OSCAR Release Notes

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Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.4.0-rc-1 (June 2022)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2022 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Support for Philips Respironics DreamStation 2:

 DreamStation 2 CPAP (410X150C)
 DreamStation 2 Advanced CPAP (420X150C)
 DreamStation 2 Auto CPAP Advanced (520X110C, (520X130C), 520X150C)
 DreamStation 2 Auto CPAP Advanced with P-Flex (521X120C, 521X140C)

• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

 BiPAP Auto (System One 60 Series) (761P)
 BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (961TCA)
 REMstar Auto (System One) (552P)

• [new] For AutoSet 11, two models were added to the tested list: 39421 and 39485.
• [fix] Added support for pressure pulse, CA, and VS on BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (960T).
• [fix] Fixed pressure settings scale on BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (960T).
• [fix] For all ResMed devices, square plot (no smoothing) has been forced on all 2-second pressure graphs.
• [fix] File Export Sessions now exports statistics session data properly.
• [fix] Fixed a rare crash on import when encountering corrupted Philips Respironics directories.
• [fix] Fixed an incorrect warning message when importing some CheckMe O2 Max data.

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.3.1 (January 2022)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2022 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

 REMstar Plus (System One 60 Series) (261P) provides only limited information
 REMstar Pro (System One 60 Series) (460PBT)
 DreamStation CPAP Pro with Auto-Trial (401X150)

• [new] Choose AS11 data instead of AS10 data if both are present on the SD card.
• [new] Add support for new settings codes in recently manufactured 700X110 DreamStations.
• [new] Add 95% flow limitation to Therapy Efficacy section on Statistics page.
• [new] Add date range option to Statistics page.
• [new] Improve appearance and operation of event type and graph comboboxes at bottom of Daily and Overview pages.
• [new] Skip first 20 seconds of TiVol, RR, and MinVent in ResMed loader.
• [new] Add ResMed 39423 Canadian Autoset to tested list.
• [new] Show channel description when hovering over index name on Daily page.
• [new] Add full support for Wellue CheckMe O2 Max.
• [fix] Fix pressure values for AutoForHer mode on AS1x.
• [fix] Fix missing oximetry and motion waveforms on Overview pages.
• [fix] Fix rare problem of minimum pressure shown as zero on Overview and Statistics pages.
• [fix] Update Statistics page after editing profile.
• [fix] Correct selection of CPAP and AutoForHer modes for ResMed AS11 modes.
• {fix} Skip first 10 seconds of pressure data for ResMed grapths and statistics.
• [fix] Correct SleepStyle machines sometimes identified as Icon machines.
• [fix] Improve event flag position in flow graph for DV6 machines.
• [fix] --datadir option now allows fully qualified paths on Mac and Linux.
• [fix] Correct value display on exact data points, and near session boundaries with drift.
• [fix] Link to translations in Credits and Release Notes html is now translated to selected language.
• [fix] Continue to import DreamStation 1 data even if there is (unsupported) DreamStation 2 data on the SD card.
• [fix] Automatic Oximetry Cleanup no longer drops samples or supplemental oximeter channels such as movement.
• [fix] Replace BRICK! message with better wording.
• [fix] Add footer to first page of printed Statistics report.
• [fix] Work around a Qt bug on Fedora 35 that caused hangs when selecting files.
• [fix] Update copyright notices in html files.

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.3.0 (September 2021)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2021 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Add preliminary support for ResMed AirSense 11 CPAP machines.
• [new] Add support for Fisher & Paykel SleepStyle CPAP machines.
• [new] Add support for DeVilbiss BLUE (DV6x) CPAP machines.
• [new] Support both Intel/AMD and ARM Chromebooks using Linux beta.
• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

DreamStation Go Auto (500G120) 
DreamStation Auto CPAP with A-Flex (500X140)
DreamStation Auto BiPAP (700X130)
DreamStation BiPAP AVAPS 30 (1130X200)

