Friday, October 6, 2017

OpenBCI Ultra Cortex Quick Start Guide (HMI)

Objective: The objective of this guide is to provide an overview of how to get started using the OpenBCI UltraCortex MarkV with Cyton board right out of the box.

Step 1.) Open the box(s) and set out your inventory of parts.

Step 2.) Follow the on-line instructions for assembly.

Step 2a.) Should the on-line instructions become unavailable basically the steps below 
                were followed:
               - Glue the 2 half's of the head set together using superglue (not provided). 
                 Instructions call for sanding and cutting off excess from manufacture; however, 
                 we had a clean fit straight out of the box. We did a dry fit, first, just to confirm.
               - Once the glue was dry (we gave it 24 hrs) we proceeded to screw in the Cyton 
                 board holder into the rear of the UltraCortex (headset).
               - Twist and fit the electrodes into and space electrodes into place.
               - Wire up the electrodes and connect the recommended eletrodes into the Cyton 
                  board – See Identify electrode locations” section of assemby instructions. 
                  If on-line instructions are unavailable, see Figure 1 below.
10_20_UltraCortex_DefaultLayout:

                                                                                                  Figure 1.

                - Fit and attach the battery holder (we used the 4 A cell battery holder & 
                  attached using twisties, in case it needs to be moved in the future).

Step 3.) Download and install OpenBCI GUI software (if not already completed).

Step 4.) Install Cyton USB Dongle into a USB port and install driver software, if required- should install automatically. Once ready the light on our Dongle turned solid blue.

Step 5.) Turn on the Cyton board by moving slide switch from off position to the BLE position. See “Slide Switch” section of the Cyton hardware documentation.

Step 6.) Launch OpenBCI Gui software application. Figure 2, below, represents the Windows 64 bit version.
LaunchApplication:

                                                                                                  Figure 2.

Step 7.) Execute a quick system check by:
- Selecting “Live (from Cyton)”.
- Select the proper Com port.
- Open Radio Configuration and select “Status”. 
  “Success: System is Up” should be displayed if the system is fully operational.
SystemCheck:

                                                                                                  Figure 3.
Step 8.) Once an operational system is confirmed select “Start System” to launch the Brainwave monitoring application.
StartSystem:

                                                                                                  Figure 4.


 Step 9.) Click the “Start Data Stream” button to begin brain wave observations and adjust or customize the panels according to your specific needs.
StartDataStream:    

                                                                                                  Figure 5.

Step 10.) Begin observation of live brain activity.
ObserveBrainAvtivity:

                                                                                                  Figure 6.

Appenidx A.) Exit the system:

Step 1.) Select the “Stop Data Stream” button
StopDataStream:

                                                                                                  Figure A-1.

Step 2.) From the Control Panel, select “Stop System” then close the application.
StopSystem:

                                                                                                  Figure A-2.

CloseApp:

                                                                                                  Figure A-3.

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