Recorder Start and Stop Options
Recorder provides flexible options to start and stop Recorder depending on your equipment and participant set up. Learn about these options and some ideas for when and why to use them.
See the following topics for more information:
Recording Start Settings
Start Option |
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Start Button |
Manually |
Recording starts when you click the Start button or use the hotkey combination |
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Based on an event |
Recording starts when a certain event occurs. Choose one of the event types from the dropdown menu:
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At a specific Date/Time |
Recording starts at a particular date and time. Leave the box next to the Date field unchecked if you want the recording to start at that time on any date.
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Using Observer |
Recording starts when an Observer clicks Start the recording button on Observer’s toolbar. Click the Start button in Recorder to wait for the start signal from Observer. If you leave the Observer name field blank, any Observer can start Recorder. You need to return to the Recorder computer between recordings to click Start. To avoid this additional interaction with Recorder, use the Automatically Restart Recorder option. |
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AutoPilot |
Click the Start button to launch the AutoPilot interface. Recording starts when the participant clicks Start after reading the study instructions in AutoPilot. |
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Recorder Stop Settings
Stop Recorder Option |
Description |
Stop Button |
Manually |
Recording stops when you click the Stop button, use the hotkey combination You can always stop Recorder manually, even if you selected another stop option. |
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Based on an event |
Recording stops when a certain event occurs. Choose one of the event types from the dropdown menu:
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Time based |
Recording stops at a particular date and time.
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After |
Recording stops after number of hours entered. The dropdown list only shows durations up to 2.0 hours, you can type in up to 1176 hours (49 days). |
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Using Observer |
Recording stops when an Observer clicks Stop the recording button on Observer’s toolbar. If you leave the Observer name field blank, any Observer can stop Recorder.You need to return to the Recorder computer between recordings to click Start. To avoid this additional interaction with Recorder, use the Automatically Restart Recorder option. If you automatically restart, you click Start in Recorder once and then the Observer user who has control of Recorder can start and stop recordings repeatedly, without returning to the Recorder computer. |
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AutoPilot |
Recording ends when:
Enable the Start a new AutoPilot recording automatically checkbox to set up AutoPilot for a new recording as soon as one recording ends. |
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