User manual

An EyeLink 1000 Tutorial: Running an Experiment

Because all keys on the subject keyboard are sent to the EyeLink software by

TRACK, you can practice calibration and observe your tracked eye-position too.

Since no menus appear on the Display PC, you will have to be able to see the

Host PC display as well.

NOTE: Ideally, to prevent small drifts in thresholds, EyeLink 1000 electronics

should be powered for about 5 minutes before recording.

The EyeLink 1000 has several mount and camera combinations: Tower Mount,

Desktop Mount (Camera Level), Desktop Mount (Camera Angled), and Arm

Mount. Using these hardware configurations there are several different software

modes: Monocular recording can be achieved with each hardware configuration,

binocular recording is available when the camera is angled (Desktop Mount),

and the EyeLink Remote mode allows monocular recording without head

stabilization (Desktop and Arm Mounts).

Depending on the license of your system and the requirements of your

application, you will need to choose one of the above recording modes.

Please continue with one of the following participant setup tutorials.

Highly Accurate, Wide Field-of-View Monocular Recording

3.2.1 “Tower Mount Participant Setup, Monocular”

Using the Arm Mount- Positioning the Apparatus

3.2.2 “Using the Arm Mount Participant Setup”

Highly Accurate, Chin and Forehead Rest Monocular Recording

3.2.3 “Desktop Mount (Level) Participant Setup, Monocular”

Accurate Monocular Recording Without Head Stabilization

3.2.4 “EyeLink Remote Participant Setup”

Highly Accurate, Wide Field-of-View Monocular Recording with Primates

3.2.5 “Primate Mount Setup, Monocular”

Highly Accurate, Chin and Forehead Rest Binocular or Monocular Recording

3.2.6 “Desktop Mount (Angled) Participant Setup, Binocular”

3.2.1 Tower Mount Participant Setup, Monocular

Check the position of the eye selection knob on the tracker Tower to see

whether this matches the eye selection on the Camera Setup screen. Loosen the

knob (turning counterclockwise), move the selection knob to the left if you plan

to track the left eye and to the right if you plan to track the right eye, and