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MindBand Research Instruction Manual

November 29, 2011

Summary of Contents for MindBand

Page 1: ...MindBand Research Instruction Manual November 29 2011...

Page 2: ...ING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL ITY NONINFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INCLUDING PATENTS COPYRIGHTS OR OTHERWISE OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL NEUROSKY OR ITS SUPPLIERS...

Page 3: ...14 Windows 14 Mac OS X 15 Wearing the MindBand 17 NeuroSky Technology Overview 18 Brainwaves 18 inkGear 18 eSense 18 eSense Meter General Information 19 eSense Meter Technical Description 19 ATTENTION...

Page 4: ...applications for an enhanced user experience For any technical information updates and additional support questions not answered by this docu ment please register at the NeuroSky support website at h...

Page 5: ...ee the blue light turn on Turn o the MindBand by holding down the same power button until the blue light goes from ashing to solid Charging To charge the MindBand s lithium ion battery plug the suppli...

Page 6: ...ur computer Mac OS X Important If your Mac already has Bluetooth please use your Mac s built in Bluetooth Otherwise simply plug the included Bluetooth dongle into an open USB slot Mac OS X will automa...

Page 7: ...AB workspace 4 Documentation is available in the Docs folder Bluetooth Pairing Windows 7 1 Turn on the MindBand and plug in the provided USB Bluetooth adaptor 2 Click the Start button and navigate to...

Page 8: ...Chapter 2 Setting Up Your MindBand 4 Select BrainBand and click Next 5 Select Enter the device s pairing code Bluetooth Pairing November 29 2011 2009 NeuroSky Inc All Rights Reserved 8...

Page 9: ...airing is now complete Windows XP Vista 1 Turn on the MindBand and plug in the provided USB Bluetooth adaptor 2 Click the Start button and navigate to the Control Panel Double click on Bluetooth Devic...

Page 10: ...Chapter 2 Setting Up Your MindBand 3 Click Add 4 Check the My device is set up and ready to be found box and then click Next Bluetooth Pairing November 29 2011 2009 NeuroSky Inc All Rights Reserved 10...

Page 11: ...apter 2 Setting Up Your MindBand 5 Select BrainBand Click Next 6 Select Let me choose my own passkey Enter 0000 and click Next Bluetooth Pairing November 29 2011 2009 NeuroSky Inc All Rights Reserved...

Page 12: ...nd click on the Bluetooth icon to con gure Bluetooth devices 3 Click on the icon in the lower left to add a new device 4 e Bluetooth Setup Assistant will appear and will start searching for devices Se...

Page 13: ...Pairing is now complete Figure 2 4 Pairing Complete Mac OS X 10 5 1 Turn on the MindBand 2 Open System Preferences and click on the Bluetooth icon to con gure Bluetooth devices 3 Click on the icon in...

Page 14: ...Continue 7 Once the wizard is done gathering information about the MindBand click Continue 8 When prompted for a passkey ll in the passkey 0000 then click Continue 9 When asked about services just us...

Page 15: ...pleted the pairing procedure load up the System Preferences and click on the Bluetooth icon Select the BrainBand in the list of devices then click on the gear icon underneath en click on the Edit Seri...

Page 16: ...Chapter 2 Setting Up Your MindBand the MindBand s serial port Paste this text back into the Port eld of your application Serial Port Name November 29 2011 2009 NeuroSky Inc All Rights Reserved 16...

Page 17: ...astener 2 Orient the headband so that the forehead sensors are facing you and the ear loop is on the left 3 Place the MindBand towards your head and wrap the band around your head with a secure t 4 Gu...

Page 18: ...laxed but not drowsy tranquil conscious Low Beta 12Hz to 15Hz Formerly SMR relaxed yet focused integrated Midrange Beta 16Hz to 20Hz inking aware of self surroundings High Beta 21Hz to 30Hz Alertness...

Page 19: ...the hood eSense Meter Technical Description For each di erent type of eSense i e Attention Meditation the meter value is reported on a relative eSense scale of 1 to 100 On this scale a value between...

Page 20: ...lps the mind to relax as well Meditation is related to reduced activity by the active mental processes in the brain It has long been an observed e ect that closing one s eyes turns o the mental activi...

Page 21: ...MindSet then any application written in any language that can communicate through TCP sockets such as Flash s ActionScript3 and scripting languages in general can connect to the TGC to read data from...

Page 22: ...must rst remove all the electronics from the headband 1 Touch a grounded metal surface to avoid any static discharge 2 Gently disconnect all the sensors from the electrical housing and clip it o from...

Page 23: ...ertain to keep the sensor and contacts clean e eSense meters do not move Verify that the Bluetooth is paired correctly You can use the Brainwave Visualizer to verify if the headset is transmitting Sel...

Page 24: ...Chapter 7 Troubleshooting For further technical support please register on the NeuroSky Support Forums at http support neurosky com November 29 2011 2009 NeuroSky Inc All Rights Reserved 24...

Page 25: ...and Environmental requirements Operating temperature 0 35 C Do not expose the MindBand to temperatures above 140 F 60 C Operating Voltage 5V when recharging through the USB Port 4 3V normal operation...

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