Re: Re: Wireless A-1

[Guest guest]

Pete

Could you give any kind of appraisal of the Pocket Neurobics system?

I am thinking about something new to give me a backup system. Would

this work do you think for day in day out use?

Two feet seems awfully short. Is that between the unit and the computer?

How well does the IR work, if you have any direct experience with it?

Can that version actually run a play station? Like a joystick? Can that

be?

I'd be grateful for any personal notes you could add.

On Apr 2, 2004, at 6:22 AM, Van Deusen wrote:

, Mark and others who have requested this info:

 

The Abhayamudra (Pocket Neurobics) upgrade has now been released, and

here's the info on it.

 

There are currently 2 available options for the Abhayamudra:

The Pocket 1 ir (the infrared version that has been available for some

time as the A1)

The Pocket 1 w (the new wireless version).

There does not appear to be any way to upgrade from the ir to the w,

since the guts are quite different.

 

The Pocket 1w comes with a USB dongle which picks up the wireless

transmissions from the unit and no longer requires the USB-serial

adaptor.

The Pocket 1ir has a range of about 2 feet (you can judge for yourself

how practically correct that is)

The Pocket 1w, which operates at 2.4 gigahertz, has a stated range of

15 feet.

The Pocket 1ir is the only one which has the option of driving a

PlayStation or X-box.

 

There are Home and Office packages available for both units.  The Home

package includes the HEG headband and the electrode set.  The Office

package includes the HEG headband and the electrode adaptor which can

be used with any standard EEG electrodes.

 

The list price for the Pocket 1ir is still $845, or $1385 with the Home

package or $1,410 with the Office package.

The list prices for the Pocket 1w are $100 higher at each level.

 

Note that the base price no longer includes any electrodes or means of

connecting, so the adaptor would have to be purchased separately if you

wanted a package.

 

Of course anyone who is on the BrainTrainer list can purchase these

units through me at a discount, as you could purchase BrainMaster or

WaveRider equipment.  If you are interested, please contact me

back-channel at pvdtlc@... or call me at the phone number

below.

 

Pete

Van Deusen

BrainTrainer ()

16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL  33157

305/321-1595

 

 

Wireless A-1

Hi Pete,

 

Hope this finds you well.

 

I am most interested in the wireless A-1. Is it available and what does

it cost? Will it be possible to simply upgrade or do I need to purchase

a new unit?

 

Thanks,

Rich

[Guest guest]

,

Getting past an astonishingly bad manual, the system has lots going for it.

I would definitely get the Pocket 1w wireless unit for its greater range and

ability to work directly with the USB port.

The ir version has a range of 2 feet nominally, though I usually keep mine

about 4-6 inches from the ir sender on the unit to the ir receiver which

plugs into a cable that plugs into the com port on the back of the computer.

Hasn't been a problem, but others have had problems with interference and

signal dropping. The PlayStation issue is something that is on paper, but

I've never seen it actually work. Kind of like the DVD player on BE.

Sounds great, and sometimes it works well also, but it's rarely what you

expected it to be. I sure wouldn't buy it for that.

The unit is very good for HEG (freestanding or with the computer), and when

it is set up properly, it is fine for gathering EEG data in one or two

channels and getting it to the computer to drive BE.

Pete

Van Deusen

BrainTrainer ()

16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

305/321-1595

Wireless A-1

Hi Pete,

Hope this finds you well.

I am most interested in the wireless A-1. Is it available and what does

it cost? Will it be possible to simply upgrade or do I need to purchase

a new unit?

Thanks,

Rich

[Guest guest]

Pete

THanks for that appraisal. Tell me how you use Hershel's HEG? Do you

use it, is I guess the first question? I have Jeff Carmen's Pir HEG and

it works fine but doesn't allow a connection to a computer. I've tried

to agitate for a connection to BE but it is not on a front burner with

anybody. In your note you say: " and when it is set up properly, it is

fine for gathering EEG data... " does that have an ominous ring? Do you

mean that it is finicky and hard to integrate with a computer program

like BE? That is what I would use it for. How hard is to set up

properly?

On Apr 5, 2004, at 6:02 PM, Van Deusen wrote:

,

Getting past an astonishingly bad manual, the system has lots going for

it.

I would definitely get the Pocket 1w wireless unit for its greater

range and

ability to work directly with the USB port.

The ir version has a range of 2 feet nominally, though I usually keep

mine

about 4-6 inches from the ir sender on the unit to the ir receiver which

plugs into a cable that plugs into the com port on the back of the

computer.

Hasn't been a problem, but others have had problems with interference

and

signal dropping. The PlayStation issue is something that is on paper,

but

I've never seen it actually work. Kind of like the DVD player on BE.

Sounds great, and sometimes it works well also, but it's rarely what you

expected it to be. I sure wouldn't buy it for that.

The unit is very good for HEG (freestanding or with the computer), and

when

it is set up properly, it is fine for gathering EEG data in one or two

channels and getting it to the computer to drive BE.

Pete

Van Deusen

BrainTrainer ()

16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

305/321-1595

Wireless A-1

Hi Pete,

Hope this finds you well.

I am most interested in the wireless A-1. Is it available and what does

it cost? Will it be possible to simply upgrade or do I need to purchase

a new unit?

Thanks,

Rich

[Guest guest]

,

You put the headband on, like a sweatband, with the target dot over the area

you want to train. I usually work at Fp1, Fpz and Fp2, but sometimes at F7,

Fp1 and Fpz and occasionally other areas. Using the A1 (I don't have the

BrainMaster version, so I can't speak for that), you can do 8-10 minutes at

one site, producing a real effort to push up activation, then take a break

and move the target over a second area, then train there for 8-10 minutes

and repeat at a third site. You can use it freestanding, or you can use it

sending the data to the computer.

The unit is relatively easy to use once you have it programmed if you want

to do HEG and send EEG to BioExplorer. I just set up two presets, one for

HEG on the unit itself and one for 2 channels of EEG being sent to the

computer. Then it's a piece of cake. However, there are more than a few

places you could miss something important in the set up if you didn't know

what you were doing--or were trying to figure it out from the manual.

Pete

Van Deusen

BrainTrainer ()

16246 SW 92nd Ave, Miami, FL 33157

305/321-1595

Wireless A-1

Hi Pete,

Hope this finds you well.

I am most interested in the wireless A-1. Is it available and what does

it cost? Will it be possible to simply upgrade or do I need to purchase

a new unit?

Thanks,

Rich