New Sleepyhead?

I'm using Sleepyhead v0.9.8-1-Testing OpenGL and just tried to change the Start/End Overview Dates by typing in new dates. The software would not take my keystrokes.

I also heard somewhere there was a new version. However when I Help/Check for Updates it reports "No updates were found for your platform." My platform is Win7Pro 64bit.

Is there a new version to take the place of mine, and (I forgot) where can I find it?

Thanks

Found downloaded and reloaded SleepyHead v0.9.8-1-Testing OpenGL. This time I could set the Start/End dates on the Overview.

For some reason I feel safer using the 32-bit version. Don't know why.

I just opened Sleepyhead to look at some data and found that it had no data in my latest user profile! It apparently had lost the data.

So I reimported the data from where I had it stored on my computer using the information in two different folders:
(CPAP) P Series_Sept_28_15 and
(BiPAP) P Series_Sept_28_15.

Both data imports proceeded in very orderly manner. When completed, I had data from 11/2014 (it should have been 9/2013) to 9/2015.
I believe the inaccurate initial data range can be explained because my original CPAP card got corrupted and I replaced the card.

When I'd imported the data directly from my two memory cards I was very pleased with the results (good AHI, no major leakages, etc.).

This time I found AHI bar chart figures fluctuating from above 0 to 97000! Inspecting AHI in the Daily viewer was just as ridiculous (Sept 14, 2015 AHI. = 48606.74 ).

I don't have Sleepyhead open often but when I do, I really depend on Sleepyhead.

I have no idea how to even approach this problem and suspect that if the AHI is so impossibly high that all other figures can't be trusted.

What can I do?

0.9.8-1 is the latest released version. There are some different versions with a "T" suffix, but those are only updated translation files for different languages. They shouldn't affect operation.

Please fill in the equipment on your profile.

A few things to try.

Create a new User in SleepyHead, and load your data into that user.

Use a new SD card. Try after a few days of data on the new card.

Make a habit of occasionally copying your entire SD card to your computer. There's a link in my Useful Links at the bottom of this post on how to do that.

I have filled in my equipment profile and indicated I wanted that information to be viewable (and have, when that equipment did not show up in my posts, repeatedly emailed Pugsy about the problem). There is nothing more I can do to address this problem.

The first thing I did when I encountered the Sleepyhead problem was to create a new user and load my data into that user. The problem persisted.

Every time I use my cards (2 - one for each machine) I save (and archive) the information onto my hard disk. I copy the "P-Series" folder from each card. I also copy-protect the card.

I again created another new user. This time I imported the data from the P-Series folders (rather than the folder into which I had put the P-series folder). Got message: "Import problem: couldn't find any new machine data at the locations given."

Things are getting worse...

p.s. I'm reading your information on Archangle:Saving SD Card Data now. Was my saving of the data (described above) incorrect? Or was my import of the data I'd saved incorrect?

It seems that some of the links to equipment chosen in our profiles are broken.
If someone chooses the correct equipment and then clicks on submit...and it still doesn't show up then for whatever reason those links are broken and won't show up. Even current equipment links are broken.
All I know to do is to tell people to add their equipment in the comments section of their equipment profile.

I don't know why SleepyHead works flawlessly for some people and other people seem to have all sorts of problems. It is Beta software though and while stable for most people....some people just seem to have more than their share of problems. I don't know why.
I don't know if your issues are because you are choosing to use the 32 bit version of SH when your computer is 64 bit. My computer is 64 bit and I use the 64 bit version and have zero issues.

Since you mention a P series folder that tells me that you have a Respironics machine.
You can always use Respironics Encore software. It's not without its own issues though.

AfibApnea wrote:I'm using Sleepyhead v0.9.8-1-Testing OpenGL and just tried to change the Start/End Overview Dates by typing in new dates. The software would not take my keystrokes.

I also heard somewhere there was a new version. However when I Help/Check for Updates it reports "No updates were found for your platform." My platform is Win7Pro 64bit.

You are using the latest version...that's why there aren't any updates to it.

If your machine is of the ASV model range...950 or 960...SleepyHead has been known to be especially problematic in some areas for odd reasons. I have seen it work flawlessly one day and the next day go all whacko when a setting was changed and I would have to use Encore.

If your machine is either a 950 or 960 I strongly suggest that you get Encore and use it.

I have Encore (maybe an older version) but I hate(d) it.

