[Cloudedbrains]

Wow you guys have to buy your cables in the states ???

Over here in UK if you phone a company and beg nicely they send them out free - or they have with me at least and several friends

I have the cable for the UK equivalent of the Freestyle flash called the freestyle Mini in the uk and I luv the convenience of the cable

[terryok123]

McGriff... do you have a serial port on your PC? if not you will need the usb cable..

PC atleast for many years do NOT ship out of the box with serial port... unless you order a board.. I believe.

not sure on the other cables... send me a link to the other cables and i may be able to help you pick the right one. good luck.

[terryok123]

see quite a few messages above that will show how to get a free cable...sorry i did not answer this question with the other answer.. good luck.

[mcgriff]

I bought the USB stereo cable and it works just fine. Apparently there is a USB cable that inserts into the strip port on the meter. My advice is just get the stereo cable if you have a Freestyle Lite or a Freestyle with the stereo (looks like a headphones port) port. Stay away from the serial cables unless you feel like playing Twister with your computer. Most serial ports on computers are not all that accessible.

I ordered mine from MiniPharmacy, paid the the 32.99, got a REFUND after my cable arrived. No idea why I got a refund, but I'm not complaining. Maybe Abbott is reimbursing MiniPharmacy for the cable and the customer then receives their money back? So far it has saved me a ton of time over manually entering all my BS numbers.

[terryok123]

i agree the stero cable is better... the other look like it will break... Free is good!

[sprzepiora]

After getting the cable from mycareteam you can go to lifescan.com and download the free software, it's the same software your doctor uses for any of he lifescan meters

[RobiJo]

Originally Posted by Cloudedbrains

Wow you guys have to buy your cables in the states ???

Not really. You can pay if you choose too or are impatient. I've always gotten mine from a rep or at the doctors office. They are like meters...given away--though you may have to look a bit harder.

USB with a Stereo plug is the way to go.

[diablo]

Look on your computer. Do you have a port that looks like this USB port? Universal Serial Bus (or… - Cyberwalker.com This is a photo of a USB Port.
or
Does it look more like this?


When I ordered my free cable from MyCareTeam see above info. they sent me a Serial Cable with a USB adapter. So I didn't have to figure out anything.

[diablo]

Here is a serial to USB adapter. The small end is USB and the funky large end is a serial port.

1-Port Serial USB USB RS-232 Serial Adapter USB Serial Adaptor Converter $18.95