VirtualHere - getting our T1D data mobile

If you've followed our journey getting our Medtronic 640g pump into the cloud and connected to Nightscout, you'll have seen that getting my current solution mobile has been to use the USB IP protocol to allow the Bayer Contour Next Link 2.4 meter to be plugged into a Smartphone.

Specifically, I've relied on VirtualHere.

VirtualHere's developer, Michael, has offered lots of practical support and advice to myself and other users adopting the current Nightscout solution. His customer support and willingness to adapt and update his application to help our application has been amazing.

But now he's gone one step further:
If you are using VirtualHere to help you connect to Nightscout and better monitor Type 1 Diabetes, you can get a free server license.

That's incredibly generous - server licenses are usually $39

Getting a license enables all the features on the VirtualHere server, including Reverse Clients.

To get your free license:

• Install the VirutalHere app via the Play Store. 
• (If you've installed it already, please make sure you have the latest version)
• Open up the App - if you have one of the latest versions (v2.7.3 at time of writing) it should look like this:

• Click in the App menu (circled above) and select, License, then Buy License

• In the webpage that pops up, copy the code in the text box (line 3 below) and email it to Michael explaining what you're using VirtualHere for.

• Michael will send a license key back to you...
• In VirtualHere just go to License, Set License and paste your newly received key into the text box in the app 
• You now have a licensed version of VirtualHere :-)

I'm using VirtualHere every day to help monitor our little person with T1D. Thank-you Michael!

Please note: I have no affiliation or commercial interest in VirtualHere.

Update: If you've landed here looking for Nightscout on your 600-series pump, thanks for stopping by :) The simplest way to get your pump on to Nightscout is to use the 600-series Android Uploader. Enjoy!