[Equipment] Res Med Air Curve 10 ST

[Historian]

Hi Gang

I have a Res Med Air Curve 10 ST and can't figure out if the machine is capable of keeping track of IRREGULAR sleep periods? I have severe apnea and unfortunately do not sleep during normal hours - I start sleep from approx. 3-7 AM and end at approx. 12-3 PM. And my sleep is broken into short cycles but I try to get at least 6 hours minimum per night. Is there a way for me to RESET the internal clock every day in the machine in order to have the machine keep more accurate time and record of sleep hours? If I don't keep manual track of hours slept, the machine never gives me accurate hours slept ...

Thank You

[cathyf]

A ResMed machine defines a "day" as noon to noon. So you need to set your clock into a different time zone to get your "nights" into one period.

[pholynyk]

I think the easiest way to keep track of an unusual sleep cycle is to set the machine's clock so that it believes it is noon when it is actually 6:00 pm. That will keep your sleep times within a single 'ResMed day'. It will accumlate your sleep hours correctly, and you can easily allow for the 6 hour offset when you look at the charts.

[Gideon]

All ResMed machines record data on a noon to noon basis. All sleep after noon falls on the next day. This is a fairly common complaint.
The easy way to fix this is to set noon on your Device to 6pm.

Clock drift, OSCAR can adjust for that, gaining or losing x seconds per time unit.

[Historian]

Hello Everyone! 

Sorry for the delayed response and thanks soooo much for your input ...

So then let me understand:
"the easiest way to keep track of an unusual sleep cycle is to set the machine's clock so that it believes it is noon when it is actually 6:00 pm"

Do you mean to say there's an 'internal clock' or 'timer' (like some electronic devices)?  I should program the clock to read 12 noon? I'm not real clear on the adjustment?

But I thank you for 'a few tips'

Best Regards
Mike

[Gideon]

At 6pm set your machines clock to noon

[pholynyk]

There is a clock and a calendar that can be set using the Clinical Menu. Instructions for getting to the Clinical menu are in the link at the top called 'CPAP Setup Manuals' - as well as instructions for getting a copy of the Clinicians Manual.

It might be better to wait until 7:00 pm and then set the clock back to 1:00 pm - The machine wont let you get past noon going backwards, even by accident, so give yourself some leeway.

[Gideon]

Phil , above, knows the inner workings better than anyone else

Do as he said

[Historian]

Thanks Everyone!

[Geer1]

If you aren't already a user of OSCAR see Gideon's signature for details, it might give you all the information you need without setting the machines clock to a wrong time.