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| <tt>event</tt> || BrainStream event structure  
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| <tt>value</tt> || content of requested key or default value if specified, otherwise an error is generated. Blocksettings structure if first argument is a filename  
| <tt>value</tt> || content of requested key or default value if specified, otherwise an error is generated. Blocksettings structure if first argument is a filename  
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| <tt>input</tt> || either blocksettings structure or the name of a blocksettings file, the latter option is useful to retrieveclean block file content without any comment lines  
| <tt>input</tt> || either blocksettings structure or the name of a blocksettings file, the latter option is useful to retrieveclean block file content without any comment lines  
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| lines || cell array of lines (one per row)  
| lines || cell array of lines (one per row)  
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| expression || some expression that either results in true or false  
| expression || some expression that either results in true or false  
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| opttrue || if expression is true  
| opttrue || if expression is true  
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| filename || name of blockfile with defined experiment definition table to be expanded  
| filename || name of blockfile with defined experiment definition table to be expanded  
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| markers || all info BrainStream requires for its internal processing <br /> definition of all actions for all markers  
| markers || all info BrainStream requires for its internal processing <br /> definition of all actions for all markers  
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| url || string with name of the datafile or fieldtrip buffer url (i.e., something like: 'buffer://localhost:1972')  
| url || string with name of the datafile or fieldtrip buffer url (i.e., something like: 'buffer://localhost:1972')  
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<pre>bs_send_hardware_marker(event, marker, datasource)</pre>Input
<pre>bs_send_hardware_marker(event, marker, datasource)</pre>Input


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<pre>bs_send_buffer_marker(event, marker, datasource, delay, reference)</pre>Input
<pre>bs_send_buffer_marker(event, marker, datasource, delay, reference)</pre>Input


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| reference || relative to which timepoint is the delay specified, either:  
| reference || relative to which timepoint is the delay specified, either:  
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| ^ || 'now': delay is specified relative to timepoint of bs_send_buffer_marker execution  
| || 'now': delay is specified relative to timepoint of bs_send_buffer_marker execution  
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| ^ || 'marker' (default): delay is specified relative to the onset of the event during which bs_send_buffer_marker is executed  
| || 'marker' (default): delay is specified relative to the onset of the event during which bs_send_buffer_marker is executed  
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=== bs_insert_marker ===
=== bs_insert_marker ===
This function is deprecated, use bs_send_hardware_marker and bs_send_buffer_marker instead.
This function is deprecated, use bs_send_hardware_marker and bs_send_buffer_marker instead.


=== bs_insert_multiple_markers ===
=== bs_insert_multiple_markers ===
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| event || BrainStream event structure |
| event || colspan="2"|BrainStream event structure  
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| name || name of the marker |
| name || colspan="2"|name of the marker  
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| delaytime || time of insertion in seconds relative to actions own execution time (&gt;=0)y |
| delaytime || colspan="2"|time of insertion in seconds relative to actions own execution time (&gt;=0)y  
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| interval || time in seconds between insertions of markers |
| interval || colspan="2"|time in seconds between insertions of markers  
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| number || number of times the marker has to be inserted |
| number || colspan="2"|number of times the marker has to be inserted  
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| priority || <p>option to change execution order in case multiple actions have equal execution times</p> |
| priority || colspan="2"|<p>option to change execution order in case multiple actions have equal execution times</p>  
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| ^ || 'low' || (default) put behind all other actions with equal execution times  
| || 'low' || (default) put behind all other actions with equal execution times  
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| ^ || 'high' || put before all other actions with equal execution times  
| || 'high' || put before all other actions with equal execution times  
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| event || BrainStream event structure |||
| event || colspan="3"|BrainStream event structure
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| mod || modifier indicating what needs to change in the scheduled processing |||
| mod || colspan="3"|modifier indicating what needs to change in the scheduled processing
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| ^ || options for mod: |||
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| ^ || ^ || 'FINISHAPPLICATION' || finish application, normal shutdown via BS EXIT  
| || || 'FINISHAPPLICATION' || finish application, normal shutdown via BS EXIT  
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| ^ || ^ || 'FINISHEXPERIMENT' || same as FINISHAPPLICATION  
| || || 'FINISHEXPERIMENT' || same as FINISHAPPLICATION  
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| ^ || ^ || 'QUITAPPLICATION' || quit application, alternative shutdown via BS QUIT  
| || || 'QUITAPPLICATION' || quit application, alternative shutdown via BS QUIT  
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| ^ || ^ || 'QUITEXPERIMENT' || same as QUITAPPLICATION  
| || || 'QUITEXPERIMENT' || same as QUITAPPLICATION  
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| ^ || ^ || 'FINISHEVENT' || discard execution of any queued actions for this event  
| || || 'FINISHEVENT' || discard execution of any queued actions for this event  
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| ^ || ^ || 'ABORTAPPLICATION' || immediately abort  
| || || 'ABORTAPPLICATION' || immediately abort  
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