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Network Construction FAQ:
Q. How do I connect two components on the
breadboard?
A. There are two ways. The
easiest way is to left-click select the "from"
component, and then right-click select the "to"
component, and choose "Connect To" from the
menu. The other way is to manually grab the male
connector of the "from" component, and drag it
over the female component of the "to"
component, and release it.
Q.How
do I move or delete a connection?
A. First, of the two
components connected by the connector, identify the
"to" component. Then, identify where the male
end of the connector joins with the female receptor of
the "to" component. To move it, left-click
select it, and then left-click drag it to a new location.
To delete it, right-click select it and choose delete
from the menu.
Q. How
can I make a connector follow a path instead of straight
line?
A.First, move the male end
of the connector to the first way-point on your path (see
the previous question). Then, while holding down the
shift key, drag the end of the connector to the next
way-point. Continue in this fashion until the connector
follows the desired path. Finally, drag the male end of
the connector over the female receptor of the
"to" component.
Q.Why
can’t I connect a Synapse to multiple Axons?
A. In NeuroSolutions, only
Axons can branch. Thus, you can connect a single Axon to
multiple Synapses but not the opposite.
Q. When I
try to create a recurrency in my network, why do I get a
message that there’s an infinite loop in the data
flow?
A. NeuroSolutions is a
discrete-time simulator, and thus any recurrent loops
must have a delay. Otherwise, the components in the loop
would fire in sequence forever without ever advancing the
time. In NeuroSolutions, Synapses implement the delays,
and can be changed from the inspector’s Synapse
property page. Setting at least one Synapse in your
recurrent loop to a delay of one or greater will solve
the problem.
Q. What’s
the meaning of "stacked access"?
A. When you put one
component on another, such as placing a probe on a file
component, its access is said to be "stacked",
in that the data it receives (or sends) comes from (or
goes to) the same access point as the component below it.
Note that a stacked component only communicates with
those components that are below it, not above it
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