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②

Sight the first target A.

Sight target A

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Click [0 Set], 0 Set the

horizontal angle.

[0 Set]

④

Use horizontal clamp screw and

horizontal tangent to sight the

second target B.

Sight B

⑤

Click [Hold].

[Hold]

Summary of Contents for NTS-960R

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Page 2: ...Operation Manual NTS 960R Series Electronic Total Station SOUTH SURVEYING MAPPING INSTRUMENT CO LTD...

Page 3: ...HES TO INPUT NUMERALAND CHARACTER 12 4 STAR KEY MODE 16 5 PREPARATION FOR MEASUREMENT 18 5 1 UNPACKING AND STORE OF INSTRUMENT 18 5 2 INSTRUMENT SETUP 18 5 3 BATTERY INFORMATION 21 5 4 REFLECTOR PRISM...

Page 4: ...43 6 3 2 Setting the Backsight Point 45 6 3 3 Setting the Instrument Height Prism Height 46 6 3 4 Operation of Coordinate Measurement 47 7 APPLICATION PROGRAMS 48 7 1 LAYOUT 48 7 2 REMOTE ELEVATION M...

Page 5: ...EDIT DATA 112 12 1 EDITING RAW DATA 113 12 2 COORD DATA 115 12 2 1 Edit Coord Data 115 12 2 2 Add coord data 117 12 2 3 Delete Coord Data 118 12 3 FIXED POINT DATA 119 12 4 CODE DATA 119 12 4 1 Create...

Page 6: ...TANT 178 15 CHECK AND ADJUSTMENT 180 15 1 PLATE VIAL 180 15 2 CIRCULAR VIAL 180 15 3 INCLINATION OF RETICLE 181 15 4 PERPENDICULARITY BETWEEN LINE OF SIGHTAND HORIZONTALAXIS 2C 182 15 5 VERTICAL INDEX...

Page 7: ...Fixed Point Data Format 195 2 2 Cross Section Data Format 195 2 3 Point P Coding Format 196 2 4 Horizontal Line 196 APPENDIX B CALCULATE ROAD ALIGNMENT 198 1 ROAD ALIGNMENT ELEMENTS 198 2 CALCULATION...

Page 8: ...ws CE interface of WinCE R Series is much similar to that of Windows System You can intuitionally launch data storing manipulating and exchanging with PC based on Windows platform The use of the manua...

Page 9: ...e The battery should be charged once a month 6 When transporting the instrument should be placed in its carrying case it is recommended that cushioned material should be used around the case for suppo...

Page 10: ...e eyes It can reach 5 times the emitting limit of Class2 II with a wavelength of 400mm 700mm Warning Continuously looking straight at the laser beam is harmful Prevention Do not stare at the laser bea...

Page 11: ...4 1 NOMENCLATURE AND FUNCTIONS 1 1 NOMENCLATURE...

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Page 13: ...numbers or alphabets Ctrl Ctrl Key Same as that on a PC Shift Shift Key Same as that on a PC Alt Alt Key Same as that on a PC Func Function Key To launch a specific function defined in the software S...

Page 14: ...ble in the product package connect the PDA with the personal computer Installation Microsoft ActiveSync Put the CD into your disk drive Microsoft ActiveSync Installation Guide will be run automaticall...

Page 15: ...Function After the synchronized between the total station and the PC click Browse button to browse al the contents in the portable device total station as below You can assign a task to a file like d...

Page 16: ...milar functions like Start Shortcut Function List and Tools List etc Note When the battery is low an icon will appear on the status bar as well as a message showing that the battery is low will displa...

Page 17: ...nel to enter into main menu Use stylus to roll the slider bar to find Display icon Control panel Display Click Display to enter setting of Display Properties Click Backlight a function screen displays...

Page 18: ...st touch screen OPERATION STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Control panel find stylus icon control panel stylus Click stylus stylus Calibration Click Calibration and then Recalibrate Calibration Recalibrate Accord...

Page 19: ...racters on one key Press it once to display the first characters Press it twice to display the second one And press it three times to display the third one The other approach is using soft keyboard Pr...

Page 20: ...k the Shift key on the keyboard via the stylus to shift to capital letter inputting mode as shown on the right Click letter J to input a characters J shift J The system automatically returns to small...

Page 21: ...NAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY When a new folder is created on the desktop a soft keyboard appears automatically If a soft keyboard is not needed press key to close the soft keyboard and use the numeric keys o...

Page 22: ...oaches to soft keyboard inputting one is pressing key Press it again to close Another approach is using stylus to select Keyboard on pop up menu to activate soft keyboard When soft keyboard is activat...

Page 23: ...splay Electric circular bubble can be displayed by graphic This function is good for leveling the instrument when the circular bubble is difficult to check directly Rotate the leveling screws while ob...

