Pr System one software for Mac

[Raz]

Hi, I just received today my new pr system one auto A flex machine with humidifier, wow looks great, My problem is that I use Mac Pro and I can't find encore viewer for Mac users, my question is .... is there such a software that I can use on my mac

Thanks
Raz

[Janknitz]

No, sorry. You are going to have to use a program like Parallels or Boot Camp to use the Encore software.

[Raz]

Hemmmmm, well.... thanks for the reply. I am surprised that they didn't think about Mac users.

Raz

[Goofproof]

In the real world computers are PC's. There are work arounds for other want to be's. Jim

[sarahannalien]

Hi, I just received today my new pr system one auto A flex machine with humidifier, wow looks great, My problem is that I use Mac Pro and I can't find encore viewer for Mac users, my question is .... is there such a software that I can use on my mac

Thanks
Raz

As others mentioned, to my knowledge, the bulk of medical software accessories (and not just CPAP) are going to be Windows-only. You could probably use Parallels or VMWare Fusion (the latter being my preferred choice), but personally, I have a tiny, cheap old Windows XP netbook that I use just for downloading and printing my PulseOx reports, and it works just great. Depending on how you want to have equipment laid out, this could be an option... I want to try to get all of my "CPAP stuff" in one place eventually.

Then again, I may try to work on some open source CPAP-related software over the holidays, if I can find the time and energy. And I'm sure, somewhere, others are working on this too. So someday there *might* be a free equivalent available for the Mac. However, pardon the pun... but don't hold your breath!

[Raz]

Thanks, good idea, i have a cheap pc which I can use.

[Apreski]

Goofproof is right about the real world is PC's ...but the "want to be" comment shows his unfamiliarity with a superior operating system. As a 30 yr user of DOS I now have a partitioned MAC (BootCamp) for my DOS software. The software industry continues to write code for the 88% ?? of the market (the market share is shrinking as MAC stock continues to explode).

I continue to recommend WIndows systems for my entry level friends w/ low budget requirements. MAC's are expensive compared to WIndows systems. The bootcamp software costs plus you need to buy an expensive WIndows software package.

The real problem is knowing you are spending money for an inferior operating system. I am reminded on a weekly basis how wonderful the Snow Leopard system is compared to the constant problems with the WIndows Partition. 90% of my use is now on MAC. My only need for the partition is financial software and of course a few specific programs like Encore Viewer.

I am now a true MAC convert despite the cost. It is bullet proof and intuitive.

I also started last night w/ your PR System One and will be downloading Encore on my Partition. Good luck.

[Raz]

As you see I'm a Mac user too btw from where do you download encore viewer 2, is there a free version ????

[sarahannalien]

I, also, would be interested in downloading the Windows data viewer for the System One, if someone could perhaps PM me the instructions (apparently this is the appropriate protocol for asking? Sigh... why doesn't it just come with the darn machine?)

In other news, I've fiddled around a bit, and can now sort-of read the compliance data from my SD card with my own code. Here are a few sample records from the card:

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    data file version   2
    data file size      44
    counter             206
    startDate           Thu Dec 02 15:41:24 PST 2010
    therapy pressure    8.00 cm H2O
    ramp start pressure 5.00 cm H2O
    ramp time           30
    altitude            1
    humidifier          0x82
    therapyTime         0h:0m:50s
    blowerTime          0h:4m:6s

    data file version   2
    data file size      44
    counter             207
    startDate           Thu Dec 02 15:47:04 PST 2010 
    therapy pressure    8.00 cm H2O
    ramp start pressure 5.50 cm H2O
    ramp time           30
    altitude            1
    humidifier          0x82
    therapyTime         0h:0m:49s
    blowerTime          0h:9m:3s

    data file version   2
    data file size      44
    counter             208
    startDate           Thu Dec 02 15:58:16 PST 2010 
    therapy pressure    8.00 cm H2O
    ramp start pressure 6.00 cm H2O
    ramp time           30
    altitude            1
    humidifier          0x82
    therapyTime         0h:4m:48s
    blowerTime          0h:0m:0s

(My machine's the bare-bones one, so it's not collecting the fancy respiratory event stuff. So I didn't even look for that; I was just interested in reading the compliance data.)

This is the output from the Java code I wrote on my Mac... would also work on Windows or Linux. It doesn't understand all the "stuff" on the card yet... some of the data I'm skipping pertains to minor machine settings, but other items could very well be important things that I just don't understand yet because I'm a CPAP-newbie. And at the moment I'm only trying to read the patient log; there's a whole other directory of data that I haven't started to explore yet.

It's still kind of primitive, but I think with a little work I can throw something together that will give me some idea of how I'm doing with my therapy without resorting to Windows... or relying on my sleep doc, who yesterday canceled our appointment for today... so now I won't see him until January.

And, darn it, I want to know how I'm doing! Now. Every day!

