Options Settings

          OPTIONS SETTINGS SCREEN

This HelpFile focuses on the Options Settings only. To view the main HelpFile, click EASI-ESP.

The Options Settings screen allows you to experiment with various image, colour and program settings to find with which you are most comfortable, and with which most successful.

Click on any of the topics below for details on that topic, or TAB to the option on the Options Settings screen and press F1.

Colour	Scoring	Symbol Selection

Cover	Mousebars

Events Display

Timing	Numbers Range

Items per Set	Letters Range

Help	Cancel	Save	Ok


Colour Option

          COLOUR OPTION :

When checked - Images are displayed in a colour randomly selected from the eight colours on the Colourbar.

When not checked - Images are displayed in their default colours.  For Letters, Numbers and Polygons, the default colour is black.  The default colour for each Symbol may be seen on the Options screen.


Cover Option

         COVER OPTION :

When checked - EASI-ESP covers the drawing area with a blackened window.

When not checked - You cover the screen.  This can be done by placing a large cardboard square in front of the monitor, swiveling the monitor, or positioning yourself so that the screen is completely out of your sight. (Remember to check around the area, making sure there is no possibility of a reflected image of the screen within your field of vision.)  You could even put on a blindfold.


Scoring Option

         SCORING OPTION :

The Scoring option determines how the program will respond to keyboard and mouse input.

When checked - EASI-ESP will not proceed to the next Test Item until you have entered valid Image and Colour Values.  (See Note 1 below.)

When not checked - Any keypress or mouse click moves you to the next Test Item.

Note 1: If the Timing option is active, EASI-ESP will proceed to the next Test Item at the selected time, regardless of the Scoring option setting.

Note 2: The Scoring option applies to only the Letter, Number and Symbol Test Types.  The Events Test Type is always scored; the Polygons Test Type is never scored.


Mousebars Option

         MOUSEBARS OPTION :

Allows you to control whether the Alphabetbar, Symbolsbar, Colourbar and Clear Button are visible on the cover screen during a Test Set.

When the Mousebars option is checked, the Mousebars appropriate to the Test Type are visible and active.


Symbol Selection Options

         SYMBOL SELECTION OPTIONS :

Any combination of Symbols may be selected for the Symbols Test Type, but at least one Symbol must be checked.

Note: When only one symbol is checked and the Colour option is checked, the Symbols Test Type effectively becomes a colour perception test.


Events Display Options

         EVENTS DISPLAY OPTIONS :

These options allow you to select the image and colour displayed during the Events Test Type.

Note 1: If no colour is specified, EASI-ESP will comply with the Colour option setting.

Note 2: See the SYMBOL SELECTION help topic to learn how to set up a colour perception test.


Timing Options

         TIMING OPTIONS :

When set to None, EASI-ESP waits for you to decide when to move to the next Test Item (by pressing a key or clicking the mouse if scoring is not active, or by inputting Image and Colour Values when scoring is active).

When set to 7, 15 or 30 seconds, the image will be displayed and input accepted only to the maximum number of seconds selected (whether scoring is active or not!).


Items per Set

          ITEMS PER SET OPTION :

Select the number of Test Items for each Test Set.


Letter and Number Ranges

      LETTER RANGES  and  NUMBER RANGES :

Only Letters or Numbers within the selected Range will be displayed during the Letters Test Type and Numbers Test Type.


Cancel Button

          CANCEL BUTTON :

- Ignore any changes made since openning the Options Settings screen.

- Exit the Options Settings screen.


Save Button

          SAVE BUTTON :

- Accept the current settings and save them as the default settings.

- Exit the Options Settings screen.


OK Button

         OK BUTTON :

- Accept the current settings, but do not save them as the default settings.

- Exit the Options Settings screen.