Turning off EPR or C-Flex

[RickLR]

First, glad I found this forum, looks like lots of helpful folks reside here. I'm Rick, 51 years old, and have been using a CPAP (same machine) for about thirteen years and it has helped tremendously. The machine I've been using is just straight pressure -- no auto anything, no data card, no humidifier, etc. I begin looking to move to a new machine for a humidifier and also wanted one that could provide data from the previous night. Went through a new sleep study (because you have to) and now have the prescription for a new machine, and the difficult task of figuring out which one to purhase.

In researching different machines, I thought along with a heated humidifier the EPR or C-Flex algorithm for adjusting to your breathing might be beneficial as well -- but my concern is if the EPR of the S9 or the C-Flex+ of the System One end up being disruptive instead of beneficial for me, I want to ensure I can set the machine for straight pressure; i.e., just as my current "dumb" machine works and just blow at a continuous setting.

Does anyone know for the S9 and/or the System One whether they can be turned into a straight continuous pressure machine without trying to match breathing pattern?

Any help on this will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick

[msudawg]

First, glad I found this forum, looks like lots of helpful folks reside here. I'm Rick, 51 years old, and have been using a CPAP (same machine) for about thirteen years and it has helped tremendously. The machine I've been using is just straight pressure -- no auto anything, no data card, no humidifier, etc. I begin looking to move to a new machine for a humidifier and also wanted one that could provide data from the previous night. Went through a new sleep study (because you have to) and now have the prescription for a new machine, and the difficult task of figuring out which one to purhase.

In researching different machines, I thought along with a heated humidifier the EPR or C-Flex algorithm for adjusting to your breathing might be beneficial as well -- but my concern is if the EPR of the S9 or the C-Flex+ of the System One end up being disruptive instead of beneficial for me, I want to ensure I can set the machine for straight pressure; i.e., just as my current "dumb" machine works and just blow at a continuous setting.

Does anyone know for the S9 and/or the System One whether they can be turned into a straight continuous pressure machine without trying to match breathing pattern?

Any help on this will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick

I know that it can be turned off on the system one, not sure about the other one

[jnk]

First, glad I found this forum, looks like lots of helpful folks reside here. I'm Rick, 51 years old, and have been using a CPAP (same machine) for about thirteen years and it has helped tremendously. The machine I've been using is just straight pressure -- no auto anything, no data card, no humidifier, etc. I begin looking to move to a new machine for a humidifier and also wanted one that could provide data from the previous night. Went through a new sleep study (because you have to) and now have the prescription for a new machine, and the difficult task of figuring out which one to purhase.

In researching different machines, I thought along with a heated humidifier the EPR or C-Flex algorithm for adjusting to your breathing might be beneficial as well -- but my concern is if the EPR of the S9 or the C-Flex+ of the System One end up being disruptive instead of beneficial for me, I want to ensure I can set the machine for straight pressure; i.e., just as my current "dumb" machine works and just blow at a continuous setting.

Does anyone know for the S9 and/or the System One whether they can be turned into a straight continuous pressure machine without trying to match breathing pattern?

Any help on this will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick

EPR and Flex can be turned off it you don't like them.

Here is a helpful list from one of our treasured forum posters, Rested Gal, to help you make sure you get a machine that gives you needed leak and efficacy data:

viewtopic.php?p=307168#p307168

[Nord]

Hi Rick

I haven't used the PR Sys One but you can shut off the c-flex and just run CPAP on the earlier M Series. I would imagine the Sys One can do that as well...

On the S9, you can run EPR in 3 amounts: 1,2 or 3 cm and with Easy Breathe you can set for Fast or Med breathing pattern. Or you can shut it off altogether. You can run straight CPAP on both Elite and Autopap S9's...

Nord

[RickLR]

Thanks for the help!

Rick