encore pro smartcard capacity??

ewh · Post by **ewh** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:47 pm

How many months of data will one encore pro smartcard hold? When a card becomes full, what does the CPAP machine do: does it refuse to store any more data because its full, or does it simply overwrite the oldest historical data point?

Thanks.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:58 pm

7-days of Detailed data up to 3 sessions per day, 6 months of compliance.

ewh · Post by **ewh** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:12 pm

Thanks!

Any clue what happens when the card gets full? Does it overwrite old data, or does it stop writing new data to the card?

wolftracker · Post by **wolftracker** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:57 pm

seems to hold 7 sessions no multi a day
if i nap that counts as a session

and 9 month compliance ... it drops off day by day
from there

every new day takes a day off

not sure how others get 3 sessions a day ... i dont

wolf

ewh · Post by **ewh** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:47 pm

Thanks for the info.

Very interesting. If you simply turn the machine on, leave it on for 5 seconds, and then turn it off, does that count as 1 session?

Once I get my Encore Pro software, I can experiment with exactly what Respironics considers 1 session.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:15 pm

ewh wrote:Thanks for the info.

Very interesting. If you simply turn the machine on, leave it on for 5 seconds, and then turn it off, does that count as 1 session?

Once I get my Encore Pro software, I can experiment with exactly what Respironics considers 1 session.

From the Encore Pro definitions in the "Help" menu.

"Session":
A length of time in which therapy has been delivered with breaks lasting no more than one hour.

Den

jskinner · Post by **jskinner** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:41 pm

ewh wrote:Thanks!

Any clue what happens when the card gets full? Does it overwrite old data

Yes it overwrites the oldest data

OwlCreekObserver · Post by **OwlCreekObserver** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:40 pm

Just to be on the safe side, I transfer the contents of the card to my PC every two or three days. That way it becomes a permanent record, or at least as permanent as I can reasonably expect of my hard drive and my backup drive.

Encore Pro Analyzer will display results for as many sessions as you have on your PC.

OCO

goose · Post by **goose** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:47 pm

I do pretty much the same as OCO -- I pull the data off about every 5-6 days, turn it into a .pdf file so I have a permanent record.
Since it goes into a SQL DB the data stays there until your HD runs out of space (or the space the DB allocates runs out)....

cheers
goose

encore pro smartcard capacity??

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