<div dir="ltr">Randal, i think you've just cracked it for me! gpsgate seems to have got the gps talking to qgis. many thanks for the help, people.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:18 PM Randal Hale <<a href="mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com">rjhale@northrivergeographic.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Unfortunately I don't have one to test (but someone I can call) <br>
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<p>Two things to check: <br>
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<p>1. Right Click in your QGIS toolbar area and activate your GPS
information panel. See if you're connecting to the GPS. Autodetect
should tell you something. <br>
</p>
<p>2. I've used the GPS Gate Splitter Software [1] on Windows 7/10
to connect QGIS to an External GPS. Haven't had the joy to do
Bluetooth/internal GPS's but I'd expect Gate Splitter to at least
get you connected on an internal....... Although I've heard
Windows 10 has something similiar "in the guts" to make that work
(no hardware to test that on). Once you install Gate Splitter QGIS
should autodetect the GPS. <br>
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<p>Good Luck - and I think this will work but as I type this I'm
starting to think this might be slightly out of date thinking. <br>
</p>
<p>Randy</p>
<p>[1] <a href="https://gpsgate.com/products/gpsgate_client" target="_blank">https://gpsgate.com/products/gpsgate_client</a> </p>
<div>On 8/31/20 2:28 AM, Daniel Greene
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<div dir="ltr">Nicolas, the Toughbook definitely has a GPS as i
can test the connection using the GPS software - and i have
tried it in various places.
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<div>John, i have copied the project and files on to the desktop
with the same results. i have also tried it without any data
to see if it can pick my position up whilst using only a
basemap but still no luck.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:40
PM Willey, John <<a href="mailto:Willey_John@co.sandusky.oh.us" target="_blank">Willey_John@co.sandusky.oh.us</a>>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Some more information might
be needed. Is it possible your QGIS data resides in a
server and not on your local machine? Perhaps the
Toughbook knows where it is, but can't display the
underlying map layers because it can't connect to the
server? That would also explain why it works when you
are in wifi service.</span>
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<div>Daniel Green from Québec?
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<div>I would start by testing in a wide open field.
Is the problem with the GPS in the laptop or with
the connection with QGIS? If it’s the later,
explain what you are doing and what versions of
QGIS using. If you only get a position with the
wifi, maybe you don’t have an actual GPS chip.
Look at the computer specs. Some tablettes (iPods
also) and rare phone only use wifi for positioning
and do not use an actual GPS chip. Make sure you
are not in airplane mode with antenna’s turned
off.<br>
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<div>Ça va bien aller!</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">Le 28 août 2020 à 03:49,
Daniel Greene <<a href="mailto:dannyjamesgreene@gmail.com" target="_blank">dannyjamesgreene@gmail.com</a>>
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have been trying to use QGIS for live
mapping on my Panasonic Toughbook Cf19
MK7 but I cannot get the GPS to connect
when in the field. The software on the
Toughbook shows it is picking up
satellites so I am confident it isn’t
the hardware. When I try to connect it
occasionally picks up my location if I
have wi-fi but without it never does</span>. <br>
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