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2.2.

Functional keys under the basic measuring mode

2.2.1.

Angle Mode (including 2 menu pages)

Page

Soft key

Reference

Function

Save

Record the measured angle in the
selected file.

Set0

Set the horizontal angle as 0°

SetA

Set your desired horizontal angle by
inputting, but the angle should not be
greater than 360°

P1/2

Displays the second page of the soft key
functions

Hold

Locks the horizontal angle readings.

L/R

Switch between HR (horizontal right/
clockwise) and HL (horizontal left/
counter clockwise) mode.

Vertical Angle Mode (altitude angle,
Zenith, Horizontal ‘0’, slope)

P2/2

Displays the first page of the soft key
functions.

Summary of Contents for Total Station ATS-120 Series

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Page 2: ...manual are only for reference purposes Features Special Features Our ATS 120 series Total Station carries abundant surveying applications and is also equipped with multiple functions such as data storage adjustable settings etc It s suitable for all kinds of professional measurements 1 Absolute code disc Equipped with absolute code disc the instrument can measure after being switched on If you res...

Page 3: ...nmental temperature and offer you good precision e If the instrument will not be used for a long time the battery should be removed and charged before the next use f When transporting the instrument keep the instrument inside the case to avoid violent vibrations A soft mat around the case may be required for long distance transportation g When using the instrument it s better to work with high qua...

Page 4: ...the standard IEC60825 1 2001 The following is a citation of warnings by IEC Standard Publication Class 3R Laser Products are used outdoors and on a building site with Non prism measurements a Only personnel that are specially trained are qualified to adjust and operate these laser instruments b Set up corresponding laser warning signs in the area where the instrument is being used c Prevent anyone...

Page 5: ... 14 2 2 2 Distance Mode including two menu pages 15 2 2 3 Coordinate Mode including three menu pages 16 2 2 4 Explanation of Saving of data 17 2 3 Star Key Mode 17 Chapter 3 Initial Setup 18 3 1 On Off 18 3 2 Set up the tilt correction of horizontal and vertical angles 19 3 3 Set up the target Type 19 3 4 Set up the Reflecting Prism Constant 19 3 5 Signal 19 3 6 Set up theAtmospheric Correction 20...

Page 6: ... tripod and center the tribrach on the tripod head Then lock the tripod screw to secure the instrument to the tripod 23 4 2 1 Using plumbs to center and level align 23 4 2 2 Using centering device to center 24 4 2 3 Installing and removal of battery 25 4 3 Reflecting Prism 26 4 4 Installing and removal of the Tribrach 26 Remove the tribrach by loosening the locking screw on the tribrach and turn t...

Page 7: ...are as follows 42 9 1 1 Select files 42 9 1 2 Setup station 43 9 1 3 Setup BBS back sight point 43 9 1 4 Set azimuth 44 9 1 5 Surveying 44 9 1 6 Config of Surveying 45 9 2 Staking out 45 9 2 1 Staking out points 46 9 2 2 Fast station 46 9 2 3 Resection 47 9 2 4 Equidistant stake out 48 9 2 5 Entering coordinates 49 9 3 File Management 49 9 3 1 File dialog box 50 9 3 2 Import 51 9 3 3 Export 53 9 3...

Page 8: ...index error I E 63 9 6 2 CalibrateTILT 63 9 6 3 Add const Mul Const 64 9 6 4 Date and Time 64 9 8 USART option 65 9 9 Selecting disc 65 Chapter 10 Roadway 66 10 1 Inputting Roadway 66 10 1 1 Horizontal alignment 66 10 1 2 VerticalAlignment 69 10 2 Staking out Roadway 70 10 2 1 Selecting Roadway File 71 10 2 2 Setting stations and BBS back sight points 71 10 2 3 Staking out Roadway 71 Chapter 11 Ad...

Page 9: ...rtical index error angle i and set vertical index 0 76 11 7 Centering device 76 11 8 Addictive constant K 77 11 9 The parallelism of collimation axis and photoelectricity axis 78 11 10 Non prism ranging 78 Chapter 12 Technical parameters 79 AppendixA Explanation of file formats 81 Appendix B Explanation of Protocol command 82 Appendix C Explanation of format data 82 ...

