def test_refresh_rate(self):
if self.win.winType=='pygame':
pytest.skip("getMsPerFrame seems to crash the testing of pygame")
#make sure that we're successfully syncing to the frame rate
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmed = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win,nFrames=60, showVisual=True)
assert (1000/150.0 < msPFavg < 1000/40.0), \
"Your frame period is %.1fms which suggests you aren't syncing to the frame" %msPFavg
def test_refresh_rate(self):
if self.win.winType=='pygame':
pytest.skip("getMsPerFrame seems to crash the testing of pygame")
#make sure that we're successfully syncing to the frame rate
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmed = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win,nFrames=60, showVisual=True)
assert (1000/150.0 < msPFavg < 1000/40.0), \
"Your frame period is %.1fms which suggests you aren't syncing to the frame" %msPFavg
def launch_window(params, test_refresh=True, test_tol=.5):
"""Open up a presentation window and measure the refresh rate."""
# Get the monitor parameters
m = WindowInfo(params)
stated_refresh_hz = getattr(m, "refresh_hz", None)
# Initialize the Psychopy window object
win = visual.Window(**m.window_kwargs)
# Record the refresh rate we are currently achieving
if test_refresh or stated_refresh_hz is None:
win.setRecordFrameIntervals(True)
logging.console.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
flip_time, _, _ = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
observed_refresh_hz = 1000 / flip_time
# Possibly test the refresh rate against what we expect
if test_refresh and stated_refresh_hz is not None:
refresh_error = np.abs(stated_refresh_hz - observed_refresh_hz)
if refresh_error > test_tol:
msg = ("Observed refresh rate differs from expected by {:.3f} Hz"
.format(refresh_error))
raise RuntimeError(msg)
# Set the refresh rate to use in the experiment
if stated_refresh_hz is None:
msg = "Monitor configuration does not have refresh rate information"
warnings.warn(msg)
win.refresh_hz = observed_refresh_hz
else:
win.refresh_hz = stated_refresh_hz
return win
def testRefreshRate(self):
if self.win.winType == "pygame":
raise nose.plugins.skip.SkipTest("getMsPerFrame seems to crash the testing of pygame")
# make sure that we're successfully syncing to the frame rate
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmed = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win, nFrames=60, showVisual=True)
nose.tools.ok_(
1000 / 150.0 < msPFavg < 1000 / 40.0,
"Your frame period is %.1fms which suggests you aren't syncing to the frame" % msPFavg,
)
def test_refresh_rate(self):
if self.win.winType == "pygame":
pytest.skip("getMsPerFrame seems to crash the testing of pygame")
# make sure that we're successfully syncing to the frame rate
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmed = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win, nFrames=60, showVisual=True)
utils.skip_under_travis() # skip late so we smoke test the code
assert 1000 / 150.0 < msPFavg < 1000 / 40.0, (
"Your frame period is %.1fms which suggests you aren't syncing to the frame" % msPFavg
)
def _setWindowInfo(self, win, verbose=False, refreshTest='grating', usingTempWin=True):
"""find and store info about the window: refresh rate, configuration info
"""
if refreshTest in ['grating', True]:
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmd6 = visual.getMsPerFrame(win, nFrames=120,
showVisual=bool(refreshTest == 'grating'))
self['windowRefreshTimeAvg_ms'] = msPFavg
self['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'] = msPFmd6
self['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'] = msPFstd
if usingTempWin:
return
# These 'configuration lists' control what attributes are reported.
# All desired attributes/properties need a legal internal name, e.g., win.winType.
# If an attr is callable, its gets called with no arguments, e.g., win.monitor.getWidth()
winAttrList = ['winType', '_isFullScr', 'units', 'monitor', 'pos', 'screen', 'rgb', 'size']
winAttrListVerbose = ['allowGUI', 'useNativeGamma', 'recordFrameIntervals',
'waitBlanking', '_haveShaders', '_refreshThreshold']
if verbose: winAttrList += winAttrListVerbose
monAttrList = ['name', 'getDistance', 'getWidth', 'currentCalibName']
monAttrListVerbose = ['_gammaInterpolator', '_gammaInterpolator2']
if verbose:
monAttrList += monAttrListVerbose
if 'monitor' in winAttrList: # replace 'monitor' with all desired monitor.<attribute>
i = winAttrList.index('monitor') # retain list-position info, put monitor stuff there
del winAttrList[i]
for monAttr in monAttrList:
winAttrList.insert(i, 'monitor.' + monAttr)
i += 1
for winAttr in winAttrList:
try:
attrValue = eval('win.' + winAttr)
except AttributeError:
logging.warning('AttributeError in RuntimeInfo._setWindowInfo(): Window instance has no attribute', winAttr)
continue
if hasattr(attrValue, '__call__'):
try:
a = attrValue()
attrValue = a
except:
print 'Warning: could not get a value from win.' + winAttr + '() (expects arguments?)'
continue
while winAttr[0] == '_':
winAttr = winAttr[1:]
winAttr = winAttr[0].capitalize() + winAttr[1:]
winAttr = winAttr.replace('Monitor._', 'Monitor.')
if winAttr in ['Pos', 'Size']:
winAttr += '_pix'
if winAttr in ['Monitor.getWidth', 'Monitor.getDistance']:
winAttr += '_cm'
if winAttr in ['RefreshThreshold']:
winAttr += '_sec'
self['window' + winAttr] = attrValue
def _setWindowInfo(self, win, verbose=False, refreshTest='grating', usingTempWin=True):
"""find and store info about the window: refresh rate, configuration info
"""
if refreshTest in ['grating', True]:
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmd6 = visual.getMsPerFrame(win, nFrames=120,
showVisual=bool(refreshTest == 'grating'))
self['windowRefreshTimeAvg_ms'] = msPFavg
self['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'] = msPFmd6
self['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'] = msPFstd
if usingTempWin:
return
# These 'configuration lists' control what attributes are reported.
# All desired attributes/properties need a legal internal name, e.g., win.winType.
# If an attr is callable, its gets called with no arguments, e.g., win.monitor.getWidth()
winAttrList = ['winType', '_isFullScr', 'units', 'monitor', 'pos', 'screen', 'rgb', 'size']
winAttrListVerbose = ['allowGUI', 'useNativeGamma', 'recordFrameIntervals',
'waitBlanking', '_haveShaders', '_refreshThreshold']
if verbose: winAttrList += winAttrListVerbose
monAttrList = ['name', 'getDistance', 'getWidth', 'currentCalibName']
monAttrListVerbose = ['getGammaGrid','getLinearizeMethod','_gammaInterpolator', '_gammaInterpolator2']
if verbose:
monAttrList += monAttrListVerbose
if 'monitor' in winAttrList: # replace 'monitor' with all desired monitor.<attribute>
i = winAttrList.index('monitor') # retain list-position info, put monitor stuff there
del winAttrList[i]
for monAttr in monAttrList:
winAttrList.insert(i, 'monitor.' + monAttr)
i += 1
for winAttr in winAttrList:
try:
attrValue = eval('win.' + winAttr)
except AttributeError:
logging.warning('AttributeError in RuntimeInfo._setWindowInfo(): Window instance has no attribute', winAttr)
continue
if hasattr(attrValue, '__call__'):
try:
a = attrValue()
attrValue = a
except:
print 'Warning: could not get a value from win.' + winAttr + '() (expects arguments?)'
continue
while winAttr[0] == '_':
winAttr = winAttr[1:]
winAttr = winAttr[0].capitalize() + winAttr[1:]
winAttr = winAttr.replace('Monitor._', 'Monitor.')
if winAttr in ['Pos', 'Size']:
winAttr += '_pix'
if winAttr in ['Monitor.getWidth', 'Monitor.getDistance']:
winAttr += '_cm'
if winAttr in ['RefreshThreshold']:
winAttr += '_sec'
self['window' + winAttr] = attrValue
def testRefreshRate(self):
if self.win.winType == 'pygame':
raise nose.plugins.skip.SkipTest(
"getMsPerFrame seems to crash the testing of pygame")
#make sure that we're successfully syncing to the frame rate
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmed = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win,
nFrames=60,
showVisual=True)
nose.tools.ok_(
1000 / 150.0 < msPFavg < 1000 / 40.0,
"Your frame period is %.1fms which suggests you aren't syncing to the frame"
% msPFavg)
def runDiagnostics(self, win, verbose=False):
"""Return list of (key, val, msg) tuple, set self.warnings
All tuple elements will be of <type str>.
msg can depend on val; msg starts with 'Warning:' to indicate a concern.
Plain text is returned, expected to be used in html <table>.
