[Qgis-developer] gps toolbox (detect device on mac OSX 10.6.4)

[John C. Tull]

Hi Massimo,

This is a known issue on OS X, but has received little attention to date. Other than manually setting up the path as you have done, I know of no other solution.

https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1170

Cheers,
John

On Sep 23, 2010, at 5:25 AM, Massimo Di Stefano wrote:

> Hi :-)
> 
> i'm tring to use my bluethout gps device with Qgis,  but it is no recognized 
> (there is no way in Qgis  to manually add the path to device) ..
> 
> To fix i need to add manually "/dev/tty.GarminGPS10-Gps10" in : qgsgpsinformationwidgetbase.ui 
> 
> (i added my device in the .ui file using "add item" in the combo box widget)
> 
> The weirs is .. after build qgis with the changes in " qgsgpsinformationwidgetbase.ui " 
> i have no new entry in the combobox, it is empty
> 
> but  just "select the first entry (position 1  in the combobox, where i added the item in the .ui file)
> it is empty ... (no device visible) but i'm able to connect to the device.
> 
> Is inside qgis a place where i can "statically" set the path to my gps device ?
> 
> Like a dialog to set manually the device address ?
> (instead or in addition to choose it from the combobox, beacouse autodetect device doesn't works as aspected)
> 
> 
> thanks for any hints!
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
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