Knowledge Base

Choose the Windows to View

Procedure

1. Click View Settings in the upper-right corner of your toolbar.
2. Select the objects you want to view during the observation.

Event Log Options

• To view Subjects, Behaviors, Modifiers or Comments in your Event Log.

Video Files Options

• To select which video files to view.

External Data and Audio Options

• Visualization Window — To view the Data and Audio Visualization window plotting external data, events and audio.
• Show External Data — Select which External Data streams you want to view.
• Show Audio — To visualize audio files or the audio of your video files.
• Data Points — To display data points in external data or audio graphs.

Event Visualization Options

• Visualization Window — To view the Data and Audio Visualization window showing your scored events and audio on the timeline.
• Show Time-Event Plot — Select which subjects to view in the Data and Audio Visualization window.
• Show Comments — To view the comments that you entered during scoring on the timeline in the Data and Audio Visualization window.

Show Window Options

• Codes — To view the Codes window, which you can use to score data with mouse clicks.
• Playback Control — To view the Playback Control window.
• Comment — To view the Comment window. See Enter Events as Free Text.
• Timers — To view the Timers window with the absolute and relative time while scoring. See The Timers Window.
• N-Linx Data Transfer — To view feedback information about ongoing co-acquisition of external data. This window is available if you score data live and co-acquire FaceReader data or Biopac data. Each row in the table represents one channel. The Data column shows the channel name. The Messages column shows the number of samples recorded up to that time.
• Time Formats — To change the format of your time stamps in the Event Log.

To undock the View Settings window, click the dots under the header View Settings, then drag the window to a new location.

Position and Resize the Windows on the Screen

Move a Window

1. Click the title bar and drag it to the new position. Docking icons appear to show you where you can position the undocked window.
2. Hover with your window over one of the docking icons. The new position of the window is shown in blue.
3. Release the window. The window is positioned at the chosen location.

Resize a Window

1. Hover with the mouse on one of its margins until the cursor changes to the resize symbol.
2. Drag the margin to adjust the window size.

The Timers Window

The Timers window can display the following information:

• Observation - Current Time: The current, absolute time during an observation. When you stop the observation, this timer shows the Event Log - Stop Time and no longer runs.
• Observation - Elapsed Time: The elapsed, relative time during an observation.
• Observation - Observed Time: The observed, relative time during an observation. This counter pauses when you suspend an observation and starts again when you resume.
• Observation - Remaining Time: The remaining, relative time in the observation. If you have defined a Maximum Duration for the observation, this is the time left. Note that Observation - Remaining Time + Observation Elapsed Time in the event log may not exactly equal the Event Log - Stop Time due to rounding of decimals.
• Observation - Start Time: The minimum start time of all data sets in the current observation. If you score data from one media file, this is usually 00:00:00.000. If two or more media files are opened and not all synchronized on the first frame, this shows the time of the earliest media file when the latest media file is positioned on zero.
• Observation - Stop Time: The maximum end time of all data sets in the current observation. If two or more media files are opened, it shows the end time of the longest media file.
• Event Log - Start Time: The minimum start time of the current event log in the observation.
• Event Log - Stop Time: The maximum end time of the current event log in the observation.
• Interval - Elapsed Time (hidden by default): For instantaneous sampling; shows the elapsed time since the previous interval. To show this timer, right-click the Timers window and select Interval - Elapsed Time.
• Interval - Remaining Time (hidden by default): For instantaneous sampling; shows the time until the next interval. To show this timer, right-click the Timers window and select Interval - Remaining Time.

Customize the Timers Window

• To change the time formats, choose Setup > Project Settings > Time Formats.
• To hide or show a timer, right-click in the Timers window and deselect or select the timer.

The Codes Window

The Codes window displays the elements of the coding scheme and their properties. The Codes window contains three tabs:

• Subjects: Lists the subjects and their code under Start. If one or more state events are active for a certain subject, these are shown under Status, separated by a comma.
• Behaviors: Lists the behaviors and their start and stop code under Start and Stop. Behaviors in a mutually exclusive and exhaustive behavior group only have a code under Start. If a state behavior is active for one or more subjects, the Status column shows those subjects separated by a comma.
• Modifier: Lists the modifiers and their code under Start. If state behaviors are active for a certain subject, these are shown under Status, separated by a comma.