Protecting the SD Card for ResMed Machines

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JDS74
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Protecting the SD Card for ResMed Machines

Post by JDS74 » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:25 am

We've had the discussion of what happens to ResMed SD cards when they take up temporary residence in other computers and then return home. On Mac's and on some late operating system Windows machines, an extra file is written to the card just by being accessed by the computer. This extra file disturbs the ResMed file structure so the ResMed says, re-write and put it all together again in perfect order.

What to do?

On the edge of the SD card on the end of the card with the contacts but on the opposite side from the nipped off corner, is a slide switch (see Image below). It is normally in the position nearest to the edge connectors. In that position, it allows any device to read from and write to the card. That's where it must be while in the CPAP machine.

If you slide that little switch away from the edge connectors, that only allows a device to read from the card but not to write. For safety purposes, each time you remove the card from the CPAP so that you can read the data, just move the little switch to the LOCK position, read the card, and then move it back to the UNLOCK position before replacing it back into the CPAP device. All will be well, your ResMed CPAP will love you, your computer won't care, and life will be good.

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