How to setup Dexcom as a data source - Rytiggy/Glance GitHub Wiki
How to setup a Dexcom data source
- Requirements:
- Dexcom transmitter with Share
- Dexcom app with Share enabled (click to install the Dexcom app)
- Iphone or Android phone
- Glance app installed (on your phone click to install Glance)
Steps
- Assuming you have the Dexcom app installed and are receiving blood sugars on the Dexcom app.
- Navigate to the share triangle in the upper corner of the screen
- Turn on sharing and add a follower. The follower can be yourself but you need to have at least one follower!!.
- Download Glance from the Fitbit app store (on your phone click to install Glance)
-
After installing Glance, Navigate to Glance's settings
Fitbit app
=>click the watch in the upper corner
=>clock faces
=>tap the watch
=>tap settings button at the bottom
- In Glance's settings select
Dexcom
as your data source then enter your Dexcomusername
andpassword
-
If you did everything right you you should see your blood sugars on the watch.
- Next steps learn how to configuring Glance's settings
Troubleshooting
- If you just enabled Dexcom share in the Dexcom app it can take up to 2 hours for Glances initially to get the bloodsugars from dexcom.
- Verify that you can login to your Dexcom account. Using the Dexcom website login https://store.dexcom.com/user/login
- If you can not login, your password or username is wrong.
- You can figure out your username by going into the
Dexcom app
=>settings
=>account
. At the bottom you'll see your email and username. you can use those to reset your Dexcom password here