Hyperlinks can be embedded as <a href="...">
"""
report = [] # add item tuples in display order
# get lots of info and do quick-to-render visual (want no frames drop):
# for me, grating draw times are: mean 0.53 ms, SD 0.77 ms
items = info.RunTimeInfo(win=win, refreshTest='grating', verbose=True, userProcsDetailed=True)
totalRAM, freeRAM = items['systemMemTotalRAM'], items['systemMemFreeRAM']
if freeRAM == 'unknown':
if totalRAM != 'unknown':
totalRAM = "%.1fG" % (totalRAM / 1024.)
msg = 'could not assess available physical RAM; total %s' % totalRAM
report.append(('available memory', 'unknown', msg))
else:
msg = 'physical RAM available for configuration test (of %.1fG total)' % (totalRAM / 1024.)
if freeRAM < 300: # in M
msg = 'Warning: low available physical RAM for configuration test (of %.1fG total)' % (totalRAM / 1024.)
report.append(('available memory', str(freeRAM)+'M', msg))
# ----- PSYCHOPY: -----
report.append(('PsychoPy', '', ''))
report.append(('psychopy', __version__, 'avoid upgrading during an experiment'))
report.append(('locale', items['systemLocale'], 'can be set in <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#application-settings">Preferences -> App</a>'))
msg = ''
if items['pythonVersion'] < '2.5' or items['pythonVersion'] >= '3':
msg = 'Warning: python 2.5, 2.6, or 2.7 required; 2.5 is iffy'
if 'EPD' in items['pythonFullVersion']:
msg += ' Enthought Python Distribution'
elif 'PsychoPy2.app' in items['pythonExecutable']:
msg += ' (PsychoPy StandAlone)'
bits, linkage = platform.architecture()
if not bits.startswith('32'):
msg = 'Warning: 32-bit python required; ' + msg
report.append(('python version', items['pythonVersion'] + ' (%s)' % bits, msg))
if verbose:
msg = ''
if items['pythonWxVersion'] < '2.8.10':
msg = 'Warning: wx 2.8.10 or higher required'
report.append(('wx', items['pythonWxVersion'], ''))
report.append(('pyglet', items['pythonPygletVersion'][:32], ''))
report.append(('rush', str(items['psychopyHaveExtRush']), 'for high-priority threads'))
# ----- VISUAL: -----
report.append(('Visual', '', ''))
# openGL settings:
msg = ''
if items['openGLVersion'] < '2.':
msg = 'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=OpenGL+2.0">OpenGL 2.0 or higher is ideal</a>.'
report.append(('openGL version', items['openGLVersion'], msg))
report.append(('openGL vendor', items['openGLVendor'], ''))
report.append(('screen size', ' x '.join(map(str, items['windowSize_pix'])), ''))
#report.append(('wait blanking', str(items['windowWaitBlanking']), ''))
msg = ''
if not items['windowHaveShaders']:
msg = 'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=shader">Rendering of complex stimuli will be slow</a>.'
report.append(('have shaders', str(items['windowHaveShaders']), msg))
msg = 'during the drifting <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/gratingstim.html">GratingStim</a>'
if items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'] < 3.3333333:
msg = """Warning: too fast? visual sync'ing with the monitor seems unlikely at 300+ Hz"""
report.append(('visual sync (refresh)', "%.2f ms/frame" % items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'], msg))
msg = 'SD < 0.5 ms is ideal (want low variability)'
if items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'] > .5:
msg = 'Warning: the refresh rate has high frame-to-frame variability (SD > 0.5 ms)'
report.append(('refresh stability (SD)', "%.2f ms" % items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'], msg))
# draw 100 dots as a minimally demanding visual test:
# first get baseline frame-rate (safe as possible, no drawing):
avg, sd, median = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
dots100 = visual.DotStim(win, nDots=100, speed=0.005, dotLife=12, dir=90,
coherence=0.2, dotSize=8, fieldShape='circle')
win.setRecordFrameIntervals(True)
win.frameIntervals = []
win.flip()
for i in xrange(180):
dots100.draw()
win.flip()
msg = 'during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots'
intervalsMS = np.array(win.frameIntervals) * 1000
nTotal = len(intervalsMS)
nDropped = sum(intervalsMS > (1.5 * median))
if nDropped:
msg = 'Warning: could not keep up during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots.'
report.append(('no dropped frames', '%i / %i' % (nDropped, nTotal), msg))
win.setRecordFrameIntervals(False)
try:
from pyglet.media import avbin
ver = avbin.get_version()
if ver < 5 or ver >= 6:
msg = 'Warning: version 5 recommended (for movies); Visit <a href="http://code.google.com/p/avbin">download page</a> [google.com]'
else:
msg = 'for movies'
report.append(('pyglet avbin', str(ver), msg))
except: # not sure what error to catch, WindowsError not found
report.append(('pyglet avbin', 'import error', 'Warning: could not import avbin; playing movies will not work'))
if verbose:
report.append(('openGL max vertices', str(items['openGLmaxVerticesInVertexArray']), ''))
keyList = ['GL_ARB_multitexture', 'GL_EXT_framebuffer_object', 'GL_ARB_fragment_program',
'GL_ARB_shader_objects', 'GL_ARB_vertex_shader', 'GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two',
'GL_ARB_texture_float', 'GL_STEREO']
for key in keyList:
val = items['openGLext.'+key] # boolean
if not val:
val = '<strong>' + str(val) + '</strong>'
report.append((key, str(val), ''))
# ----- AUDIO: -----
report.append(('Audio', '', ''))
msg = ''
if not 'systemPyoVersion' in items:
msg = 'Warning: pyo is needed for sound and microphone.'
items['systemPyoVersion'] = '(missing)'
elif items['systemPyoVersion'] < '0.6.2':
msg = 'pyo 0.6.2 compiled with --no-messages will suppress start-up messages'
report.append(('pyo', items['systemPyoVersion'], msg))
# sound latencies from portaudio; requires pyo svn r1024
try:
sndInputDevices = items['systemPyo.InputDevices']
if len(sndInputDevices.keys()):
key = sndInputDevices.keys()[0]
mic = sndInputDevices[key]
if mic['name'].endswith('icroph'):
mic['name'] += 'one' # portaudio (?) seems to clip to 16 chars
msg = '"%s"' % mic['name']
if mic['latency'] > 0.003:
msg = 'Warning: "%s" latency > 3ms' % mic['name']
report.append(('microphone latency', "%.4f s" % mic['latency'], msg))
else:
report.append(('microphone', '(not detected)',''))
sndOutputDevices = items['systemPyo.OutputDevices']
if len(sndOutputDevices.keys()):
key = sndOutputDevices.keys()[0]
spkr = sndOutputDevices[key]
msg = '"%s"' % spkr['name']
if spkr['latency'] > 0.003:
msg = 'Warning: "%s" latency > 3ms' % spkr['name']
report.append(('speakers latency', "%.4f s" % spkr['latency'], msg))
else:
report.append(('speakers', '(not detected)',''))
except KeyError:
pass
s2t = '<a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/microphone.html?highlight=Speech2Text">speech-to-text</a>'
msg = 'audio codec for %s' % s2t
if not 'systemFlacVersion' in items:
msg = 'Warning: flac is needed for using %s features. <a href="http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html">Download</a> [sourceforge.net].' % s2t
items['systemFlacVersion'] = '(missing)'
if verbose:
report.append(('flac', items['systemFlacVersion'].lstrip('flac '), msg))
# TO-DO: add microphone + playback as sound test
# ----- NUMERIC: -----
report.append(('Numeric', '', ''))
report.append(('numpy', items['pythonNumpyVersion'], 'vector-based (fast) calculations'))
report.append(('scipy', items['pythonScipyVersion'], 'scientific / numerical'))
report.append(('matplotlib', items['pythonMatplotlibVersion'], 'plotting; fast contains(), overlaps()'))
# ----- SYSTEM: -----
report.append(('System', '', ''))
report.append(('platform', items['systemPlatform'], ''))
msg = 'for online help, usage statistics, software updates, and google-speech'
if items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] is not True:
items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] = 'False'
msg = 'Warning: could not connect (no proxy attempted)'
# TO-DO: dlg to query whether to try to auto-detect (can take a while), or allow manual entry of proxy str, save into prefs
val = str(items['systemHaveInternetAccess'])
report.append(('internet access', val, msg))
report.append(('auto proxy', str(self.prefs.connections['autoProxy']), 'try to auto-detect a proxy if needed; see <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#connection-settings">Preferences -> Connections</a>'))
if not self.prefs.connections['proxy'].strip():
prx = '  --'
else:
prx = str(self.prefs.connections['proxy'])
report.append(('proxy setting', prx, 'current manual proxy setting from <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#connection-settings">Preferences -> Connections</a>'))
msg = ''
items['systemUserProcFlagged'].sort()
self.badBgProc = [p for p,pid in items['systemUserProcFlagged']]
val = ("%s ..." % self.badBgProc[0]) if len(self.badBgProc) else 'No bad background processes found.'
