ResMed S9 wireless modems

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ResMed S9 wireless modems

Post by kraz » Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:54 pm

So i was advised today by my home care provider that my 2G wireless modem no longer id supported by any wireless carrier because 2G technology is too out dated!! Apparently the modem will not function any longer. It is useless now.
Has anybody else experienced the same ?
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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems

Post by Krelvin » Fri Jan 20, 2017 3:54 pm

It is true that 2G is being dropped by some carriers and that it will effect older cell phones (the original iphone for example) and some data services.

ATT for example:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.ht ... /KM1069631

You would need to know what service provides carrier service for your modem to know for sure. Need to make sure it is ready 2G and not 3G which is still widely supported.

If you are already past your compliance, not sure why you would continue to use the modem though. It doesn't provide anything but basic daily info. You can normally get better detail from an S9 via other methods.
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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems

Post by SewTired » Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:49 pm

Resmed does provide a modem that can be attached to the S9 that will work with current requirements. However, they may cost you money - Medicare pays for it if it is medically necessary, as in the case of a homebound elderly patient or blind patient who may not be able to get to office with their SD card. About $100, I believe. I know, not very fair to those of you who recently bought an S9, but honestly, that was something I wouldn't have even thought about since I use my computer to access my data.

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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems (GETTING SERVICE)

Post by DeeCPAP » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:20 pm

I have an S9 and am due for a new machine. I'd like to use the Wireless Modem. What company do you contact
to use it? Does the company actually read the data for you, especially in an emergency? I already use
the SleepyHead software, but I'd like a backup plan. Thanks.

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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems

Post by klv329 » Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:54 pm

Yeah, the Resmed Airsense 10 and Aircurve 10 have built in modems that you can disconnect if desired. I saw a recent 2017 model that indicated At&T as a provider, my older A10 model doesn't show a carrier. There was a humidifier software update and a modem software update via the modem, but no device software updates at all.

I don't think Resmed is in the back ground helping you out in the event of an emergency. But maybe your physician can sign into the Resmed system and see some level of data communicated via the modem. I don't know about a physician being around in the event of an emergency, but maybe you can set up some type of oversight service via the Resmed service with your physician?

Someone else on this site might have some experiences with the Resmed modem/system.

If the detachable S9 modems are still useful, somebody around here might have one lying idle, ask around.

Best of luck!!

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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems (GETTING SERVICE)

Post by LSAT » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:08 pm

DeeCPAP wrote:I have an S9 and am due for a new machine. I'd like to use the Wireless Modem. What company do you contact
to use it? Does the company actually read the data for you, especially in an emergency? I already use
the SleepyHead software, but I'd like a backup plan. Thanks.
What kind of emergency are you expecting that the DME will be able to help you with? If you need a modem for your S9, I have one available.
I believe that the modem was used in place of the SD card for compliance only.

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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems (GETTING SERVICE)

Post by DeeCPAP » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:22 pm

LSAT wrote:
DeeCPAP wrote:I have an S9 and am due for a new machine. I'd like to use the Wireless Modem. What company do you contact
to use it? Does the company actually read the data for you, especially in an emergency? I already use
the SleepyHead software, but I'd like a backup plan. Thanks.
What kind of emergency are you expecting that the DME will be able to help you with? If you need a modem for your S9, I have one available.
I believe that the modem was used in place of the SD card for compliance only.
I doubt it'd happen again, but before people on this website helped me figure out the problem (the minimum pressure setting was too low), I might have had serious repercussions. I noticed Sleepy Head showed 42 obstructive apneas, intermittently, in one hour where I didn't breathe for a total of 22 minutes, and very minimal leaking. The HIA was around 5. I looked at prior dates and found this wasn't the first time it happened. Rather than be obsessive about checking the data, I was thinking I'd hire a company to do it if the price was realistic. This kind of thing shouldn't happen (it's probably happening to others, too). Insurance companies should take care of it (after all, they're paying a lot of money for equipment that should be utilized effectively), but they're not. It should be handled by professionals who know what they're doing and can alert the patient, doctor or DME.

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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems

Post by TASmart » Wed Jun 14, 2017 9:52 am

No matter how crapy one night's results are, I have never had either the DME or the Sleep Dr. who prescribed my ResMed Autoset 10 contact me. Once a month the DME calls to see what I need to order, and after I achieved compliance the DME called to say I had done so. I think that hoping for anyone to contact you for poor results with your xPAP is one of the more hopeless ways for the hopeful to hope.
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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems (GETTING SERVICE)

Post by xxyzx is a troll » Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:17 pm

xxyzx wrote:all the more reason to have auto machines that self titrate because our needs change constantly
ONE ASV FITS EVERYBODY (and a PulsOxymeter)
whater *auto*-machine do NOT self titrate! They simply don't! Not an A(uto)PAP not an Auto-ASV not an auto-whatsoever.
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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems

Post by Marillion » Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:29 pm

No machine "self titrates." The information provided by xxyzx is incorrect, as usual.

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Re: ResMed S9 wireless modems (GETTING SERVICE)

Post by DeeCPAP » Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:15 pm

xxyzx wrote:
DeeCPAP wrote:
LSAT wrote:
DeeCPAP wrote:I have an S9 and am due for a new machine. I'd like to use the Wireless Modem. What company do you contact
to use it? Does the company actually read the data for you, especially in an emergency? I already use
the SleepyHead software, but I'd like a backup plan. Thanks.
What kind of emergency are you expecting that the DME will be able to help you with? If you need a modem for your S9, I have one available.
I believe that the modem was used in place of the SD card for compliance only.
I doubt it'd happen again, but before people on this website helped me figure out the problem (the minimum pressure setting was too low), I might have had serious repercussions. I noticed Sleepy Head showed 42 obstructive apneas, intermittently, in one hour where I didn't breathe for a total of 22 minutes, and very minimal leaking. The HIA was around 5. I looked at prior dates and found this wasn't the first time it happened. Rather than be obsessive about checking the data, I was thinking I'd hire a company to do it if the price was realistic. This kind of thing shouldn't happen (it's probably happening to others, too). Insurance companies should take care of it (after all, they're paying a lot of money for equipment that should be utilized effectively), but they're not. It should be handled by professionals who know what they're doing and can alert the patient, doctor or DME.
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so your sleep lab titrated your machine with a pressure that was too low ?

all the more reason to have auto machines that self titrate because our needs change constantly
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What happened was this -- the DME and my doc's tech saw a lot of leaks, so told me to change to a FF mask, but didn't change the pressure. That's when lots of obstructive apneas started, but the AHI was still around 5 (because all the apneas happened in ONE hour) rather than spread out during the night. It was the switch to the FF mask that caused the problem *because*, according to someone here on this webpage said, when switching to a FF mask the pressure had to be changed (even though I changed the machine to show I was using a FF mask). Here's the chart in case you didn't see it. The numbers on the left show how many apneas and how long (all obstructive). Total of twenty two minutes in apnea with less than 1% leakage. My guess is that they occurred during REM sleep. Had I not caught it in time, and fixed by the knowledgeable people here (especially Pugsy!) who knows what might have happened in the long run.

It probably wouldn't happen again because I'm now more knowledgeable, but there's no guarantee. Maybe these machines should come with software to *teach* users to have the pressure checked regularly, signs to look for when treatment is goes awry, how to avoid potential hazards, etc. I'm sure there's a business that does this, even for random checking. This is the time we need Big Brother to watch us!

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