Page 24: ...nt Use stylus to select among the options reflectorless sheet prism Refer to technical parameters for the parameter of kinds of reflector Setting of illumination of cross hair Move the stylus to adjus...

Page 25: ...cal clamp screw and circular vial upwards Objective lens towards tribrach and slightly tighten the vertical clamp screw and lock the case 5 2 INSTRUMENT SETUP Put the instrument on the tripod Level an...

Page 26: ...ular vial in which case the bubble is located on a line perpendicular to a line running through the centers of the two leveling screw being adjusted Turn the leveling screw C to move the bubble to the...

Page 27: ...instrument to make optical plummet collimate precisely to the station point 3 Use circular vial to roughly level the instrument Adjust length of three legs of tripod make the circular vial bubble of t...

Page 28: ...e measurement mode so the power enough for the latter is not sure applicable for the previous one Pay particular attention to this when switching angle measurement mode to distance measurement mode be...

Page 29: ...When the indicator lamp does not light after connecting the battery and charger either the battery or the charger may be damaged Please connect professionals for repairing Battery Charging Cautions R...

Page 30: ...knob about 180 clockwise and tighten the locking screw with a screwdriver 5 6 EYEPIECE ADJUSTMENT AND COLLIMATING OBJECT Method of Collimating Object for reference Sight the Telescope to bright place...

Page 31: ...direction Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY If the instrument hasn t been leveling a compensation dialog box will pop up automatically As shown in the right graph Turn the leveling screw to make t...

Page 32: ...SIC SURVEY On desktop of WinCE double click to enter into the menu of Win Total Station as shown in the following graph You can press numeric keys 1 5 to select functions To quit this screen press ESC...

Page 33: ...meter Feet U S Layout 3 Layout measure mode REM 4 Start Remote Elevation Measurement MLM 5 Start Missing Line Measurement Line Ht 6 Start Line Height Measurement Mode 1 EDM mode Fine s Fine N Fine r...

Page 34: ...g to you first and then to focus Aim the target at the peak of triangle mark of the collimator Keep a certain space between the collimator and yourself for collimation Focus the target with the focusi...

Page 35: ...is shifted to left angle mode 1 HR HL 1 Every time click HR HL key HR HL is shifted in order 6 1 3 Horizontal Angle Reading Setting 1 Setting by holding the angle Make sure the mode is Angle measurem...

Page 36: ...l angle The display turns back to normal angle measurement mode setting the current horizontal angle as the value held just now Unlock 1 To return to the previous mode Click Cancel 2 Setting a Horizon...

Page 37: ...ut see 3 3 APPROACHES TO INPUTTING NUMBERS AND LETTERS 2 To revise wrong value use stylus or press moving the cursor to right of the number need to delete Click on the panel or press B S to delete wro...

Page 38: ...Angle Measurement This program is used to accumulate repeated angle measurement displaying the sum of and average value of all observed angles It records the observation times at the same time Example...

Page 39: ...32 Sight the first target A Sight target A Click 0 Set 0 Set the horizontal angle 0 Set Use horizontal clamp screw and horizontal tangent to sight the second target B Sight B Click Hold Hold...

Page 40: ...get B again Click Hold The total of angle Ht and the mean value of angle Hm are shown Sight B again Hold Repeat to reach the desired number of repetition 1 1 Click Exit to quit angle repeat measuremen...

Page 41: ...am might not be reflected from the point at which the crosshairs are pointing Therefore it is recommended to verify that the R laser is well collimated with the telescope line of sight Please refer to...

Page 42: ...standard atmospheric condition of WinCE Series e g the atmospheric condition under which the atmospheric correction value of the instrument is zero Pressure 1013 hPa Temperature 20 If regardless of at...

Page 43: ...ength 0 1 or 22 140 step length 1 Air pressure 420 800 Hg step length 1 Hg or 560 1066 hPa step length 0 1hpa 16 5 31 5 inchHg step length 0 1 inchHg Atmospherie parameters PPM 100 100ppm step length...

Page 44: ...100 PPM step length 1PPM Atmospheric Correction value also can be set in star key model 6 2 2 Atmospheric Refraction And Earth Curvature Correction The instrument will automatically correct the effec...

Page 45: ...f this instrument has been set as K 0 14 it als can be set as K 0 2 or be set shut 0 VALUE refer to SYSTEM SETTINGS 6 2 3 Setting Target Type WinCE R Series Total Stations can set options of Red Laser...

Page 46: ...types of target are available for measure Sheet Use the sheet as target to measure Prism Use the prism as target to measure 6 2 4Setting the Prism Constant Since the constants of prisms manufactured...

Page 47: ...new numbers 1 Input Value Click Save Save Click OK to save OK 1 The scope of prism constant 100mm 100mm Step Length 0 1mm You also can set Prism Constant in star key model 6 2 5Distance Measurement C...

