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Callum Elliott Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 12:15:32
If I use a tool to convert a FIT file I've downloaded from here to a GPX file, it loses the waypoints. Is this because of the conversion process, or do you strip waypoints out of FIT files? If not, are they added as course points according to the FIT spec?
Really struggling to get my Garmin Fenix 3 to show waypoints and going to try directly loading a FIT file to see if that works.
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Peter Höglund Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 15:29:38
It's better to try to use the fit file format on garmin devices. Ive tested on FR735xt and fenix5x without problems with turn by turn waypoints.
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Callum Elliott Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 17:34:20
Thanks, I've tried the FIT file but it gives me turn-by-turn waypoints rather than the ones I defined on the course. I can see the former being useful for general running, but I want to use the waypoints to define the checkpoints in a race rather than the next turn.
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Callum Elliott Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 19:19:02
Just to clarify I'm after POI waypoints rather than directional ones
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Peter Höglund Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 19:45:21
From last week there are a couple of poi's available in fit to put on the route. See this post: https://www.plotaroute.com/mobile/posts/1368/D/1
Can't be used for general poi off route, but for race poi for me, I think they are great.
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Callum Elliott Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 21:16:13
Thanks Peter, will take a look
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Callum Elliott Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 21:23:31
So they are in addition to the direction waypoints? I'm looking for POI waypoints only, so in FIT course file spec speak POI waypoints to be Course Points and everything else to be a record.
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Peter Höglund Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 21:57:31
Go into settings. Set Generate directions to No.
Create a course.
Open the directions dialogue and add course points without turn sign, but with the symbols you want. Maybe a food, water station or other fit file supported symbol according to the other thread.
Save to fit and transfer to watch.
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Callum Elliott Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 22:00:30
I've opened up the file (using the FIT SDK) and it's not added my POI waypoints that are on the course, it's instead put 4 directional waypoints in...wonder how it worked those out? Anyway now I've got the ability to edit the CSV file and convert back to FIT, I can do that as a workaround.
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Peter Höglund Wednesday 21 Aug 2019 22:04:01
And you can also provide a short text in the notes field that show up in the 'next waypoint' data field on watch. I think my fenix5x support 15 char.
