Ability to directly read Garmin FIT files

[joe cipale]

I was playing with my new Garmin 510 Edge a couple of days ago and, out of curiosity,
started to poke around on my desktop (Ubuntu LTS 12.04) running GNOME desktop.

I was able to invoke the Dolphin Filesystem Utility (think Windows File Manager on
steroids) and found that the Garmin unit was automounted by the OS. I poked around and
was able to find two test files I had created while setting up the unit. I was able to read
this files directly into GC and have the data show up in GC.

Of course it would be really nice if there was a plugin that would/could convert the FIT
files to GPX/TCX file formats.

Joe Cipale

[Mark Liversedge]

On Wednesday, 28 May 2014 20:03:05 UTC+1, joe cipale wrote:

I was able to invoke the Dolphin Filesystem Utility (think Windows File Manager on
steroids) and found that the Garmin unit was automounted by the OS. I poked around and
was able to find two test files I had created while setting up the unit. I was able to read
this files directly into GC and have the data show up in GC.

Yes. The head unit mounts just like a USB drive.

Most of the recent head units work that way now :)

 

Of course it would be really nice if there was a plugin that would/could convert the FIT
files to GPX/TCX file formats.

You can export the data from GoldenCheetah using Activity -> Export and also Batch Export.

Mark 

[Chris C.]

I think Joe is talking about the reverse so it can be imported (action to auto copy the files to the Library folder) in GC in a json or CPX format.


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[Chris Cleeland]

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Chris C. <christian....@gmail.com> wrote:

I think Joe is talking about the reverse so it can be imported (action to auto copy the files to the Library folder) in GC in a json or CPX format.

Why not just import it in .fit format?  I guess I'm not seeing the advantage of going through a 2-step process when a direct process exists.

[Menko Johnson]

While I do wish there was a "direct-from-device" import for Garmins, like others said, there are easy work-arounds.  For the non-computer savvy like myself, I simply have a software program that syncs new files from my garmin to a directory on my computer.  New files are moved to the GC library folder, then renamed from your-fit-file.fit to your_fit_file.fit and that's all it takes.  GC will import those files automatically when it starts up.

The more gifted could easily script the whole process to copy the files, rename them, and launch GC when done. 

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[John Ward]

'Import from file', garmin/activities, and grab the one(s) you want. Import and you're done. It mounts as a file system, not a device so only conversion is needed, not a driver.