On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:13:19AM +0100, Sebastian Hilbert wrote: > How is the machine connected ? USB ? Network ?
To the imaging device - USB. > What are the resulting files you get on disk with the Windows software or > is it stored in a database ? It is .RVG file which is a DICOM file (as reported by file command). Those open fine in open source software such as 3d slicer (and in many more), so the file format is not a problem. Basically when the proprietary application is open on Windows, the device is connected to USB port and x-ray is shot, the image appears in that software and it can be saved as a .rvg file. > I might be worth looking into how the software actually finds out the > hardware has changed. They might check the MAC address of the network > card. Yes MAC, but may be also disk ids and don't know what else. It will take a lot of tinkering to satisfy windows to let it boot. Will try it over time, but if I could get Linux directly talk to the USB device, that would be really awesome, compared to dependency on any VM. I could even use something like Raspberry Pi 4 (which has substantial RAM options) as a dedicated device for X-raying.