Troubleshooting Steps To Connect Your GARMIN R10 To Your Computer! Bluetooth 

Nice! Good troubleshooting mate glad it's working for you now and thanks for sharing it. It's incredible once it works and you can just enjoy GS Pro! Cheers

Thanks mate I really appreciate comments like this! It makes it all worth it. Good luck with the build mate and when you get GS Pro you will absolutely love it.

Darn Joe had a question for you .....for a new out of box R10 what the best way to update its software ....should I still or do I need to get the Garmin app to register it then update the software or can it be done through PC? Or, is it even required ?

Thanks mate! Same to you

That's awesome to hear mate! What actually fixed it if you don't mind me asking??

@JLagGOLF well honestly, at first I was having issues with it showing up in my discoverable devices, until of course I changed from default to advanced as you described in the video. Once I did that, the whole it pairing then disconnecting right away was throwing me off big time, so I thought something was wrong there and was spending most of my time trying to troubleshoot that, when I really didn't need to. It took your video for me to realize that once it was paired to the laptop, that then it would connect automatically once you open gs pro and the connector. For the less tech savvy people, all of it can be pretty confusing, but once I seen your video and went through the process, I realized I really wasn't far off initially and it made more sense to me, just a few steps to make it all go, now that I know, its a piece of cake. So I certainly appreciate it Joe and thanks again! Happy golfing ⛳️

​@@davidhenchel8051I love it mate! Even if it helps one person it's worth it!! Enjoy mate

Thanks Shaun! Good luck with it mate I'm sure you will love it.

Cheers Matthew hopefully it's all working for you now!

I love that! What fixed it?

Love it mate! Such good software.. I love that they have the open API connection.

Fingers crossed for you mate at least you will have all the troubleshooting steps now incase something goes wrong! 🤞🤞🤞🤞

@@JLagGOLF Joe, I got direct-connected from my Garmin R10 via BT on my PC easily enough thanks to your tutorials, but after a hole or two, GSpro will stop recording shots. The API says connected and the R10 seems to be recording shots. But I get an intermittent 'TCP connection error' (whatever that is) which seems to be the culprit. Only way I've been able to resolve the issue is to restart GSpro, but quickly get the same problem again. Any help appreciated!

I think I read in here someone with similar problem and i believe the suggested fix was to reset gs pro within the game settings. Let us know if you got it resolved

@@mikren705 Yes, must reset w/in GSPro game settings. I struggled with it for over a month. Never found the reason. Just got the Mevo Plus and not a single issue - 100% success with GSPro. I think R10 is almost as good with GSPro (especially for the price), but there's an issue using the OpenAPI option - perhaps not a stable connection as it hangs randomly. Buying the Mevo Plus was an expensive solution, but the frustration factor with the R10 is gone - what a relief.

That's very strange mate is that on every course? Once you're on the course as well if you open the settings and have a look is it still on auto putt? If not I would suggest emailing GS Pro support. They might suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the software. Sorry I couldn't give you an easy fix!

Thanks mate! Not yet but I definitely have that one written down and intent to try it. Cheers

Hey Rick definitely do it mate! GS Pro is amazing. I still absolutely love Awesome Golf and use it a fair bit for practice but the simulation play on GS Pro is great. So the pricing structure is pretty simple you can pay the yearly subscription fee of $250 USD and then keep paying that each year like any other subscription. The lifetime membership is $550 and what that means is you will get all the updates within that first year. After the year ends you will still have GS Pro as it is on the software version it is when your first year runs out for life. You will be able to play GS Pro and not pay anything however you do lose a few things!! You won't get any updates to the software, you won't have online play, you won't have access to SGT tournaments. However you will still get courses and you will be able to play it for the rest of your life on that software version. If you do want all of that stuff then you can pay the $250 for the year and you can get the updates. So say if you want to not pay that subscription for 3 or 4 years then there is a massive amazing update you can pay the 250 and get all the updates. How that makes sense.. for me I just do the $250 each year! I might do lifetime membership in 4 or so years... But for now $250 is a great deal.

