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==Holcombelab Eye Tracker==
==Holcombelab Eye Tracker==
This Eye Tracker is set up in Testing Booth 524B. You can access it remotely from any computer connected to the Psychology department's local network.
This eye tracker is set up in Testing Booth 524B. You can access it remotely from any computer connected to the Psychology department's local network. This means that after setting up your experiment as normal and starting the subject on the experiment, you can return to your own computer, turn on the eye tracker and set it to record / access the software remotely even as they are doing the task.


# Open a "Finder" window on your local machine.
# Open a "Finder" window on your local machine.
# Find the
# Under "Shared" in the menu on the left (you may have to click on the triangle to expand the list and/or click on "All..." to see the full list of computers on the network), find the computer called "Holcombelab-eyetracker".
# Double clicking on it will connect you to the eye tracker computer as "Guest".
# In the top right hand corner of the finder window you can select to "Share Screen..." if you want to control the computer connected to the eye tracker to turn it on or set it to record etc. This will open up a window in which you will see the screen of the Imac connected to the eye-tracker and have full access to its desktop interface.
#Clicking on "Connect As..." will allow you to access the any files (I.e. video recordings / data) that may be stored on the computer that the eye tracker is connected to. This will just give you access to more folders in the finder window.
#In either case you will be prompted to log in. The user name is HolcombeLab (Note the capitalisation), and the password is the common lab password (ask either me or Alex if you don't know what it is).
 
Currently (02/11/2010), we're still waiting on the software which will allow us to program the eye tracker, record from it, and collect data from it. But once we have it I'll update this page with the extra information. If you want to have a play with it right now, just share screens with "Holcombelab-eyetracker" and use the program "PiP" which you'll find to the right of the "Photobooth" icon on the dock bar.
 
Note. It's best if you ''don't'' start the eyetracker using the Imac in the lab as you then have to deal with the light emitted by it's screen (it will take about a minute to go back to sleep). If you access it remotely, the screen will stay asleep maintaining the dark in the testing booth.

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Holcombelab Eye Tracker

This eye tracker is set up in Testing Booth 524B. You can access it remotely from any computer connected to the Psychology department's local network. This means that after setting up your experiment as normal and starting the subject on the experiment, you can return to your own computer, turn on the eye tracker and set it to record / access the software remotely even as they are doing the task.

  1. Open a "Finder" window on your local machine.
  2. Under "Shared" in the menu on the left (you may have to click on the triangle to expand the list and/or click on "All..." to see the full list of computers on the network), find the computer called "Holcombelab-eyetracker".
  3. Double clicking on it will connect you to the eye tracker computer as "Guest".
  4. In the top right hand corner of the finder window you can select to "Share Screen..." if you want to control the computer connected to the eye tracker to turn it on or set it to record etc. This will open up a window in which you will see the screen of the Imac connected to the eye-tracker and have full access to its desktop interface.
  5. Clicking on "Connect As..." will allow you to access the any files (I.e. video recordings / data) that may be stored on the computer that the eye tracker is connected to. This will just give you access to more folders in the finder window.
  6. In either case you will be prompted to log in. The user name is HolcombeLab (Note the capitalisation), and the password is the common lab password (ask either me or Alex if you don't know what it is).

Currently (02/11/2010), we're still waiting on the software which will allow us to program the eye tracker, record from it, and collect data from it. But once we have it I'll update this page with the extra information. If you want to have a play with it right now, just share screens with "Holcombelab-eyetracker" and use the program "PiP" which you'll find to the right of the "Photobooth" icon on the dock bar.

Note. It's best if you don't start the eyetracker using the Imac in the lab as you then have to deal with the light emitted by it's screen (it will take about a minute to go back to sleep). If you access it remotely, the screen will stay asleep maintaining the dark in the testing booth.