Sleepyhead has performed flawlessly and I love(d) it--ASV or not. And I've told many many people how much better Sleepyhead is than Encore. One of the nice things about it is that I can view any date range, print the charts, and have some data (and questions) to show the RTs that they can understand. (Otherwise, it's a "We'll lake your card and be back in a minute with the (Encore) results" sort of interaction.) One of the RTs even downloaded the software onto her home computer!

Regarding the 32/64 bit issue. It was always my impression that the 32-bit version was (slightly slower) the better tested (i.e., more stable) version because it could operate on both 32 and 64 bit systems.

I'm going to install the 64-bit version now.

(Damn, I had an interesting thread I wanted to start and was using Sleepyhead to confirm some data before posting...)

Pugsy

Added all the equipment info to the Comments section and got the message:
General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]
Data too long for column 'user_equipment_comments' at row 1 [1406]
An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.

This means the (SQL) database column holding the comments is too short to hold the info. [sigh]

The comments section is limited.
Just shorten your comments. No need to go for the full long machine description.
For the PR S1 machines you can just say
PR S1 #so and so...

I don't know why masks and humidfiers aren't showing up for you...even when I had the machine be absent I still had mask and humidifier.
Those should still work but you can add them in the comments section if you can shorten them.

If you are getting that "comments too long" message with something as short at PR S1 model so and so...then something else is wrong because the comments section isn't that brief.

Uninstalled Sleepyhead.
Re-downloaded and installed Sleepyhead SleepyHead-Testing-0.9.8-1-T3-Windows-64bit.exe. Got a "The program can't start because MSVCR 120.dll is missing..." message.
Didn't want to deal with the hassle of getting the proper DLL so I
Re-downloaded and installed Sleepyhead SleepyHead-Testing-0.9.8-1-T3-Windows-32bit.exe. (last time I downloaded the .zip file).

There are some interface glitches when downloading data, but everything else seems copacetic.

My Sept 14 AHI went from 48606.74 to 2.42!

This is great! Tell everyone they no longer need their machines--just a (badly followed by a properly) running copy of Sleepyhead!

p.s. Abbreviated info on profile and the database accepted it. Crossing my fingers...

PR S1 REMstar 60 Series BiPAP ASV Advanced & PR S1 REMstar Auto CPAP Machine w A-Flex, Nasal mask or nasal pillows (sigh)

I don't know what is going on with your equipment profile selections.
Something weird as they aren't holding and I assume you are clicking on the submit button.
All I know is to maybe suggest clearing the board cookies and trying again.

Otherwise you might put your machine info in your signature line instead.

Off I go to do some chores and scratching my head as to why the forum software doesn't like your profile choices.

Oh...yes...that AHI in the thousands is related to SH just getting confused with the ASV data.
You are lucky....some others couldn't get it remedied and had to use Encore.

I know you don't like Encore...neither do I particularly but it is worth at least saving your SD card contents to Encore every once in a while just so you have the correct data in case SH decides to screw with it again.

Nice thing about the PR S1 machines is that unless there is a problem with the SD card itself you don't have to download to Encore all that often if you don't want to because nothing gets overwritten on the SD card for a long, long time.

Oh...side note for any others who want to use SleepyHead and get the "missling dll" message when they first try to launch SleepyHead. It's a known issue with some Windows OS.

http://www.sleepfiles.com/SH2/?TestingVersions
Go here and read before downloading...the part with the heading "Windows version notes"
as it explains things and there's a link where to go get the missing file.
Once you get them...just install to the whole computer in general and don't try to put them in SleepyHead itself. SleepyHead won't know where to look if you put it in the SH folder.

Pugsy wrote:I don't know what is going on with your equipment profile selections. Something weird as they aren't holding and I assume you are clicking on the submit button.
All I know is to maybe suggest clearing the board cookies and trying again. Otherwise you might put your machine info in your signature line instead.

The signature line feature does have a lot of benefits because CPAPtalk's equipment profile section goes down from time to time and leaves us all high and dry with no equipment listings being displayed.

Another way to go, rather than filling up your signature line with a bunch of text (BTW, it only accepts a couple hundred characters) is to do the following... in the old days people would just type out a lengthy text list in MS Work, Notepad or whatever. Then they'd capture that text with a screen grab or snip tool. Be sure to save the picture to whatever picture format Imgur or Photobucket demands, usually PNG or JPG. Paste the resulting image link (IMG) into your empty signature line and then you can have a list as long as you like, even with related images if you want to go all out. For those who so desire, you can also put your political barbs in there.