Hi !
And finally next version of GGC (GNU Gluco Control) is here (0.4).
I will copy short descriptions with all needed information after this few lines… I would like to point out that this application was now tested on 4 different OSes (meter tools functionality which requires special binary files too): Windows (x32, x64), Mac (10.4), Linux (Ubuntu) and FreeBSD (7).
GNU Gluco Control is software, which helps you manage your diabetes. You can enter detailed data about your current state: Medications, Activity, BG, Meals eaten/CH (you can add CH directly, or with help of selection of food in foods databases (we have currently 3 databases: USDA, User Db and Meals Db), or even as freetext (text where you type what you eat, its CH value in brackets and at end all values are summed together), Comments, or it can even help with your Boluses through Bolus Helper. You have possibility then to add, change, view data, view data graphicaly through graphs (still work in progress) or print data out to printer. In previous version (that was 0.3, we are now at version 0.4) we integrated first version of Meter Tool, which is now fully developed and support several devices (whole Ascensia/Bayer family, Roche/Accu-Chek family and some of One Touch devices). We also started with work on Pump Tool, which in it’s current version has only possibility to manually add data (this is pre-step before we start with automatic imports).
Since GGC is Open Source application (written in Java), we need all the help we can get, we need testers/users, translator and if someone is brave enough, also developers (either in Java or C#).
You can find us at: http://ggc.sourceforge.net
Take care,
Andy
I would be willing to test and I took a look at the documentation online. Can I dump data from my One Touch Ping meter? I test so often that I would need to be able to do that to be a good tester for the software. I love the idea of a bolus helper. Does it help with basals or is that still on the wish list?
Hi Suzanne !
You will have to test support for OT Ping yourself. As you probably know all diabetes companies are very tight lipped, about protocols (language with which meter talks to computer), so we haven’t added support for all. You can do 3 tests to see if it works (1. try with OT Ultra, 2. try with OT Mini, 3. try with OT Smart), each of this 3 devices has different protocol and one of them may work for you… Bolus helper is just a simple tools similar to Bolus Wizard in minimed’s pump. It takes your CH, BG and set ratio’s (CH/Insulin and Insulin BG) and calculates how much insulin you need. I have no idea how it could help with basals. As I know you must set your basals, by testing BG and adjusting values…
Take care, I hope you like software and it will help you…
Andy
This is great. I don’t the see the Abbott FreeStyle Flash in the list of supported hardware. How would I go about doing it myself?
Hi !
If you are Java programer you could do it be yourself, if not you could get us protocol data and we would do it (please read documentation, document “How Can I Help.txt”, section B. We plan to add some Abbott hardware, but we are still waiting for test hardware. Please contact me off-list, through PM here and we will see what we can do… Since I don’t have any test hardware yet, you could test it on your side…
Andy
Andy,
I am part of a listserv called Insulinpumpers where in the area for members they have a basal calculator where you put in times and BGs and other data and it offers suggestions for adjustment. So they have some kind of algorithm in there that you may want to look at. It is one of the things the members love having access to and if GGC could do it and it was easier, you get alot of supporters that way. Just an idea of something to check out. Here is the link:
I will try the OT Smart and see if that protocol matches. The machine looks so much like the Ultra smart so maybe the protocol is similar.
Suzanne
Hi !
Aha, I didn’t know that any such basal calculator exists… Please send link again, it was lost…
Try all three of them, because they are very different. OT Smart is only partially implemented for now. We didn’t get any data for that from J&J, but one of developers is doing it “manually”… the hard way…
Andy
I am working on the FreeStyle Lite version for myself - I’m sure it’s pretty much the same thing. I’ll send it to you and Khürt when I have it finished 
I think it’s fine time for me to put my schooling to use!
Khurt please contact me ASAP. I have added some basic support for Freestyle, but I have no way to test it so far…so I would need a little help from you.
Andy
Hi,
I downloaded the zip file and tried to run it on my Ubuntu installation. I have Java properly installed and configured. But when I execute the run_linux.sh script, it tries to execute a setenv_atech,sh file which is not available in the downloaded zip file and hence not in the extracted folder. Can you help?