msg = 'Warning: Some <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=background+processes">background processes</a> can adversely affect timing'
report.append(('background processes', val, msg))
if verbose and 'systemSec.OpenSSLVersion' in items:
report.append(('OpenSSL', items['systemSec.OpenSSLVersion'].lstrip('OpenSSL '), 'for <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/encryption.html">encryption</a>'))
report.append(('CPU speed test', "%.3f s" % items['systemTimeNumpySD1000000_sec'], 'numpy.std() of a million data points'))
# TO-DO: more speed benchmarks
# - load large image file from disk
# - transfer image to GPU
# ----- IMPORTS (relevant for developers & non-StandAlone): -----
if verbose: # always False for a real first-run
report.append(('Packages', '', ''))
packages = ['PIL', 'openpyxl', 'lxml', 'setuptools', 'pytest', 'sphinx',
'psignifit', 'pyserial', 'pp',
'pynetstation', 'ioLabs', 'labjack'
]
if sys.platform == 'win32':
packages.append('pywin32')
packages.append('winioport')
for pkg in packages:
try:
if pkg == 'PIL':
exec('import PIL.Image')
ver = PIL.Image.VERSION
#elif pkg == 'lxml':
#
elif pkg == 'pp':
exec('import pp; ver = pp.version')
elif pkg == 'pynetstation':
exec('from psychopy.hardware import egi')
ver = 'import ok'
elif pkg == 'pyserial':
exec('import serial')
ver = serial.VERSION
else:
exec('import ' + pkg)
try: ver = eval(pkg+'.__version__')
except: ver = 'import ok'
report.append((pkg, ver, ''))
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
report.append((pkg, '  --', 'could not import %s' % pkg))
self.warnings = list(set([key for key, val, msg in report if msg.startswith('Warning')]))
return report
def testRefreshRate(self):
#make sure that we're successfully syncing to the frame rate
msPFavg, msPFstd, msPFmed = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win,nFrames=60, showVisual=True)
nose.tools.ok_(1000/150.0 < msPFavg < 1000/40.0, "Your frame period is %.1fms which suggests you aren't syncing to the frame" %msPFavg)
def launch_window(self, test_refresh=True, test_tol=.5):
"""Load window info"""
#taken from Mwaskom cregg
try:
mod = __import__("monitors")
except ImportError:
sys.exit("Could not import monitors.py in this directory.")
try:
minfo = getattr(mod, self.monitor_name)
except IndexError:
sys.exit("Monitor not found in monitors.py")
fullscreen = self.full_screen
size = minfo["size"] if fullscreen else (800, 600)
monitor = Monitor(name=minfo["name"],
width=minfo["width"],
distance=minfo["distance"])
monitor.setSizePix(minfo["size"])
info = dict(units=self.monitor_units,
fullscr=fullscreen,
color=self.window_color,
size=size,
monitor=monitor)
if "framerate" in minfo:
self.framerate = minfo["framerate"]
self.name = self.monitor_name
self.__dict__.update(info)
self.window_kwargs = info
"""Open up a presentation window and measure the refresh rate."""
stated_refresh_hz = self.framerate
# Initialize the Psychopy window object
win = visual.Window(**self.window_kwargs)
# Record the refresh rate we are currently achieving
if self.test_refresh or stated_refresh_hz is None:
win.setRecordFrameIntervals(True)
logging.console.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
flip_time, _, _ = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
observed_refresh_hz = 1000 / flip_time
print('observed_refresh_hz', observed_refresh_hz)
# Possibly test the refresh rate against what we expect
if self.test_refresh and stated_refresh_hz is not None:
refresh_error = np.abs(stated_refresh_hz - observed_refresh_hz)
print('refresh_error', refresh_error)
if refresh_error > test_tol:
msg = (
"Observed refresh rate differs from expected by {:.3f} Hz".
format(refresh_error))
raise RuntimeError(msg)
# Set the refresh rate to use in the experiment
if stated_refresh_hz is None:
msg = "Monitor configuration does not have refresh rate information"
warnings.warn(msg)
win.framerate = observed_refresh_hz
else:
win.framerate = stated_refresh_hz
return win
def __init__(self, exp_info, file_name):
"""
Initialize experiment - read XML file, setup window, connect to netstation and tobii
exp_info - experiment information
file_name - name of XML file containing experiment definition
"""
self.exp_info = exp_info
self.name = None
self.type = None
self.num_blocks = 0
self.blocks = {}
self.block_order = []
# Window to use
wintype = 'pyglet' # use pyglet if possible, it's faster at event handling
# Add 14cm to distance - this is distance from eyetracker to monitor
mon = monitors.Monitor(exp_info['monitor'], distance=float(exp_info['monitor distance']))
self.win = Window(
[1280, 1024],
monitor=mon,
screen=SCREEN,
units="deg",
fullscr=True,
#fullscr=False,
color=[-1, -1, -1],
winType=wintype)
self.win.setMouseVisible(False)
event.clearEvents()
# Measure frame rate
self.mean_ms_per_frame, std_ms_per_frame, median_ms_per_frame = visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win, nFrames=60,
showVisual=True)
self.debug_sq=None
if exp_info['monitor']=='tobii':
self.debug_sq=psychopy.visual.Rect(self.win, width=30, height=30, units='pix')
self.debug_sq.setFillColor((1,1,1))
self.debug_sq.setPos((630,-500))
# Compute distractor duration in frames based on frame rate
distractor_duration_frames = int(2000.0/self.mean_ms_per_frame)
# Initialize set of distractors
self.distractor_set = DistractorSet(os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'images', 'distractors', 'space'),
os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'sounds', 'distractors'),
os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'movies', 'distractors'),
os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'images', 'distractors', 'star-cartoon.jpg'),
distractor_duration_frames, self.win)
# Connect to nestation
self.ns = None
if exp_info['eeg']:
# connect to netstation
self.ns = egi.Netstation()
ms_localtime = egi.ms_localtime
self.eye_tracker = None
mouse_visible = False
if exp_info['eyetracking source'] == 'tobii':
# Initialize eyetracker
self.eye_tracker = TobiiController(self.win)
self.eye_tracker.waitForFindEyeTracker()
self.eye_tracker.activate(EYETRACKER_NAME)
elif exp_info['eyetracking source'] == 'mouse':
mouse_visible = True
# Initialize mouse
self.mouse = event.Mouse(visible=mouse_visible, win=self.win)
self.gaze_debug=None
if self.exp_info['debug mode']:
self.gaze_debug=psychopy.visual.Circle(self.win, radius=1, fillColor=(1.0,-1.0,-1.0))
self.read_xml(file_name)
# Initialize netstation and eyetracker
self.initialize()
def runDiagnostics(self, win, verbose=False):
"""Return list of (key, val, msg, warn) tuple, set self.warnings
All tuple elements will be of <type str>.
msg can depend on val; warn==True indicates a concern.
Plain text is returned, expected to be used in html <table>.
Hyperlinks can be embedded as <a href="...">
"""
report = [] # add item tuples in display order
# get lots of info and do quick-to-render visual (want no frames drop):
# for me, grating draw times are: mean 0.53 ms, SD 0.77 ms
items = info.RunTimeInfo(win=win, refreshTest='grating', verbose=True, userProcsDetailed=True)
totalRAM, freeRAM = items['systemMemTotalRAM'], items['systemMemFreeRAM']
warn = False
if freeRAM == 'unknown':
if totalRAM != 'unknown':
totalRAM = "%.1fG" % (totalRAM / 1024.)
msg = _translate('could not assess available physical RAM; total %s') % totalRAM
report.append(('available memory', 'unknown', msg, warn))
else:
msg = _translate('physical RAM available for configuration test (of %.1fG total)') % (totalRAM / 1024.)
if freeRAM < 300: # in M
msg = _translate('Warning: low available physical RAM for configuration test (of %.1fG total)') % (totalRAM / 1024.)
warn = True
report.append(('available memory', unicode(freeRAM)+'M', msg, warn))
# ----- PSYCHOPY: -----
warn = False
report.append(('PsychoPy', '', '', False)) # not localized
report.append(('psychopy', __version__, _translate('avoid upgrading during an experiment'), False))
report.append(('locale', items['systemLocale'],
_translate('can be set in <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#application-settings-app">Preferences -> App</a>'),
False))
msg = ''
if items['pythonVersion'] < '2.5' or items['pythonVersion'] >= '3':
msg = _translate('Warning: python 2.6 or 2.7 required; 2.5 is not supported but might work')
warn = True
if 'EPD' in items['pythonFullVersion']:
msg += ' Enthought Python Distribution'
elif 'PsychoPy2.app' in items['pythonExecutable']:
msg += ' (PsychoPy StandAlone)'
bits, linkage = platform.architecture()
#if not bits.startswith('32'):
# msg = 'Warning: 32-bit python required; ' + msg
report.append(('python version', items['pythonVersion'] + ' (%s)' % bits, msg, warn))
warn = False
if verbose:
msg = ''
if items['pythonWxVersion'] < '2.8.10':
msg = _translate('Warning: wx 2.8.10 or higher required')
warn = True
report.append(('wx', items['pythonWxVersion'], '', warn))
report.append(('pyglet', items['pythonPygletVersion'][:32], '', False))
report.append(('rush', str(items['psychopyHaveExtRush']), _translate('for high-priority threads'), False))
# ----- VISUAL: -----
report.append(('Visual', '', '', False))
warn = False
# openGL settings:
msg = ''
if items['openGLVersion'] < '2.':
msg = _translate('Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=OpenGL+2.0">OpenGL 2.0 or higher is ideal</a>.')
