Weirdo Aliens Are Back!

Last night I had another attack of something; Sleepyhead is showing a three-hour break. How do they do it? Why does this happen? Here's the info:



Normally, if I get up for that length of time, I'll know what I was doing. What's weird about this break is it is exactly 3 hours, and I haven't any idea what I was doing. Sometimes if I can't sleep I will get up and read, but that did not happen last night, as I'm not in the middle of a book right now. I don't understand these alien beings!

Could have been a data error, but that's just a guess.

I'd go with aliens though; much more likely.

Since you are using SleepyHead for a data display program, have you looked at the session list to see if there are actually two sessions?

Alternatively, take a look at the file folder on you SD card for the data files. If there is just one set of .001, 002, 005 files with last nights date on them, then it is a data error.

To look using Windows, start Windows Explorer and navigate to the SD card, and then click on down to the p0 folder (or P1, P2, etc whichever one is last). That contains the data files. Scroll down to the end to see how many sets there are for the most recent date. One set => data error, more than one set => somehow the machine got turned off and then back on.

If you are using a Mac, I'm of no help on how to do it. Navigation should be similar.

If there are two sessions and you didn't do it, then definitely the aliens visited in the night.

I did look at the data sessions, in fact I meant to post them and forgot. There were two sessions, the second one started exactly 3 hours after the first one ended. I do have Windows, I will check on those sets..

Jeff241 wrote:Could have been a data error, but that's just a guess.

I'd go with aliens though; much more likely.

pugsy's aliens are getting sloppy, normally when they abduct someone, they doctor the records to hide the fact.

here you have it, folks, physical evidence of alien abduction!

JDS74 wrote:Since you are using SleepyHead for a data display program, have you looked at the session list to see if there are actually two sessions?

Alternatively, take a look at the file folder on you SD card for the data files. If there is just one set of .001, 002, 005 files with last nights date on them, then it is a data error.

To look using Windows, start Windows Explorer and navigate to the SD card, and then click on down to the p0 folder (or P1, P2, etc whichever one is last). That contains the data files. Scroll down to the end to see how many sets there are for the most recent date. One set => data error, more than one set => somehow the machine got turned off and then back on.

If you are using a Mac, I'm of no help on how to do it. Navigation should be similar.

If there are two sessions and you didn't do it, then definitely the aliens visited in the night.

Are these the numbers you are talking about? If so, it looks like the machine was turned off and then back on, but I'm stymied - I don't believe I did that, and there's no one here but me, not even a cat or a dog.

Also, the times are all wrong on the whole day.... I got up at 5:15 AM so I could catch an early bus to get to the clinic for some appointments and didn't get home until 11:30, at which time a took a nap with the machine, then got up to have lunch before going back for another appointment. Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time I got home at 5:00 PM. I slept well. Must've been the aliens!

library lady wrote:
Also, the times are all wrong on the whole day.... I got up at 5:15 AM so I could catch an early bus to get to the clinic for some appointments and didn't get home until 11:30, at which time a took a nap with the machine, then got up to have lunch before going back for another appointment. Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time I got home at 5:00 PM. I slept well. Must've been the aliens!

The times are related to the internal clock on the machine. That's the time you put in the adjustment for in both SleepyHead and in Encore so that the reports look OK.

You've got three sessions: 005, 001, 002 is one session. Two others follow.
At this point, just let the aliens have it and move on.

It seems very unlikely that you had a power failure and you just didn't wake up and notice. Three hours is a long time to be breathing through the anti-asphyxiation device and not wake up. The longest I ever did in that mode was 45 minutes.

Yes, the aliens can have it... they do all the glitches, anyway, right?