High settings


Device: MiniMed™ 670G insulin pump (MMT-1780K)

High Settings allow you to be alerted if your sensor glucose (SG) is:

  • Rising rapidly (Rise Alert)
  • Approaching your high limit (Alert before high)
  • Has reached your high limit (Alert on high)

Remember, the Sensor feature must be turned on before you can set any High settings.

High Limit
Before the high settings can be programmed, the high limit will need to be set. The other high settings are based on the High (Hi) Limit value. You can set up to eight high limits for different time segments throughout the day or night.

Your high limit is not the same as your glucose target. Your healthcare professional will help you determine the setting that is appropriate for you.

Alert before high
When Alert before high is turned on, you will receive an alert any time the sensor glucose is predicted to reach the high limit that you have set. This can help you to evaluate why your glucose readings are high and take the actions that your healthcare professional has recommended you take when your glucose levels are rising.

Time before High
Time before high is only available when using Alert before high. Time before high determines how many minutes before the reaching the high limit that you will receive an Alert before high. This can be set from 5 to 30 minutes.

Alert on high
When Alert on high is on, you will receive an alert any time your sensor glucose reaches or exceeds your high limit. This allows you to evaluate and treat if necessary as instructed by your healthcare professional.

Rise Alert
The Rise Alert will notify you when your sensor glucose is rising rapidly. This alert can help you understand how your sensor glucose values are affected by things such as eating meals or when forgetting to give a bolus.

The Rise Alert can be set to alert if sensor glucose is rising as follows:

  • ↑ - SG is rising at a rate of 1 mg/dL per minute or more
  • ↑↑- SG is rising at a rate of 2 mg/dL per minute or more
  • ↑↑↑ - SG is rising at a rate of 3 mg/dL per minute or more
  • Custom – SG is rising at the rate that you set, from 1.0 to 5.0 mg/dL per minute

High Snooze
High Snooze is available once you have set your High Settings. High Snooze allows you to set the amount of time that you want to wait before you are reminded that an alert condition still exists. After a high alert is received and cleared, you will be alerted again only if the high alert condition still exists after the snooze time you have set.


Setting up your High Settings:

1. Press Select, select Options, select SmartGuard, and select High Setup.

2. Select the time segment. The End time will start flashing. The Start time of the first time segment is always 12:00 A. You can set up to eight time segments, each with a different high limit. If you set more than one time segment, the time segments must cover a 24-hour period.

Time segment select

3. Set the End time for the first segment.

4. Set your High limit. You can enter a value from 100 to 400 mg/dL, in increments of 5 mg/dL. Press Select to confirm the value.

5. Select the arrow to the right of the End time to select the high alerts for this time segment. A screen appears showing the high alerts for the selected time segment

6. Select Alert before high if you want to receive an alert before you reach your high limit.

Select Alert before high screen

7. If you turned on Alert before high, enter the Time before high to set how soon you want to be alerted before reaching your high limit. You can enter a value from 5 to 30 minutes. The time will flash. The default time is 15 minutes. Use the arrows to adjust the time and press Select.

8. Select Alert on high if you want an alert when you reach your high limit.

9. Select Rise Alert if you want to receive an alert when your SG is rising quickly

10. If you turned on the Rise Alert, you need to set the Rise Limit. Scroll down and select Rise Limit to access this option. The Rise Limit screen appears. The default setting is two up arrows, alerting you when your sensor glucose is rising at a rate of 2.0 mg/dL per minute or more.

Set the Rise Limit screens

11. You can choose any of the three preset rise rates or set a custom rise rate for your alert. Select the limit you want to use.

Preset rise rates screen

12. Select OK.

13. If you have more than one high limit, continue to set the limits and settings you would like to use. Select Next, and select Done.

14. Review your High Setup and select Save.

Review High Setup screen

15. Select Snooze to adjust the amount of time before you will be alerted again. The default setting is 1 hour.

Select Snooze screen


Edit your High Settings:

1. Press Select, select Options, select SmartGuard, and then High Setup.

2. Select Edit to change the settings for the current High Setup. The High Setup screen appears.

Edit High Setup screen

3. Highlight the time segment you want to edit and press select. The End time will start flashing. Edit the start or end time for the selected segment. Remember, the time segments must cover a 24-hour period. Set the End time for the selected segment and press select.

Time segment select screen

4. The value for the Hi mg/dL for the segment will flash. You can enter a value from 100 to 400 mg/dL, in increments of 5 mg/dL. The value defaults to 250 mg/dL. Press Select to set the value.

5. Press select again to edit the alert settings as needed, scroll down and select Next.

6. If no more changes are needed select Done.

7. Review your settings and select Save.

8. Select Snooze to adjust the amount of time before you will be alerted again. The default setting is 1 hour.

Select Snooze screen