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2024-11-04

Welcome to News from Loop and Learn

Master Your DIY Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery System

Published on 4 November 2024.

In this edition:

Upcoming Zoom Sessions

Loop and Learn: Informal Discussion (Open Mic) zoom meetings are scheduled on the second Thursday of each month. In November, this falls on World Diabetes Day!

Zoom Sessions use this link:

Topic Recorded? Time Date
Loop and Learn: Informal Discussion
Open Mic		 no 18:00 UTC 14 November 2024

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Diabetes Awareness Month

Help yourself be more “aware” by making a daily effort to use the resources that the Loop and Learn Team and others in the Open Source community work so hard to make available to you. Check out some of the Helpful Links to get started.

Real-Time Hack Watch

Hack 2024 is just 2 days away, on November 6th!

We're planning something special - a 30-minute behind-the-scenes opportunity to see the mayhem when 30 developers and volunteers from across the globe brainstorm the future of open source automated insulin delivery systems and associated apps: Loop, Trio, AAPS and Nightscout.

Join us on Zoom at 12 p.m. PT/ 3 p.m. ET/ 9 p.m. CET for a glimpse into what’s happening!

Apple Developer Agreement

Whether you use Browser Build or Mac-Xcode Build, you need to sign your new Apple Developer Program License Agreement as soon as possible. The due date is 5 or 6 November 2024 depending on where you live. If you don't sign by the due date, you can no longer build a new version of your app. Furthermore, if you use remote commands with Apple Push Notification, those will stop working as well.

Important Dexcom Follow Safety Note

A Dexcom user reported on Facebook that their son’s Dexcom DID NOT alert any of their family members when it had lost signal/received no data like it usually does. Her son experienced very low glucose while the signal was lost and wound up in the ICU as a result. The hospitalist told them that this is the second kid this week with Dexcom communication issues.

The mom looked into her app settings and the “no data notification” alert was turned OFF on both parents’ phones, and the “Signal Loss” notification was turned OFF on her son’s phone. They are certain they had those alerts turned ON and think there might have been an update from Dexcom that turned them off. She has checked with friends who have also found alerts to be off and she has contacted Dexcom about this concerning and dangerous issue. This may have been associated with an update to iOS 18.

We are glad to hear that all is okay with her T1D son and encourage checking alert settings before bed. We also recommend Loop Follow for its many wonderful features, including superior alarm capabilities.