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The Aircurve 10 Vauto is my machine. It is the state of the art for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and flow limitation. With the Vauto, we have a true auto-bilevel machine with fully adjustable pressure support, and inspiratory timing and trigger/cycle controls, but no backup rate like an ASV or ST. It is a major step up.

I am going to translate the settings I gave you for an autoset for use with the Vauto. With the Vauto, we have unlimited ability to add pressure support to address flow limits and hypopnea.

Mode: Vauto
Minimum EPAP Pressure: 6.0
Maximum Pressure: 14.0
Pressure Support: 3.0
Trigger Sensitivity: High (Something you can't do with the Autoset, but we will do it anyway to avoid CA).

All other settings default:
Ti Min: 0.3
Ti Max: 2.0
Cycle Sensitivity: Medium
Humidity: 3 or 4
Climate Control Auto (unless you have a heated tube)
Essentials: Plus.
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It says Vauto
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It is not an ASV. It is an auto bi-level machine. The settings that Sleeprider provided above are aimed at that specific model.
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OK, it's a big step up certainly.
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ok, applying these setting now !
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You've got the secret code to get into the clinical menu right?

Click/hold dial and home, hold for about 5 seconds.
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(02-11-2021, 05:09 PM)Sleeprider Wrote: The Aircurve 10 Vauto is my machine. It is the state of the art for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and flow limitation.  With the Vauto, we have a true auto-bilevel machine with fully adjustable pressure support, and inspiratory timing and trigger/cycle controls, but no backup rate like an ASV or ST.  It is a major step up.  

I am going to translate the settings I gave you for an autoset for use with the Vauto.  With the Vauto, we have unlimited ability to add pressure support to address flow limits and hypopnea.

Mode: Vauto
Minimum EPAP Pressure: 6.0
Maximum Pressure: 14.0
Pressure Support: 3.0
Trigger Sensitivity: High (Something you can't do with the Autoset, but we will do it anyway to avoid CA).

All other settings default:
Ti Min: 0.3
Ti Max: 2.0
Cycle Sensitivity: Medium
Humidity: 3 or 4
Climate Control Auto (unless you have a heated tube)
Essentials: Plus.

I have the climate line air hose, the climate control setting didn't show up until I plugged the house in, so should I set climate control to auto or manual?
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Climate is personal preference. You may need to try both Auto and Manual. Manual tends to increase humidity for me which I wanted that.
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I'll try auto initially and see how that feels.
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I use the climate in manual mode at 4 with tube temp at 80 in winter. Works great, and delivers most of the humidity chamber capacity in 9 hours. If you like less humidity, reduce the humidity setting. I'm in a cold, low-humidity winter area in PA with no whole house humidification. Your ambient temperature and humidity might call for a lower setting of 3.
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