CPAP Wireless SD Card for The Rest of Us

[CurtRug]

I am thinking about updating my Flashair SD card from a w-02 to a w-04. Is there any possible problem I might run into?
Also is there any other wifi SD card that might work as well or better?

[jaswilliams]

I am thinking about updating my Flashair SD card from a w-02 to a w-04. Is there any possible problem I might run into?
Also is there any other wifi SD card that might work as well or better?

I use a Toshiba w-03 with no issues I haven’t tried a w-04.


I am not aware of any other WiFi SD cards that will work with the availiable software, so if you don’t go with a Toshiba WiFi SD Card you will be crafting your own solution

[CurtRug]

Thanks, Curt

[Tubaman]

I've now been using my FlashAir chip for 7 sleep sessions.  It works great and saves a lot of chip removal and replacement.  The "FlashPap" software is easy to use has worked perfectly for all my sessions (I believe a sleep forum member wrote the software -- you created a valuable tool for "the rest of us").

The sleep forum step-by-step instructions for initializing, installing and using the FlashAir chip were the best I've seen in many years and pretty much removed any guess work from the process.  When I finally did it right (took me a couple of tries because I make lots and lots of mistakes), the chip worked perfectly.

THANK YOU!
Carl / Tubaman

[CurtRug]

Yes I used the Forums guidelines for setting up my Flashair W-02 over two years ago and it worked fine until about a month ago when it would quit broadcasting until I inserted it in an external card reader and then back into my Dreamstation. Then after a week of this it would not broadcast from my Dreamstation at all. In troubleshooting my Dreamstation I plugged a plain SD card into it and after it downloaded to the plain SD card, I reinserted my Flashair W-02 and it broadcast from the Dreamstation and continues to week now for over a week. The only thing I can diagnose from this, is a possible poor connection within the Dreamstation.
While all of this was going on I bought a new Flashair W-04, and flashed the latest version firmware. I than manually installed a recommended CONFIG file, changing entries pertaining to my case such as Network and Key. Plugging it into a card reader, it is picked up by my router so it appears to be OK also.
Curt

[SyCoREAPER]

I know it's generally not good forum etiquette to bump old threads, this one is pretty detailed though and thought it would be better to piggyback off existing info which is already plentiful.

What is the best way once set up, to add old sleep data from the old card to the new one? Upload a copy of all the files from the PC wirelessly?

I don't have the card yet (coming Saturday) but want to have a baseline on how to proceed besides the OP


Also "Add the following line items to the column: APPNAME=FlashAir, APPSSID=NNNNN, LOCK=1, DNSMODE=1, APPAUTOTIME=0, UPLOAD=1, NOISE_CANCEL=2"

Should it be formated like that in comma form or each item on a new line? I've seen some variations online.

[Crimson Nape]

The Wi-Fi capability is minimal at best. I would recommend that you copy the files to it directly while it's in your PC's slot. Each parameter must be on a separate line. If you aren't using a Windows PC to configure this file, you will need to have your text editor store the file with a CR+LF for line termination. Setting a static IP will really help.

[wacomme]

I'm getting confused if these instructions work for a Mac or not?

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Are there any Mac instructions start to finish?

Also, I have a dual 5 and 2.4 Hz network? Is that workable?

And how do I partition a 64GB SD drive to a 32Fat drive? 

Michael

[Crimson Nape]

Hi wacomme!  -  

The largest that I've tried is a 32Gb.   If you have a 64Gb, you might try creating a primary partition of about 16Gb and format it to FAT32. Most CPAP's don't use more than 4Gb anyway.

Since you are using a Mac, you will need to save the SD_WLAN/CONFIG file using CR+LF as line terminators.  The best practice is to be within 30 feet (9.14 m) of your Wi-Fi access point and assign a static IP to the FlashAir.

Good luck!

[wacomme]

I'm using SleepMaster to configure my SD card. After creating a static IP address (10.9.9.99) on the card and then inserting it into my machine and searching for the card, two pop-up screens appeared. 

   

   

Something went wrong. How should I proceed?

Michael