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Installation and System Cabling
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In the interest of not instructing our customers to purchase computer equipment only to
encounter difficulties with their installation, the reader is directed to consult the web page
http://www.sr-research.com/compatibleHostPCs.html
for a list of systems known to be
compatible and accurate when running the EyeLink hardware and software.
If your EyeLink 1000 system did not come with a preconfigured Host PC, or if you are
upgrading or replacing your original Host PC, you should have the following additional
components on hand. These items were supplied with your original EyeLink purchase.
Please follow “Appendix A: Host PC Hardware Installation” to install these hardware
components then continue with the software instructions below.
1. Frame Grabber PCI or PCIe card.
2. DLINK DFE538-TX Ethernet PCI card, or Agere ET131x Gigabit PCIe card.
3. Optional Analog card (if purchased).
4. “SR Research EyeLink CL” CD. Please note that each EyeLink 1000 system requires a
camera-specific .SCD file and therefore, you should use the EyeLink 1000 Installation
CD that comes with your system.
5. “ROM-DOS Boot CD”.
Depending on the operating system that is to be used on your Host PC’s non-EyeLink partition,
you may require the following:
1. “System Commander Boot CD” – originally supplied for customers using Windows XP
on their Host PCs; not required for Vista (see Appendix C).
To install the EyeLink Host software on a computer with Windows XP, follow the instructions in
Appendix B. To install the Host software under Vista, follow the instructions in Appendix C.
Note that for Vista, a clean installation of Vista is required.
2.4
Host PC Wiring
In all cases,
connect all cables with the power off, and power up the system once all cabling is
in place.
Figure 2-1: The Standard Camera (left) and Fiber Optic
Camera Base Box and Camera Head (right)
