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9� Links
An “On-activation Link” has been created from the “Replaced “Tag button to each of the Event
buttons with the target button instruction to “Tag and Deactivate”� Similar links have been
created from the “Discarded” Tag button to each of the Event buttons� 6 Links in total�
When the activity in this example is being coded, the coding operator observing the activity would
click on the Event that represents what has happened, (say … a Banana has been selected) and then
observed that the banana was over ripe, ( then clicked on the “Over Ripe” Popup Tag within the Popup
Tag Mat.)
The Exclusive Link Cluster which links the 3 Event buttons will prevent any of the buttons
associated with Peach and Pineapple from being activated until Banana becomes deactivated�
The “On-activation” link which exists between the “Over Ripe” Popup Tag and the “Discarded”
Tag will activate the “Discarded” Tag Button and then the “On-activation” link between the
“Discarded” Tag and the Event buttons with the instruction to “Tag and Deactivate” will ensure
that the “Banana” Event Button is rst tagged with the tag “Discarded” and then it is deactivated�
This will eliminate the need for the operator to click on the “Discarded” button to activate it as
well as on the “Banana” button to deactivate the Event ie� in this instance it halves the required
operator coding activity�
To display what the functional status of a Link or Links to or from a button are, click on the
button, it will be backlit with a purple color, then open the “INSPECTOR”� Click on the “Outbound
Action Links” icon to display the “On Activate” and “On Deactivate” actions of the button� Click
on the “Inbound Action Link” icon to display the actions which will result from the inbound
activations�
e� Event Button Reactivation
Para� 1�j (ii) above details the functions set up by Event Time Tweaks and in particular the eect
that setting a Lag Time has on the period of time after the point at which the Event button is
activated until the Event button will be automatically deactivated�
If a target Event button has a lag time property, when a link is established to it
there will be an added “Reactivate Lag Time” instruction option� Reactivating the
button will restart the lag time counter and in the resultant timeline extend the
length of the instance by the period of the lag time� It will not create another event
marker on the Event Log�
An “Activate” instruction and will be ignored and the Event Log will not be marked if the target
button is already active, therefore a separate “Reactivate Lag Time” instruction link will be
required�
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