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11 <title>Setting-up MATLAB (LTPDA Toolbox)</title>
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15 "Presents an overview of the features, system requirements, and starting the toolbox.">
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21 <p style="font-size:1px;">&nbsp;</p>
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25 <tr>
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26 <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td>
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30 "bottom" alt="System Requirements"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=
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32 "bottom" alt="Additional 3rd-party software"></a></td>
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36 <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Setting-up MATLAB</h1>
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37 <hr>
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41 <p>Setting up MATLAB to work properly with the LTPDA Toolbox requires a few steps:</p>
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44 <li>
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45 <p><a href="setup.html#path">Add the LTPDA Toolbox to the MATLAB path</a></p>
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46 </li>
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47 <li>
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48 <p><a href="setup.html#startup">Starting LTPDA Toolbox</a></p>
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49 </li>
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50 <li>
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51 <p><a href="setup.html#prefs">Edit the LTPDA Preferences</a></p>
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52 </li>
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53 </ul>
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55 <a name="path" id= "path"></a>
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56 <h3 class="title">Add the LTPDA Toolbox to the MATLAB path</h3>
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58 <p>
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59 After downloading and un-compressing the LTPDA Toolbox, you should add the
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60 directory <tt>ltpda_toolbox</tt> to your MATLAB path. To do this:
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61 <ul>
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62 <li> File -> Set Path... </li>
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63 <li> Choose "Add with Subfolders" and browse to the location of <tt>ltpda_toolbox</tt> </li>
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64 <li> "Save" your new path. MATLAB may require you to save your new <tt>pathdef.m</tt> to a
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65 new location in the case that you don't have write access to the default location. For more
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66 details read the documentation on "pathdef" (<tt>>> doc pathdef</tt>). </li>
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67 </ul>
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70 <a name="ltpdastartup" id= "ltpdastartup"></a>
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72 <a name="startup" id= "startup"></a>
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73 <h3 class="title">Starting LTPDA Toolbox</h3>
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75 <p>
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76 To start using the LTPDA Toolbox, execute the following command on the MATLAB terminal:
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77 <div class="fragment">
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78 <pre>
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79 ltpda_startup </pre>
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80 </div>
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81 This should launch the LTPDA Launchbay, and you should see the LTPDA logo on the MATLAB terminal.
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82 When you run this for the first time, you will also be presented with the LTPDA Preferences GUI from
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83 where you can edit the preferences for the toolbox (see below).
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84 </p>
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85 <p>
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86 If everything has gone well, you should be able to run a set of built-in tests by doing:
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88 <pre>
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89 run_tests
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90 </pre>
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91 </div>
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92 This will run about 100 test scripts. These test scripts can be found in <tt>$ltpda_toolbox/examples</tt>
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93 and serve as useful example scripts.
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94 </p>
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95 <p>
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96 In order to automatically start the LTPDA Toolbox
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97 when MATLAB starts up, add the command <tt>ltpda_startup</tt> to your own <tt>startup.m</tt>
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98 file. See <tt>>> doc startup</tt> for more details on installing and editing your own <tt>startup.m</tt> file.
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99 </p>
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101 <a name="prefs" id= "prefs"></a>
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102 <h3 class="title">Edit the LTPDA Preferences</h3>
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104 <p>
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105 The LTPDA Toolbox comes with a default set of starting preferences. These may need
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106 to be edited for your particular system (though most of the defaults should be fine).
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107 To edit the preferences, you first need to have the LTPDA toolbox installed as described
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108 above, then run the command
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109 <div class="fragment"><pre>
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110 LTPDAprefs
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111 </pre></div>
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112 or click on the "LTPDA Preferences" button on the launchbay. You should see the following GUI:
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113 </p>
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114 <p>
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115 <img src="images/LTPDAprefs.png" alt="LTPDA Preferences GUI" border="0"> </p>
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116 <p>
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117 Edit all the preferences you want and then click apply to save the preferences. These new preferences
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118 will be used each time you start LTPDA.
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119 </p>
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135 "System Requirements"></a>&nbsp;</td>
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137 <td align="left">System Requirements</td>
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141 <td align="right">Additional 3rd-party software</td>
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145 "bottom" alt="Additional 3rd-party software"></a></td>
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149 <p class="copy">&copy;LTP Team</p>
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