Installation
Installation steps
Get the latest BrainStorm package avaiable at:
- Unzip the brainstorm3_xxxxxx.zip package
If you chose to download the anatomy templates, unzip them in the same directory
Example : the files for template "collin27" should be in .../brainstorm3/templates/anatomy/collin27/Create a folder to store the BrainStorm database anywhere in your home directory (ex: "Protocols" or "brainstorm_protocols")
Note: make sure you will have enough disk space avaiable to store all your recordings and analysis files in the folder, ie. some gigabytes...- "Protocols" or "brainstorm_protocols" somewhere
- Start Matlab
- Go in the .../brainstorm3/ directory
- Type "brainstorm" at the Matlab command prompt
BrainStorm directories
BrainStorm needs three different directories:
Program directory "brainstorm3"
It contains all the Matlab .m script files, and has the following architecture:developers/ : Personal directories of BrainStorm developers. More details...
- doc/ :
- java/ :
- plugins/ :
- templates/eeg/ :
- templates/anatomy/ :
- toolbox/
User directory ".brainstorm"
Created automatically at BrainStorm startup, in the user directory (home directory under linux, "C:\Documents and Settings\username" under Windows).brainstorm.mat : Matlab matrix where the BrainStorm options and database structure are stored.
tmp/ : temporary directory used by some of the BrainStorm functions. Cleaned each time BrainStorm is started
Protocol directory
Created by the user. Contains all the BrainStorm database files.