warn = True
report.append(('openGL version', items['openGLVersion'], msg, warn))
report.append(('openGL vendor', items['openGLVendor'], '', False))
report.append(('screen size', ' x '.join(map(str, items['windowSize_pix'])), '', False))
#report.append(('wait blanking', str(items['windowWaitBlanking']), '', False))
warn = False
msg = ''
if not items['windowHaveShaders']:
msg = _translate('Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=shader">Rendering of complex stimuli will be slow</a>.')
warn = True
report.append(('have shaders', str(items['windowHaveShaders']), msg, warn))
warn = False
msg = _translate('during the drifting <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/gratingstim.html">GratingStim</a>')
if items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'] < 3.3333333:
msg = _translate("""Warning: too fast? visual sync'ing with the monitor seems unlikely at 300+ Hz""")
warn = True
report.append(('visual sync (refresh)', "%.2f ms/frame" % items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'], msg, warn))
msg = _translate('SD < 0.5 ms is ideal (want low variability)')
warn = False
if items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'] > .5:
msg = _translate('Warning: the refresh rate has high frame-to-frame variability (SD > 0.5 ms)')
warn = True
report.append(('refresh stability (SD)', "%.2f ms" % items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'], msg, warn))
# draw 100 dots as a minimally demanding visual test:
# first get baseline frame-rate (safe as possible, no drawing):
avg, sd, median = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
dots100 = visual.DotStim(win, nDots=100, speed=0.005, dotLife=12, dir=90,
coherence=0.2, dotSize=8, fieldShape='circle', autoLog=False)
win.recordFrameIntervals = True
win.frameIntervals = []
win.flip()
for i in xrange(180):
dots100.draw()
win.flip()
msg = _translate('during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots')
warn = False
intervalsMS = np.array(win.frameIntervals) * 1000
nTotal = len(intervalsMS)
nDropped = sum(intervalsMS > (1.5 * median))
if nDropped:
msg = _translate('Warning: could not keep up during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots.')
warn = True
report.append(('no dropped frames', '%i / %i' % (nDropped, nTotal), msg, warn))
win.recordFrameIntervals = False
msg = _translate('for movies')
warn = False
try:
from pyglet.media import avbin
except: # not sure what error to catch, WindowsError not found
report.append(('pyglet avbin', 'import error', _translate('Warning: could not import avbin; playing movies will not work'), True))
else:
ver = avbin.get_version()
if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
if not (7 <= ver < 8):
msg = _translate('Warning: version 7 recommended on linux (for movies)')
warn = True
elif not (5 <= ver < 6):
msg = _translate('Warning: version 5 recommended (for movies); Visit <a href="http://code.google.com/p/avbin">download page</a> [google.com]')
warn = True
report.append(('pyglet avbin', unicode(ver), msg, warn))
if verbose:
report.append(('openGL max vertices', str(items['openGLmaxVerticesInVertexArray']), '', False))
keyList = ['GL_ARB_multitexture', 'GL_EXT_framebuffer_object', 'GL_ARB_fragment_program',
'GL_ARB_shader_objects', 'GL_ARB_vertex_shader', 'GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two',
'GL_ARB_texture_float', 'GL_STEREO']
for key in keyList:
val = items['openGLext.'+key] # boolean
if not val:
val = '<strong>' + str(val) + '</strong>'
report.append((key, str(val), '', False))
# ----- AUDIO: -----
report.append(('Audio', '', '', False))
msg = ''
warn = False
if not 'systemPyoVersion' in items:
msg = _translate('Warning: pyo is needed for sound and microphone.')
warn = True
items['systemPyoVersion'] = _translate('(missing)')
#elif items['systemPyoVersion'] < '0.6.2':
# msg = 'pyo 0.6.2 compiled with --no-messages will suppress start-up messages'
report.append(('pyo', items['systemPyoVersion'], msg, warn))
# sound latencies from portaudio; requires pyo svn r1024
try:
sndInputDevices = items['systemPyo.InputDevices']
warn = False
if len(sndInputDevices.keys()):
key = sndInputDevices.keys()[0]
mic = sndInputDevices[key]
if mic['name'].endswith('icroph'):
mic['name'] += 'one' # portaudio (?) seems to clip to 16 chars
msg = '"%s"' % mic['name']
if mic['latency'] > 0.01:
msg = _translate('Warning: "%s" latency > 10ms') % mic['name']
warn = True
report.append(('microphone latency', "%.4f s" % mic['latency'], msg, warn))
else:
report.append(('microphone', _translate('(not detected)'),'', False))
sndOutputDevices = items['systemPyo.OutputDevices']
if len(sndOutputDevices.keys()):
warn = False
key = sndOutputDevices.keys()[0]
spkr = sndOutputDevices[key]
msg = '"%s"' % spkr['name']
if spkr['latency'] > 0.01:
msg = _translate('Warning: "%s" latency > 10ms') % spkr['name']
warn = True
report.append(('speakers latency', "%.4f s" % spkr['latency'], msg, warn))
else:
report.append(('speakers', _translate('(not detected)'),'', False))
except KeyError:
pass
s2t = '<a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/microphone.html?highlight=Speech2Text">speech-to-text</a>'
msg = _translate('audio codec for %s and sound file compression') % s2t
warn = False
if not 'systemFlacVersion' in items:
msg = _translate('Warning: flac is needed for using %s and sound compression.') % s2t +\
' <a href="http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html">' +\
_translate('Download</a> [sourceforge.net].')
warn = True
items['systemFlacVersion'] = _translate('(missing)')
if verbose:
report.append(('flac', items['systemFlacVersion'].lstrip('flac '), msg, warn))
# TO-DO: add microphone + playback as sound test
# ----- NUMERIC: -----
report.append(('Numeric', '', '', False))
report.append(('numpy', items['pythonNumpyVersion'], _translate('vector-based (fast) calculations'), False))
report.append(('scipy', items['pythonScipyVersion'], _translate('scientific / numerical'), False))
report.append(('matplotlib', items['pythonMatplotlibVersion'], _translate('plotting; fast contains(), overlaps()'), False))
# ----- SYSTEM: -----
report.append(('System', '', '', False))
report.append(('platform', items['systemPlatform'], '', False))
msg = _translate('for online help, usage statistics, software updates, and google-speech')
warn = False
if items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] is not True:
items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] = 'False'
msg = _translate('Warning: could not connect (no proxy attempted)')
warn = True
# TO-DO: dlg to query whether to try to auto-detect (can take a while), or allow manual entry of proxy str, save into prefs
val = str(items['systemHaveInternetAccess'])
report.append(('internet access', val, msg, warn))
report.append(('auto proxy', str(self.prefs.connections['autoProxy']), _translate('try to auto-detect a proxy if needed; see <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#connection-settings-connections">Preferences -> Connections</a>'), False))
if not self.prefs.connections['proxy'].strip():
prx = ' --'
else:
prx = unicode(self.prefs.connections['proxy'])
report.append(('proxy setting', prx, _translate('current manual proxy setting from <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#connection-settings-connections">Preferences -> Connections</a>'), False))
msg = ''
warn = False
# assure that we have a list
if items['systemUserProcFlagged'] is None:
items['systemUserProcFlagged'] = []
items['systemUserProcFlagged'].sort()
self.badBgProc = [p for p,pid in items['systemUserProcFlagged']]
if len(self.badBgProc):
val = ("%s ..." % self.badBgProc[0])
msg = _translate('Warning: Some <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=background+processes">background processes</a> can adversely affect timing')
warn = True
else:
val = _translate('No bad background processes active.')
report.append(('background processes', val, msg, warn))
if verbose and 'systemSec.OpenSSLVersion' in items:
report.append(('OpenSSL', items['systemSec.OpenSSLVersion'].lstrip('OpenSSL '), 'for <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/encryption.html">encryption</a>', False))
report.append(('CPU speed test', "%.3f s" % items['systemTimeNumpySD1000000_sec'], _translate('numpy.std() of 1,000,000 data points'), False))
# TO-DO: more speed benchmarks
# - load large image file from disk
# - transfer image to GPU
# ----- IMPORTS (relevant for developers & non-StandAlone): -----
if verbose: # always False for a real first-run
report.append((_translate('Python packages'), '', '', False))
packages = ['PIL', 'openpyxl', 'lxml', 'setuptools', 'pytest', 'sphinx',
'psignifit', 'pyserial', 'pp',
'pynetstation', 'ioLabs', 'labjack'
]
if sys.platform == 'win32':
packages.append('pywin32')
packages.append('winioport')
for pkg in packages:
try:
if pkg == 'PIL':
exec('import PIL.Image')
ver = PIL.Image.VERSION
#elif pkg == 'lxml':
#
elif pkg == 'pp':
exec('import pp; ver = pp.version')
elif pkg == 'pynetstation':
exec('from psychopy.hardware import egi')
ver = 'import ok'
elif pkg == 'pyserial':
exec('import serial')
ver = serial.VERSION
elif pkg == 'pywin32':
exec('import win32api')
ver = 'import ok'
else:
exec('import ' + pkg)
try: ver = eval(pkg+'.__version__')
except: ver = 'import ok'
report.append((pkg, ver, '', False))
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
report.append((pkg, ' --', _translate('could not import package %s') % pkg, False))
# rewrite to avoid assumption of locale en_US:
self.warnings = list(set([key for key, val, msg, warn in report if warn]))
return report
def runDiagnostics(self, win, verbose=False):
"""Return list of (key, val, msg, warn) tuple, set self.warnings
All tuple elements will be of <type str>.
msg can depend on val; warn==True indicates a concern.
