-(IBAction)kickOff:(id)sender
{
    if ([StartButton state] == NSOffState) {


    [self setupGUIEnv];
    [self setupMindSetEnv];
    [self setupServerConnection];

    retVal = [self newMindSetConnection];

    if(!retVal)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "connected to MindSet.\n");
        [GUIstatus setImage:[NSImage imageNamed: @"headphones_accept.png"]];
        stopGetData = 0;
        totalErs = 0;
        [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(getData) toTarget:self withObject:nil];

    }
    else {
        fprintf(stderr, "no MindSet connection.\n");
        [self endMindSetConnection];
    }

    }else if ([StartButton state] == NSOnState){
        [self endMindSetConnection];
    }


}