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by EKGwatch
Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:39 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: If you're thinking of buying the SPOMedical PulseOx 7500...
Replies: 6
Views: 1513

As promised, here is the link to the report I generated on the initial failure mode of the PulseOx 7500:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 5219&hl=en
by EKGwatch
Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:02 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: If you're thinking of buying the SPOMedical PulseOx 7500...
Replies: 6
Views: 1513

Keep us informed if you find another unit thats any good. As I said, I will go to my pulmonary dr. to see about a home test. He is a pretty smart guy. Again...good luck with it I picked up a Respironics 920M on Ebay for US$227.00. I'm happy to say it works fantastic. I couldn't believe the differen...
by EKGwatch
Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: If you're thinking of buying the SPOMedical PulseOx 7500...
Replies: 6
Views: 1513

Any chance of getting your money back? Fortunately the distributor I bought the original unit from gave me a full refund. Yes, the software is pretty bad, but my main complaints were with the hardware. Actually, from what I've read, using reflective technology is iffy at best. In a 3 hour sleep stu...
by EKGwatch
Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: If you're thinking of buying the SPOMedical PulseOx 7500...
Replies: 6
Views: 1513

If you're thinking of buying the SPOMedical PulseOx 7500...

I've gone through two of them and finally gave up. The first was DOA (Defective on Arrival), the second died after a week's use. Even while it was 'working', the results were poor. Both the manufacturer and distributor told me I was the only customer that had hardware failure. I wonder...
by EKGwatch
Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: USB-to-Serial adapter for the Respironics 920M
Replies: 4
Views: 1844

a lot of those adapters are made for PDA's like the Belkin and not truly RS-232 devices. I found that out the hard way buying 2 of those Belkin duds, both worthless. The ONLY one I found that actually worked was the I/O Concepts adapter from CompUSA ($29.95). Please give me the P/N of the I/O conce...
by EKGwatch
Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:18 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: USB-to-Serial adapter for the Respironics 920M
Replies: 4
Views: 1844

a lot of those adapters are made for PDA's like the Belkin and not truly RS-232 devices. I found that out the hard way buying 2 of those Belkin duds, both worthless. The ONLY one I found that actually worked was the I/O Concepts adapter from CompUSA ($29.95).... . Thank you for the quick reply. You...
by EKGwatch
Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:27 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: USB-to-Serial adapter for the Respironics 920M
Replies: 4
Views: 1844

USB-to-Serial adapter for the Respironics 920M

Has anyone found a USB-to-Serial adapter that works with the 920M or similar pulse-oximeters? The problem is the 920M outputs TTL levels, whereas all of the adapters I've tried require true RS-232 levels.