Cheers for the tag,
@therower
Hi,
@BananaK , shame to hear the blucon isn't panning out for you.
Couple of things to consider:
You say you're a couple of weeks into using it. Has it been the same battery all that time? I'll generally change the battery on mine every two weeks when I'm changing my libre sensor. The battery will generally be done after about three weeks, so I suppose there's a marginal possibility that if it's still on the original stock battery it came with, it's just not got enough power left to reliably maintain the connection, so maybe try a new battery.
Also, what app are you using it with, the official inhouse LinkBluCon app, or Spike?
https://spike-app.com/#compatibility
I used the android version of linkblucon only until September last year, when a 3rd party app xDrip+ was modified to work with blucon. It works very well - it's got lots of bells and whistles in the bluetooth settings which basically makes it keep on trying to force a reconnection, and it usually does after a max 10 mins or so.
It's much better than linkblucon in that regard - I frequently get the maximum possible 288 readings a day, and if I lose connection it's only for about 10 mins.
But the rub is xdrip+ is just android. However, the spike app above is a new ios app which has a lot in common with xdrip+, the developers of each app move in the same sort of circles.
So, it might be worth getting spike installed on your phone and seeing if that works better.
If you've got an android phone kicking around, you could maybe try putting xdrip+ on that and seeing how well that works with it - that'd maybe let you form a view on whether it's a duff transmitter or a duff app.
I've got a thread at link below which has links to where to get xdrip+, and there's some stuff in there too towards the end about spike.
I got my blucon back in June last year as a pre-order, it's running fine on a basic LG K8 phone with the 6 Sept 2017 nightly build of xdrip+.
I deliberately decided not to update the build as no point in fixing it if it ain't broke.
I've seen a few posts on this and other fora mentioning connectivity problems. I wonder whether, what with Ambrosia being a very small start-up, they've not been able to maintain build quality in the transmitter, or have made changes to either the transmitter and/or the software which has glitched it. I suppose there's always the danger of that with what is fairly cutting edge stuff from small start ups. I recall their facebook/twitter sites have comments about connectivity with the ios app, so there's maybe some tips there.
So, all in all, I'd try (a) changing the battery, (b) see how it does on ios with Spike, or (c) try it on an android with xdrip+.
Have never used ios so not familiar with the set-up, but on android, it really needs to have location switched on, so maybe check that.
Good luck!
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-hypo-alerts-with-libre-blucon-and-xdrip.127195/