Reporting data with holes in it ?

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Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by dsm » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:31 pm

This link show a nights data from my machine - it has 'holes' in it & am wondering if anyone has come across this before.
Am sure I had a chart some months back that had this same swiss cheese appearance. The following nights data was quite normal.

http://www.internetage.ws/cpapdata/dsm- ... 6oct08.pdf

My guess is that either the card may have had a temporary memory fault & data at set locations got lost.

DSM
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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by CRS » Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:55 pm

I'd say that looks like a serious case of NS-RED, talk to your doctor, they may prescribe provolone.
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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by mindy » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:06 pm

Definitely IMHO (!), are you sure they are really holes? Could it be resolution on your printer or, if you have a PDF writer, is it a freebie that perhaps doesn't have good resolution?

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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by dsm » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:12 pm

mindy wrote:Definitely IMHO (!), are you sure they are really holes? Could it be resolution on your printer or, if you have a PDF writer, is it a freebie that perhaps doesn't have good resolution?

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That report is electronic. I went back and generated another copy & got the same result. Last nights data is fine.

The only time I normally see a 'hole' in the data is if the machine is turned off for a bathroom visit. The data shown looks normal if you image the holes aren't there.

I'm going to write this one off as another Encore Pro 'unique' feature

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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by OutaSync » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:40 pm

There's proof of what you said when you told me that the Auto SV compensates for leaks!! Maybe I won't have to tape any more. That would be worth the price of the machine.

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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by Guest » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:41 pm

dsm wrote:That report is electronic. I went back and generated another copy & got the same result. Last nights data is fine.

The only time I normally see a 'hole' in the data is if the machine is turned off for a bathroom visit. The data shown looks normal if you image the holes aren't there.

I'm going to write this one off as another Encore Pro 'unique' feature

DSM
I wonder if there's a bad spot (or contact) on the card? Clean the contacts?

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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by dsm » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:45 pm

Guest wrote:
dsm wrote:That report is electronic. I went back and generated another copy & got the same result. Last nights data is fine.

The only time I normally see a 'hole' in the data is if the machine is turned off for a bathroom visit. The data shown looks normal if you image the holes aren't there.

I'm going to write this one off as another Encore Pro 'unique' feature

DSM
I wonder if there's a bad spot (or contact) on the card? Clean the contacts?
Am thinking that it may be that too. The night before's card kept giving errors but later that day after restarting the PC the data came off it ok and produced a proper report.

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Re: Reporting data with holes in it ?

Post by Snoredog » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:48 pm

I think it is just your printer driver in Windows or your print settings. It appears to be zooming in when it writes to the PDF document.

Could be the fonts you have installed and/or fonts installed for the printer. When saving the report to PDF select higher resolution print settings.

All your solid pressure lines are dotted where they should be solid.
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