Page 48: ...nt may repeat automatically if the result is affected by atmospheric refraction etc 6 2 6 Distance Measurement Single N Time Measurement When the number of times for measurement is preset the instrume...

Page 49: ...surement Fine N Input times Click Enter Sight the target system start survey based on the setting set just now Enter 6 2 7Fine Tracking Measurement Mode Fine mode This is the normal distance measureme...

Page 50: ...er Sight the target system start survey based on the setting set just now Enter 6 3 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT 6 3 1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point Set the occupied point Coordinate according...

Page 51: ...mple OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY Click Coord to enter into coordinate measurement Coord Click Occ Occ Input coordinate of occupied point after inputting one item click Enter to move to the next item...

Page 52: ...urement screen Enter 6 3 2 Setting the Backsight Point Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY Click BS to enter BS Setting BS Input coordinate of backsight point After inputting one item click Enter to...

Page 53: ...g the Instrument Height Prism Height Measure the Coordinate by entering the instrument height prism height Coordinate of unknown point will be measured directly OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY Click Set...

Page 54: ...To set coordinate value of occupied point see Section 6 3 1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point To set the instrument height and prism height see Section 6 3 3 Setting of the Instrument Height...

Page 55: ...height will be the value you set last time 2 Refer to Section 6 1 3 Horizontal Angle Reading Setting or 6 3 2 Setting the Backsight Point 3 Click Mode the mode SINGLE N TIME REPEAT TRACKING changes 4...

Page 56: ...Enter to layout HD To layout height difference input 0 in SD and HD box and then the dialog box of VD to be staked out will prompt 7 2 REMOTE ELEVATION MEASUREMENT REM The Remote Elevation program cal...

Page 57: ...1 Inputting Prism Height h Example h 1 5m OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Distance Measurement click REM to enter into REM function REM As shown in the right graph use stylus to click With R Ht With...

Page 58: ...sure to start measure The HD betweent instrument and prism is displayed Sight the prism Measure Click Continue the prism position is entered Continue Sight target K The Vertical Distance HD is display...

Page 59: ...Y DISPLAY Use stylus to click Without R Ht Without R Ht Sight prism center P Click Measure to start survey The HD between instrument and prism is displayed Sight prism Measure Click Continue The G poi...

Page 60: ...it REM click Exit 7 3 MISSING LINE MEASUREMENT MLM The Missing Line Measurement program computes the horizontal distance dHD slope distance dSD and vertical difference dVD This program can accomplish...

Page 61: ...LAY In Distance Measurement click MLM to enter into missing line measurement function MLM Use stylus to select A B A C Sight prism A click Measure The HD between instrument and prism A is displayed Me...

Page 62: ...ure distance between point A and C sight prism C and then click Meas After measuring horizontal distance between the instrument and prism C displays Measure Click Continue the horizontal distance dHD...

Page 63: ...strument for both prism A and B The screen then shows the vertical distance from prism A and B the horizontal distance from the instrument to prism B and the distance along the base line and the scree...

Page 64: ...h R H Click Set to set instrument height and target height After inputting click Enter Set Sight prism A click Meas to start measure After measuring click Continue Meas Sight prism B click Meas to sta...

Page 65: ...from the instrument to L Off Horizontal distance from A to L Click Continue This function is used when measuring the line height from the groud OPERATIONAL STEPS Sight the point on the line before cl...

Page 66: ...nt is stored in memory after the measurement is completed and accepted The feature allows the user to occupy the next move up point and use the previous occupied point for the backsight orientation Wh...

Page 67: ...SPLAY Click Store Store Use stylus select Store Store Click Set to reset instrument height or prism height After setting click Enter Set Collimate target p1 prism which the instrument moves Click Meas...

Page 68: ...nd move instrument to P1 Prism P1move to P0 Store After the instrument is set up at P1 power on and start coord measurement Select Store use stylus to choose Recall Show as the right graph 1 Collimate...

Page 69: ...height prism height When measuring coordinates of ground point A1 Set the instrument height prism height When measuring coordinates of ground point A0 Set the instrument height only Set the prism hei...

Page 70: ...Offset to enter into angle offset measurement Use the stylus to select Free VA or Fixed VA to start angle offset measurement Angle Offset Collimate prism P Click Measure to start measurement Sight pri...

Page 71: ...upied point refer to 6 3 1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point 7 6 2 Distance Offset The measurement of a place apart from a prism is possible by inputting offset horizontal distance of front...

Page 72: ...ted use stylus to move the next item After inputting dRL sight the prism click Measure to start measure Measure Click Continue the corrected measure result displays as shown in the right picture 1 2 C...

Page 73: ...direction angle of circumscription points P2 and P3 Setting the coordinate of occupied point refer to 6 3 1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Offset...

Page 74: ...height click Set 2 Click Exit to quit 7 6 4 Plane Offset Measuring will be taken for the place where direct measuring can not be done For example distance or coordinate measuring for an edge of a plan...

