Data Streaming but Cannot Verify Connection Status
Hey everyone,
We are just getting our OpenBCI up and running. We are running the latest OpenBCI_GUI on Mac OS X 10.10. I installed the FTDI Drivers and am able to see the dongle in "About this Mac > System Report". Our Cyton board's light is not flashing when we turn it on, like it says it should in the Tutorial on the docs page. However, I saw some say that the 3 blinks applied to the 8 bit board, even though the tutorial says otherwise. Anyway - when we open the OpenBCI GUI and select "LIVE (from Cyton)", I can select our dongle (\dev\tty.usbserial-DJ00ITJA), select "START SYSTEM" and the data streams. However, if I click the ">" next to "SERIAL/COM PORT" and click "STATUS", I get the following message:
"Error reading from Serial Port. Try a different Port?"
instead of the expected "SUCCESS"/"Failure" message.
I tried to see if plugging the dongle into a different USB port would make a different, but it doesn't. Should I be concerned about this since the data is streaming in openBCI? When the data is streaming, it acts like it comes in chunks, rather than a smooth data stream. Is this normal? I'm not used to using Macs, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
Comments
If the data is streaming you are fine. The chunking is because the FTDI driver needs adjustment. See,
http://docs.openbci.com/Tutorials/10-Mac_FTDI_Driver_Fix
William
https://github.com/OpenBCI/OpenBCI_GUI/issues
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