portReceiver
elements
Waits to receive data at a serial port, then registers a trigger and ends on its own. You can set elements in the trial to start/end from trigger (element properties start/end fields trigger/triggerBy). You can also set later trials to start at fixed times from trigger with zero drift (trial object property start).
Trigger value recorded in record property trigger is a row vector of bytes (integers 0–255) received. Trigger time recorded in triggerTime is time receive 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, make an object of type port and set its properties. Typically you don't need to.
Currently portReceiver elements only work with serial ports.
▸ Ends on its own?
Yes, when it finishes receiving its data and registers a trigger. You can also set numBytes = <cd>inf<cd> to receive data indefinitely until the element ends on a condition you set in property end. In this case it never registers a trigger.
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 a condition you set in property end.
Input properties
Adjustable properties
You can vary or allow the subject to adjust the following input properties of an object of this type in real time when it's running. If you need to make other properties adjustable, you can edit the element type code—see Element Type Programming Manual.
position
nn_eyes
rotation
colorMask
alpha
intensity
contrastMult
(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.
numBytes
listenData
Default: wait for any signal of 1 byte
Set one of these properties to specify what the element waits for to register a trigger and end on its own:
numBytes is number of bytes of any value to receive.
You can set numBytes = <cd>inf<cd> to receive data indefinitely until a condition you set in property end. In this case it never registers a trigger. Currently this only reads data within the trial the element runs in.
OR
listenData is a row vector of byte values (integers 0–255) to listen for. You can specify multiple signals using a cell array of row vectors—the element will then listen for ANY of them.
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 by listing them input property report.
data
dataTimes
data is a row vector of bytes received. Just = record property trigger if the element registers a trigger.
dataTimes is a row vector of times bytes were received relative to trial 1 start (sec). As opposed to triggerTime, which is time the last byte was received.