Core Shuttle Box system

Features

• Record video, log data, and regulate water parameters in up to three tanks at a time
• Improved video tracking similar to LoliTrack 5
• Track multiple objects in a single tank
• Analyze videos offline of shuttle box experiments whenever you want
• Easily set up masks, zones and filter out objects. Change settings during an experiment
• Comprehensive live and offline data analysis functionality directly in ShuttleSoft 3
• Batch import and analyze data across multiple experiments
• Export data as Excel file for further analysis
• Export recorded video of experiment with or without overlays
• Create or import protocols for water quality regulation

ShuttleSoft 3 is fast and user-friendly real-time video tracking and analysis software for Windows 11/10. It is used with our aquatic shuttle box systems for automated preference/avoidance tests in fish or inverts. The software communicates seamlessly with required hardware for video recording, water parameter sensing, and pump control for water parameter regulation.

This major upgraded version features many improvements and additions as well as a much better and faster tracking performance on regular PCs. ShuttleSoft 3 can now record video, log data, and regulate water parameters in up to three shuttle tanks at a time – all from a single PC. And with the possibility of tracking multiple objects, you can now reduce your time spent on shuttle box experiments considerably.

You can track multiple objects simultaneously in up to three tanks. ShuttleSoft 3 can even distinguish objects of same (or different) shape, color, and size, and it can handle occlusions, e.g., collisions or crossing paths. ShuttleSoft 3 works with most video cameras and file formats, and it includes a video recording tool so that you can replay each experiment offline. Videos can be exported as .avi files with or without data overlay.

Exported videos can be analyzed separately from live experiments. This offline feature applies to static shuttle box experiments, and means that you can video record your experiment, and then analyze the video whenever you have time.

ShuttleSoft 3 also boasts an in-depth data analysis dashboard. You can view live data and statistics during live experiments or analyze one or multiple experiments offline. Besides data parameter calculations and statistics, each data parameter is also shown in a customizable graph that can be exported individually. Additionally, you can export all data or a selection hereof as an Excel file for further analysis.

Calculated parameters:

• Speed
• Distance moved
• Number of passages
• Time and % of time spent in zones
• Preference values for Custom values
• Avoidance and preference values for object’s core temperature
• Maximum and minimum levels of oxygen, temperature, salinity, or pH/CO₂
• Avoidance and preference values for oxygen, temperature, salinity, or pH/CO₂

Zones, e.g., high zone and low zone, masks, and filter settings are easily created, and can be changed during an experiment to account for changes, e.g., in the ambient light level.

ShuttleSoft 3 is compatible with the following instruments: Witrox 1 and 4, WTW instruments, and PowerX4.

• Free demo. ShuttleSoft 3 will run in demo mode, if the license dongle is not inserted. Running ShuttleSoft 3 in demo mode means you cannot use real hardware, but you can get a feel for how the software works. Alternatively, you can ask us for advice.
• Quick guide. Read our Quick guide for ShuttleSoft 3 to get started using the software.
• FAQ. Visit our online FAQ for more information and help with ShuttleSoft 3.

This Class 1 Bluetooth 4.0 dongle for USB and external antennae doubles the wireless range of your (Class 2) PC system.

Shuttle tank for testing aquatic animal behavior in different controlled environments.

Use our tank to test the behavior of animals moving freely between zones of different water temperature, oxygen, salinity, turbidity, pollutants etc. It is also possible to set up a combination of different environmental effects, e.g., simultaneous exposure to increased temperatures and oxygen depletion.

The Shuttle tank is an 8-figure shaped tank in which an animal can shuttle between two compartments via a short passage. Water is slowly rotating inside each sub compartment preventing any mixing of water between the two.

This buffer tank is made use with a Loligo^® shuttle tank and has the volume and ports needed for feeding the tank with a continuous flow of water by gravity and regulating water quality (temperature, oxygen, pH/CO2, salinity).

Features

• Compact USB 3.1 camera
• 5 MP CMOS sensor
• USB Type-C connector
• For use with IR lighting

This high value for money, compact, and industrial German C-mount camera with SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps is equipped with the versatile 1/2.5" 5.04 MP CMOS sensor ON Semiconductor and USB Type-C connector. It is ideally suited for microscopy and lab applications requiring high image resolution, and for applications with poor or changing lighting conditions. The camera comes without IR filter making it ideal for use with our IR lighting panels for applications requiring back illumination, e.g., shuttle tanks.

Use this camera with our free Video Recorder software to record and edit videos.

Included with the camera:

• USB cable (3 m)
• Tripod adapter plate with 6.3 mm (¼") camera thread
• Wall bracket mount with 6.3 mm (¼") camera thread

FEATURES

• Professional grade 6 mm monofocal lens
• For use with C-mount cameras with 1/1.8” sensors
• Various focal lengths for different applications

This high-quality, 6 mm monofocal lens can be used with C-mount cameras. Optimal camera sensor size is 1/1.8”. The lens has a mechanical adjuster for focus and for aperture. Several different focal lengths are available to meet your specific application.

German-made submersible Eheim pump (centrifugal) for use in sea and fresh water.

Tube clamp for <20 mm tubes.

FEATURES

• Flexible (dim) PVC tubing
• Use for toxic-free applications

This toxic-free tubing is made from very flexible PVC and has a translucent appearance. The tubing is ideal for use in our any of our systems to connect pumps, chambers, fittings etc. The translucent characteristic makes it easy to monitor for air bubbles or other unwanted elements inside the tubing.

This SET comes with a pH 3310 instrument, serial interface, mobile case, SenTix 41 pH probe, and three buffer solutions (pH 4, pH 7, and KaCl).

Use this industrial grade 4-fold power strip for software-driven control and monitoring of equipment via LAN/Ethernet or Bluetooth.

Connect pumps, solenoid valves, or stirrers to one of four independent electrical sockets switching at zero current (ZCS), e.g., for automated respirometry, water quality regulation, shuttle box experiments etc.

Electrical parameters like input voltage and power consumption (in Amps) for each relay, can be monitored and logged in Loligo^® software for diagnostics of connected appliances.

FEATURES

• Regulate temperature levels in water tanks
• Sturdy and submersible water pump
• Heating coil for effective temperature regulation

This accessory set is used for regulation of water temperature. The sturdy submersible Eheim pump can be switched on/off using our PowerX4 Bluetooth/ethernet power strip. When activated, the Eheim pump forces water through the tubing and stainless-steel coil. Immerse the coil in chilled or heated water to change ambient water temperature.