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Appendix C: Host PC Software Installation Under Windows Vista

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12. Reboot the computer and select "Eyelink" on the menu to go into the EyeLink partition or
select Windows Vista to boot into Vista. You can now copy the EyeLink Host Partition files from
your EyeLink 1000 (or EyeLink CL) distribution disk to put the host software on the EyeLink
partition. See Section 11.4 "Copy the Host Application files to the New Partition" for
instructions.

Содержание EyeLink 1000

Страница 1: ...e Tower Desktop LCD Arm Primate and Long Range Mounts Remote 2000 Hz and Fiber Optic Camera Upgrades Version 1 5 2 Copyright 2005 2010 SR Research Ltd EyeLink is a registered trademark of SR Research...

Страница 2: ...0950 00 CAN CSA is certified by Entela an independent testing body CLASS 1 LED DEVICE IEC 60825 1 Ed 1 2 2001 CONTACT ADDRESS SR Research Ltd 150 A1 Terence Matthews Crescent Ottawa Ontario Canada K2M...

Страница 3: ...ng the Tower to a Table 17 3 2 Mounting the High speed Camera and Cabling 18 3 2 1 Cabling for the Standard Camera 19 3 2 2 Cabling for the Fiber Optic Camera 19 3 3 Adjusting Head Rest Components 20...

Страница 4: ...Range Camera Setup 46 7 7 1 Acquire Preliminary Measurements 46 7 7 2 Assemble the Long Range Mount Components 46 7 7 3 Align the Camera Head and Illuminator 48 7 7 4 Put the Mount into Position and F...

Страница 5: ...ink 1000 Network Connection 73 9 1 6 System and Programming Tools Required 74 9 2 Mac OSX Installation 75 10 Appendix A Host PC Hardware Installation 76 10 1 Installing the High Speed Frame Grabber PC...

Страница 6: ...era and Illuminator Cables for a Standard Camera Used in the Tower Mount 19 Figure 3 6 Fiber Optic Camera in the Tower Mount 20 Figure 4 1 EyeLink 1000 Desktop Mount Components 21 Figure 4 2 Desktop M...

Страница 7: ...e Illuminator 47 Figure 7 9 Pointing the Camera a visible illumination boundary indicating poor lighting of the left portion of the camera s view left and a fully illuminated target indicating intense...

Страница 8: ...artition Type Selection 80 Figure 11 6 Create a Custom FAT 32 Partition 81 Figure 11 7 Windows Explorer Tools Folder Options Dialog 82 Figure 11 8 Select Partition to Rename 84 Figure 11 9 Select Desc...

Страница 9: ...k 1000 throughout this document with important exceptions noted where necessary The basic steps in installing the EyeLink 1000 system are 1 Unpack and Install the EyeLink 1000 Hardware 2 If your syste...

Страница 10: ...access to both computer keyboards and monitors Figure 1 1 Suggested EyeLink 1000 System Layout x If you are using the SR Research chinrest please make sure you have a sturdy table available to clamp t...

Страница 11: ...sure the room can be kept quiet that no distracting items are viewable by the participant and so on It is a good idea to ensure that the participant cannot see the host monitor without turning their h...

Страница 12: ...ng the EyeLink 1000 Tower Mount please be careful as it contains glass that may have been broken during shipping IMPORTANT The EyeLink 1000 Tower assembly should be held by the vertical posts and shou...

Страница 13: ...tional Ethernet card for use on local network a dedicated Ethernet port is ideal to connect to the EyeLink 1000 system x A keyboard and mouse or other pointing device x Free USB ports if EyeLink Data...

Страница 14: ...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...

Страница 15: ...nation source and an apparatus for holding the EyeLink 1000 camera Each Mount option has a separate chapter to be consulted regarding its installation Mount types for the Standard Camera include the D...

Страница 16: ...et card port on the Host PC marked with an EyeLink Ethernet label Connect the other end of the cable to the Ethernet port on the Display PC that you will later configure for use with the EyeLink syste...

Страница 17: ...e attached to the Standard Camera once it is placed in its Mount 4 Plug the 12V power supply s small circular end into the standard EyeLink 1000 camera Plug the other end of the power supply into a su...

Страница 18: ...fore you start installation 1 EyeLink 1000 Fiber Optic Camera components appear in Figure 2 3 Items ii and iv are only supplied if setting up the fiber optic camera for use with a Desktop Tower Primat...

Страница 19: ...cabling usually a Phillips and or slotted flathead screwdriver will do 2 4 2 2 Fiber Optic Camera System Wiring Fiber Optic Camera cabling steps are see Figure 2 2 1 If not already completed attach th...

Страница 20: ...R and L and should be plugged into the corresponding marked sockets on the Camera Base Box on the rear beneath the power connector ii Plug the fiber optic connector of the Integrated Extension Cable i...

