In EthoVision XT
1.Choose Setup > Trial Control Setting > New.
2.Make a Trial Control Settings rule like in the following picture.
1 External command that runs one of the batch files StartUV*.bat. This copies the start.txt file to the trigger folder of UltraVox XT.
2 Time condition for waiting a fixed time (for example, 10 minutes). This determines the length of the EthoVision XT tracks and UltraVox XT recordings.
3 External command that runs one of the batch files StopUV*.bat. This copies the file stop.txt to the trigger folder of UltraVox XT.
See also Edit the StartUV/StopUV batch files
External command box (1 and 3):
1.In the Components pane, under Actions, choose External command.
2.In the External Command Action window that appears, under Action to perform, click the button .
3.In the Open window, choose to view Batch Files (*.bat, *.cmd).
4.Select the file with extension .bat that you require.
5.important When you work with multiple arenas, enter “%an%” under Command line options in both External command boxes. See Command line options
6.optional Under Name, give a name to this action box (e.g. Start UltraVox recording for (1), Stop UltraVox recording for (3).
Time condition box (2)
1.Click the Settings button.
2.Enter the time required, i.e., the duration of the recording.
See also
nTrial Control in the EthoVision XT Help.
In UltraVox XT
1.Choose Setup > Trial Control Settings.
2.Under Start acquisition and Stop acquisition, select External program trigger.
See also