[Equipment] ResMed AirSense 11 modem/provider mystery

[richapple]

I am a fresh new CPAPper and I am not finding clarification about the Connectivity/Provider. (Provider being the cell data company used it looks like.)

ResMed AirSense 11 - And while I did set up MyAir using Bluetooth on an iPad (yes, my name really is Apple so by law I must use Apple products), I have kept Bluetooth off on the iPad following the install and pairing, etc.

In the +More/About for the onscreen machine menu, at first it showed AT&T as the "Provider." Very weak signal (1 bar). But regardless of the various "Providers" that have popped up (yes, the mystery part), the MyAir data for the night shows up in the App right after turning the machine off in the morning. Yes, this could be because even with just 1 bar, the data immediately rockets up to the servers.

But what I've also seen is solid, good reception of all 4 (5?) bars, and the "Provider" then showing as T-Mobile. (Back to AT&T with 1 bar now.) But the really weird one has been when the provider is shown to be "MyAir." So... huh?

It should be noted that my iPad does not have the cellular option. Only WiFi. So the machine can't be chatting directly with my MyAir app.

Anybody know the ins-and-outs of the ResMed AirSense 11 internal modem? Some technology that says use a cell service that is available? But then... "MyAir" as the +More/About "Provider?"

thx

[Gideon]

Medical systems have designated approvals and typically they are cellular. Your IPAD is wifi connected to the web. it is via the web that MyAir is accessed.
In a manner similar to how your phone works your CPAP will look for a primary carrier and if not found will connect with an alternate carrier to send the data to ResMed. The MyAir "host" resides in ResMed's domain and access you info and relays it to your MyAir app on your iPad or phone.

[SarcasticDave94]

It sounds like the ResMed 11 will use what I'll call "channels". It'll be the T-Mobile and AT&T network channels, because they're GSM cellular transmissions. Further, I think then that MyAir as a "provider" means provider of a service, but not identical to cell service provider, which will refer back to a cell company (T-Mobile, AT&T if limited to GSM).

[richapple]

Medical systems have designated approvals and typically they are cellular.  Your IPAD is wifi connected to the web. it is via the web that MyAir is accessed.
In a manner similar to how your phone works your CPAP will look for a primary carrier and if not found will connect with an alternate carrier to send the data to ResMed.  The MyAir "host" resides in ResMed's domain and access you info and relays it to your MyAir app on your iPad or phone.

Thanks, and yup, I get that the MyAir app accesses the data via the web (for my iPad - I guess an iPad with cellular can get to the web via Cell Data). But "MyAir" as a cell provider because it is ResMed's ID for what is noodling through whatever cell provider path does make sense for that.

So... Maybe, just maybe, when we get to our cabin location in Wawona (Yosemite), Verizon - which is the only one that works there - might kick in. (If not, data will hang out in the CPAP machine and then upload to the, uh, places it needs to, when. we get back to necessary coverage.)

I shall not fret it any further!

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It sounds like the ResMed 11 will use what I'll call "channels". It'll be the T-Mobile and AT&T network channels, because they're GSM cellular transmissions. Further, I think then that MyAir as a "provider" means provider of a service, but not identical to cell service provider, which will refer back to a cell company (T-Mobile, AT&T if limited to GSM).

Thanks! Got it, and... While I'm hoping at a different location Verizon will work (no others do there), The Google says Verizon is CDMA rather than GSM. So though I don't know what either means, sounds like we'll be uploading data upon return to GSM world.

Thanks!

[SarcasticDave94]

GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) is a time-division technology that breaks the transmission signal into separate time slots for each device (CDMA is code-division meaning that the users are separated by a specific digital code.)

Typically GSM cell service requires a SIM card as authentication to use a cell service.

Basically it's 2 ways to get similar cell service connection accomplished.