I have an app on the Mac called "Diabetes Pal". It allows me to download data from a blood glucose meter which then uses cloud storage to share the data between the iOS versions of the app.
Or you can manually enter readings and other health related info into the desktop or iOS versions, which, again, is shared across devices.
Last week my blood glucose meter, an Accu-Chek Mobile, died. It uses a USB connection to transfer readings.
I bought a new Accu-Chek Performa which uses InfraRed to transfer data. Unfortunately it also needs a special IR reader called a SmartPix to capture the data.
When plugged into the Mac or PC it appears as a removable drive and has various folders and files for you to load readings from the meter and to then analyse and to print reports.
I don't use this function as Diabetes Pal merely grabs the info from temporary XML files stored on the SmartPix (they go when you unplug it).
When I plugged the new Performa in to download the data I discovered that SmartPix can't read it. After a lot of Googling I discovered that I had to update the firmware on the SmartPix. Now, after I did that (had to borrow my wife's Win7 laptop to do it), I've now discovered that the reader can't be read by the Mac. It sees it as a connected drive and I can view the folder structure, but the reports have disappeared. Further, the software behind the web pages built into the device only load under a Windows environment. Chrome on the Mac can't load it, Firefox has problems but Safari does do something, but it's still stuffed.
Today at work I loaded it up on my work PC. Under IE8 it has problems, as well.
So, it appears that I either need to get Diabetes Pal upgraded, if it can be, or that I can search for either a new software package that will share data across handhelds and desktops and to download data from either the Accu-Chek range of meters or by another brand of meter.
I'm hoping that if any diabetics are reading this (or gotten this far in the diatribe) that they may be able to offer an alternative solution.
Thanks
Ps. A pox on Roche/Accu-Chek for refusing to consider porting its software over to the MacOS platform.
Or you can manually enter readings and other health related info into the desktop or iOS versions, which, again, is shared across devices.
Last week my blood glucose meter, an Accu-Chek Mobile, died. It uses a USB connection to transfer readings.
I bought a new Accu-Chek Performa which uses InfraRed to transfer data. Unfortunately it also needs a special IR reader called a SmartPix to capture the data.
When plugged into the Mac or PC it appears as a removable drive and has various folders and files for you to load readings from the meter and to then analyse and to print reports.
I don't use this function as Diabetes Pal merely grabs the info from temporary XML files stored on the SmartPix (they go when you unplug it).
When I plugged the new Performa in to download the data I discovered that SmartPix can't read it. After a lot of Googling I discovered that I had to update the firmware on the SmartPix. Now, after I did that (had to borrow my wife's Win7 laptop to do it), I've now discovered that the reader can't be read by the Mac. It sees it as a connected drive and I can view the folder structure, but the reports have disappeared. Further, the software behind the web pages built into the device only load under a Windows environment. Chrome on the Mac can't load it, Firefox has problems but Safari does do something, but it's still stuffed.
Today at work I loaded it up on my work PC. Under IE8 it has problems, as well.
So, it appears that I either need to get Diabetes Pal upgraded, if it can be, or that I can search for either a new software package that will share data across handhelds and desktops and to download data from either the Accu-Chek range of meters or by another brand of meter.
I'm hoping that if any diabetics are reading this (or gotten this far in the diatribe) that they may be able to offer an alternative solution.
Thanks
Ps. A pox on Roche/Accu-Chek for refusing to consider porting its software over to the MacOS platform.