# Tips, Tech & Gear **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-tips-tech-gear/18.md?page=47 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 48 --- ## [How your Dexcom CGM reacts to calibration input](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-your-dexcom-cgm-reacts-to-calibration-input/2293)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-your-dexcom-cgm-reacts-to-calibration-input/2293 "2018-05-06T05:15:12Z")
When you enter a calibration value into your Dexcom receiving device, your Dexcom data does not automatically line up on the new value. \[DexcomOngoingCalibrationScreen\_2017-10-07\] it is easy to understand why. The meas… --- ## [Tandem Customer Service](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-customer-service/3996)
**Author:** [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-customer-service/3996 "2018-05-06T00:25:44Z")
Special shout out to Tandem Diabetes for replacing my defective pump in under 14 hours! UNBELIEVABLE SERVICE! Granted I live on the same coast and they are only 445 miles away, but still… It’s a weekend! Way to go Tand… --- ## [670g Predictive Alerts in Auto mode?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/670g-predictive-alerts-in-auto-mode/3983)
**Author:** [@T1Dmom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Dmom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/670g-predictive-alerts-in-auto-mode/3983 "2018-05-03T02:02:04Z")
Does the 670G have predictive alerts in auto mode? --- ## [I love Dexcom](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-love-dexcom/3956)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-love-dexcom/3956 "2018-04-30T20:23:01Z")
This is what keeps me with this company: Several days ago I put in a new sensor, and the next day got the alert that my transmitter battery was low. I ordered a new G4 transmitter, but because I’d paid $85 for the sens… --- ## [Dex receiver not turning on? Charged](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dex-receiver-not-turning-on-charged/1033)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dex-receiver-not-turning-on-charged/1033 "2018-04-29T12:50:51Z")
Anyone ever had a Dex receiver not turn on even though it's charged? It had over a quarter battery left. I've had this happen a couple times before too. Push the button...nothing happens - it doesn't turn on. Then af… --- ## [Controls and Indicators](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/controls-and-indicators/3917)
**Author:** [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/controls-and-indicators/3917 "2018-04-21T04:31:57Z")
I’m curious if other people build “controls” into their daily routine to see how effective their dosing is that day/week/month? I used to and am starting to again today. I’ll explain what I mean. When I was on MDI, my L… --- ## [Going to Omni Pods Monday from MDI since diagnosis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/going-to-omni-pods-monday-from-mdi-since-diagnosis/3911)
**Author:** [@John\_T1D](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John_T1D)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/going-to-omni-pods-monday-from-mdi-since-diagnosis/3911 "2018-04-21T03:23:00Z")
On Monday, April 23rd I will be going to Joslins for my pump/Pod training because after a little over 2 years since my T1D diagnosis I’m having major issues with spikes and ridiculous morning highs that continues through… --- ## [G5 Algoritm and xDrip+](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/g5-algoritm-and-xdrip/3914)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/g5-algoritm-and-xdrip/3914 "2018-04-17T23:26:07Z")
For you folks who are simply too tied to the Dexcom algorithm to try xDrip+, I’d like to let you know that xDrip+ includes the Dexcom transmitter algorithm for your Bg tracking pleasure. The transmitter algorithm also… --- ## [Tandem Infusion Sets](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-infusion-sets/3903)
**Author:** [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tandem-infusion-sets/3903 "2018-04-16T16:47:43Z")
Please forgive me if this has been asked and answered previously, but I was not able to find the info using the search tool. Does anyone using a Tandem pump know the difference between an “Autosoft 90” and “Autosoft XC”… --- ## [Bigfoot Biomedical: for real or dying on the vine?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bigfoot-biomedical-for-real-or-dying-on-the-vine/1711)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bigfoot-biomedical-for-real-or-dying-on-the-vine/1711 "2018-04-08T16:20:55Z")
I have been following the progress of Bigfoot Biomedical with interest: the founder, Jeffrey Brewer, is trying to do the right thing (closed loop controlled by a smartphone), and he did it as a T1, but mostly as the pare… --- ## [The ridiculousness of coordination between Dexcom and my insurance company](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-ridiculousness-of-coordination-between-dexcom-and-my-insurance-company/3877)
**Author:** [@Katers87](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Katers87)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-ridiculousness-of-coordination-between-dexcom-and-my-insurance-company/3877 "2018-04-13T19:28:45Z")
This year has been a joke. I love my new insurance, but getting approval for my transmitters is like pulling teeth. The funny part is that I’m pretty sure incompetence and miscommunication are the main problems! I don’t … --- ## [Cheap Solution to Basal Shot Reminders](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cheap-solution-to-basal-shot-reminders/3876)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/cheap-solution-to-basal-shot-reminders/3876 "2018-04-12T04:06:40Z")
So, we have had an issue remembering to inject basal this baseball season. We are happy pumpers, but every year for baseball we go with an untethered approach for 1/2 of his basal insulin. So every day we inject half o… --- ## [The Great Insulin+Glucagon Dual Pump Experiment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-great-insulin-glucagon-dual-pump-experiment/2273)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-great-insulin-glucagon-dual-pump-experiment/2273 "2018-04-10T14:28:15Z")
--- ## [How often do you look at your CGM?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-often-do-you-look-at-your-cgm/3819)
**Author:** [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-often-do-you-look-at-your-cgm/3819 "2018-04-07T22:34:57Z")
So I don’t use a CGM and never have (I did do a one week trial of one a couple years ago). I am still injecting with a syringe and testing BG with finger sticks and I’ve been doing so for a long time. I do test my BG a l… --- ## [For those who carry glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-those-who-carry-glucagon/3827)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-those-who-carry-glucagon/3827 "2018-04-07T22:10:07Z")