Страница 21: ...amepad and Microsoft USB Sidewinder gamepad right If you have purchased an optional button box response device for the Host PC VPixx Professional button box modified Gravis Destroyer Gamepad or the Mi...

Страница 22: ...ard by copying and renaming the EYELINK Drive ELCL EXE BUTTONS EXP file as EYELINK Drive ELCL EXE BUTTONS INI which configures the expansion port as the default BNC Connector Label Eye Data Line 0 Mon...

Страница 23: ...tracking situations Table 2 lists recommended lenses for a range of eye to camera distances as a function of the type of mount being used In all cases eye to camera distance is listed in cm and measu...

Страница 24: ...stallation Please follow the steps below to mount the EyeLink 1000 Tower onto the table and to install the camera Figure 3 1 illustrates adjustable parts on the EyeLink 1000 Tower a Standard Camera is...

Страница 25: ...e right Placing and Adjusting Tower Mount The camera mount is quite heavy and cumbersome to move For safety purposes it is recommended that two people participate in setting up this piece of the equip...

Страница 26: ...rticipants Once the Tower height is set for a normal operation it does not need to be adjusted further The experimenter should adjust the heights of the chair and or chin rest on a participant to part...

Страница 27: ...he CameraLink cable to the top of the EyeLink 1000 high speed camera Connect the EyeLink 1000 power supply that was provided with your system to the power connector on the left side of the EyeLink 100...

Страница 28: ...zontally aligned with the chinrest HINT measure from the left and right knobs on the chinrest to the left and right sides of the top of the display area of the monitor these should be equal y Adjust t...

Страница 29: ...High Speed Camera and Cabling The EyeLink 1000 Desktop and Long Range Mounts can be configured to track eye movements up to 2000 Hz monocularly or 1000 Hz binocularly with the 2000 Hz camera upgrade T...

Страница 30: ...on the mount to ensure the camera is in the right position If you are using the Fiber Optic Camera make sure the fiber optic cable is not twisted or bent Figure 4 3 Camera Level Position for Remote a...

Страница 31: ...the left side of the EyeLink 1000 high speed camera Connect the EyeLink 1000 power supply that was provided with your system to the power connector on the left side of the camera see Figure 4 5 Figur...

Страница 32: ...o the center of the display PC monitor and the top of the illuminator should be as close to the lower edge of the visible part of the monitor to maximize the eye tracking range If you are using the ch...

Страница 33: ...8 4 Customizing Your PHYSICAL INI Settings to modify the PHYSICAL INI file settings Check whether the camera is set to the Level position the elongation of the camera should be parallel to the table s...

Страница 34: ...ssembly three Velcro strips rolled and piled cabling emerging from the end of the LCD Arm which runs diagonally throughout the photo the Arm Base two L shaped Imperial Allen wrenches 2 5 and 6 extende...

Страница 35: ...elow the surface level of the table to which it is mounted to 23 cm above it This places the bottom of the monitor from 2 cm below the table surface to 32 cm above it Two LCD Arm extender units are sh...

Страница 36: ...to the base and screwing the bracket back to the base The bolt must now be turned through the short portion of the L shaped bracket in order to meet and apply pressure to the shim on the underside of...

Страница 37: ...ink 1000 LCD Arm Mount s Camera and LCD Assembly holds an LCD computer monitor the EyeLink 1000 high speed camera in the level position and an infrared illuminator light source These are affixed as a...

Страница 38: ...of the Integrated Extension Cable into the Camera Head along with the 5V pressure sensitive power connector Plug the illuminator 3 5 mm 1 8 mini plugs that emerge from the LCD Arm s illuminator male...

Страница 39: ...or support bracket to which the cable will eventually be attached this will prevent the cable from binding against the bracket when the LCD Arm is twisted in various directions Follow these steps 1 Fi...

Страница 40: ...ay PC and the final two go to a power source x Connect the thick CameraLink cable emerging from the bottom of the LCD Arm to the EyeLink card on the Host PC Be sure to tighten the thumbscrew connector...

Страница 41: ...len wrenches supplied Recall that all hexagonal screws on the LCD Arm are in Imperial units Loosening a joint typically turning counterclockwise too much may make it so that it does not stay in the de...

Страница 42: ...ntly rocked back and forth to wiggle them free As the LCD Arm is fully loaded this requires the rocking of large portions of the entire unit To minimize the potential for damage as many pieces as poss...

Страница 43: ...er does the lifting so that the table is not merely lifted off the floor Some wiggling of the LCD Arm and its shaft may be required to make it come free from the Arm Base s holder cup Once free the un...

Страница 44: ...can thereby see visual stimuli being shown by looking through the hot mirror while the camera has a good view of the eyes Typically the distance between the camera and where the eye would be for monoc...