Page 75: ...RATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Offset dialog box click Plane Offset to enter into Plane Offset measurement Plane Offset Sight prism P1 click Measure to start measure After measuring click Continue Meas...

Page 76: ...ction which does not cross with the determined plane 7 7 PARAMETERS SETTING In basic survey some parameters can be set Communication Parameters Factory default settings are indicated with underlines M...

Page 77: ...upied point or 0 Set 3 Angle Unit Deg Gon Mil Select degree 360 gon 400 G or mil 6400 M for the measuring angle unit to be shown on the display 4 Dist Unit Meter Int Feet U S Feet Select the distance...

Page 78: ...parameters click Other Parameter Set as the same method Other Parameter After setting click OK to quit The display returns to basic survey main menu OK 8 START STANDARD SURVEY PROGRAM In Total statio...

Page 79: ...vated by a function key and allows manual entry of perpendicular offsets or calculated offsets including remote elevation from a second angle reading Point Coordinate and String Generation Coordinates...

Page 80: ...t of points on a line created in design software Road Setting Out Two options allow the setting out of points by chainage and offset from a road alignment Refer to Road Alignment Traverse Adjustment T...

Page 81: ...nce horizontal distance and vertical distance between two points can be computed Batter boards A program for setting out in building area If two points can not be setout a batter board can be placed i...

Page 82: ...character can not be a space OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Project menu click New New In the prompt dialog box enter name of project operator and brief information After inputting one item use styl...

Page 83: ...mple OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Project menu Click Open or press to select The screen lists all jobs in internal memory Open Double click to open the project or input project name in the Name fi...

Page 84: ...defaults to delete all projects To delete some data of the project click Delete Files and then choose the data files need to delete in the File Option 1 Delete some files Click Delete The system prom...

Page 85: ...rched Coord Display Set whether to display coordinate of NEZ during measurement Coord Transform Set whether to calculate and save coordinate 1 If set as On when the measuring mode is H V SD or H HD VD...

Page 86: ...alculation Formula 1 HEIGHT FACTOR ELEV R R R The average radius of the earth ELEV The height of the mean sea level 2 SCALE FACTOR Scale factor the scale on the measurement station GRID FACTOR Grid fa...

Page 87: ...Inputting range of scale 0 990000 1 010000 The default value 1 00000 2 Inputting range of average altitude 9999 9999 The default value 0 10 DATA EXPORT IMPORT 10 1 DATA EXPORT Measuring data coordinat...

Page 88: ...e total station first System will save the result in TXT form Plug in the USB HDD then you could find that icon of USB HDD in 960 system Copy that file you need to USB HDD and disconnect it from total...

Page 89: ...o your pesonal PC disk The process is completed 10 2 DATA IMPORT Coordinate files for set out fixed point and code library files alignments and cross section files for set out may be uploaded from a c...

Page 90: ...lignment for road alignment layout Data format is described in Appendix A X Sect Data upload a design cross section file for road design layout The uploaded cross sections cannot be edited nor downloa...

Page 91: ...file to Mobile Device the icon of which shown as After that you could find that file in the Total station s disk Open the Standared survey program and import the TXT file you just copy from PC This pr...

Page 92: ...85 11 1 SETTING OCCUPIED POINT AND BACKSIGHT POINT Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Record menu click Setup 1 Set...

Page 93: ...ry system will prompt to input coordinate As shown in the right graph B If the point name exists in internal memory system will call up the point automatically and display on the screen C Click List i...

Page 94: ...87 Input the backsight point The system calculates the azimuth Click Set to enter into BS Set function Bks Bearing calculated by system or entered manually HR Current horizontal azimuth Set...

Page 95: ...coordinate calculation A B C Click Enter to finish setting BS point and return to standard survey main menu Enter 1 Resection The resection function key which is used to calculate the occupied point...

Page 96: ...ons needed to perform a resection In case of angle as well as distance measurements a minimum of 2 observations are required by measuring angles only a minimum of 3 observations should be performed OP...

Page 97: ...prism height Input PT prism height Click Mode to choose measure mode Mode Sight the center of target prism click Measure to start measure Measure After measuring click Record a dialog box shows as the...

Page 98: ...lculated using the following equations e1 HD12 Calculated using measurements HD12 Calculated using known coordinates HD12 denotes the horizontal distance between the first and second point 2 If the di...

Page 99: ...ed on in PARAM the measurements which have been performed and which are shown in the box will be saved as well In case Calculate Bkb in PARAM was turned on the backsight bearing will be calculated and...

Page 100: ...n if the calculated scale is not within 0 9 1 1 6 More than one measurement to the same point can be performed during resection In that case the character is placed behind the point number The average...

Page 101: ...94 Input known PT and Prism height and sight the center of prism Click Measure to start survey Input PT Target height Measure After measuring click Record Record...

