Running a Session

Complete the setup pages in the following order:

1. Startup — verify packages and connect the gamepad.

1. Participant — enter the Rater's details. We shall be calling the raters as Participants from now on. Fields include participant ID, session details, Age (optional) and Gender.

1. Stimuli — choose the Stimuli that needs to be rated. Options include either one file or a folder. The software will automatically read the type (video, audio or images) and display the media length beside. Post this loading of stimuli, experimentors can choose the display settings from a preset menu in each field. Presentation Order is the sequence in which you need the stimuli to be displayed, options include random and sequential. Image Duration is only relevant for image type stimuli, this field is editable as text or use the arrows to increase or decrease the values. Media Aspect Ratio choose between the avaiable aspect ratios which are calculated after the Inner Margins are substracted from the full screen dimensions. So the software reads the full screen dimensions and after that equally substracts the inner margins and then in the chosen aspect ratio, draws the media rendering box. This box is where the stimuli will play.

1. Protocol — choose Between Stimuli, options include fixation cross and blank screen. Inter Stimulus Interval duration (in case of a single stimuli, it governs the starting and end values), Rating Mode, and Summary Rating Timing which asks whether you want the summary rating to happen before the continuous rating or after the continuous rating.

2. Continuous records the changing rating during stimulus playback.

3. Summary records one confirmed rating.
4. Continuous and summary records both.

Summary ratings can be collected before or after the stimulus. The summary
question can be customized in Configuration.

1. Configuration — all the Fields in Configuration page have explanations below the fields. Please set the values accordingly. Irrespective of the gamepad scaling values that are chosen, the raw co-ordinates are also stored in a seperate file so that rescaling is possible later.

1. Controls — select the thumbstick and confirmation button.

1. Dead-zone — measure the resting stick position and jitter.

1. Check — verify stick direction and cursor movement.

The session then runs fullscreen. Press Escape to stop early; data already written by the logger is retained even for incomplete sessions.