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Leica BLK ARC

The Agent Leica component allows control over a Leica BLK ARC scanner through the DroneDeploy Ground Robotics platform.

To use the leica plugin, your agent will need a section in its agent-settings.json file which enables the leica component, as shown below. For more information on how to configure the agent plugins, see Agent Configuration.

{
    "enabled": true,
    "id": "leica",
    "settings": {
      "downloadDirectory": "/var/opt/rocos-agent/data/raw/leica"
      "logLevel": 4
    }
  }
NameDescriptionDefaultUnit
downloadDirectoryThis determines the directory in which downloaded data from the Leica scanner will be saved./var/opt/rocos-agent/blkArcScans
logLevelThe logging verbosity: 1 - very quiet, 6 - very talkative.4

Data Model​

The live data viewer shows the leica services and telemetry available. The image below provides a snapshot of this.

Telemetry​

About​

Information about the Leica BLK ARC scanner can be found through the following telemetry topics:

/leica/about/apiVersion

/leica/about/calibrationInfo

/leica/about/hardwareVersion

/leica/about/manufactureInfo

/leica/about/softwareVersion

Capture​

The capture status of the scanner can be found through the following telemetry topics:

/leica/capture/state

/leica/capture/status

Device​

Diagnostic information on the scanner device state can be found through the following telemetry topics:

/leica/device/state

/leica/device/status

Faults​

Fault report telemetry can be found though the following topic:

/leica/faults/report

Power​

The battery percentage and power source type can be found through the following topic:

/leica/power/status

Storage​

Information on the storage status including remaining disk space can be found through the following topic:

/leica/storage/status

Services​

Scans​

Scans can be started and stopped through the following services:

/leica/startScan

/leica/stopScan

The latest scan can be downloaded to the computer the Agent is running on with the following service:

/leica/downloadLatestScan

Each of the above service calls require no inputs.

Faults​

To acknowledge and attempt to dismiss a scanner fault, the following service can be used:

/leica/faults/acknowledge

Power​

The scanner can be rebooted using the following service call:

/leica/power/reboot