Running tasks remotely, via VNC?

[Ted Snyder]

Michiel,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, our physical layout makes running 
more cables unlikely. Luckily, we usually have a 30 second-ish window to 
trigger our stimulus (one stage's worth of sleep), so a reasonable amount 
of latency isn't a problem.

Regards,

-Ted Snyder

On Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:17:39 PM UTC-5, Michiel Sovijärvi-Spapé wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Gigabit connections, much like extremely fast PCs, do not necessarily 
> translate into low-latency. Indeed, the lowest latency (“least flaky”) we 
> get is consistently via old-school protocols such as serial/parallel 
> cables. My suggestion would be to use this instead of LAN. Another idea is 
> to use very long cables (I used 30m powered serial cable before, went 
> fine), or attaching equipment in duplicates. For example, you can easily 
> attach 2 computer mice and 2 keyboards to a single PC; e-prime (or Windows) 
> doesn’t care where key-strokes come from. Then, if you add a secondary 
> screen, you’ll have solid and extremely stable solution. Personally, I like 
> my e-prime computers not to be connected to any LAN whatsoever.
>
>  
>
> I think there have been people around who use e-prime on remote desktop. 
> Not sure what their experience is, but I (and more importantly, your 
> reviewers) might find it doubtful that high precision can be achieved. Of 
> course, that doesn’t matter for many paradigms J
>
> Best,
>
> Michiel
>
>  
>
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> *Subject:* Running tasks remotely, via VNC?
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>  
>
> E-Prime Experts,
>
>  
>
> Do any of you have experience using VNC--or similar protocols--to run your 
> tasks remotely?
>
>  
>
> I work in a sleep lab, and we'd like to use E-Prime to generate stimuli 
> while our participants are sleeping. We have computers in the participant's 
> rooms running the script, but we need to control the task without entering 
> the room and disturbing their sleep. We've experimented with Remote Desktop 
> and various VNC clients, but they all seem pretty flaky--despite everything 
> being on the same LAN and connected by gigabit ethernet.
>
>  
>
> Do you have any recommendations for running E-Prime tasks remotely? Any 
> suggestions for tackling this problem?
>
>  
>
> Thanks for your help and expertise.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
> -Ted Snyder
>
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