diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 749b19f..628a582 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ The following synchronization feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled ## Setup -**To get started,** you need to choose whether to install the application via +The following setup instructions assume that you have a Linux, MacOS, or Windows (with WSL) machine that will run the application continuously. +If you've configured Nightscout before, you may be familiar with Heroku. [You can opt to run tconnectsync with Heroku by following these instructions.](https://github.com/jwoglom/tconnectsync-heroku) + +**To get started,** you need to choose whether to install the application on your computer via **Pip**, **Pipenv**, or **Docker**. After that, you can choose to run the program continuously via **Supervisord** @@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ NS_SECRET='apisecret' TIMEZONE_NAME='America/New_York' ``` -This file contains your t:connect username and password, Tandem pump serial number (which is utilized in API calls to t:connect), your Nightscout URL and secret token (for uploading data to Nightscout), and local timezone (the timezone used in t:connect). +This file contains your t:connect username and password, Tandem pump serial number (which is utilized in API calls to t:connect), your Nightscout URL and secret token (for uploading data to Nightscout), and local timezone (the timezone used in t:connect). When specifying the timezone, enter a [TZ database name value](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones). (Alternatively, these values can be specified via environment variables.)