This is the online user manual for the ethoscope platform. Make sure you read the papers before embarking on this adventure. This user manual is a continous work in progress. If you find mistakes or issues of any kind, please let Giorgio Gilestro know [email protected].

Relevant papers:

• Ethoscopes: An open platform for high-throughput ethomics - Geissmann et al 2017
• Rethomics: An R framework to analyse high-throughput behavioural data - Geissmann et al 2019
• ethoscopy & ethoscope-lab: a framework for behavioural analysis to lower entrance barrier and aid reproducibility - Blackhurst et al 2023

Building the platform

Platform's structure and principle

The node

The network

The ethoscope

Arenas

Accessory modules

Maintaining the platform

General principles

Updating ethoscopes

Restarting services

Performing data backup

Ongoing work

What is ongoing

New modular structure and new electronics

Improvements

Special uses

Offline tracking

Recovering data from the Ethoscope SD CARD

Useful tricks

The Metadata Database Server

Troubleshooting

General troubleshooting

Exploring the database

Troubleshoot code directly on the ethoscope