(11-18-2020, 02:06 PM)Phaleronic Wrote: Sending it to you now.

(11-18-2020, 01:57 PM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: I am glad you’re following my posts, thanks.
 
Your note: “If backup rate has Auto set that and let it create historical numbers and then if you want manual go with a bit lower than historical.” Sounds good, too bad no one ever said to do that.
 
As a ASV machine records a cycle of five breaths and when you skip one of two will use those as the rate to push you to breathe, it SEEMED a good idea to use Auto all the time.
 
BUT I think this can be a trap. Again it tracks five breaths and uses them to program a breath rate and I bet volume and pressure to then feed you the same…SO IF you drop in breathing rate and breath slower, and draw a smaller and smaller breath I think it follows you down…and this might be the cause of my machines acting odd from time to time.
 
Also: “Respironics mask resistance number, if you have Respironics masks, it gives an X factor to set. If you don't have that brand mask the directions will say to set this to Off/0.”
 
I found YOU REALLY need to set this for other masks, in my case running “0” made my new Dreamstation ASV hunt for correct flow or air volume, which cause it to jump around…drove me nuts…
 
Once I set it for  X1 it works correctly. These setting allow me to control the air VOLUME OR FLOW RATE, higher setting push more air, note NOT pressure, pressure stays the same no matter what.
 
Lastly I have not “It may be that your seemingly failed therapy” had failed therapy, I have had seemly failure of machines, (guess you have not been reading my post after all)
 
My sleep therapy has been very good and I often run well under 5AHIs per night and often under 2 AHIs.
 
My MAIN Complaint is how I seemly have had every Phillips machine break down with in a short time as in: 1st 950 1.5 year, #1 960 2.5/3 years, replacement rebuilt 950 just over 4000 hours, rebuild 960 still good but with just over 3000 hours (which with prior history I fear for its life) and the new Dreamstation ASV ONCE I set the mask at X1, turn off the BPM off auto and set it for 12 BPMs system seems to work great.
 
And as I am retired on SS and Access, do not have money to experiment with $3000+ sleep machines just to see if I will be happier, and as far as I can find out they may not have all that better service life, I can tell you their treatment of a customer is a sh**ty as is Phillips…WC Fields would love both companies as it “Go away boy, you bother me…”

So as I have had to do it all by myself I seek to learn as much as I can.

Rich




This is how I see it on the backup rate, first if you qualified for ASV then I don't think you'd ever choose Off or there is no backup rate as in the ASV/SVAuto will never nudge you when you have a CA that the machine needs to kick you into breathing. As for the number to set it, what do you see as data on current or historical breath rate? Example is you see 12 so I think you'd set machine backup rate at 2 below that or 10. You need some reduction in your normal spontaneous breath rate when you set this or the SVAuto is going to kick in sooner and you're then operating where the machine is more like a ventilator and timing your breaths. IMO not what you need in normal circumstances. On a vent/NIV yes maybe but not ASV/SVAuto machines. If backup rate has Auto set that and let it create historical numbers and then if you want manual go with a bit lower than historical.

Respironics mask resistance number, if you have Respironics masks, it gives an X factor to set. If you don't have that brand mask the directions will say to set this to Off/0.

I'm just commenting about your pursuit to dig deeper into the settings. If you don't understand what they are, I'd caution you to leave them alone or set it to Auto. It may be that your seemingly failed therapy might be easier to solve than you think. Here I could mention about what's been said in the past about the ResMed AirCurve 10 ASV being very capable. And your response is I didn't like ResMed PAP in the past, and someone needs to send me one for free to try it and prove it. I sure am not sending you my ASV to prove anything. Why shirk off your responsibility to others? It's on you to get the right machine, or in fact any machine.

OK despite all that's been hashed several times, the point is you are looking to discover some deep secret in the deeper settings, but even if you decode the deeper settings, if your therapy isn't on the right track by now I'd point to the machine itself as in the past. You demand A++ therapy treatment out of B+ machines. It just doesn't work that way.