• [new] Add support for DreamStation Go humidifier Target Time setting.
• [new] Detect DreamStation 2 cards, which are still unsupported.
• [new] Improve Somnopose import options.
• [new] Purge Current Selected Day allows purge of each machine type separately
• [new] Multi-file import for non-CPAP loaders (Somnopose, Viatom, Zeo, Dreem)
• [new] Add support for additional Viatom/Wellue filename conventions.
• [new] Add support for unreadably low SpO2 samples on Viatom/Wellue oximeters.
• [new] Weight, BMI, and Zombie history appear in statistics
• [new] Add Turkish signal names to RedMed loader.
• [new] Add Bulgarian translation; update other languages.
• [new] Add Traditional Chinese to languages available.
• [fix] Fix AVAPS pressure settings.
• [fix] Check for Updates no longer shows test versions to release users.
• [fix] Rx pressures shown correctly in Profile dialog.
• [fix] Resolve empty CPAP data card zips on macOS Big Sur.
• [fix] Always prompt for SD card location when zipping SD card.
• [fix] Add script to identify platform in mkDistDeb.sh (Linux building).
• [fix] Correct calculation of average leak rate on Welcome page.
• [fix] Correct installation of non-English Release Notes on Windows.
• [fix] About/Credits page now offers Google translations to other languages.
• [fix] User first and last name in Profile window may now have UTF-8 (non-ASCII) characters.
• [fix] Fix crash and other problems when disabling an oximeter session on the Daily page when a bookmark was present.
• [fix] Fix a rare problem of OSCAR crashing with unusual Journal file.
• [fix] ResMed loader no longer rejects data from an earlier timezone or DST.
• [fix] Newly entered notes no longer lost when importing new day or purging oximetry data.
• [fix] Purge currently selected day no longer deletes bookmarks for that day.
• [fix] Remove warning from Chromebook when importing from previously used local folder.
• [fix] Update link to Contec drivers.
• [fix] Fix display problems for short duration events.
• [fix] Statistics headings will now be 99.5% or Max, depending on machine type and preference settings.
• [fix] Mark exported Journal backup file as UTF-8.
• [fix] Improve error message when unable to access OSCAR database.
• [fix] Stop skipping the first 40 seconds of ResMed low-rate pressure data.
• [fix] Correct Total Time and AHI in CSV Export when non-CPAP devices are used.
• [fix] Fix value display and bookmark behavior with clock drift.
• [fix] Ignore old sessions should not impact existing data.
• [fix] Fix occasional misordering of indexes on the Daily page.
• [fix] Add Unclassified Apneas to the Statistics page.

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.2.0 (September 2020)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2020 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Support for Chromebooks using Linux beta - (Intel/AMD only)
• [new] Support for Raspberry Pi OS
• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

REMstar Pro (System One) (452P, 450P V1)
BiPAP Pro (System One) (650P)
REMstar Plus (System One 60 Series) (261CA)
REMstar Pro (System One 60 Series) (462P)
DreamStation CPAP Pro (400X120)
DreamStation BiPAP autoSV (900X150)
Dorma 500 Auto (System One 60 Series) (501V)

• [new] OSCAR checks automatically for new releases.
• [new] Privacy feature allows suppressing profile info in Statistics page and printed reports.
• [new] Add option to print reports in black and white (monochrome).
• [new] Hold down the Shift key while selecting a range on a chart to measure the duration without zooming.
• [new] Allow second (or more) import on same day for ResMed data.
• [fix] Improve support of rare events and update warnings in Philips Respironics 950P, 1030X, and 50-series.
• [fix] Profile page and Daily records block now show most recently used machine when a profile has multiple machines.
• [fix] Improve warning on Daily page when settings are missing.
• [fix] No longer zoom charts to maximum when clicking on chart with popup menu present.
• [fix] Correct page margins problem when printing Statistics page on Mac.
• [fix] Adjust font size and column widths on Statistics page.
• [fix] Improve language in various error messages.
• [fix] Date at right end of Overview page reflects actual data, not any future notes.
• [fix] Limit SD card scan to mounted vfat volumes.
• [fix] Correct Statistics page calculations when CPAP and Oximetry use do not overlap.
• [fix] Hours used on Welcome and Daily page are now hours of CPAP machine use.
• [fix] Popout graphs now limited to desktop height and multiple popout graphs work better.
• [fix] Overview tooltips now list chart components in same order as displayed in chart.
• [fix] Overview graphs now show last day on charts for timezones near GMT.
• [fix] Welcome page calculation of days since last import fixed.
• [fix] Oximetry import from file now remembers last directory imported from.
• [fix] Correct pressure reported on Welcome page for VAuto-S machines.
• [fix] Improve error checking for file system problems.
• [fix] ResMed machines now show the Essentials setting.
• [fix] Support migration from both SleepyHead and OSCAR.
• [fix] Correct 95th percentile computations on Statistics page when some days were summary-only.
• [fix] Improve some prompts and tooltip messages.
• [fix] Empty directories in Profiles directory are not shown in Profiles list.
• [fix] Show correct copyright when installing Debian version.
• [fix] Translations updated; Korean translation added.
• [fix] Rebuilding CPAP data for ResMed machine with compression enabled no longer results in settings loss.

