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21 About Automated Mode
At times, your Pod and Sensor may lose communication while you are in
Automated Mode. ere are several reasons this could happen, including:
• the Pod and Sensor not being within the line of sight on your body
• temporary loss of communication due to environmental interference
• Sensor warm-up or required calibration
• your Transmitter is still paired with a Dexcom G6 receiver or other medical
device
When this occurs, SmartAdjust technology can no longer adjust your automated
insulin delivery based on glucose because the Pod is not receiving updated glucose
information from the Sensor.
Aer 20 minutes of the Pod not receiving sensor glucose values, you move into a
state of Automated Mode called Automated: Limited. e Omnipod 5 App will
display “Limited” on the Home screen. Your System will remain in Automated:
Limited until Sensor communication is restored or the Sensor warm-up period
ends.
When the System enters Automated: Limited state, SmartAdjust technology bases
its insulin delivery on the following:
• It looks at your basal rate in Manual Mode at this time of day and your
adaptive basal rate for this Pod, and chooses the lower of the two values every
5 minutes. In this way, SmartAdjust technology never gives more than the
Basal Programme that would be active during Manual Mode.
• If SmartAdjust technology had paused your insulin before the Pod lost
connection with your Sensor, it will continue to pause insulin up to
40 minutes for a total of 1 hour paused. Aer 1 hour of no sensor glucose
information, it will resume your insulin at your adaptive or manual basal
rates, whichever is lower.
• Without sensor glucose information, the rate delivered in Automated:
Limited will not adjust up or down for current or predicted glucose.
Aer an hour of missed sensor glucose values, the Missing Sensor Glucose
Values advisory alarm is presented. is alarm will repeat every 15 minutes until
acknowledged and every 60 minutes until Sensor communication is restored.
For more information on this alarm, see “
Missing Sensor Glucose Values” on
page 284.
e System also enters Limited state aer receiving the Automated Delivery
Restriction Advisory alarm. For more information about Automated Delivery
Restriction, see “21.6. Automated Delivery Restriction” on page 271.
You may also choose to switch to Manual Mode to start your Basal Programme.
See “22.2. Switching from Automated Mode to Manual Mode” on page 276.