Learn more about the system requirements for EmotivBCI.

Upon opening EmotivBCI, you will be asked to log in via the EMOTIV Launcher. You can log in using your EmotivID or your Facebook account.

Note: You need to be online the first time you login to EMOTIV Launcher so that the application can authenticate your credentials.

If you cannot remember your password, click on “Forgot Password” under the login fields in the EMOTIV Launcher to reset your password and follow the instructions provided.

To logout:

1. Open the EMOTIV Launcher application

2. Click on the Settings icon at top right of the EMOTIV Launcher

3. Click on “Log out”

4. Click on "Yes" button

Note: Logging out of the EMOTIV Launcher will log you out from all EMOTIV Applications

In this section:

• System requirements

• Installation

• Logging in

• Create an account

• Forgot password

• Access account

• Logging out

• Offline use

If you do not have an EmotivID, click on “Create Account” in the EMOTIV Launcher and follow the instructions on our website.

To view your account information or change your password, visit your Account page on our website. To access this via the application:

1. Click on the setting icon in the top right hand corner of the application

2. Click on “Account” in the dropdown menu

EMOTIV Launcher

EMOTIV Launcher is our single, centralized installer to download all EMOTIV applications. You can choose to download our entire application suite or select the application you wish to install. Please note that Cortex service is essential for both EmotivPRO and EmotivBCI to operate successfully. You can create a new account or manage your passwords using the EMOTIV Launcher.

To install EmotivBCI on Windows:

1. Use the computer that you want to install EmotivBCI on

2. Login at www.emotiv.com

3. Go to the “MyAccount” page at www.emotiv.com/my-account/

4. Click on “Downloads” in the menu

5. Find Emotiv-Installer-Win in the list of available downloads and click on “Download” next to the listing

6. Open downloaded Emotiv-Installer-Win-x64.exe

7. Install to the default C:\Program Files (x86) or specify the path where you would like to install Emotiv applications. Click Continue.

8. Select the Applications you want to install. Please note that Cortex Service is essential for successful operation of EmotivBCI

9. Accept the User License Agreement and click Continue

10. Wait for the installer to download required files and install them

11. Click close to exit the installer.

To install EmotivBCI on Mac:

1. Use the computer that you want to install EmotivBCI on

2. Login at www.emotiv.com

3. Go to the “MyAccount” page at www.emotiv.com/my-account/

4. Click on “Downloads” in the menu

5. Find Emotiv-Installer-Mac in the list of available downloads and click on “Download” next to the listing

6. Open the downloaded Emotiv-Installer-Mac.dmg (Note: You may need to allow installing apps from unidentified developers in order to run the installer. Please right click on the installer and select open form the right-click menu. You will then be prompted with a pop up asking for your permission to open the app, click Open.)

7. Install to the default User/Applications/EmotivApps or specify the path where you would like to install the Emotiv applications. Click Continue.

8. Select the Applications you want to install. Please note that Cortex Service is essential for successful operation of EmotivBCI

9. Accept the User License Agreement and click Continue

10. Wait for the installer to download required files and install them

11. Click close to exit the installer.

Updating EmotivBCI:

We highly recommend keeping your app up to date with the latest version so that you can benefit from new features and bug fixes and so that you can maximize compatibility between various EMOTIV apps that you may have.

Our auto-updater tool (which is a part of EMOTIV Launcher) will let you know when a new update is available. Please follow the instructions in the updater tool when these updates are available.

You can EmotivBCI offline. However, if you are offline, your training profiles will not be synced to other devices and your training profiles will not be updated in the cloud to be accessed by other applications.(e.g. BCI Node-RED toolkit) To keep your profile up to date for use with other applications or devices, we recommend using EmotivBCI while connected online.