Plain text is returned, expected to be used in html <table>.
Hyperlinks can be embedded as <a href="...">
"""
report = [] # add item tuples in display order
# get lots of info and do quick-to-render visual (want 0 frames drop):
# for me, grating draw times are: mean 0.53 ms, SD 0.77 ms
items = info.RunTimeInfo(win=win,
refreshTest='grating',
verbose=True,
userProcsDetailed=True)
totalRAM = items['systemMemTotalRAM']
freeRAM = items['systemMemFreeRAM']
warn = False
if freeRAM == 'unknown':
if totalRAM != 'unknown':
totalRAM = "%.1fG" % (totalRAM / 1024.0)
txt = _translate(
'could not assess available physical RAM; total %s')
msg = txt % totalRAM
report.append(('available memory', 'unknown', msg, warn))
else:
txt = _translate('physical RAM available for configuration test '
'(of %.1fG total)')
msg = txt % (totalRAM / 1024.)
if freeRAM < 300: # in M
txt = _translate('Warning: low available physical RAM for '
'configuration test (of %.1fG total)')
msg = txt % (totalRAM / 1024.)
warn = True
report.append(('available memory', str(freeRAM) + 'M', msg, warn))
# ----- PSYCHOPY: -----
warn = False
report.append(('PsychoPy', '', '', False)) # not localized
report.append(
('psychopy', __version__,
_translate('avoid upgrading during an experiment'), False))
msg = _translate(
'can be set in <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/'
'prefs.html#application-settings-app">Preferences -> App</a>')
report.append(('locale', items['systemLocale'], msg, False))
msg = ''
v = parse_version
thisV = v(items['pythonVersion'])
if (thisV < v('2.7') or (v('3.0') <= thisV < v('3.6'))):
msg = _translate("Warning: python 2.7 or 3.6 are recommended; "
"2.6 and 3.5 might work. Others probably won't.")
warn = True
if 'EPD' in items['pythonFullVersion']:
msg += ' Enthought Python Distribution'
elif 'PsychoPy3.app' in items['pythonExecutable']:
msg += ' (PsychoPy StandAlone)'
bits, linkage = platform.architecture()
# if not bits.startswith('32'):
# msg = 'Warning: 32-bit python required; ' + msg
report.append(
('python version', items['pythonVersion'] + ' (%s)' % bits,
msg, warn))
warn = False
if verbose:
msg = ''
if items['pythonWxVersion'] < '2.8.10':
msg = _translate('Warning: wx 2.8.10 or higher required')
warn = True
report.append(('wx', items['pythonWxVersion'], '', warn))
report.append(
('pyglet', items['pythonPygletVersion'][:32], '', False))
report.append(('rush', str(items['psychopyHaveExtRush']),
_translate('for high-priority threads'), False))
# ----- VISUAL: -----
report.append(('Visual', '', '', False))
warn = False
# openGL settings:
msg = ''
if items['openGLVersion'] < '2.':
msg = _translate(
'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing'
'/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=OpenGL+2.0">OpenGL '
'2.0 or higher is ideal</a>.')
warn = True
report.append(('openGL version', items['openGLVersion'], msg, warn))
report.append(('openGL vendor', items['openGLVendor'], '', False))
report.append(
('screen size', ' x '.join(map(str, items['windowSize_pix'])), '',
False))
# report.append(('wait blanking', str(items['windowWaitBlanking']), '',
# False))
warn = False
msg = ''
if not items['windowHaveShaders']:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing'
'/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=shader">Rendering of'
' complex stimuli will be slow</a>.')
warn = True
report.append(
('have shaders', str(items['windowHaveShaders']), msg, warn))
warn = False
msg = _translate(
'during the drifting <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/'
'visual/gratingstim.html">GratingStim</a>')
if items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'] < 3.3333333:
msg = _translate(
"Warning: too fast? visual sync'ing with the monitor"
" seems unlikely at 300+ Hz")
warn = True
report.append(
('visual sync (refresh)',
"%.2f ms/frame" % items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'], msg, warn))
msg = _translate('SD < 0.5 ms is ideal (want low variability)')
warn = False
if items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'] > .5:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: the refresh rate has high frame-to-frame '
'variability (SD > 0.5 ms)')
warn = True
report.append(('refresh stability (SD)',
"%.2f ms" % items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'], msg, warn))
# draw 100 dots as a minimally demanding visual test:
# first get baseline frame-rate (safe as possible, no drawing):
avg, sd, median = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
dots100 = visual.DotStim(win,
nDots=100,
speed=0.005,
dotLife=12,
dir=90,
coherence=0.2,
dotSize=8,
fieldShape='circle',
autoLog=False)
win.recordFrameIntervals = True
win.frameIntervals = []
win.flip()
for i in range(180):
dots100.draw()
win.flip()
msg = _translate('during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/'
'dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots')
warn = False
intervalsMS = np.array(win.frameIntervals) * 1000
nTotal = len(intervalsMS)
nDropped = sum(intervalsMS > (1.5 * median))
if nDropped:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: could not keep up during <a href="http://'
'www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a>'
' with 100 random dots.')
warn = True
report.append(
('no dropped frames', '%i / %i' % (nDropped, nTotal), msg, warn))
win.recordFrameIntervals = False
if verbose:
report.append(
('openGL max vertices',
str(items['openGLmaxVerticesInVertexArray']), '', False))
keyList = ('GL_ARB_multitexture', 'GL_EXT_framebuffer_object',
'GL_ARB_fragment_program', 'GL_ARB_shader_objects',
'GL_ARB_vertex_shader', 'GL_ARB_texture_float',
'GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two', 'GL_STEREO')
for key in keyList:
val = items['openGLext.' + key] # boolean
if not val:
val = '<strong>' + str(val) + '</strong>'
report.append((key, str(val), '', False))
# ----- AUDIO: -----
report.append(('Audio', '', '', False))
msg = ''
warn = False
if not 'systemPyoVersion' in items:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: pyo is needed for sound and microphone.')
warn = True
items['systemPyoVersion'] = _translate('(missing)')
# elif items['systemPyoVersion'] < '0.6.2':
# msg = 'pyo 0.6.2 compiled with --no-messages will
# suppress start-up messages'
report.append(('pyo', items['systemPyoVersion'], msg, warn))
# TO-DO: add microphone + playback as sound test
# ----- NUMERIC: -----
report.append(('Numeric', '', '', False))
report.append(('numpy', items['pythonNumpyVersion'],
_translate('vector-based (fast) calculations'), False))
report.append(('scipy', items['pythonScipyVersion'],
_translate('scientific / numerical'), False))
report.append(
('matplotlib', items['pythonMatplotlibVersion'],
_translate('plotting; fast contains(), overlaps()'), False))
# ----- SYSTEM: -----
report.append(('System', '', '', False))
report.append(('platform', items['systemPlatform'], '', False))
msg = _translate('for online help, usage statistics, software '
'updates, and google-speech')
warn = False
if items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] is not True:
items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] = 'False'
msg = _translate('Warning: could not connect (no proxy attempted)')
warn = True
# TO-DO: dlg to query whether to try to auto-detect (can take a
# while), or allow manual entry of proxy str, save into prefs
val = str(items['systemHaveInternetAccess'])
report.append(('internet access', val, msg, warn))
report.append(('auto proxy', str(self.prefs.connections['autoProxy']),
_translate('try to auto-detect a proxy if needed; see'
' <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general'
'/prefs.html#connection-settings-connection'
's">Preferences -> Connections</a>'), False))
if not self.prefs.connections['proxy'].strip():
prx = ' --'
else:
prx = str(self.prefs.connections['proxy'])
report.append(('proxy setting', prx,
_translate('current manual proxy setting from <a '
'href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/'
'prefs.html#connection-settings-connections'
'">Preferences -> Connections</a>'), False))
txt = 'CPU speed test'
report.append(
(txt, "%.3f s" % items['systemTimeNumpySD1000000_sec'],
_translate('numpy.std() of 1,000,000 data points'), False))
# TO-DO: more speed benchmarks
# - load large image file from disk
# - transfer image to GPU
# ----- IMPORTS (relevant for developers & non-StandAlone): -----
if verbose: # always False for a real first-run
report.append((_translate('Python packages'), '', '', False))
packages = [
'PIL', 'openpyxl', 'lxml', 'setuptools', 'pytest', 'sphinx',
'psignifit', 'pyserial', 'pp', 'pynetstation', 'labjack'
]
if sys.platform == 'win32':
packages.append('pywin32')
packages.append('winioport')
if constants.PY3:
pkgError = ModuleNotFoundError
else:
pkgError = ImportError
for pkg in packages:
try:
if pkg == 'PIL':
import PIL
ver = PIL.__version__
# elif pkg == 'lxml':
#
elif pkg == 'pynetstation':
from psychopy.hardware import egi
ver = 'import ok'
elif pkg == 'pyserial':
import serial
ver = serial.VERSION
elif pkg == 'pywin32':
import win32api
ver = 'import ok'
else:
exec('import ' + pkg)
try:
ver = eval(pkg + '.__version__')
except Exception:
ver = 'imported but no version info'
report.append((pkg, ver, '', False))
except (pkgError, AttributeError):
msg = _translate('could not import package %s')
report.append((pkg, ' --', msg % pkg, False))
# rewrite to avoid assumption of locale en_US:
self.warnings = list(
set([key for key, val, msg, warn in report if warn]))
return report
def runDiagnostics(self, win, verbose=False):
"""Return list of (key, val, msg, warn) tuple, set self.warnings
All tuple elements will be of <type str>.
