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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, I really don’t know … but based on ancient experience with connecting a data logger to a Mac serial port, I looked in /dev on my Mac.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ls /dev<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> …lots of entries, among them is:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So maybe that can be used somehow…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of André Giroux <agiroux@beyondtechnologies.ca></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PMingLiU",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 1:22 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Qgis-user] Connecting a bluetooth Garmin GPS to a MAC for live tracking in QGIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well, the title says it all !!! I am trying to connect a Garmin 3580LM GPS unit via bluetooth so QGis can use it…Paired OK with Mac, cannot find serial port number, as neither Autodetect or Serial works…<o:p></o:p></p>
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