devices [Linux Garmin Communicator Plugin]

Devices
Devices in development
Device specific settings

Devices


Device	Supported	Autodetect	Send GPX	Read Fitnessdata	Read GPX	Write Fitnessdata
Dakota	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO
Oregon	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO
Edge 200	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Edge 305	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Edge 500	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Edge 705	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES?¹⁾
Edge 800	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Edge Touring Plus	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Forerunner 10²⁾	YES	YES	NO ³⁾	YES	NO ⁴⁾	YES
Forerunner 110	YES	YES	NO ⁵⁾	YES	NO ⁶⁾	YES
Forerunner 210⁷⁾	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Forerunner 220⁸⁾	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Forerunner 305	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO
Forerunner 310XT	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
GPSmap 60CSx ⁹⁾	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
eTrex / eTrex Legend HCx ¹⁰⁾	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Any file based device with the file GarminDevice.xml¹¹⁾	YES	YES	YES ¹²⁾	YES¹³⁾	YES¹⁴⁾	YES¹⁵⁾

Devices in development

Device	Supported	Autodetect	Send GPX	Read Fitnessdata	Read GPX	Write Fitnessdata	Status
Forerunner 405	?	?	?	?	?	?	Not yet started

Device specific settings

Some devices need some adjustment in the configuration. The configuration is a xml file that is stored in your home directory as a hidden file at either of these two places:

~/.config/garminplugin/garminplugin.xml
~/.garminplugin.xml

GPSmap 60CSx

You need to disable the autodetection of Edge/Forerunner, otherwise the device switches itself of. You also need to install gpsbabel and configure the plugin as in the following example:

garminplugin.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<GarminPlugin logfile="" level="ERROR">
    <Devices>
        <Device>
            <Name>GPSmap 60CSx</Name>
            <StoragePath>/tmp</StoragePath>
            <StorageCommand>gpsbabel -i gpx -f %1 -o garmin,snlen=14 -F usb:</StorageCommand>
            <FitnessDataPath></FitnessDataPath>
        </Device>
    </Devices>
    <Settings>
        <ForerunnerTools enabled="false" />
    </Settings>
</GarminPlugin>

eTrex LEGEND HCx

You need to disable the autodetection of Edge/Forerunner, otherwise the device switches itself of. You also need to install gpsbabel and configure the plugin as in the following example:

garminplugin.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<GarminPlugin logfile="" level="ERROR">
    <Devices>
        <Device>
            <Name>eTrex Legend HCx</Name>
            <StoragePath>/tmp</StoragePath>
            <StorageCommand>gpsbabel -i gpx -f %1 -o garmin -F usb:</StorageCommand>
            <FitnessDataPath></FitnessDataPath>
        </Device>
    </Devices>
    <Settings>
        <ForerunnerTools enabled="false" />
    </Settings>
</GarminPlugin>

eTrex (Serial)

You can use this configuration if your eTrex is attached using a serial cable (not over USB). You also need to install gpsbabel and configure the plugin as in the following example:

garminplugin.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<GarminPlugin logfile="" level="ERROR">
    <Devices>
        <Device>
            <Name>eTrex</Name>
            <StoragePath>/tmp</StoragePath>
            <StorageCommand>gpsbabel -i gpx -f %1 -o garmin -F /dev/ttyS0</StorageCommand>
            <FitnessDataPath></FitnessDataPath>
        </Device>
    </Devices>
    <Settings>
        <ForerunnerTools enabled="false" />
    </Settings>
</GarminPlugin>

Please note that older eTrex devices have only 6 digits for waypoints. Gpsbabel shortens these waypoints at the beginning. Which means your waypoint might change from GC2B1X8 to C2B1X8 during transfer to the device.

Any file based device

If you do have a device (manufacturer does not matter) which offers access to the file system of the device (Ubuntu automatically mounts the device, so you can access it using the file manager) - you can easily transfer GPX files to the device using the plugin.

Set the name of your device in the configuration file in the section <Name> … </Name>
Set the path where you want your gpx files to be written to <StoragePath> … </StoragePath>
Optional: Set a command that gets executed after writing the file to the device (Use %1 for the file name) <StorageCommand> … </StorageCommand>

If the path set under StoragePath does not exist (usually unplugged device), the plugin will not find/show the device.

garminplugin.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<GarminPlugin logfile="" level="ERROR">
    <Devices>
        <Device>
            <Name>YOUR_DEVICE_NAME</Name>
            <StoragePath>/media/YOUR_GPS_MOUNT_PATH/PLACE_YOU_PUT_GPX_FILES_TO</StoragePath>
            <StorageCommand></StorageCommand>
            <FitnessDataPath></FitnessDataPath>
        </Device>
    </Devices>
    <Settings>
        <ForerunnerTools enabled="true" />
    </Settings>
</GarminPlugin>

¹⁾ not yet tested

²⁾ needs plugin version 0.3.17

³⁾ , ⁴⁾ , ⁵⁾ , ⁶⁾ not supported by device

⁷⁾ , ⁸⁾ was reported working by users

⁹⁾ , ¹⁰⁾ using gpsbabel

¹¹⁾ since version 0.3.0

¹²⁾ , ¹³⁾ , ¹⁴⁾ , ¹⁵⁾ if supported by device