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

[John C. Tull]

That would be a good option. You should review the ticket and add a comment accordingly.

Cheers,
John

On Sep 23, 2010, at 7:37 AM, Massimo Di Stefano wrote:

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> Way lost a so cool enanchment ?
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> What a bout a small changes in  the gui ?
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> the combobox is good to select the device .. but it has no  way to be populate manually, hence,
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> why not add a "tool button" beside the combo-box, to open a file-dialogue 
> se the user  can choose a device manually and when click on ok it will update the combo-box with the device address ?
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> what do you think about ?
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> thanks!
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> Massimo.
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> Il giorno 23/set/2010, alle ore 16.13, John C. Tull ha scritto:
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>> Hi Massimo,
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>> 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.
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>> https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1170
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>> Cheers,
>> John
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>> On Sep 23, 2010, at 5:25 AM, Massimo Di Stefano wrote:
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>>> Hi :-)
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>>> 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) ..
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>>> To fix i need to add manually "/dev/tty.GarminGPS10-Gps10" in : qgsgpsinformationwidgetbase.ui 
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>>> (i added my device in the .ui file using "add item" in the combo box widget)
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>>> The weirs is .. after build qgis with the changes in " qgsgpsinformationwidgetbase.ui " 
>>> i have no new entry in the combobox, it is empty
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>>> 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.
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>>> Is inside qgis a place where i can "statically" set the path to my gps device ?
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>>> 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)
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>>> thanks for any hints!
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>>> Best regards,
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