05. User guide in NEST Desktop

1. Open NEST Desktop (By default, it runs on http://localhost:54286).
2. Import project CoSim_Brunel_alpha from usecases on github repository.
3. Validate the generated script (as in screenshot).
4. Click simulate button to submit generated script to start co-simulation.

Important remarks

• Activate CoSim ( and Insite), as well as deactivate nest backend (-> Settings).
• Check if activated backends can be found in NEST Desktop (-> Settings)
• Neurons have to be labelled with annotations MPI spike input and MPI spike output. Then, these neurons exchanges spikes with other simulation via MPI.
• Changing the code template to CoSim-v2.0 it submits generated simulation code to CoSim Server.

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TODO formulate these steps:

• getting started on the VM (source files and tests)
• start insite
• start nest desktop app-server (python) or via zip file
• start cosim
• start nest desktop (somwhere?)
  • connect to insite and cosim
  • create new? simulation or use existing simulation configuration
  • start simulation

--> add screenshots and code snippets!