Suggested Equipment Layout; Figure 1-1: Suggested Eyelink 1000 System Layout - SR Research EyeLink 1000 Installation Manual

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Suggested Equipment Layout

The layout of the EyeLink 1000 equipment is important if participant setup is to be convenient,
and lighting problems are to be avoided. Before setting up the equipment, check the
arrangement of the room to be used against these suggestions. These will aid in the ease of
acquiring good experimental data.
Ideally, arrange the Host and Display PC monitors on tables in an 'L' shape, as in Figure
1-1. This configuration allows the experimenter to adjust the eye tracking device and set up
the subject for the experiment while having access to both computer keyboards and
monitors.
If you are using the SR Research chinrest, please make sure you have a sturdy table
available to clamp the chinrest to. This table must have a minimum thickness of 1.8 cm and
a maximum thickness of 8.0 cm. The bottom edge of the table should have a depth of at
least 6.0 cm to mount the integrated table clamp.
Ideally, the table you select should be deep enough to accommodate both the monitor
(especially for a CRT monitor) and eye tracker. For a 21'' CRT monitor with a 30 viewing
angle, the minimum table depth should be about 130 cm. A high table will ensure that even
the tallest participants do not need to hunch over in order for their view to be aligned with
the top of the Display computer's monitor.
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Figure 1-1: Suggested EyeLink 1000 System Layout