[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #1170: GPS Plugin non-functional (Windows and OS X)

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#1170: GPS Plugin non-functional (Windows and OS X)
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   Reporter:  jctull                            |              Owner:  nobody            
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new               
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 0.11.0    
  Component:  Plugins                           |            Version:  HEAD              
   Keywords:  gps plugin                        |   Platform_version:  XP and OS X 10.5.4
   Platform:  Windows                           |           Must_fix:  No                
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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 Windows:
 When trying to download or upload gpx information from/to a GPS device,
 nothing happens (error reported about invalid layer when downloading). In
 order to get gpx download or upload support, you have to manually code the
 path to the gpx file in the GPS Device settings. E.g., to get a waypoint
 layer loaded from the GPS device, I have to click on the device settings,
 go to waypoint download and make the line look like this:
 %babel -i garmin -o gpx -f com4 -F "C:\Documents and Settings\User
 Name\Desktop\test.gpx" You have to hit "update device" to get this setting
 to stick. Then I have to fill in the "Save as" box in the main GPS tools
 dialog with the path to the above test.gpx file. I tell qgis to call the
 new layer "test", but anything will work here.

 OS X:
 In OS X, nothing shows up under Port, so you have to code the port into
 the device settings. In my case, with a serial to usb device, I replace
 %in (for a download from gps device) with -f /dev/cu.usbserial-ftCASM51. I
 also had to add -F before %out to get the transfer to actually save the
 gpx file to disk. (I'm thinking that -F should be added to the %out or %in
 strings in the C++ code for this plugin.)

 Possibly a dev can test this with gps emulation software. The only link
 for Windows I found was a commercial software with a 14-day free trial
 called gpsgate.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1170>
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