an automatic board reset has occurred due to timeout.

be sent more quickly -- there is a "global timeout" in the acquisition server, if the driver does not output a thing after XX second it is deactivated by the acquisition server, so we have

But I'm still getting the ""Init timeout Verify your Serial/COM Port Power DOWN/UP your OpenBCI & USB Dongle Then retry Initialization" error when I try to connect (using the s

"Init timeout Verify your Serial/COM Port Power DOWN/UP your OpenBCI & USB Dongle Then retry Initialization"

but I am getting the timeout error. I have tried to do it both on Mac OS X Yosemite & Windows 7 PC.

My first suggestion would be to try running this from Processing. By doing so you'll be able to see a printout to Processing's console, with more verbosity regarding why the timeout is happening.

the 16-channel button selected, I get "Init timeout. Verify your Serial/COM Port Power Up/Down your OpenBCI & USB Dongle The retry initialization". I've tried doing this but I still

And does the test version of BioEra timeout or does it have less functionality?

On the Processing GUI debug message pane you should see some startup output fly by on initialization, then the data stream. Are you seeing any of that? Or just the Init timeout that you saw before.

to the board, and I get an error message: Init timeout. Verify your Serial/COM Port. Power UP/DOWN your OpenBCI & USB Dongle. Then retry Initialization.  So I try that, still no connection.