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-# runmananger
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-runmanager is a graphical user interface (GUI) used to aid the compilation of labscript experiment scripts into hardware instructions to be executed on the hardware. Experiment parameters can be adjusted in the GUI, and lists of parameters can be used to create sequences of experiments, and scan over complex parameter spaces.
+# the _labscript suite_ » runmanager
 
-([view on Github](https://github.com/labscript-suite/runmananger))
+### Graphical and remote interface to parameterized experiments
 
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+**runmanager** is an intuitive graphical interface for controlling [*labscript suite*](https://github.com/labscript-suite/labscript-suite) experiments.
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+Experiment parameters are defined and modified in runmanager and referenced in the labscript experiment logic (Python scripts). runmanager provides a potent framework for parameter space exploration; parameters can be raw Python expressions, with multiple iterable parameters scanned over via an outer product and/or in unison.
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+runmanager can be run on any host with network access to the hardware supervisor [**blacs**](https://github.com/labscript-suite/blacs), and includes a remote programming interface for automation.
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+## Installation
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+runmanager is distributed as a Python package on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/user/labscript-suite) and [Anaconda Cloud](https://anaconda.org/labscript-suite), and should be installed with other components of the _labscript suite_. Please see the [installation guide](https://docs.labscriptsuite.org/en/latest/installation) for details.
