FR 405 GPS inport (Read 900 times)

GPS inprot adn FR 405. It doesn't seem to work, I have the 405 and I get an eror message that says multiple devices detected, although I only have a 405 I'm getting the same error on both Firefox and IE7.

Do you have an iPod or other external storage device connected at the same time? This was my problem, and unhooking the offending device solved the problem (temporarily).

Same here...had an SD card inserted.

I didn't know that the Garmin API will report back all devices connected to your computer. I'll see if I can work around this shortcoming tonight.

Turns out I had an old version of the Garmin Communicator Plug In, all is well. Nifty utility No more double entry!

Hey Eric, is there a way to manually import the .tcx file? The 405 thingy is rife with problems and doesn't work with the RA log importer (on Mac) but I am able to get the tcx files on my hard drive. BTW it doesn't work at all on the Windoze side either. MTA: I meant the ANT USB device isn't working on the Windows side, it worked with Parallels v3 but not with v4. Wish I could downgrade. But that's a Garmin or Parallels issue, it's not Eric's fault. A manual tcx download would be a good workaround, though.

Russ, I'll work on a GPX/TCX importer for you. It will take several days since I got other stuff on my plate to work through. eric :-)

Hey Eric, is there a way to manually import the .tcx file? The 405 thingy is rife with problems and doesn't work with the RA log importer (on Mac) but I am able to get the tcx files on my hard drive. BTW it doesn't work at all on the Windoze side either. MTA: I meant the ANT USB device isn't working on the Windows side, it worked with Parallels v3 but not with v4. Wish I could downgrade. But that's a Garmin or Parallels issue, it's not Eric's fault. A manual tcx download would be a good workaround, though.

I don't know if this will help you but here's what I figured out on my system (Win XP Home SP3). You don't need the USB ANT device plugged in or the ANT agent running. It seems like the only thing you need to retrieve the .tcx files is the Communicator plugin. The Ant agent saves the files in a specific directory and the Communicator plugin looks for the .tcx files in that directory. I might try exporting some old workouts from GTC to that folder and see if they show up in the RA import screen. The directory is usually C: \Documents and Settings\< user="" />\Application Data\GARMIN\Devices\< id="" number="" />\History Where < user="" /> is the Windows user name and < id="" number="" /> is some number specific to your 405. On another issue, the imported workouts seem to be crashing my Firefox 3.0.6. It's after they have been uploaded and saved as a workout. While I'm filling in some of the regular data and notes is when it happened first. Then again when I went to view the workout from the workouts list. MTA: I exported an old workout from GTC as a .tcx file and put it in the directory with the current .tcx files and it uploaded it. I did have to uncheck the box to import only new workouts.

On another issue, the imported workouts seem to be crashing my Firefox 3.0.6. It's after they have been uploaded and saved as a workout. While I'm filling in some of the regular data and notes is when it happened first. Then again when I went to view the workout from the workouts list.

I'm not sure why FF is crashing on you. There is not much difference between GPS imported and manually entered ones. Does it crash on a specific page (i.e. summary, map, or graphs)?