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Example of using IPC_Inbound Location.svc

Mark
over 2 years ago

I am developing a Windows desktop app to pull information from my Garmin InReach Mini device.

Unfortunately, the documentation I've found provides no examples of interacting with the API so, for example, I can't figure out what the proper URL is. When I try to guess (based on that admittedly cool but otherwise unhelpful Swagger page) I guess wrong and all I get is a message that no service exists at that location.

Please provide me with:

- a link to the full documentation; and,

- an example URL for retrieving something from the Location.svc

BTW, I am aware the GET requests need to be authenticated and I believe I've done that correctly.

- Mark

p.s. if there's a developer's forum for the InReach API I'd love to hear about that, too. The only developer forum I can find does not appear to address InReach.

  • +1 over 2 years ago

    All of the old links (known to me) to documentation are now broken. The new one in this article works:

    https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=Oa5mP2D5Zf7NZ8P17ATN58

    Note that this article says the that APIs work ONLY with professional accounts. 

    The link in footnote 1 leads to a page where you can download separate documents for the inbound and outbound APIs. The documents have recent revision dates. If you still have old documents, or working links to old documents, you should use these instead.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to twolpert

    Thanx for the quick and thorough response! Garmin strikes again :) What's the point of having documentation and a website if you don't keep them updated and synchronized?

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Mark

    Sigh. For any other developers out there, the links twolpert provided are fine...but they don't lead to anywhere we you can ask questions (i.e., no developer forums focused on InReach) or find example code. The only tech support access I could find is to email (!!) [email protected].

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Mark

    This is a dark corner of the iR universe. Because you're dealing with software developers, you MIGHT get a decent response via e-mail. And it IS related to a professional account.

    In the general case, where you are contacting tech support about an iR issue (and on a personal account at that), email is usually the worst channel. Phone or chat is much better. Judging from what I see on the forums, email is a black hole.

    If you don't get anywhere with that email address, you might try an end run. Contact normal support via chat or phone and see if they'll escalate it.

    That said, none of the support people are going to provide what you might call training.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to twolpert

    LOL! I tend to stay as far away from any kind of Garmin tech support as I possibly can because, based on experience, they leave a little something to be desired :). Their IT team also isn't particularly adept at designing websites, forums, etc.

    And, of course, there's the wonderful nonsense of "hey, our interface to [insert carrier du jour] isn't working, try again later". Just what I want from a device I "rely" on to bail me out of, say, going down on my motorcycle in the middle of nowhere.

    I sometimes think Garmin should be required to put stickers on their InReach boxes that say something like "This device may or may not work when you really need it due to the fragility of our software. Don't blame us if something goes wrong." That would at least represent truth in advertising :).