Sleepyhead and power failure

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IreneN
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Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by IreneN » Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:52 am

I think there was a short power outage during the night last night, especially because I remember an incident when I could not take a breath (more than one). I thought it was part of a dream, but in retrospect think it was actually the CPAP shutting down during the power out that partially woke me.

I'm assuming this power out was why there was no data for last night in Sleepyhead despite what is reported as a successful import. Probably due to files not closing properly? I'm surprised that the machine powering back on did not trigger Sleepyhead to take care of its files. I notice that there are files time stamped with the time I turned the CPAP on when I went to bed. There was no complaint by the software during the import about corrupted files or anything else.

Am I wrong in my assumption? Would a battery backup UPS be sufficient to cover this type of situation?

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Re: Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by JDS74 » Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:08 am

IreneN wrote: ... Would a battery backup UPS be sufficient to cover this type of situation?
If the outage was for only a short period, then one of the computer UPS systems would work just fine. I have one the is good for a couple of hours for my machine and prevents loss of data as well as loss of my breathing support just fine.

It will also protect against very short power variations that might cause your CPAP to lose data.

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Re: Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by palerider » Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:07 pm

sometimes sleepyhead still has problems with aborted, short sessions...

you could zip up your card, and send a note to jedimark about it, he might want the data, to see if he can make the handling better.

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Re: Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by Chevie » Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:13 pm

IreneN wrote:Sleepyhead. Would a battery backup UPS be sufficient to cover this type of situation?
WTH??? In the bigger scheme of things, what is an occasional missed night of SH? Wouldn't a walk on the beach put you waaaay ahead?

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Re: Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by IreneN » Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:19 pm

JDS74 wrote:
IreneN wrote: ... Would a battery backup UPS be sufficient to cover this type of situation?
If the outage was for only a short period, then one of the computer UPS systems would work just fine. I have one the is good for a couple of hours for my machine and prevents loss of data as well as loss of my breathing support just fine.

It will also protect against very short power variations that might cause your CPAP to lose data.
Good to know. I was wondering about this because i remember posts discussing special battery requirements. I have a spare UPS I could use for this.

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Re: Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by IreneN » Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:23 pm

palerider wrote:sometimes sleepyhead still has problems with aborted, short sessions...

you could zip up your card, and send a note to jedimark about it, he might want the data, to see if he can make the handling better.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a spare card handy, so when my machine asked to reformat, I said OK. I would have skipped another night of data, but my numbers have been weird lately, and I wanted to see if there was an issue I could spot.

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Re: Sleepyhead and power failure

Post by IreneN » Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:29 pm

Chevie wrote:
IreneN wrote:Sleepyhead. Would a battery backup UPS be sufficient to cover this type of situation?
WTH??? In the bigger scheme of things, what is an occasional missed night of SH? Wouldn't a walk on the beach put you waaaay ahead?
We get LOTS of power failures out here, long and short. The question was meant to address power failures in general, not a lost night of data.

Maybe you should join me in that beach walk . You know, in the bigger scheme, etc...

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