Linking device and download courses need a smooth bluetooth connection between your watch and your telephone. And you need a good internet connection.

Sometimes this fails and you get an error message on you watch. The error messages are not very informative, and they should be improve in future versions.

The error codes below from Garmin can help you to get an idea of what is wrong.

BLE -errors are errors with the bluetooth connections.

The errors -200 to -400 are related to the network connections. -402 and -403 occurs if you try to upload to many controls.

 

The text under is taken from https://developer.garmin.com

UNKNOWN_ERROR = 0

An unknown error has occured.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_ERROR = -1

A generic BLE error has occured.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_HOST_TIMEOUT = -2

We timed out waiting for a response from the host.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_SERVER_TIMEOUT = -3

We timed out waiting for a response from a server.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_NO_DATA = -4

Response contained no data.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_REQUEST_CANCELLED = -5

The request was cancelled at the request of the system.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_QUEUE_FULL = -101

Too many requests have been made.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_REQUEST_TOO_LARGE = -102

Serialized input data for the request was too large.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_UNKNOWN_SEND_ERROR = -103

Send failed for an unknown reason.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

BLE_CONNECTION_UNAVAILABLE = -104

No BLE connection is available.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

INVALID_HTTP_HEADER_FIELDS_IN_REQUEST = -200

Request contained invalid http header fields.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

INVALID_HTTP_BODY_IN_REQUEST = -201

Request contained an invalid http body.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

INVALID_HTTP_METHOD_IN_REQUEST = -202

Request used an invalid http method.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

NETWORK_REQUEST_TIMED_OUT = -300

Request timed out before a response was received.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

INVALID_HTTP_BODY_IN_NETWORK_RESPONSE = -400

Response body data is invalid for the request type.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

INVALID_HTTP_HEADER_FIELDS_IN_NETWORK_RESPONSE = -401

Response contained invalid http header fields.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

NETWORK_RESPONSE_TOO_LARGE = -402

Serialized response was too large.

Since:

  • 1.0.0

NETWORK_RESPONSE_OUT_OF_MEMORY = -403

Ran out of memory processing network response.

Since:

  • 3.0.0

STORAGE_FULL = -1000

Filesystem too full to store response data.

Since:

  • 2.2.0

SECURE_CONNECTION_REQUIRED = -1001

Indicates an https connection is required for the request.

Since:

  • 2.3.0

UNSUPPORTED_CONTENT_TYPE_IN_RESPONSE = -1002

Content type given in response is not supported or does not match what is expected.

Since:

  • 2.4.1

REQUEST_CANCELLED = -1003

Http request was cancelled by the system.

Since:

  • 2.4.2

REQUEST_CONNECTION_DROPPED = -1004

Connection was lost before a response could be obtained.