ResScan software...redux needed!

please see post above

no GOOD data from an escape even though there is a card -- it will only give compliance data

OK, I'll buy a machine that will allow data analysis. I want to stay with a ResMed unit, I like gadgets and top of the line. What should I consider?

Hi all. I'm hoping you can educate me about getting data from my ResMed S8 Escape. (It's NOT a II). I've been searching the net and I'm still not clear on if the ResScan 3.7 software is compatible with my machine. My unit DOES have a smart card port on the back. I want to be sure before I spend the $300 on card, card-reader and software. I'll give you some background info...

I got the thing May 25, 2006 in Ontario, Canada. SN 20070935243, SW 386-0253. I had one initial and one follow-up overnight in the sleep lab, 30 months ago, and I guess I'm on my own now. I'd really like to analyze my own info and fiddle with my settings without the hassle and delay of consulting official med staff. FWIW I'm an optometrist, so I'm an eye doc.

I realize you access the clinical menu by holding down the right and down buttons together for three seconds. I don't see any options in that menu that might lead me to my AHI, leak info, or other data. Is my machine too "low" a model to be recording this? IF so, I'll buy one that does, if it'll let me download and analyze my data on my own PC. When I got the thing, I wasn't given any options to consider, as it was mostly covered by provincial health insurance.

And if I'm going to buy a new machine, can anyone comment on the difference between ResMed's S8 Elite II versus the AutoSet II (both with Easy-Breathe)? I notice the latter is not available on cpap.com.

Many thanks in advance, and a HNY to all!

Steve Briggs
http://stevebriggs.com

the elite is a "straight CPAP" - the autoset is an APAP

The Resmed S8 Elite and S8 II Elite are fully data capable CPAPs. The Resmed S8 AutoSet Vantage and S8 II AutoSet are fully data capable APAPs.

The Resmed Escapes are capable of ONLY compliance data despite that data card.

tHANKS JULES & SLINKY, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL!

yvw - slinky is our resmed expert

if the price difference isn't too big I would go for the APAP as it can always be used as a straight cpap

3.7 is the latest version for Res Scan