Posting SCREENSHOTS as easy as possible?

[torontoCPAPguy]

Well, here I am trying to figure out how to post my entire screen of information. Hair is dropping out in great clumps. I came across a program called SNAGIT that will do loads of stuff! It will, for one thing, take that report you printed out that scrolls way down off the screen and it will capture the entire thing in one swoop automatically! Allow you to save what you have captured in almost any format you wish (I went with PNG). Then I had to upload it to my private (I think) photobucket area on photobucket.com (I have a "pro" account so I can upload and save full resolution photographs to share). And then I copied the location from photobucket and pasted it between the IMG bookends on here and this is what I got:

By the way, any comments on the data from last night would also be appreciated. As well as comments on whether or not I have found the easiest and fastest way of posting my scrolling screenshots.....

[jazzer4]

Very nice looking charts TorontoCPAP guy.
Can you tell me how you got the program to use regular time instead of military time?

I would like to post my charts and ask for help, so now maybe I can...thanks.
I also wish my charts looked like your.... :

[torontoCPAPguy]

For what it is worth; my reports and graphs did NOT look anywhere near this good when I began therapy and it is only with the help of all of my newfound friends and helpers on cpaptalk.com that I have been able to bring them to this state. The report that you see here, by the way, is an unusual one for me as it shows many hypopnea events and no apnea events. I generally have about one of each per night now. And the simple matter of changing my pressure range made a HUGE HUGE difference. If I can find the results of the other pressure range I will post it as well.

[echo]

Nice graphs! Both in terms of your capture/upload technique as well as the data itself. I especially like that spike in the leak data and the bathroom breaks (?).

They really do need to swap the order of the graphs so that the events and the leaks are lined up right below each other.

Other than that, what can one say? If you're up for more tweaking, trying bumping up your pressure a little tiny bit to see if that helps.. although you say you're only getting 1 of each per night... Wow, going for the golden 0.0 AHI are we?

Posting some older graphs might be nice for the cpapper youngsters out there that may be discouraged!

[torontoCPAPguy]

I'd love to post some earlier graphs but there they were ..... GONE! I only appear to have the graphs from when I started to use the S9 at the beginning of the month and upgraded to ResScan V11. Wonder where the earlier data is hiding?

[DreamOn]

Can you tell me how you got the program to use regular time instead of military time?

To change the ResScan graphs display from military time to a.m./p.m. (or visa versa), go to Tools (top of screen), then select Options. You will see a Graphs tab where you can change the way time is displayed in ResScan (Time Scale). Select which method of time display you want, and then click OK. There are some other display settings you can change there as well.

[torontoCPAPguy]

Nice graphs! Both in terms of your capture/upload technique as well as the data itself. I especially like that spike in the leak data and the bathroom breaks (?).

They really do need to swap the order of the graphs so that the events and the leaks are lined up right below each other.

Other than that, what can one say? If you're up for more tweaking, trying bumping up your pressure a little tiny bit to see if that helps.. although you say you're only getting 1 of each per night... Wow, going for the golden 0.0 AHI are we?

Posting some older graphs might be nice for the cpapper youngsters out there that may be discouraged!

Took your suggestion and adjusted pressure range from 10.8 - 15 cmH2O to 11.8 - 15 cmH20. Big improvement it appears at first blush. Using S9 Auto with Mirage Quattro full face mask. Will try it with my Mirage Activa nose mask tonight. Newbies; the key is to get the right pressure range and the right mask and take the time to make it fit just right otherwise your presented pressure varies. I am having great luck with my Quattro and finding it quite comfy. I may try the Mirage Softgel and perhaps even some nose pillows in future but for now will see how long the great numbers last. Thanks for the suggestion. And as far as putting the graph up.... I simply used GRABIT V10 to take the entire scrolling window of my ResScan report and saved it as a PNG file; uploaded the PNG file to PHOTOBUCKET.COM (or any other place you can save it on the internet works as well) and then took the URL for the image and posted it below. I cannot think of any way of doing this faster other than writing a routine that automates it all as I believe that GRABIT will work in command mode. It was simple enough.

[jdm2857]

They really do need to swap the order of the graphs so that the events and the leaks are lined up right below each other.

The order in which the graphs are displayed can be customized. To move a graph, click and hold at the separator at the top of a graph. You can then drag the graph up or down the page.