I keep glucagon around mostly in case I want to mini dose it. Which I’ve never done as of yet. Long story short, I was fiddling with a glucagon kit and a 30 unit syringe, and I discovered the syringe lies nicely beside … --- ## [Need Diabetes Case ideas, help](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/need-diabetes-case-ideas-help/3675)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/need-diabetes-case-ideas-help/3675 "2018-04-02T22:33:34Z")
Well, Samson’s Camo insulated lunch bag that he got from the hospital at diagnosis finally broke a few days ago, so we need a case that is decently small, fairly robust and easy to carry. It needs to hold: glucagon a… --- ## [90-day implantable CGM sensor by Senseonics](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/90-day-implantable-cgm-sensor-by-senseonics/2255)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/90-day-implantable-cgm-sensor-by-senseonics/2255 "2018-03-30T00:50:46Z")
--- ## [Dexcom G5 question about ? ? ? on receiver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-question-about-on-receiver/2119)
**Author:** [@Dave6746](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Dave6746)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dexcom-g5-question-about-on-receiver/2119 "2018-03-29T20:51:34Z")
How often have you gotten ??? and how often has it resolved itself. Also, how often does your receiver miss a reading (no backfill on G5 receiver)? My first day, I had 4 missed data points. Yesterday, I got my first “… --- ## [Transient peaks after glucose intake?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/transient-peaks-after-glucose-intake/3786)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/transient-peaks-after-glucose-intake/3786 "2018-03-27T17:52:49Z")
Last night we got trapped again by dosing a transient peak that we sometimes see after glucose intake. My son had slightly overcompensated for a low after dinner. His CGM was at 139. He fingerpoked and got a 156, then a… --- ## [How I got started on Loop](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-i-got-started-on-loop/3540)
**Author:** [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-i-got-started-on-loop/3540 "2018-03-27T16:43:54Z")
--- ## [Libre (+ Blucon): sudden low readings](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/libre-blucon-sudden-low-readings/3777)
**Author:** [@lucas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lucas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/libre-blucon-sudden-low-readings/3777 "2018-03-27T08:51:16Z")
Hey everyone :), so I’ve been using the Libre for over a year now and till about 2 or 3 months ago, it worked amazingly well. This is when this error started occuring, where all of a sudden the readings drop to “LO” an… --- ## [The 630G back light](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-630g-back-light/3798)
**Author:** [@amymc](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/amymc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-630g-back-light/3798 "2018-03-27T04:01:13Z")
Ill be getting the 630G as animas is going out of business. The one thing that is driving me nuts about the animas is the back light. when im out and about i cant see for the life of me what im doing as its just not brig… --- ## [iWel CGM (small Pennsylvania company, beyond vaporware but not yet available in US/EU)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/iwel-cgm-small-pennsylvania-company-beyond-vaporware-but-not-yet-available-in-us-eu/3788)
**Author:** [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/iwel-cgm-small-pennsylvania-company-beyond-vaporware-but-not-yet-available-in-us-eu/3788 "2018-03-25T23:45:56Z")
There’s an interview of the head of a small CGM company that I hadn’t heard of. They claim to have 56,000 patients using their CGM. http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/david-zeng-transcript/ Their features are smaller ne… --- ## [Bent cannula problem on a tethered pump](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bent-cannula-problem-on-a-tethered-pump/3646)
**Author:** [@sanfran](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/sanfran)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bent-cannula-problem-on-a-tethered-pump/3646 "2018-03-23T18:53:42Z")
--- ## [Study: passive detection of Atrial Fibrillation using smartwatch](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-passive-detection-of-atrial-fibrillation-using-smartwatch/3762)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-passive-detection-of-atrial-fibrillation-using-smartwatch/3762 "2018-03-23T18:25:36Z")
Here is another study that shows passive measurement and detection of a medical condition using a smartwatch (an Apple watch in this case), in conjunction with a neural network (AI/ machine learning): The detection ra… --- ## [Pod failures](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pod-failures/2501)
**Author:** [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pod-failures/2501 "2018-03-23T17:46:37Z")
I’ve had 2 Pod failures in less than 24 hours. The first was due to an insertion problem (bruising at cannula site on lower abdomen) and the second a few minutes after I got home from yoga (was on my arm, got “communica… --- ## [Why was my Omnipod bolus not run?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-was-my-omnipod-bolus-not-run/3764)
**Author:** [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/why-was-my-omnipod-bolus-not-run/3764 "2018-03-22T19:36:23Z")
--- ## [You can use the Freestyle Libre Pro as a real CGM with no alarms](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/you-can-use-the-freestyle-libre-pro-as-a-real-cgm-with-no-alarms/1161)
**Author:** [@MaryPat](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/MaryPat)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/you-can-use-the-freestyle-libre-pro-as-a-real-cgm-with-no-alarms/1161 "2018-03-22T17:29:17Z")
I found an intriguing tidbit that I thought was worth sharing after following Michel's post about Stackexchange. It has very few diabetes posts, but someone there is using the Freestyle Libre Pro, which is normally a phy… --- ## [OmniPod - getting past the confirm button and doing stuff without looking](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-getting-past-the-confirm-button-and-doing-stuff-without-looking/3761)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-getting-past-the-confirm-button-and-doing-stuff-without-looking/3761 "2018-03-22T16:14:35Z")
If you use the OmniPod, you know one of the quirks is the Confirm button, and the fact that it moves around. It was done that way to require people to look at it, and not just blindly do things on it. But I like being a… --- ## [How shockproof are Humalog and Novolog pens?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-shockproof-are-humalog-and-novolog-pens/3759)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-shockproof-are-humalog-and-novolog-pens/3759 "2018-03-21T05:38:29Z")
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