Page 102: ...ernal memory system will prompt to input coordinate As shown in the right graph System calculates height of occupied point automatically B If the coordinate of the point exists in the file System calc...

Page 103: ...BS Obs Input PT and R Ht Prism height is needed only in elevation measuring Sight prism center click Measure to start survey Input PT R Ht After measuring click Record A dialog box shows as the right...

Page 104: ...s Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Record menu click FS Obs or press to enter into FS measurement FS Obs Input PT R Ht 1 2 Input PT R Ht Input code or click Code to call up from code list Syst...

Page 105: ...nter Mode Click Measure to start survey After measuring the results display Click Record a dialog box prompts as the right graph Measure Record Click OK N E Z coordinates display OK Click Enter the re...

Page 106: ...PS KEY DISPLAY In Record menu click SS Obs or press to enter SS Measurement SS Obs Input PT R Ht Click Measure to start measure 1 2 3 Input PT R Ht Measure After measuring the results display Click Re...

Page 107: ...Enter the measurement results are saved Repeat to finish measurement Enter 1 Click Mode to select measure mode among Fine S Fine N Fine R Track Angle Meas 2 Click Code to call up code from code list...

Page 108: ...ent observation This method can be used to obtain an approximate position for the center of an object for example a tree Take a shot to the side of the object When the offset screen has been selected...

Page 109: ...int OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In SS function sight the prism center Click Measure to start measure Measure Keep the instrument still click Function A dialog box prompts as the right graph Function...

Page 110: ...e will be computed and displayed on screen Right The offset value for right left direction Corresponding Horizon key Vertical the offset value for vertical direction Corresponding Vertical key Horizon...

Page 111: ...lane Offset Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In SS Measurement click Function Function Click Plane Offset to enter into Plane Offset Measure Click Define to enter into Define Plane function Click...

Page 112: ...other two points for entering reference plane After defining the Plane the system prompts as the right graph Click On to open Plane Offset function 1 On Start Plane Offset Measure Sight the target po...

Page 113: ...shut Plane Offset 11 4 3 Pt Line Mode For Measurement from Point to Line This mode is used for coordinate measurement of target points which treats A 0 0 0 as the origin and line AB as the N axis See...

Page 114: ...rement click Pt Line Mode to enter into Point Line Mode Pt Line Mode Define base line Enter the Point number of start point and stop point If the point does not exist it displays Coord PT not found Pr...

Page 115: ...r to save the results Repeat steps to finish measuring other points Enter 1 On It is used to activate Point to Line Mode Off It is used to disable the Point to Line Mode 11 4 4 Control Input Control I...

Page 116: ...n code lib click Code Input message Click Enter the screen returns to SS Measurement screen 11 5 CROSS SECTION SURVEY The cross section survey allows points on a cross section to be surveyed and downl...

Page 117: ...ter X Sect Input CL Code and String Start cross section measurement First measure point on center line Input code of center line The code should be same as the code of last screen The program will ide...

Page 118: ...the result After collecting all cross section points of this chainage click in SS Measurement and a dialog box prompt as the right graph Input the chainage of the cross section The first chainage numb...

Page 119: ...mum point number for each cross section is 60 2 The chainage number automatically displayed is calculated as the horizontal distance from its occupied point to its center 12 EDIT DATA The edit menu pr...

Page 120: ...this file End Return to the end of the file Search To search a specific point code or string in the file Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Edit menu click Raw Data the system lists all measure...

Page 121: ...lick Edit the Meas Data Edit dialog box appears Edit Input new data and then click Save system returns to last screen 1 2 Save 1 Date time and measure data can t be modified 2 Press ESC to return to s...

Page 122: ...the current job may be edited or point coordinates may be manually entered In Edit menu click Coord Data 12 2 1 Edit Coord Data Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Edit Menu click Coord Data sys...

Page 123: ...pears You can press to view the data B Click Search in the prompt dialog box input PT Code String and select between Full Name and Part Name Click Search to start search A B After finding the needed d...

Page 124: ...ord Data Edit dialog box the data is rectified Enter 12 2 2 Add coord data Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Edit menu click Coord Data the system lists all coordinate data in the job Coord Dat...

Page 125: ...Click Enter and return to previous screen The data will be added on the bottom of the profiles Enter 12 2 3 Delete Coord Data Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY Find the data to be deleted with th...

Page 126: ...to 3 decimal places 12 3 FIXED POINT DATA To edit the fixed point library select Fixed Data from the EDIT menu This function is used to edit the coordinates of control point Editing the fixed point da...

Page 127: ...ts all code data in the job Code Data Click Add to display a dialogue as shown on the right Input Layer Code and Attribute in the dialogue Add A To input new code on an existed layer just input the co...

Page 128: ...w codes are added under the layer B A new code layer and code will be created A B 12 4 2 Edit Layer Code OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY Use the stylus to click on the layer or code to be edited A Layer...

