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Glucometer Utilities
====================

This utility I created for personal needs, as my glucometer's software
can only print the software (to XPS) without a file export option.

While right now only supports the glucometers I own and for which I
have the specification of the protocol, I've tried designing it so
that it can be extended and used for other models and other brands as
well.

If you have knowledge of a protocol of a glucometer you would have
supported, please provide a reference, possibly by writing a
specification and contribute it to
https://github.com/Flameeyes/glucometer-protocols/.

Supported devices
-----------------

 * **LifeScan OneTouch Ultra 2**: get information, get and set time,
   dump of readings (including comments and meal specification) in
   native units, memory reset.
 * **LifeScan OneTouch Ultra Easy** (also known as **Ultra Mini**):
   get information, get and set time, dump of readings in native
   units, memory reset.
 * **LifeScan OneTouch Verio** (USB version), **LifeScan OneTouch
   Select Plus**: get information, get and set time, dump of
   readings. Requires [python-scsi][1].
 * **Abbott FreeStyle Optium**: get information, get and set time,
   dump of readings in native units.

[1] https://github.com/rosjat/python-scsi

Dump format
-----------

The `dump` action by default will output CSV-compatible format, with the
following fields:

 * date and time;
 * meter reading value;
 * before/after meal information, if known;
 * comment provided with the reading, if any.

Meal and comment information is provided by the meters supporting the
information. In the future, meal information could be guessed based on the time
of the reading.

The unit format used by the dump by default matches what the meter reports as
its display unit, which might differ from the one used by the meter for internal
representation and wire protocol. You can override the display unit with
`--unit`.

Development
-----------

The tool is being written keeping in mind that different glucometers,
even if they are all from the same manufacturer, will use different
protocols.

If you want to contribute code, please note that the target language
is Python 3.2, and that the style to follow is for the most part PEP8
compatible.

License
-------
Copyright © 2013-2016 Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes@flameeyes.eu>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.