hi,

i just got my ResMed S8 Elite.  it appears to be locked and i can't get to the settings.  Can someone please tel me how to unlock it?  

Also, i know that there is history in the machine.  i would like to know to access it.  I keep removing my mask at night and I would like to know long i had it on before i removed it.  

thanks

A S8 will not tell you how long you had a mask on, no matter what settings you get to.

i was told by the tech who setup my machine that i could download info on to a flash card and send it in.  She said it would tell them how much i using the machine.  I was hoping that data would tell me how long the machine was on each night.  She told that is stored data for six months.  what type of data is stored?

thanks

Correction, it will not tell you how long the mask was on but will tell you how long the machine was on. So, since your mask is probably on when the machine is running, you can tell how long your mask was on. I would ask the tech to enable the efficacy setting so that you can track AHI, AI, HI, leak, and hours used each night/week/month/6 month/year.

Well, now, if you had the AutoScan 5.7 or ResScan software and the card reader, you COULD see when you did and didn't have your mask on if you also use the SmartStart and SmartStop options on your Resmed S8 Elite.


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CrohnieToo wrote:

Well, now, if you had the AutoScan 5.7 or ResScan software and the card reader, you COULD see when you did and didn't have your mask on if you also use the SmartStart and SmartStop options on your Resmed S8 Elite.

CrohnieToo thanks for the reply.  I am really new to all this.  Where can I get this software?  Also, what does the SmartStart and SmartStop options do. The book I got is very limited about all the settings.  

thank for the help

The SmartStart/SmartStop options if turned on will automatically start your Elite when you put your mask on, and if you take your mask off during the night it turns your Elite off after a short period of time. I'm surprised if your local DME supplier hasn't turned that option on. But then many of them still aren't all that familiar w/the various devices they provide.

I don't know of any local DME supplier who would sell you the software and card reader, even w/a prescription from your doctor for it. On the other hand many of the online DME suppliers can and do sell it to patients w/o a script. The software and reader are intended for professional use only.

Both Resmed and Respironics have instituted MAP policies (minimum advertised pricing) which make it difficult now to determine when it is cheaper to buy their products online out of pocket or from the local DME suppliers via insurance. However, the MAPs are "advertised" prices and you can usually contact the online DME suppliers via a toll free number and ask about any "unadvertised specials" they may have on the products you are interested in.


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I have an Resmed S8 Elite, and it appears as if the basic menu only is enabled. I would dearly love to be able to access the EPR settings and the Smart Start/Stop feature.

Can anyone offer any help?

The EPR and Smart Start/Stop functions are in the Clinical menu and your doctor is the best person to contact to get something in there reset.  Any reasonable physician should agree to make modifications, however, they may want you to establish some history first. Access to the Clinical menu - this forum forbids posting it for (good reason).

If the new user just wants to get to the Efficacy settings to see how he's doing, that should be enabled and can be accessed by holding down the right and left buttons at the same time on your machine, then pushing the left button when enter appears. Then you can scroll down to see your usage, leak rate, AHI, AI and HI for the past night. IMPORTANT - Do it after machine has been off for 15 minutes or so, and before noon! After noon the results for the previous night are transferred to the data storage area and only accessible via the data card.

You should have received a data card, inside a folder, with the rest of the paperwork that came with your machine. The slot to transfer machine data to the card is at the back of the machine, the top right.  Your doctor or local provider where it came from can do a printout from the card.

Why spend $$ to get a card reader and software?? I just keep a notebook next to my machine and after breakfast I access the efficacy menu and record my data for the previous night.


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jaxie wrote:

If the new user just wants to get to the Efficacy settings to see how he's doing, that should be enabled and can be accessed by holding down the right and left buttons at the same time on your machine, then pushing the left button when enter appears. Then you can scroll down to see your usage, leak rate, AHI, AI and HI for the past night. IMPORTANT - Do it after machine has been off for 15 minutes or so...

You can look at efficacy and usage data as soon as you have stopped the S8 flow generator, there is no need to wait 15 minutes.

jaxie wrote:

Why spend $$ to get a card reader and software??

To see when events occured during the night rather than just the totalled values for the night!

Cheers,

Bill

jaxie wrote:

Why spend $$ to get a card reader and software?? I just keep a notebook next to my machine and after breakfast I access the efficacy menu and record my data for the previous night.

Because you get much greater detail with the reader & software.  

The morning report below just said "AHI: 3.2, AI:0.8 HI:2.4" on the screen.  That gives you a ballpark idea and is very helpful true, but with the ResScan software you get much more detailed info.  The screen shot shows that in fact I had three apnea's of up to 12 seconds in duration, two of them around 6am.  Now, if I knew that I was adjusting my mask at the time maybe I could discount those.  But I wasn't so I know have some tweaking to do.

Without the card reader & software I wouldn't know what was going on and when.

Wow! That is impressive! How do I get my hands on that software? (I have an S8 Autoset Vantage)

Bill Bolton wrote:

jaxie wrote:

If the new user just wants to get to the Efficacy settings to see how he's doing, that should be enabled and can be accessed by holding down the right and left buttons at the same time on your machine, then pushing the left button when enter appears. Then you can scroll down to see your usage, leak rate, AHI, AI and HI for the past night. IMPORTANT - Do it after machine has been off for 15 minutes or so...

You can look at efficacy and usage data as soon as you have stopped the S8 flow generator, there is no need to wait 15 minutes.

jaxie wrote:

Why spend $$ to get a card reader and software??

To see when events occured during the night rather than just the totalled values for the night!

Cheers,

Bill

Ohhh. First, I said to turn it off for 15 minutes because my machine needs a bit of time to really turn off.  Turning it on again right away just starts it right back back up at full pressure. Fifteen minutes may be too long, but that's how long it takes me to get a cup of coffee and wash my mask...
As far as the software goes, that's pretty impressive. I doubt I need that level of detail, and can think of a lot of other things to spend $$ on, but it lets me know what the data will look like to my health provider, so thank you!


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jaxie wrote:

Turning it on again right away just starts it right back back up at full pressure.

If you have "stopped" treatment by pressing the appropriate button on the S8 or by enabling the S8 SmartStart feature, then you should be able to turn the power off, then turn it on again within a few seconds without the S8 producing any air flow.  If that is not happening for you, you may have a machine fault.

S8 Elite/Autoscore and S8 Vantage/Autoset Spirit models will continue to run air at a very low flow rate for several minutes after you have "stopped" treatment to assist in clearing out any condensation from the hose/mask, but that is merely a convenience, not an essential part of their operation, so you can actually switch off the power to the flow generator as soon as it has treatment has stopped stopped if necessary (for instance when running on 12V power from an external battery source).

In any case, the efficacy & usage information is always available for display on the S8 LCD, as soon as treatment has stopped.

To be able transfer data to the Rescan card immediately after treatment has stopped, you do need to turn the power off and then turn it on again, otherwise it may take some time for the S8 to decide that it should make the data available to the ResScan card.

Cheers,

Bill

Bill Bolton wrote:

S8 Elite/Autoscore and S8 Vantage/Autoset Spirit models will continue to run air at a very low flow rate for several minutes after you have "stopped" treatment to assist in clearing out any condensation from the hose/mask

I wondered why my machine did this, but couldnt find any reference in the manuals.  Makes sense.  

Thanks Bill!