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cat /dev/total_station > file Posted by steko on 23 February, 2008 16:58 This post is one of the “dear lazyweb” ones. Here at the department we have a Zeiss Elta R55 total station. This device has its own software for downloading recorded data, but, as usual, it’s a Windows-only, non-free application. Is it possible to download data from such a device using a GNU/Linux machine? Nobody knows. I have asked a number of people and no one has ever tried to do this. With some good advice from Frankie, today I made my first test. With substantial help from Elisa, I recorded 1 point. This point has coordinates: X -0.472 Y 1.576 Z 0.004 I downloaded from the device using …

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