"Init timeout. Verify your Serial/COM port" Cyton, Windows 10

hemang_t · October 2017

Hi, I am using a OpenBCI Cyton board. I am using an 8 channel Cyton board for recording the EEG data. So what happens is, very rarely the board is able to give the output data on the OpenBCI_GUI application. I keep getting this error "Init timeout. Verify your Serial/COM port. Power Down/Up your OpenBCI & USB Dongle. Then retry initialization " during most of the trials. I have tried what the error asks already but still no output. I have tried connecting the board and getting the signal on the GU numerous times but I got to see the signal only 3-4 times. Why is this board output so uncertain? I am using a Windows 10 laptop to run this device. Any help/suggestion is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

hemang_t · October 2017

Can anyone please reply/comment on this post.

wjcroft · October 2017

Have you tried using the Cyton on another laptop for comparison?

hemang_t · October 2017

Yes I tried that too.

wjcroft · October 2017

Have you sent an email to contact at openbci.com ? Mentioning @openbci.

hemang_t · October 2017

Not yet but I will email about the issue now since you have mentioned it.

Also, I want to know if the Cyton board works well with Windows 10 because I am using it on windows 10 laptop. I have previous reviews of it working well with windows 7. And is there a new driver for FTDI for windows 10?

wjcroft · October 2017

The FTDI drivers are listed here. Latest Windows version from August 2017.

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

hemang_t · October 2017

I have installed the same drivers.

pushtheworld · November 2017

Which GUI version are you using?

Carrie22 · April 2018

We have the same setup as you. The fix for us was to flip the physical switch on the wifi dongle from RESET to GPIO6 !!! Happy day.

"Init timeout. Verify your Serial/COM port" Cyton, Windows 10

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