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Importing using the Garmin Communicator Plugin

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K5 Gus
K5 Gus
Jan 2014
9:38am, 6 Jan 2014
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When you have your watch near your PC with the ANT stick in the PC, it automatically loads the activities into a folder on your hard drive, and then into Garmin Connect.

When you then go into Import Using the GCP in Fetch, all it is doing is looking for this folder on your PC, you do not have to have your watch nearby, nor have the ANT stick in.

It is very useful, to clear this folder out now and again, if it gets very big with loads of old activities then Fetch seems to struggle and things often time out.

If you are on Windows you'll find the folder at C : \users\username\appdata\roaming\Garmin\devices\device name\activities
Note that the app data folder may be "hidden" and you'll need to enable hidden folders

All the activities are in date order, with the date in the file name, so delete all the old activities, just leaving the ones you still have to load to Fetch.

You should find that the import step takes just a few seconds now.

If you are on a Mac there is an equivalent folder somewhere, but I know not where
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Jan 2014
9:40am, 6 Jan 2014
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Locations listed in this article:

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/article-view.php?id=407
*Anj*
*Anj*
Jan 2014
12:27pm, 6 Jan 2014
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The last few days I have had problems with Chrome on 1 PC saying (Garmin not found) but works on Firefox on our other PC.
brandstifterin
brandstifterin
Jan 2014
2:09pm, 6 Jan 2014
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I'm having the same problem (Garmin not found)... will try a different browser!
golfpag
golfpag
Jan 2014
4:02pm, 6 Jan 2014
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Sometimes when it says garmin not found it is caused by dirty contacts on the garmin due to sweat especially models forerunner 205,305 just give them a wash and dry
Meglet
Meglet
Jan 2014
4:18pm, 6 Jan 2014
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Mine often freezes at 100%. Usually it's solved by quitting and reopening the browser, and rubbing the contacts.
Carpathius
Carpathius
Jan 2014
8:32pm, 6 Jan 2014
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Thanks Gus. I've found the folder and deleted all the old crap. Now it gets to 33% before getting stuck! It's a 310 so no contacts to rub.
plodding hippo
plodding hippo
Jan 2014
8:59pm, 6 Jan 2014
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its never worked for me
I do the garmin connect thing, save a file as a GPX and then upload
katypie
katypie
Jan 2014
9:22pm, 6 Jan 2014
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I have to upload manually. Real pain. It works on my 310xt but not my forerunner 10
57.5 Degrees of Pain
57.5 Degrees of Pain
Jan 2014
9:44pm, 6 Jan 2014
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I can't upload at all. But that is because I have mislaid my 305 cradle on my New Year travels. Doh!!!

About This Thread

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Just a little note to say thanks for all the comments here and via feedback. The test phase was useful for knocking off a lot of bugs, but there's nothing like the thrill of putting something live to really get that usability feedback flowing :-)

Here's the TO DO list following feedback from users:

1) Solution for only showing runs since last update - DONE
2) Links on successful import to allow direct route to edit/view - DONE
3) Avoid reloading data on choosing different time view.
4) Stop people pressing the button more than once - DONE
5) Auto detect sport where available.
6) Fix rogue pace zones (reported by Duchess, MacApple et al)
7) Max speed (for Mick173)
8) Smoother import of elevation data.
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