Page 10: ...e encoder As with most Total Stations it uses a light emitting diode which sends a beam of light from the instrument to a prism The prism reflects this beam back to the instrument Usually it will send 3 separate frequencies with different wavelengths and the difference between the wavelengths are assessed and calculated Additionally it is designed for those specializing in construction projects wi...

Page 11: ...10 2 1 Functions of keyboards and the display of information Handle Coarse sighting device Focusing Knob Vertical Clamp Screw Number Handle Knob Tribrach ...

Page 12: ...ackward and help to input characters under the other mode ENT Enter Receive and save the data input in the dialog and end the dialog There is also a function that open and close the rectangular buzzer under the basic measurement modes ANG DIST CORD MENU ESC Exit quit End the dialog box without saving the input ON OFF On Off Control the power on off F1 F4 Soft Keys The characters at the bottom line...

Page 13: ...ut difference between elevation differences SD Slope distance dSD is to stake out differences between slope distances N North coordinate dN is to stake out differences between north coordinates E East coordinate dE is to stake out differences between East coordinates Z Elevation coordinate dZ is to stake out differences between Z coordinates EDM Electronic Distance Measurement is in progress m Uni...

Page 14: ...ts from coordinate file Search Lists the points in the current coordinate file to select the number you want View Lists out details of the current record Info Displays the name code and coordinate of the current station and back sight station Settings Set the height of the instrument and the target STA Enter coordinates of the station where instrument is placed BBS Enter coordinates of the point w...

Page 15: ... SetA Set your desired horizontal angle by inputting but the angle should not be greater than 360 F4 P1 2 Displays the second page of the soft key functions 2 F1 Hold Locks the horizontal angle readings F2 L R Switch between HR horizontal right clockwise and HL horizontal left counter clockwise mode F3 VA Vertical Angle Mode altitude angle Zenith Horizontal 0 slope F4 P2 2 Displays the first page ...

Page 16: ...by star key F2 Meas Start Distance Mode F3 Mode Switch between four distance measurement mode single accurate measuring sngl repeated accurate measuring rept continue accurate measuring cont tracking track F4 P1 2 Display the second page of the soft key functions 2 F1 Offset Start offset measurement eccentric measurement F2 Stake Start staking out F3 m f i Switch distance units between meters feet...

Page 17: ...measurement sngl repeated accurate measuring rept continue measuring cont tracking track F4 P1 3 Displays the second page of the soft key functions 2 F1 Setting Set target height and instrument height F2 BBS Set coordinates of BBS back sight point and back sight angle F3 STA Set coordinates for station F4 P2 3 Display the third page of the soft key functions 3 F1 Offset Start offset measurement ec...

Page 18: ...f you choose not to edit points the points will be saved with the current name elevation and code 2 3 Star Key Mode Under the distance measurement interface pressing the key star key will lead to a page as shown below Settings from the star key are as followed Adjust the contrast by pressing and Adjust the background light of the screen with and Turn on or off the background light of the screen by...

Page 19: ... Prism C Prism constant PPM PPM value B S Backspace Clear Clears up all typed characters in the current column Signal Detect and display the intensity of laser signal Notice that the laser will be on automatically even if you haven t set it on Take care that your sight are not in the scope of the laser path Enter Move inserter to the next column Press ENT to save the settings Chapter 3 Initial Set...

Page 20: ...ensator by the using star key functions 3 3 Set up the target Type There are three reflector options prism non prism and reflector board The ATS 120B however has only two prism and reflector board Set up the necessaryoptionswiththe star key 3 4 Set up the Reflecting Prism Constant As a prism is selected as a reflector a prism constant should be set before any measurement If the constant is entered...

Page 21: ...re the temperature and pressure to find out the atmospheric correction ppm through the correction formula or from the atmospheric correction chart Continuing with the operations in 3 5 press the Enter key to move the inserter down to the PPM column to enter the value 3 6 2 Calculate the Atmospheric Correction out with temperature and pressure sensor First measure the temperature and pressure aroun...

Page 22: ... instrument follows MENU 5 Options 6 Mini readout Angle 3 9 Setup of Automatic Shutdown See reference in 9 Operating Menu The setup of automatic shutdown on the instrument follows MENU 5 Options 9 Auto shut down Options displayed are as follows You may choose Never to cancel the auto shutdown When choosing 5 10 20 minute options the instrument will shut down automatically if there is no key presse...

