Resmed VPAP III Question

Does anyone have a Resmed VPAP III as well as the AutoScan or ResScan software???
Or the VPAP III w/ResLink S7 and AutoScan 5.7 software?
Or even the VPAP III w/AutoScan 5.7 software?
Do any of you VPAP III users have a FULL data printout of your data from the DME provider or sleep doctor?

I'm interested in the amount of data available from the VPAP III. Depending on the amount of data available from the VPAP III I might be interested in buying a lightly used VPAP III as a backup for my Resmed VPAP Auto.

Slinky wrote:Does anyone have a Resmed VPAP III as well as the AutoScan or ResScan software???
Or the VPAP III w/ResLink S7 and AutoScan 5.7 software?
Or even the VPAP III w/AutoScan 5.7 software?
Do any of you VPAP III users have a FULL data printout of your data from the DME provider or sleep doctor?

I'm interested in the amount of data available from the VPAP III. Depending on the amount of data available from the VPAP III I might be interested in buying a lightly used VPAP III as a backup for my Resmed VPAP Auto.

I don't have an answer to any of your questions, Slinky, but I do know from my short time using one (that was the first machine my original DME brought to my apartment) that the VPAP III feels much like a VPAP Auto in S mode--in other words, no EasyBreathe--so the transitions from IPAP to EPAP are, uh, less than smooth, in my experience.

Hmmmm. Thanks for that, jnk. Maybe I should keep this Respironics pre-M Series BiPAP Auto w/Bi-Flex as my backup then. Dang, tho! Just because of the possible data capabilities of the VPAP III I would like to try one.

Slinky wrote:Does anyone have a Resmed VPAP III as well as the AutoScan or ResScan software???
Or the VPAP III w/ResLink S7 and AutoScan 5.7 software?
Or even the VPAP III w/AutoScan 5.7 software?
Do any of you VPAP III users have a FULL data printout of your data from the DME provider or sleep doctor?

I'm interested in the amount of data available from the VPAP III. Depending on the amount of data available from the VPAP III I might be interested in buying a lightly used VPAP III as a backup for my Resmed VPAP Auto.

Yep yep & yep (Vpap III, S & S/T + Reslink + AutoScan & ResScan

I do regard the Vpap III as one of the better bilevels for providing detailed data. It was the best I could find a couple of years ago.

Cheers

DSM

How much data do you get w/o the S7 ResLink, dsm?? I don't know that I'll be able to find an S7 ResLink at this late date.

Have you ever exported the data from the VPAP III w/o the S7 ResLink in cvs format to Excel or equivalent?? Does it provide the hypopneas and apneas by the time they occurred when you do like the S8 Elite and S8 AutoSet do?

Dang, jnk! Did you think at the time to fiddle w/the Rise Time, Ti Max and Ti Min to see if it was at all possible to smooth out the IPAP to EPAP pressure transitions? Or were you too new to xPAP at the time?? You just blew my bubble, dear friend. UNLESS I go ahead w/the in-lab re-titration WITH Resmed Equipment AND the Resmed RRT/RPSGT can smooth out the pressure transitions in Spontaneous mode.

Slinky wrote:Dang, jnk! Did you think at the time to fiddle w/the Rise Time, Ti Max and Ti Min to see if it was at all possible to smooth out the IPAP to EPAP pressure transitions? Or were you too new to xPAP at the time?? You just blew my bubble, dear friend. UNLESS I go ahead w/the in-lab re-titration WITH Resmed Equipment AND the Resmed RRT/RPSGT can smooth out the pressure transitions in Spontaneous mode.

Sorry, Slinky.

I did have to fiddle with Ti Max to make it through my first night. In fact, that is what led me to this forum. I fiddled with the other stuff a little, but I didn't find the transitions disturbing, really--it is only that once I experienced EasyBreathe, I mentally classified that S7 as a big ancient machine with rough transitions, but your mileage may vary.

I only brought up the no-EasyBreathe thing because of your experience with the VPAP is S mode. I would doubt the S7 is smoother than the S8. And if the comfort adjustments in the S8 don't fix the feel of S mode for you, then I also tend to doubt they would smooth the feel of that S7 machine for you, either, since they are the exact same adjustments. Anything is going to feel rough after experiencing EasyBreathe if you are at all sensitive to abrupt pressure changes. Even the Respironics bilevel with BiFlex felt a tad rough to me for the first few nights when I tried it out, though I got used to it eventually.

If you are getting a good deal, you could always try it out then sell it if the transitions bother you, right? Nothing ventured . . .

jeff

I really haven't started looking yet, jnk. I wanted to make sure first of just what data is available and whether it was compatible w/AutoScan 5.7. I've e-mailed a Resmed Rep to ask some questions about the VPAP III. since I have the Respironics pre-M Series Bi-PAP Auto I'm not in any rush to spend any real money on a VPAP III. I mean the VPAP III is no spring chicken! Its in an S7 body for crying out loud so that gives you a good idea how long ago they were manufactured. I don't believe that I am particularly sensitive to pressure changes. They never bothered me w/the AutoSet Vantage in Auto mode, nor the Respironics pre-M Series Auto in Auto mode. Nor do I remember them bothering me the short time I tried out this lightly used pre-M Series Bi-PAP Auto.

I meant the pressure change from IPAP to EPAP. Not the variations of AutoSet.

For me, increasing Ti Max made all the difference in my perception of the transition with the VPAP III, because it would cycle to EPAP after 2 seconds by default, which made EPAP pressure happen before I was finished inhaling (swollen nasal passages and small airway). Increasing Ti Max to 3 seconds solved that problem for me.

Slinky

Just looked at my AutoScan & the data I have & can say that the data I was getting (prior to obtaining the S7 Reslink) is as shown in the attached web page for 2006 & for the VPAP III (naturally the SpO2 data was from my Nonin SpO2 machine & not the Vpap III). The ResScan data shows more but I don't have the old data in ResScan (yet)

http://www.internetage.ws/cpapdata/


Cheers

DSM

Ah, bless you, dsm! Just what I was looking for. And I DO like the data it provided!!! Me thinks Resmed has gone backwards w/the ResScan software. Check your PMs, please. Gotta question for ya.