Thanks mate! I will get around to it at some point. I'm currently away for work now but I'll hopefully have something out before Christmas. Springbok actually did a video showing how to do this I believe!

Hey mate sorry for the late reply so generally speaking reducing bounce back would be to release some tension on the screen. Generally if the ball is bouncing back too much it's having a trampoline effect. Have you tried rolling the screen out a bit more and having a bit of excess screen at the bottom so there is a little bit of play in the screen?

@@JLagGOLF I'll give that a try tomorrow. Thanks

Thanks for that mate! Ok interesting I wonder where the process is breaking down. How close to your PC is your Garmin? Couldn't be a distance issue? It shouldn't matter how many of the different connectors you have on your PC tbh it sounds to me like it's your computer's Bluetooth receiver not being great. Also there is a new connector if you did want to try something different I haven't tried it with the Garmin yet but here's the video I did showing it off. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DRWMju2-atI.htmlsi=XPLo1s8aXwXYVcP6 You could potentially buy a 3rd party Bluetooth receiver for your laptop and hopefully that fixes the issues or fort just try out your computer right next to your Garmin and see if it stays connected. Let me know how you go!

Hi Joe 😊 , 1 question, The connector and see connected to both api and r10 , but is not communicating with r10 as I show in the photo , there is suppose to have the continuous communication dialogue like on your vdo

Hey mate it sounds like you loaded the course up in practice then on course practice.. Make sure you select local match then the course Cheers

@JLagGOLF you were spot on! I have another question I'm looking for a video if you made one on how to setup a Webcam for putting on the garmin r10. Thanks as always!

Hope it helped mate! 👍

Nice! And thanks for putting this in the comments section it's exactly what I wanted this video to become with more troubleshooting tips.

How do you do that ? Not great at computers

Ok I’ve fixed this. Firewall was already off and the data was showing up in the API connector BUT running everything as admin made it work (hold shift, right click, run as admin). Hope this helps someone else.

Hey mate glad you sorted it and thanks for updating your comment! I'll keep this in mind if someone has a similar issue. Cheers

@@JLagGOLF no worries at all buddy, appreciate what you do so happy to help where I can.

Ok try going into the settings and hit the reset GS Pro connector. It sounds like it's the GS Pro open API connector that is not taking the information

@JLagGOLF thanks for the suggestion but no success done the reset but shots not showing. Any other suggestions I took screenshots of the API and connector after doing all the steps maybe someone can see what I'm doing wrong?

Hi gerad just curious if you got it resolved

​@@gerardoneill2382hi Gerard just wondering if you got it resolved

I've been having the same issue and was wondering if someone came up with a solution. I can see the information sending, but it's not getting to GSPRO.

Hey Matthew that's really strange there have been a few people reporting issues like this recently. I guess with a lot of new users at the time of the year. So when you hit a shot is there data going into the mholow connector? You should see it in the script. I guess the point is to try and figure out what part in the process it's breaking down. If you are getting data come into the mholow connector then the breakdown is happening between the two connectors. It could be a few different things but a lot of them should be covered by turning off all firewalls and the other steps in this video. If you have done everything definitely open a ticket with MHOLOW on the GitHub page but if you can try get all the information for him first up it's best.... As in where the issue is happening and all the troubleshooting steps you have taken. Cheers mate I'm sure it will get sorted

Thank you Joe. Going to look into the details. Ended up being okay using the Garmin app with the e6 connection. Maybe is misses a shot every 4 holes or so and I need to wake it up but all in all not bad. Really appreciate you leading this community. Lots of golfers out there looking to connect with each other and I know I appreciate your help across the 3-4 videos I’ve seen. Awesome to see you play some courses as videos. Looking to do some of the same here so thank you for paving the way!

