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 It contains important code such as the [[run]] function that is used to trigger a simulation, which will when called iterate the Auryn [[duty cycle]] for the specified period of simulation time (''simtime'').
+===== Online firing rate estimate in progress bar =====
+**Note** that the rate estimate in Auryn's progress bar is provided by the [[System]] class ([[https://www.fzenke.net/auryn/doxygen/current/classSystem.html]]). It's parameters can be configured using the functions ''set_online_rate_monitor_id (int id=0)'' and ''set_online_rate_monitor_tau (AurynDouble tau=100e-3)''.
+If you set the [[gid|GroupID]] to a negative value the rate estimate will be turned off. Zero and positive values will instruct the System class to average the firing rate of the corresponding [[SpikingGroup]]. For balanced networks this should typically be the population corresponding to the main fraction of the excitatory cells, but not an input [[PoissonGroup]].