Installation

Data Acquisition with ACQ4

For users who want to set up ACQ4 for data acquisition, we provide an automated installer that handles the installation of ACQ4 and its dependencies.

Windows

Install miniconda or anaconda, then run the following from an anaconda prompt:

curl -o install_acq4.bat https://acq4.org/install_acq4.bat && install_acq4.bat && del install_acq4.bat

Which will create a desktop shortcut to launch ACQ4.

Linux

wget https://acq4.org/install_acq4.sh -O install_acq4.sh && bash install_acq4.sh && rm install_acq4.sh

After installation, you can start ACQ4 by running the start_acq4.sh script created in the new folder.

Data Access and Analysis with ACQ4

For users who want to access and analyze data recorded with ACQ4, we recommend installing ACQ4 via pip:

pip install acq4

Or alternately, you can clone the git repository and install in editable mode:

git clone https://github.com/acq4/acq4.git
cd acq4
pip install -e .

The ACQ4 package can then be imported in python scripts for data access and analysis:

from acq4.util.DataManager import getDirHandle

dm = getDirHandle('/path/to/acq4/data/')
# ...access and analyze data