Temperature Preference Tracker v2 |
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Temp-Pref Tracker is a Windows desktop application for real-time, webcam-based object tracking designed for thermal preference research. It uses an infrared / low light sensitive USB camera for contrast-based contour detection to follow a subject (i.e., a fish) inside a two-choice thermal arena and records timestamped X-Y coordinates at one-second intervals.
When paired with a Measurement Computing (MCC) USB DAQ device, the software can also monitor temperature via analog input channels, control heating and cooling hardware via digital outputs, and trigger a mixing pump based on the subject's position.
Key capabilities:
When paired with a Measurement Computing (MCC) USB DAQ device, the software can also monitor temperature via analog input channels, control heating and cooling hardware via digital outputs, and trigger a mixing pump based on the subject's position.
Key capabilities:
- Real-time contrast-based object tracking
- Automatic brightness-based tracking calibration with user adjustable sensitivity sliders
- Adjustable X-threshold line that splits the arena into left/right zones
- Mask drawing tools to isolate the region of interest
- DAQ hardware: dual-channel / chamber temperature monitoring with 2-point calibration
- Digital output control for heating, cooling, and mixing pump trigger with safety limits, rate limits, and temperature-difference maintenance
- System Control trials with configurable heat/cool cycling
- Data export to timestamped CVS files
- Trial (7-day) and licensed activation modes
| temppreftrackerv2installer.zip |
| temppreftracker_manual_v2.2.pdf |