US pricing on the Resmed - just in...

[jnk]

Check your PMs

ResScan 3.10 is documented as being Vista approved so it will be interesting to hear if it works on Windows 7.

I use the USB cable, so I'm not sure my setup is the usual. But I'll let you know what I find out. Thanks!

[zhenya]

ResScan 3.10 is documented as being Vista approved so it will be interesting to hear if it works on Windows 7.

I use ResScan 3.7 with Windows 7 and don't have any issues

[jnk]

I'm having troubles. I can't get the software (3.10) to recongnize my blower (VPAP Auto) through the USB cable in Windows 7. The message I get when I try to do a download is: "There are NO devices available for downloading data. Connect a flow generator or data card and try again." This is in spite of the fact that the drivers installed successfully and the USB cable is connecting the blower and the computer.

[Slinky]

I don't know what to tell you, jnk. I use the cable reader. HOWEVER, if I start ResScan 3.7 w/o the card in the card reader ResScan doesn't recognize my VPAP Auto either. I have to close ResScan, put the card in the cable reader and reopen ResScan. Now - I am working w/the S8 ResLink SmartMedia card rather than just the regular Resmed data card so there are some differences. But whatchya got to lose by trying it?

[JStaggie]

YAY! Saw my sleep doc today for the first time since my study--my apnea is fairly moderate 17x/hour, but because I sleep in a very cool room (50-55° in the winter) and want a heated host to prevent rainout he's specifically writing the script for an S9. He also was immediately OK with requesting an APAP in CPAP mode so that if I need it later I don't need to replace the machine and already wanted to get a fully data-capable machine.
That went well.
He's referring me to a local, independent DME (when I mentioned Apria in fear he actually commented that he would do that--they're awful). We're doing a follow-up in 3 months and I guess I'll need to make the DME/purchase from here decision then. I'm new to CPAP, so I starting with the DME might be a good idea.

[jnk]

I don't know what to tell you, jnk. I use the cable reader. HOWEVER, if I start ResScan 3.7 w/o the card in the card reader ResScan doesn't recognize my VPAP Auto either. I have to close ResScan, put the card in the cable reader and reopen ResScan. Now - I am working w/the S8 ResLink SmartMedia card rather than just the regular Resmed data card so there are some differences. But whatchya got to lose by trying it?

Thanks, Slinky. I have had to do something similar with XP. I had to make sure my VPAP Auto was hooked to the computer before I even turned the computer on, or ResScan wouldn't recognize the machine at all.

I tried making everything work with my Windows 7 laptop with it all hooked up every way I could think of, but I couldn't find a way for the VPAP Auto to be recognized with the USB driver in ResScan 3.10 no matter what order I did things. Maybe it would work with ResScan 3.7. I don't know.

Fortunately, on an up note, my therapy has been going really well, so software doesn't matter too much at the moment. Two nights in a row with 0.0 apneas! AND low HI. The machine stayed at 12/8 all night those nights. The week before I had a bad virus and had to turn the pressure up to 14/10 to feel like I could breathe through my nose at all, and pressure climbed from there a few times. My AHI was higher that way, but at least I could stay on the mask like that.

I guess I'll have to keep my old XP desktop if I want to be able to use software with this VPAP Auto, which I suppose I should keep the ability to do in case I ever have any problems with my therapy down the road. I was really hoping to get rid of the XP machine and go fully laptop with Windows 7, but I should have got a processor with virtualization to do that. Oh well. Penny wise and pound foolish.

Thanks again, Slinky.

[hikewv]

I need to get my hands on 3.10, anyone know of place

[JohnBFisher]

YAY! Saw my sleep doc today for the first time since my study ...

Welcome to the forum. And CONGRATULATIONS! Doing your research ahead of going to the doctor and DME can make a big difference. Even if you pay some extra for the S9, it sounds as if it will be worthwhile.

Hope your continued adventure with a DME and your setup will go well. Here's hoping you attain effective therapy and great sleep!

[JStaggie]

YAY! Saw my sleep doc today for the first time since my study ...

Welcome to the forum. And CONGRATULATIONS! Doing your research ahead of going to the doctor and DME can make a big difference. Even if you pay some extra for the S9, it sounds as if it will be worthwhile.

Hope your continued adventure with a DME and your setup will go well. Here's hoping you attain effective therapy and great sleep!

Thanks. Reading up definitely helped, as my doctor had not heard of the S9 until I mentioned it. He initially suggested that F&P was the only option with a heated hose and I was the first person to mention that Resmed added it to the S9. (Apparently the F7P rep has already told him about the ICON, but his Resmed rep hasn't said anything about the S9 yet).

[billbolton]

ResScan 3.10 is documented as being Vista approved so it will be interesting to hear if it works on Windows 7.

It does for me!

Cheers,

Bill

[preemiern]

DD & Bob, I clearly have not been following this thread in its detail, and not currently shopping--but wonder if you feel that data available on the machine itself is sufficient for you to have decided to ignore the lack of software available for such an expensive cpap?

Check your inbox...

Will you send something to my inbox, too?

and mine too pretty pleeeeeeeease? with cream and sugar and a cherry on top??????? I'll even add hot fudge sauce...homemade

[Arizona-Willie]

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit and I had ver 3.5 and 3.7 and now 3.10 all running under Windows 7 with no problem.

They install as 32 bit programs but work just fine.

I do have the genuine Resmed card reader and Windows recognized it and installed a driver for it immediately when I hooked it up after installing Windows 7.
Some versions of the card reader may need updated drivers or something.

Windows update has told me there is a new driver for this card reader but since it is working just fine as is I haven't installed the new driver.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I did do a clean install on a formatted drive since I was upgrading from XP.
Installing over Vista might well produce problems getting the Resmed stuff working.

[jnk]

I am using the USB cable that connects the blower directly to the computer. I am using a laptop that came with Windows 7 64-bit preinstalled. ResScan 3.10 and the USB driver installed fine, but the program/driver does not recognize my VPAP Auto as being connected to the computer.

When I use the same cable to connect my VPAP Auto to my XP desktop running ResScan 3.5, I can download the data.

jeff

[ozij]

There used to be an issue with some laptops and some software -- forgive my for not remembering details - that needed the wireless on the lapt to be disabled for some reason -- how about trying that?

Second issus: on an XP system, with the S8 Autoese II connected via its adapter to a serial port - the device wouldn't be found if I was running the SPO 7500 software at the same time. - Vitascore software wouldn't find the pulse oximeter if ResScan had found the CPAP and it was still connected.

It's another device, another operating system, but on the off chance that this may help....

O.

[DreamStalker]

Wasn't there some trick people used to fix these types of issues with windoze?

Went something like ... stand on one leg with your left pinky in your right ear and your right pinky in your left ear and then click your heals (while wearing red slippers) three times and chant "there's no place like microsoft" with each heal click. Can't be any worse than their endless security updates.