Hi kclev,

Welcome to the forums! You seem to have good instincts, because your question about timing is most directly relevant to the DirectRT files you create. To control the timing of DirectRT tasks, you should use the functions associated with DirectRT. As you found out, the d30 parameter didn't affect the DirectRT task because it only controls presentation of files MediaLab uses. Once the DirectRT items in MediaLab started, the control of the DirectRT tasks moved to DirectRT.

If each of your input files only has one row, I would go to the Styles file and use a MinMax value of 0-30000 (the timing is in milliseconds). People will then have 30 seconds to do that task before DirectRT ends the it. If each of your input files has more than one row for the task, you could also use the Meta! feature. Check out the Other Features > Meta Commands section of the DirectRT manual for more information.

Cheers!

Jason