[Qgis-user] Panasonic Toughbook FZ-G1 and QGIS

[Ramon Andiñach]

I'll agree that the OS is more likely, but please don't dismiss this completely out of hand. 

Although my case is on Linux, I've recently had a case where QGIS 1.7-2.6 worked fine with my GPS, but come 2.8 it won't communicate. 

I can definitely say that the GPS *is* communicating with the OS, and the other apps I normally use with it are working fine. 

My experience with windows is that sometimes, but not always, it can try to assign different comm port numbers to the same device if it is plugged into different physical ports between uses. That might help. 

-ramon.

> On 19 Mar 2015, at 0:39, Dietrich Heintz <dheintz at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> is it sure, that the GPS in QGIS fails. It can be that the GPS on the OS fails as well.
> I use it regulary with different tablets, even old fashion. 
> GPS on board and previously GPS via blue-tooth.
> I never had an issue with GPS in QGIS, but with the connection between the OS and GPS.
> bye Dieter
> 
>> Am 18.03.2015 um 15:52 schrieb Stéphane Henriod:
>> Hi
>> 
>> We have been using the FZ-G1 in the field with Win 8 and we were pretty happy with it (not with Qgis though).
>> 
>> The only down we have identified until now is that the port on which the GPS is running (COM3 if I remember correctly) sometimes switches off without any reason... Given that the people who use it in the field are not always super techy, it can be an issue to switch the port on again...
>> 
>> But we haven't been able to identify in which situation this "bug" (or whatever that is) happens.
>> 
>> Hope that helps
>> 
>> Stéphane
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 2015-03-11 6:41 GMT+01:00 Bo Victor Thomsen <bo.victor.thomsen at gmail.com>:
>>> I don't have any experience with the FZ-G1, only some older Toughbook models. You can't kill them even if you drove over them with a truck :-)
>>> 
>>> Anyway, the agency I assist with  their Tablet based field solution, is now using relatively cheap consumer tablets together with external USB based GNNS recievers.
>>> 
>>> Just keep your option open about the GPS. The market for cheap GPS'es is moving very fast, so any built-in GPS will like be outmoded long before the rest of the pc is. Keep your options open so it's possible to use a cheap and simple external GPS (USB or Bluetooth based).
>>> 
>>> The GPS I'm using and recommending right now is a HOLUX M215+ (Remember the "+") which is a combined GPS/GLONASS receiver. It consistently finds around 20 satellites (under a clear sky), has a PDOP under 1.0 and is very stable
>>> 
>>> If you need centimeter or decimeter precision, you're probably better of by buying a dedicated professional GNNS reciever in quite another price-range
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Bo Victor Thomsen
>>> AestasGIS
>>> Denmark
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Den 09-03-2015 kl. 10:05 skrev Otto Dassau:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> does anybody have experience with the Panasonic Toughbook FZ-G1 (with Windows
>>>> 8.1 or 7 professional) and QGIS for field work? Especially working with
>>>> the onboard GPS chip is interesting. Does it work without problems?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Otto
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