These programs grab all input events (keystrokes and releases, mouse clicks, mouse movements) done at a computer to allow for recording input events for example while closed-source stimulus presentation software is running.
Note that no passwords or personal information should be entered while this program is running. Also keep in mind that this program must run on the stimulus presentation PC.
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Start the Keyboard / Mouse app. You should see a window like the following.
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You should now have a stream on your lab network that has name "Keyboard" and type "Markers" (Keyboard) / two streams "MouseButtons" with type "Markers" and "MousePosition" (Mouse). The marker streams contain a single channel of irregular sampling rate with string-formatted values each time a key/mouse button is pressed or released. The "MousePosition" stream is an irregularly sampled streams with the X and Y positions.
The following list contains the names assigned to the various key codes (corresponding to Windows virtual key codes in the same order).
The events are of the form "KEYNAME pressed" or "KEYNAME released":
RESERVED00, LBUTTON, RBUTTON, CANCEL, MBUTTON, XBUTTON1, XBUTTON2, BELL, BACK,
TAB, RESERVED0A, RESERVED0B, CLEAR, RETURN, RESERVED0E, RESERVED0F, SHIFT,
CONTROL, MENU, PAUSE, CAPITAL, KANA, RESERVED16, JUNJA, FINAL, KANJI,
UNASSIGNED1A, ESCAPE, CONVERT, NONCONVERT, ACCEPT, MODECHANGE, SPACE, PRIOR,
NEXT, END, HOME, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, DOWN, SELECT, PRINT, EXECUTE, SNAPSHOT,
INSERT, DELETE, HELP, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, UNASSIGNED3A, UNASSIGNED3B,
UNASSIGNED3C, UNASSIGNED3D, UNASSIGNED3E, UNASSIGNED3F, UNASSIGNED40, A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z,
LWIN, RWIN, APPS, RESERVED5E, SLEEP,
NUMPAD0, NUMPAD1, NUMPAD2, NUMPAD3, NUMPAD4, NUMPAD5, NUMPAD6, NUMPAD7,
NUMPAD8, NUMPAD9, MULTIPLY, ADD, SEPARATOR, SUBTRACT, DECIMAL, DIVIDE,
F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F17,
F18, F19, F20, F21, F22, F23, F24,
UNASSIGNED88, UNASSIGNED89, UNASSIGNED8A, UNASSIGNED8B, UNASSIGNED8C,
UNASSIGNED8D, UNASSIGNED8E, UNASSIGNED8F, NUMLOCK, SCROLL, OEM_FJ_JISHO,
OEM_FJ_MASSHOU, OEM_FJ_TOUROKU, OEM_FJ_LOYA, OEM_FJ_ROYA, UNASSIGNED97,
UNASSIGNED98, UNASSIGNED99, UNASSIGNED9A, UNASSIGNED9B, UNASSIGNED9C,
UNASSIGNED9D, UNASSIGNED9E, UNASSIGNED9F, LSHIFT, RSHIFT, LCONTROL, RCONTROL,
LMENU, RMENU, BROWSER_BACK, BROWSER_FORWARD, BROWSER_REFRESH, BROWSER_STOP,
BROWSER_SEARCH, BROWSER_FAVORITES, BROWSER_HOME, VOLUME_MUTE, VOLUME_DOWN,
VOLUME_UP, MEDIA_NEXT_TRACK, MEDIA_PREV_TRACK, MEDIA_STOP, MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE,
LAUNCH_MAIL, LAUNCH_MEDIA_SELECT, LAUNCH_APP1, LAUNCH_APP2, RESERVEDB8,
RESERVEDB9, US_SEMICOLON, PLUS, COMMA, MINUS, PERIOD, US_SLASH, US_TILDE,
RESERVEDC1, RESERVEDC2, RESERVEDC3, RESERVEDC4, RESERVEDC5, RESERVEDC6,
RESERVEDC7, RESERVEDC8, RESERVEDC9, RESERVEDCA, RESERVEDCB, RESERVEDCC,
RESERVEDCD, RESERVEDCE, RESERVEDCF, RESERVEDD0, RESERVEDD1, RESERVEDD2,
RESERVEDD3, RESERVEDD4, RESERVEDD5, RESERVEDD6, RESERVEDD7, UNASSIGNEDD8,
UNASSIGNEDD9, UNASSIGNEDDA, US_SQUARE_BRACKET_OPEN, US_BACKSLASH,
US_SQUARE_BRACKET_CLOSE, US_QUOTE, OEM_8, RESERVEDE0, OEM_AX, OEM_102,
ICO_HELP, ICO_00, PROCESSKEY, ICO_CLEAR, PACKET, RESERVEDE8, OEM_RESET,
OEM_JUMP, OEM_PA1, OEM_PA2, OEM_PA3, OEM_WSCTRL, OEM_CUSEL, OEM_ATTN,
OEM_FINISH, OEM_COPY, OEM_AUTO, OEM_ENLW, OEM_BACKTAB, ATTN, CRSEL, EXSEL,
EREOF, PLAY, ZOOM, NONAME, PA1, OEM_CLEAR, RESERVEDFF
The events are of the form "ButtonName pressed" or "ButtonName released":
- MouseButtonLeft
- MouseButtonRight
- MouseButtonMiddle
- MouseButtonXn where n is the index of the additional mouse button
- MouseWheelUpn where n is the scroll distance (default 120)
- MouseWheelLeft
- MouseWheelRight