Linux Garmin Communicator Plugin

donation

andreas — 2012-02-02T13:30:02+01:00

Donation If you think the plugin is useful for you, let me know about it. It always motivates hearing success stories from users. You can also show your thankfulness using the flattr/paypal button below. The money goes fully into the development of new devices. I plan to use the money to buy devices that I do not own so that I can implement them.

start

andreas — 2012-02-02T13:29:39+01:00

Officially Garmin does not offer any support for Linux. To be able to use my two Garmin devices under linux I started the development of a browser plugin that behaves just like the original Garmin Communicator Plugin. The plugin allows you to send gpx files to the device (eg. “Send to gps” from geocaching.com) or to upload your fitness data to a website (eg. connect.garmin.com).

history

andreas — 2012-01-27T10:55:04+01:00

Version History 2012-01-27 - Version 0.3.9 * Bugfix: Downloading more than one URL to the device failed. (eg. Updating Training Zones on Edge500) 2012-01-23 - Version 0.3.8 * Updated the official Garmin Communicator Plugin Version to 4.0.1 (no changes in functionality)

compiling

andreas — 2012-01-27T10:53:21+01:00

You can find the tar.gz files for the individual versions on github: * Source GarminPlugin v0.3.9 * Source GarminPlugin v0.3.8 * All source tar.gz downloads Compiling without building a package * Install all needed dependencies sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core xulrunner-dev zlib1g-dev libusb-dev tinyxml-dev

source

andreas — 2012-01-27T10:52:46+01:00

Source Code The project is hosted on GitHub. Feel free to contribute. git clone git://github.com/adiesner/GarminPlugin.git You will also need: * xulrunner-dev (sudo apt-get install xulrunner-dev) * Tinyxml ( ) * garmintools ( ) * libusb ( )

news

andreas — 2012-01-26T13:28:51+01:00

2012-01-26 - Sponsoring requested... I found out that Garmin offers sponsorship. It would be perfect to get Garmin as a sponsor for new devices, so I applied for a sponsorship and requested some Forerunner models, mostly the ones with Ant+ technology (currently not supported by the plugin). Let's see how this turns out...

installation

andreas — 2012-01-23T13:00:19+01:00

Installation on Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick and Natty users can simply follow these instructions: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andreas-diesner/garminplugin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install garminplugin Official instructions on how to add ppa:andreas-diesner/garminplugin to the system.

websites

andreas — 2012-01-11T10:47:08+01:00

Tested websites The linux plugin does not contain the full subset of all functions of the original plugin this is why some websites refuse to work with the linux plugin. If you find a broken website feel free to report this website and I will have a look into this issue.

faq - [Forerunner/Edge 205/305 is detected but no data can be read]

andreas — 2011-11-12T20:52:46+01:00

How do I check if the plugin was installed? Enter about:plugins into your Firefox address bar and search for the plugin. You should find something like that My Garmin switches off as soon as I use your plugin The automatic search for Edge305/Forerunner305 confuses some other devices so much that they turn itself off when used with gpsbabel. To disable the search edit the configuration set ForerunnerTools to false:

garmin_connect_track_detail.png

andreas — 2010-10-07T14:18:29+01:00

garmin_connect_while_uploading.png

andreas — 2010-10-07T14:16:52+01:00

garmin_connect_upload_screen3.png

andreas — 2010-10-07T14:16:07+01:00

garmin_connect_upload_screen1.png

andreas — 2010-10-07T14:13:36+01:00

garmin_connect_start_screen_upload_button.png

andreas — 2010-10-07T14:11:34+01:00

logon_connect_garmin_com.jpg

andreas — 2010-10-07T13:58:50+01:00

set_user_agent.jpg

andreas — 2010-10-07T13:57:18+01:00

installed_plugin.jpg

andreas — 2010-10-05T18:46:07+01:00