Bug report #6318
"Download from GPS" stops to work after adding a new device in "GPS Device Editor"
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | C++ Plugins | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | master | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Windows | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | wontfix |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 15609 |
Description
I was trying to add in "GPS Device Editor" the necessary strings to allow me download the tracks from a usb and bluetooth data loggers.
I tested first the strings in GPSBabel/Osgeo4w and they were working, then I "translated" them to be added in QGIS, example:
gpsbabel -t -i skytraq -f COM6 -o gpx -F d:/tracks/test.gpx
to
%babel -t -i skytraq -f "%in" -o gpx -F "%out"
and I started to be frustrated because I got just messages like
The layer d:/tracks/test.gpx?type=track is not a valid layer and can not be added to the map
I was start thinking that I was making a mistake in defining the download string, but then i noticed that the "garmin serial" device/strings, available out of the box in QGIS stopped also to work.
I tested to remove my newly created device at no avail.
I then removed qgis, cleaned the registry and re-installed QGIS, and now the "garmin serial" device works again. If I add again a new device everything stops to work again.
History
#1
Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 12 years ago
see also #6058
#2
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago
- Priority changed from High to Normal
#3
Updated by Giovanni Manghi about 10 years ago
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from Open to Closed
I believe that the GPS tools is an unmaintained piece of QGIS, moreover now basically any GPS unit saves data directly as GPX files, does this can be closed.