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.1 (May 2020)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2020 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

BiPAP S/T (C Series) (1061401)
REMstar Pro (System One 60 Series) (461CA)
DreamStation CPAP Pro (400X130)
DreamStation BiPAP Pro (600X150)
DreamStation Auto BiPAP (700X150)
Note: Ventilator alarms are not currently imported.

• [new] Add the "peak flow" channel reported by pre-DreamStation ventilators.
• [new] Automatically detect and resolve graphics-related crashes on Windows.
• [new] Support AVAPS in the Overview pressure chart.
• [new] Added Italian and Turkish translations.
• [fix] Fix missing bars in the Overview pressure chart for Philips Respironics devices.
• [fix] Add missing Philips Respironics pressure channels to CSV export.
• [fix] Fix zero Philips Respironics AHI in CSV session export.
• [fix] Add support for the Bi-Flex lock setting on pre-DreamStation ventilators.
• [fix] Fix the pressure waveform scale for the BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (960T)
• [fix] Add support for rise-time mode on DreamStation BiPAP devices (600X-700X).
• [fix] Remove the ramp time and pressure settings when the ramp is disabled on pre-DreamStation devices.
• [fix] Improve import of Philips Respironics oximetry data.
• [fix] Fix VS2 index shown on the Daily page for Philips Respironics machines.
• [fix] Fix occasional failure to save imported Viatom data.
• [fix] Fix a recurring database upgrade prompt.
• [fix] Fix an occasional crash when importing Resmed data.
• [fix] Add bounds error checking to Resmed input processing.
• [fix] Fix STR.edf file backup to avoid loss of settings data.
• [fix] Fix Backup Journal to format XML properly.
• [fix] In flow rate graph, don't show duration for events with no duration.
• [fix] Fix pressure settings in Overview graph reported as a huge negative number.
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0 (April 2020)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2020 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

DreamStation Auto CPAP (500X180)

• [new] Add support for DreamStation humidifier passover and error modes.
• [fix] Fix an rc-1 regression in pressure relief display on the Statistics page.
• [fix] Fix the minutes-at-pressure graph for Philips Respironics devices.
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-rc-1 (April 2020)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2020 by The OSCAR Team

• [fix] AHI and Usage bars in overview graphs now show the correct height when oximetry usage is significantly longer than CPAP usage.
• [fix] Improved import of Philips Respironics settings. In particular:
• The settings for PC, S, and S/T modes are now displayed correctly.
• AVAPS settings are now displayed correctly, including target tidal volume.
• Backup breath settings are now imported and displayed.
• The settings for CPAP-Check and Auto-Trial modes are now displayed correctly.
• [fix] Fix the reported duration for extremely long sessions on DreamStation CPAP and BiPAP devices
• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

DreamStation Auto CPAP (500X120)

• [fix] Fix regression in Welcome page pressure display
• [fix] Several crashes have been fixed.
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-beta-2 (March 2020)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019-2020 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Add preliminary support for Viatom/Wellue pulse oximeters
• [new] Add support for Dreem hypnograms
• [new] Extensive reorganization of the ResMed loader to facilitate understanding and future improvements
• [new] Additional Philips Respironics devices tested and fully supported:

DreamStation Auto CPAP (500X130)

• [new] Add a menu option to create a zip from an SD card
• [new] Ask where to save screenshots
• [new] Alert users when unexpected Philips Respironics data is encountered during import
• [fix] Add support for CPAP mode on DreamStation BiPAP S/T and AVAPS
• [fix] Pinch-to-zoom now works as expected
• [fix] The Philips Respironics loader now respects the "ignore old sessions" preference
• [fix] Improved handling of discontinuous Philips Respironics data
• [fix] Improved import of Philips Respironics flex and humidification settings
• [fix] Fix incorrect display of tube diameter on some Philips Respironics devices
• [fix] Fix missing "Bi-Flex" label for bi-level DreamStations
• [fix] Fix crashes in ZEO loader
• [fix] Fix several memory leaks
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-beta-1 (December 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Extensive overhaul of the Philips Respironics System One importer, resolving all previously reported issues.
• [new] The following Philips Respironics devices are now tested and fully supported:

