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by JDS74
Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:10 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Comparing the Philips Respironics DreamStation BiPAP AutoSV (ASV) with the ResMed AirCurve 10 ASV BiLevel?
Replies: 18
Views: 2380

Re: Comparing the Philips Respironics DreamStation BiPAP AutoSV (ASV) with the ResMed AirCurve 10 ASV BiLevel?

There are some differences between the algorithms for ResMed and Philips. A few people can notice the difference but most cannot. If you are comfortable with your current Philips machine, I do not recommend switching just in case you are one of those folks. The Philips can take a cellular modem as a...
by JDS74
Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Advice on getting new machine
Replies: 19
Views: 1325

Re: Advice on getting new machine

The only suggestion I have is that to try not dong the intellectual stuff in the 2-4 hours before going to bed. Then, if (when) you wake up during the night and can't go right back to sleep (10 minutes or so) , get up, go to a different room and read something that is mildly boring or listen to "ele...
by JDS74
Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oracle
Replies: 2
Views: 495

Re: Oracle

Contact me for help in adapting to the Oracle mask.
If you can persist until your brain learns how to not nose breathe, the mask will work very well.
BTW swimmers nose clips were a nightmare for me.
I have some nose clips that do actually work.
by JDS74
Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:47 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Humidifier Tub
Replies: 5
Views: 942

Re: Humidifier Tub

This is what I did for the Humidifier capacity issue;

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by JDS74
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: CPAP machine "serviced", not replaced
Replies: 31
Views: 10284

Re: CPAP machine "serviced", not replaced

Over the years I had problems with a PR Series 50 machine - Philips replaced it, with two different Series 60 machines, Philips replaced both of them, with two different DreamStation machines, Philips repaired them (took two trips with one of them). I think Philips has made the cost analysis to repa...
by JDS74
Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Just a question about tidal volume
Replies: 1
Views: 4471

Just a question about tidal volume

I've been tracking all sorts of breathing data coming from my machine. Does anyone have a feeling for variation in Tidal Volume. Mine varies from a low of 540 to a high of 690 with the average hovering about 600. So the question is, does anyone track their Tidal Volume and, if so, how much variation...
by JDS74
Sun May 10, 2020 2:36 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: My Phillips System 1
Replies: 5
Views: 619

Re: My Phillips System 1

For years my Phillips System 1 Respironics CPAP machine sat unused until I finally found a mask comfortable enough for me to use with it. After only six months an alarm started going on telling me it needed service or repair. But now Philips says it has no parts or service for System 1. I don’t wan...
by JDS74
Thu May 07, 2020 3:48 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Long time user but couldn’t breath out last night
Replies: 2
Views: 496

Re: Long time user but couldn’t breath out last night

Please clarify: did the breathing difficulty continue after removing the mask? If, not, did it resume after re-masking up? The only time I experienced this kind of event was a power failure and I was trying to breathe through the machine. The anti-asphyxia valve is supposed to help in that case but ...
by JDS74
Thu May 07, 2020 6:49 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: DreamStation AutoCPAP machines with a defect
Replies: 4
Views: 1105

Re: DreamStation AutoCPAP machines with a defect

The "problem" is a defective sensor on the main board. I've had the main board replaced twice on my machine and the "problem" seems to be under control.
In prior years (with system One Series 60 machines) the Respironics response to a main board failure was to replace the machine not repair it.
by JDS74
Thu May 07, 2020 6:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: OSCAR v1.1.0 is now Released!!
Replies: 102
Views: 105261

Re: OSCAR v1.1.0 is now Released!!

Doesn't work well for me. The data reported is wildly different from Encore. Submitted files to the developers.
I'm glad it does work for most folks.
by JDS74
Mon May 04, 2020 11:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Cpap with oxygen
Replies: 4
Views: 580

Re: Cpap with oxygen

The only question is the safety of letting the O2 run for a few minutes while you're off to the loo. The air volume in your room is very significantly larger that the few liters of O2 you concentrator will put out during your night time adventure - BTW its this same O2 that just got pulled out of th...
by JDS74
Mon May 04, 2020 11:28 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: SD Import used to work In OSCAR
Replies: 4
Views: 5109

Re: SD Import used to work In OSCAR

It may be that the SD card has failed in some way. Does it show up on the laptop when you look at storage devices (from your post it sounds as if the laptop can see it, but I like to double check in case I misunderstood something.) If the computer can see it, can you get to the place where the syste...
by JDS74
Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Conflicting Time Info on OSCAR
Replies: 3
Views: 579

Re: Conflicting Time Info on OSCAR

Your data for this one day has four sessions (machine off and back on starts a new session)
You are displaying the third session and the times for it are the same as in the graphic display.
It's complicated sometimes.