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Communicate to another program on the same machine

KatrinaMcDonough — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:28:13 GMT

Hello,

I would like to send real time information from a task in inquisit to another program (using python) on the same computer. Specifically, I would like to send timing information to a python script outside inquisit that controls a robotic device that we want to interact with the task. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Katrina

RE: Communicate to another program on the same machine

KatrinaMcDonough — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:28:13 GMT

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[b]Dave - 10/25/2022[/b]
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[b]KatrinaMcDonough - 10/25/2022[/b]
Hello,

I would like to send real time information from a task in inquisit to another program (using python) on the same computer. Specifically, I would like to send timing information to a python script outside inquisit that controls a robotic device that we want to interact with the task. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Katrina
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You can try something like creating a virtual serial port, having your Inquisit script send TTL signals to that port, having the Python script read from the port and acting on that information.
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We created a virtual serial port as suggested and this works great, thanks!

RE: Communicate to another program on the same machine

Dave — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:33:59 GMT

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[b]Dave - 10/25/2022[/b]
+x[quote]

[b]KatrinaMcDonough - 10/25/2022[/b]
Hello,

I would like to send real time information from a task in inquisit to another program (using python) on the same computer. Specifically, I would like to send timing information to a python script outside inquisit that controls a robotic device that we want to interact with the task. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Katrina
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You can try something like creating a virtual serial port, having your Inquisit script send TTL signals to that port, having the Python script read from the port and acting on that information.
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Another potential option: Run a local web server in Python and you should be able to have the Inquisit script send requests to that local web server with <html> elements; your Python script should be able to read in that information and control the robotic device accordingly.

RE: Communicate to another program on the same machine

Dave — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:02:46 GMT

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[b]KatrinaMcDonough - 10/25/2022[/b]
Hello,

I would like to send real time information from a task in inquisit to another program (using python) on the same computer. Specifically, I would like to send timing information to a python script outside inquisit that controls a robotic device that we want to interact with the task. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Katrina
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You can try something like creating a virtual serial port, having your Inquisit script send TTL signals to that port, having the Python script read from the port and acting on that information.