Can software be downloaded with a flash drive?

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PISAL
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Can software be downloaded with a flash drive?

Post by PISAL » Thu Nov 21, 2013 4:48 pm

Thanks to all of you who take the time to help others with CPAP problems. I would probably not be still on CPAP without the help you have provided.

I have been using Encore Viewer since 2007 with my Auto M Series. I am in the process of getting a System One Series 560 with heated tube and heated humidifier. A Phillips Respironics rep told me the data table and the plot of % time spent at CPAP pressure are not provided in the updated version for use with the Series 560 Auto, and they have no plans to include them again any time soon.

I use a computer at home that is not connected to the Internet to monitor nightly therapy. Can Sleepyhead software and Encore Basic software be downloaded onto a flash (thumb) drive at a library and then be downloaded from the flash drive and installed on my computer at home?

I would like to know how to obtain a copy of Encore Basic so I can continue to see the data table, etc. when using the Series 560 Auto.

How do I copy and paste a Print to File nightly detail page into a forum question window along with the text?

Thank you for your help,

PISAL

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Re: Can software be downloaded with a flash drive?

Post by Pugsy » Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:34 pm

PISAL wrote: How do I copy and paste a Print to File nightly detail page into a forum question window along with the text?
Explained in this thread
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=81072&p=737779#p737779
You would need to transport the images of the reports from your home computer to the flash drive ...to the library internet and upload them to some sort of photo hosting website.
PISAL wrote:Can Sleepyhead software and Encore Basic software be downloaded onto a flash (thumb) drive at a library and then be downloaded from the flash drive and installed on my computer at home?

Is your computer at home a Windows computer? Encore is strictly Windows based.
SleepyHead does of course have a Mac version.
SleepyHead is going to be around 12 MB
Encore Basic is going to be around 32 MB
Should be easy to transport to your home after downloading at the library. Before all these online storage things we used to snail mail this stuff on CD disks to share the software.
Just unzip them onto the main hard drive on your computer and then install them.

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Re: Can software be downloaded with a flash drive?

Post by JDS74 » Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:36 pm

I use a computer at home that is not connected to the Internet to monitor nightly therapy. Can Sleepyhead software and Encore Basic software be downloaded onto a flash (thumb) drive at a library and then be downloaded from the flash drive and installed on my computer at home?
Yes, that will work.

Posting part of an Encore Report entails getting a screen shot, editing it as a .jpeg file, uploadin to a file sharing site like PhotoBucket, and then including a link in your post.

So, you would need to do the selection at home, copy to the thumb drive, take it to a library computer, and complete the process there.

Look for a post by pugsy. She has a link to details of the process that explains in much better detail.

Edit: Hi pugsy. Timing is everything

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