Страница 45: ...level of 1 0 mW cm at the eye which is comfortable for extended viewing with a reasonably sized corneal reflection The EyeLink 1000 illuminator bracket is designed to provide a rigid connection betwee...

Страница 46: ...nses the performance of most lenses is rather poor in infrared with blurry or dark images resulting from lens coatings or non optimal design The Standard Camera configuration uses a 25 mm focal length...

Страница 47: ...a Contact SR Research for information about operating in this configuration x It is possible that an extra bright reflection may appear above the pupil in the eye image as the illuminator may directly...

Страница 48: ...can be positioned at either a level or angled orientation while the Long Range Illuminator attaches to an Illuminator Mounting Clip in a flexible manner so that the illumination can be adjusted vertic...

Страница 49: ...out requiring time consuming adjustment of the components Loosening the knob on the back of the Illuminator clip allows heading position and tilt of the Illuminator to be adjusted Loosening the knob o...

Страница 50: ...The top part of Figure 7 4 shows the Camera Head Bracket attached to the Mounting Bar without the camera in the horizontal or Level position for monocular recording left and Angled for binocular reco...

Страница 51: ...immobile at the position and orientation at which it is being held Figure 7 4 Bracket in the Level Position left and Angled right without the Camera Head top and with the Camera Head bottom Figure 7 5...

Страница 52: ...ng the illuminator but will be used at a later step Figure 7 6 Tripod Adapter left Desktop Base middle and Mounting Bar attached to the Tripod Adapter using Two Brass Bolts right 7 5 Affixing the Moun...

Страница 53: ...d DC power through a patch panel or filter plate into an RF shielded room such as an MRI room The AC converter is designed to plug into an RF line filter before connecting to the patch panel filter pl...

Страница 54: ...fic solution for particular MEG or MRI hardware may wish to skip ahead to Section 7 8 for MEG or Section 7 9 for MRI mounts 7 7 1 Acquire Preliminary Measurements The first few steps in setting up the...

Страница 55: ...minator Separation The further away the mount is from the eye the greater the ideal separation of the camera and illuminator On the top of the mount are numerically marked distance scales that indicat...

Страница 56: ...In this step we will shine the Illuminator at a Target Screen or even a wall at the distance where the participant s eye s will eventually be and ensure that the camera s view is centered within the...

Страница 57: ...Illumninator as follows x While monitoring the global camera view adjust the illuminator s tilt up and down by rotating the clip around the Mounting Bar so that the Target Screen is brightly illuminat...

Страница 58: ...the zoomed view while turning the focusing ring until the eye image is clear If a colored circle CR signal appears near the pupil the best focus will minimize the size of this circle The system is now...

Страница 59: ...onstruction making contact with the participant or their chair in order to prevent the subject from introducing any form of vibration to the apparatus 2 Screen Mount A Screen Mount is designed to clam...

Страница 60: ...uminator are designed to operate at the opening of the bore or even in the bore where appropriate mounts exist Typically it is desirable to position the Mounting Bar with the Camera Head and Illuminat...

Страница 61: ...head coils and display screen configurations are possible To date the EyeLink 1000 mounts have been installed in at least the scanner configurations listed in Table 3 Other configurations may be possi...

Страница 62: ...32 channel bottom Possible End of Bore camera centered or off to one side 32 Channel Siemens No End of Bore camera off to one side currently there is no replacement first surface mirror available for...

Страница 63: ...7 12 or off to one side or the other left and top middle images of Figure 7 12 for difficult tracking environments Similarly the height at which the Mounting Bar is positioned can be adjusted and two...

Страница 64: ...that both the Illuminator and Camera Head be placed on the same side of the Mounting Bar to make the camera view slightly more peripheral To optimize the eye tracking the subject s head should be ele...

Страница 65: ...something sturdy with no ferromagnetic content such as a stool or table from within the MRI room For binocular recording the Desktop Base and Mounting Bar should be centered at the end of the bore Fo...

Страница 66: ...urce is likely to be desirable so that the camera can have a view of the eye that is as perpendicular as possible Having a view of both eyes will enable binocular recording or the easy ability to swit...

Страница 67: ...ired 7 9 3 1 Replacement First Surface Head Coil Mirrors SR Research is currently working to replace the standard mirrors on popular systems Due to time consuming and labor intensive manufacture of th...

Страница 68: ...era Head is pointed as detailed in Section 7 7 3 While measuring distances also be sure to measure the eye to screen top and bottom as well as the width and height of the projected image This time the...

Страница 69: ...this is an alternative method to aligning the Camera Head and Illuminator after finding the eye in the center of the global camera image adjust the illuminator angle so that the eye s and its their su...

Страница 70: ...ays be appropriate For instance if a display projection eliminates the ability of the subject to view the corners of the display e g so that the bottom part of the display can use more of the bore s a...

