[Diabetes-talk] Follow up: CGM accessibility

[Mike Freeman]

Wonder what will happen to communications protocols if the manufacturers get
the security scares that have been going around lately.

Mike


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From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Megan
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 7:56 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Follow up: CGM accessibility

Mike,
You are absolutely right, I was under the impression that I could not share
my code. However, that does not stop me from describing the process I used
so others know it can be done and can replicate it themselves if they want
to. So, that said, I can say that a quick search on Google will give you the
interface code, written by someone who is not me or anyone I am affiliated
with, for getting the information out of the receiver. The rest, writing a
wrapper around the code to make that information useful in your medical
treatment, is all on you. Grin! 
Best of luck,
Megan 

From: mebening at hotmail.com
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Follow up: CGM accessibility
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:26:20 -0500




Hey all,
After another month using a CGM off and on, I have discovered the following.

1. We are not the only ones who want to do something with the CGM receivers.
Severl hobbyists have done things such as rig the receiver to display on a
smart watch, make it play nicely with the Mac, and get trend graphs without
using the company's provided software. So basically, there is programming
code that has already been written to extract data from the receiver and
display it on another screen, be it a computer, smartphone, or smart watch.
It's just a matter of writing programming code to make it do what we want it
to do--I.E. read the data, interpret the arrow, and then voice the results.
A couple of techy friends and I have had our heads together looking at this
and trying to write python programming code that would allow someone to
connect the receiver to a computer or Raspberry pie (a mini Linux computer
you can put in your pocket), read your BG and whether you are rising or
falling, and possibly even calibrate the receiver via USB. Keep in mind that
this is *not*  FDA approved and will never be, so I don't necessarily know
that I want to release any of our code. But the preliminary programming code
that interfaces with the receiver is easy to find if you do a Google search.
Provided you've got some programming experience or some friends who have, it
wouldn't be hard to use the existing information to build something that
works for you. I will also be looking at what the laws are regarding this
kind of thing, and whether we could circulate the code without being legally
responsible in case someone misuses it. I would also need to check with my
friends and see if they would be OK with circulating the code, provided we
wouldn't be held legally responsible. 
I will keep you posted with further developments. Ultimately, I want to play
around with some electronics and create a single unit that would hold the
receiver and contain all the components to read the data accessibly and be
able to interact with the CGM. It might just be a pipe dream but it's worth
looking further into. 
Best,
Megan 
 		 	   		  
 		 	   		  
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