Fenix 5X and RideWithGPS

My Googlefu has failed me. I must apologize ahead of time if the answer is already here somewhere.

Step by step...what is the process to export a RideWithGPS route and import it into Garmin Connect or straight to a Fenix 5x. I did a TCX export, then dropped the file into the NewFiles folder on the 5x...which in itself is stupid with all the built in connectivity...but it never showed up on the watch as a navigable course.

This is frustratingly stupid that even among the various Garmin models the steps are different, much less between all the application developers (Strava, RideWithGPS, etc.)

Help me out please.

Thanks!

0 mcalista over 7 years ago

Recent changes in Garmin Connect now (finally!!) allow you to import .GPX and .TCX files into GC, which you can then send to the watch as Courses via the next sync. No messing around with USB connections, newfiles folders, etc.

0 s_orange over 7 years ago

good news - does this keep the course points that RWGPS generates ?

0 radpagoat over 7 years ago

Recent changes in Garmin Connect now (finally!!) allow you to import .GPX and .TCX files into GC, which you can then send to the watch as Courses via the next sync. No messing around with USB connections, newfiles folders, etc.

Still fails when I export a TCX or GPX file from RideWithGPS and then Upload or Import Data into Garmin Connect. " [TABLE="class: table table-striped"]
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[TD="class: dz-messaging"]An error occurred with your upload. Please try again."[/TD]
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0 Former Member over 7 years ago

I thought the point of using ridewithgps (or gpsies for the matter) was right to avoid using GC.

0 mcbadger over 7 years ago

good news - does this keep the course points that RWGPS generates ?

Nope. GC generates its own set, over which you have no control.

If you want to keep the originals, use javawa rtw or my tcx2fit program to convert your tcx file. Both free, both give you a fit file you can drop into newfiles when your watch is mounted as a usb drive.

0 s_orange over 7 years ago

Nope. GC generates its own set, over which you have no control.

close but no cigar :(

0 mcalista over 7 years ago

Still fails when I export a TCX or GPX file from RideWithGPS and then Upload or Import Data into Garmin Connect. " [TABLE="class: table table-striped"]
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[TD="class: dz-size"] [/TD]
[TD="class: dz-messaging"]An error occurred with your upload. Please try again."[/TD]
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All I can say is that it works fine for me, even for 200km courses

0 s_orange over 7 years ago

All I can say is that it works fine for me, even for 200km courses

import into GC working fine for me too.

0 radpagoat over 7 years ago

import into GC working fine for me too.

In RideWithGPS are you exporting TCX or GPX and what options are you selecting? It makes no sense that it works for others and not for me.

0 mcbadger over 7 years ago

close but no cigar :(

What do you mean? Do you mean it keeps the original points, or that it gives no points at all? If the latter, it depends on the device, and as I have a 5 not a 5x I don't know what it does for the X and how that might vary with settings on the watch.