Trying to help a friend who needs CPAP

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DreamDiver
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Trying to help a friend who needs CPAP

Post by DreamDiver » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:42 am

Hello everybody. It's been a long time since I've posted. My CPAP therapy is going well, but I have a friend who has worse sleep apnea than myself and I'm trying to set him up with my old machine, a Remstar M-Series Pro CPAP. Unfortunately, it comes with the smart card, so I can't use sleepyhead and the versions of Encore that I have won't install on Win10. I have the smart card reader and the machine.

If someone could point me to tips and suggestions on how I can access the information on the smart card for a dinosaur machine, I'll be better able to help my friend.

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Re: Trying to help a friend who needs CPAP

Post by Pugsy » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:07 am

You are stuck with Encore (some version or other) with the SmartCard thing being used.
I sent you a PM....
What versions of Encore have you tried?

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Re: Trying to help a friend who needs CPAP

Post by DreamDiver » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:02 pm

Pugsy wrote:You are stuck with Encore (some version or other) with the SmartCard thing being used.
I sent you a PM....
What versions of Encore have you tried?
Thanks Pugsy!

I've tried EP 2.2. I had 2.4 around here somewhere, but I can't find it.
I also found the Respironics card-reader software that installed okay, but I don't see the card reader showing up on my system. Weird.

Chris

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