Follow these steps to download a Trimble receiver using the command-line Trimble R-Utilities programs. If using a Linux system, this process can be automated; if using Windows, it can not.
If you don’t yet have the Trimble R-Utilities programs (freely available), download the ’rfile’ program from the UNAVCO Knowledgebase: Trimble R-Utilities.
To get a file listing on the receiver, use the command:
rfile -Dcom1 -pn -b19200 -matdt########### --rtscts -t
where
com1 = serial port your modem is attached to
19200 = baud rate of the receiver
########### = phone number of remote modem
To download files, use:
rfile -Dcom1 -pn -b19200 -matdt########### --rtscts -iFILENAME.T01
where
FILENAME.T01 = the filename that was listed.
Once you have downloaded the file and verified that is is OK (size on computer is same on receiver), you can delete it:
rfile -Dcom1 -pn -b19200 -matdt########### --rtscts -kFILENAME.T01
This will change the file from FILENAME.T01 to FILENAME.T0D - the D indicates that it can be overwritten when the flashcard fills up.
The command
rfile -Dcom1 -pn -b19200 -matdt########### --rtscts -uFILENAME.T0D
will undelete the file.
Since you can store 512 files on the receiver there is no immediate need to delete the file you just downloaded. If the files are making it into the UNAVCO archive you can check to see if they are rinexed, so you can delete files that are months old instead to free up space.
All the above can be automated using a Linux computer and the UNAVCO LAPDOGS software package.
Article ID: 416
Created: July 30, 2009
Last Updated: July 30, 2009
Author: Beth Bartel
Online URL: https://kb.unavco.org/article/how-to-download-a-trimble-receiver-using-the-trimble-rfile-program-416.html