Can someone help me open apnealink plus study files?

[kevint]

I've had really poor sleep for the last year, so decided to go for a home sleep test from 1800cpap. I got them to provide me the raw data files from the Apnealink Plus, so I could look at them myself and perhaps have someone here analyze it as well. I have no idea how to view them though. They sent me a .OSA file, which was really an archive containing .DAT and .FF2 files. Anyone have an idea?

[JDS74]

Without the correct software or a file structure of the files you may be out of luck.

[chunkyfrog]

Keep checking back; someone may have the key.
Also check your PM's in case somebody wants to help offline.
Lots of smart people here, I've been told I'm not one of them.

[SleepyToo2]

Lots of smart people here, I've been told I'm not one of them.

The real smart ones admit when they don't know. I know there is an awful lot of people on here who know way more than I, so where does that leave me?!

[chunkyfrog]

In a good place; those who are given more, have more expected of them.
I admire the gurus here, but I could never handle the pressure.

[Sludge]

I've had really poor sleep for the last year, so decided to go for a home sleep test from 1800cpap. I got them to provide me the raw data files from the Apnealink Plus, so I could look at them myself and perhaps have someone here analyze it as well. I have no idea how to view them though. They sent me a .OSA file, which was really an archive containing .DAT and .FF2 files. Anyone have an idea?

Upload it to a third party server (Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.) and I can review it for you.

Did they send you a report?

[kevint]

Thank you very much for offering to review it. I haven't received a report yet, only the files. I've uploaded the file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-5Mce ... sp=sharing. As I mentioned above, it's an archive, so the files inside can be extracted by a program like winzip, rar, etc.

[Sludge]

Using the automated scoring:

[kevint]

Thanks again. It seems to me I probably don't need to get treatment for apnea because I'm rarely in a low oxygenation state. The apnea events may simply have been times when I held my breath for a little because I was frustrated with the tubes blocking up my nose. But I'm not really sure because I'm still relatively new to all this. Any advice is welcome.

[Sludge]

Any advice is welcome.

Let's see what their interpretation is, then we can go from there.