Open Ephys Network Events Client¶

Description¶

Interface to a Network Events module in the Open Ephys GUI application

Signature¶

iodevice/open_ephys_network_events_client

Required Parameters¶

hostname¶

Examples:	`localhost`, `dicarlo-open-ephys-12.mit.edu`

Hostname of the computer running the Open Ephys GUI

port¶

Example:	`5556`

TCP port used by the Network Events module

request¶

Variable from which to read messages to send to the Network Events module.

Assigning a value to the variable causes the message to be sent immediately. The assignment action will not complete until a response is received or an error or timeout occurs.

Non-string values are converted to strings before being sent.

response¶

Variable in which to store responses from the Network Events module. Response values are always strings.

Optional Parameters¶

alt¶

Alternative device to use if this one fails to initialize (e.g. because the required hardware is not available). If #allowAltFailover is set to 0 or false, this parameter is ignored.