msg can depend on val; warn==True indicates a concern.
Plain text is returned, expected to be used in html <table>.
Hyperlinks can be embedded as <a href="...">
"""
report = [] # add item tuples in display order
# get lots of info and do quick-to-render visual (want 0 frames drop):
# for me, grating draw times are: mean 0.53 ms, SD 0.77 ms
items = info.RunTimeInfo(win=win, refreshTest='grating',
verbose=True, userProcsDetailed=True)
totalRAM = items['systemMemTotalRAM']
freeRAM = items['systemMemFreeRAM']
warn = False
if freeRAM == 'unknown':
if totalRAM != 'unknown':
totalRAM = "%.1fG" % (totalRAM/1024.0)
txt = _translate(
'could not assess available physical RAM; total %s')
msg = txt % totalRAM
report.append(('available memory', 'unknown', msg, warn))
else:
txt = _translate(
'physical RAM available for configuration test '
'(of %.1fG total)')
msg = txt % (totalRAM/1024.)
if freeRAM < 300: # in M
txt = _translate(
'Warning: low available physical RAM for '
'configuration test (of %.1fG total)')
msg = txt % (totalRAM/1024.)
warn = True
report.append(('available memory', str(freeRAM) + 'M',
msg, warn))
# ----- PSYCHOPY: -----
warn = False
report.append(('PsychoPy', '', '', False)) # not localized
report.append(('psychopy', __version__,
_translate('avoid upgrading during an experiment'),
False))
msg = _translate(
'can be set in <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/'
'prefs.html#application-settings-app">Preferences -> App</a>')
report.append(('locale', items['systemLocale'], msg, False))
msg = ''
v = parse_version
thisV = v(items['pythonVersion'])
if (thisV < v('2.7') or (v('3.0') <= thisV < v('3.6'))
):
msg = _translate("Warning: python 2.7 or 3.6 are recommended; "
"2.6 and 3.5 might work. Others probably won't.")
warn = True
if 'EPD' in items['pythonFullVersion']:
msg += ' Enthought Python Distribution'
elif 'PsychoPy3.app' in items['pythonExecutable']:
msg += ' (PsychoPy StandAlone)'
bits, linkage = platform.architecture()
# if not bits.startswith('32'):
# msg = 'Warning: 32-bit python required; ' + msg
report.append(
('python version',
items['pythonVersion'] + ' (%s)' % bits,
msg, warn))
warn = False
if verbose:
msg = ''
if items['pythonWxVersion'] < '2.8.10':
msg = _translate('Warning: wx 2.8.10 or higher required')
warn = True
report.append(('wx', items['pythonWxVersion'], '', warn))
report.append(
('pyglet', items['pythonPygletVersion'][:32], '', False))
report.append(('rush', str(items['psychopyHaveExtRush']),
_translate('for high-priority threads'), False))
# ----- VISUAL: -----
report.append(('Visual', '', '', False))
warn = False
# openGL settings:
msg = ''
if items['openGLVersion'] < '2.':
msg = _translate(
'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing'
'/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=OpenGL+2.0">OpenGL '
'2.0 or higher is ideal</a>.')
warn = True
report.append(('openGL version', items['openGLVersion'], msg, warn))
report.append(('openGL vendor', items['openGLVendor'], '', False))
report.append(('screen size', ' x '.join(
map(str, items['windowSize_pix'])), '', False))
# report.append(('wait blanking', str(items['windowWaitBlanking']), '',
# False))
warn = False
msg = ''
if not items['windowHaveShaders']:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing'
'/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=shader">Rendering of'
' complex stimuli will be slow</a>.')
warn = True
report.append(('have shaders', str(
items['windowHaveShaders']), msg, warn))
warn = False
msg = _translate(
'during the drifting <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/'
'visual/gratingstim.html">GratingStim</a>')
if items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'] < 3.3333333:
msg = _translate(
"Warning: too fast? visual sync'ing with the monitor"
" seems unlikely at 300+ Hz")
warn = True
report.append(('visual sync (refresh)', "%.2f ms/frame" %
items['windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms'], msg, warn))
msg = _translate('SD < 0.5 ms is ideal (want low variability)')
warn = False
if items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'] > .5:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: the refresh rate has high frame-to-frame '
'variability (SD > 0.5 ms)')
warn = True
report.append(('refresh stability (SD)', "%.2f ms" %
items['windowRefreshTimeSD_ms'], msg, warn))
# draw 100 dots as a minimally demanding visual test:
# first get baseline frame-rate (safe as possible, no drawing):
avg, sd, median = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
dots100 = visual.DotStim(
win, nDots=100, speed=0.005, dotLife=12, dir=90,
coherence=0.2, dotSize=8, fieldShape='circle', autoLog=False)
win.recordFrameIntervals = True
win.frameIntervals = []
win.flip()
for i in range(180):
dots100.draw()
win.flip()
msg = _translate(
'during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/'
'dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots')
warn = False
intervalsMS = np.array(win.frameIntervals) * 1000
nTotal = len(intervalsMS)
nDropped = sum(intervalsMS > (1.5 * median))
if nDropped:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: could not keep up during <a href="http://'
'www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a>'
' with 100 random dots.')
warn = True
report.append(('no dropped frames', '%i / %i' % (nDropped, nTotal),
msg, warn))
win.recordFrameIntervals = False
if verbose:
report.append(('openGL max vertices',
str(items['openGLmaxVerticesInVertexArray']),
'', False))
keyList = ('GL_ARB_multitexture', 'GL_EXT_framebuffer_object',
'GL_ARB_fragment_program', 'GL_ARB_shader_objects',
'GL_ARB_vertex_shader', 'GL_ARB_texture_float',
'GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two', 'GL_STEREO')
for key in keyList:
val = items['openGLext.' + key] # boolean
if not val:
val = '<strong>' + str(val) + '</strong>'
report.append((key, str(val), '', False))
# ----- AUDIO: -----
report.append(('Audio', '', '', False))
msg = ''
warn = False
if not 'systemPyoVersion' in items:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: pyo is needed for sound and microphone.')