Page 129: ...122 Click Edit Input new data Edit A Edit Layer B Edit Code After editing click Enter Enter A Layer B Code 12 4 3Delete Code...

Page 130: ...the screen returns and the code is deleted 1 OK 1 The layer can t be deleted when the layer contains codes 12 5 FILL CUT DATA The fill cut data generated by the layout option can be viewed by the EDIT...

Page 131: ...in all these methods except for the way data is uploaded and the setup sequence Setting out points allows setting out by point number in point number order Setting out strings allows setting out by st...

Page 132: ...le OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Program menu click Setout in the prompt box click Setup to enter into Occ BS Set screen Set Out Setup If alignment data exists in internal memory you can click Alig...

Page 133: ...ates azimuth click Set In the display shown as right the Backsight azimuth is set Setup The occupied point and backsight azimuth is saved and then the alignment setout data screen displays If you alre...

Page 134: ...oints Set Out Point In the prompt dialog box input the PT and Prism Height A If the coordinates of the point number exists in memory system will call up the point automatically B If the coordinate dat...

Page 135: ...display as 0 and ask the rodman to move the prism Sight the prism center and click Measure to start measure Ask the rod man to move prism frontward and backward Making Away item and item displays as 0...

Page 136: ...t line Positive sign means the point is behind sightline Right It is perpendicular to the line of sight with positive to the right when facing the instrument Positive sign means the point is in the ri...

Page 137: ...ings Input Chainage and String of the point to be set out and click Set Out System starts to search automatically If the string is found the first point of this string will be displayed As shown in th...

Page 138: ...rizontal alignment consisted of following elements start point straight line circular curve and transition curve First define the start point Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Program menu Clic...

Page 139: ...new chainage and bearing angle will be calculated automatically and the main alignment screen will be restored Now other line style can be defined Press ESC to exit current screen To modify the eleme...

Page 140: ...earing of the straight line is calculated on the base of previous factors To modify this bearing you can input a new bearing manually Save Circular Curve Click ARC in the Define HZ AL the circular cur...

Page 141: ...he screen of input process click ARC The screen will display the factors of arc to be defined ARC Input radius and arc length Input radius and arc length After inputting click Save to save the data of...

Page 142: ...urve rotates to right the radius value is positive When the curve rotates to left the radius value is minus The arc length can not be minus OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY On the screen of input process...

Page 143: ...d with the specified radius If clothoid parameter A1 or A2 is entered a clothoid is inserted between straight and arc with the specified length Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY On the screen of i...

Page 144: ...length L1 L2 the following equations are used Any changes to the alignment must be done using the edit alignment option 13 2 2 Edit Alignment To edit the alignment select Edit HZ AL from the Roads men...

Page 145: ...ck Prev Next to find the alignment data to be edited B Click Search a dialog as shown on the right pops up Input the chainage and click Search A B System finds the specified chainage and displays it o...

Page 146: ...bove function keys After entering the data to be modified click any operation key on the screen key to record the modified data To exit without saving data press ESC key 13 2 3 Define Vertical Alignme...

Page 147: ...and Curve Length After inputting click Save The curve length of start and end point must be 0 Input chainage elevation and Curve Length Save The next defining vertical alignment screen displays Conti...

Page 148: ...VT AL The screen displays the first alignment data search the data needs to be edited 1 A Click Prev Next to find the alignment data needed to be edited B Click Search a dialog box pops up as right g...

Page 149: ...ut Alignment the vertical alignment is optional but is required to compute cut and fill The defining method is same as defining horizontal alignment Rule Offset left the horizontal distance from the l...

Page 150: ...etout dig fil data the height difference is needed After inputting the center line setting out data of the start chainage displays on the lower screen Here stipulate first set out point on center line...

Page 151: ...inus it means to fill After finish setting out one point click Enter to quit The screen returns to Alignment Setout main screen Click LOFS ROFS or CHG CHG repeat steps to finish setting out other poin...

Page 152: ...side stake CHG The key is use in increasing the chainage CHG The key is use in decreasing the chainage Slope The key is used in slope set out 13 2 6 Slope Setout Slope setting out can be performed as...

Page 153: ...table depending on whether the situation is on the left or right and in excavation or fill Excavation or fill is determined by the estimated level at the offset of the hinge point If the level is abov...

Page 154: ...e data entered in the preceding step The first intercept is computed assuming a horizontal surface at the level of the measured point The error from measured point to calculated point will be displaye...

Page 155: ...cross section setout is similar to the alignment setout the points are uploaded in chainage offset and level format and a reference alignment must also exist X Sects layout main menu The screen displa...

Page 156: ...ng offset and elevation on the cross section Select the chainage to be set out and input the prism height of the target Then click Set Out to start setting out The method of setting out is the same as...

