Escape Auto and sleepyhead

Will sleepyhead work with my Escape Auto S9? If so do I need anything to read the SD card with my laptop?

Unfortunately the Escape model of your machine doesn't produce useful data, only compliance hours... in other words it'll tell the insurance co. that you're using the machine so many hours a night, but not tell you how you're doing or what's not working if you don't do well. You could look into getting another machine that does track data properly (with Sleepyhead or other programs) if you or your insce. co. can afford it.

The Escape Auto does have some limited data. I believe it shows AHI, but not the breakdown of events (apnea, hypopnea, clear airway).

If your laptop has a built-in SD card slot then you should be able to download SleepyHead and pop that SD card right into your laptop. Otherwise you'll need a card reader.

Actually, it provides a bit more than compliance hours, but you're right the data it provides is not nearly as useful as the data from the Autoset.

tiredmemo wrote:Will sleepyhead work with my Escape Auto S9? If so do I need anything to read the SD card with my laptop?

as julie says, there's no data recorded on the card of an escape for sleepyhead to do anything with.

palerider wrote:

tiredmemo wrote:Will sleepyhead work with my Escape Auto S9? If so do I need anything to read the SD card with my laptop?

as julie says, there's no data recorded on the card of an escape for sleepyhead to do anything with.

Tiredmemo asked about the Escape AUTO, not the Escape. It records some very useful data, such as nightly AHI averages. That's very valuable information.

Tiredmemo, your machine does collect some data that you can read and get some valuable information to help in your treatment. The S9 Elite or AutoSet collect enormously more useful information, but you still have some useful information available to you.

I think SleepyHead will read this data, but I'm not 100% sure. ResScan will definitely allow you to see that information.

We do need to keep telling people to avoid the S9 Escape Auto, but for those who have it, we do need to let them know that they can still read some data that can be very useful.

I need to get a good link to this info and store it away somewhere for future reference.

Thanks for stepping in here Arch.

According to the ResMed website the Escape Auto records AHI (no event breakdown and no leak data). So it's not true that there is only compliance data. However, and this surprised me, the ResMed website features chart also indicates that efficacy data is not transferred to the SD card. I assume this means you can only view your AHI on the machine's display screen? Can any of you Escape Auto owners confirm or correct the part about what the SD card holds?

--or if a "friend" has one.

I've got a little cleaning up to do for these models in SleepyHead, and wouldn't mind double checking I've got absolutely _everything_ I can out of it (I'm quite sure there's nothing much else, please don't get your hopes up!).

So completeness sakes, could someone possibly supply me with a .zip copy of a Escape Auto SDCard?

I need to make SleepyHead show a warning on first import to politely let users know their machine is this kind of brick and they should throw it back at their DME.. :-/

Thanks all. Sorry it took so long to get back to the post. It does show my AHI because I am able to get this from the dme. The insurance wanted to much since I didn't have any of the deductible paid yet so I bought a used machine from the dme. I know that there are better 1 out there but this one was new and brought back from someone who couldn't meet the compliance. I have not had that problem. I am happy to say I am at 100% compliance. I was just wondering if the sleepyhead would work with my machine. Maybe if I get my deductible paid I can get one from the insurance. By the way my dme has been very helpful with me. I must have one of the good one's or maybe it's because I keep bothering them

The Escape Auto will give you AHI and pressure. I am unsure if it is the average pressure or the 95% pressure. I haven't ever seen a report from the Escape Auto to verify which pressure number it is when using auto adjusting mode.

The AHI is just the overall AHI. No event category breakdown.

Both the AHI and the pressure number (be it average or median or 95%) data points are also available on the machine's LCD screen if a person wanted to check it daily. If someone can't see this on the patient's menu screen it means that a setting in the clinical menu is not turned on. Sleep Quality must be turned on for the patient to view the AHI and pressure numbers on the LCD screen.
http://www.apneaboard.com/resmed-s9-cpap-setup
http://www.apneuvereniging.nl/forum/pdf ... manual.pdf
How to get to the clinical setup menu is the same for all S9 machines...explained in the above links. The pdf manual goes into more detail about the various settings and functions. The Escape Auto doesn't gather all the data that the Elite or AutoSet gathers but the setting choices otherwise are the same as the other models.

Using the software would enable a person to see at a gland the overall pressure trends and hours of use and AHI trends.

I saw that a week or so ago and tried to change the setting. I don't show a sleep quality change on my machine. Any Ideas?

Pugsy wrote:Using the software would enable a person to see at a glance the overall pressure trends and hours of use and AHI trends.

Pugsy, there's some question whether the EA transfers the efficacy data (AHI and pressure) to the SD card. Why it would not is beyond me, but this is what it shows on ResMed's website -- the S9 Autoset is the first column, the S9 Escape Auto is the second column:

By the way I can see my pressure when I push the button but not the AHI. I wish I had found this site before I bought my machine but what's done is done. I think I only have OSA so this really shouldn't be a problem knowing the other kind. I do know that I am down to a 1.7 AHI the last 2 weeks. I think that is good right?

tiredmemo wrote:I saw that a week or so ago and tried to change the setting. I don't show a sleep quality change on my machine. Any Ideas?

Uh oh, this may be the answer. This is from the same chart as above (Escape Auto is the right-hand column):