[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2786: Live GPS tracking: add support for garmin USB devices

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#2786: Live GPS  tracking: add support for garmin USB devices
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   Reporter:  dr                                |              Owner:  mhugent      
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.6.0
  Component:  C++ Plugins                       |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:  gps,tracking                      |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  1                                 |  
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Comment(by lutra):

 Replying to [comment:15 jef]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 lutra]:
 > > I would like to see if it works with my Garmin unit, but I'm not sure
 what has to be used in the new "device" field when choosing "connect to
 gpsd".
 >
 > GPSD doesn't support windows.


 I never mentioned windows, in fact I use Linux (Ubuntu)

 >You enter the host, port and device (the latter can be left empty, if the
 gpsd only listens to one GPS) of the remote gps daemon.

 so this should work out of the box on Linux? my 60c unit seems that is not
 connecting, or maybe I'm just doing something wrong.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2786#comment:16>
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