# Re: eyelink toolbox

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**Created:** [October 23, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/re-eyelink-toolbox/1619 "2003-10-23T11:57:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/re-eyelink-toolbox/1619/1 "2003-10-23T11:57:33Z")

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Cedric,  
I am not a windows user myself, but from what I know from feedback from   
other users, the windows version can be used for experiments as is.   
It's a beta in the sense that there are a few shortcomings, e.g. the   
setup mode doesn't work properly on the subject PC, but this is fairly   
easily overcome by doing the setup on the operator PC. For the rest,   
the situation mostly reflects that of the PTB: it's unlikely we put   
much work in polishing the windows version right now, our resources are   
spent on developing the OS X version of the ELTB.  
Perhaps active users of the windows version of the ELTB can comment on   
its short comings in routine use (hence the cc to the list).  
Gr.  
  
Frans  
  
PS: you can always consider buying a cheap (e) mac (less then 800 Euro   
for basemodel) for running your experiments ;-) The OS 9 version is   
quite polished and doesn't have the above shortcomings.  
  
  
  
Cedric Laloyaux heeft op donderdag, 23 okt 2003 om 11:36   
(Europe/Amsterdam) het volgende geschreven:  
  

> \> Dear Frans Cornelissen,  
> \>  
> \>   
> \>  
> \> I have some questions about the eyelink toolbox:  
> \>  
> \> I’m a very new user of eyetrackers. I’m a brand new PhD student and I   
> \> am in charge to tke care of the eyelink we have at the Universite   
> \> Libre de Bruxelles inBelgium. It’s an eyelink 1 but it seems quite   
> \> laborious to use C to program experiments. So, I asked the help desk   
> \> of the eyelink system and they told me that many people use your   
> \> toolbox. However, I read on the website that the eyelink box is still   
> \> a beta version. My fisrt question is: to which point is it beta? Is it   
> \> beta like the psychtoolbox for windows (which is fine) or does it   
> \> really need a long time to settle? My second question is about the   
> \> installation. I just have to install matlab and the the toolbox and is   
> \> it all set like that?  
> \>  
> \>   
> \>  
> \> I thank you very much for your answer and I’m very sorry if I   
> \> overlooked these informations on the psychtoolbox website.  
> \>  
> \>   
> \>  
> \> Best,  
> \>  
> \>   
> \>  
> \> --cedric Laloyaux  
> \>  
> \>

Frans W.Cornelissen  
Lab Experimental Ophthalmology  
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen  
Nederland  
[f.w.cornelissen@...](mailto:f.w.cornelissen@...)  
Tel: +31 50 3614173  
  
[http://cornelis.med.rug.nl/LEO/people/frans/](http://cornelis.med.rug.nl/LEO/people/frans/)