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2023-10-01

Welcome to News from Loop and Learn

Published on 1 October 2023.

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Upcoming Zoom Sessions

All Zoom Sessions use the same zoom link unless otherwise noted:

Topic Recorded? Time Date
Loop Any Topic no 18:00 UTC 5 October,
19 October,
2 November
16 November
Australian Friendly Session:
> Loop Any Topic		 no 09:00 UTC 9 October
Little Loopers to T1D Titans:
> Moving our Kids Towards T1D Independence		 yes 17:00 UTC 13 October
iAPS Session: Logarithm vs Sigmoid Dynamic ISF yes 17:00 UTC 14 October

Video Replay

The Now Line

The “Now Line” is a very helpful tool, available by individual customization. It adds a vertical line to all your Loop charts on the main screen and to the glucose prediction on the bolus screen. This line represents the current time, aiming to make it simpler for you to interpret your data.

For those who build the app using a Browser, please note the customization templates have been updated:

Preview for the Next Release

This section of LoopDocs gives an early look at what has been added to the dev branch of Loop  since Loop 3.2.x was released and will be in the next release.

  • Support for Libre CGM
  • Modified Simulator Interface
  • Algorithm Experiments
    • Glucose Based Partial Application Factor
    • Integral Retrospective Correction
  • Favorite Foods
  • TestFlight Expiration Warning
  • Building with Browser Updates
  • Miscellaneous Code Fixes

Keep Phone on Automatic Time

You have been warned before to keep your phone on Automatic Time.

New trick - turn on iOS Settings -> Screen Time -> and set a passcode.

The phone can only be configured with automatic time.

Reminder: Please Don't Send Mentors Private Messages

...unless you’re invited to.

If you need help, please post on the Loop and Learn Facebook page or zulipchat. This does several things:

  • You are likely to hear back sooner because your post gets noticed sooner than a private message request will
  • You are likely to get more information because more people may answer and provide more suggestions than a single mentor may think of
  • A wider array of experiences may be shared
  • It helps out our membership
    • Many people read through posts and learn from them, even when they aren’t in a similar situation (yet)
    • It also becomes searchable for people in the future
  • Our mentors are then “free” to do their numerous jobs within the group, as they know when others are helping take care of our members

Download, Then Customize

Would you patch a hole in a pair of jeans, then go get a new pair of jeans and expect that patch to be on them? No!

Same with customizations; you have to add them to your most recent download if you expect them to be available.

  • Download code
  • Build (this is recommended but not required)
  • Customize
  • Build (this is your custom version)

Text-only Edition Extras

xDrip4iOS or Glucose Direct with Loop 3.2.3

Loop 3.2.3 was released to support folks needing to build with Xcode 15; but the customizations that allowed people to continue using xDrip4iOS or Glucose Direct were not explained well. We tried to fix that.

There are some commands to use with Build with Browser or with Mac-Xcode that add an interface to these CGM inside Loop. This is valid only up through Loop 3.2.3; it does not work for dev.