Fix bug with Brainflow streamer on Windows #1190

Author: retiutut

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 - Update to BrainFlow 5.10.0
 - Update to GUI Helpers 2.0.0 #1187
 
+### Bug Fixes
+- Fix BrainFlow error when outputting to BDF and BrainFlow streaming is enabled #1105
+- Fix BrainFlow streamer on Windows #1190
+
 # v5.2.2
 
 ### Improvements

OpenBCI_GUI/BoardBrainflow.pde

@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ abstract class BoardBrainFlow extends Board {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
             boardShim.prepare_session();
+            /*
+            //This does not seem to work with Windows and Processing.
+            //For now, we will add a streamer using argument for start_stream(). -RW 9/18/2023
             if (brainflowStreamer != "")
                 boardShim.add_streamer(brainflowStreamer);
+            */
             return true; 
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ abstract class BoardBrainFlow extends Board {
         }
 
         try {
-            boardShim.start_stream (450000);
+            boardShim.start_stream (450000, brainflowStreamer);
             streaming = true;
         }
         catch (BrainFlowError e) {

OpenBCI_GUI/OpenBCI_GUI.pde

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 //                       Global Variables & Instances
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //Used to check GUI version in TopNav.pde and displayed on the splash screen on startup
-String localGUIVersionString = "v6.0.0-alpha.3";
+String localGUIVersionString = "v6.0.0-alpha.4";
 String localGUIVersionDate = "September 2023";
 String guiLatestVersionGithubAPI = "https://api.github.com/repos/OpenBCI/OpenBCI_GUI/releases/latest";
 String guiLatestReleaseLocation = "https://github.com/OpenBCI/OpenBCI_GUI/releases/latest";