Important changes in version 5 are as follows :

Stages and trials:

An experiment can now be organized in several stages, each stage comprising several trials.

Each stage has its own recording (start and duration) and analysis (analysis start and end conditions) parameters.

A stage is organized into trials to be carried out depending on several factors. The example below shows a stage made up of 10 trials: 5 days with 2 trials each time (one on a smooth bottom and one on a rough bottom).

The "Animals" block allows you to select the animals that participate in the stage and to plan a different start of recording for each animal.

Automatic creation of tests :

No more manual creation of tests. Ethotrack can now generate them automatically for each stage according to the trials and animals selected. If you add an animal during the experiment, the tests to be performed by this animal are automatically added. If an animal is excluded during the stage, all the tests that have not yet been saved are automatically deleted. Similarly, if you add trials, the corresponding tests are automatically created for each selected animal.

Automatic test planning :

It is possible to specify the start date of a stage, as well as the time to respect between the different trials. Ethotrack can then automatically plan the tests to be performed.

The list of tests to be performed is changing and is now displayed,

• either in the form of a monthly calendar allowing you to quickly view the next tests to be carried out or the tests that are late:

• or in the form of a daily list allowing quick access to the next tests to be carried out.

Automatic arena assignment :

When using secondary arenas to record multiple animals on a single video, Ethotrack automatically assigns animals to arenas on first recording. This assignment can, of course, be easily changed by simply "dragging and dropping" with the mouse.

The assignment used for the first recording is memorized and automatically proposed for the following recordings.