One useful thing I've already learned is that my impression was correct, I'm not sleeping for long, continuous periods of time with the mask on... these were the longest events, sorted by duration (but alphabetically... sorry about that!):

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    therapyTime         2h:13m:17s
    therapyTime         2h:21m:43s
    therapyTime         2h:25m:33s
    therapyTime         2h:30m:30s
    therapyTime         2h:33m:26s
    therapyTime         2h:33m:52s
    therapyTime         2h:34m:29s
    therapyTime         2h:44m:56s
    therapyTime         2h:48m:49s
    therapyTime         2h:58m:24s
    therapyTime         2h:5m:34s
    therapyTime         2h:6m:38s
    therapyTime         2h:9m:39s
    therapyTime         3h:16m:43s
    therapyTime         3h:21m:26s
    therapyTime         3h:33m:19s
    therapyTime         3h:48m:43s
    therapyTime         3h:48m:57s
    therapyTime         3h:51m:46s
    therapyTime         3h:52m:30s
    therapyTime         3h:53m:18s
    therapyTime         3h:53m:43s
    therapyTime         3h:6m:18s
    therapyTime         3h:6m:39s
    therapyTime         3h:9m:38s
    therapyTime         4h:10m:14s
    therapyTime         4h:14m:21s
    therapyTime         4h:16m:34s
    therapyTime         4h:41m:16s
    therapyTime         4h:7m:49s
    therapyTime         5h:39m:19s

There were another 152 entries (83% of them) that were less than two hours... and I've had the machine about a month. So, in general, I'm consistently waking up every couple hours, every night. See, now even as a newbie, that strikes me as something that's good to know. Not that I'm surprised, but it's reassuring to know that my impressions are consistent with the real data that's been collected.

As before, if there are any like-minded geeks out there, for this or for pulse oximeter software, please let me know... I really think there should be some kind of open source CPAP progress tracking software project, if one doesn't already exist. In particular, I'd like to have a single program that will integrate ALL of my data (CPAP, SpO2, BP, weight, medications, etc) into a single, easy to maintain system with easy-to-interpret reports... and that will run on all systems!

My biggest problem is that I'm still struggling with pain and fatigue that may-or-may-not be CPAP related, and it's really hard for me to find time to work on this kind of stuff... considering that I'm working very hard to maintain my full-time status at work, too. So writing a big project like this by myself, while possible, will take a long, long time. I stayed home sick today, found a little energy, wrote a little code... and I'm done now, and might not find the time and energy again for many weeks.

[Raz]

Interesting..... Hopefully someone will PM me the instructions too

[cflame1]

sara... your's isn't worth downloading it for... most it will show is hours used.

[cflame1]

Raz,
PM uncle_bob and ask nicely

[jweeks]

I am now a true MAC convert despite the cost. It is bullet proof and intuitive.

Hi,

If you were a "true Mac convert", you'd be running Windows under Parallels rather than with bootcamp. With Parallels, windows programs become tools that you can use on your Mac desktop without ever having to deal with the Windows desktop, and you don't have to shut down your Mac desktop to do it. Windows on a Mac under Parallels is the single best way to run Windows, if you are so forced to use any Windows software.

A key benefit of Parallels is doing VM saves and snapshots. That way, if your Windows gets infected, you can revert to the last good snapshot, or clone a new copy of the VM and you are back up in running with a fresh machine in a matter of minutes. You can also run Linux at the same time, and get the best of that world, too, all from your Mac desktop.

-john-

[sarahannalien]

sara... your's isn't worth downloading it for... most it will show is hours used.

I understand what you mean... yes, my current machine is the "bare bones" model that only records usage information for insurance company compliance data... however, I strongly disagree that it isn't worth downloading. There is still useful information to be learned here!

First, every time I start-stop the machine, it records a "usage event". From looking at the logs of these events, it's obvious that I'm now sleeping in bursts of 1.5 to 3 hours, and waking up and turning off the machine after each burst, getting out of bed for some period of time, and then going back to bed and putting my mask back on again. It looks to me like I may be waking up at the end of just about every sleep cycle. This is useful information for me, and my doctors, to know. (My issues aren't limited to sleep apnea, by the way... I also have at least two brain injuries.)

Second, I have a wrist-mounted pulse oximeter that I use about every other night or so. Once I've put it on, it stays on all night, because it's kind of a pain to remove (requires bits of tape to keep it from slipping). Looking at the PulseOx log the next day, there's no way of telling which bits of the graph represent me being asleep... or which represent me being awake, say, trying to get a drink of water, and jiggling the pulseOx sensor and adding noise to the "real" data. If I could correlate the pulseOx usage with the CPAP usage, I could know which bits of the SpO2 graph represent time in CPAP therapy, and which represent me wandering around the apartment, or surfing the net a little bit before trying to go back to bed.

So, in conclusion... even a bare bones machine with simple compliance data can yield useful information! It just won't tell you everything you might like to know.

[Myolin]

I also new to Mac when I had to change my laptop 2 years ago.
Why not a cpap mac talk ?
Buying a Mac is more expensibe but the software package is really good, demanding less memory than pc.
Anyway I also have a pc desktop with a Linux hard drive on it.

Take care.