[Therion] Recovering data marked as sent from DistoX2

[Wookey]

+++ Marco Corvi [2016-03-23 12:52 +0100]:
> andrew,
> 
> topodroid has a function to read the distox2 memory (and optionally save it to
> a text file).
> it is slow, and it has no way to know where the most recent data are. may want
> to read it in small chunks.

And if you don't have an android device to hand you can get Marco's
Linux code (topolinux) to do this too. However it is not packaged (I
never finished that) and has various issues, so you can be pleased
that you don't need it.

(But I must finish that packaging (combined with Mateusz's dxtool)
sometime as getting data out of distoX on Linux remains painful)

Wookey
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[Therion] Recovering data marked as sent from DistoX2

[Andrew Atkinson]

Well, no solutions to the problem, but 2 days in silica gel and the sd card
works, so data safe, for which I'm most grateful :-))

Andrew
On 23 Mar 2016 7:11 p.m., "Bruce Mutton"  wrote:

> Although if you save to the device and have a memory card installed, ptopo
> automatically backs up to the card (twice) so you have two physical chances
> that your data might be ok. (As compared to one if you save to card)
> But if you start a new file ptopo still uses the same backup names, so you
> have to manually copy the old file to the card.
> This method worked for us when our device drowned.
>
> Bruce
>
> Sent from my Samsung device, hence the typo's
>
>
>  Original message 
> From: Footleg 
> Date: 24/03/2016 03:27 (GMT+12:00)
> To: List for Therion users , Martin Sluka <
> martinsluka at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Therion] Recovering data marked as sent from DistoX2
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> After all those courses we ran where I always teach people to save the
> PocketTopo files onto a memory card rather than the PDA internal memory so
> that it can be recovered in the event of a a broken PDA! Worth checking the
> memory card anyway (including with a file recover utility) because
> PocketTopo saves temporary backup files to any memory cards in the PDA
> during use. I think these get cleaned up when you save the project, but a
> recovery utility may find the files still there.
>
> Footleg
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:04 PM Andrew Atkinson 
> wrote:
>
>> Yep, I could not find it, only how to mark data that had not been sent as
>> sent
>>
>> Andrew
>> On 23 Mar 2016 11:42 a.m., "Martin Sluka"  wrote:
>>
>>> Have you checked Beat's page?
>>>
>>> m.
>>>
>>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Andrew Atkinson 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Not strictly Therion, but..
>>>
>>> Somewhere I think I have read about how to get data from a DistoX2 once
>>> it has been marked as sent it is still in the memory. (My pelicase broke
>>> on the way out of the cave and the pda was flooded, luckily the Distox2
>>> survived) So I can see the data in the DistoX, so I can just type it in
>>> manually, but it would be better to get it off electronically, then all
>>> I have lost is the diagrams, which where not much, it is a grim bit of
>>> cave to survey.
>>>
>>> Anyway if anyone knows how to get the data to be resent, I would be most
>>> data, my web searching skills do not seem to be coming up with an answer
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Andrew
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[Therion] Recovering data marked as sent from DistoX2

[Bruce Mutton]

Although if you save to the device and have a memory card installed, ptopo 
automatically backs up to the card (twice) so you have two physical chances 
that your data might be ok. (As compared to one if you save to card)But if you 
start a new file ptopo still uses the same backup names, so you have to 
manually copy the old file to the card.This method worked for us when our 
device drowned.
Bruce
Sent from my Samsung device, hence the typo's

 Original message 
From: Footleg <drfoot...@gmail.com> 
Date: 24/03/2016  03:27  (GMT+12:00) 
To: List for Therion users , Martin Sluka  
Subject: Re: [Therion] Recovering data marked as sent from DistoX2 

Hi Andrew,
After all those courses we ran where I always teach people to save the 
PocketTopo files onto a memory card rather than the PDA internal memory so that 
it can be recovered in the event of a a broken PDA! Worth checking the memory 
card anyway (including with a file recover utility) because PocketTopo saves 
temporary backup files to any memory cards in the PDA during use. I think these 
get cleaned up when you save the project, but a recovery utility may find the 
files still there.
Footleg
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:04 PM Andrew Atkinson  wrote:
Yep, I could not find it, only how to mark data that had not been sent as sent
Andrew
On 23 Mar 2016 11:42 a.m., "Martin Sluka"  wrote:
Have you checked Beat's page?
m.
On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Andrew Atkinson  wrote:

Hello

Not strictly Therion, but..