Page 157: ...in the order of its offset values from left to right if chainages are the same 3 When editing the cross section data chainages should be in the order from little to much 13 3 COGO The COGO menu conta...

Page 158: ...intersection it displays No intersection error Input the point ID and click Enter Calc Data is saved The display returns to standard survey main menu 1 PT The number of intersection point Azimuth The...

Page 159: ...ion of four known points OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In COGO menu click 4 Intersection 4 Intersection In the popped up dialog box enter the points used for 4 Intersection If the entered PT doesn t e...

Page 160: ...urvey main menu 1 To call coordinate data from project Click Load NOTE 1 If there is no intersection point the message No Intersection will be displayed 2 If intersection is not in the specified beari...

Page 161: ...hows start from which point To PT Pt shows finish at which point From Pt To Pt 3 Azimuth Azimuth from start point to end point HD Distance between two points VD Height difference between two points Po...

Page 162: ...STEPS KEY DISPLAY In COGO menu click Area Area A dialog box pops up Click Marked Pt to Calculat and click Enter 1 Enter A Click Mark to mark pts used for area calc 2 B You can click Search to search P...

Page 163: ...k All Mark all points in project and use them to calc Del All Delete all marks 3 Total The number of the points which is used in area calculation Area The enclosed area of the points which is used in...

Page 164: ...nged to AC acre if the closed area is 43560ft sq or more NOTE 1 Area is not calculated correctly if enclosed lines cross each other 2 If less than 3 points are found which have been marked the softwar...

Page 165: ...he Pt used for MLM measurement 1 If occupied point and Backsight azimuth has not been defined the dialog box as right will pops up If the entered point doesn t exist in project program will request yo...

Page 166: ...Click Load Note dVd is defined as the height of the second point minus the height of the first point Due to this reason dVd can be negative dSd is defined as the length of the missing line dHd is def...

Page 167: ...in coordinates data files 13 4 TRAVERSE ADJUSTMENT The Bowditch compass rule adjustment method is used to adjust a recorded traverse The traverse is defined by entering start and end points and the in...

Page 168: ...t too Start Pt 111 BKS Pt 110 End Pt 116 Close Pt 117 Known Pt 110 111 916 917 Example 1 Measurement OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY Select a known point and set up the instrument on the point For examp...

Page 169: ...S Obs Sight the traverse point 112 use Record to record the measured coordinates Move the instrument to PT112 Turn on the machine and select Record remeasure occupied point PT112 backsight point PT111...

Page 170: ...sted accuracy When the instrument is moved to PT115 measure a known point 916 record as PT116 To calculate traverse you should set station on PT116 and sight another known point such as 917 measure an...

Page 171: ...y a dialog box to enter end point Enter the End Point Measured Point and known Point these two Point must be different After entering End PT and known point click Enter program calculates close differ...

Page 172: ...rvey main menu If the closure point is measured The step 1 2 are same as above OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY After entering Start Pt system prompts to enter End Pt Measured Point number and the known...

Page 173: ...e azimuth results display If the angle is in the allowed range of close difference click Enter Click Enter the system calculates angle adjustment and displays the result Click Enter Here the screen po...

Page 174: ...d The user is advised to use this method in case high accuracy is required control of the measurements is required or one batterboard is used to mark more than one intersection point Refer to Chapter...

Page 175: ...RATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In Program menu click B Boards A Input Setout P1 and click Enter B If the Point is unknown a dialog box will pops up to request you to enter the coordinates After inputting...

Page 176: ...ut P2 and click Enter A Now define the batter board enter Board 1 and click Enter B If the point is unknown SS Measurement dialog box will pop up After measuring the data is record to the project A B...

Page 177: ...Not on Batterboard is shown on the screen 2 In case a batterboard is used twice and its position hasn t changed it is not necessary to re measure the sides of the batterboard Use the same number for t...

Page 178: ...zero to find the intersection point Example OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY After entering Setout Points and Board1 click S O The screen displays as right Dist indicates the distance from the pole to t...

Page 179: ...ed in the coordinate file The number of this intersection point is compared to the highest existing number incremented buy one 13 6 TAPE DIMENSIONS Tape dimensions is a program which integrates survey...

Page 180: ...PT and PT B End PT on Re line and click Enter A If the point exists in project then the Re Line is defined A B If the point doesn t exist in project the SS Measurement dialog box pops up Measure and r...

Page 181: ...ick Enter The line is defined and displayed If the line is at the left hand side press Left key If the line is at the right hand side of reference line press Right key 1 2 A Left B Right Repeat step a...

Page 182: ...d by offsets are graphically shown only in case at least one offset has been entered 14 SYSTEM SETTINGS 14 1 SETTING UNIT AND MEASURING PARAMETER 1 UNIT SETTING OPTIONS Menu Selecting Item Contents 1...

