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OSCAR - Open Source CPAP Analysis Reporter
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OSCAR - Open Source CPAP Analysis Reporter
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OSCAR - the Open Source CPAP Analysis Reporter

OSCAR is free PC software developed for reviewing and exploring data produced by CPAP and related machines.  

To download the free OSCAR program, go to the official download page, here:

https://www.SleepFiles.com/OSCAR/


A list of supported machines can be found here:

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php...d_machines

The OSCAR Installation Guide can be found here:

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php...stallation

The OSCAR Help Wiki can be found here:

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php...OSCAR_Help

OSCAR - The Guide can be found here:

http://www.apneaboard.com/wiki/index.php..._The_Guide




~ About the OSCAR Team ~

The OSCAR Development Team is made up of numerous Testers, Developers, Medical Professionals, Advisors, Packagers and Translators who utilize a private software development forum on Apnea Board called the Apnea Software Talk forum (AST Forum) and a private beta-testing forum called the OSCAR Beta Test Forum.

The leadership roles for the group are as follows:

Project Manager - Gideon (Fred)

Assistant Project Manager - Crimson Nape (Red)

Lead Developer - pholynyk (Phil)

Translations Coordinator - A KLERK (Arie)



~ The OSCAR Team is looking for help ~

If you have software development experience, especially with C++ and you'd like to join the group, please send a PM (Private Message) to the Project Manager, Gideon or to Assistant Project Manager. Crimson Nape.

If you're interested in helping translate the software into foreign languages and you're familiar with both English and a different language, you may wish to send a PM to the Translations Coordinator, A KLERK

For all other requests to join the team as a beta-tester or to assist in other areas, you may wish to send a PM (Private Message) to the Project Manager, Gideon or to Assistant Project Manager, Crimson Nape

When you write, it would be helpful if you included something about your experience or how you feel you can help contribute to the project.   Entrance into the group is not automatic nor immediate, so please give us some time to make decisions on these things.  If you are entered into the group, a group leader will contact you to let you know.
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[split] OSCAR v1.4.0 is released
OSCAR v1.4.0 Release

It's here folks: https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ with DreamStation 2 support.

The major change in this release is the addition of support for the Philips Respironics DreamStation 2. Other changes have been made as listed below.

We recommend everyone update to this latest version of OSCAR.

Philips Respironics and the DreamStation 2

This time Philips Respironics threw us a curve ball.

Coinciding with a recall for nearly every consumer machine they have built in the last large number of years, Philips released the DreamStation 2, which is unaffected by recall.  The recall was of "All Affected Devices Manufactured Before 26 April 2021, All Device Serial Numbers." Philips Respironics has encrypted the data on the DreamStation 2 so that they can control and monetize that data by making it accessible, for a fee, to their providers only and only with their proprietary system Care-Orchestrator. With considerable effort, the OSCAR team has been able to decrypt the data so that OSCAR can show you the data from your machine.

The changes made by Philips in the DreamStation 2 are harmful to patient empowerment, making it more difficult for you to manage your own sleep apnea therapy.

So far the OSCAR Team has found three major changes made by Philips in the DreamStation 2 devices:
  1. The data on the SD card IS Encrypted purportedly to limit access to the data to clinical personnel ONLY and NOT the end-users, the people who have Sleep Apnea.  As of June 2022, OSCAR can read this data.
  2. There are two levels of the DreamStation 2. First are the "Advanced" models.  These are much more "user friendly" than the "NON-ADVANCED" models. The NON-ADVANCED models can easily be identified via their two-toned cases with blue bottoms.  These "NON-ADVANCED" models truly limit what you can adjust.
  3. The tube temperature of some DreamStation 2 "NON-ADVANCED" models CANNOT be changed by the end-user.  Why?  When asked, a Phillips representative stated, "We are taking away more settings from the user in order to have the 'clinicians' take care of that".  To our current knowledge the DreamStation 2 CPAP and DreamStation 2 Auto CPAP (NON-ADVANCED models) do not have a Providers Menu. Changes to most CPAP settings can only be set via Care Orchestrator Essence, which is not available to the CPAP user.
The above changes are at best disturbing. For end users, the "official" read access to CPAP data is via DreamMapper, which has Summary data and Compliance info only. Detailed data is available only through Care Orchestrator Essence, which is available ONLY for clinical personnel.

Item #1 speaks for itself. All detailed data is encrypted and as such is not available to the end-user from Phillips Respironics. (As noted above, OSCAR can currently access this information).

Item #3 outright says that Philips is taking away access to even basic humidification from the end-users.

Risks:
This is a big one.  This trend within Philips Respironics to make all new devices so that ONLY clinical personnel will have access to your medical data is growing.

Philips Respironics has chosen to make some new devices so that ONLY clinical personnel will be able to change settings on the CPAP with access solely through Care Orchestrator, eliminating the Provider Menu. That appears to have been done on the DreamStation 2 (NOT ADVANCED) devices.

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.4.0
Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2022 by The OSCAR Team
  • [new] Support for Philips Respironics DreamStation 2:
    • DreamStation 2 CPAP (410X150C)
    • DreamStation 2 Advanced CPAP (420X150C)
    • DreamStation 2 Auto CPAP Advanced (520X110C, 520X130C, 520X150C)
    • DreamStation 2 Auto CPAP Advanced with P-Flex (521X120C, 521X140C)      
  • [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:
    • BiPAP Auto (System One 60 Series) (761P)
    • BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (961TCA)
    • REMstar Auto (System One) (552P)
  • [new] For AutoSet 11, two models were added to the tested list: 39421 and 39485.
  • [fix] Added support for pressure pulse, CA, and VS on BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (960T).
  • [fix] Fixed pressure settings scale on BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (960T).
  • [fix] For all ResMed devices, square plot (no smoothing) has been forced on all 2 second pressure graphs.
  • [fix] File Export Sessions now exports statistics session data properly.
  • [fix] Fixed a rare crash on import when encountering corrupted Philips Respironics directories.
  • [fix] Fixed an incorrect warning message when importing some CheckMe O2 Max data.
Useful links
Download OSCAR (current version is 1.5.1)
Best way to organize charts
How to attach charts to your post

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