Hi Joe, just an update on my issues. I purchased a Bluetooth 5.0 dongle today and the R10 paired instantly.👍

Hey Mark sorry for the late reply mate!! Glad it's all sorted and that was going to be my suggestion. Good luck with the rest of the build. If you have questions like this definitely join the Facebook group (Joe Lagowski Golf) as there is a whole community of people on there that can help out and a lot quicker than me through the RU-vid comments.

Hey mate definitely step through the connection video slow time ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9wt06I_euHs.htmlsi=-GoUINtby4i-L_Ha From there is you're still having issues join the Facebook group and post some pictures. The biggest part of the troubleshooting is to figure out what part of the chain is breaking down so then we can come up with a solution for that. Cheers

Thanks mate. So in that case have you tried going in to the settings and hitting the reset GS Pro connector? That's definitely worth a shot

@@JLagGOLF Thanks Joe, no I haven't tried that. Will definitely give it a go and report next time I have the issue. Thanks for what you do! I see the Peregian shirt are you a Sunny Coast local too? I played pennants for Peregian a few years back!

​@@nigelpetrie9094It should work 🤞🤞. Thanks mate I really appreciate that. My parents live on the Sunny Coast and play at Peregian! I'm there most of the time at Christmas and get a round or two in. It was such a good course that is slowly getting destroyed by all the houses going up and them having to change the course 😢.

@@JLagGOLF your suggestion worked! It allows me to keep the round going so thank you! Absolutely agree re Peregian, such a shame great layout too many changes. I've left now and back at Beerwah and loving it!

Hi Joe Great work with out you I would’ve never got it running, as others have had program running then goes to sleep you suggested resetting gsp connect Could you please advise on how to do Keep the information coming Thank you Tony

Hey mate that is really annoying! It sounds like the issue is the data being stopped or held up in the MHOLOW connector not speaking to the GS Pro open API connector. A simple solution is to go to the settings and hit the button that says reset GS Pro connector. This should then get them talking again. Not ideal as its not a permanent solution but should at least get it working again. I would definitely open a ticket on the GitHub page explaining this to MHOLOW and see if he can follow it up. Also I had a subscriber talk about something he did that might help I’m not sure but he went into his .JSON file and turned the E6 coding to “FALSE”. This might be something to check and see if it works but definitely open the ticket with MHOLOW. Cheers

Thank you so much! I loaded everything up and there was one step I did not try, but when I did it really helped. This step was to turn off the Windows Firewall. The only problem I have now is on really short 10 yd chips the R10 will get stuck on red and will then need to be rebooted. I did try the Reset GS Pro connector, but I have not tried changing the E^ coding to "FALSE". Thank you for your help and have a fantastic day! @@JLagGOLF

Hey mate you definitely do not need an app. Have you tried doing everything in the video? Like firewalls? I haven't heard of that one before.

That is strange so when you open GS Pro and the mholow connector if you look at the Bluetooth window what is the name of the Garmin? Some people it changes to Garmin R1 instead of Garmin R10. If this is the case then you need to open the .json file and change the name to Garmin R1 in there.

Hey mate have you figured it out now? Are you all sorted? Cheers

@@JLagGOLF hi there. No it will not connect... Not too sure what I'm doing wrong but it doesn't connect. Also i think I'm not gonna get an ipad for e 6 connect. Might do awesome golf for the first year. As it seems pretty good for some options. GSPpro looks like the go here but I'm gonna wait for that... Just wished this e6 connect would connect to the garmin... I've typed in the ip and the port in the garmin golf app, but nothing.

@@edoardobarzano978 The iPad is definitely a good idea for using e6 as it's a bigger screen. So you shouldn't have to enter port or up numbers to access e6 on the iPad. You just need to go to the Garmin mobile app and then golf Sim scroll down to e6 and then click play on iOS. Then you will get your iOS licence with the 5 free courses. Garmin should have sent you a code to activate them

@@JLagGOLF they didn't but i think it's in the econnect portal when you unbind it. Thanks for the advice. I'm not getting an ipad though. Will go with GSPpro, just concerned of issues connecting the garmin to the pc... Any advice?

