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    <p>Unfortunately I don't have one to test (but someone I can call) <br>
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    <p>Two things to check: <br>
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    <p>1. Right Click in your QGIS toolbar area and activate your GPS
      information panel. See if you're connecting to the GPS. Autodetect
      should tell you something. <br>
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    <p>2. I've used the GPS Gate Splitter Software [1] on Windows 7/10
      to connect QGIS to an External GPS. Haven't had the joy to do
      Bluetooth/internal GPS's but I'd expect Gate Splitter to at least
      get you connected on an internal....... Although I've heard
      Windows 10 has something similiar "in the guts" to make that work
      (no hardware to test that on). Once you install Gate Splitter QGIS
      should autodetect the GPS. <br>
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    <p>Good Luck - and I think this will work but as I type this I'm
      starting to think this might be slightly out of date thinking. <br>
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    <p>Randy</p>
    <p>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gpsgate.com/products/gpsgate_client">https://gpsgate.com/products/gpsgate_client</a> </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/31/20 2:28 AM, Daniel Greene
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Nicolas, the Toughbook definitely has a GPS as i
        can test the connection using the GPS software - and i have
        tried it in various places.
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        <div>John, i have copied the project and files on to the desktop
          with the same results. i have also tried it without any data
          to see if it can pick my position up whilst using only a
          basemap but still no luck.<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:40
          PM Willey, John <<a
            href="mailto:Willey_John@co.sandusky.oh.us"
            moz-do-not-send="true">Willey_John@co.sandusky.oh.us</a>>
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                style="font-size:13.3333px">Some more information might
                be needed. Is it possible your QGIS data resides in a
                server and not on your local machine? Perhaps the
                Toughbook knows where it is, but can't display the
                underlying map layers because it can't connect to the
                server? That would also explain why it works when you
                are in wifi service.</span>
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              <div style="font-size:13.3333px">John</div>
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                <div><font size="2" face="Tahoma">--</font></div>
                <div><font size="2" face="tahoma">John Willey</font></div>
                <div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Executive Director</font></div>
                <div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Sandusky County
                    Regional Planning Commission</font></div>
                <div><font size="2" face="tahoma">2511 Countryside
                    Drive, Suite C</font></div>
                <div><font size="2" face="tahoma">Fremont, OH 43420</font></div>
                <div><font size="2" face="tahoma">(419)334-6227</font></div>
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                    on behalf of Nicolas Cadieux [<a
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                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">njacadieux.gitlab@gmail.com</a>]<br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 28, 2020 10:31 AM<br>
                    <b>To:</b> Daniel Greene<br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> <a
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                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] Live Mapping with
                    QGIS on Toughbook<br>
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                  <div>Daniel Green from Québec?
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                    <div>I would start by testing in a wide open field. 
                      Is the problem with the GPS in the laptop or with
                      the connection with QGIS?  If it’s the later,
                      explain what you are doing and what versions of
                      QGIS using.  If you only get a position with the
                      wifi, maybe you don’t have an actual GPS chip. 
                      Look at the computer specs.  Some tablettes (iPods
                      also) and rare phone only use wifi for positioning
                      and do not use an actual GPS chip.  Make sure you
                      are not in airplane mode with antenna’s turned
                      off.<br>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Nicolas Cadieux
                        <div>Ça va bien aller!</div>
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                        <blockquote type="cite">Le 28 août 2020 à 03:49,
                          Daniel Greene <<a
                            href="mailto:dannyjamesgreene@gmail.com"
                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">dannyjamesgreene@gmail.com</a>>
                          a écrit :<br>
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                                have been trying to use QGIS for live
                                mapping on my Panasonic Toughbook Cf19
                                MK7 but I cannot get the GPS to connect
                                when in the field. The software on the
                                Toughbook shows it is picking up
                                satellites so I am confident it isn’t
                                the hardware. When I try to connect it
                                occasionally picks up my location if I
                                have wi-fi but without it never does</span>. <br>
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