Страница 71: ...of the points in the horizontal or vertical dimension respectively The commands as used below shrink to 88 of the X dimension of the display and 53 of the Y dimension of the display Simply include the...

Страница 72: ...64 Long Range Mount Installation 2005 2010 SR Research Ltd...

Страница 73: ...reate the EyeLink partition and install the Host software 8 1 Running the EyeLink Host Program Turn on the Host PC If your system shows the Windows Boot Manager interface select the default EyeLink pa...

Страница 74: ...that the camera is transmitting images to the Host application A screenshot of the large field of view of the EyeLink 1000 camera Tower Mount is illustrated in Figure 8 2 Please consult Chapter 3 An E...

Страница 75: ...is properly seated 8 2 3 EyeLink CL camera not found Sometimes the eye tracker will not start and the following EyeLink CL camera not found error will be displayed in the command prompt EyeLink CL ca...

Страница 76: ...L INI file at C ELCL EXE directory contains settings that tell the system about physical characteristics of your setup that are important for proper visual angle and eye velocity calculations Any time...

Страница 77: ...ruler be used If your screen is centered in front of the subject a quick method for obtaining the measurements below is to measure the screen width in mm and the screen height in mm and then to divid...

Страница 78: ...ct s eye position if using your own chin rest to the point on the monitor directly in front of the knob lay the measuring tape across the top of the shaft of the knob and read distance from the front...

Страница 79: ...w values follow these steps 1 Go to the screen_distance parameter 2 Remove the default values for this command 3 Enter new values 4 Repeat steps 1 3 for screen_phys_coords 5 Save changes and exit the...

Страница 80: ...x Install the EyeLink Data Viewer and or Experiment Builder software if purchased x Install the USB Key drivers for EyeLink Data Viewer and or Experiment Builder software if purchased x Configure the...

Страница 81: ...d to finish and click FINISH to complete installation 9 1 4 USB License Key Installation If you purchased either the Data Viewer or Experiment Builder software you will have been provided with a USB l...

Страница 82: ...d Ethernet port of the Disply PC to the supplied network card of the Host PC Alternatively you may need to reinstall the network card drivers To be safe open the Network dialog and remove all componen...

Страница 83: ...the software can be downloaded from SR Research Support website https www sr support com forums showthread php t 10 Mount and open the disk image under MacOS then click on the installer and follow th...

Страница 84: ...ge IMPORTANT Ensure the computer s power cable is disconnected before opening the computer chassis to install any PCI card WARNING Static Electricity Discharge may cause permanent damages to your syst...

Страница 85: ...power supply to the computer Figure 10 2 D Link Ethernet Card 10 3 Installing the Data Translation Analog Card Optional If the analog output option was purchased with your system then insert the Data...

Страница 86: ...you wish to launch when you start the Host PC Important If you have a floppy disk drive create the System Commander rescue disks when prompted during installation These may help you recover the drive...

Страница 87: ...gram and restart the computer booting from the System Commander Boot CD supplied Figure 11 2 Enable System Commander 11 2 Resize Existing Disk Partition The next step is to resize the existing partiti...

Страница 88: ...e resized to make a new partition will normally be the largest chunk within the selected disk Highlight this partition as illustrated in left and then click on the Resize icon 2 In the New size MB fie...

Страница 89: ...k Proceed Figure 11 6 Create a Custom FAT 32 Partition 3 Close the Partitioning window by selecting the red X in the top right corner of the window and exit System Commander by clicking Start at the b...

Страница 90: ...tition including a required camera specific SCD file Hence the CD is required and it is a good idea to keep the EyeLink 1000 Installation CD in a safe place In some cases Windows may hide certain oper...

Страница 91: ...nsert the CD labeled ROM DOS Boot Disk that came with the EyeLink 1000 system and restart the system as you normally would via Windows The next step is to boot off of the CD You may need to press F12...

Страница 92: ...e left side of Figure 11 9 3 From the screen in the right side of Figure 11 9 click on the arrow buttons of the Current Selection box to select the FAT 32 OS In the EDIT DESCRIPTION box type EyeLink U...

Страница 93: ...fault OS from the Settings window 2 Check the box beside Auto select timeout and set the number of seconds for System Commander to wait before booting the default operating system Indicate the default...

Страница 94: ...nused portion of the drive Finally under Vista we will configure the boot loader so that the system can be booted into either ROM DOS or Windows Vista You will require x a ROM DOS Boot CD supplied wit...

Страница 95: ...from the Vista install DVD 9 Install Vista on the second partition or if no second partition is shown on the remainder of the drive 10 Enter User Names and Passwords as desired and once the Vista ins...

Страница 96: ...on the menu to go into the EyeLink partition or select Windows Vista to boot into Vista You can now copy the EyeLink Host Partition files from your EyeLink 1000 or EyeLink CL distribution disk to put...

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