I have uninstalled 2.2.5 and reinstalled 2.1.7 but still getting failure.
When I check the version of the ant agent it tells me that it is 2.2.5.
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I’m in the states preparing for an extended period of fieldwork that will involve the use of the Forerunner 405CX, and the device was working fine. Then several days ago, now in Peru where internet access is sporadic, I was prompted for an “update” to the ANT agent. I installed this “update” and the device ceased to transfer data properly to the computer. No word, no hint, no communication, just an expensive failed product. While trying to track down the problem I happened to spot some tiny note on the Garmin Dashboard page. I follow the link to this thread. There I see a report that there is a known issue with this recent ANT “update”. Why Garmin would release an update to a working product without testing to determine if it actually works is beyond me? Thanks for checking people. I have now purchased a 400 product that fails to perform one of its very basic functions, to communicate the data it gathers to a computer where the data can be examined. Fortunately, there is a USB cable right? But wait, that is only for charging the device (hum that is smart). The only means to communicate data is via the ANT agent, but I was prompted to update the working version with a new version. This latter one does not work. What about the fix?
So reading on, I see that I must roll back to the older version. I un-install the ANT agent, the Garmin USB driver and the Garmin communication plugin, check the program list to see that ANT is gone, restart the computer and the ANT agent is still lurking in my desktop tray running away in its useless 2.2.5 state. The purported solution to the horribly botched “update” is to roll back to a prior version, yet though I’ve uninstalled what appear to be all of the component parts (despite a lack of clearly articulated instructions on the part of Garmin) I cannot rid myself of ANT 2.2.5.
Now for several months, I am heading to a part of the Andean alitiplano where electricity is intermittent. The device I carefully researched and tested in the states is completely unusable due to an insufficiently tested “update” and there is no solution provided for the fix. The thread is open, and now I’m left with an overpriced paperweight that I can wear on my wrist. At least I’ll know what time it is. I can collect data, but I can’t use it until after all of the work is complete. Can you tell why I am so excited about the “update”. I leave for the altiplano in 24 hours. I sincerely hope there is some fix to this rather fundamental bungle that renders a data collector unable to communicate its observations to a device capable of performing analysis on those observations.
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