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Make sure your electrophysiology amplifiers are turned on and configured. For the MultiCLamp this includes running MultiClamp Commander and the MultiClamp Telegraph client.
All other hardware should be configured using the startup initialization file (e.g. startEphussee ephusInit_model.m or sample files). Study this file carefully and make sure all configurations are correct.
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Start the program by running ephus.m and selecting your initialization file when prompted, or by passing the name of your initialization file to the ephus.m function at the command-line.
This brings up all Ephus program windows. When prompted for a configuration select 'cancel'; after all you don't have one yet. Make the Matlab command window visible. You should see a bunch of messages, concluding with 'loading completed'.
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