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Outlets

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Outlet Icon Outlets allow you to create custom streams to send data from your Experience Icon Experience out to the Lab Streaming Layer (LSL) network. They are useful to send markers to your biosensor data to contextualize it based on Experience Icon Experience events and data. As Outlet Icon Outlets appear on the LSL network, they will be visible on your outputted .xdf biosensor data file as individual streams. Any indicative event you want to mark on your biosensor data (e.g., a stimulus is displayed, a participant grabs an object, or audio is triggered) can then be reflected by a change on the Outlet Icon Outlet stream.

How Does It Work?

When creating an Outlet Icon Outlet, you'll have to reference a Variable Icon Variable. It is the Variable Icon Variable's value that is streamed out and any update to that value during the Experience Icon Experience will be reflected on the biosensor data.

For example, you can create an Outlet Icon Outlet and reference an Float Variable Icon Float Variable. Each time an event occurs in the Experience Icon Experience you want to mark, you can update the Variable Icon Variable's value using a Icon Variable Response (e.g., adding/subtracting 1). When analyzing your biosensor data post-experience, you will see an entry for the Labo outlet on the .xdf file, showing all updates to the Variable Icon Variable throughout the Experience Icon Experience. You now have individual markers for your Experience Icon Experience events on your biosensor data!

How Can I Create an Outlet?

You can create Outlet Icon Outlets from the Experience Dashboard, where you'll be able to enter the name of the stream you want to create as well as the Variable Icon Variable you want to reference.