REMstar Plus (System One) (251P),
REMstar Pro (System One) (450P, 451P),
REMstar Auto (System One) (550P, 551P),
BiPAP Auto (System One) (750P),
BiPAP AutoSV Advanced System One (950P, 951P),
REMstar Pro (System One 60 Series) (460P, 461P),
REMstar Auto (System One 60 Series) (560P, 561P, 562P, 560PBT),
BiPAP Pro (System One 60 Series) (660P),
BiPAP Auto (System One 60 Series) (760P),
BiPAP autoSV Advanced (System One 60 Series) (960P, 961P),
BiPAP autoSV Advanced 30 (System One 60 Series) (960T),
BiPAP S/T 30 (System One 60 Series) (1061T),
BiPAP AVAPS 30 (System One 60 Series) (1160P),
DreamStation CPAP (200X110),
DreamStation CPAP Pro (400X110, 400X150),
DreamStation Go (400G110),
DreamStation Auto CPAP (500X110, 500X150),
DreamStation Go Auto (500G110, 502G150),
DreamStation BiPAP Pro (600X110),
DreamStation Auto BiPAP (700X110),
DreamStation BiPAP autoSV (900X110, 900X120),
DreamStation BiPAP S/T 30 (1030X110),
DreamStation BiPAP S/T 30 with AAM (1030X150),
DreamStation BiPAP AVAPS 30 (1130X110),
DreamStation BiPAP AVAPS 30 AE (1131X150),
Note: The settings for PC, S, and S/T modes are still displayed incorrectly.

• [new] Update translation files and add new languages
• [new] Allow user to reset graph order on the Daily page to Standard (for CPAP and APAP) or Advanced order (for ASV and AVAPS modes)
• [new] Add preference setting to include the serial number on machine settings list
• [fix] Place date, time, and Oscar version information in report footers
• [fix] Update identification of ResMed S9 devices on the Welcome page
• [fix] Correct formatting of event number in the Daily Events tab
• [fix] Correct timezone offset for SomnoPose imports
• [fix] Show a progress bar when setting the Overview range to a large number of days
• [fix] Make session bars on the Daily page clearer by using a better color
• [fix] Improve list of devices on the Statistics page
• [fix] Report Pressure when IPAP data is missing
• [fix] Implement Refresh button on the Profile page
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-testing-4

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Windows installers support Oscar, Oscar 32-bit, Oscar (test) and Oscar 32-bit (test)
• [fix] Release builds use a Settings key of OSCAR, Test builds use OSCAR-test, and Branch builds use OSCAR-branch. Default data directories are similarly named.
• [fix] Overview chart problems when both CPAP and Oximetry data were included fixed
• [fix] Translations updated for all languages. Spanish (Mexico) and Norwegian languages added
• [fix] All languages now available on Mac
• [fix] Date bar on the bottom of the Daily graph now in the local time when no line cursor displayed, and formatting improved
• [fix] 100% zoom now works on the Overview page
• [fix] View/Reset Graphs now enables all graphs and all event flags
• [fix] Calendar date now formatted per national settings
• [fix] Toggle buttons on the Daily page's session list and event and chart pulldowns changed to checkboxes
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-testing-3 (August 2019)

NOTE: Translations have NOT yet been updated for these changes Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

[new] DreamStation BiPAP S/T and AVAPS ventilators (1030X and 1130X) are now supported. The settings aren't yet displayed correctly, but therapy events and graphs should now display properly.