Somewhere I think I have read about how to get data from a DistoX2 once
it has been marked as sent it is still in the memory. (My pelicase broke
on the way out of the cave and the pda was flooded, luckily the Distox2
survived) So I can see the data in the DistoX, so I can just type it in
manually, but it would be better to get it off electronically, then all
I have lost is the diagrams, which where not much, it is a grim bit of
cave to survey.

Anyway if anyone knows how to get the data to be resent, I would be most
data, my web searching skills do not seem to be coming up with an answer

thanks

Andrew
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[Footleg]

Hi Andrew,

After all those courses we ran where I always teach people to save the
PocketTopo files onto a memory card rather than the PDA internal memory so
that it can be recovered in the event of a a broken PDA! Worth checking the
memory card anyway (including with a file recover utility) because
PocketTopo saves temporary backup files to any memory cards in the PDA
during use. I think these get cleaned up when you save the project, but a
recovery utility may find the files still there.

Footleg

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:04 PM Andrew Atkinson 
wrote:

> Yep, I could not find it, only how to mark data that had not been sent as
> sent
>
> Andrew
> On 23 Mar 2016 11:42 a.m., "Martin Sluka"  wrote:
>
>> Have you checked Beat's page?
>>
>> m.
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Andrew Atkinson 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> Not strictly Therion, but..
>>
>> Somewhere I think I have read about how to get data from a DistoX2 once
>> it has been marked as sent it is still in the memory. (My pelicase broke
>> on the way out of the cave and the pda was flooded, luckily the Distox2
>> survived) So I can see the data in the DistoX, so I can just type it in
>> manually, but it would be better to get it off electronically, then all
>> I have lost is the diagrams, which where not much, it is a grim bit of
>> cave to survey.
>>
>> Anyway if anyone knows how to get the data to be resent, I would be most
>> data, my web searching skills do not seem to be coming up with an answer
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Andrew
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[Marco Corvi]

andrew,

topodroid has a function to read the distox2 memory (and optionally save it
to a text file).
it is slow, and it has no way to know where the most recent data are. may
want to read it in small chunks.

cheers marco
On Mar 23, 2016 12:25, "Andrew Atkinson"  wrote:

> Hello
>
> Not strictly Therion, but..
>
> Somewhere I think I have read about how to get data from a DistoX2 once
> it has been marked as sent it is still in the memory. (My pelicase broke
> on the way out of the cave and the pda was flooded, luckily the Distox2
> survived) So I can see the data in the DistoX, so I can just type it in
> manually, but it would be better to get it off electronically, then all
> I have lost is the diagrams, which where not much, it is a grim bit of
> cave to survey.
>
> Anyway if anyone knows how to get the data to be resent, I would be most
> data, my web searching skills do not seem to be coming up with an answer
>
> thanks
>
> Andrew
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[Martin Sluka]

Have you checked Beat's page?

m.

On Mar 23, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Andrew Atkinson  wrote:

Hello

Not strictly Therion, but..

Somewhere I think I have read about how to get data from a DistoX2 once
it has been marked as sent it is still in the memory. (My pelicase broke
on the way out of the cave and the pda was flooded, luckily the Distox2
survived) So I can see the data in the DistoX, so I can just type it in
manually, but it would be better to get it off electronically, then all
I have lost is the diagrams, which where not much, it is a grim bit of
cave to survey.

Anyway if anyone knows how to get the data to be resent, I would be most
data, my web searching skills do not seem to be coming up with an answer

thanks

Andrew
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[Andrew Atkinson]

Hello

Not strictly Therion, but..

Somewhere I think I have read about how to get data from a DistoX2 once
it has been marked as sent it is still in the memory. (My pelicase broke
on the way out of the cave and the pda was flooded, luckily the Distox2
survived) So I can see the data in the DistoX, so I can just type it in
manually, but it would be better to get it off electronically, then all
I have lost is the diagrams, which where not much, it is a grim bit of
cave to survey.

Anyway if anyone knows how to get the data to be resent, I would be most
data, my web searching skills do not seem to be coming up with an answer

thanks

Andrew