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Welcome to the Stimulus Control wiki!

Downloading the most recent version

• You can always find the latest release in the following link: https://github.com/cpicanco/stimulus_control/releases

Compiling from Source.

Linux

• Install Lazarus 1.8X, 64 bits (http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/);

• Download the zip source or clone the repository;

• Install the bass library;

• Install zeromq;

• Done!

Windows 7 SP1 or later

Compiling

• Create an account on Github;
• Install GitHub Desktop for windows: https://desktop.github.com/.
• Associate your account to Github Desktop.
• Open GitHub Shell (it came with Github Desktop);
• Clone the repository by executing the following command in the Github Shell prompt:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/cpicanco/stimulus_control.git

• go to the stimulus_control cloned folder using your file explorer.
• Copy platform specific (64 or 32 bits) *.dll files from the dependency folder to the stimulus_control.exe file folder, for example:
  • from stimulus_control/dependency/lbass/windows/64/bass.dll to stimulus_control/bass.dll
  • from stimulus_control/dependency/libzmq-builds/windows/64/libzmq.dll to stimulus_control/libzmq.dll
  • from stimulus_control/dependency/inpout32.dll to stimulus_control/inpout32.dll (optional)
• Install Lazarus IDE (in this case 64 bits);
• Open Lazarus
• Choose the Build Mode for your platform (for example, Windows64 release) by clicking at the drop down arrow of the engine button;
• Press the play button (the green one) or F9 and wait until compilation is done;
• Enjoy!

NOTE: Install Visual C++ redistributable 2017 if necessary (libzmq dependency):

• install vc_redist.x86.exe for 32bits machines.
• Install vc_redist.x64.exe for 64bits machines.

NOTE: The distributed libzmq.dll requires at least service pack 1: https://superuser.com/a/1041874

Synchronizing

To synchronize your source code and be updated with recent changes:

• Open GitHub Shell;
• execute the following commands pressing enter for each line:

cd .\stimulus_control
git stash
git pull

• Recompile the program.
• Done!

Optional for all systems

• Install VideoLan Player
• Install EpikTimer design package and rebuild Lazarus, instructions here: http://wiki.freepascal.org/EpikTimer