Trigger start/stop recording

To access the Trial Control Settings

1.Choose Setup > Trial Control Settings.

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2.Choose one of the options below for Start acquisition and Stop acquisition.

Start acquisition

nManually. To start acquisition when you click the Start recording button in the Acquisition screen.

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nExternal program trigger. Choose this option to start acquisition when a file is detected in a specific location (default: C:\ProgramData\Noldus\UltraVox\XT 4\Synch).

To test the external program trigger option, see the note below.

Choose this option to control UltraVox XT recording from EthoVision XT or The Observer XT.

Stop acquisition

nManually. To stop acquisition when you click the Stop recording button in the Acquisition screen.

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nExternal program trigger To stop acquisition when a file is detected in a specific location (default: C:\ProgramData\Noldus\UltraVox\XT 4\Synch).

To test the external program trigger option, see the note below.

Choose this option to control UltraVox XT recording from EthoVision XT or The Observer XT.

nAfter ... minutes — To stop acquisition after a fixed time has elapsed. Maximum recording time is 90 minutes. To record for longer time, stop manually or with an external pogram trigger. See Recording sound

Note

nTo test the external program trigger, do the following:

Copy a text file named start.txt or stop.txt to the destination folder (default: C:\ProgramData\Noldus\UltraVox\XT 4\Synch). If you want to change this folder, click the [...] button and select the new folder path.

When the file is copied, a message appears:

In the case you copied the start.txt file:

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When you copy the stop.txt file:

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ntip  To retrieve the current destination folder for the start/stop files. click the Copy button to copy the folder path to the clipboard.

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See also

nControl UltraVox XT from other software

nTrigger settings for EthoVision XT

nTrigger settings for The Observer XT