ResMed AutoScan 5.7 software

[Arizona Willie]

I installed the software this afternoon and put the data card in the reader and all seemed to work ok.

One problem though, the entire time the Autoscan software is active it is trying to access my floppy drive. Nonstop.

Is there a way to kill this bug?

[GoofyUT]

Alas-

It is one of the commonly reported annoyances of this software and happens to EVERYBODY!

Sorry!

Chuck

[Guest]

put a blank floppy in the drive and see what happens.

Did you remove the CD-Rom before the software was completely finished installing?

[Bob...]

Do you really need the floppy? I removed mine a couple of years ago and haven't missed it yet. Bootable CD's work real good!

Bob

[Bookbear]

What does it try to access if you DON'T have a floppy? Your bank account?

[Snoredog]

My laptop doesn't have a floppy but there are times when I need one so I have an external USB one. When it is plugged in, I can even boot from it. If I leave a floppy disk in it and unplug it without ejecting the floppy first, Windows XP will complain and complain every boot until I connect it back.

There is a registry entry you can remove which holds the list of last opened files in cache, if one is listed referencing a:filename.ext, if you delete those it should stop. Think the key is MRU or Most Recently Used...

But you can mess things up real good not knowing what your doing with the registry.

[jacko]

I have been following this thread with interest , I have a ResMed S8 autoset spirit ,so is that the software that I need .
I must admit i can have a bit of trouble getting computers to do the right thing for me at times ,is it difficult to master
Many thanks Jacko

[jsmott]

Could someone tell me where I can get the ResMed AutoScan software and ResScan Data Card Reader. Also is the software compatable with my S8 Autoset Vantage?

[Paul B]

Yes, it's compatible, but not the most user friendly or useful when compared to alternatives from other manufacturers. It can be purchased from this site at https://www.cpap.com.

[dsm]

In terms of user friendliness it does 2 things that are in the 'irritating' category

1) It does keep trying to access all disks on a PC including the floppy
2) It can be fiddly to get the serial comms working if that is the method chosen

I haven't actually tried using it with a USB datacard reader (S8 range) as I had no real problems getting the serial connection working but on a rather old pc

These issues are ones the new Cpap Users Group are likely to take up with Resmed once it is officially launched in a few weeks time.

DSM

[jacko]

Thanks I had a look at cpap.com and it looks like they wont send software out of the US .
I also had a look at the ResMed range of apap's and it looks to me that my AutoSet spirit ia called a Vantage in the US .
Thanks again Jacko

[rested gal]

Hi Jacko,

I'm still not sure which ResMed machine you have. There are such things as the S7 series of machines (older) and S8 series (newer.) The S7 Autoset Spirit and the S8 Autoset Vantage are both autopaps.

Is the number for your machine (never mind the "name" of the machine for the moment) S7 or is it S8?

[GoofyUT]

RG-

If you look at Resmed's Australian site (http://www.resmed.com.au), you'll see that the US model S8 AutoSet Vantage is the same as the Australian S8 AutoSet Spirit. The US S8 Elite is the Australian S8 AutoScore, and the US S8 Compact is the Autralian S8 Lightweight.

Cheers.

Chuck

[jacko]

Hi Jacko,

I'm still not sure which ResMed machine you have. There are such things as the S7 series of machines (older) and S8 series (newer.) The S7 Autoset Spirit and the S8 Autoset Vantage are both autopaps.

Is the number for your machine (never mind the "name" of the machine for the moment) S7 or is it S8?

Hi R-G
My machine is S8 autoset spirit which is the same as the U.S vantage
Regards Jacko