# How do I change my set up? - xdrip with nightscout
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579
**Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear
**Tags:** xdrip, cgm
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579 "2020-12-02T09:03:51Z")
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### Author:  [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/1 "2020-12-02T09:03:51Z")
So I know that I have to change everything over when I do a sensor change, but I’m not sure what needs to be changed to get it working right?
I have a Dexcom g5 (I get them completely free, as part of a subsidy scheme) and I am currently using the dexcom watchface on my ticwatch pro 3, which is useful to look at and that’s it. I want to use xdrip but currently have it (and nightscout), set up as followers of my dexcom. How do I change everything over to xdrip with nightscout following it?
I had previously wanted to keep clarity for my endo, but decided it needed to work for me more.
I’m assuming that because it’s not the lte version, I can’t make the watch a collector?
Appreciate any help!
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/2 "2020-12-02T14:23:11Z")
Hi @SBee,
I do not know the answer, but I edited your title and added xdrip and nightscout to it. That will help get the attention of the people who can answer.
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### Author:  [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/3 "2020-12-02T22:23:06Z")
Thanks @Eric
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/4 "2020-12-02T22:33:01Z")
This might help too!
@docslotnick
@ClaudnDaye
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/5 "2020-12-02T23:39:56Z")
I abandoned xDrip a while ago so not sure how to perform this configuration. Sorry!
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### Author:  [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/6 "2020-12-03T01:28:48Z")
Like @ClaudnDaye I’ve stopped using xDrip+ (because I swapped phones to support my Omnipod), however when I was using it there was no problem having xDrip+ and the Dexcom receiver both read directly. I _was_ using a G6, but I don’t think it matters.
You _will_ need the transmitter code. The safe approach, the one which won’t leave you with a non-functioning setup, is to do everything as normal and simply change xDrip+ over to a direct connection to the sensor; this just requires that you go through the xDrip+ settings and give it the transmitter code. It should just find the transmitter (maybe after a while) and start reporting the readings. You can test this at any time; you can also go back to having xDrip+ as a follower.
I don’t know about NightScout; so far as I can see NightScout and TidePool and other things like SugarMate use the Dexcom share on the internet. I don’t know if NightScout can be told to use xDrip+'s connection instead; xDrip+ doesn’t use the cloud, which means the data is more private, but the way it seems to be implemented an xDrip+ “follower” (typically an xDrip+ on another phone) connects directly over the local network. That’s a lot more difficult for something else, like NightScout, to implement.
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/7 "2020-12-03T03:28:30Z")
> [@SBee](#):
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> How do I change everything over to xdrip with nightscout following it?
@SBee Settings\> Cloud upload\>Nightscout restAPI. Just add all of your Nightscout credentials and you’re set.
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### Author:  [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/8 "2020-12-04T11:51:40Z")
Thanks @jbowler and @docslotnick!
I chickened out doing anything today when I changed my sensor. But next week I will be ready to go!
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### Author:  [@sggmom62](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/sggmom62)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/9 "2021-07-29T22:16:26Z")
Is nightscout a part of the xDrip+ app or do I download it separately?
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-set-up-xdrip-with-nightscout/10579/10 "2021-07-30T01:20:39Z")
No, Nightscout is completely separate from xDrip+. It is a web app which users usually deploy and configure themselves using the open source code found [here](https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor). Documentation can be found under the wiki tab at that link.