Hi, I have one of the Auto SV machines. I have the small valve ( I'll call it a check valve) in the inlet of the humidifier. The flapper goes in first . The other end of the flapper valve then fits onto the output orifice of the machine. Probably not a good explanation but it appears to work to prev...

The machine I have although new is an older style. The Respironics system One machines seem to use the SD card where as the machine I have uses the older, larger Smart Card. I guess they don't offer a machine configured like this in the system one line. I am using the REMStar BiPAP AutoSV Advanced. ...

Hi folks, before I spend 65 bucks for a Respironics smart card reader I am trying to determine if one of the regular smart card readers you see advertised would work. Has anyone tried any of them. 8 bucks sure looks better than 65.

Bob

Wow, thanks for the encouragement and the great wealth of information. I really appreciate you taking the time John. It will take me a while to digest all this. Just and update.... I slept really well last night. Only woke up once after about 6 hours because of rain out in the hose making a gurgling...

Well I slept with the BPM set to Auto and it worked fine. Still took a while to get to sleep. Guess , I'll get used to it eventually.

Thanks for all the on target help. Some very knowledgeable folks here I appreciate you folks sharing with me.

Rest Well

Bob

Thanks all for the help and infusion of knowledge. Looks as though Jane is getting some help too. That's great. I really appreciate you folks being around and taking the time to answer. to answer the question, I have never been on any PAP machine before. Got this one Friday afternoon. I'll try tonig...

Hi Michael, thanks for the reply. The setting from the machine are: 6cm H2O EPAP 10cm H20 IPAP Min 25cm H2o I PAP Max 10 BPM 1.2 Sec Ti Rise time 4 Ramp 40 Ramp start 5 cm H2O Apnea 0 seconds. Patient 0 Seconds Min vent 0 lpm Hours 19.8 I haven't been using the ramp. Just two nights on this thing. T...

Thanks Jules, I think I got it this time.

Bob

HI folks, I just got a Respironics Bi Pap Auto SV w/humidifier. Things seem to settle down when I get to sleep, but getting to sleep is a problem. The machine seem to cut off my air at times on inhale. I think it has something to do with the no. of breaths per minute settings but I'm not sure. You w...