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Mind Machine AstroLine Technical Description And Operating Instructions

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«AstroLine»
Technical description
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2021

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  • Page 1 Electronic mask for lucid dreaming «AstroLine» Technical description and operating instructions _____________________________________________________ 2021...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1.3.3 Battery charge control ..............8 Set ......................9 Specifications ..................9 1.5.1 Equipment composition and characteristics........9 1.5.2 Operating modes «AstroLine»............10 1.5.3 Weight and dimensions ..............10 1.5.4 The consumed current from the battery........11 1.5.5 Operational requirements ............... 11 HOW TO WORK WITH THE DEVICE General ……………………….............

  • Page 3: Preface

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Annotation This document contains a description of the AstroLine lucid dreaming device and how to operate it in different modes. To understand what «lucid dreaming» is and to get methods of working with them, we recommend the book by Stephen LaBerge «Lucid Dreaming».
  • Page 4 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 ■ eye movement sensors are placed on each eye. This allows you to more fully track the sleep pattern, since not always in the REM (rapid eye movement) phase, both eyes move simultaneously. ■ full-color RGB LEDs are used for issuing light tips, allowing you to set the color of the light tip and thereby reduce the addiction to one color.

  • Page 5: Operating Modes Of The Device

    What will it be like in the future? Perhaps you yourself can answer this question and give a useful idea. Operating modes of the device AstroLine has the following operating modes: Sleep monitoring This is the main operating mode of the device. When this mode is enabled, then after the music playback is finished (if it was turned on) and the countdown until falling asleep starts monitoring the sensors.
  • Page 6 Working in web-interface mode via Wi-Fi This mode provides communication between the user's device (computer, tablet or smartphone) and «AstroLine». Through it, it is possible to change a number of device settings, as well as load a new version of the firmware into the device itself.

  • Page 7: Recommendations For Working With The Device

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Checking the operation of the device (test sensors and prompts) It is possible to start a full test of the device operation, as if it were in the monitoring mode. This is where the eye movement sensors and the head movement sensor are tested.

  • Page 8: Organization Of Data On The Memory Card

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 To work effectively with the device and to exclude missed alarms or false alarms, it is best to turn it on in the test mode when the mask is on the head. The position of the sensors and LEDs in front of your eyes will be visible. It is also worth making sure that nothing interferes with the operation of the device (hair, clothes).

  • Page 9: Set

    Packing box. Specifications «AstroLine» is designed to determine the sleep phase by eye movement, generate a time report about these events, move in sleep and play back light and sound prompts, WAV and MP3 audio files. It is also designed to perform a number of service and auxiliary functions both in stand-alone operation and when working with a computer.

  • Page 10: Operating Modes "Astroline

    ■ Battery charge. 1.5.3 Weight and dimensions «AstroLine» measures 90.5x45x15 mm, taking into account the protruding parts (buttons, fasteners to the mask) and without an installed microSD memory card. The weight of the assembled product and its individual parts is shown in Table 1.1.

  • Page 11: The Consumed Current From The Battery

    1.5.5 Operational requirements «AstroLine» together with accessories in accordance with the state standard 15150-69 refer to products of the placement category – 4 for climatic performance – moderate and cold climate, with a range of operating temperatures from +1 to + 40°C and is intended for operation in heated indoor premises.

  • Page 12: How To Work With The Device

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Not allowed during operation: ｰ place the device near heat sources and open flames; ｰ wipe the case, display screen, keyboard buttons with organic solvents and other cleaning agents that are aggressive to plastic; ｰ...
  • Page 13 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Figure 2. View of the device on the mask Connectors, controls, indication Headphones. The device has a 3.5mm Jack socket for connecting headphones. Allows connection of headphones with a total impedance of at least 32 Ohm.

  • Page 14: The Procedure For Connecting And Disconnecting External Devices When Working With The Device

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 With a short press in the mode of changing settings, it confirms the change and sets the value, saving it to non-volatile memory. When pressed in the playback file selection mode (in the PLAYER or RECORD menu), it starts the file playback.

  • Page 15: Embedded Software Ver

    General. Main menu All functions and available capabilities of the device are determined by the firmware version. Therefore, the description of the AstroLine operation is related to the current version of the firmware. It is necessary to check the software version specified in this manual and the version recorded in the device.

  • Page 16: Overview Of Main Menu Items And Operating Modes

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Overview of main menu items and operating modes Start Selecting this item starts sleep monitoring mode. If at the same time playback of melodies is allowed in the settings, a MicroSD memory card is installed and the files are in the AUDIO folder, then after the countdown of the 20 second interval (time for preparing and putting on the mask), they begin to play until they run out.
  • Page 17 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Pressing the «Enter» key ends the settings editing mode and switches to the main menu. It should be noted that the saving of the setting in the energy-independent memory occurs always after its change. There are 14 items in the setup menu. Let's consider each of them: ...
  • Page 18 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1  Scan delay The setting sets the delay time in minutes between the triggering of the eye movement sensor with prompts and the start of the next scan. Accepts a value from 0 to 45. If the value is «0» – there is no delay and scanning starts immediately after the prompt is issued.

  • Page 19: Test

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Alarm mode). The sound volume can take a value from 1 to 30. The default value is 21. When the value is «0», the alarm clock is turned off and after the sleep monitoring is completed, you exit to the main menu without playing files from the ALARM folder.

  • Page 20: Time Set

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 After the eye movement sensor is triggered, prompts are issued (light and vibration), as well as voice prompts – in the same order as they will be issued during sleep monitoring according to the specified parameters in the settings.

  • Page 21: Recording Folder

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Recording folder (REC. DIR.) Selecting this item offers to select one of the destination folders where the recordings made by the voice recorder will be placed: BEFORE or DICT. The selection is made with the «+» and «–» buttons. Confirmation and exit – by pressing the «S»...

  • Page 22: Play Folder

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Important! When you delete a file, you are not prompted to confirm this action, so you must carefully perform this operation so as not to delete the necessary records.  < Exit> When you select this menu item of the voice recorder and press the «Enter»...
  • Page 23 After the mode is indicated by the LED, you need to wait for the ASTROLINE access point to appear in the list of networks on your device, and then connect to it.
  • Page 24 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 ALARM player volume – sets the volume with which the audio file from the ALARM folder will be played back after monitoring by the end of sleep time (this is the Alarm mode). The sound volume can take a value from 1 to 30. If the value is «0», the alarm clock is off;...
  • Page 25 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 Figure 4. ASTROLINE interface web page view - 25 -...

  • Page 26: Software Update

    If the device is successfully recognized by the computer, the device is displayed as AstroLine DISK USB Device on the computer. It is possible to copy files to the memory card, delete them or rename them. The MicroSD card must first be formatted with the FAT32 file system and the standard cluster size (512 bytes).

  • Page 27: Charging The Storage Battery

    AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 5. CHARGING THE STORAGE BATTERY Before starting long-term operation (sleep monitoring), it is recommended to charge the battery if its level is below 30%. The battery level is displayed in the corner of the main menu (see Figure 3).
  • Page 28 AstroLine ver. 1.3 Redaction 1.1 06:10 = EYE MOVE (LR) 016 012 06:21 = EYE MOVE (LR) 017 013 06:24 = EYE MOVE (LR) 002 017 06:26 = EYE MOVE (LR) 018 014 06:26 = HEAD MOVE: RES. PROMPT_2 06:35 = EYE MOVE (LR) 037 015...

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