Task Event - WriteString?

[John]

Thanks for your reply, David - No luck.

Action: WriteString 
Parameter - Custom: RUN 
Data Type: String
Enabled:  Yes

On Monday, August 12, 2013 2:26:45 PM UTC-4, McFarlane, David wrote:
>
> Try the following in the Task Events dialog box: 
>
> - Set Source to "(custom)" 
> - In Custom, put your string (e.g., "RUN", without the quotes).  (You 
> may also use attribute references here, e.g., "[StimCode]", these 
> will be resolved just before the stimulus object runs.) 
> - Set Data Type to "String". 
> - Set Enabled to "Yes". 
>
> Please write back with your results, as I am not set up to test that 
> myself here. 
>
> And if you have not already, look a the seciton 3.1 of the New 
> Features Guide, and KB4803 
> (http://www.pstnet.com/support/kb.asp?TopicID=4803 ) for the 
> documentation from PST. 
>
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>
> At 8/12/2013 11:28 AM Monday, John wrote: 
> >I'm running eprime pro and trying to use task events to trigger an 
> >external device. 
> > 
> >When the stimulus comes on the screen, I need eprime to send the 
> >string "RUN" to the serial port. 
> > 
> >In task events, I do the following: 
> >-Add an event 
> >-Select the serial device (COM3) 
> >-Action:  WriteString 
> > 
> >...but then how to I define what the string is?  (i.e. "RUN") 
> > 
> > 
> >(In a terminal window, i can type "echo RUN > COM3" and that 
> >triggers the device...I'm just trying to figure out how eprime to do 
> that.) 
> > 
> >Thanks! 
>
>

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