OS : Windows 11 pro 64-bit
PsychoPy version: Builder (2024.2.4) (compatibility+ 3.8)
Standard Standalone? (y/n): Yes
What are you trying to achieve?: I am trying to run an eye-tracking (eyelink 1000 desktop) experiment using PsychoPy builder and the eyelink plugins. When I enter calibration or validation on the host computer, my experiment program stops responding. I cannot advance through calibration. Usually, the first fixation point will appear on the experiment monitor, but as soon as any input is made (either keyboard, or exp computer mouse), the experiment stops responding. Sometimes this freezing is accompanied by a “python not responding” error message. Despite this freezing, if I exit/finish camera setup on the host computer, the experiment continues as normal, and it seems like the start/stop recording functions are working as expected.
What did you try to make it work?: I have reinstalled PsychoPy and reinstalled the eyelink developer kit (EDK) to ensure I have the most up-to-date versions. I have copied the pylink folder from the EDK to PsychoPy, and tried doing this with different versions of the pylink folder offered on the SR Research Forum. I have installed the correct eyelink plugin on the PsychoPy tools page (and experimented with different versions). I have read all the instructional PDFs I can find within the EDK files and on the forum related to integrating python/PsychoPy and pylink/eyelink. I have tried several demo experiments, such as the ones provided on the SR forum (with plugin, with code components only) and the ones that come with the developer kit. I have also tried creating new experiments from scratch that mimic the demos. Yet, no luck.
Some additional info:
I am not seeing error messages that correspond to the freezing behaviour. However I am getting the following:
WARNING Stopping key buffers but this could be dangerous if other keyboards rely on the same.
WARNING Stopping key buffers but this could be dangerous if other keyboards rely on the same.
(repeated...)
Some additional info:
pygame 2.1.0 (SDL 2.0.16, Python 3.8.10)
EyeLink Plugin For PsychoPy Version = 2.1.1179.post1
Running experiment on EYELINK CL 5.50 , version 5
Using the EyeLinkCoreGraphicsPsychoPy library, version 2.1.1179.0, last updated on 09/19/2024
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!