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Method Of Input Keyword

<MethodOfInput N>
<moi N>
<mip N>


variants:

Method Of Input commands

<MethodOfInput|moi|mip multisignal>
<MethodOfInput|moi|mip cursoron>
<MethodOfInput|moi|mip cursoroff>
<MethodOfInput|moi|mip clipcursor N1,N2,N3,N4>

    K parameter and switch alternative. N is still interpreted as an octal number. This sets the whole of the MIP word, there are additional keywords that only set or reset single bits of this word (that are overridden by the use of this keyword). The method of input in DMDX is now restricted to the PIO12 inputs, see Input

    The method of input multisignal command changes the input mappings of DMDX where in classic operation while you could have multiple buttons mapped to one signal the converse was not the case and only the signal with the highest precedence would register (precedence is request over negative response over positive response so once you mapped a button to both the request and the positive response the positive response would never be seen as DMDX would stop once it saw the request mapping).  With the restructuring of the way input signals are processed in version 5.2.5.0 of DMDX and the new multisignal command (actually introduced in version 5.2.5.1) DMDX will now check multiple signals per button press allowing those people that have a predilection for using the space bar for both the request and the positive response to have their way without excessive mapping and un-mapping of responses between instructions and RT gathering items.  

    The cursoron, cursoroff , and clipcursor commands were added in version 6.1.7.0 of DMDX that duplicate the <2Did> options of the same name for multimodal tasks switching between keyboard input and mouse based input or what have you where you want to change the cursor state or the region it's limited to as the job runs.  As a demo I gussied up the Corsi Block Tapping task to hide the cursor as it's displaying the sequence to tap and additionally made it momentarily confine the cursor to a pixel in the middle of the screen so the task always begins with the cursor there (otherwise you can cheat by moving the mouse over to the first block in the sequence during it's demonstration).  The <mip> additions are bold and bigger some way into the item file:


<ep>
<id #keyboard> <vm desktop> <!branchdiagnostics> <cr>
<fd 20> <!default frame duration specifies how long each block in a pattern is displayed for>
<bgc 0,0,0> <dwc 255,255,255> <nfb>
<2Did mouse checkoverlapping block1,.1,.2,.3,.4 block2,.1,.2,.3,.4 block3,.1,.2,.3,.4 block4,.1,.2,.3,.4 block5,.1,.2,.3,.4 block6,.1,.2,.3,.4 block7,.1,.2,.3,.4 block8,.1,.2,.3,.4 block9,.1,.2,.3,.4> <!coords of buttons are dummys as we update them later>
<!2Did windowstouch checkoverlapping block1,.1,.2,.3,.4 block2,.1,.2,.3,.4 block3,.1,.2,.3,.4 block4,.1,.2,.3,.4 block5,.1,.2,.3,.4 block6,.1,.2,.3,.4 block7,.1,.2,.3,.4 block8,.1,.2,.3,.4 block9,.1,.2,.3,.4>
<inst hardmargin>
<eop>
0 <inst .1, .1, .95>
"This ", "is ", "a ", "corsi block tapping task. ", "It ", "should ", "be ", "run ", "with ", "the ", "Unicode ", "option ", "on ", "otherwise ", "the ", "target ", "boxes ", "won't ", "be ", "squares ", "but ", "will ", "instead ", "be ", "vertical ", "bars ", "(|) ", "and ", "it ", "also ", "requires ", "DMDX ", "version ", "6.1.7.0 ", "(or ", "later).";
~1 <xyjustification center>
<macro .hwb. 6> <! half the width of a block on the screen for hit detection * 100>
<macro .fm. 4> <! fontmultipliers to achieve said size when using ■ to draw a block>
<macro .mpx. 15> <! minimum proximity center to center of blocks * 100>;
!these generate the items that perform the task, the item number in .itm. will be the item that gathers RTs in the output, there will be more than one of them for the tasks where the number of blocks (.nb.) is more than one and they will ascend by one for each RT gathered;
!~1 <macro .itm. 100> <macro .nb. 1> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 200> <macro .nb. 2> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 210> <macro .nb. 2> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 220> <macro .nb. 2> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 300> <macro .nb. 3> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 310> <macro .nb. 3> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 320> <macro .nb. 3> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 400> <macro .nb. 4> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 410> <macro .nb. 4> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 420> <macro .nb. 4> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 500> <macro .nb. 5> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 510> <macro .nb. 5> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 520> <macro .nb. 5> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 600> <macro .nb. 6> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 610> <macro .nb. 6> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 620> <macro .nb. 6> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 700> <macro .nb. 7> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 710> <macro .nb. 7> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 720> <macro .nb. 7> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 800> <macro .nb. 8> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 810> <macro .nb. 8> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 820> <macro .nb. 8> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 900> <macro .nb. 9> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 910> <macro .nb. 9> <call 999>;
~1 <macro .itm. 920> <macro .nb. 9> <call 999>;
0 "Done." <lastframe>;

