Can't upload to GC

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:59:05 GMT

FYI, I got manual uploads to work with data fetched using gpsbabel! See https://forums.garmin.com/showpost.php?p=75870&postcount=10

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

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:46:41 GMT

TCX files won't upload (since Friday 21 Aug)

I don't understand why some TCX files wil upload and others will not. My 205 died and I am recycling runs I did earlier and then editing the date, saving the file, and uploading to GC. Some work, some don't...there is no consistency that I can see.

I get this error message which seems to be what everyone else gets:

Unable to upload file. Possible reasons for this error:
- You are not signed in. Refresh this page and try again.
- Our servers are having technical difficulties.

Odd.

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:07:27 GMT

TCX files won't upload (since Friday 21 Aug)

Up until Friday evening, I was able to save a TCX file from Training Center and then manually upload that to GC. Now, no matter what I do or when I try it, I always get the error message:

Unable to upload file. Possible reasons for this error:
- You are not signed in. Refresh this page and try again.
- Our servers are having technical difficulties.

I have several files and I get the same error msg on each. My 205 died and is either at Garmin or about to get there. Does its serial number in the TCX affect things?

Help!

RE: Can't upload to GC

seilogramp — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:46:39 GMT

For some reason I can't upload my tracks from my gpsmap60csx to GC

Not supported yet. From notes on the migration

Garmin Connect will support the Garmin outdoor and automotive/motorcycle product lines in the fall of 2009. In the meantime, we recommend that you continue uploading activities from these devices to MotionBased.

You can periodically check here for updates.

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:17:38 GMT

cant upload my gpsmap60csx to GC

For some reason I can't upload my tracks from my gpsmap60csx to GC
I have a forerunner 201 and that one downloads just fine
does anyone know why it won't upload? When I click on the upload button it finds my 60csx and then it says "reading activities from GPSmap 60csx please wait" but nothing happens, it never uploads anything
Would apreciate any advice to correct this problem
Thank you
Hans van Koppen [email]hansvk@cox.net[/email]

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:14:50 GMT

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

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:34:13 GMT

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!

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:51:26 GMT

dangray633,

Garmin Connect still does not support the zumo:

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

kk

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:20:19 GMT

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

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:08:16 GMT

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.

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:44:05 GMT

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!!).

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:44:25 GMT

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]

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:13:17 GMT

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.

RE: Can't upload to GC

DW152 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:17:21 GMT

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

RE: Can't upload to GC

DW152 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:02:54 GMT

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?

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:44:08 GMT

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]

I think you may be on to something here. Without going crazy can you explain how to open a file in XML. I was able to do it once but since then have had no luck. I know you need an XML editor but aside from that I'm clueless. Thanks.

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:09:55 GMT

Possible answer

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]

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:55:11 GMT

Same issue

I'm having the same issue. I tried Firefox and IE, both sit there with "Reading activities from zumo 450". I've shutdown all programs running in the systray...Ideas?

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:37:14 GMT

Reading Activities from Device, Please Wait

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?

RE: Can't upload to GC

seilogramp — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:04:45 GMT

So basically, just keep using MB until GC catches up, correct?

Yes. Some would consider you lucky.;)

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:20:30 GMT

This was posted on the MB Forum. This would apply to your Nuvi and eTrex legend:

So basically, just keep using MB until GC catches up, correct?

(I'm obviously well aware of the process of uploading tracks to MB. ;) )

RE: Can't upload to GC

seilogramp — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:23:43 GMT

Also having this problem on three separate machines, two XP, one Vista with a Nuvi and with an eTrex legend. The page just sits at "Reading activities from (whichever GPS happens to be plugged in)" indefinitely.

For the record, Motionbased site still works, thank goodness.

This was posted on the MB Forum. This would apply to your Nuvi and eTrex legend:

There are many of you with hand held and outdoor devices still using MotionBased. You will continue to use MotionBased until we offer support at Garmin Connect for your device. If you have not already started using the Garmin Communicator Plugin to upload from your hand held or outdoor device you will need to start doing so at this time. The MotionBased Agent has officially been-end-of-lifed and replaced by the Garmin Communicator Plugin.

1. Download and install the Garmin Communicator Plugin
Windows
Mac
2. Login to your MotionBased account
3. From the Digest View, click "Upload"
4. Plug in your device
5. The Communicator will detect your device
6. Click "Upload"
7. The upload will take about a minute to go through the process and put the activity into your Inbox

We'll keep you posted and let you know when Garmin Connect supports your device.

The MotionBased and Garmin Connect Team

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:46:27 GMT

Also having this problem on three separate machines, two XP, one Vista with a Nuvi and with an eTrex legend. The page just sits at "Reading activities from (whichever GPS happens to be plugged in)" indefinitely.

For the record, Motionbased site still works, thank goodness.

I'm using the tatest connect agent, and again this is on three different machines that MB works just fine on, so it's NOT an issue with my operating system(s), and I'm trying two different GPS units. I even went as far as to try a different USB cable.

Please extend MB's utility until you guys have this problem sorted out. I paid $100 a year for a pro motionbased subscription, and without MB still being active it would be a complete waste of money.

RE: Can't upload to GC

Former Member — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:20:02 GMT

You have to uninstall GC Ant then rename or delete the directory

The new Garmin Connect "update" would not work with my 405cx. I kept getting a very brief transfer message then an error.

I uninstalled the Ant application through Control Panel just to discover that it never really uninstalled. The only way that I could fix the problem was to do the following: 1. Uninstall GC through Control Panel 2. Go to C:\Garmin and rename the folder "Ant Agent" to something else like "Ant Agent_Old". (That way you have your current files if this doesn't work for you.) 3. Run the install for an older copy of Ant Agent. (I used a previous download that I still had on my hard drive. GarminAntwithTrainingCenter_221). I don't know if it made any difference, but during my troubleshooting, I did download the newest communicator plugin and install it. I then uninstalled it prior to the steps above. I am having the same problem with GC on my MAC but I haven't gotten it fixed yet. I'm not that familiar with the MAC.

RE: Can't upload to GC

seilogramp — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:03:11 GMT

I misunderstood your post. Yes, all of my data is in Training Center. So that's good. I suppose I don't really need anything else but I'm a creture of habit and was accustomed to downloaded to Motionbased.

Check your version of Communicator. The fact that the upload is stalling out was a recurring issue in some older version of the communicator plugin. If you are up to date, you might try uninstalling it then reinstalling. If you can, it also might be a good test to try the upload on your neighbor's computer. If it works there, then at least you know there is no corrupt data on your device. Then you can focus in on the issue being your PC.