portSender
elements
Sends data from a serial port when the element starts, then registers a trigger and ends on its own. Most commonly set syncExperiment = <cd>true<cd> to tell the element to synchronize the experiment at trigger, then set the timing of any element in the trial (element properties start/end field t_sync) and/or subsequent trial timing (trial object property start field t_sync) from sync. You can also set any element in the trial to start/end from triggers more generally using element properties start/end fields trigger/TriggerBy.
Trigger value recorded in record property trigger is a row vector of bytes (integers 0–255) sent. Trigger time recorded in triggerTime or syncTime is time send completed relative to trial 1 start.
If you want to set options for the port, you can use pb_prefs → "Other" tab. Or to set for only the current experiment, add an object of type port and set its properties. Typically you don't need to.
Currently portReceiver elements only work with serial ports.
▸ Object ends on its own?
Yes, when it finishes sending its data and registers a trigger.
"Ends on its own" means ends automatically at that point. If an element can end on its own, you don't need to set end conditions for it in property end (unless you want it to maybe end earlier).
No—runs until any condition you set in property end.
Input properties
Adjustable properties
You can vary or allow the subject to adjust the following properties of an object of this type when it's running. If you need to make other properties adjustable, you can edit the element type code—see Element Type Programming Manual.
Adjustable properties
Adjustable properties
position
nn_eyes
rotation
colorMask
alpha
intensity
contrastMult
drawCodeVars
(None)
(None)
portName
No default
A string that is name of the serial port, as accepted by Psychtoolbox IOPort('OpenSerialPort'). From Psychtoolbox documentation: On Windows this could be, e.g. <cds>"COM1"<cds>, <cds>"COM2"<cds>, etc.; on Mac it is a path to a BSD device file, e.g. <cds>"/dev/cu.usbserial-FT3Z95V5"<cds> for a serial-over-USB device with unique ID FT3Z95V5; on Linux e.g. <cds>"/dev/ttyS0"<cds> for the first real serial port, <cds>"/dev/ttyUSB0"<cds> for the first serial-over-USB device, etc.
data
No default
Row vector of byte values (integers 0–255) to send.
Input properties all visual elements have
Input properties all adjuster elements have
Input properties all objects have
Record properties
PsychBench uses record properties to record information during experiments. You can't set record properties but you can see them in experiment results using input property report.