Download
Share
Print this page
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Lucidity Institute Manuals
  4. Test Equipment
  5. P.E.S.T
  6. User manual

Lucidity Institute P.E.S.T User Manual

Programmable electronic state tester
Hide thumbs

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
Programmable Electronic State Tester
P.E.S.T.
©
User' s Guide
THE LUCIDITY INSTITUTE, INC. © 1994

Advertisement

loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the P.E.S.T and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Summary of Contents for Lucidity Institute P.E.S.T

  • Page 1 Programmable Electronic State Tester P.E.S.T. © User‘ s Guide THE LUCIDITY INSTITUTE, INC. © 1994...
  • Page 2 P.E.S.T. © THE LUCIDITY INSTITUTE, INC., 1994 P.E.S.T. DESIGN: by Stephen LaBerge MANUAL: writing by Lynne Levitan, design by Ethan Speelberg Thanks to Mushkil Gusha for the usual assistance. WARNING: This Product Attracts Every Other Piece of Matter in the Universe, Including the Products of Other Manufacturers, with a Force Proportional to the Product of the Masses and Inversely Proportional to the Square of the Distance Between Them.
  • Page 3 Congratulations, you have bought a thing that beeps, flashes, chirps, and vibrates unexpectedly throughout the day and night! Yes, you are the proud owner of a P.E.S.T. Now you may ask yourself, “Why did I buy something that can do nothing but ‘bug’ me? There must be a reason, if only I could remember...oh yeah, to help me learn to have lucid dreams!”...
  • Page 4 In the office, at a movie, or wherever you want it to be quiet, you can set the P.E.S.T. to give you only a vibration as a reminder. Therefore, you can take your with you and practice reality testing wherever you like.
  • Page 5 P.E.S.T. and focusing on lucid dreaming. Getting to Know Your P.E.S.T. Your P.E.S.T. comes to you asleep, with a few months worth of food in its belly (a.k.a. AA–battery), and fully trained. All you need to do is learn how to tell your P.E.S.T.
  • Page 6 • A program dial for selecting the P.E.S.T. ’s mode of operation • Two LED eyes, one red and one green, which the P.E.S.T. uses to give you feedback about its settings and activities, and to give you reminders •...
  • Page 7 You can also choose to make your P.E.S.T. act especially pesky. See Mode 7 on page 12 for how to use this feature.
  • Page 8 P.E.S.T. , to keep records of the number of Reality Tests you do in a day, and to find out how many cues the P.E.S.T. gave you during the night. See Mode 9 on page 13 for how to use this feature.
  • Page 9 Reality Test while awake. The P.E.S.T. Reality Test Do this Reality Test each time the P.E.S.T. gives you a reminder, or any other time you think of it and have your P.E.S.T. with you. While looking at your ’s face, press its button once quickly (for less than one second).
  • Page 10 When you stare at dream–text (or even at the dream– P.E.S.T. ) the natural instability of dreams shows up, causing them to change before your eyes.

  • Page 11: Appendix A • P.e.s.t. Mode Table

    Reality Test flash and beep. One–second button press demonstrates the selected Reminder. *When you first dial to Modes 1–4, the P.E.S.T. will demonstrate the reminder it is set to give in that mode. ‡If the P.E.S.T. is connected to the NovaDreamer or DreamLight, the Reminders will be triggered only by the remote device.
  • Page 12 Holding the button down for one second will put the P.E.S.T. in “super bug” mode. If you do this, and then put the P.E.S.T. in Mode 1, 2, 3, or 4, it will chirp, tick, beep, buzz and vibrate, like it is chattering away to itself.
  • Page 13 Range: Ten intervals are available—20, 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240 360, 480, and 720 minutes. Randomness Factor Sets the maximum number of minutes the P.E.S.T. will add to the Minimum Interval. It will randomly select a number of minutes above 0 and less than or equal to the selected Randomness Factor.

  • Page 14: Appendix B • Changing Your P.e.s.t.' S Battery

    Appendix B • Changing Your P.E.S.T.’ s Battery How to change your P.E.S.T.’s battery 1. Press firmly at point , and slide open the battery compartment. 2. Carefully remove the battery with the aid of a screwdriver or other flat blade tool inserted at the left (–) end of the battery.

  • Page 15: Appendix C • Using P.e.s.t. With The Novadreamer

    Appendix C • Using P.E.S.T. with the NovaDreamer® Using the PEST with the NovaDreamer This procedure will allow you to use the PEST’s signals as cues to lucidity, triggered by a NovaDreamer lucid dream induction device. While connected, the NovaDreamer will override the PEST’s programming, instructing it to give cues only when the NovaDreamer detects REM sleep.
  • Page 16 NovaDreamer batteries. However, a simple modification, described below, can fix the problem. The software version is printed on the removable chip on the NovaDreamer board. Version 1.5 NovaDreamer1·5 has a label that looks like this: 16 P.E.S.T. USER’S GUIDE...
  • Page 17 1. Remove the labeled chip from your NovaDreamer by carefully wedging a screw driver under the end of the chip as shown at left. 2. Identify the second pin from the left bottom end (below the , away from the battery, on the middle side of the board;...

  • Page 18: Appendix D • Using P.e.s.t. With The Dreamlight

    Appendix D • Using P.E.S.T. with the DreamLight® The P.E.S.T. can also be controlled by the DreamLight with a special cable available fromthe Lucidity Institute. Software Version 3.6R is required, Version 4.0 is recommended. 1. Turn off both the P.E.S.T. and DreamLight.
  • Page 20 20 P.E.S.T. USER’S GUIDE...