Encore Pro 1.6.22 Is a newer version download availble?

[SleepyHibiscus]

I have Encore Pro 1.6.22 and would like to know if there are updates available that I can download. Has anyone besides me noticed a bug in the full detail reports? Full Detail report on page 4 of Sleep Therapy Details... the top graph shows Pressure cm/H2O that was used during the night. Mine begins charting pressures only after the 4th hour of sleep. Sleep hours 0 - 4 are blank on the chart.

Also page 4, the next graph charts sleep therapy flags; it makes stick figures to represent FL, OA, H, & VS. Mine doesn't always match the Daily Events Per Hour chart below. For examply my sleep therapy flags chart has 3 stick figures for OA... but at the chart below it reads 5 OA's at pressure 10, and 2 OA's at pressure 8. That equals 7 for the night, not 3.

Anyone else have these descrepencies in their Encore Pro? Any way to update my software to make it accurate? Thanks.
Deb

[Goofproof]

You have the latest version of the program. To get the upgrade version you will have to buy it again, no free lunch, no support, after all you are a mortal, you aren't suppose to have software, that's only for DME,s, Lawyers and other low lifes.

The scoring of the software isn't rocket science, It gives you insite into what's happening with your treatment, they aren't trying to hit Mars with a lander, 1+1 sometimes doesn't have to equil two, you only have to know most of the time it does, and if not, it's still close to two.

The odd's of your lost 4 hours are you didn't set the time that your sleep day starts inthe program, so the time you sleep gets split over two days.

Also the Tick lines (Stick) can be side by side looking wider but are really two marks, or maybe it was tired too and for some reason didn't mark it, sometimes Avg makes the difference in numbers, as I said not rocket science.

The Three States of Matter.

Matter

Anti-Matter

Don't Matter. It's amazing how many things it life fit into this Basket.

Jim

[rested gal]

I have Encore Pro 1.6.22 and would like to know if there are updates available that I can download. Has anyone besides me noticed a bug in the full detail reports? Full Detail report on page 4 of Sleep Therapy Details... the top graph shows Pressure cm/H2O that was used during the night. Mine begins charting pressures only after the 4th hour of sleep. Sleep hours 0 - 4 are blank on the chart.

Sleepy Hibiscus, Encore Pro 1.6.22 is what I use. I don't think there is an update to that version. Works fine with both Respironics machines I have (REMstar Auto with C-Flex and BiPAP Auto with Bi-Flex.)

What you are describing in your Encore report sounds kinda' like you (or whoever set up your machine) might have set 4:00 for the ramp time of the machine.

REMstar Auto "M" series machines can use ramp in auto mode, but the older REMstar Auto cannot. If you try to set a "ramp" time in the older REMstar Auto while using it in APAP or AFLE mode (the autopap modes) the machine will do "split night therapy"....using only the lower pressure of the range for the set number of hours. If the ramp timer is set at 4:00, your machine would use only the lower pressure of your range and the Encore Pro pressure chart graph would not show pressure changes until after the four hours was over. Then the machine would begin varying the pressure as needed.

Can't use a traditional "ramp" with the older REMstar Auto. Gotta have "ramp" set at 0:00 when using the older REMstar Auto in autopap mode. The newer M series REMstar Auto can use ramp.

[SleepyHibiscus]

Hi GoofProof... Thank you for making me smile, it helps get through this peculiar way of sleeping; life with a mask, hose & machine. I can't afford the newer software. However, I must say, GP you are really funny and you add your own bit of twisted wry humor to an otherwise dry annoying subject matter here in the forum... which I appreciate because it helps deal with it. I tend to get hung up on looking at the charts but what really matters in the big scheme is quality of life... am I sleeping better? am I functioning better? No, not yet, but I hear persistence pays off.

You could be right about the clock... I have the older REMstar auto machine and it came to me with the clock already set. I know the internal clock is wrong, because it does not correspond to correct time of day. However, I do not know how to change the internal clock. If you do, please PM me.

Hi Rested Gal... you are right about the ramp time! I looked at it... the ramp time IS set for 4:00 (duh...! I thought I was setting the ramp for 4 minutes), not four hours. Okay, so that means I've been using the ramp (at a low cm/H2o) for the first four hours of my sleep? No wonder I'm still so sleepy and tired all day. I have it set on ALFE... so you're saying I have to use the ramp at 0:00... which basicially means NO RAMP. Is that right?

I'm weary from trying to figure it all out. Thank you.
Deb

[krousseau]

Right set ramp at zero when using auto mode. Someone has said you can hit the ramp button and the pressure will go to the low end of the range. For example I'm at 8-14. If I woke up and was at 14 I can hit the ramp and it will go to 8. Now... I'm not sure what good that is since any time I've been awake I've been at 8 anyway so have never been able to actually test it.

[Wulfman]

Hi GoofProof... Thank you for making me smile, it helps get through this peculiar way of sleeping; life with a mask, hose & machine. I can't afford the newer software. However, I must say, GP you are really funny and you add your own bit of twisted wry humor to an otherwise dry annoying subject matter here in the forum... which I appreciate because it helps deal with it. I tend to get hung up on looking at the charts but what really matters in the big scheme is quality of life... am I sleeping better? am I functioning better? No, not yet, but I hear persistence pays off.

You could be right about the clock... I have the older REMstar auto machine and it came to me with the clock already set. I know the internal clock is wrong, because it does not correspond to correct time of day. However, I do not know how to change the internal clock. If you do, please PM me.

Hi Rested Gal... you are right about the ramp time! I looked at it... the ramp time IS set for 4:00 (duh...! I thought I was setting the ramp for 4 minutes), not four hours. Okay, so that means I've been using the ramp (at a low cm/H2o) for the first four hours of my sleep? No wonder I'm still so sleepy and tired all day. I have it set on ALFE... so you're saying I have to use the ramp at 0:00... which basicially means NO RAMP. Is that right?

I'm weary from trying to figure it all out. Thank you.
Deb

Hi Deb.

The internal clock can only be reset by a shop with a specialized program and connector to the machine. Usually it is sent back to the factory. How far is yours off?
Since you have the older machine, you don't NEED any version of the software beyond 1.4.99.....which is what I use.

The thing about the ramp is correct. It needs to be set to 0 (zero).

Best wishes,

Den

[Goofproof]

Your version of Encore Pro is the latest, it works fine. As Den said the clock is factory set.

But you can change Encore Pro, so part of your sleep period won't be split over two days, here is how:

Open Encore Pro, Click on patient,Upper left hand edit demographics, set start of day, I use 10 Pm, but go to bed 1 am. after change click on apply.

Jim

[SleepyHibiscus]

Hi. I will re-set the ramp to zero. The clock is only off by about 15 minutes so that's no big deal. Thanks all. Happy weekend, have a good night!

[rested gal]

I have it set on ALFE... so you're saying I have to use the ramp at 0:00... which basicially means NO RAMP. Is that right?

Right. Ramp has to be set for 0:00 when using the older Respironics REMstar Auto in either APAP mode or AFLE mode.

The newer M series REMstar Auto can use a traditional ramp time set for minutes when operating in APAP or AFLE mode. The older REMstar Auto cannot.