warn = True
items['systemPyoVersion'] = _translate('(missing)')
# elif items['systemPyoVersion'] < '0.6.2':
# msg = 'pyo 0.6.2 compiled with --no-messages will
# suppress start-up messages'
report.append(('pyo', items['systemPyoVersion'], msg, warn))
# TO-DO: add microphone + playback as sound test
# ----- NUMERIC: -----
report.append(('Numeric', '', '', False))
report.append(('numpy', items['pythonNumpyVersion'],
_translate('vector-based (fast) calculations'), False))
report.append(('scipy', items['pythonScipyVersion'],
_translate('scientific / numerical'), False))
report.append(('matplotlib', items['pythonMatplotlibVersion'],
_translate('plotting; fast contains(), overlaps()'),
False))
# ----- SYSTEM: -----
report.append(('System', '', '', False))
report.append(('platform', items['systemPlatform'], '', False))
msg = _translate('for online help, usage statistics, software '
'updates, and google-speech')
warn = False
if items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] is not True:
items['systemHaveInternetAccess'] = 'False'
msg = _translate('Warning: could not connect (no proxy attempted)')
warn = True
# TO-DO: dlg to query whether to try to auto-detect (can take a
# while), or allow manual entry of proxy str, save into prefs
val = str(items['systemHaveInternetAccess'])
report.append(('internet access', val, msg, warn))
report.append(('auto proxy',
str(self.prefs.connections['autoProxy']),
_translate('try to auto-detect a proxy if needed; see'
' <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general'
'/prefs.html#connection-settings-connection'
's">Preferences -> Connections</a>'),
False))
if not self.prefs.connections['proxy'].strip():
prx = ' --'
else:
prx = str(self.prefs.connections['proxy'])
report.append(('proxy setting', prx,
_translate('current manual proxy setting from <a '
'href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/'
'prefs.html#connection-settings-connections'
'">Preferences -> Connections</a>'), False))
txt = 'CPU speed test'
report.append((txt, "%.3f s" % items['systemTimeNumpySD1000000_sec'],
_translate('numpy.std() of 1,000,000 data points'),
False))
# TO-DO: more speed benchmarks
# - load large image file from disk
# - transfer image to GPU
# ----- IMPORTS (relevant for developers & non-StandAlone): -----
if verbose: # always False for a real first-run
report.append((_translate('Python packages'), '', '', False))
packages = ['PIL', 'openpyxl', 'lxml', 'setuptools', 'pytest',
'sphinx', 'psignifit', 'pyserial', 'pp',
'pynetstation', 'labjack']
if sys.platform == 'win32':
packages.append('pywin32')
packages.append('winioport')
if constants.PY3:
pkgError = ModuleNotFoundError
else:
pkgError = ImportError
for pkg in packages:
try:
if pkg == 'PIL':
import PIL
ver = PIL.__version__
# elif pkg == 'lxml':
#
elif pkg == 'pynetstation':
from psychopy.hardware import egi
ver = 'import ok'
elif pkg == 'pyserial':
import serial
ver = serial.VERSION
elif pkg == 'pywin32':
import win32api
ver = 'import ok'
else:
exec('import ' + pkg)
try:
ver = eval(pkg + '.__version__')
except Exception:
ver = 'imported but no version info'
report.append((pkg, ver, '', False))
except (pkgError, AttributeError):
msg = _translate('could not import package %s')
report.append((pkg, ' --', msg % pkg, False))
# rewrite to avoid assumption of locale en_US:
self.warnings = list(
set([key for key, val, msg, warn in report if warn]))
return report
def runDiagnostics(self, win, verbose=False):
"""Return list of (key, val, msg, warn) tuple, set self.warnings
All tuple elements will be of <type str>.
msg can depend on val; warn==True indicates a concern.
Plain text is returned, expected to be used in html <table>.
Hyperlinks can be embedded as <a href="...">
"""
report = [] # add item tuples in display order
# get lots of info and do quick-to-render visual (want no frames drop):
# for me, grating draw times are: mean 0.53 ms, SD 0.77 ms
items = info.RunTimeInfo(win=win, refreshTest="grating", verbose=True, userProcsDetailed=True)
totalRAM, freeRAM = items["systemMemTotalRAM"], items["systemMemFreeRAM"]
warn = False
if freeRAM == "unknown":
if totalRAM != "unknown":
totalRAM = "%.1fG" % (totalRAM / 1024.0)
msg = _translate("could not assess available physical RAM; total %s") % totalRAM
report.append(("available memory", "unknown", msg, warn))
else:
msg = _translate("physical RAM available for configuration test (of %.1fG total)") % (totalRAM / 1024.0)
if freeRAM < 300: # in M
msg = _translate("Warning: low available physical RAM for configuration test (of %.1fG total)") % (
totalRAM / 1024.0
)
warn = True
report.append(("available memory", unicode(freeRAM) + "M", msg, warn))
# ----- PSYCHOPY: -----
warn = False
report.append(("PsychoPy", "", "", False)) # not localized
report.append(("psychopy", __version__, _translate("avoid upgrading during an experiment"), False))
report.append(
(
"locale",
items["systemLocale"],
_translate(
'can be set in <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#application-settings">Preferences -> App</a>'
),
False,
)
)
msg = ""
if items["pythonVersion"] < "2.5" or items["pythonVersion"] >= "3":
msg = _translate("Warning: python 2.6 or 2.7 required; 2.5 is not supported but might work")
warn = True
if "EPD" in items["pythonFullVersion"]:
msg += " Enthought Python Distribution"
elif "PsychoPy2.app" in items["pythonExecutable"]:
msg += " (PsychoPy StandAlone)"
bits, linkage = platform.architecture()
# if not bits.startswith('32'):
# msg = 'Warning: 32-bit python required; ' + msg
report.append(("python version", items["pythonVersion"] + " (%s)" % bits, msg, warn))
warn = False
if verbose:
msg = ""
if items["pythonWxVersion"] < "2.8.10":
msg = _translate("Warning: wx 2.8.10 or higher required")
warn = True
report.append(("wx", items["pythonWxVersion"], "", warn))
report.append(("pyglet", items["pythonPygletVersion"][:32], "", False))
report.append(("rush", str(items["psychopyHaveExtRush"]), _translate("for high-priority threads"), False))
# ----- VISUAL: -----
report.append(("Visual", "", "", False))
warn = False
# openGL settings:
msg = ""
if items["openGLVersion"] < "2.":
msg = _translate(
'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=OpenGL+2.0">OpenGL 2.0 or higher is ideal</a>.'
)
warn = True
report.append(("openGL version", items["openGLVersion"], msg, warn))
report.append(("openGL vendor", items["openGLVendor"], "", False))
report.append(("screen size", " x ".join(map(str, items["windowSize_pix"])), "", False))
# report.append(('wait blanking', str(items['windowWaitBlanking']), '', False))
warn = False
msg = ""
if not items["windowHaveShaders"]:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=shader">Rendering of complex stimuli will be slow</a>.'
)
warn = True
report.append(("have shaders", str(items["windowHaveShaders"]), msg, warn))
warn = False
msg = _translate(
'during the drifting <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/gratingstim.html">GratingStim</a>'
)
if items["windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms"] < 3.3333333:
msg = _translate("""Warning: too fast? visual sync'ing with the monitor seems unlikely at 300+ Hz""")
warn = True
report.append(("visual sync (refresh)", "%.2f ms/frame" % items["windowRefreshTimeMedian_ms"], msg, warn))
msg = _translate("SD < 0.5 ms is ideal (want low variability)")
warn = False
if items["windowRefreshTimeSD_ms"] > 0.5:
msg = _translate("Warning: the refresh rate has high frame-to-frame variability (SD > 0.5 ms)")
warn = True
report.append(("refresh stability (SD)", "%.2f ms" % items["windowRefreshTimeSD_ms"], msg, warn))
# draw 100 dots as a minimally demanding visual test:
# first get baseline frame-rate (safe as possible, no drawing):
avg, sd, median = visual.getMsPerFrame(win)
dots100 = visual.DotStim(
win,
nDots=100,
speed=0.005,
dotLife=12,
dir=90,
coherence=0.2,
dotSize=8,
fieldShape="circle",
autoLog=False,
)
win.recordFrameIntervals = True
win.frameIntervals = []
win.flip()
for i in xrange(180):
dots100.draw()
win.flip()
msg = _translate(
'during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots'
)
warn = False
intervalsMS = np.array(win.frameIntervals) * 1000
nTotal = len(intervalsMS)
nDropped = sum(intervalsMS > (1.5 * median))
if nDropped:
msg = _translate(
'Warning: could not keep up during <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/visual/dotstim.html">DotStim</a> with 100 random dots.'
)
warn = True
report.append(("no dropped frames", "%i / %i" % (nDropped, nTotal), msg, warn))
win.recordFrameIntervals = False
msg = _translate("for movies")
warn = False
try:
from pyglet.media import avbin
except: # not sure what error to catch, WindowsError not found
report.append(
(
"pyglet avbin",
"import error",
_translate("Warning: could not import avbin; playing movies will not work"),
True,
)
)
else:
ver = avbin.get_version()
if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
if not (7 <= ver < 8):
msg = _translate("Warning: version 7 recommended on linux (for movies)")
warn = True
elif not (5 <= ver < 6):
msg = _translate(
'Warning: version 5 recommended (for movies); Visit <a href="http://code.google.com/p/avbin">download page</a> [google.com]'
)
warn = True
report.append(("pyglet avbin", unicode(ver), msg, warn))
if verbose:
report.append(("openGL max vertices", str(items["openGLmaxVerticesInVertexArray"]), "", False))
keyList = [
"GL_ARB_multitexture",
"GL_EXT_framebuffer_object",
"GL_ARB_fragment_program",
"GL_ARB_shader_objects",
"GL_ARB_vertex_shader",
"GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two",
"GL_ARB_texture_float",
"GL_STEREO",
]
for key in keyList:
val = items["openGLext." + key] # boolean
if not val:
val = "<strong>" + str(val) + "</strong>"
report.append((key, str(val), "", False))
# ----- AUDIO: -----
report.append(("Audio", "", "", False))
msg = ""
warn = False
if not "systemPyoVersion" in items:
msg = _translate("Warning: pyo is needed for sound and microphone.")
