Using Diabetes Pilot Desktop with an iPhone or iPod Touch

If you have an iPhone or iPod touch device, Diabetes Pilot Desktop can work with your device's data - use your handheld to record data while you're on the go, then synchronize it to Diabetes Pilot Desktop for later reporting and analysis.

This section of the instructions desctibes using Diabetes Pilot with an iPhone or iPod touch. For instructions on using Diabetes Pilot with Palm handhelds, click here.  For instructions on using Diabetes Pilot with a Windows Mobile handheld, click here.

Diabetes Pilot for iPhone / iPod Touch is a separate product and is sold separately from Diabetes Pilot Desktop. Purchase Diabetes Pilot for iPhone from the iTunes App Store.

There are several ways to transfer data from your iPhone/iPod:

Synchronize Your Data Via WiFi

This feature lets you transfer your record data and food database between your desktop computer and your handheld.

You will need Version 5 (or newer) of both the Desktop and iPhone software on your computer to use the WiFi sync.  Tap "Tasks...About" on the iPhone or use the "Help->About" menu item on the desktop to see which version you have.  If you have an older version, you can update the iPhone software through the iTunes store and you can update the desktop software by clicking here

To use the WiFi sync, you will need your computer and your handheld connected to the same network.  

To start, make sure that both devices are connected to your network:

• Make sure that your computer is connected to your network.  We recommend using a private, secure, network that you control (i.e. a properly configured home network rather than a public WiFi hotspot)
• Make sure that your handheld is connected (via WiFi) to the same network as your computer.  (The sync will not work if your device is connected only with a cellular (3G) data connection).   If necessary, use the iPhone's "Settings" app to verify your WiFi settings - check that you're connected to the correct network.   You may also wish to use an application such as the Safari web browser (surf to a new page or two) to confirm that you have an active, working, network connection.

Then, start the sync on your handheld and computer:

1. On your handheld, tap the "Tasks..." button, then choose "Data Transfer" then "Desktop Sync via WiFi"
2. In Diabetes Pilot on your computer, select "Synchronize iPhone/iPod data via WiFi" from the "Handheld" menu.
3. On your computer, choose the desired sync options.   You will usually want to leave the "Synchronize my Data" option selected. This will merge data from both locations into one common dataset.  With this, records entered in one location will be transferred to the other and vice-versa.  
4. On your computer, click the "Sync" button to start the sync.

One-way Data Transfer Via Email

You can also transfer your records from your handheld via email to a computer with Diabetes Pilot Desktop.  This can be useful for a variety of purposes: sending your data to a doctor's office that has Diabetes Pilot Desktop, a child sending data to a parent, sending data to yourself for later analysis, transferring your data when the WiFi connection described above isn't practical, and many other situations.  To do this:

1. On your handheld, launch Diabetes Pilot. Tap the "Tasks..." button, then choose "Data Transfer" then "Send Data to Desktop".
2. On the screen that appears, enter your email address and tap the "Send" button to send your data.  Please note that, to keep the data sent to a reasonable size, your food database is not transferred with this method.
3. Receive the email on your desktop computer. It may take a several minutes or more to arrive, depending on your email system. (Be sure that the message hasn't mistakenly gone into your junk mail folder.)
4. Save the file attached to the email on your computer.
5. Start Diabetes Pilot Desktop on your computer.
6. Open the dataset that you'd like to fill with your backup data. Note that this data will be REPLACED with the data from your handheld. Because of this, you may wish to back up the existing data first, or create a new dataset (by choosing "Manage datasets..." from the "File" menu) to hold the incoming data from your handheld.
7. From the "File" menu, select "Restore Data File...". In the window that appears, select the file you saved in step 4.