The graphs that are displayed can also be controlled. Click the graph icon to the right of the serial number. The summary tab controls which summary graphs are displayed (duh.) The navigation tab controls the upper panel of the detailed graphs, while the detailed tab controls the lower panel. At the top of the panel the number of graphs that are visible at one time can be controlled. If you choose to have fewer graphs visible than you select for display, a scroll bar appears to the right of the graphs.

Finally, the vertical scale of each graph can be adjusted. Click Tools > Options. At the bottom of the panel, choose either summary or detailed graphs. Then choose a graph in the drop down list, and set the upper and lower limits in the boxes provided.

It's not the most intuitive set of GUI controls ever devised, but it does give you some control.

[DreamOn]

Regarding the order of graph display in ResScan, I like to see mine in this order: Leak, Events, Flow, Flow Limitations, Pressure, Snore Index, Minute Ventilation, and AHI. This would be for the ResMed S9 machines. The S8 machines don't show as many charts.

This is my preference because several of the graphs relate to each other. As echo mentioned, Leak and Events are sometimes related, so it's nice to see those two together.

If you view Flow in the bottom (detailed) panel in a very small time increment (like 10 seconds), you can see how the machine responded to the apnea event by testing to see if the airway was clear (central) or obstructed. That doesn't provide any particularly useful information; I just find it interesting. Most people probably don't care to view that, so I would suggest putting the Flow graph down below the Pressure graph instead because having Events and Flow Limitations next to each other can be very helpful.

When using the machine in Autoset mode, two other charts I like to compare side-by-side are Flow Limitations and Pressure. Because pressure is often driven up due to flow limitations, it's interesting to see how those two interrelate. I find that the 5- and 10-minute views in the lower panel give the best detail for that.

It can be helpful to review where the pressure was when an obstructive apnea occurred too. I rarely have an obstructive apnea, but when I'm using Autoset it usually occurs when the pressure had been lowered because I was having little or no flow limitations to raise the pressure. For me, those particular apneas just hit "out of the blue," often when there was no flow limitation preceding it, so the machine had no warning signs to raise the pressure beforehand and prevent the obstructive apnea from occurring. It does raise the pressure after that apnea occurs, though.

My own Snore Index is usually flat, but too much snoring would probably be indicative of some mild airway obstruction, which might make me think that pressure could be insufficient, although perhaps there would be other reasons for that.

Regarding reports, you can tell ResScan which graphs to display, and in what order. After you create the Report, click on Customize. Then click on the "+" in front of Detailed Graphs to expand it. There you can add, delete and move the graphs that you want displayed in your report. You can customize other report items there as well. Click OK to save your changes.

[torontoCPAPguy]

Thank you for all of the information on manipulating the graphs and I am going to give it a try asap. And especially thanks for the suggestion of raising the pressure 1cmH2O. With my S9 Auto and Mirage Quattro FFM, I am attaching the results from last night. I came home and literally fell into bed last night. No water in the humidifier. Slapped the mask on without any attention to adjustment whatsoever. None. In fact, I don't even recall turning the blower on! I was asleep when I hit the pillow after a 15 hour day with my son, who managed to solo again for the first time after joining the York Soaring Association, whose standards are much higher than the Air Cadets (where Andrew got his glider pilot license a year ago). The Air Cadet program is wonderful, don't get me wrong. York Soaring is, well, different. With a different set of rules whereby the pilots can take high performance gliders away from the field for a day of soaring. Two relatively new fellows spent, respectively, six and seven HOURS in the air yesterday.... and remember that these are airplanes without motors! You can imagine our excitement, so much so that Andrew decided to stay up there last night in the "York Hilton" with a sleeping bag and try flying and learning more today and tomorrow. It was both an exhilirating and exhausting day for me and I am still somewhat tired or at least groggy this morning. I am off to a client but wanted to share this result with you all. AND, SNAGIT made it a breeze to capture, save, upload to photobucket.com and post.... here it is. Check out the AHI!!! Tonight I am going to try to do the same thing with a Mirage Activa nose mask, which may be a bit more comfy, but may take some further adjustment, etc. It's all about the leaks, the pressures, the comfort. And I have received so much great advice on this board I am so very grateful. Anyway, here it is:



NOTICE NOT A SINGLE APNEA OR HYPOPNEA EVENT

[DreamOn]

Very, very nice results!

May you have many more nights like that!

[torontoCPAPguy]

Thanks very much; it has more to do with the good advice being received on the forum than anything else. Take a look at the other thread I started about 0.00 being possible. I wouldn't mind your take on the comments that I left for the newbies that are frustrated, much as I was, and the responses I received.

[echo]

Wow way to go!!! What an NICE leak line too!