# Omnipod Looping
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA
**Tags:** dexcom, omnipod
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012 "2019-07-30T16:26:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 7
### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/121 "2019-08-14T18:06:50Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> I MUST calibrate immediately after calibration is required.
How do you know when to Calibrate? Does Dexcom request calibration? I haven’t seen that with the G6. However, I find that G6 can be off more than 30% the first day of the sensor. Then I calibrate once and that is usually sufficient. Of course, I do finger sticks to check. First day of sensor is sometimes right on the money though. 🤔
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/122 "2019-08-14T18:07:54Z")
> [@Trying](#):
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> How do you know when to Calibrate? Does Dexcom request calibration?
Yes. It requires calibration every 12 hours
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/123 "2019-08-14T18:10:48Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> Yes. It requires calibration every 12 hours
For me, sometimes in the first few days, it requires much more than that!!
🤣
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/124 "2019-08-14T18:12:18Z")
Always for us. The first…nearly full day, our sensor is WAY off…so when he reads “HIGH with double arrows up”…yes, that happens regurarly on day 1…a finger stick usually shows that he’s only 130. lol. After the first day all the kinks are worked out for the most part…but if I don’t calibrate immediately when it’s time, there can be drastic differences in these numbers (cgm -vs- finger stick) in a very short period of time.
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/125 "2019-08-14T18:15:02Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> our sensor is WAY off…so when he reads “HIGH with double arrows up”…yes, that happens regurarly on day 1…a finger stick usually shows that he’s only 130.
Man, that is way off.! You are G5 though, right?
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/126 "2019-08-14T18:16:15Z")
Yes. For Liam, when he’s both low and high (under 70 and over 200), it’s also usually off. Before we treat either way, we’ve learned to always do a finger stick first, calibrate if necessary, then treat if necessary.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/127 "2019-08-16T06:24:41Z")
> [@dm61](#):
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> > [@Eric](#):
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> > Is there a way of getting that feedback on the watch?
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> You get the same feedback on the watch.
@dm61 (or anyone else that knows!!),
When a bolus fails to deliver - for example the RL is out of range such as when the RL is in my pocket on the opposite side of my body as the pod - I am not getting any notification on the watch that the bolus failed.
On my iPhone, under settings \>notifications, I have loop notifications turned on.
And I see a notification on my **phone** that the bolus failed, but not on the **watch**.
Any suggestions what to look for? This is absolutely necessary for me to be able to use the watch.
I think this has to be a watch setting somewhere.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/128 "2019-08-16T06:39:18Z")
We were at about 4X. I think up to 5x is potentially safe but beyond that seems way too aggressive. Although, I think it really depends on your paramters – how much basal you need, how much you bolus for carbs, etc.
To me, the main question is: If ALL of this insulin being given was a huge mistake, would Samson be in real danger? For us 0.75 or 0.8 units of insulin just isn’t that much to mop up.
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### Author:  [@Trying](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Trying)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/129 "2019-08-16T11:56:40Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> I am not getting any notification on the watch that the bolus failed.
After bolusing, Loop returns to its home screen. Sits there for a few seconds, maybe 30 seconds, then displays Bolus LOOP with green logo screen. Finally, it displays the Bolus Failed screen. This last screen only displays for a few seconds so you’ll have to check your watch. This is from the Jojo-beeps branch.
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/130 "2019-08-16T12:02:42Z")
> [@Eric](#):
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> And I see a notification on my **phone** that the bolus failed, but not on the **watch**.
Make sure notifications are turned on for the watch. (in the Watch app - Notifications - scroll down to loop, make sure everything are set there for mirroring phone and/or receiving notifications.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/131 "2019-08-16T14:32:36Z")
I never see any of those other screens.
I **never** see this one, regardless of whether it was successful or a failure:
**Never** see this one:
The only thing I ever see is that it starts here, I hit the bolus command, and then it goes to the main screen, regardless of whether it worked or not.
So I guess from what you are saying, something is wrong with mine!
(_BTW, I used your images instead of mine to make it easy for me to reply. Thanks!_)
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### Author:  [@dm61](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/dm61)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/132 "2019-08-16T14:38:30Z")
@Eric, maybe your phone is unlocked when you are trying bolus from watch? If that’s the case, notifications will appear only on the phone, not the watch. You may want to take a look at this [Apple page about notifications](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204791).
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/133 "2019-08-16T14:42:29Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> Make sure notifications are turned on for the watch. (in the Watch app - Notifications - scroll down to loop, make sure everything are set there for mirroring phone and/or receiving notifications
Yes, I checked that too. My phone is receiving notifications:
And my watch is set to mirror phone notifications:
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/134 "2019-08-16T14:45:50Z")
> [@dm61](#):
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> @Eric, maybe your phone is unlocked when you are trying bolus from watch?
I saw that last night when I was trying to figure it out and tried it with a locked phone to make sure. Same result, I got no notification.
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### Author:  [@dm61](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/dm61)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/135 "2019-08-16T14:48:16Z")
Also, just to be clear, if the bolus succeeds, there is no notification generated whatsoever. [Edit: this was a statement of fact, not a question]
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/136 "2019-08-16T14:51:43Z")
> [@dm61](#):
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> just to be clear, if the bolus succeeds, there is no notification generated whatsoever.
Yes, that is correct. No notification regardless of success or failure.
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### Author:  [@dm61](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/dm61)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/137 "2019-08-16T15:17:29Z")
No notification on success = by design. No notification on failure - that’s a problem. Are you getting _any_ notifications on your watch, e.g. when someone sends you a text message?
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/138 "2019-08-16T15:39:26Z")
> [@dm61](#):
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> Are you getting _any_ notifications on your watch, e.g. when someone sends you a text message?
Yes, I just checked it. Text message appears on the watch.
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/139 "2019-08-16T15:49:23Z")
make sure do do this - on your phone:
Also scroll down in that second image, find Loop, open it and make sure the settings are correct there.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-looping/8012/140 "2019-08-16T15:54:47Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#):
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> make sure do do this - on your phone
Yes, I just double checked.
Notifications Indicator is ON, and Notification Privacy is OFF.
And mirror iPhone alerts is ON for the Loop app.
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