Hi all,
I have had the ambrosia BluCon for a while and stopped using it as it was so unreliable so when I read this post I thought I would give this X drip a go. 2 1/2 hours later and I am ready to put it back in the box again I just can't get this X drip app to read the BluCon, I know the BluCon is working as it is sending its readings to the LinkBluCon app on my phone. Has anyone had similar difficulties and found a solution? I am using a Samsung S5.
Thanks
Michael
Hi, Michael, seeing as I started the thread, I suppose I better have a go at seeing if this can be sorted!
First, which nightly build of xDrip+ are you using? My understanding is that the ability to take data from blucon was only introduced from the 6 September 2017 build, so if you've got an earlier version, it won't work, because it wasn't designed to, so update to 6 Sep build or thereafter. Mine is using the 6 Sep one, works fine, I've deliberately not auto-loaded later versions in case something breaks.
Second, are you certain you've paired the blucon transmitter with xDrip+? There are some notes on how to do this at post #5 further up this thread. One of the things which foxed me on initial set up was that after selecting Libre Bluetooth as the hardware source and then doing the scan, when it found the blucon, I didn't realise that I had to click the found blucon to bring up a new screen where I could then type in the last six numbers on the side of the blucon to pair them. If you don't do that then they're not paired and they might as well be ships passing in the night. Also make sure blucon is actually on - if the scan doesn't find it, plip it with a cocktail stick again until you get the red flash. That routine might sound troublesome but I've only needed to do it once at initial setup.
Third, you say you know blucon is working because it's sending to linkblucon. It'll screw it up if you're trying to run both linkblucon and xdrip+ at the same time, so close linkblucon and try again. I ended up deleting it. Others have had problems running the two together and solved it by getting rid of linkblucon:
https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/issues/175
Fourth, I know nada about phones - maybe there's just an issue with S5 and xDrip+. If you can't get it to work after checking the above, maybe scroll through the open and closed issues at this link to see if S5 issues have come up:
https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip/issues?q=is:open+is:issue
Fifth, might sound too obvious to considet, but have you definitely got bluetooth switched on?!
Have a stab at all of the above, and if it still isn't working, maybe post back and explain what steps you've taken, particularly in relation to pairing the blucon with xDrip+ through the settings/hardware data source set up. I was just about to throw it back in the box as well till I realised I'd missed that bit - seems obvious now, but wasn't at the time, that I had to click it to bring up the entry screen for the transmitter number.
All of the above is based on the 6/9/17 build - might have changed since then.
Good luck with it - once you start getting those 5 min blue dots appearing, it's sweet as!