Display Pc Software Installation; Windows Installation; Installing The Eyelink 1000 Experiment Programming Kit; Installing The Io Port Access Driver - SR Research EyeLink 1000 Installation Manual

Display PC Software Installation

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The Display PC is used to run experiment application software for control of the EyeLink 1000
tracker and stimulus presentation through the EyeLink Display Software. This API is available
on Windows, MacOS and Linux platforms. The latest version of the display software can be
downloaded from SR Research support website http://www.sr-support.com. The Display PC
installation process should not take more than 15 minutes. Installation instructions for the
Windows platform are detailed below.
9.1

Windows Installation

To use a Windows Display computer with the EyeLink 1000 system, various EyeLink software
components should be installed. The installation process consists of the following basic steps:
Install the EyeLink Experiment Programming Kit.
Install the supplied IO Port Access Driver if planning to use TTL.
Install the EyeLink Data Viewer and / or Experiment Builder software (if
purchased).
Install the USB Key drivers for EyeLink Data Viewer and / or Experiment Builder
software (if purchased).
Configure the network connection to the EyeLink 1000 Host PC.

9.1.1 Installing the EyeLink 1000 Experiment Programming Kit

The Windows toolkit (API and example files) is available on the "EyeLink 1000 Software" CD in
the "Display PC Installation" directory. To install the toolkit:
1. Insert the "EyeLink 1000 Software" CD.
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3. Run the EyeLinkDevKit_*.exe program by double clicking the icon.
4. Follow the instructions from the InstallShield Wizard to install the display software.
5. Wait for the InstallShield Wizard to finish, and click FINISH to complete installation.

9.1.2 Installing the IO Port Access Driver

For proper access to IO ports (i.e. for TTL signaling) on the Display PC, an access driver must
be installed. Note that this PORT95NT installer doesn't run on any 64-bit versions of Windows
XP or Vista.
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PORT95NT.
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