Command: testsuite::test_iaf_dc_aligned_delay

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Name:
 testsuite::test_iaf_dc_aligned_delay - sli script for test of iaf_neuron resolution independence 

Synopsis:
 (test_iaf_dc_aligned_delay) run -> compare response with reference data


Description:

 test_iaf_dc_aligned_delay.sli is a modified version of
 test_iaf_dc_aligned. The output generated by the former is exactly
 identical to the output of the latter. However, the  dependence of the
 simulation script on the computation step size is fully removed by
 replacing the default value of the delay between DC generator and
 neuron by a value specified in ms and larger than the largest
 computation step size to be used in the simulation. Note that the
 specification of the delay is now independent of the computation step
 size.

 In addition, variables are introduced to clarify the meaning of 
 of various time measures and a few relationships are tested.

 The expected output is documented and briefly commented at the end of
 the script.

 The intention of this script is that the current starts to affect the
 neuron (is present from) at time t=3ms (dc_visible). With a delay of
 1ms (dc_delay), the time stamp of the emitted current event (dc_on)
 needs to be dc_visible - dc_delay. Thus, according to the definitions
 of the timing scheme, the emission time of the DC generator (start)
 needs to be dc_visible - dc_delay.

Remarks:

  In earlier versions, the file

     test_iaf_dc_aligned_automatic.sli

  contained a further improved version of this script. Here, /start
  specified the activation time t of the device not the time stamp t+h
  of the first event that can be emitted. An additional property /on
  was required to make the SLI code independent of the resolution. The
  device carried out the transformation start = on - h (see also
  test_iaf_dc_aligned.sli).  Now the code in
  test_iaf_dc_aligned_automatic.sli is identical to the code in this
  file.


Author:
  February 2004, Diesmann, Gewaltig, Plesser
SeeAlso:testsuite::test_iaf_dc testsuite::test_iaf_dc_aligned testsuite::test_iaf_dc_aligned_automatic
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/testsuite/unittests/test_iaf_dc_aligned_delay.sli

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