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Importing using the Garmin Communicator Plugin

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Magpie Rob
Magpie Rob
Jun 2014
1:41pm, 23 Jun 2014
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Looks like Garmin are forcing everyone to switch to Express eventually...

forums.garmin.com
Fitz
Fitz
Jun 2014
9:03am, 24 Jun 2014
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I had to get Express to update the maps on my satnav. It said it would deactivate ANTagent as part of the process. I have not tried to load training to Fetch since, but I bet it won't be simple!
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Jun 2014
9:04am, 24 Jun 2014
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There's some advice in my blog about how to import:

http://www.fetcheveryone.com/blog-view.php?id=3#blog314731
Fitz
Fitz
Jun 2014
9:15am, 24 Jun 2014
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Cheers, will have a go next time I'm in front of my home pooter.
DocMoye
DocMoye
Jun 2014
12:13pm, 24 Jun 2014
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the blog is really helpfully. When i uploaded tuff for my satnav i had to up load express, but then took it off again and reloaded connect as I couldnt live with out it!
paul the builder
paul the builder
Jun 2014
1:34pm, 24 Jun 2014
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Having said on the much shorter thread that I was happy to use Garmin Express to sync, and then import FIT files to Fetch 'manually' - but last night Garmin Express wouldn't sync at all with my 310, no matter what I tried. Got fed up in the end and uninstalled Garmin Express and re-installed Ant Agent again, so I'm back as-you-were.

Hope to not need Express any more...
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Jun 2014
1:45pm, 24 Jun 2014
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The Ant Agent crashes 5 times a day on my Windows Vista Business laptop (not my lappie, so I can't cahnge it). Latest software updates all installed etc. but I can't do anything to fix. Must be clashing with something but I can't work out waht. It's a right ache. Each time it crashes, it loses the device settings and I haev to repair. 4 or 5 times a night. Argh! :-) G
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Jun 2014
1:50pm, 24 Jun 2014
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FYI for my own future-proofing, I've downloaded and backed up copies of the ANT agent and plugin. Maybe worth doing that if you want to be able to go back to it on a new machine say.

Garmin say: "Garmin is not terminating, or limiting access to the Garmin Communicator Plug-in. Some of the browser manufacturers have announced their intention to stop supporting the plug-in API that GCP uses. Garmin has no control over this as it’s being done by the browser manufacturers, not Garmin."

However, I think it's fair to say that they're encouraging users to move to Garmin Express, and part of that process is the automatic removal of ANT agent.
IanS
IanS
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6:07pm, 24 Jun 2014
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:-)G - I was getting multiple crashes on my home machine (which is WinXP, so that may have something to do with it)

However I uninstalled the latest version of ANT Agent and went back a couple of revisions and it is stable again. I'm not at home so I can't recall the exact version, nor could I see it on the Garmin site, but luckily I'd kept the old version so could re-install
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Jun 2014
10:14pm, 24 Jun 2014
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Ah, I may have kept old installs too Ian. Good shout. I'll try that. Annoying that new updates should be less stable than old versions. :-) G

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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