Page 23: ... MENU 1 Surveying 1 Select file It can also be done by using star key function Besides common measurement mode Angle Distance Coordinate you may also enter select file page by star key under the Set up station Menu 1 Surveying 2 Station or Set up BBS Menu 1 Surveying 3 Orientation BBS or Stake out XX Menu 2 Stake out 5 Stake out pages MEA Measurement File working for storing data COO Coordinate Fi...

Page 24: ...nd mark point Turn the focusing ring of the optical plummet to focus Make sure that the center of the tripod top is right above the station Secure the tripod on the ground with your feet 2 Install the instrument onto the tripod Mount the instrument on the tripod head Support it with one hand Tighten the centering screw on the bottom of the unit to make sure it is secured to the tripod 3 Using the ...

Page 25: ...ure that the center of the tripod top is right above the station Stamp one foot on the ground with your feet 2 Install the instrument gently on the top of the tripod and screw up the screw connection Open the laser plumb through star key to aim at the station precisely 3 Using circular level to level the instrument coarsely 4 Using tubular level to level the instrument precisely 5 Precise centerin...

Page 26: ...nce measurement mode from angle mode The power may be auto off because of lower battery Notes for loading unloading batteries You should switch off the instrument before you remove the battery When loading the instrument with a battery first insert the battery to the battery case Then press the top of the battery until you hear a click Press the button on the top of the battery case and release it...

Page 27: ...ribrach then connect the tribrach onto the tripod You can also set the prism onto the centering rod There are single prism group and three prism group available on the market You can select them according to your requirements 4 4 Installing and removal of the Tribrach Remove the Tribrach by loosening the locking screw on the base and turn the clamping knob 180 Degrees Installing the tribrach Put t...

Page 28: ...s and letters will be entered into this column only Press soft key Num F3 to switch between Numbers and Alphabet Press key 7 for once displaying S in the column Stop the operation for at least 0 4 seconds Press key 7 for once again displaying ST in the column Press key 7 for the third time displaying SU in the column The interval of pressing the key 7 twice is not over 0 4 seconds If over you can ...

Page 29: ...ou can also enter this mode by pressing ANG under basic measurement mode This mode involves two pages switched with soft key F4 Their functions are explained as follows On the first page Save save the current angle to the selected file After pressing soft key F1 a dialog box of Information appears to the screen asking you to enter Point name Code and Target Height The natural name of the point is ...

Page 30: ...s hold and not changing with turning the instrument again After turning the instrument to aim at the target you may press soft key F1 again to set horizontal angle at a new position When the horizontal angle is on hold any key beside Hold will not work on the instrument L R Press soft key F2 the horizontal angle column is switched between HR and HL modes HR indicates that the angle increases as tu...

Page 31: ...when pressing Save under Distance Mode a dialog box of Select File will appear on the screen before information You may now select file for saving When the measurement is out of the scope of the compensator the instrument will display Tiltover and the measurement cannot be saved If the measurement is saved successfully the instrument displays box of Record for 0 5 second and switches back to the D...

Page 32: ...ion dsd is to stake out differences between slope distances A positive result indicates that the measured slope distance is greater than the evaluated one The lens should be shifted to the instrument Every time a stake out is finished go to the second page with soft key F4 and press F2 Stake to repeat the process otherwise press DIST to switch back to Distance Mode m f i switch the units of the di...

Page 33: ...t height depends on facts Press ENT to save measurement If having not selected file at first when pressing Save under Coordinate Mode a dialog box of Select File will appear on the screen before information You may now select file for saving When the measurement is out of the scope of the compensator the instrument will display Tiltover and the distance measurement doesn t work and the coordinate ...

Page 34: ...s soft key F2 to enter page of BBS as followed Setting up BBS is to establish the relationship between the earth coordinate and x coordinate of the instrument being used together with STA Function After setting the BBS and pressing ENT you need to aim at the BS target point After pressing ENT the instrument will calculate the azimuth angle of the BBS which is displayed in the HA horizontal angle c...

