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3. Initial Setup
3.1 On & Off
Press and hold the key „On/Off‟ ( the buzzer remain buzzer )
until the screen displays pictures as below. The instrument is now
switched on.
(The picture is for reference. Please in kind prevail!)
After self-checking is accomplished and the instrument
enters Angle Mode automatically (see details in 5. Angle Mode
for details)
Pressing power key will leads to a dialogue box as below.
Press [ENT] to turn off the instrument.
3.2 Set up the tilt correction of horizontal and
vertical angles
When the tilt (inclination) sensor is on, the instrument will
display the automatic correction value for the vertical angle
caused by not strictly level. In order to ensure the accuracy of the
angle measurement, try to use tilt sensor whose display can be
used to level the instrument better.
If displaying „Tilt over!‟ in the „Vz‟ column, it indicates that
the instrument beyond the range of the automatic compensation,
and it needs to be leveled by adjusting foot screw.
The ZTS-320 series Total Station can corrects the vertical
angle readings cased by the tilt of vertical axis in the X
direction.
It has two states of the compensator : on and off .
When the instrument is under unstable condition or in a
windy day , you should close the compensator ,because the
vertical is unstable .Only this ,can avoid the compensator
beyond the scope of work caused by the jitter and stop
measuring .You can turn off the compensator by the using star
key(
Enter->Shut off
ESC->Quit
Quit after three seconds