Environmental Variables
Introduction
Environmental variables are used to hold default values for various MatOFF operations. Environmental variables are controlled using theMatOFF Setenv command. It is common to initialize these values in STARUP.PRO. (See Getting Started.) The MatOFF Batch command simulates a DOS batch file environment and the environmental variables can in a MatOFF batch file. This feature adds to the scripting power of MatOFF. (See Scripting.) On Windows 98 machines, it is possible to open a DOS window and set the environmental variables before running MATLAB, although this feature is now simply for backwards compatibility.
Examples
Example using the DOS "set" command inside a batch file. The batch file must be run with the MatOFF Batch command.
SET DATAPATH=C:\mydata
Example using Setenv command
setenv datapath c:\mydata
A list of the environmental variables
| ANALOGSTART | Event code that triggers start of analog recording. Usually code 100. Event code must be under 10,000. |
| ANALOGSTOP | Event code that signals the end of analog recording. Usually code 101. Event code must be under 10,000. |
| DATAPATH | Path for all data files |
| DEFAULTPATH | Path used when no alternate path is defined with other environment variables. The current directory is used if this variable is not set. See the Pwd command. |
| DISPLAYUNITS | Use 'absolute' unless you are process a very old PCOFF file. See the Axis command for details. |
| DUMPLABEL | Text string that will be used in the header of Set <process> SHOW/KEEP listings. |
| DUMPMODE | Set to APPEND to append lines with the Dump spikes command. |
| DUMPPATH | Path for files created by the Set or Dump commands. |
| DUMPTEXT | Added to each line of output in the Dump spikes file. |
| EDITOR | Path and file for the default text editor |
| EOGSAMPLERATE | Default sample rate for A/D data. |
| EVENTCODEFILE | File that describes each event code. Used by Makdat for debugging messages. |
| FORMATPATH | Path for *.FMT ASCII output format files. See Exporting results. |
| GRAPHICSFORMAT | Sets the graphics file format saved with the Plot command. |
| HISTORYPATH | Location of user's history script. |
| LAYOUTPATH | Default directory for storing KOFLAY.DAT and other saved layouts. See the Layout command. |
| MAKDAT | Default option settings to use for the Makdat command. |
| MAKDUMP | All Makdat command debugging information will be dumped to file specified by this variable. |
| MAXINPUTTRIALS | Special debugging option for the Makdat command. See notes below. |
| MAXTRIALSFOUND | Limits the number of matches a sequence can make. |
| METACHAR1 | Sets the ASCII character used to identify parameters for metafiles. See Scripting language. The default value is "$". |
| METACHAR2 | Sets the ASCII character used to identify MatOFF command line parameters for metafiles. See Scripting language. The default value is "%". |
| METAPATH | Path used to find metafiles. |
| PLOTPATH | Path for plot files. See the Plot command. |
| PROTOCOLPATH | Path for protocol files. See Scripting language and the Load command. |
| REMAPFILE | Name of file that defines which Cortex event codes are treated as spikes. See the Makdat command. |
| STATPATH | Path for all statistical results files (.MWU, .EPK, etc.) |