Page 35: ... function is designed to obtain the coordinate of measured point when the prism cannot be place at the measured point or when distance measuring cannot be done Offset function is divided into Angle Offset Single Double distance Offset Plane Offset and Column Offset See reference in8 OffsetMode Stake Press soft key F2 to operate staking out function With this function you may put designed data onto...

Page 36: ...ojection of AO set up the height of instrument and the height of target When measuring the coordinate of AO set up the height of instrument only and the height of target should be set to 0 Enter the page 1 Offset Angle which is as follows The height of target H T indicates the point where prism is placed You may use the soft key T H to reset the target height before measurement if needed Press Mea...

Page 37: ... measurement 8 2 Single Distance Offset Mode If you have already known the front behind left right offset along the direction of observation which from measured point A0 to target point A1 you may measure the coordinate of A0 through distance offset In order to measure the coordinate of A0 enter the offset distance oHD as shown below and measure A1 under distance offset mode The coordinate and the...

Page 38: ...t1 result interface The result of the coordinate of the offset point will be displayed on the screen If you want to measure the next point press NextP If you want to save the result press Record Finally press the key ESC to quit Distance Offset measurement 8 3 Double Distance Offset Mode It is specifically useful when the measured point is exactly on the line of the two measurable points as well a...

Page 39: ...ed the coordinate of A0 you should set the height of Prism to zero If you need the coordinate of A1 you should set the height of Prism to the real height 8 4 Plane Offset Mode Sometimes we wish to obtain the coordinate of some points where we cannot measure distance directly Fortunately we can measure the distances of other points and all these points are in a plane At this time the plane offset m...

Page 40: ...ne Result Rotate the instrument to aim at the offset point Mention that the offset point must be on the defined plane but not below the prism bar otherwise the results will not be correct The results of the coordinate of the offset point will be displayed on the screen If you want to measure next point press NextP If you want to save the result press Record Finally press key ESC to quit the Plane ...

Page 41: ...er 5 Offset column from the offset menu Press Meas If you need the coordinate of A0 you should set the height of prism to zero If you need the coordinate of A1 you should set the height of prism to the real height Then press Meas to start measurement Press ENT to accept the measurement result and enter the interface of Offset column Left edge Press Enter ...

Page 42: ...ally press key ESC to quit column Offset measurement Chapter 9 Operating Menu Notes The option 9 of the menu is not fully displayed After Pressing MENU under the basic measurement mode a page appears as followed on the screen The available keys under the menu page Shift upwards by one column Shift downwards by one column Shift upwards by five columns Shift downwards by five columns ENT Select the ...

Page 43: ...etc As to the alignment file it is specifically for staking out roadway The dialog box of select file is as shown below MEA Measurement File working for storing data COO Coordinate File used when calling coordinate COD Code File used when calling code LH LS Defined alignment File working for staking out roadway Use keys to move the indicator to the wanted type of file and press Enter to enter the ...

Page 44: ...t Soft key F2 to enter the interface of a coordinate file Select the desired point and enter the list of points A COO 1 Select the points with the keys and press ENT to save your choice If you can t find the point the coordinate will maintain its original value and the instrument will display Can t be gotten Press M Pt Soft key F3 The operation is the same as that of K Pt 9 1 3 Setup BBS back sigh...

Page 45: ... angle is the same as setting up BBS which relates earth coordinate with the instrument coordinate However setting up azimuth angle is impossible when the azimuth angle of BBS is unknown Aim at the BBS and input the BBS azimuth angle first You can choose one of them which are Orientation BBS and Orientation SetA because they both work for the orientation of BBS 9 1 5 Surveying If the instrument ha...

Page 46: ...e to edit manually then the system will enter the Information page when pressing the soft key Save If choose to edit Auto then the system will save the measurement automatically with point name added by one Record It indicates whether to display the coordinate by sequence NEZ or ENZ when surveying 9 2 Staking out Staking out is a way to find the earth point of the designing point The required proc...

Page 47: ...asurement dHR a negative value indicates a clockwise rotation of the alidade Inversely apositive value indicates anticlockwise rotation dHD a positive value indicates that the lens should shift to the instrument Inversely a negative value indicates that it should shift away dZ a negative value indicates that the lens can reach to expected stakeout point if moving downwards excavation Inversely it ...

