Sleepyhead profile question

It's been a while since I brought up Sleepyhead

When I do bring it up I notice that there are 5 Profiles listed.
(I guess I should've deleted four of them when I added the fifth. I can't think of any reason I would need more than one profile. Most I created when I was having problems with the program.)

Anyway, I can't remember which of those profiles I used last.

Here's the list (this is embarassing):
Jim_9.5 (open)
Jim
Jim_10_15_2014
Jim_7_15_2015
Jim_October 2015

I tried user Jim_October 2015 got a confusing message, restarted the program,
the new list now read:
Jim_9.5 (open)
Jim
Jim_10_15_2014
Jim_7_15_2015
Jim_October 2015 (open)

So this time I tried Jim_9.5 (open) and got the message:
There is a lockfile already present for profile 'Jim_9.5'
You can only work with one instance of an individual SleepyHead profile at a time.
Please close any other instances of SleepyHead running with this profile before proceeding
If no other instances of SleepyHead are running, (eg, it crashed last time!) is is safe to ignore this message.
[OK] [Cancel]


While I got this message I checked Task Manager and noticed only one running SleepyHead process.
After closing Sleepyhead I checked Task Manager and there were was no Sleepyhead process running.

I'm a bit confused what to do.
Is there a way to figure out what was the last profile I used?
Would starting a new profile solve all my problems (the data would only be from one of my 3 machines).

Thanks
p.s. I promise I will delete all the bogus previous profiles!

Try rebooting your computer.

I just opened a guest profile and then opened my profile. It will show the open profile if you did not exit from the other profiles. I would click on the open profile and then click on file in the upper left hand corner and then click on exit. This closes the open one for me. Now how to tell the last one, I don't know except to look at the daily dates you loaded.
You might want to updata to the latest version also. https://sleep.tnet.com/resources/sleepyhead

I had rebooted the computer between both tries.

If I just scrub all the existing profiles and start a new one, will all my previous data (all 53.7 Mb) be loaded?
In other words, aside from the data on my other 2 (offsite) cards, considering I've never reformatted a card since using the machine two years ago, will all the data be reloaded.

By the way, is there a good reason an individual user would have multiple profiles?

I have seen that message myself and all I did was proceed like I didn't see it and SleepyHead functioned like it should. In other words I ignored it.

If you want to create another new profile and have the old data on old SD cards you can combine them if you wish and just import using all existing cards.
You will get all the data that is on all the cards and should pretty much have all you might need.
Once you confirm that it has all you need you can delete the other profiles if you wish.

I have had as many has 5 different profiles...experiments mainly and just a way to keep the experiments separate and easy to know which experiment. Hurts nothing to have multiple profiles unless you forget which one you want to use.

Pugsy

(I’m always up for an experiment…)

Every time one enters a data card into Sleepyhead the program reads in all the data that card holds.
How might creating a new profile allow you to ‘conduct an experiment’?

(btw: The only reason I had multiple profiles was because I was having problems with Sleepyhead at the time.)

I use a new profile to keep certain data separate from maybe the other data.
Like I have one profile that has everything (all the various machines I might have used) but I might start another profile if I am trying a different mask so then I would download to both...one to have everything in one profile and the other so I can remember which mask I used. For me that's easier than trying to keep notes within the profile.
Once I am done with the experiment I can simply remove that experiment profile.
I have done it with masks as well as setting experiments. Not so much now because I haven't wanted to keep data separate but I might do it when I try the Amara View.
I still keep the one profile that has everything in it though.
For a long time I kept an additional profile for bilevel so that I didn't have any apap results mixed in.

How do you specify that a profile begin at a certain date--like the date you started using a new mask?

I just name the profile something that lets me know what experiment I am doing.

The profile doesn't have to be using my name....it can be called anything. I don't need the date started because I have it inside on the reports.

Like I might do another profile when I try the Amara View and I might call it just "Amara" or "View".
Haven't decided what to call it and I might not even call it anything if I end up hating it and not getting through the night with it.

