Report on CMS50E Pulse Oximeter

caprinorth wrote:I made the software work - ONCE. Never again. I have never seen anything so badly written. It's been nearly 2 years, and I am re-reading these posts trying to find a clue on how to make the software and driver work for the CMS50E Pulse Oximeter, but I'm not getting anywhere. WHEN it works, it is amazing, but I am ready to give up and throw it away.

Sorry you are having such problems with it. I never have problems. And I have a fairly highly customized Windows Vista system.

I did find that it REQUIRES the cable that came with the unit. I assumed that any mini 5pin to USB cable would work. Nope. The cable that comes with it is required to pull the data.

Once I had that in place, it seems to work without problems. I start the SpO2 Review software, click on the New Session icon, then enter the data. When I click OK, it tells me it's waiting for the device. I start the device, go to the menu and then start the upload. It's really easy.

But without the cable that comes with it, it's just a light paperweight. Hope that helps.

The cable is the answer! I have been using any cable that fits. I don't remember which one it is - is it short and white?

Just purchased from Healthaidmonitors.com $115, stayed with the standard non wireless. What is the website to get firmware/software updates?

Im a owner of two CMS-50e one with the firmware 5.1 the other with 6.5. So does anybody know how I can update the firmware?

Thanks

star82 wrote:Im a owner of two CMS-50e one with the firmware 5.1 the other with 6.5. So does anybody know how I can update the firmware?

Thanks

The firmware on my CMS50E is 6.6R.

caprinorth wrote:The cable is the answer! I have been using any cable that fits. I don't remember which one it is - is it short and white?

The one that came with mine is light grey. The end that plugs into the computer is somewhat wide.

The CMS-50E is available from Amazon marketplace for $93 delivered. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... yctoure-20

Mine is on the way, I will plan on doing some tests and post the results.

i was wondering when it was prosperous to happen! hahahahaha

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For people considering buying , there's different places that sell this item, I got the same one , came with a CD and the reports also come in 4 variations, got it from Amazon for a good price,
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caprinorth wrote:The cable is the answer! I have been using any cable that fits. I don't remember which one it is - is it short and white?

On mine it is white and is the same cable used to connect to the charger. About 30 inches long.

The instructions are pretty badly translated and in the part explaining how to upload data - wrong. They left out a step saying that "Record" has to be turned off before you turn "Upload" on. That may be obvious to some but when I am following the instructions step by step I expect all the steps to be there.

Been using my CMS-50E for several years now and love it's abilities. But last night the back cover came off and the wires to the speaker broke. One of the taps that clip it on broke off. I use the alarm for when I'm watching TV to wake me if I fall asleep and my O2 drops. Looks to be still working to record as I got a report from last night. Guess I need to buy another one.

I bought the CMS 50, with the "wireless option" (which was extra), but as far as I can tell, that just changed the model to CMS 50FW. It can connect (pair) with bluetooth devices, but that's all. Based on my efforts (and an abysmal instruction manual), this unit *cannot* actually communicate through bluetooth. I have tried this with two different computers that have bluetooth, both running SleepyHead, both running the 3 apps that come with the CMS device: SpO2 Assistant, SpO2 Review, and "SpO2". So far only SpO2 Assistant will do anything. SpO2 review will see the CMS device then report "Device Connected: waiting for data ..." [sic]. So 2 of the 3 apps cannot work with the device.

I downloaded an app for my bluetooth-capable android devices called MyFitnessCompanion. Again, the Android devices pair fine with the CMS as "SpO2", but there is no communication to the application. The developer of MyFitnessCompanion is trying to help me get it working, but so far, no luck. (very good customer service if you use other health monitoring devices, please check this app out, it's very cool). Hopefully we can get this working and I can give it a thumbs up for the CMS device as well

It appears bluetooth pairing works, but not bluetooth communication. I've tried every permutation I can to get this working, because I believe now that my apena and SpO2 values during the night are so bad that it's literally destroying my life. Although I have an APAP Resmed machine, it only reports up to 200 CA events per night, but will not "fix" them by respiring for me, so I essentially have apnea that is still not treated. It turns out sleeping is actually important for humans, and not sleeping will destroy a life quite well. Certainly my employer believes the effects of apnea are my own fault and that I should just "get over it." Here's what I hear a lot: "EVERYONE IS TIRED, IT'S THE HUMAN CONDITION, GET OVER IT". My former primary care physician said this to me as well. He's been fired.

My hope was that I could wear it at night and having it record, then put that data into my ResMED data using SleepyHead. Ideally, I was hoping I could get SleepyHead to record my data in real time via bluetooth. I think this is not possible, although again, I could be wrong. It looks like SleepyHead can read the recorded data by itself, although I can get it to recognize my serial device (using the right USB cable!), again, it will not actually communicate. I cannot get SleepyHead to import my .SpO2 files, it seems to want only .SpOr files.

If I could get my pulse and SpO2 data into SleepyHead, then I could start to find some correlations to my diet and lifestyle to my apnea, then adjust those to avoid the apnea. This is killing me.

The ONLY way the CMS 50FW will give you data is through the USB cable and SpO2 Assistant software that comes with the device, and then it will only give it in the .SpO2 format.

If someone knows otherwise, PLEASE correct me, because I desperately want to use the wireless capabilities, or at the very least, integrate my CMS data with the SleepyHead data manually. Thank you!

-Gasp

I have some questions so reviving an old thread rather than start a new one. I bougbt the wireless Bluetooth version. The inztructions are sketchy at best and on Windows 7 the software locks up on occasion and is a bit clunky. That said it does fun tion well. Running machine in bipap/biflex mode with pressures of 21 and 18 my SP02 numbers drop to 89 at.least a couple times per night. Lowest has been 82 but only once. I seem to run along at about 95 most of night. What do I need to be looking for with the new gizmo? I am just collecting data at this point and researching. Pointers on what I need to look for are appreciated.