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Re: ResMed USB Card Reader
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:34 am
by YelloJeep
john5757 wrote:That is a Serial port card and uses a PS2 mouse or keyboard port for power. There is not many new computers that still uses Serial ports anymore. The drivers are old and I do not see it working on a Windows 7 platform or Vista.
That was just an example of what's available. Here's another...
And another...
And the list goes on. And that's only ebay...there's Amazon, etc...
Re: ResMed USB Card Reader
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:17 pm
by davecpap
Oh man, there is an intense amount of misinformation in this thread.
1) Yes, the S8 data card is based on smart card technology, but it is a proprietary SHAPE - its much smaller than a normal smart card - it ONLY fits into the official Resmed S8 smart card reader**
2) Its been rumored that cpapaustralia.com.au will no longer ship the readers to the US, but cpapshop.com.au WILL ship to the US. Another user reported success in ordering one from cpapshop.com.au as recently as last week.
So check out on eBay for the official ResMed S8 card reader, check out cpapauction.com - if those don't pan out, go to cpapshop.com.au
** ResScan only recognizes the ACR38 card reader, and a generic version of the reader is no longer available. Even when it was, you had to make a cardboard shim/tray to fit the smaller card into the generic reader so the contacts on the card line up with the contacts inside the generic reader.