GPSMAP 66sr firmware download URL text
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:35 am
On the GPSMAP 66sr page
https://www.gpsrchive.com/GPSMAP/GPSMAP%2066sr/index.htm
the "Firmware" frame
https://www.gpsrchive.com/GPSMAP/GPSMAP%2066sr/Firmware.html
under GCD Updates:
There is a link to download firmware directly from Garmin. The displayed text for the link does not match the actual link target.
The displayed text is:
https://download.garmin.com/software/GPSMAP66sr_xyz.gcd
But the link target is:
https://download.garmin.com/software/GPSMAP66_WebUpdater__xyz.gcd
Note the omission of the "sr" suffix, and the addition of WebUpdater, in the link target.
I checked other GPSMAP models and the 66sr page seems to be the only one with this issue. Some models seem to have firmware with WebUpdater in their name and some don't.
Of course, neither of those links will work because of placeholders for the version (xyz). So you might consider changing from a link to plain text here. The firmware page for the GPSMAP 65 does this.
I was able to download v4.90 firmware using the form "GPSMAP66sr_490.gcd" so that seems to be the correct form. (But I have not been able to download v5.20 firmware using either form - both get 404 Not Found.)
https://www.gpsrchive.com/GPSMAP/GPSMAP%2066sr/index.htm
the "Firmware" frame
https://www.gpsrchive.com/GPSMAP/GPSMAP%2066sr/Firmware.html
under GCD Updates:
There is a link to download firmware directly from Garmin. The displayed text for the link does not match the actual link target.
The displayed text is:
https://download.garmin.com/software/GPSMAP66sr_xyz.gcd
But the link target is:
https://download.garmin.com/software/GPSMAP66_WebUpdater__xyz.gcd
Note the omission of the "sr" suffix, and the addition of WebUpdater, in the link target.
I checked other GPSMAP models and the 66sr page seems to be the only one with this issue. Some models seem to have firmware with WebUpdater in their name and some don't.
Of course, neither of those links will work because of placeholders for the version (xyz). So you might consider changing from a link to plain text here. The firmware page for the GPSMAP 65 does this.
I was able to download v4.90 firmware using the form "GPSMAP66sr_490.gcd" so that seems to be the correct form. (But I have not been able to download v5.20 firmware using either form - both get 404 Not Found.)