• [new] View/Reset Graphs organizes graphs in their original order
• [fix] Format dates for the national region as reported by the operating system
• [fix] Improve progress bar for the Statistics cache update
• [fix] Correct calculations of seven-day AHI and leak rate on the Welcome page
• [fix] Clarify AHI and hours labels on Records tab of the right sidebar
• [fix] Correct import error resulting in invalid elapsed times and impossibly high AHI values
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-testing-2

NOTE: Translations have NOT yet been updated for these changes Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Show progress bar when the Statistics page has to refresh the cache with more than 180 days in it
• [new] Romanian language is supported
• [fix] Show commit id in the title bar for testing and beta builds
• [fix] Show BMI label and calculated value only when both weight and height are non-zero
• [fix] Improve BMI display in Daily/Notes
• [fix] Correct profile dialog to show height is measured in cm, not meters, when units system is metric
• [fix] Always show event indices on the Daily page even when some event flags are turned off
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.1.0-testing-1

NOTE: Translations have NOT yet been updated for these changes Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• [new] Offer migration if a non-default directory is selected on first use
• [new] Hold the SHIFT key down when starting OSCAR to use Software Graphics Engine
• [new] Support for DreamStation BiPAP autoSV (900X) should now be complete
• [new] Improved DreamStation support
• [new] Improve oximeter import for CM550D+
• [new] Disable Dark Mode on Mac
• [new] Show hours/day constituting compliance on the Statistics page
• [new] Better order of graphs on the Daily page for newly created profiles
• [new] Help/System Information shows info about OSCAR, OS, and data location
• [new] Move pie chart option from Preferences dialog to View menu
• [new] Hide pie chart when capturing screen
• [new] The --datadir option now allows fully qualified name on Windows
• [fix] Fix some oximeter import issues
• [fix] Use local time rather than UTC in oximeter import
• [fix] Improve screen capture on Mac
• [fix] Fix crashes in CPAP data rebuild, purging of a machine
• [fix] Prevent crash if taking a screenshot before a profile is opened
• [fix] Increase mask vent ranges
• [fix] Correct session bar if no sessions are present
• [fix] Correct months shown on the Statistics page monthly view
• [fix] Compute compliance on the Statistics page based on total days, not days used
• [fix] Paginate the Statistics report when printing
• [fix] Fix "phantom date" (12/31/1969) on some ResMed imports
• [fix] Default font substituted when a specified font is not valid
• [fix] Change Preferences measurement units choice to Metric or English
• [fix] Improve display of cmH2O numbers
• [fix] Show graphics engine in title bar correctly
• [fix] Adjust the size of the Preferences dialog to fit smaller screens
• [fix] Label climate control as manual or auto correctly on ResMed import
• [fix] Move less useful information from title bar to Help/System Information
• [fix] Change "Prescription Settings" to "Machine Settings" message
• [fix] Improve icons, especially smaller ones
• [fix] Correct Mac menu issues
• [fix] Improve messages in debug pane
• [fix] Re-organize build instructions and other cleanup
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.1-r-1 (April 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Disable multitasking to avoid a crash during pre-loading of summaries
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-9 (April 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Picked up the latest translation files
• Changed logo to big O with text
• Clean up odds and ends
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-8 (April 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Picked up the latest translation files
• Fixed filename creation for about OSCAR docs
• Removed display of I:E ratio from the Daily page
• Changed some Mac build parameters
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-7 (April 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Use the Qt language files for button text
• Use "Maximize" (with frame & menu) instead of "FullScreen"
• Change Mac target platform to OS-X 10.12 Sierra
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-6 (April 2016)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Added a progress bar during file migration
• Raise the main window upon opening it
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-5 (March 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Moved the Help Index to a user-writable location
• Clarified folder selection and Migration messages
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-4 (March 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team

• Added code to migrate an old data directory to a new data directory
• Removed "-d" startup option and "Change directory" file menu item. Use the "--datadir foldername" startup option to create or change the data directory.
• Various fixes to tab and button visibility depending on profile and machine data presence.
  

Changes and fixes in OSCAR v1.0.0-beta-3 (April 2019)

Portions of OSCAR are © 2019 by The OSCAR Team and members of the apnea community

• The Donation and Update features have been removed
• The Glossary, FAQ, and Wiki features are not yet implemented
• The Daily page left panel will resize to a smaller size.
• Oximeter import reports file errors in a message box
• Fixed date and time problems with Oximeter import
• Added support for new CMS50D+ firmware version 4.6
• Reformatted the 'No Data' display on the Statistics page
• Got the Help browser working - just stubs for now
• Small fixes to build and debug problems
  

SleepyHead v1.1.0-unstable-0 (September 2014)

• Released under the GNU General Public License version 3
• Copyright © 2011-2018 Mark Watkins
  

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