.. currentmodule:: brian

Realtime control
****************

A running Brian simulation can be controlled, for example using an IPython shell.
This can work either on a single computer, or over IP from another computer.
The process running the simulation calls something like::

	server = RemoteControlServer()

and the IPython shell calls::

	client = RemoteControlClient()

The shell can now execute and evaluate in the server process via::

	spikes = client.evaluate('M.spikes')
	i, t = zip(*spikes)
	plot(t, i, '.')
	client.stop()

Parameters can be changed as the simulation runs. For more details, see the
reference documentation for :class:`RemoteControlServer` and
:class:`RemoteControlClient`.