What good does the "Amara" profile do if it contains the same data (same start date to current date) as any other profile you would use to this date.

In other words, if you can't stipulate the start date of a particular profile, how is it different from any other profile.
The only way I can think of doing this is to use a new memory card starting on the first "Amara" date. (and only use this card for the time you use the Amara product)

Can you stipulate a start date for a profile (or can you take a previous profile and delete particular dates from it)?

You can purge dates that you don't want out of a profile.
You can erase SD cards and reset therapy data on the machine.
You can put the start date as part of the profile name if you want.
I can make it as simple or as complicated as I want but usually I go with the lazy way.
It doesn't have to be perfect because the only one I need to please is myself.
I don't get all in a panic if I erase a SD card or reset therapy data to zero...I have all I need already downloaded in the software which includes SleepyHead and ResScan for the ResMed machines and Encore for the Respironics machines.

I don't know that I will do this with the Amara...it all depends on how much I might be using it.
I won't bother doing anything if I don't plan on doing more than 1 night using it.

I did it with the DreamWear because I used it for a month. Once I was done with the DreamWear mask experiment I totally removed the DreamWear profile.
I erase my SD cards and reset the therapy to zero all the time. It isn't a big deal for me like it is for some people. I don't care if the SD card doesn't have everything on it because I keep everything on the software (and multiple software)

In a minute I’ll ask how one goes about purging dates I don’t want out of a profile.

But for now…
I decided I’d explore a previous profile (without putting new data into it) just to see what I could do with it.
And I got the following…

[Window]
SleepyHead (0.9.8-1-testing) needs to upgrade its database for Philips Respironics RemStar Auto with A-Flex P094670371FG2

Warning: SleepyHead does not yet have any automatic card backups stored for this device.
What and where would automatic card backups stored for this device be?

This means you will need to import this machine data again afterwards from your own backups or data card.
How do I do this?

Important: Once you upgrade, you can not use this profile with the previous version anymore.
What previous version? A previous version to this one? Why would I want to go back to a previous version of SleepyHead?

If you are concerned, click No to exit, and backup your profile manually, before starting SleepyHead again.
I’m concerned only because I don’t understand what I’m being told.

Are you ready to upgrade, so you can run the new version of SleepyHead?
[Yes] [No]

After clicking [Yes] I got another [Window] saying:

SleepyHead will now exit, then (attempt to) launch your computers file manager so you can manually back your profile up:
So I’m expecting SleepyHead to exit and then open Windows Task Manager (Cntl/Shift/Esc).

C:\Users\Jim\Documents\SleepyHeadData\Profiles\JAR_9,5
I assume this is where the data is for profile JAR_9.5 (and assume this is what SleepyHead would like me to back up)

Use your file manager to make a copy of your profile directory then afterwards, restart Sleepyhead and complete the upgrade process. [OK]
What upgrade process? Is all of this to tell me an upgrade of the app SleepyHead is available and I should, if I like, consider upgrading? If so, why doesn’t it tell me the name/location of the upgrade?

Line by line, can someone explain What does the text in each of these windows mean?
Thanks

AfibApnea wrote: In other words, if you can't stipulate the start date of a particular profile, how is it different from any other profile.
The only way I can think of doing this is to use a new memory card starting on the first "Amara" date. (and only use this card for the time you use the Amara product)

Can you stipulate a start date for a profile (or can you take a previous profile and delete particular dates from it)?

Yes, in Sleepyhead, I would create a profile and once opened, go to File and select Preferences, click on Import, there is a box about 3/4 down Says"Do not import data older than xxxxxx" . I think this would allow you to just look at the new data under the new profile.

I just noticed that:

I instructed Sleepyhead: Do not import sessions older than [01 December 2014]

Sleepyhead created files starting on Sept 19 2014!

I tried this by creating 3 new users (2 different memory cards). Any idea why this is happening?

What can I do to get the program to correctly begin on the date December 1, 2014?