Download and requirements

EasySpin comes in a single zip file, containing all toolbox functions and the full documentation.

EasySpin requires MATLAB 6.5 (R13) or later on either Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Linux (on PC) or Mac. Beyond a basic MATLAB installation, no additional MATLAB toolboxes are needed to run EasySpin.

Installation

Important note to Mac OS X Leopard users: Before installing EasySpin, please install Xcode, availabe from the web or from the OS DVD.

  1. Download the EasySpin zip file.
  2. Unpack the EasySpin zip file to a folder, e.g., C:\ or /var/myfiles/. Once unpacked, EasySpin is contained in a subfolder of C:\ (or /var/myfiles/ or whatever directory you chose) which in turn contains various subfolders:
  3. Launch MATLAB.
  4. Add the EasySpin subfolder easyspin to the MATLAB search path by going to the menu File → Set Path... → Add Folder..., selecting the easyspin subfolder in your EasySpin directory, and clicking on "Save".
  5. Remove any folders containing older EasySpin installations from the MATLAB search path.
  6. Type easyspincompile at the MATLAB command prompt. Possibly you are asked to select a C compiler. In that case, choose Lcc (Windows) or gcc (Linux, OSX).
  7. Quit and re-launch MATLAB.
  8. Type easyspininfo at the MATLAB command prompt. The output should look like
    ==================================================================
    
      EasySpin, a MATLAB toolbox for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
    
        Release:          3.0.0 (2008-12-07)
    
    ==================================================================
    
        Directory:        R:\easyspin-3.0.0\easyspin
        MATLAB version:   7.3.0.267 (R2006b)
        Platform:         Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
        System date:      07-Dec-2008 23:07:00
        Temp dir:         C:\DOKUME~1\abc\LOKALE~1\Temp\
        mex-files:        mexw32, ok
    
    ==================================================================
    
  9. To view the documentation, point your web browser to documentation/index.html in your EasySpin installation directory and bookmark that page. In addition, EasySpin documentation is also accessible via the MATLAB help browser. It is listed together with other installed toolboxes. Type doc in the MATLAB command window to access the MATLAB help system.
License
  1. You may download and use EasySpin free of charge and without any restrictions.
  2. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of EasySpin.
  3. You may not rent or sell any part of EasySpin.
  4. You may not use or modify EasySpin or a part of it for other software which is not freely available at no cost.
  5. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble EasySpin.
  6. EasySpin comes without warranty of any kind.
  7. If you use results obtained with the help of EasySpin in any scientific publication, cite the appropriate publication.