[Diagnosis] Can anyone read the Apnealink Data?

[ImNotRobot]

Sleep breathing disorders were measured using Resmed's Apnealink.
The measured data for 7 days was saved in the PC.
When trying to load data stored in the PC through Apnealink S/W, it cannot be loaded due to the .FF2 format.
How can I open .FF2 files?

Anyone please help

[Joerichmond]

I got the same thing but I have edf files, though I've tried polyman but so far I've not been able to make anything of the data. Do you have the software for Resmeds apenalink? I tried to get that but it's only for professionals. Could you link where you got it, please?

[PeaceLoveAndPizza]

Why not just use OSCAR?

[Joerichmond]

^ I don't think it works with oscar it's the home sleep apnea test that you wear around your chest, on your fingers and with thing in your nostrils. I downloaded the data as I would like to check it myself but I can't make much out of it on the polyman edf reader.

[PeaceLoveAndPizza]

That OSCAR cannot read it was my point. Apnealink is used by doctors and sleep techs to determine whether someone has SDB or other breathing issues. Your doctors will provide the report.

I understand the desire to dig into things, but OSCAR does that with the CPAP data, which is what we use. Without knowing the file structure or having the appropriate software, there is not much you can do with it. You can try to reverse-engineer though, which would be an interesting exercise.

[Narcil]

he's just asking for the software

can rescan do it? i think you can find that. but from my understanding its tied to airview so that's a problem and you'll have to ask the doc.

[Joerichmond]

I've checked oscar and my regular reading on my cpap, but I wanted to see what my AHI was like without it. as I could get a ahi of 1.5 with only 4.0 pressure. As for my doctor telling me, I had zero clue what my ahi was period they told me zero about what my results where. I only learned what AHI was from being online.

I have no idea how to reverse engineer any software I don't do computer programming.

[ohno]

use this tool: very safe link

and select the .edf that you extracted from apnealink (not the events one)

[Joerichmond]

^Thanks.. I think it might be my data is bad I'm just getting a long line for each bracket I don't see how anyone could read it unless they spent hours going over each category.

[Crimson Nape]

If it is an EDF file, you can use EDFbrowser locally, for free. It allows the data to be exported to various formats, including CSV.
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