~999 <!so first up we'll put our blocks in a grid (screen pos * 100)>
<set c100=25> <set c101=25>
<set c102=50> <set c103=25>
<set c104=75> <set c105=25>
<set c106=25> <set c107=50>
<set c108=50> <set c109=50>
<set c110=75> <set c111=50>
<set c112=25> <set c113=75>
<set c114=50> <set c115=75>
<set c116=75> <set c117=75>
<set c1=12> <!number of deformation iterations, make it 2 when branchdiagnostics is on because this can take a while, otherwise 10 or so looks good>;
~1000 <set c2=0> <!counter for deforming each block>;
~1001 <macro set .nxi. = 100 + 2 * c2>
<macro set .nyi. = 101 + 2 * c2>;
~1 <macro set .nx. = c~.nxi. + (random 2 * ~.mpx.) - ~.mpx.>
<macro set .ny. = c~.nyi. + (random 2 * ~.mpx.) - ~.mpx.>;
~1 <bi 1100, ~.nx. .lt. ~.mpx. / 2> <!see if it's off the screen>;
~1 <bi 1100, ~.ny. .lt. ~.mpx. / 2>;
~1 <bi 1100, ~.nx. .gt. 100 - ~.mpx. / 2>;
~1 <bi 1100, ~.ny. .gt. 100 - ~.mpx. / 2>;
~1 <set c3=0> <!see if it's too close to any other block>;
~1010 <bi 1020, c2 .eq. c3>;
~1 <macro set .xi. = 100 + 2 * c3>
<macro set .yi. = 101 + 2 * c3>;
~1 <bi 1020, (abs ~.nx. - c~.xi.) .gt. ~.mpx.>;
~1 <bi 1020, (abs ~.ny. - c~.yi.) .gt. ~.mpx.>;
~1 <bu 1100> <!too close to another block so discard this iteration>;
~1020 <inc c3> <bi -1010, c3 .lt. 9> <!keep looping till compared all blocks>;
~1 <set c~.nxi. = ~.nx.> <!doesn't overlap so store new cords>
<set c~.nyi. = ~.ny.>;
~1100 <inc c2> <bi -1001, c2 .lt. 9> <!keep looping till deformed all blocks>;
~1 <dec c1> <bi -1000, c1 .gt. 0> <!keep deforming stuff but good>;
~1 <!because xy can't take counters gonna load all those in macros (not to mention being unable to represent numbers less than 1 with counters and having to put leading zeroes on integers less than 10, ho hum)>
<macro fxpset 2 .b1x. = c100> <macro fxpset 2 .b1y. = c101>
<macro fxpset 2 .b2x. = c102> <macro fxpset 2 .b2y. = c103>
<macro fxpset 2 .b3x. = c104> <macro fxpset 2 .b3y. = c105>
<macro fxpset 2 .b4x. = c106> <macro fxpset 2 .b4y. = c107>
<macro fxpset 2 .b5x. = c108> <macro fxpset 2 .b5y. = c109>
<macro fxpset 2 .b6x. = c110> <macro fxpset 2 .b6y. = c111>
<macro fxpset 2 .b7x. = c112> <macro fxpset 2 .b7y. = c113>
<macro fxpset 2 .b8x. = c114> <macro fxpset 2 .b8y. = c115>
<macro fxpset 2 .b9x. = c116> <macro fxpset 2 .b9y. = c117>
<set c120=0> <set c121=1> <set c122=2> <set c123=3> <set c124=4> <set c125=5> <set c126=6> <set c127=7> <set c128=8> <set c1=0>
<!this is our list of blocks to flash, next we shuffle it>;
~1200 <macro set i=120 + (random 9)> <macro set j=120 + c1>;
~1 <set c2=c~j> <set c~j = c~i> <set c~i = c2> <inc c1> <bi -1200, c1 .lt. 9>;
1 <!blank screen before>  <mip cursoroff> / <set c1=0> <!next flash each block up to .nb.>;
~1300 <macro .wc1. 0,0,255> <macro .wc2. 0,0,255> <macro .wc3. 0,0,255> <macro .wc4. 0,0,255> <macro .wc5. 0,0,255> <macro .wc6. 0,0,255> <macro .wc7. 0,0,255> <macro .wc8. 0,0,255> <macro .wc9. 0,0,255> <macro set i = 120 + c1>;
~1 <set c2 = 1310 + c~i>;
~1 <ib c2> <!make our selected block yellow, all others already set blue>;
