[Qgis-user] GPS - "The layer is not a valid layer"

[Micha Silver]

Tony Bazeley wrote:

> OK - seems that error message "The layer is not a valid 
> layer............." is a generic message.
>
> The problem seems to be one of GPSBabel not communicating with the Etrex.
>
> tonbaz at tb:~$ gpsbabel -D 9 -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS1 -o gpx -F waypoints.out
My eTrex has a USB connection so you probably want:
gpsbabel -w -i garmin -f USB: -o gpx -F waypoints.out

In the QGIS GPS plugin (Device Editor) that would become:
%babel -w -i garmin -f usb: -o gpx -F %out

Regards,
Micha
>
> GPSBabel Version: 1.3.3
> Tx Data:10 fe 00 02 10 03 : ...(PRDREQ  )
> [ERROR] GPS_Packet_Read: Timeout.  No data received.
> GARMIN:Can't init /dev/ttyS1
> Rx Data:
>
> On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 10:01 +0930, Tony Bazeley wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am relatively new to Quantum GIS, and run Metis under Ubuntu Hardy 
>> (amd-64).
>>
>> Tried to download data from an Etrex GPS and get an error "The layer 
>> is not a valid layer and cannot be added to the map".  The settings I 
>> used are shown in the attached screen shot.
>>
>> However I reckon I've performed this operation successfully before 
>> under an earlier Quantum version.
>>
>> This seems to be a problem under OSX 
>> (http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1460) 
>> <http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1460%29> but I couldn't 
>> find any reports for other platforms.
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Tony
>>
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