Communicator Plugin for Mac 2.2.1.0 has been released on the official Garmin site.
Changes made from version 2.2.0.1 Beta to 2.2.1.0:
- Added the capability to read and write courses, workouts and user profile to fitness devices such as the Edge 305 and Forerunner 305.
- Added the capability to plan trips by writing locations to SD cards without a GPS device present.
- Added the capability to allow a web site to read a directory of fitness activities or courses and then just retrieve details for individual activities.
- Added a property to allow web sites to retrieve fitness data in compressed format.
- Once a user has confirmed to the Garmin Communicator that they trust a particular web site directory, pages at or below that directory level are always trusted
- The Forerunner 50 is not yet supported on the Mac. (Support will be added in a future release when drivers become available.)
- RS232 serial devices are not supported on the Mac.
System Requirements:
- Intel-based or PowerPC G3 or later Mac
OS 10.4 or later Firefox 2.0+ or Safari 2.0+
This version has not been well tested on Leopard yet. We will re-release the plugin with Leopard support.
Geocaching.com users should be happy to know that the Geocaching.com site now supports the Mac plugin after the recent release of the Communicator Plugin API.
Inquiries and/or reports should be made on our developer forum.
9 responses to “Communicator Plugin for Mac 2.2.1.0 Released”
Chris commented on September 25, 2007 at 10:35 pm
WOW. At first I was excited. I downloaded it and it didn’t work. Now, I read the fine print and RS232 serial devices are not supported on the Mac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ugh…
I own a Garmin etrex that I connect via a Keyspan interface to my USB on my Intel iMac.
Is there any plan to support this in the future?
What is the plan for support, please share this with us, rather than leave us guessing.
Trying desperately to Patiently wait…again….for another release???
Chris
Chris commented on October 16, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Will Garmin please provide some feedback and direction on their plan to support RS-232 for the Mac. Is there any plan for this? Will it ever happen? Is there something that exists that I am not aware of?
Chris
David commented on October 17, 2007 at 8:23 am
Are you guys ever going to get RS-232 support for Mac? Having been a developer for over 20 years, exactly how difficult can it be?
HikerDave commented on October 17, 2007 at 4:40 pm
We (Garmin) have no current plans to include support for RS232 GPS devices on the Mac.
HappyJ commented on October 31, 2007 at 5:58 pm
This is great! At last I can get full value @ geocaching.com! Thanks! A true step in the right direction… Do we have an ETA on MapSource for OSX?
thog commented on November 26, 2007 at 12:12 pm
2007-11-26 19.07.55 Safari[228] *** _NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0xa07a7418 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Stack: (0×9632d27f 0×9623a962 0×962a1700 0×962d9880 0×183330ab 0×1861cd11 0×185d37ac 0×18572836 0×184ddd46 0×18353371 0×183542eb 0×1831d691 0×183201ae 0×918a3e91 0×918c5941 0×918c5d94 0×18319b24 0×934914bb 0×91fb6075 0×91fb5f32)
thog commented on November 26, 2007 at 12:15 pm
when dowloading from forerunner 305 the computer is almost stalling due to thousands of logmessages
Digitaline commented on December 15, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Can’t see at my waypoint in my GPS with safari !!!
Communicator Plugin for Mac (2.3.1.0)
Mac 1,5GHz PowerPC G4 - Mini
Leopard Version 10.4.11
Safari - Version 3.0.4
GPSMap60CX
Test page the result is:
Test page: Communicator Plugin is properly installed and up to date, version 2.3.1.0.
Garmin GPS device is detected and communicating properly:
GPSMap60CX (Unit ID …………)
In the Send to GPS window i have this message : …. (GC13R59) geocache saved successfully
but in my GPS nothing is there no sign of this cache ???
with Firefox/2.0.0.11 no problem at all … it’s work perfectly
i simple comment … for your tech
DavidC commented on February 15, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Does this API support the Garmin 18 (Hockey puck USB)?
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