Yep, been going on for a good long while. I’ve never had a Medtronic pump, and when I did use the cannula kind, it was a deltec cozmo and an animas something-or-other. Those seemed to be fairly innovative when new. These new pod types, there’s got to be a way to intercept it’s Bluetooth comms and figure out how to communicate with it, just beyond my wheelhouse. The openAPS folks could take it from there most likely.

The pump set originally comes with a “phone” to control the omnipod. I don’t want to carry an additional device. But it may come to that eventually.

This particular pump requires it because its a wearable with no interface. There are still some that have a drip line and cannula, but, I dunno about their interface, they very well may require a phone too. The Omnipod system does come with a “free phone”. It’s some no-name Motorola that’s about twice as thick as a regular phone. I don’t really want to carry it, my personal phone, and my work phone, way too much junk. Before smartphones, the pump was the interface, a small screen, a few buttons and AA battery powered. They were OK, but had several downsides. The drip line being the biggest for me, it was always getting caught on stuff.