[Qgis-user] GPS Plugin - QGIS 0.11- Mac OSX.5.4

[John C. Tull]

Mars,

Device discovery has never worked on OS X in qgis, to my knowledge. My  
waypoint download line looks like this, but I use a usb to serial  
adapter:

%babel -w -i garmin -o gpx -f /dev/cu.usbserial-ftCASM51 -F %out

You need to find the full device id either by looking at items listed  
under /dev in the Terminal, or by using something like gpsbabel+ to  
help you id the proper device string. You can set up a transfer and  
see the full command in the log window after you run it in gpsbabel+.

Hope that helps,
John

On Aug 12, 2008, at 10:16 PM, Mars Sjoden wrote:

> Hello Q list,
>
> I am having difficulty getting the GPS Plugin working for  
> downloading from my Garmin GPSmap 60CSx
>
> I have gpsbabel version 1.3.4 installed and active on my PATH.
> (long story but the new v1.3.5 does not work on my iMac)
>
> I am able to use gpsbabel just fine from the command line. ie.  
> downloads and uploads fine from/to my gps.
>
> I am pretty sure this is not a gpsbabel issue as far as I can tell.
>
>
> So I launch the GPS Plugin "GPS Tools"
>
> Select "Download from GPS" tab.
>
> Select Garmin  from the GPS device button list.
>
> Port (There are no choices here from the button list)
>
> Feature type: Waypoints
>
> I tried the original setup and receive this output:
>
> The layer is not a valid layer and can not
> be added to the map
>
> I decided to add a gpx layer to QGIS, and name it as the layer for  
> output.  Same output.
>
> I then edited the device to look like, for example waypoint download:
>
> gpsbabel -w -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx %out
>
> I still receive the same output as above.
>
> I am wondering what I am doing wrong here,
> how can I get this working?
>
> I can remember using the gps plugin in 0.8 and it working slick with  
> out any need for fiddling.
>
> thank you!
>
> mars
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