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Can't upload to GC

Former Member
Former Member over 15 years ago
I've tried and tried but for whatever reason I can't get my 305 to upload data into GC on a regular basis. I was able to do it just once at 3:00am but aside from that no luck. Anyone have any suggestions. Motionbase was great and I very seldom had issues. Why are we reinventing the wheel here?
  • 0 over 15 years ago
    I may have found a clue that worked for me on one file. I had some files that uploaded and others that didn't. So I looked at differences beyond the actual data and found a node at the end of the XML that in one file was missing a value in the <Name> attribute. I put in the proper value such as below and the file imported fine. I will try on others...

    "Forerunner305" was missing in the text below.

    Rob

    [FONT="Courier New"]
    <Creator xsi:type="Device_t">
    <Name>Forerunner305</Name>
    <UnitId>3503950155</UnitId>
    <ProductID>484</ProductID>
    <Version>
    <VersionMajor>2</VersionMajor>
    <VersionMinor>80</VersionMinor>
    <BuildMajor>0</BuildMajor>
    <BuildMinor>0</BuildMinor>
    </Version>
    </Creator>[/FONT]


    This sounds very familiar. Wasn't this fix identified and posted on the motionbased forum shortly before the switch to the garmin forums? Or am I thinking of something else?
  • 0 over 15 years ago
    This sounds very familiar. Wasn't this fix identified and posted on the motionbased forum shortly before the switch to the garmin forums? Or am I thinking of something else?


    I know we're not supposed to post links to the MB forum, but is this the same thing?

    http://forums.motionbased.com/smf/index.php?topic=13046.msg77138#msg77138
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    Alright. I finally may have the solution to my problem. I hope it will help others as well since I've aged 20 years trying to figure this out. Using the advice of many of the members of this forum I did the following steps:

    1-Download workout into Garmin Training Center.

    2-Export the file that you downloaded into the GTC to your computer as a tcx file by right clicking on the appropriate file.

    3-Go to Garmin Connect and use the manual upload icon.

    4-Browse your computer for the file that you just saved (should be in your Documents page)

    5-Hit the upload button and, like magic, your work out is stored in GC.

    6- Go have a beer or another beverage of choice.

    I hope this works for everyone that's been having trouble. I hope Garmin can figure out why this happens so they can eliminate this step for everyone.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    Update on XML success, etc

    The XML bug may be only a part of the issue but with persistence…there is hope. XML files are just text files. In Explorer, right click/open with/notepad OR temporarily rename the extension to .txt and then back to .tcx when done.

    Experience uploading 6 months of weekly data is reflected below. Several edits were necessary to insert “<Name>Forerunner305</Name>” in missing lines. I tried re-exporting files from Training Center, however, the same weeks always have the missing Forerunner305 value. That likely indicates a bug in TC. The experience below indicates that multiple tries are frequently required.

    Overall the import to Garmin Connect was long and frustrating. It’s excellent the TCX files were XML so that finding a missing value problem was possible. The AJAX UI is sexy however the file transfer protocol seems buggy both in terms of recovery and resistance to data abnormalities. The servers also seem over-taxed and there is probably some database work to be done. I noticed for example that after adding runs, getting the activity list back took a long time indicating some delays rebuilding indexes or such.

    Overall...useful function - just needs a bit of work.

    [FONT="Courier New"]1_18_2009 - 1_24_2009_history ok
    2_1_2009 - 2_7_2009_history ok as edited, individual files
    2_8_2009 - 2_14_2009_history
    2_15_2009 - 2_21_2009_history ok
    3_8_2009 - 3_14_2009_history ok
    3_15_2009 - 3_21_2009_history ok
    3_22_2009 - 3_28_2009_history ok
    3_29_2009 - 4_4_2009_history ok
    4_12_2009 - 4_18_2009_history ok
    4_19_2009 - 4_25_2009_history ok (four tries)
    4_26_2009 - 5_2_2009_history ok (two tries)
    5_3_2009 - 5_9_2009_history ok (four tries)
    5_10_2009 - 5_16_2009_history ok (two tries)
    5_17_2009 - 5_23_2009_history ok
    5_24_2009 - 5_30_2009_history ok
    5_31_2009 - 6_6_2009_history ok
    6_7_2009 - 6_13_2009_history ok
    6_14_2009 - 6_20_2009_history ok
    6_21_2009 - 6_27_2009_history ok
    6_28_2009 - 7_4_2009_history ok
    7_5_2009 - 7_11_2009_history ok
    7_12_2009 - 7_18_2009_history ok
    7_19_2009 - 7_25_2009_history ok (four tries)
    7_26_2009 - 8_1_2009_history ok (three tries)
    8_2_2009 - 8_8_2009_history ok (two tries)[/FONT]
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    Another issue I see as well

    I sometimes do not workout with my Garmin 305, but I do keep all my workouts in TC. Therefore, sometimes I manually enter in information in TC, just basic mileage and time. You can export data on a weekly or daily basis to GC via the export tool in TC, as you guys are well aware of. I usually export on a weekly basis, not daily. So if during the week, I did a ride but did NOT have my GPS(but entered it manually via TC), it will NOT upload the data. I get the error. It obviously is a TC issue in that it expects certain xml tags that are not there.

