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Forerunner 305 won't sync

Former Member over 9 years ago

I'm trying to upgrade from the Garmin Communicator Plugin (which seems to no longer work with Chrome) to Garmin Express. My device is recognised, but never syncs. I have attached a portion of the log file to this post - the error seems to be as follows:

18:25:39.0371 | 9 | I | GarminModeUsbDeviceReader for \\?\usb#vid_091e&pid_0003#5&2107f3b7&0&2#{2c9c45c2-8e7d-4c08-a12d-816bbae722c0}
18:25:39.0371 | 6 | W | Error notifying device changed
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Text.EncoderFallbackException: Unable to translate Unicode character \uDBC0 at index 107 to specified code page.
at System.Text.EncoderExceptionFallbackBuffer.Fallback(Char charUnknown, Int32 index)
at System.Text.EncoderFallbackBuffer.InternalFallback(Char ch, Char*& chars)
at System.Text.UTF8Encoding.GetBytes(Char* chars, Int32 charCount, Byte* bytes, Int32 byteCount, EncoderNLS baseEncoder)
at System.Text.EncoderNLS.GetBytes(Char* chars, Int32 charCount, Byte* bytes, Int32 byteCount, Boolean flush)
at System.Text.EncoderNLS.GetBytes(Char[] chars, Int32 charIndex, Int32 charCount, Byte[] bytes, Int32 byteIndex, Boolean flush)
at System.IO.StreamWriter.Flush(Boolean flushStream, Boolean flushEncoder)
at System.IO.StreamWriter.Write(String value)
at System.IO.TextWriter.Write(UInt32 value)
at System.IO.TextWriter.SyncTextWriter.Write(UInt32 value)
at Garmin.Omt.Device.IO.DotNet.GarminMode.GarminModeIoLinkFactory.Create(String ioPath)
at Garmin.Omt.Device.Detection.DotNet.GarminModeUsbDeviceReader..ctor(String devicePath)
at Garmin.Omt.Device.Detection.DotNet.GarminModeDeviceUtil.GetGarminModeDevices()
at Garmin.Omt.Device.Detection.DotNet.DotNetDeviceManager.GetDeviceChanges(IEnumerable`1 knownDevices)
at Garmin.Omt.Device.Detection.DotNet.DotNetDeviceManager.<FindDeviceConnectionsAsync>d__10.MoveNext()

Any advice much appreciated,

James

0 SUSSAMB over 9 years ago

Chrome has withdrawn support for plug ins, other browsers will follow as plug ins are being phased out. IE, Safari and Firefox still support it at the moment. Check here for exact details:

http://software.garmin.com/en-GB/gcp.html

Just click on downloads and compatibility

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Unfortunately the Garmin Communicator Plugin doesn't recognise my device in either Firefox or IE either. It seems like Garmin Express is the way to go, but that doesn't work for the reasons in my original post :-(

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Hmm, so I uninstalled everything Garmin related, rebooted, installed the USB drivers and Garmin Express (clicking yes to sharing anonymous data this time) and it seems to be working. Hmm!