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Venus Sherathiya edited this page Aug 30, 2023 · 83 revisions

GuPPy - Guided Photometry Analysis in Python

  • GuPPy installation instructions can be found via this link: GuPPy Installation
  • The current version of GuPPy is v1.2.0 and the Wiki instructions refer to this version

Running GuPPy (after installation)

a. Open Anaconda Prompt window (for windows) or open terminal window (for Mac or Linux)

b. Activate GuPPy environment with the following command:

conda activate guppy 

c. Navigate to location of GuPPy using the following command:

cd path_to_GuPPy_folder
  • Example: cd Documents/GuPPy-main

d. Update GuPPy conda environment using the following command:

  • Note : filename in the command should be replaced by spec_file_windows10.txt or spec_file_mac.txt or spec_file_linux.txt (based on your OS)
  • This command will initiate various transactions. Wait until they are all done
  • If the Anaconda Prompt or Terminal window asks: Proceed ([y]/n)? Respond with y
conda update -n guppy --file filename

e. Launch GUI using the following command:

panel serve --show GuPPy/savingInputParameters.ipynb

Step 1 : Save Input Parameters using Input Parameters GUI

Step 2 : Save storenames using Storenames GUI

Step 3 : Read raw data

Step 4 : Extract timestamps and apply corrections

Step 5 : Compute PSTH

Step 6 : Visualization

Step 7 : Group Analysis

Things to keep in mind