On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:44, John Bowden wrote:
> Hi List
>       Me again! Does any one know of any software that will allow me to 
> connect
> my Accu Check Advantage blood glucose meter to my linux box and download
> its data and clear the memory? It connects via the serial port and cable to
> the pc. The windoz software is called Accu Check Compass and lets me review
> trends over verious time periods, day/week ect.

Not aware of any such software that reads your hardware, but a search on 
Freshmeat has a few apps listed at: 
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=diabetes&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 
but they are a bit stale.  One of them http://kpumpe.sourceforge.net/ does 
read other hardware (OneTouch Ultra and FastTake) and has a link to 
http://glucomodul.sourceforge.net/ which aims to support different hardware 
as plugins.  Again, it looks a bit stale, but it could be a base to start 
from.  Also http://ggc.sourceforge.net/index.php supports downloads from the 
'Glucocard Memory PC'.  Sourceforge of course brings up a heap more, most of 
which don't appear to have got past the planning stage (including one for 
your hardware that didn't even get that far).

As an interim measure, you could try running it under Wine, CXOffice being the 
easiest way (albeit commercial), but normal wine would do just fine.  
Checking their app database at http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/ it's 
not listed but that doesn't mean it won't work, give it a try and maybe post 
a support request if it doesn't.  Win4Lin or VMWare are other options, both 
commercial.  There should be a way of do protocol analysis using any of 
these.

Another option is to look for a Java app that supports your hardware.

Longer term?  If the existing data is in .mdb, then it's readable in the 
latest versions of the Kexi and Knoda database apps.  Any new app would be 
able to import the existing data.  Kexi could also make a good platform to 
build the app on.  I'm no protocol guy, but I am a database programmer on the 
big iron, and I've been meaning to play with Kexi for another project I'm 
planning, so I might be able to help out there.

John.
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