Card Reader

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Card Reader

Post by not so sure » Fri Nov 30, 2012 4:26 pm

Is there software for a card reader that works with windows 8.
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Re: Card Reader

Post by cosmo » Fri Nov 30, 2012 4:34 pm

USB card readers don't need software in Windows.
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Re: Card Reader

Post by not so sure » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:02 pm

Is there a reader that works with windows 8
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Re: Card Reader

Post by cosmo » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:15 pm

nevermind
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Re: Card Reader

Post by archangle » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:16 pm

We need to know what kind of CPAP machine you have. It wouldn't surprise me if smart card readers for older CPAP machines don't work with Win8.

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Re: Card Reader

Post by cosmo » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:21 pm

Forget about my comments if its not an SD card.
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Re: Card Reader

Post by big_dave » Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:31 pm

archangle wrote:We need to know what kind of CPAP machine you have. It wouldn't surprise me if smart card readers for older CPAP machines don't work with Win8.
I was able to use the S8 smart card reader with Windows 8. I say "was" because I got fed up with Windows 8 after a week, and went back to Windows 7.

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Re: Card Reader

Post by not so sure » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:48 pm

I don't why my machine doesn't show on here I have it listed in my profile. I am using a Remstar Auto M Series with a Infeer Card Reader with Encore 1.8 Software.
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Re: Card Reader

Post by big_dave » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:54 pm

not so sure wrote:I don't why my machine doesn't show on here I have it listed in my profile. I am using a Remstar Auto M Series with a Infeer Card Reader with Encore 1.8 Software.
Probably it doesn't show because it's a discontinued machine. Mine doesn't show either and it's in my profile. It showed when I first registered with Cpaptalk.

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Re: Card Reader

Post by 6PtStar » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:08 pm

Bad timing on Windows 8. A lot of things have not been worked out for Windows 8 yet. Encore 1.8 will not run on Windows 8. I think it went out with Vista. I think Encore Basic may run. Someone recently got it to run on Win 8 but I seem to recall they had to load it on a Win 7 machine and copy it to Win 8. Are you running Windows 8 in 32 or 64 bit. I have the drivers for the mako card reader in my Dropbox and I can give you the link if you know which one you need.

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Re: Card Reader

Post by not so sure » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:35 pm

I still have my old XP so I am using that for my card reading. I suspected there would be some issues with Window 8 . I would gladly bought a machine with 7 on it. All the good deals already had 8 loaded on them. I will probably keep using my old computer for now.

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