~1310 <macro .wc1. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1311 <macro .wc2. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1312 <macro .wc3. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1313 <macro .wc4. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1314 <macro .wc5. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1315 <macro .wc6. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1316 <macro .wc7. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1317 <macro .wc8. 255,255,0> <bu 1400>;
~1318 <macro .wc9. 255,255,0>;
1400 <dfm ~.fm. STAT> <wc ~.wc1.> <xy ~.b1x., ~.b1y.> "■", <wc ~.wc2.> <xy ~.b2x., ~.b2y.> "■", <wc ~.wc3.> <xy ~.b3x., ~.b3y.> "■", <wc ~.wc4.> <xy ~.b4x., ~.b4y.> "■", <wc ~.wc5.> <xy ~.b5x., ~.b5y.> "■", <wc ~.wc6.> <xy ~.b6x., ~.b6y.> "■", <wc ~.wc7.> <xy ~.b7x., ~.b7y.> "■", <wc ~.wc8.> <xy ~.b8x., ~.b8y.> "■", <wc ~.wc9.> <xy ~.b9x., ~.b9y.> "■" / !;
~1 <inc c1> <bi -1300, c1 .lt. ~.nb.> <!keep flashing the requested number of blocks>;
~1 <mip cursoron> <mip clipcursor .5,.5,.51,.51> <mip clipcursor 0,0,1,1>
<!branchdiagnostics> <set c1= 0> <!set the rects of blocks>;
~1500 <macro set .nxi. = 100 + 2 * c1>
<macro set .nyi. = 101 + 2 * c1>;
~1 <!build macros for left, top, right, bottom rect>
<macro fxpset 2 l = c~.nxi. - ~.hwb.> <macro fxpset 2 t = c~.nyi. - ~.hwb.>
<macro fxpset 2 r = c~.nxi. + ~.hwb.> <macro fxpset 2 b = c~.nyi. + ~.hwb.>
<macro set i=c1 + 1>;
~1 <sbr +block~i, ~l, ~t, ~r, ~b> <inc c1> <bi -1500, c1 .lt. 9> <!keep looping till updated all block rects>;
~1 <set c1 = 0> m.dly.++ m.co.+<co>+ <!use co/cco so we don't miss a response between items as it's a bit nebulous when an RT is appropriate> <macro .wc1. 0,0,255> <macro .wc2. 0,0,255> <macro .wc3. 0,0,255> <macro .wc4. 0,0,255> <macro .wc5. 0,0,255> <macro .wc6. 0,0,255> <macro .wc7. 0,0,255> <macro .wc8. 0,0,255> <macro .wc9. 0,0,255> <!loop around mapping correct response from c120..8>;
~1600 <umpr> <umnr> <macro set i=120 + c1> <set c2=0>;
~1610 <macro set b=c2 + 1>;
~1 <bi 1612, c~i .eq. c2>;
~1 <mnr +block~b> <bu 1613>;
~1612 <mpr +block~b>;
~1613 <inc c2> <bi -1610, c2 .lt. 9>;
+~.itm. ~.dly. <dfm ~.fm. STAT> <wc ~.wc1.> <xy ~.b1x., ~.b1y.> "■", <wc ~.wc2.> <xy ~.b2x., ~.b2y.> "■", <wc ~.wc3.> <xy ~.b3x., ~.b3y.> "■", <wc ~.wc4.> <xy ~.b4x., ~.b4y.> "■", <wc ~.wc5.> <xy ~.b5x., ~.b5y.> "■", <wc ~.wc6.> <xy ~.b6x., ~.b6y.> "■", <wc ~.wc7.> <xy ~.b7x., ~.b7y.> "■", <wc ~.wc8.> <xy ~.b8x., ~.b8y.> "■", <wc ~.wc9.> <xy ~.b9x., ~.b9y.> "■" <dfm 1.0> ~.co. <biw 1999>;
~1 <!provide some positive feedback by drawing the box yellow next time around> <macro set i=120 + c1> <set c2=0>;
~1710 <macro set b=c2 + 1>;
~1 <bi 1712, c~i .eq. c2>;
~1 <macro .wc~b. 0,0,255> <bu 1713>;
~1712 <macro .wc~b. 255,255,0>;
~1713 <inc c2> <bi -1710, c2 .lt. 9>;
~1 m.dly.+<delay 2>+ m.co.+<cco>+ <macro yikwid> <macro set .itm. = ~.itm. + 1> <inc c1> <bi -1600, c1 .lt. ~.nb.> <!keep testing the requested number of blocks>;
1 <!if they got it right provide some closure by drawing the last box yellow> <delay 2> <dfm ~.fm. STAT> <wc ~.wc1.> <xy ~.b1x., ~.b1y.> "■", <wc ~.wc2.> <xy ~.b2x., ~.b2y.> "■", <wc ~.wc3.> <xy ~.b3x., ~.b3y.> "■", <wc ~.wc4.> <xy ~.b4x., ~.b4y.> "■", <wc ~.wc5.> <xy ~.b5x., ~.b5y.> "■", <wc ~.wc6.> <xy ~.b6x., ~.b6y.> "■", <wc ~.wc7.> <xy ~.b7x., ~.b7y.> "■", <wc ~.wc8.> <xy ~.b8x., ~.b8y.> "■", <wc ~.wc9.> <xy ~.b9x., ~.b9y.> "■" <dfm 1.0> / ;
~1999 <return> <branchdiagnostics 0>;

0 "oops...";





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