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26 changes: 23 additions & 3 deletions course/cshl-2026/docs/fictrac.md
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1. Create a **new folder** for this rig (or a dated copy for this config change).
2. Put the config file in it.
3. On Windows, right-click inside that folder and open a PowerShell/Terminal
3. Copy the config file into the **`reiser`** folder, listed under Quick Access
in every Windows Explorer window on the rig computers. The configuration
files FicTrac actually runs from live in its `fictrac\cshl` subfolder.
4. On Windows, right-click inside that folder and open a PowerShell/Terminal
window there. Run FicTrac from that folder.
4. Data writes into that folder, per trial.

A faster way: the Windows quickstart bar has an icon with a **green upward
arrow**. Clicking it opens a PowerShell window already at the FicTrac base
directory. From there, run FicTrac with the config file's path as an
argument, e.g. for rig 2's config file:

```
build\Release\fictrac.bat cshl\config02.txt
```
5. Data writes into that folder, per trial.

Keeping one folder per config means you never lose a working setup. A shared
"starter" config is a good starting point but will **not** work as-is on every
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## Calibrating with `configGUI`

On Windows, open PowerShell/Terminal in the folder containing the config file,
then run the config GUI (`configGUI.bat`). Work through its steps:
then run the config GUI (`configGUI.bat`). Using the quickstart-bar icon
(PowerShell at the FicTrac base directory), the equivalent command for rig 2's
config file is:

```
build\Release\configGui.bat cshl\config02.txt
```

Work through its steps:

1. **Define the ball circle** — click at least three points around the ball's
perimeter to estimate its outline. Double-right-click removes a point.
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