Page 48: ...n STA of Coordinate measurement Press ENT to enter the measurement page of Resection No 1 Choose the method of angle or distance for the resection If you choose distance mode the instrument will start measurement After a successful measurement the system will display Next P Press soft key Next P Repeat the process above After measuring three points soft key Calc will appear on the screen If do not...

Page 49: ... MdHD the maximum error of evaluated distance A large value of it indicates that an inaccurate coordinate of resection point or an error of BBS coordinate exits NaN the calculation error The maximum number of resection points is 5 9 2 4 Equidistant stake out Sometimes you may need to stake out N points on a line uniformly An equidistant stakeout is adequate in doing such work When undertaking equi...

Page 50: ...asurement You may also input the coordinate and other information of the point manually and save them into the coordinate file for possible calling later on The keys is to help you to scan the data of the points e g 1 indicates the number of the point when it is recorded or scanned After recording one record press ENT to accept the setting and enter the setting page of the next record If you do no...

Page 51: ...ys to shift the indicator column to the wanted file Select Press soft key Select to select the current working file of the instrument You may select your file repeatedly and the selection can be checked in the Select file dialog box MEA Measurement File working for storing data COO Coordinate File used when calling coordinate COD Code File used when calling code LS LH Defined alignment File workin...

Page 52: ...a press Edit to edit the angle distance coordinate point name code and the height of target Mention that the LS file cannot be viewed under the Select file page You can only view LS files by lining when staking out roadways 9 3 2 Import There are two ways to import files One is importing from PC and the other importing from a USB All files in the instrument are binary To import data from the exter...

Page 53: ...rt from USB disk The imported file from U disk must be a text format file and only if it is saved in the ts_prj import directory of the U disk before it can be identified The format of the text file can be PT E N Z CODE Each line of the data from text file ends with Enter Linefeed and the last line of the data must be coupled with a Enter Linefeed or it will be missing in the last line In the USB ...

Page 54: ...lanations for forms in AppendixB Export to USB AT the USB port of instrument Connect U disk and turn it on Press MENU button to enter the menu screen and select Export to enter the menu of export file then select Export to USB The exporting window is shown below the file exported is defaulted to be measurement file and you can re select Select File button to choose the file you want to export and ...

Page 55: ...f automatically Connect the instrument to the computer through serial port connector Open the hyper terminal software and set up the correct port Then set Bits per second to 115200 and Flow control to None Finally when all operations above are done press ENT to update Mention that the computer must be installed with correct drivers Press key On Off on the instrument The page of hyper terminal is a...

Page 56: ...it back The instrument will be successfully updated now Press 6 button to upgrade the language file and the operating method is similar with upgrading the application The 5 button is useless 9 3 8 The instrument as a memory disc You can use Mini USB connector to connect the instrument to PC machine The USB port is below the SD card port Start the instrument after connection The Total Station is no...

Page 57: ...line of the target point to obtain the height of target There are two modes for REM measurement with TH and without TH You can select with TH mode when you need the altitude from the ground to the target or without TH when you need the altitude from any reference point to the target With TH 1 Enter the height of instrument and the height of target firstly 2 Press ENT toenter theinterfaceof REM Pri...

Page 58: ...istance ESC to quit REM measurement You can choose according to the actual usage Without TH 1 The system goes to REM prism page directly 2 3 Aim at the prism and press the soft key Meas to measure the horizontal distance of the prism from the instrument Press the soft key Enter to enter the interface of REM Base 4 5 Aim at the reference point and press Select to enter the dialog of REM Altitude 6 ...

Page 59: ... two modes of MLM 1 MLM A B A C measures A B A C A D i e the starting point is the reference point of all following points 2 MLM A B B C measures A B B C C D i e the previous point is the reference point of all the other points You may also have to choose Considering Grid scale or to Ignore Grid scale before choosing measurement mode MLM A B A C 1 Enter the interface of MLM A B A C Step 1 2 3 You ...

Page 60: ...t blank Enter the height of target and press ENT to continue 4 Aim at the BS following the prompt on the screen As soon as you press ENT to finish setting up station the instrument will undertake a measurement automatically Horizontal Angle is set to zero and a piece of data for edge and angle is saved 5 After setting up station you may stimulate process in Surveying to survey polar coordinates Se...

