setting StateChangeCondition to current state

Ady

Hi I have the given code -
sma = AddState(sma, 'Name', 'WaitForNoLick',... 'Timer', S.GUI.WaitForNoLick,... 'StateChangeConditions', {'AnalogIn1_1', 'WaitForNoLick', 'Tup', 'Stimulus'},... 'OutputActions', {});

I want to move between two states, depending on whether the mouse licked or not.
Starting from the given state- "WaitForNoLick"-

If the mouse didn't lick=> when TUP occurs=> move to the next state ('stimulus').
If the mouse licked in the 2 sec of 'WaitForNoLick' (input given by "AnalogIn_1") => start the state again.

Is the latter possible? e.g. can I set a change condition of a given state to itself?

Josh

Hello Ady,

This can be accomplished with a pair of states and the '>back' operator:

sma = AddState(sma, 'Name', 'WaitForNoLick',...
'Timer', S.GUI.WaitForNoLick,...
'StateChangeConditions', {'AnalogIn1_1', 'ResetTimer', 'Tup', 'Stimulus'},...
'OutputActions', {});

sma = AddState(sma, 'Name', 'ResetTimer',...
'Timer', 0,...
'StateChangeConditions', {'Tup', '>back'},...
'OutputActions', {});

On AnalogIn1_1, the state will immediately change to 'ResetTimer', and then since the state timer is 0, back to 'WaitForNoLick' after 100 microseconds.

Ady

Thanks for your response!
Is there a place on the site where the possible operators that can be used appear?

Josh

Hello Ady,
I'll flag this to be added to the wiki on the AddState() page.

As of now there are only two operators:
>back to return to the previous state
>exit to end the trial

Josh