response unit for E-prime 2.0 Professional with ERP hardware

[Laura Manning]

Thank you, Ben, that is very helpful. You have saved us some money and
headaches for sure.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:17 AM, ben robinson <baltimore.ben at gmail.com>wrote:

> i've used a couple different USB controllers for this purpose over the
> years.  they're so much cheaper than the cedrus boxes or the pst response
> boxes. both controllers i've used, and i would imagine all controllers of
> this type, have an accompanying driver which you download from the
> manufacturer's website and which allows you to assign a value to the various
> controller buttons.  presses on the controller mimic keyboard button
> presses, so all you need to do in eprime is set the object collecting
> responses to look for a keyboard response (as opposed to a response from a
> mouse or a pst response box).  for instance, set the object to accept '0' or
> '1', and then assign one button on the controller to be '0' and the other to
> be '1', turn off all the other buttons, and you're good to go.
> pretty straight forward.
>
> http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gaming/pc_gaming/gamepads/devices/301&cl=US,EN
>
> ben
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Jeffrey Bedwell <jbedwell at mail.ucf.edu>wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for this info. Are you using this gamepad with E-Prime? If so,
>> do you write script to tell the software how to interact with the
>> gamepad?
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>> On Apr 21, 9:20 am, baltimore.... at gmail.com wrote:
>> > we use the logitech precision usb gamepad.
>> >
>> > On Apr 10, 2009 2:09pm, Jeffrey Bedwell <jbedw... at mail.ucf.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > Hi. I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a button response
>> > > unit to use with E-Prime 2.0 Professional in the context of ERP/EEG
>> > > experiments? The PST response unit does not appear to be ideal for
>> > > this because it has an A/C power cable coming up to the unit that may
>> > > cause interference with the ERP signal. I'd like some type of video
>> > > game controller or wireless unit that the participant can hold in
>> > > their lap comfortably. Also, if it can plug into USB port, that may be
>> > > ideal. Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, if anyone has
>> > > successfully used the PST response unit in the context of ERP/EEG
>> > > equipment, please let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks. I'd
>> > > appreciate any feedback!
>> > > Jeffrey S. Bedwell, Ph.D.
>> > > Assistant Professor
>> > > Department of Psychology
>> > > University of Central Florida- Hide quoted text -
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>
> >
>


-- 
Laura Manning
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Psychology
Tulane University
504.862.3319

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