warn = True
items["systemPyoVersion"] = _translate("(missing)")
# elif items['systemPyoVersion'] < '0.6.2':
# msg = 'pyo 0.6.2 compiled with --no-messages will suppress start-up messages'
report.append(("pyo", items["systemPyoVersion"], msg, warn))
# sound latencies from portaudio; requires pyo svn r1024
try:
sndInputDevices = items["systemPyo.InputDevices"]
warn = False
if len(sndInputDevices.keys()):
key = sndInputDevices.keys()[0]
mic = sndInputDevices[key]
if mic["name"].endswith("icroph"):
mic["name"] += "one" # portaudio (?) seems to clip to 16 chars
msg = '"%s"' % mic["name"]
if mic["latency"] > 0.01:
msg = _translate('Warning: "%s" latency > 10ms') % mic["name"]
warn = True
report.append(("microphone latency", "%.4f s" % mic["latency"], msg, warn))
else:
report.append(("microphone", _translate("(not detected)"), "", False))
sndOutputDevices = items["systemPyo.OutputDevices"]
if len(sndOutputDevices.keys()):
warn = False
key = sndOutputDevices.keys()[0]
spkr = sndOutputDevices[key]
msg = '"%s"' % spkr["name"]
if spkr["latency"] > 0.01:
msg = _translate('Warning: "%s" latency > 10ms') % spkr["name"]
warn = True
report.append(("speakers latency", "%.4f s" % spkr["latency"], msg, warn))
else:
report.append(("speakers", _translate("(not detected)"), "", False))
except KeyError:
pass
s2t = '<a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/microphone.html?highlight=Speech2Text">speech-to-text</a>'
msg = _translate("audio codec for %s and sound file compression") % s2t
warn = False
if not "systemFlacVersion" in items:
msg = (
_translate("Warning: flac is needed for using %s and sound compression.") % s2t
+ ' <a href="http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html">'
+ _translate("Download</a> [sourceforge.net].")
)
warn = True
items["systemFlacVersion"] = _translate("(missing)")
if verbose:
report.append(("flac", items["systemFlacVersion"].lstrip("flac "), msg, warn))
# TO-DO: add microphone + playback as sound test
# ----- NUMERIC: -----
report.append(("Numeric", "", "", False))
report.append(("numpy", items["pythonNumpyVersion"], _translate("vector-based (fast) calculations"), False))
report.append(("scipy", items["pythonScipyVersion"], _translate("scientific / numerical"), False))
report.append(
("matplotlib", items["pythonMatplotlibVersion"], _translate("plotting; fast contains(), overlaps()"), False)
)
# ----- SYSTEM: -----
report.append(("System", "", "", False))
report.append(("platform", items["systemPlatform"], "", False))
msg = _translate("for online help, usage statistics, software updates, and google-speech")
warn = False
if items["systemHaveInternetAccess"] is not True:
items["systemHaveInternetAccess"] = "False"
msg = _translate("Warning: could not connect (no proxy attempted)")
warn = True
# TO-DO: dlg to query whether to try to auto-detect (can take a while), or allow manual entry of proxy str, save into prefs
val = str(items["systemHaveInternetAccess"])
report.append(("internet access", val, msg, warn))
report.append(
(
"auto proxy",
str(self.prefs.connections["autoProxy"]),
_translate(
'try to auto-detect a proxy if needed; see <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#connection-settings">Preferences -> Connections</a>'
),
False,
)
)
if not self.prefs.connections["proxy"].strip():
prx = "  --"
else:
prx = unicode(self.prefs.connections["proxy"])
report.append(
(
"proxy setting",
prx,
_translate(
'current manual proxy setting from <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/prefs.html#connection-settings">Preferences -> Connections</a>'
),
False,
)
)
msg = ""
warn = False
# assure that we have a list
if items["systemUserProcFlagged"] is None:
items["systemUserProcFlagged"] = []
items["systemUserProcFlagged"].sort()
self.badBgProc = [p for p, pid in items["systemUserProcFlagged"]]
if len(self.badBgProc):
val = "%s ..." % self.badBgProc[0]
msg = _translate(
'Warning: Some <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/general/timing/reducingFrameDrops.html?highlight=background+processes">background processes</a> can adversely affect timing'
)
warn = True
else:
val = _translate("No bad background processes active.")
report.append(("background processes", val, msg, warn))
if verbose and "systemSec.OpenSSLVersion" in items:
report.append(
(
"OpenSSL",
items["systemSec.OpenSSLVersion"].lstrip("OpenSSL "),
'for <a href="http://www.psychopy.org/api/encryption.html">encryption</a>',
False,
)
)
report.append(
(
"CPU speed test",
"%.3f s" % items["systemTimeNumpySD1000000_sec"],
_translate("numpy.std() of 1,000,000 data points"),
False,
)
)
# TO-DO: more speed benchmarks
# - load large image file from disk
# - transfer image to GPU
# ----- IMPORTS (relevant for developers & non-StandAlone): -----
if verbose: # always False for a real first-run
report.append((_translate("Python packages"), "", "", False))
packages = [
"PIL",
"openpyxl",
"lxml",
"setuptools",
"pytest",
"sphinx",
"psignifit",
"pyserial",
"pp",
"pynetstation",
"ioLabs",
"labjack",
]
if sys.platform == "win32":
packages.append("pywin32")
packages.append("winioport")
for pkg in packages:
try:
if pkg == "PIL":
exec ("import PIL.Image")
ver = PIL.Image.VERSION
# elif pkg == 'lxml':
#
elif pkg == "pp":
exec ("import pp; ver = pp.version")
elif pkg == "pynetstation":
exec ("from psychopy.hardware import egi")
ver = "import ok"
elif pkg == "pyserial":
exec ("import serial")
ver = serial.VERSION
elif pkg == "pywin32":
exec ("import win32api")
ver = "import ok"
else:
exec ("import " + pkg)
try:
ver = eval(pkg + ".__version__")
except:
ver = "import ok"
report.append((pkg, ver, "", False))
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
report.append((pkg, "  --", _translate("could not import package %s") % pkg, False))
# rewrite to avoid assumption of locale en_US:
self.warnings = list(set([key for key, val, msg, warn in report if warn]))
return report
def __init__(self, fixation_duration, max_dot_duration, min_iti_duration, break_duration):
'''
RDMD task
hemifield = hemifield to show dot stim in (right or left)
fixation_duration = duration of fixation (ms)
max_dot_duration = max duration of dot stimuli (ms)
min_iti_duration = min inter-trial-interval (ms)
break_duration = duration of break (ms)
'''
#create window and stimuli
# Window to use
self.wintype='pyglet' # use pyglet if possible, it's faster at event handling
self.win = visual.Window(
[1280,1024],
monitor=MONITOR,
screen=SCREEN,
units="deg",
fullscr=True,
color=[-1,-1,-1],
winType=self.wintype)
self.win.setMouseVisible(False)
event.clearEvents()
# Measure frame rate
self.mean_ms_per_frame, std_ms_per_frame, median_ms_per_frame=visual.getMsPerFrame(self.win, nFrames=60,
showVisual=True)
# Compute number of frames for fixation
self.fixation_duration=fixation_duration
self.fixation_frames=int(fixation_duration/self.mean_ms_per_frame)
# Compute max number of frames for dot stimuli
self.max_dot_duration=max_dot_duration
self.max_dot_frames=int(max_dot_duration/self.mean_ms_per_frame)
# Compute minimum inter-trial-interval frames (will be adjusted based on time of other stimuli)
self.min_iti_duration=min_iti_duration
self.min_iti_frames=int(min_iti_duration/self.mean_ms_per_frame)
self.break_duration=break_duration
self.break_duration_frames=int(break_duration/self.mean_ms_per_frame)
# fixation stimulus
self.fixation = visual.PatchStim(
self.win,
units='deg',
tex=None,
mask='circle',
sf=0,
size=0.5,
name='fixation',
autoLog=False,
color=[1,1,1]
)
# dot stimulus
self.dots = visual.DotStim(
win=self.win,
name='dots',
nDots=200, # number of dots
dotSize=2, # dot size in degrees
speed=0.4, # 60Hz refresh - 16.7ms/frame, 4deg/s=.0668deg/frame
dir=0.0, # 0=right, 180=left
coherence=12.5, # percentage of dots moving in the same direction
fieldPos=[0.0, 0.0], # centered on the screen
fieldSize=10.0, # field is 10 deg wide
fieldShape='circle', # circle shaped field
signalDots='different', # are the signal and noise dots 'different' or 'same' popns (see Scase et al)
noiseDots='direction', # do the noise dots follow random- 'walk', 'direction', or 'position'
dotLife=3, # number of frames for each dot to be drawn
color=[1.0,1.0,1.0], # white dots
colorSpace='rgb',
opacity=1, # fully opaque
depth=-1.0
)
self.training_message = visual.TextStim(self.win, wrapWidth=30, pos=[0,3])
# Clock for computing response time
self.rt_clock = core.Clock()