Nightscout Remote Control
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Remote Control with Nightscout¶
You must configure LoopFollow and the Nightscout URL to use remote commands. Please review the Remote Control Overview if terms on this page are not familiar.
- Nightscout Remote Command in LoopFollow makes the standard Careportal options easily available from inside the LoopFollow app
- With this selection, the LoopFollow phone sends commands to Nightscout which then sends commands to the Loop/Trio phone
- For that reason, the Nightscout display will be updated first
- If there is an issue sending the careportal request from Nightscout, it might not make it to the Loop/Trio phone
- After the next download from Nightscout, the display will update if commands do or do not make it through the full round trip
Please read the appropriate section on this page.
LoopFollow & Careportal with the Loop App¶
Not Available for LoopFollow 3.2
This option is not available with LoopFollow 3.2 or newer versions. It was replaced with Loop Remote Control.
This section will remain in the documents for while for people still running earlier versions of LoopFollow.
For Loop careportal access, your Nightscout site must be configured with Apple Push Notification System (APNS) credentials as fully explained in LoopDocs.
Then once you add the Nightscout URL with at least a careportal token to LoopFollow and choose Nightscout for the LoopFollow Remote Settings, you have the option to set or cancel overrides for the Loop app.
The graphic below shows what the screen looks like when you tap the Remote option from the toolbar of LoopFollow.
At least one override (or saved preset) must be uploaded from the Loop phone to Nightscout before this option works.
Only one override can be active at a time. If one is active, you can cancel it. Or if you want to change overrides, you can select a new one, which automatically cancels the old one.
LoopFollow & Careportal with the Trio App¶
Important
The ability for the Trio app to be remotely controlled will be disabled when Enable Remote Control is turned OFF on the Trio phone, even if you have given LoopFollow your Nightscout URL with Careportal access. This is for the protection of the Trio user, so that they always are the primary controller of their insulin dosing app.
For more details, see Trio Remote Control.
Trio can accept remote commands from Nightscout or from LoopFollow. There are a variety of options, but the final control of whether remote commands will be enacted rests with the Trio user. They can enable or disable remote control.
The use of remote control with Nightscout, for entry of Carb Correction and Temporary Targets when Careportal is authenticated, is available with Trio 0.2.x and newer and LoopFollow 2.4.0 and newer. However, the LoopFollow implementation only supports Temp Target start and cancel.
| Nightscout URL or App | Options |
|---|---|
| Careportal | Carb Correction Temporary Target Temporary Target Cancel |
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If you select Nightscout as the Remote Control Type for LoopFollow, this enables Temporary Targets to be set and disabled from LoopFollow.
This is the only remote option that works for Trio 0.2.x when using LoopFollow.
