The Modem Thingy on your CPAP machine

Hi newbie here,

My Resmed Airsense 10 had a modem that is hidden and built in. The data supposedly uploads each day- which is why I'm able to either use the myAir app in my phone or on the internet to see my basic score. The modem connection is indicated by the bars on the screen showing the amount of connection it has like a cell phone. I still use sleepyhead to look at the more detailed data.

In my situation as far as I was told- my insurance does not have compliance requirements. So the respiratory Tech said the data is for them to go over the info when I have follow up appointments- such as one that I will have after 90 days of therapy. Meaning the modem is not strictly for compliance.

According to some YouTube videos when I was researching- the Philips Respironics Dreamstation does not always have the modem. It is instead a separate piece that plugs into the machine to provide and upload data. The tube does not have the modem according to what I've researched.

A lot of this info can be found on YouTube where there are extensive demos and run downs on all the machines available.

Whoever has this machine probably has a better idea.

palindrome17 wrote:Hi newbie here,

My Resmed Airsense 10 had a modem that is hidden and built in. The data supposedly uploads each day- which is why I'm able to either use the myAir app in my phone or on the internet to see my basic score. The modem connection is indicated by the bars on the screen showing the amount of connection it has like a cell phone. I still use sleepyhead to look at the more detailed data.

In my situation as far as I was told- my insurance does not have compliance requirements. So the respiratory Tech said the data is for them to go over the info when I have follow up appointments- such as one that I will have after 90 days of therapy. Meaning the modem is not strictly for compliance.

According to some YouTube videos when I was researching- the Philips Respironics Dreamstation does not always have the modem. It is instead a separate piece that plugs into the machine to provide and upload data. The tube does not have the modem according to what I've researched.

A lot of this info can be found on YouTube where there are extensive demos and run downs on all the machines available.

Whoever has this machine probably has a better idea.

The S10 has a built in modem...if you do not want to share your data, turn on airplane mode. I don't know about the Respironics models.

palindrome17 wrote:Hi newbie here,

My Resmed Airsense 10 had a modem that is hidden and built in. The data supposedly uploads each day- which is why I'm able to either use the myAir app in my phone or on the internet to see my basic score. The modem connection is indicated by the bars on the screen showing the amount of connection it has like a cell phone. I still use sleepyhead to look at the more detailed data.

In my situation as far as I was told- my insurance does not have compliance requirements. So the respiratory Tech said the data is for them to go over the info when I have follow up appointments- such as one that I will have after 90 days of therapy. Meaning the modem is not strictly for compliance.

According to some YouTube videos when I was researching- the Philips Respironics Dreamstation does not always have the modem. It is instead a separate piece that plugs into the machine to provide and upload data. The tube does not have the modem according to what I've researched.

A lot of this info can be found on YouTube where there are extensive demos and run downs on all the machines available.

Whoever has this machine probably has a better idea.

My PR System One 60 series has it on the back and you have to take it off to get to the SD card. If you don't want it on there, it comes with a piece you can snap on in place of it. (Or I'm assuming the machine could come without it and that other piece would be there in place of it.) I just took a look at a couple YT videos on Dreamstation, and I agree it looks like the modem can be removed.

LSAT wrote: .

The S10 has a built in modem...if you do not want to share your data, turn on airplane mode. I don't know about the Respironics models.

Had no idea they had airplane modes. Cool!

I've always wondered...When you purchase a machine that has a built in modem from somewhere other than a DME, where does the modem transmit to???

LSAT wrote:I've always wondered...When you purchase a machine that has a built in modem from somewhere other than a DME, where does the modem transmit to???

Just a guess; but it could depend on who paid for the machine.
If it was out of YOUR pocket, nobody needs to.

LSAT wrote:I've always wondered...When you purchase a machine that has a built in modem from somewhere other than a DME, where does the modem transmit to???

ALL the machines transmit back to the manufacturers cloud service. The DMEs pull from there.

palerider wrote:

LSAT wrote:I've always wondered...When you purchase a machine that has a built in modem from somewhere other than a DME, where does the modem transmit to???

ALL the machines transmit back to the manufacturers cloud service. The DMEs pull from there.

Ah, makes perfect sense. I, too, wondered where the transmissions actually went. Thanks, PR.