13 13 s to rage M edia Leica G eosys t ems s t o r age media ar e p er f ec tl y ma t ched t o Leica G eosys t ems ins tr umen ts and s ens o r s Co mpa r ed t o c o nv en tio nal de vic e s o n the mar k e t tha t r e ad o r wr it e sing le da ta the s e ins tr umen ts hav e a dif f er en t f unc tio nal p r inciple T he T PS o r G NS S ins tr umen ts cr e a t e a da tabas e o n the memo r y car d and swit ch c o ns tan tl y b e tween dif f er en t o p en fle s S tandar d memo r y car ds ar e unable t o manage this r equir ed multitasking f unc tio n T his le ads t o p r oblems in da ta c o mmunica tio n and is o ne o f the main caus e s o f da ta loss F ur thermo r e the o r ig inal s t o r age media als o f unc tio n with hig h e s t r eliability in ex tr eme t emp er a tur e s handling sho ck and hig h humidity Cable T he Leica G eosys t ems ac c e ss o r y p r ogr am include s da ta tr ans f er cable s p ower t ensio n cable s and an t enna cable s o f the hig he s t quality F o r da ta tr ans f er Leica G eosys t ems o f f er s s e r i a l a n d U S B d a t a c a b l e s T he da ta tr ans f er ov er the cable f r o m and t o the ins tr umen t is ther e f o r e ex tr emel y r eli able and s ecur e e v en in ex tr eme he a t c old snow and r ain A ll Leica G eosys t ems cable s ar e equip p ed with LE M O plugs f o r ou t do o r us e T he p r ecisio n c o nnec tio ns o f r ec ognized mar k e t le ader s ar e f ound no t o nl y a t Leica G eosys t ems bu t als o in o ther ap plica tio ns wher e similar quality demands ar e made such as avia tio n aer ospac e and medical t echnolog ie s A f ur ther signifcan t quality c o mp o nen t o f the Leica G eosys t ems cable is its casing It is c o ns tr uc t ed s o tha t the cable can b e s t o r ed a t t emp er a tur e s f r o m 40C t o 70C and f unc tio ns r eliabl y a t o p er a ting t emp er a tur e s f r o m 20C t o 55C while r emaining elas tic in handling Las t bu t no t le as t althoug h no t visible f r o m the ex t er io r it is the cable ma t er ial tha t de t ermine s the s ecur ity o f da ta tr ans f er T he o r ig inal cable c o n tains o nl y hig hvalue cable casing t e s t ed shielding and hig hl y c o nduc tiv e c o p p er litz wir e s In o ther cable s such as Leicalik e r eplicas quit e in f er io r value cable ma t er ial s o me time s e v en with aluminium litz wir e s is us ed T his as p ec t alo ne can le ad t o s tr o ng dis tur banc e s and tr ans f er er r o r s