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In addition to normal daily changes, insulin needs can vary with 
different routines or days of the week. For example, regular 
school or workday routines may differ from weekend routines, 
and insulin needs may differ, too. With your healthcare provider, 
you will decide on the basal rates that best match your lifestyle 
and insulin needs. You will enter at least one basal program (your 
Basal 1 Program) into your PDM during the setup process (see 
Chapter 2, Getting Started). You can add other programs later as 
you fine-tune your System settings or when your needs change.

You can also create temporary basal presets to use on occasions 

when you need to adjust your basal rate for a short period of 
time. See “Temporary Basal Rates and Presets” later in this 
chapter.

The Personal Diabetes Manager can store up to 7 different basal 

programs. Each program can contain 24 rates, programmed in 
half-hour increments. Once you enter a basal program into the 
PDM, you only need to press a few buttons to pick the program 
you want. The Pod continues to deliver insulin at those rates until 
you change that program or switch to another one.

1. On the Home screen, use the Up/Down Controller buttons 

to choose Settings; then press Select.

2. Choose Basal programs (Figure 3-1), then press Select.  

3. Choose [add new] (Figure 3-2), then press New.
4. To use the default naming system, simply press Next. The 

default naming system automatically assigns program 
names in numerical order, such as basal 1, basal 2, basal 3.
If you want to give a different name to the program:
a. Press the Up/Down Controller buttons to scroll through 

the list of characters. An up-and-down arrow symbol on 
the screen indicates the character that can be changed.

Check with your healthcare provider before adjust-
ing these settings.