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Permalink Reply by kenx on May 19, 2011 at 8:13am

Actually, it could have a simple battery like hatch/cap/plug to cover the usb port? If they can make the battery cap waterproof, they can do same with a usb port cover... any Animas reps on here? you reading this? free ideas here!

Permalink Reply by Joe White on May 19, 2011 at 10:37am

The battery cap is 'waterproof' because of two things. 1 it screws in and 2 it uses an o-ring to seal it. It is easy to sel because it is round. A mini or micro usb connector is not round, would have no screw threads to secure it in place and would be easy to knock off. Wifi or bluetooth which would have no outside connections needed would be a much better option.

Permalink Reply by Unicornzzz on May 19, 2011 at 11:05pm

There is no need to contact Animas about the cradle. I tried and I got the run a round from them. They told me that they never heard of the cradle and did not know what I as talking about. They told me that it was something only a doctor's office would need and there was no need in me having a cradle. They told me it was something that Life Scan carried so they transferred me to the One Touch department. They could not pull up the part #. I was very frustrated by the time I got off of the phone with them.

I have contacted the DEC in my area and have not gotten a call back from her yet. I am also going to try the Animas rep from my area but that person is works over 3 hours away from me. I am going to try to contact my endo next week and see if she knows anything about the cradles.

Permalink Reply by Joe White on May 21, 2011 at 8:35am

Anxdiety, updating EZManagerMax is not the same as any other program. EzmanagerMax is only available by prescription. I believe that the software has to be FDA approved since it is an interface to the pump and they probably have to convince the FDA that the data is accurate. While it is a java program, and the driver manufacturer has updated the driver and therefore the hardware to work with the program, Animas would probably have to get FDA approval to support Windows 7. My guess is that the next pump, which is being held up by a FDA change of philosophy, i.e. more stringent approval, will come with an updated or new software package. .

Permalink Reply by Anxdiety on May 21, 2011 at 1:02pm

That's what I was explaining. :) It was part of why we can't expect things like bluetooth, as there's so much red tape to go through.

Permalink Reply by FriscoSooner on May 22, 2011 at 9:53am

IR is a very slow method of transferring data. I have been using the Diasend web component for uploading my data. It seems more reliable and fast than the EZManager software. My educator also likes the reports better. The only thing I use the EZM software for is when I update my food database on the meter.

Not sure if this is the case with EZM, but with Diasend you do not need to keep hitting buttons to keep your pump from going into sleep mode so that's a plus.

Permalink Reply by Jeff on May 23, 2011 at 3:54pm

The point is that it is a terrible design! There are better options (RF, Bluetooth, etc.) but I guess the IR was the cheapest (and slowest) way to go. I have the dongle and even THAT doesn't work very well. I rarely use the program. The DexCom thing works fine!

Jeff

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