Page 61: ...pting the soft keys Next and Calc will appear on the screen Press Next to define and measure the second point Coord Z No 2 otherwise press Calc to enter Coord Z Result page Then you may use SetZ to set the z coordinate of the station You may also use soft key Set A to set the BBS of the instrument Press ESC to quit coordinate measurement 9 4 5 Area This function is to help you to calculate out the...

Page 62: ...ea 4 At any time the number of points reaches 3 the calculation is available and the soft key Calc appears on the screen Press Calc to display the area and circumference of the enclosed shape Press ESC to quit the area survey How to input coordinates Press soft key Input and enter Point Area page Press F2 to list out all coordinates in the current measurement file Press F3 to list out all coordina...

Page 63: ...o start measurement After the measurement the deviated length X distance Y and altitude difference Z are displayed on the screen The soft key T H is used to reset the height of target The soft key Mode is used to switch between displaying rN rE rZ and displaying SD HD VD of the measured point from the baseline projection point 9 4 7 Roadway See reference in 10 Roadway 9 5 Options Take the 5 Mode o...

Page 64: ...orizontal angle automatically The HA will be displayed for one second and the system will ask you to Aim at a target F2 Following the same steps the instrument will then calculate the index error and display it Now press ENT to save the index error calibration done otherwise press ESC to quit previous I E remains 9 6 2 Calibrate TILT When calibrating tilt make sure that the tilt is off and the ind...

Page 65: ...T to confirm after a stable readout appears 7 Set the vertical angle to V1 3 with the help of the vertical tangent screw Adjust the screw C to aim at the target precisely and press ENT to confirm after a stable readout appears Tips Don t worry if you cannot remember the exact order of steps All the above will be displayed on the screen as small prompts e g F2 Up 3 The instrument will then calculat...

Page 66: ...round HD HDg Grid scale factor 9 8 USART option RS232C means that when two way communication the system will export and import through the RS232C port Bluetooth means that when two way communication the system will export and import through Bluetooth device 9 9 Selecting disc FLASH indicates that the working files and coordinate files will be saved into the internal storage SD indicates that the w...

Page 67: ... Shape file You can choose any of the three options after opening the LS file Stake out roadway Resume H curve or Resume V curve 10 1 Inputting Roadway Roadway design requires to input horizontal alignment and vertical alignment The input will be saved to LS files The maximum number for elements is 21 in each file and the number of intersections cannot be greater than 7 10 1 1 Horizontal alignment...

Page 68: ...y pressing ESC You may define horizontal alignment with Line Circle or Spiral alternatively Note Do not define the length as 0 0 which serves for ending alignment Input line Input Circle The input of Radius can be negative The positive direction is the right direction along the designed roadway and the left is negative The length refers to Arc length Input Spiral ...

Page 69: ... key save to save and quit the box If you choose view the system lists out the information of the inputted element e g If you find errors here you may press the soft key Edit to edit it now Check other elements one by one with the keys PgUp or PgDn Press Add to continue the input of Horizontal alignment The Intersection method After choosing I P and finishing inputting Define H Begin press ENT to ...

Page 70: ...be no response from the instrument If inputting is done press ESC to quit the dialog The system will then go to List of H curve Now press Save to save the information into LS files Press View to check the inputted data and edit them Press Add to go back to the Define H page to continue defining horizontal alignment Repeat the steps above until the inputting is finished Go back to Roadway Menu If y...

Page 71: ...ting the instrument down The data can be used to staking out roadway immediately if needed 10 2 Staking out Roadway You can use the inputted or imported LS files in staking road way When staking out roadway you can select the desired file any time for the demand so that staking out roadway with any mileage can be done easily You may not be worried about the problem that the capacity of 20 points o...

Page 72: ... select roadway file LS file 1 Menu 4 Program 7 Roadway 1 Open shape file 2 Menu 4 Program 7 Roadway 6 Stake out road 1 Select file Both ways above lead to page of select file Shift indicator down to the option File LH and press soft key Enter The system will list out the available LS files After selecting file press ENT to load the buffer storage cache with the selected LS file If you have alread...

Page 73: ...mall change of instrument parameters is inevitable Therefore the new purchased instruments should be checked and calibrated before surveying to ensure the precision 11 1 Tubular Level Check See reference in usingtubularleveltoleveltheinstrument precisely Calibration 1 In the calibration if the level bubble diverges from the center use the foot spiral which parallels the leveling tube to adjust to ...

