10-24-2021, 01:40 AM
Importing Oximetry Data and A Big Thanks To The Forum
So I have been using a Vitacom/Wellue Ring Oximeter that has no export capabilities. (see picture below). All it does is to connect to its own mobile app so I had no idea how to import the data to OSCAR. In fact this issue had become sticky enough for me to look into buying yet another Oximeter, this time one with export capabilities, just so I could import the data into OSCAR as an overlay to my CPAP data. (Yes I have 3 different types of oximeters and now thanks to this forum, I can probably import data from all of them).
Anyway, after searching the forum for discussions about the subject, I found how easy it was to import the data into OSCAR, thanks to members who had posted about it a long time ago.
Just in case you are in the same boat and don't want to buy another oximeter, the process is really easy and worth a try if your current oximeter has a mobile app. The device stores data in Binary format (the format that OSCAR can decipher) on your mobile device so when you open up the app, it reads this data and displays the graph for it on your screen. All you have to do is to send these files ( a new one is created every time you use your device) to your PC and then import them into OSCAR using the Import feature.
Since my device has a date and clock built in, I didn't even have to sort the files. All I did was to send the last 100 sessions (100 files) to my PC and then imported them all at the same time into OSCAR and halleluiah, every single file was overplayed neatly into my CPAP data going back 100 days....Even the days when I don't have a CPAP data, were populated with my SPO2 and HR...Awesome.
I will try the same experiment with my other oximeters (they also have their own apps) in the next couple of days and if they save their data in Binary, then there should be no issues with importing them.
Thanks again forum because you just saved me a lot of unnecessary costs. I even considered buying Resmed 10 series Oximeter kit, price $990
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Anyway, after searching the forum for discussions about the subject, I found how easy it was to import the data into OSCAR, thanks to members who had posted about it a long time ago.
Just in case you are in the same boat and don't want to buy another oximeter, the process is really easy and worth a try if your current oximeter has a mobile app. The device stores data in Binary format (the format that OSCAR can decipher) on your mobile device so when you open up the app, it reads this data and displays the graph for it on your screen. All you have to do is to send these files ( a new one is created every time you use your device) to your PC and then import them into OSCAR using the Import feature.
Since my device has a date and clock built in, I didn't even have to sort the files. All I did was to send the last 100 sessions (100 files) to my PC and then imported them all at the same time into OSCAR and halleluiah, every single file was overplayed neatly into my CPAP data going back 100 days....Even the days when I don't have a CPAP data, were populated with my SPO2 and HR...Awesome.
I will try the same experiment with my other oximeters (they also have their own apps) in the next couple of days and if they save their data in Binary, then there should be no issues with importing them.
Thanks again forum because you just saved me a lot of unnecessary costs. I even considered buying Resmed 10 series Oximeter kit, price $990
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