Hello. I have been interested in some of the forum posts that I have read in which individuals discuss the various settings and modalities of their XPAPs and how they change the pressure settings and other settings of the machine.
In Switzerland these machines are sold via a doctor who programms the machine for you and sets the modality. I have a respironics auto cflex and wanted the machine set for auto but the doctor refused to do so. He has whatever device is required to set the machine and I don't. So nyah.
I also hear you folks discussing software readouts and the like. Things that I would love to be able to have a look at. I don't even know what AHI is. How do you get the programming devices for these machines and how do you view the software readouts?
Sleep well!
David
Fiddling around with CPAP Machine Settings
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Hi David
You can buy the software from cpap.com and a smartcard reader (which is necessary to read the results) from a cheaper source in Taiwan or form cpap.com. The Taiwaneses source seems to have had a delay in sending the equipment to the States recently.
You'll find lot's of relevant info if you user the search option, and look for "smartcard or reader" in posts by Tridens and by Sleepless on LI.
O.
By the way, my mother was born in Basel and I used to visit my grandparents there when they were alive.
You can buy the software from cpap.com and a smartcard reader (which is necessary to read the results) from a cheaper source in Taiwan or form cpap.com. The Taiwaneses source seems to have had a delay in sending the equipment to the States recently.
You'll find lot's of relevant info if you user the search option, and look for "smartcard or reader" in posts by Tridens and by Sleepless on LI.
O.
By the way, my mother was born in Basel and I used to visit my grandparents there when they were alive.
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ozij wrote:Hi David
You can buy the software from cpap.com and a smartcard reader (which is necessary to read the results) from a cheaper source in Taiwan or form cpap.com. The Taiwaneses source seems to have had a delay in sending the equipment to the States recently.
You'll find lot's of relevant info if you user the search option, and look for "smartcard or reader" in posts by Tridens and by Sleepless on LI.
O.
By the way, my mother was born in Basel and I used to visit my grandparents there when they were alive.
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Hey, apparently OSA can become a fulfilling hobby! Lots of options. How about the device that is used to program the XPAP machine itself? Or isn't there one? I would like to be able to experiment a bit myself without the benefit of my doctor's input.
Mother from Basel? Basel is a nice enough place. A few chemical spills over the last 20 years or so. It's a bit like living near a nuclear reactor. You are never really sure.
David
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Fiddling with cpap settings
I gotta admit I "adjusted" my cpap's smart start feature by consulting my provider "Liquid Aire" I spoke to one the consultants and told them I was having trouble with my "smart start" feature as it kept on shutting of on me during the night. That bugged me so much to the point I told my sleep dr about it.
After sleep study [recent one] I question the sleep tech and asked them if their machine had a smart start feature like my machine, answer was a no. I figured out if it was causing big sleeping issue as it was messing up my sleep I could get it shut off if I consulted my cpap provider and so I did.
They told me how to go about switching off the "smart start feature" over the phone, they gave me instructions and I switch it off and it is now deactivated. I would not change it if it wasn't cause trouble, but it was causing trouble sleep qualitywise.....my sleep was suffering.
Since that I have been sleeping like a baby, no more fighting with my cpap just to keep the thing on during the night!!!
After sleep study [recent one] I question the sleep tech and asked them if their machine had a smart start feature like my machine, answer was a no. I figured out if it was causing big sleeping issue as it was messing up my sleep I could get it shut off if I consulted my cpap provider and so I did.
They told me how to go about switching off the "smart start feature" over the phone, they gave me instructions and I switch it off and it is now deactivated. I would not change it if it wasn't cause trouble, but it was causing trouble sleep qualitywise.....my sleep was suffering.
Since that I have been sleeping like a baby, no more fighting with my cpap just to keep the thing on during the night!!!
Been on CPAP for a while.....I had moderate apenoa
What device? Every modern machine I'm aware of has a "magical" button sequence (that sometimes includes a hidden button such as on the GoodKnight 420 series) to access the setup (clinician's) menu.dkeat wrote:How about the device that is used to program the XPAP machine itself? Or isn't there one? I would like to be able to experiment a bit myself without the benefit of my doctor's input.
Antiques had a screwed down panel covering a dial or setscrew for the pressure from what I've seen.
Search on this site and you can find the setup info for all the popular machines.
The CPAPer formerly known as WAFlowers
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