Writing BrainBay to file, alternative to GUI not working on older Dell

ljpino77ljpino77 Canada
edited May 2020 in OpenBCI_GUI

I have had success connecting the Ganglion board with BrainBay and can see my EEG data in oscilloscope etc. I am using BrainBay because the OpenBCI_GUI does not work on my older Dell laptop. I want to write my EEG data to a file in BrainBay. I have used EDF file writer but all I see are NULL values. Any advice on how to write a file in BrainBay?

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  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA

    LJ, hi.

    Are you referring to a 32 bit laptop, which might not run the standalone GUI? You may be able to run the GUI by building it with the Processing IDE,

    https://docs.openbci.com/docs/06Software/01-OpenBCISoftware/GUIDocs#running-the-openbci-gui-from-the-processing-ide

    If you are working with BrainBay, that means the OpenBCI GUI 'Hub', binary, is running ok on your machine. It's also possible you may have graphics chip OpenGL driver issues. (If the GUI screen is not displaying properly.) Check with the Dell site on how you can download updated compatible graphics drivers.

    Regards, William

  • ljpino77ljpino77 Canada
    edited May 2020

    I have installed the Processing IDE. It doesn't work either on my machine 64 bit Windows 10 Dell. I get the following error when I try to open the openBCI_GUI

    RuntimeException: Framebuffer objects are not supported by this hardware (or driver) Read http://wiki.processing.org/w/OpenGL_Issues for help.

    When I read that forum I found the following comment:

    "I see a lot of people having issues with Processing in Windows 10, and nobody seems to have good answers for them.
    Is Processing just not a good thing to use any more if you are using a Windows version after 7? I have no problems on my Mac or 7 but I do some teaching using it and if it doesn't work for people w/ more recent versions of Windows I need to ditch it for an alternative that works."

    Anything to add?

  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA

    The message seems to say your OpenGL driver (from Dell), is not functional. Did you search their support site for a download of a new graphics chip / card driver?

  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA

    Windows 10 works fine if you have current drivers from your hardware manufacturer.

  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA

    I always suggest a "clean install" when going from Windows 7 to Windows 10. That way you get the latest hardware support.

  • wjcroftwjcroft Mount Shasta, CA

    That quote you mentioned, is on this issue page from 2017. Windows 10 at that point was only in the second year of release and not all apps and drivers were adapted for it.

    https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/4586

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