1. Connect the tactile bear to the sound card. The tactile bear replaces the speakers on your brainmaster computer so that you hear both a beep, and a vibration with the reward band when the client succeeds.
2. Follow the connection diagram in order to connect the bear to the speaker jack on the brainmaster computer
3. Install the latest version of brainmaster that includes the tactile functionality
4. When running a session, from the sound menu, select "complex" which will play a midi tone for each reward band (increase band) that is activated in the software. The midi tone will sound whenever the reward band is over threshold. Also, the selected reward tone, such as a beep or click will be heard through the bear, whenever the criteria are met for a half second.
- No sound from the bear - testing the bear
If you don't hear any sound at all from the bear, a great way to test the bear
is to plug him into another sound source that you know works. For example you
can connect the bear to the headphone jack on your stereo and listen to your
favorite mozart CD through the bear. To do this, follow the connection
diagram using your own sound device as the source.
- Constant humm with no change in amplitude with the feedback.
You may notice that touching the end of the signal cable to metal will create
a ground hum, which can be mistaken as the normal vibration of a working tactile
bear. Make sure the plug is in all the way.