MiniMed MiniLink Transmitter

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Permalink Reply by Jack on July 21, 2007 at 3:35pm

It operates on this:
MMT-7703NA 916.5 megahertz
MMT-7703WW 868.35 megahertz

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Curtis on July 21, 2007 at 5:58pm

You will probably see something like this come from MM in the next year or so.

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Permalink Reply by Jack on July 21, 2007 at 11:33pm

Really? That would be cool. I think I would rather roll my own. Part of my job requires analyzing market data so I think I can provide realistic data analysis tools for the sensor data. ALSO: Once I saw the PAL software I thought, "what did they make this in a week?" Pretty amateurish stuff. So I don't know. I do not have an opinion about the CareLink thing yet.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Doering on July 21, 2007 at 6:07pm

I have no idea about your question, but I would like to know how you set your basals for bike riding.

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Permalink Reply by Jack on July 21, 2007 at 11:21pm

I haven't started pumping yet. I have been using the glucose sensor for 2 weeks now. I have pump training next Thursday. So far, I have done 20 miles a day for about a week and a half. I have seen a rally in my level during warm up. I have also seen rapid drops during intervals. I am going to ride 50 miles next week so I'm sure I will have further insight. I do know from past experience that high adrenaline rides and rides that include climbing hills can raise my sugar level. I would increase the basal rate I bet. Longer rides I am not sure what what adjustment I would make. Of course, I do not know anything about pumping yet.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Doering on July 22, 2007 at 6:43am

Ahhhh thought you were pumping, but you are just sensoring. ;) I have such trouble exercising since pumping and lowering basals for the exercise, just makes me high later. What kind of works for me is 15 carbs every 30 minutes, but I just hate eating all the time.

I do not have the adrenaline issue that makes me go high. Any form of movement and my bgs drops instantly, it is way frustrating. Thought you might have the secret formula. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Dave on September 2, 2008 at 6:05am

Karen, this is how I set my basal rates for biking and I am still working on getting it right but it is pretty close. I typically ride 50-100 miles a week, if I am going to go on a 20 mile ride starting at 6pm I do a temp basal @ 25% for 1-1.5 hours starting at 4pm. My reasoning behind this is that basal rates need to be adjusted 2 hours before to show an affect. When I ride it takes me about 1 hour, 12 minutes to ride 21 miles. If I planned on doing a 2 hour ride I would set my temp basal for 2 hours. I still have to eat a little when I am out but for the most part this works pretty well. I constantly look at my pump to see where my BG is and typically it remains stable without any serious drops because of insulin on board.

Hope this helps-Dave

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Permalink Reply by Kristin on September 2, 2008 at 7:41am

Dave, I've discovered a similar method for running and rollerblading. I use a 50% rate for two hours before I start running, but during the run, I think that i need full basal in order to avoid highs after the run. Glad to hear that you reached a similar conclusion!

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Permalink Reply by Dave on September 2, 2008 at 9:53am

Great minds think alike!

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Permalink Reply by Dan on July 27, 2007 at 8:53am

That would be really slick if you could pull that off. I am wanting to be able to pull the data off my pump, and i know it will do it over the radio, as thats how it syncs it to carelink. If you move forward on this, please keep us in the loop!

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Permalink Reply by Jack on July 27, 2007 at 8:59am

One of my engineers tells me that it will be very to get data from the transmitter without help from the manufacturer. In the mean time, I am going to use a usb sniffer to learn how to communicate with the pump and get the data off of it. Do you have the comlink thing or the usb thing?

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Permalink Reply by Dan on July 27, 2007 at 9:33am

I have the Paradigm Link Interface Cable that I connect to my b/g meter. What I want is to be able to do what you say, and send all the data to my phone/pda. (att 8525) I have a fealing that I will need soemthing to be able to pick up the radio signal. My brother is a EE, so I am going to talk to him this weekend about how hard that will be.

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