[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):

 > No, you need to setup gpsd first - which works with my hcx.  I suppose
 it does with the 60c, too.  With gpsd you can have multiple clients...

 Ok, I see now the kind of possibilities that gpsd offers, but I still
 cannot make it work. I checked the gpsd docs and a few other tutorials so
 I'm sure I'm missing something (tested also with xgps). Can you give any
 insight? I'm sure this will be useful too for the future 1.6
 documentation.

 Nevertheless I hope there will room to add the support for garmin usb
 devices as in the gps tools, it will be more straightforward for direct
 gps-to-qgis connections.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2786#comment:18>
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