    See my post below #37 - I got it to work.

    I may take a file(xml formated .tcx) that works, then strip out all the information and enter in the time/mileage using a text editor such as textpad or notepad. Then I will try to upload again. This is a major pain in the xxxx, but will probably work. The key is to get a simple xml file that work and play with that. Then save it off so you can use it over and over again when you forget to bring your gps on a ride with you(or the battery is dead!!).
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    template.tcx file you can use for uploading basic info

    save the attachment to your computer.
    open the file with notepad and edit the information you want to change.
    some information such as the following will need to be taken from one of your own tcx files that you export.
    save the file and upload it.
    Time is in zulu time, so on the east coast, you need to add 4 hours.

    change both times
    <Id>2009-06-20T00:14:00Z</Id>
    <Lap StartTime="2009-06-20T00:14:00Z">

    also change other fields
    <TotalTimeSeconds>7200.0000000</TotalTimeSeconds>
    <DistanceMeters>51499.0080000</DistanceMeters>
    <MaximumSpeed>0</MaximumSpeed>
    <Calories>2000</Calories>
    <AverageHeartRateBpm xsi:type="HeartRateInBeatsPerMinute_t">
    <Value>0</Value>
    </AverageHeartRateBpm>
    <MaximumHeartRateBpm xsi:type="HeartRateInBeatsPerMinute_t">
    <Value>0</Value>
    </MaximumHeartRateBpm>
    <Intensity>Active</Intensity>
    <Cadence>80</Cadence>


    this will be unique to your device and will only need to change one time.
    <Creator xsi:type="Device_t">
    <Name>EDGE305</Name>
    <UnitId>11111110469</UnitId>
    <ProductID>450</ProductID>
    <Version>
    <VersionMajor>3</VersionMajor>
    <VersionMinor>20</VersionMinor>
    <BuildMajor>0</BuildMajor>
    <BuildMinor>0</BuildMinor>
    </Version>
    </Creator>
    </Activity>
    </Activities>

    hope this works for you, I have been using this most of the day and it works great. time consuming, but works.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    When I try to upload my activities, Garmin Connect immediately goes to a page similar to the uploading page (with the percent complete bar at the bottom), but instead of showing that it is uploading, it says, "Reading Activities From Device, Please Wait" but nothing ever happens. No other messages come up, no activities get uploaded. It just hangs there.

    I uploaded two activities Sunday morning, after having different upload problems on Saturday. Went out for a run, came back and tried to upload and started getting this new "Reading Activities" message, with no luck uploading anything.

    Any suggestions?


    I have the same issue and have found a solution but the real issue is why can I not automatically transfer data to GC during the download process (from my FR 405 to my laptop?) I have adjusted the security settings in Vista as recommended and dwnloaded the lated Communicator plugin also as suggested but the transfer still fails. Once that happens, I am unable to manually upload to GC as described by KELLERSD. What I did find is that if you close Ant Agent and remove the ANT stick from your computer and then reinsert in and start the ANT Agent again, the manual transfer works. It seems that once the auto transfer fails it won't let you do a manual transfer until you reset everything. I want my auto transfer back - what else can I do to fix this?

    Steve
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    dangray633,

    Garmin Connect still does not support the zumo:

    http://connect.garmin.com/zumo/

    kk
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    same problem, different day

    I have repeatedly downloaded & installed the newest Ant Agent and Communicator plug ins, and STILL can only sometimes upload. It'll work once or twice then freeze at "reading activities" & will say "done but with errors on page"
    I have a 4 month old computer with Vista home premium, and the 405 is almost a year old.
    Help!
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 15 years ago
    gpsbabel, Ubuntu, used to work with motionbased

    I use gpsbabel to download from my Garmin Forerunner 305 to my Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. The output is a GPX format file, a standard for GPS data encoded in XML.

    I'm unable to upload this GPX data to Garmin Connect (I always get "Some activities could not be created") ... anyone have any hints on how to get this to work?

    gpsbabel supports MANY file formats. I tried "Garmin Training Center xml", but this didn't work.

    I realize I use an unsupported operating system, but uploading data in this manner used to work fine on MotionBased.

    Here's an example run: http://pastey.net/122832