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New Issue with .GPX & .TCX files from Fenix 3

Former Member over 9 years ago

For some reason the training files I have just recorded on my Fenix 3 are behaving differently to previous ones when I try to export a .GPX or .TCX file. Before now they were exported just with those file suffixes but they now have an additional .XML suffix. When I try to import those exported files into other analytics software they are no longer recognised. Any ideas ?

** Actually it's an issue with Garmin Connect as it is exporting all my old files in the same way.

BTW, please, please can Garmin add a Strokes Per Minute and Distance Per Stroke field into its Paddle activity. It's a really basic requirement and at the moment it's like having a Bike activity with no cadence or power output fields ! Lots of paddlers use compatible cadence sensors on their paddles but at the moment we have to pretend we are on a bike to use them !

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Workaround

Same issue !
here a workaround

What I did to correct the wrong GPX (or TCX) file :
- Renamed the file "activity_123456789.gpx.xml" (wrong format since 10th July produced when exporting from Garmin Connect) to "activity_123456789.gpx" (or .tcx)
- Opened the file with a GPX-Editor (a Mac version, bought via Apple-store; others free, Google-search !)
- Deleted the wrong point at the end of the file (last point cordon. long = 0, lat = 0)
- saved the file

Sorry for my poor English

See also thread "New problem with maps showing I've run across the Atlantic in 10 min or so" by COLLEENMF

0 Former Member over 9 years ago

Thanks

Thanks for the info. It seems like a real drag to have to go through that process. Has this problem only just started happening for you ? I haven't tried to export a GPX or TCX file for a week or so, but before that it was working just fine and the files didn't have the .XML suffix o the end of them.

By the way, your English is excellent !