Page 74: ...r leveling the instrument with the cross wire on the reticule Lock the instrument with vertical and horizontal locking knob after aiming at A 2 Rotate the vertical slow motion knob move A point to the edge of the field of view A points 3 If A moves along the vertical line of the crosshair but is still in the vertical line as on the left picture the crosshair doesn t need to calibrate If A point de...

Page 75: ...e horizontal and vertical brake hand wheel and read the horizontal angle e g HA R 190 13 40 4 If 2C L R 180 30 20 the instrument need to be calibrated Calibration 1 Use the horizontal slow motion knob to adjust the horizontal angle to the right reading which has eliminated the C R C 190 13 40 15 190 13 25 2 Take down the reticle bed cover between the telescope eyepiece and focusing hand wheel adju...

Page 76: ...rs on the column It indicates that the inclination of the instrument is over 3 which is over the range the instrument was designed to compensate Turn the leveling screw back towards the opposite direction the vertical angle re appears on the screen It shows that the tilt works well now Users may observe the change of the readout about the critical point Slowly rotating feet X to 10 mm around in on...

Page 77: ...index zero setting in the course of zero setting the vertical angle showed is not compensated and corrected it is just for reference to see whether it is incorrect whether the focusing of target is correct reset according to the requirements 6 If the index error does not meet requirements at all you may have to send the instrument back to the factory for checking 7 11 7 Centering device Check 1 Pl...

Page 78: ...ack in place 11 8 Addictive constant K The instrument constant is inspected when it s out and corrected inside the machine with a value K 0 The instrument constant rarelychanges but we suggest that it should be checked at least once or twice a year The checkout should be done in the standard baseline or you can take the following simple method Checkout 1 Choose a flat field A to set up and level t...

Page 79: ...ing prism center with telescope crosshair accurately 3 Observe the maximum signal value through Starkey Para Signal Find the center of the launch axis 4 Check whether the telescope crosshair center coincides with the emission photoelectricity axis center If they coincide on the whole we can say it is qualified Calibration If the telescope crosshair center deviates from emission photoelectricity ax...

Page 80: ...he white side Chapter 12 Technical parameters Serial ATS 120 R Angle measurement Hz V Theory used Absolute encoder Minimum reading 1 Precision 2 Telescope Magnification 30x Field of view 1 30 shortest target distance 1 5m Reticle illuminated Compensator System Integrated liquid single axis compensator Working range 3 Setting Accuracy 1 Distance measurement IR Ranging with single prism good atmosph...

Page 81: ...able in steps Accuracy 1mm instrument height 1 5m Environment conditions Temperature range operation 20 50 Temperature range storage 40 70 Water proof dust proof according to standard IEC60529 IP54 Weight Weight including battery and tribrach 5 5kg Battery supply Type High energy lithium battery Voltage capacity 7 4 V 3000 mAh Working duration 16 hours under 25 with a fully charged battery measuri...

Page 82: ...ery record consists of two lines 1st line records the record type point name target height code e g STA station point SS BBS backsight point SC coordinate data SD distance measured SA angle measured 2nd line records the data type and the data record e g NEZ the following figures are coordinates ENZ the following figures are coordinates HVD the following figures are horizontal angle vertical angle ...

Page 83: ...5091 003 19 HD repeat accurate measurement Z51094 003 20 VD tracking measurement Z52093 003 21 VD loose measurement Z53092 003 22 VD repeat loose measurement Z54091 003 23 VD accurate measurement Z55090 003 24 VD repeat accurate measurement Z61093 003 25 NE tracking measurement Z62094 003 26 NE loose measurement Z63095 003 27 NE repeat loose measurement Z64088 003 28 NE accurate measurement Z65089...

Page 84: ...l distance1174 572m 8 digits t Tilt correction t yes no L EDM return signal level 15 2 digits P Don t care 0 Don t care BCC Block check character 099 3 digits ETX 03H to show the end of text CR The optionalASCII character 0DH LF The optionalASCII character OAH 2 V or H angle mode ID 3CH TILT Tilt correction usually 0 3 N or E or Z coordinates mode N N X coordinate 596 337m 8 digits E E Y coordinat...

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