[lug] Garmin Edge 500 Bicycle GPS

[Stephen Queen]

I appreciate the reply. I have already started using it in the way you
describe. I now just upload the file to strava.com. The data is in a .fit
file. I found a website that allows a person to see the format of a .fit
file,
http://www.thisisant.com/resources/fit
but the person needs to download the SDK, which has a eula that appears to
me to be quite restrictive. I don't believe you would be able to open
source the code you create with it. I could be wrong. It kind of explains
the lack of open source software around this device. To say the least, I'm
disappointed. I would have liked to play with this data in a lot of
different ways.

Once I started using strava, I quit looking, but intend to look further
after the flail. (The flail has been going on for years now. I'm also
building my own bike computer. Hah!)

Steve


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Jack Swope <jhswope at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I always used mine as a recognized USB storage device.  Works for 700 and
> 500.  Used online Garmin or third party tools after downloading the files.
>
> Jack
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Stephen Queen <svqueen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I finally broke down and bought a Garmin Edge 500 bicycle GPS. I thought
>> it would work with the garmin-forerunner-tools in debian. That's what I get
>> for thinking! Does anyone use this with linux, and if they do, how about
>> either pointing me in a direction where I can figure this out, or kindly
>> explain how you got it working.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Steve
>>
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