hardware (see :ref:`demo-install`). To run Ceed, you first need to install it as a python package; see :ref:`install-ceed`. After it's installed, you can run it by running the ``run_app`` file, or by entering ``ceed`` in the terminal. For example:: python ceed/run_app.py # or if you are in the python environment where ceed was installed, just ceed Configuration ------------- Ceed can be fully configured through a `yaml file `__. This file is normally in the data directory under ceed, where ceed is installed. Documentation for all the configuration options is listed in the `configuration docs `_.