OS (e.g. Win10): Windows 10
PsychoPy version (e.g. 1.84.x): 1.85.2
Standard Standalone? (y/n) If not then what?: y
What are you trying to achieve?: A visual metronome with a variable BPM based on user inputs
What did you try to make it work?: I have a code component in my Builder set up that captures responses from a keyboard input and creates a BPM and then a pace from it. I have set my images to duration $pace but they fail to appear but throw no errors. The images are in a loop xlxs and worked just fine when the duration was hard coded as 1.5s
My code follows:
#!/usr/bin/env python2
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
This experiment was created using PsychoPy2 Experiment Builder (v1.85.2),
on December 11, 2017, at 13:59
If you publish work using this script please cite the PsychoPy publications:
Peirce, JW (2007) PsychoPy - Psychophysics software in Python.
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 162(1-2), 8-13.
Peirce, JW (2009) Generating stimuli for neuroscience using PsychoPy.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2:10. doi: 10.3389/neuro.11.010.2008
"""
from __future__ import absolute_import, division
from psychopy import locale_setup, sound, gui, visual, core, data, event, logging
from psychopy.constants import (NOT_STARTED, STARTED, PLAYING, PAUSED,
STOPPED, FINISHED, PRESSED, RELEASED, FOREVER)
import numpy as np # whole numpy lib is available, prepend 'np.'
from numpy import (sin, cos, tan, log, log10, pi, average,
sqrt, std, deg2rad, rad2deg, linspace, asarray)
from numpy.random import random, randint, normal, shuffle
import os # handy system and path functions
import sys # to get file system encoding
# Ensure that relative paths start from the same directory as this script
_thisDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)).decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
os.chdir(_thisDir)
# Store info about the experiment session
expName = 'metrodraft2' # from the Builder filename that created this script
expInfo = {u'session': u'001', u'participant': u''}
dlg = gui.DlgFromDict(dictionary=expInfo, title=expName)
if dlg.OK == False:
core.quit() # user pressed cancel
expInfo['date'] = data.getDateStr() # add a simple timestamp
expInfo['expName'] = expName
# Data file name stem = absolute path + name; later add .psyexp, .csv, .log, etc
filename = _thisDir + os.sep + u'data/%s_%s_%s' % (expInfo['participant'], expName, expInfo['date'])
# An ExperimentHandler isn't essential but helps with data saving
thisExp = data.ExperimentHandler(name=expName, version='',
extraInfo=expInfo, runtimeInfo=None,
originPath=None,
savePickle=True, saveWideText=True,
dataFileName=filename)
# save a log file for detail verbose info
logFile = logging.LogFile(filename+'.log', level=logging.EXP)
logging.console.setLevel(logging.WARNING) # this outputs to the screen, not a file
endExpNow = False # flag for 'escape' or other condition => quit the exp
# Start Code - component code to be run before the window creation
# Setup the Window
win = visual.Window(
size=[1820, 820], fullscr=False, screen=0,
allowGUI=True, allowStencil=False,
monitor='testMonitor', color=[0,0,0], colorSpace='rgb',
blendMode='avg', useFBO=True)
# store frame rate of monitor if we can measure it
expInfo['frameRate'] = win.getActualFrameRate()
if expInfo['frameRate'] != None:
frameDur = 1.0 / round(expInfo['frameRate'])
else:
frameDur = 1.0 / 60.0 # could not measure, so guess
# Initialize components for Routine "start"
startClock = core.Clock()
instructext = visual.TextStim(win=win, name='instructext',
text='Click mouse to begin\n',
font='Arial',
pos=(0, 0), height=0.05, wrapWidth=None, ori=0,
color='white', colorSpace='rgb', opacity=1,
depth=0.0);
mouse = event.Mouse(win=win)
x, y = [None, None]
import serial
#Assumes VSPE is up and running and that COM12 is the desired port
ser = serial.Serial("COM12", timeout=1)
# Initialize components for Routine "AskBPM"
AskBPMClock = core.Clock()
text_2 = visual.TextStim(win=win, name='text_2',
text='What BPM would you like? \n\n1)40\n2)60\n3)100\n4)200\n\n\nRespond with 1-4',
font='Arial',
pos=(0, 0), height=0.1, wrapWidth=None, ori=0,
color='white', colorSpace='rgb', opacity=1,
depth=0.0);
# Initialize components for Routine "instructimage"
instructimageClock = core.Clock()
image = visual.ImageStim(
win=win, name='image',
image='sin', mask=None,
ori=0, pos=(0, 0), size=(0.5, 0.5),
