08-27-2020, 15:14 PM
Display PC Configuration
Connecting with the Display PC FAQs
Experimental Setup
Camera FAQs
Calibration & Participant Setup / Data Quality Participant FAQs
EyeLink Host Software
EyeLink Host PC Errors & Warnings
General Errors & Warnings
EyeLink Host Software Camera Setup Options
Camera Image FAQs
TTL Communication, Analog card, & EyeLink Button Boxes
TTL and Button Boxes FAQs
Connecting with the Display PC FAQs
- How do I configure my network settings to connect to the EyeLink Host?
- What ethernet cable should be used to connect the EyeLink 1000 Plus to the Host PC?
- When connecting the Display PC to the Host PC do I have to use a crossover cable?
- Why does it say "Cable Fault" on the Host PC screen?
- Which monitors do you recommend for EyeLink systems?
- Can I use a touchscreen monitor with the EyeLink systems?
Experimental Setup
Camera FAQs
- Do I need to change the lens if I change tracking modes?
- How do I point / focus the illuminator on the Long Range mount?
- What is the Trackable Range and why is it important?
- What is the ideal configuration EyeLink 1000 / EyeLink 1000 Plus Desktop mount?
- How do I tell the system how far the camera is from the screen? Why is this needed?
- I had the wrong PHYSICAL.INI / screen configuration settings, will my data be affected?
- I changed my monitor / physical configuration - How do I update the Host PC?
- Will ambient room lighting impact the quality of my data?
Calibration & Participant Setup / Data Quality Participant FAQs
- Can the EyeLink systems be used with someone with astigmatism?
- Can the EyeLink systems be used with participants who are wearing glasses?
- Can the EyeLink systems be used with participants who are wearing contact lens?
- How do I switch to tracking a different eye?
- Should I track binocularly or monocularly?
- How can I recover the accuracy of a participant's calibration?
- What background color should I use for my calibration?
- I want to collect Pupil Size data, is there anything special I need to do?
- Can I use animated calibration targets?
- How often should I calibrate?
- Which calibration model should I use?
- Can I change the location of the calibration targets during the calibration routine?
- What determines whether a validation is "GOOD", "FAIR" or "POOR"?
- Is Automatic Drift Correction supported?
- Can I perform an online Drift Correction while actively recording gaze data?
- How can I recover the Drift Correction from the EDF file?
- What is the difference between Drift Check and Drift Correction?
- Why am I having trouble getting a proper calibration for the edges / top corners of my screen?
- My calibration points look skewed - will this affect my data?
- How do I prevent the EyeLink software switching eyes post calibration?
- The Corneal Reflection keeps jumping, what is going wrong?
- Why does the system switch which eye is tracked after blinks / tracking loss?
- Can I disable auto-selection of a single eye after a binocular calibration?
EyeLink Host Software
- How do I cite EyeLink systems / How do I cite SR Research Hardware?
- How can I mirror my Host PC display?
- What is end-to-end sample delay and how is it measured from the EyeLink system?
- What does accuracy mean and how is it measured for the EyeLink system?
- How are fixations / saccades defined?
- How is EyeLink data filtered?
- What is visual angle and how does it apply to eye tracking?
- How does the EyeLink system and Data Viewer calculate the degrees of visual angle?
- I had the wrong PHYSICAL.INI / screen configuration settings, will my data be effected?
EyeLink Host PC Errors & Warnings
General Errors & Warnings
- Why does it say "Cable Fault" on the Host PC screen?
- Why do I see "WARNING: Disk space for data files is low..." when booting the Host PC?
- What does the “Gige Camera not found” error mean when booting the Host PC?
- What does the “SCD##### file not found” error mean when booting the Host PC?
- EyeLink 1000 Plus and Portable Duo: Why won't my Host PC boot into EyeLink or Windows?
- EyeLink 1000: What does “Eyelink CL camera not found” or “Eyelink CL camera setup failed” mean?
- EyeLink II: How do I fix a "reading EEPROM” error when booting the Host PC?
- EyeLink II: How do I fix a “Error: Could not initialize PCI interface” error?
- EyeLink II: What does the message "Extra Markers" mean?
EyeLink Host Software Camera Setup Options
Camera Image FAQs
- The camera image on my host PC is upside down. How do I fix that?
- Can I see the global view of the camera while recording data?
- Can I get the raw video feed directly from the camera?
- What is the best way to focus the camera?
- How can I take a screenshot on the Host PC monitor?
- What are optimal values for the Pupil and Corneal Reflection thresholds?
- What do the threshold bias values (e.g. "x1.00") mean in Remote mode?
- Why is there question marks (???) next to the Pupil or CR values?
- What is Threshold Coloring, and should I use it?
- EyeLink II: what is the difference between the Pupil-CR and Pupil Only modes?
- Can I adjust the size of the Search Limits?
- What does Mouse Autothreshold mean?
- What is the Illuminator Power setting for?
- Why am I not seeing my mount listed in the Select Configuration screen?
- What is Mouse Simulation mode? Can I calibrate the mouse? If so, how?
- What is the difference between the Centroid and Ellipse tracking modes?
TTL Communication, Analog card, & EyeLink Button Boxes
TTL and Button Boxes FAQs
- How can I configure the EyeLink Host PC to accept TTL signals from another device?
- Can I send TTL pluses from the EyeLink Host PC to external devices?
- Can I use any button box / response device with my Host PC?
- What is the analog card, and how / why should I use it?
- How do I interface with the EyeLink Host PC analog card?
- The analog signal from my Host PC is inverted. How do I correct this?
- If using analog output, is the digital data also available over the ethernet link?