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Good CPAP machines will record every breath taken during the night and attempt to detect apneas and tell you the patient treatment is working. Unfortunately, many manufacturers still make "[[brick]]" CPAP machines that only record the total hours of use on the machine, but don't record data on how therapy is working. Having data can allow the patient and doctor understand problems and target those problems with changes in therapy pressure or even show the need for a different type of machine. Data avoids the need for repeat sleep studies to diagnose and treat problems, and to fine-tune CPAP or bilevel (BPAP) therapy. To see the complete list of machines supported by the [[OSCAR]] ('''O'''pen '''S'''ource '''C'''PAP '''A'''nalysis '''R'''eporter) software, read the [[OSCAR supported machines]] page.