color=[1,1,1], colorSpace='rgb', opacity=1,
flipHoriz=False, flipVert=False,
texRes=128, interpolate=True, depth=0.0)
# Create some handy timers
globalClock = core.Clock() # to track the time since experiment started
routineTimer = core.CountdownTimer() # to track time remaining of each (non-slip) routine
# ------Prepare to start Routine "start"-------
t = 0
startClock.reset() # clock
frameN = -1
continueRoutine = True
# update component parameters for each repeat
# setup some python lists for storing info about the mouse
ser.write(chr(1))
# keep track of which components have finished
startComponents = [instructext, mouse]
for thisComponent in startComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, 'status'):
thisComponent.status = NOT_STARTED
# -------Start Routine "start"-------
while continueRoutine:
# get current time
t = startClock.getTime()
frameN = frameN + 1 # number of completed frames (so 0 is the first frame)
# update/draw components on each frame
# *instructext* updates
if t >= 0.0 and instructext.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
instructext.tStart = t
instructext.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
instructext.setAutoDraw(True)
# *mouse* updates
if t >= 0.0 and mouse.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
mouse.tStart = t
mouse.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
mouse.status = STARTED
event.mouseButtons = [0, 0, 0] # reset mouse buttons to be 'up'
if mouse.status == STARTED: # only update if started and not stopped!
buttons = mouse.getPressed()
if sum(buttons) > 0: # ie if any button is pressed
# abort routine on response
continueRoutine = False
# check if all components have finished
if not continueRoutine: # a component has requested a forced-end of Routine
break
continueRoutine = False # will revert to True if at least one component still running
for thisComponent in startComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "status") and thisComponent.status != FINISHED:
continueRoutine = True
break # at least one component has not yet finished
# check for quit (the Esc key)
if endExpNow or event.getKeys(keyList=["escape"]):
core.quit()
# refresh the screen
if continueRoutine: # don't flip if this routine is over or we'll get a blank screen
win.flip()
# -------Ending Routine "start"-------
for thisComponent in startComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "setAutoDraw"):
thisComponent.setAutoDraw(False)
# store data for thisExp (ExperimentHandler)
x, y = mouse.getPos()
buttons = mouse.getPressed()
thisExp.addData('mouse.x', x)
thisExp.addData('mouse.y', y)
thisExp.addData('mouse.leftButton', buttons[0])
thisExp.addData('mouse.midButton', buttons[1])
thisExp.addData('mouse.rightButton', buttons[2])
thisExp.nextEntry()
# the Routine "start" was not non-slip safe, so reset the non-slip timer
routineTimer.reset()
# ------Prepare to start Routine "AskBPM"-------
t = 0
AskBPMClock.reset() # clock
frameN = -1
continueRoutine = True
# update component parameters for each repeat
key_resp_2 = event.BuilderKeyResponse()
# keep track of which components have finished
AskBPMComponents = [text_2, key_resp_2]
for thisComponent in AskBPMComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, 'status'):
thisComponent.status = NOT_STARTED
# -------Start Routine "AskBPM"-------
while continueRoutine:
# get current time
t = AskBPMClock.getTime()
frameN = frameN + 1 # number of completed frames (so 0 is the first frame)
# update/draw components on each frame
# *text_2* updates
if t >= 0.0 and text_2.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
text_2.tStart = t
text_2.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
text_2.setAutoDraw(True)
# *key_resp_2* updates
if t >= 0.0 and key_resp_2.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
key_resp_2.tStart = t
key_resp_2.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
key_resp_2.status = STARTED
# keyboard checking is just starting
win.callOnFlip(key_resp_2.clock.reset) # t=0 on next screen flip
event.clearEvents(eventType='keyboard')
if key_resp_2.status == STARTED:
theseKeys = event.getKeys(keyList=['1', '2', '3', '4'])
# check for quit:
if "escape" in theseKeys:
endExpNow = True
if len(theseKeys) > 0: # at least one key was pressed
key_resp_2.keys = theseKeys[-1] # just the last key pressed
key_resp_2.rt = key_resp_2.clock.getTime()
# a response ends the routine
continueRoutine = False
