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Permalink Reply by kellyone on March 25, 2011 at 9:19am

Surprised to hear pump is not backlit. Have Animas 2020 am considering upgrade but 2020 has backlight and really like that.

Permalink Reply by MossDog on March 25, 2011 at 9:19am

I seem to remember someone else posting about the compatability with Windows 7. One person found that it worked just fine. Another found they had to get a driver for the dongle (yes that is what the call it). Just because it says it is not compatible does not mean it won't work it just means they will not support it if there are problems.
I don't think they are going to fix the problem because they are coming up with a new software package. This is one of the biggest crtisisms of Animas is their software so I think they have been working on overhauling their software. Congrats on the new Ping and Good Luck!
Oh and as far as the display have you tried messing with the contrast at all? Also they have that button on top that will give different levels of brightness if you push it (I think three different levels)

Permalink Reply by Sarah on March 25, 2011 at 9:19am

The meter has a backlight... hold down the ok button for 3 seconds :)

Permalink Reply by Mike W on March 25, 2011 at 9:21am

I use windows 7 without issue.

Permalink Reply by Sue on March 25, 2011 at 9:35am

OH, thank you all for your replies!! I'll hold the button down and hope that my computer is compatible with the software. I live in a VERY rural place and being able to e-mail my Dr my BG results is important to me. Thank you so much...!!

Permalink Reply by kellyone on March 25, 2011 at 9:36am

thanks for clarifying. I use the back light feature as nightlight when moving around at night and have gotten use to the feature.

Permalink Reply by daricel on March 25, 2011 at 9:37am

I also switched from CosMore to Ping. As someone stated, hold down OK button ~ 3 seconds to backlight. Except for having to say OK to EVERYTHING, I've adjusted pretty well.

Oh, and learning to be careful if you start a bolus from the pump vs. the meter - If you bump a button, the bolus stops. I was in a restaurant twice where I stopped the bolus by putting the pump back in my pocked. Didn't hear the alarm over the background noice. Now I sit and watch it count down...

Permalink Reply by jrtpup on March 25, 2011 at 10:37am

Sue, just started on mine on Wednesday. I had no problem installing on win 7. Got one message about a vista installer and just clicked yes. I only used EZManager to change the notification sounds. Have been using diasend which I much prefer. You can download the diasend uploader at animas.com/diasend. You need the RF dongle that came in the software package.

You can turn on a backlight on the remote, don't remember how offhand, sorry, but it's in the manual. I have no problem reading the pump itself with the bright color screen. Good luck with it!

Permalink Reply by girlygirl on March 25, 2011 at 2:56pm

I to have switched from the CozMore pump, miss that old pump.. I do like the ping to a point but as with any kind of change it's been different but as the cozmore is gone what choice do I have... I'm a swimmer so the ping being waterproof sealed the deal when looking for a new one.

I also have problems with my W7 and the EZ software........ And like you read here it's all very different for everyone, I had an old netbook that runs XP and just loaded it onto that.

But no matter the brand I couldn't live without my pump, it has made all the difference for me.

Permalink Reply by Sandy Palmer on March 25, 2011 at 6:19pm

I was also using the Cozmo but the bulkyness of having the meter attached got on my nerve so I just snapped it everytime I tested and after awhile that got old too. I liked both. I liked my Cozman and I like my pingpong.. ha ha :)

Permalink Reply by girlygirl on March 26, 2011 at 4:56am

Your right about the bulky meter part....but I got to say I'm finding out that the freestyle test trips take way less blood to get a reading.

Also I'm having trouble getting used to the new alarms, you need to knock me over the head sometimes, like if a site goes bad, the cozmo would let me know.. with a good understandable alarm "blockage"

But I'm taking baby steps and me and my "pingpong" :) are learning to adjust to each other......

Permalink Reply by Sue on March 26, 2011 at 7:51am

Yes, the freestyle strips took way less blood, but that's not a big deal. There are pros and cons with this pump, but basically, I like it and it will be fine. My warranty is only two years, and since I got the pump so cheap ($200 after trade in) I will see what is out there in two years...

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