Garmin Epress

[+kidcobalt]

Why does the window come up stating "Garmin Express not detected", But Garmin express does come up and works fine? (The Notice stays on the screen behind the GE screen??)

[+icezebra11]

Does it for me too.  Don't know why.

[garyo1954]

I'd say the problem is you can't mount the Monterra as a removable drive. Read the workaround here.......


https://thomfre.net/teknisk/monterra/wifi-file-transfer/
 

 

Edited April 9, 2018 by garyo1954

[+grimpil]

Same message here when sending caches to eTrex 10 & eTrex 30x.  Have learnt to ignore/live with it.

[+StefandD]

2 hours ago, garyo1954 said:

I'd say the problem is you can't mount the Monterra as a removable drive.......

Nope. Garmin Express detects the Monterra perfectly. The message appears before GE starts.

[garyo1954]

9 minutes ago, StefandD said:

Nope. Garmin Express detects the Monterra perfectly. The message appears before GE starts.

If you can see it as a removable drive than why do you need Garmin Express?

 

[+icezebra11]

56 minutes ago, garyo1954 said:

If you can see it as a removable drive than why do you need Garmin Express?

 

One reason is to transfer caches on a list using "Send to Garmin."  Another is to get Garmin software updates.

[ElleSolo]

I get the same message but I can't even get it to recognize my Garmin extex 10 and I can't load any caches. It doesn't allow me to "write to device" as it doesn't recognize the device. The computer says that it recognizes the device but not in the geocache site. Any suggestions?

[garyo1954]

2 hours ago, icezebra11 said:

One reason is to transfer caches on a list using "Send to Garmin."  Another is to get Garmin software updates.

I'll just be quiet from here on out and let yall bang your heads against whatever wall is available.

The reason I asked that question was to get StefandD to respond. Apparently they didn't look at the link I posted because the guys who wrote is say (quote), "One of the issues with the Monterra is you cannot mount it as a removable drive." (unquote).

If you can mount it as a removable drive, then you don't Garmin Express to update the caches. (It takes less time to replace a PQ on an Etrex 10 than to open Garmin Express.)

 

[+icezebra11]

I have no experience with a Monterra so peace, out! 

Edited April 10, 2018 by icezebra11

[garyo1954]

3 minutes ago, icezebra11 said:

I had no experience with a Monterra so peace, out! 

Not a problem. At least your response gave me the opportunity to explain my initial post.....LOL

Edited April 10, 2018 by garyo1954

[+noncentric]

4 hours ago, garyo1954 said:

If you can mount it as a removable drive, then you don't Garmin Express to update the caches. (It takes less time to replace a PQ on an Etrex 10 than to open Garmin Express.)

Just to provide some context here.  Garmin Express allows cachers to send a bookmark list directly to Garmin GPSr's without having to go through the extra step of creating a PQ and running/downloading that PQ.  This feature was added last year and plenty of cachers have found it useful to quickly create a list and then send it directly to their devices without going through the PQ route.  See  THIS RELEASE NOTES  thread for more background.

[+StefandD]

4 hours ago, garyo1954 said:

The reason I asked that question was to get StefandD to respond. Apparently they didn't look at the link I posted because the guys who wrote is say (quote), "One of the issues with the Monterra is you cannot mount it as a removable drive." (unquote).

If you can mount it as a removable drive, then you don't Garmin Express to update the caches. (It takes less time to replace a PQ on an Etrex 10 than to open Garmin Express.)

The article starts with a false presumption. The Monterra is recognised as a removable drive. Only it uses the MTP protocol (especially designed for removable media)  like photo cameras and other Android devices do. That means you get no drive letters like other Garmins. That may be problematic to some older software, but Garmin Express (and also other software like BaseCamp and GSAK) is able to detect the Monterra like any other Garmin device.

That means you can send caches in lists and update software with Garmin Express, read caches, waypoints, tracks and maps with BaseCamp and send/receive caches and drafts with GSAK. Even the obsolete Garmin Communicator was able to send caches to the Monterra before NPAPI plug-ins were banned by all browsers.

There is absolutely no need to use the Wi-Fi transfer software. It's an old workaround for older software like MapSource. But I can get gpx files more easy into MS by double clicking on the GPX file.