# check if all components have finished
if not continueRoutine: # a component has requested a forced-end of Routine
break
continueRoutine = False # will revert to True if at least one component still running
for thisComponent in AskBPMComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "status") and thisComponent.status != FINISHED:
continueRoutine = True
break # at least one component has not yet finished
# check for quit (the Esc key)
if endExpNow or event.getKeys(keyList=["escape"]):
core.quit()
# refresh the screen
if continueRoutine: # don't flip if this routine is over or we'll get a blank screen
win.flip()
# -------Ending Routine "AskBPM"-------
for thisComponent in AskBPMComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "setAutoDraw"):
thisComponent.setAutoDraw(False)
# check responses
if key_resp_2.keys in ['', [], None]: # No response was made
key_resp_2.keys=None
thisExp.addData('key_resp_2.keys',key_resp_2.keys)
if key_resp_2.keys != None: # we had a response
thisExp.addData('key_resp_2.rt', key_resp_2.rt)
thisExp.nextEntry()
BPM=0
pace=0
if '1' in key_resp_2.keys:
BPM = 40
if '2' in key_resp_2.keys:
BPM = 60
if '3' in key_resp_2.keys:
BPM = 100
if '4' in key_resp_2.keys:
BPM = 200
pace == 6000.0/BPM
# the Routine "AskBPM" was not non-slip safe, so reset the non-slip timer
routineTimer.reset()
# set up handler to look after randomisation of conditions etc
trials = data.TrialHandler(nReps=1, method='sequential',
extraInfo=expInfo, originPath=-1,
trialList=data.importConditions('..\\Desktop\\Heather Misc\\metro.xls'),
seed=None, name='trials')
thisExp.addLoop(trials) # add the loop to the experiment
thisTrial = trials.trialList[0] # so we can initialise stimuli with some values
# abbreviate parameter names if possible (e.g. rgb = thisTrial.rgb)
if thisTrial != None:
for paramName in thisTrial.keys():
exec(paramName + '= thisTrial.' + paramName)
for thisTrial in trials:
currentLoop = trials
# abbreviate parameter names if possible (e.g. rgb = thisTrial.rgb)
if thisTrial != None:
for paramName in thisTrial.keys():
exec(paramName + '= thisTrial.' + paramName)
# ------Prepare to start Routine "instructimage"-------
t = 0
instructimageClock.reset() # clock
frameN = -1
continueRoutine = True
# update component parameters for each repeat
image.setImage(instructimage)
ser.write(chr(instructcodes))
# keep track of which components have finished
instructimageComponents = [image]
for thisComponent in instructimageComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, 'status'):
thisComponent.status = NOT_STARTED
# -------Start Routine "instructimage"-------
while continueRoutine:
# get current time
t = instructimageClock.getTime()
frameN = frameN + 1 # number of completed frames (so 0 is the first frame)
# update/draw components on each frame
# *image* updates
if t >= 0.0 and image.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
image.tStart = t
image.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
image.setAutoDraw(True)
frameRemains = 0.0 + pace- win.monitorFramePeriod * 0.75 # most of one frame period left
if image.status == STARTED and t >= frameRemains:
image.setAutoDraw(False)
# check if all components have finished
if not continueRoutine: # a component has requested a forced-end of Routine
break
continueRoutine = False # will revert to True if at least one component still running
for thisComponent in instructimageComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "status") and thisComponent.status != FINISHED:
continueRoutine = True
break # at least one component has not yet finished
# check for quit (the Esc key)
if endExpNow or event.getKeys(keyList=["escape"]):
core.quit()
# refresh the screen
if continueRoutine: # don't flip if this routine is over or we'll get a blank screen
win.flip()
# -------Ending Routine "instructimage"-------
for thisComponent in instructimageComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "setAutoDraw"):
thisComponent.setAutoDraw(False)
# the Routine "instructimage" was not non-slip safe, so reset the non-slip timer
routineTimer.reset()
thisExp.nextEntry()
# completed 1 repeats of 'trials'
# these shouldn't be strictly necessary (should auto-save)
thisExp.saveAsWideText(filename+'.csv')
thisExp.saveAsPickle(filename)
logging.flush()
# make sure everything is closed down
thisExp.abort() # or data files will save again on exit
win.close()
core.quit()