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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1836285" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>Hi, [USER=485467]@Ozu[/USER] , I've been using blucon for about a year now, but have no need to share data remotely, so am not up to speed on that. </p><p></p><p>I'll tag in [USER=373519]@justadad[/USER] who I recall set up blucon to remote view his son's levels, so he'll hopefully give you a steer on it.</p><p></p><p>There are ways of doing it. Ambrosia has an inhouse app Caregiver which transmits to other phones.</p><p></p><p> But many of us find that, although the transmitter itself is quite good, their apps are a bit basic, so we use a much more advanced android app xDrip+. </p><p></p><p>There's an option to set up the user's phone as "master" and have it send data to other phones as "followers". The path is Settings/xDrip+ Sync settings. To be honest, I've never actually used it, so I'm not sure whether it requires both phones to be connected to wi-fi or whether it just chews up data every 5 mins.</p><p></p><p>There's other ways of doing it over the internet. Google xdrip+ and Nightscout, an American charity which has been instrumental in setting up data sharing for parents.</p><p></p><p>I'd forget about having the smartwatch send directly to followers. The blucon transmitter will send to a phone and then to the watch. There are ways of making the watch collect directly from the transmitter but it's very hit and miss - the bluetooth configuration of smartwatches varies so much that specific watches need some major software patching to act as collector. It's a complexity which you don't want to get involved with if you're just starting out with this. And even if you get the watch collecting from blucon, I doubt it will send to followers. So, the lad will likely love having a James Bond type smartwatch to show to his mates, but he'll pretty much need a phone handy if you want to data share.</p><p></p><p>xDrip+ will send quite happily to a smartwatch from the phone but there needs to be a phone to send to followers.</p><p></p><p>My set up is a cheap £95 LG K8 phone and a Fossil Q Explorist - it works well but probably isn't a suitable watch for a 5 yr old. Any Android Wear watch should work ok with xdrip+. Pebbles work too, they're quite cheap on ebay, I think the makers have stopped making them.</p><p></p><p>Avoid Samsung phones - they've got crazy bluetooth weirdness going on and don't work at all well with xdrip+.</p><p></p><p>Here's where you can get xdrip+:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://jamorham.github.io" target="_blank">https://jamorham.github.io</a></p><p></p><p>It's open source "use at own risk" software, but many of us use it and consider it reliable and trustworthy.</p><p></p><p>Here's some guidance on setting up remote viewing from it:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nightscout.info/wiki/welcome" target="_blank">http://www.nightscout.info/wiki/welcome</a></p><p></p><p>And a guide to setting up an android smartwatch:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/blob/master/Documentation/WatchGuide.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/blob/master/Documentation/WatchGuide.md</a></p><p></p><p>It's a fascinating area of technology - have fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1836285, member: 374531"] Hi, [USER=485467]@Ozu[/USER] , I've been using blucon for about a year now, but have no need to share data remotely, so am not up to speed on that. I'll tag in [USER=373519]@justadad[/USER] who I recall set up blucon to remote view his son's levels, so he'll hopefully give you a steer on it. There are ways of doing it. Ambrosia has an inhouse app Caregiver which transmits to other phones. But many of us find that, although the transmitter itself is quite good, their apps are a bit basic, so we use a much more advanced android app xDrip+. There's an option to set up the user's phone as "master" and have it send data to other phones as "followers". The path is Settings/xDrip+ Sync settings. To be honest, I've never actually used it, so I'm not sure whether it requires both phones to be connected to wi-fi or whether it just chews up data every 5 mins. There's other ways of doing it over the internet. Google xdrip+ and Nightscout, an American charity which has been instrumental in setting up data sharing for parents. I'd forget about having the smartwatch send directly to followers. The blucon transmitter will send to a phone and then to the watch. There are ways of making the watch collect directly from the transmitter but it's very hit and miss - the bluetooth configuration of smartwatches varies so much that specific watches need some major software patching to act as collector. It's a complexity which you don't want to get involved with if you're just starting out with this. And even if you get the watch collecting from blucon, I doubt it will send to followers. So, the lad will likely love having a James Bond type smartwatch to show to his mates, but he'll pretty much need a phone handy if you want to data share. xDrip+ will send quite happily to a smartwatch from the phone but there needs to be a phone to send to followers. My set up is a cheap £95 LG K8 phone and a Fossil Q Explorist - it works well but probably isn't a suitable watch for a 5 yr old. Any Android Wear watch should work ok with xdrip+. Pebbles work too, they're quite cheap on ebay, I think the makers have stopped making them. Avoid Samsung phones - they've got crazy bluetooth weirdness going on and don't work at all well with xdrip+. Here's where you can get xdrip+: [URL]https://jamorham.github.io[/URL] It's open source "use at own risk" software, but many of us use it and consider it reliable and trustworthy. Here's some guidance on setting up remote viewing from it: [URL]http://www.nightscout.info/wiki/welcome[/URL] And a guide to setting up an android smartwatch: [URL]https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/blob/master/Documentation/WatchGuide.md[/URL] It's a fascinating area of technology - have fun! [/QUOTE]
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