Hey mate the R10 will calibrate when you launch the mholow connector. If you watch the script when you first open it and it connects to the R10 you will see it says tilt and a value... This is the connector doing the calibration. There is no need to do the calibration before hooking up to your PC or laptop. Cheers

Hey Rich have you connected it to your laptop and does it say paired on your computer? Make sure you turn off or disconnect the r10 from your old mobile device as well

Hey Joe, I’m having the same issue. My R10 was used previously on my iPhone but the Bluetooth is turned off.

Hey Tom it sounds like it's the actual MHOLOW connector that just for whatever reason stopped working. Did you try just close out of it and then just relaunch it?? If it keeps doing this and you have done all the troubleshooting steps in the video including turning off firewalls ect then I would definitely let Matt know through the GitHub page. You can actually leave a ticket and explain what's happening there and he can help fix it. Cheers

I am having the same problem. Been using this connector for some time and it seems to intermittently (and sometimes very frequently) drop the connection. Extremely frustrating and "embarassing"when trying to play a game especially with others. I am not sure what the issue is. Not sure if mlm2pro is any better but am about to give up on the Garmin. Terribly frustrated.

Hey mate sorry for the late reply I have the Lenovo Legion 5i pro it has a core i7 and a rtx3060 graphics card. I upgraded it from 16 to 32gb of RAM. I also have it on a cooling pad just a cheap one from Amazon I think it was around $30 but yes as soon as you boot up GS Pro the fans kick in. It's not obnoxiously loud though.. Cheers

Nice! Thanks for the message mate and the feedback. Glad it's all working for you! Cheers

Hey mate this is it: github.com/mholow/gsp-r10-adapter/releases/tag/v2.1.1 Cheers

Hey mate it will say that then when you launch GS Pro and MHOLOWs connector it will pair up and be ready.

@@JLagGOLF it works!!!!! I’m having blast!!!

Nice really happy to hear that mate!

Have you taken the connector out of the folder? Don't take it out of the folder as it needs to be in there with the .JSON file as the connector reads the file once open so needs to be in the same folder as it.

you are a absolute beast !!! thank you 23 hours of pain lol

can i remove and make it shortcut after?

you are not alone bro ..mine wont connect tried 2 diffrent dongles ..still nada

@@anthonydamas1428 which ones did you try and what version windows you got? I'll let you know if I figure it out

no name brand dongles.. just my dongle that worked for everything else around the house, then i tried my brothers dongle from his computer.. i do not have onboard blu tooth..i was running win10 pro but took the chance to go to windows 11 now.. failed on both OS BTW.. let me state i do not have a GS pro subscription. i wanted to make sure it would work without buying the subscription. Do you already have a GS pro subscription?@@backflipsaresweet

Long shot but I was playing the other day and my buddy walked into the garage and couple minutes later lost bluetooth connection. Couldn't re pair the garmin to the PC. Turns out my buddy had a garmin watch on and we think it confused it. We kicked him out then it worked again

Hey mate sorry for the late reply! That's really frustrating and I'm sorry you can't get it connected. I don't know why the R10 is so temperamental with connecting to computers. The only thing I was going to suggest is to try an Bluetooth dongle but you have already done that! I know there was a guy that was similar to you and bought a single and it worked. I forget which one he said he got... I'll try find the exact model and get back to you. If you trawl through the comments you might find it. So is the R10 just not coming up in the list of Bluetooth devices??

If you haven’t seen or tried this already you may have to rename your garmin R10 to Garmin R1 in the settings.json file before opening the adaptor. When I connected my Garmin via the advanced route it renamed my Garmin for some reason and would connect until I did this.

Hey mate did you get it sorted in the end? Cheers