Up Ahead as custom directions and Garmin Sync

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• Adam Rykala   Saturday 15 Apr 2023 18:10:09

  If I use the star sync feature for a route that contains directions meant as Up Ahea points - they sync to Connect and the Watch with the name replaced with the type. 
  
  So if I have a point marked as a Summit named Pen Y Fan, if I do the fit file to NewFiles method it works fine. But if I use the sync option it becomes named as Summit

• Adam Rykala   Sunday 16 Apr 2023 20:26:24

  Second bug
  
  If I copy the route as a FIT file and manually upload it to my watch - the Up Ahead works fine UNLESS there's a turn arrow associated with the custom direction - the watch then either doesn't show it as a Up Ahead point or calls it something like "50M:Turn" with no Icon

• Adam Rykala   Sunday 16 Apr 2023 20:42:34

  Actually I ralised the second one is probably by design after looking at the image posted that links Up Ahead points to Garmin ones - it shows that turn arow tagged ones dont show in UA!

• plotaroute admin   Monday 17 Apr 2023 08:40:43

  Hi Adam - the Garmin API doesn't enable us to send coursepoints with turn arrows, so custom directions cannot be transferred using the Garmin Sync feature I'm afraid.

• Adam Rykala   Monday 17 Apr 2023 11:13:56

  Thanks. I suspected as much from my tinkerings....
  
  Do you know if there's any progress on the other issue, or is it just me
  
  i.e Syncing a route with Up Ahead points (or, custom directions without turn arrows really) via the Premium Sync results in renaming
  
  So if I tag a point as Mountain and name it "Sugar Loaf", after a sync to connect it becomes a Summit point as it should, but the name becomes "Mountain"

• plotaroute admin   Tuesday 18 Apr 2023 09:06:22

  Did you add Sugar Loaf as a label or part of the directions text?  You'll need to add it as a label for it to be used as the Coursepoint name with the Gamrin Sync, as Gamrin replaces any directions with its own, so we don't send the directions text.  

• Adam Rykala   Tuesday 18 Apr 2023 10:58:00

  That explains a lot - will test it now!

• Adam Rykala   Tuesday 18 Apr 2023 11:04:40

  Dear Plotaroute Admin.
  
  I love you!
  
  Joking aside, brilliant - works like a bloody charm!
  
  This is exactly why I recommend PAR Premium to everyone!
  
  Thanks!

• Adam Rykala   Tuesday 18 Apr 2023 11:32:50

  I'll mention this here even though it looks like a Connect problem. Sync'ed routes show zero ascent/descent even though the elevation profile is correct and Climb Pro and the ascent graph on the watch work. Just in case someone else mentions this
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/77Zyuwq9bxCu7vuY9