FAQ

General

  1. What is the Garmin Communicator?
  2. What is it good for?
Trouble Shooting
  1. I'm getting a JavaScript error: "ReferenceError: Garmin is not defined"
  2. I'm getting a JavaScript error: "TypeError: Garmin.DeviceControl is not a constructor"
  3. I'm getting: "This plugin is site-locked"

General

What is the Garmin Communicator?

It's a JavaScript library for communicating with Garmin GPS devices.

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What is it good for?

Allowing users to exchange their GPS data with a web sites using just a USB cable.

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Trouble Shooting

I'm getting a JavaScript error: "ReferenceError: Garmin is not defined"

This usualy means prototype.js is not present. Check your path and script elements.

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I'm getting a JavaScript error: "TypeError: Garmin.DeviceControl is not a constructor"

This usualy means prototype.js is not present. Check your path and script elements.

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I'm getting: "This plugin is site-locked"

The Garmin plugin requires a domain-specific key to unlock it that matches the URL of the web page it is hosted on. Developers using the plugin can obtain a key here.

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