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ryanbinns / ttwatch

Linux TomTom GPS Watch Utilities
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Documentation update required: Firmware 1.2.0 does not work with ttwatch (or is TomTomconnect needed at least once ?) #145

Closed insensitiveclod closed 6 years ago

insensitiveclod commented 6 years ago

Hello

I'd been given a Multi-sport/Runner (1390:7474) as a christmas present a long time ago. Sadly, at that time there were no ways to use the device with Linux. Recently, I discovered ttwatch's existence and was delighted to know that there might be a way for me to use the watch anyway. After initially building the tool, the only thing I could ever get it to do was to print: Unable to open watch

All the operations, --initial-setup, --update-fw, etc.. all printed this error. Then, before doing more work on debugging the issue using strace and debug, I decided to try upgrade the firmware first. Sadly this didnt want to work via wine(-devel), but I got a friend with a windows-machine to install the TomTom connect software and run an update for me.

After this, the watch now works. I think it would be VERY desirable to inform people that they might need to update the firmware on older watches before using it with ttwatch OR to inform them to at least connect it to a windows-machine once. This cost me a good few hours of time to debug, without need..it'd seem ;) jfyi

Now with 1.8.x firmware on the watch, it's communicating nicely with ttwatch. Havent done much, but it all seems to do something. I'm happy as a clam. Thanks for the software ! -- Justa

mipapo commented 6 years ago

Adding a hint in the Readme what be okay, but I don't think it is the task of ttwatch to inform users of the software that they should update the firmware of their sport watches.

insensitiveclod commented 6 years ago

The issue , really, is that if you use linux exclusively (like I do), you may not have a way to update the firmware at all. It becomes a rather frustrating experience when ttwatch --fwupdate doesnt work....because your firmware is too old (and you dont even realize it).

I was lucky to have a friend around at work who didnt mind booting up his neglected win7 install on his laptop to let me do a check for new firmware before I started taking ttwatch apart in a debugger.

Now that ttwatch works for my watch, the firmware will be up-to-date from now on.....Before now, I just didnt have any means to do so. If this is a pre-requisite for ttwatch to work, it would be good to document that for new , unsuspecting, users.

ryanbinns commented 6 years ago

I was not aware that it would not update the firmware for older watches. I've never had firmware before 1.8.x that I can remember, so I've never had the opportunity to test it.

I'll add a note in the readme file.