Page 183: ...differences The correction for atmosphere refraction and the earth curvature are done by the formulas as follows Corrected Horizontal Distance D S cos sin S cos K 2 2Re Corrected Height Differentia H...

Page 184: ...177 OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY In the main menu click System Setup System Setup Click options of setting parameter After setting click Save Save Click OK the settings are saved OK...

Page 185: ...is still kept You can set the atmosphere correction value under star key mode The formula of atmosphere correction unit meter PPM 273 8 0 2900 pressure value hPa 1 0 00366 temperature value If the pr...

Page 186: ...r current used Enter new data in the fields you need to set After setting click Save Save Click OK the settings are saved OK 1 Data range Temperature 30 60 Feet length 0 1 or 22 140 feet length1 Press...

Page 187: ...strument is used for the first time or before precise surveys user should launch check and adjustment introduced in this chapter to ensure the precision of the job 15 1 PLATE VIAL Check Please refer t...

Page 188: ...the horizontal and vertical clamp screws 2 Move object A to the edge of the field of view with the vertical tangent screw point A 3 Adjustment is not necessary if object A moves along the vertical li...

Page 189: ...Sight object A in FaceI and read the horizontal angle value e g Horizontal angle L 10 13 10 3 Loosen the vertical and horizontal clamp screws and rotate the telescope Sight object A in Reverse facean...

Page 190: ...t In Face I precisely collimate the target and press Set Collimate the target Set Rotate the telescope and precisely sight the same target in Reverse face Click Set Sight prism in Reverse face Set Aft...

Page 191: ...RTICAL INDEX DIFFERENCE COMPENSATION Check 1 Mount and level the instrument and make the telescope parallel with the line connecting the center of the instrument to any one of the screws Lock the hori...

Page 192: ...d read the Vertical angle value L 2 Rotate the telescope Sight object A in Face and read the Vertical angle value R 3 If the vertical angle is 0 in zenith i L R 360 2 If the vertical angle is 0 in hor...

Page 193: ...teps of the adjustment and the collimation are right Then set again according to the requirement 2 If Index Error still not meets the requirement after the repeated operation the instrument should be...

Page 194: ...way from the instrument and much higher or lower than the instrument Make sure it can be precisely collimated twice OPERATIONAL STEPS KEY DISPLAY After leveling the instrument click System Setup in th...

Page 195: ...o that the intersection point of the lines on the paper comes to the center of the field of view 3 Adjust the leveling screws so that the center mark of the optical plummet coincides with the intersec...

Page 196: ...nt has been checked up and adjusted in the factory K 0 It seldom changes and it is suggested to check one or two times every year The inspection should be made on the base line also can be made accord...

Page 197: ...f Point B Whether the prism center of Point B coincides with the Instrument Center is a significant step to inspect the accuracy So on Point B the tripod or compatible tribrach should be used It will...

Page 198: ...ed eligible Adjustment If the center of reticle deviates from the center of emitting photoelectric axis user should sent the instrument to professional repair department 15 11 TRIBRACH LEVELING SCREW...

Page 199: ...Set the instrument on Point B to another cross lines With the same way to flex the Leg f to make Point C and D on the central line of reticle Through the adjustment of the instrument on Point A and B...

Page 200: ...ng Case pc Main Body pc Backup on board Battery pc Charger pc Plummet pc Correction Pin 2 pcs Fur Brush pc Screwdriver pc Allen key 2 pcs Cloth pc Dryer pc Operation Manual pc Certificate pc Stylus pe...

Page 201: ...or scale and height ATMOS Temp press hPa STN point ID instrument height identifier of station PT XYZ X E Y N Z H BKB Point number Backsight azimuth Backsight angle BS Point number Target height FS Poi...

Page 202: ...ynchronize total station and PC to copy to the total station and use Data Import to import to current project Data editing formats are displayed as follows 2 1 Coordinate Data Fixed Point Data Format...

Page 203: ...TREE 1 VEG FENCE 2 BDY CL 2 CL EP 2 ROAD GUTTER 2 ROAD PATH 2 PATH DRAIN 2 DRAIN BM 1 CONTROL MH 1 DRAIN GUS 1 UTILITY WATER 2 UTILITY LP 1 UTILITY LIGHTS 1 UTILITY ROCK 2 NS When there is no definit...

Page 204: ...300 54 679 Example 2 START 1000 000 1050 000 1100 000 PT 1750 000 1300 000 100 000 80 800 PT 1400 000 1750 000 200 PT 1800 000 2000 000 2 5 Vertical Curve Input vertical curve data from computer throu...

Page 205: ...nage One job corresponds to one road alignment you can use several jobs to create several alignments 1 ROAD ALIGNMENT ELEMENTS There are two ways to enter the alignment elements 1 Download from PC 2 M...

Page 206: ...000 Press ENT and then click PT on the screen Enter the following data N 1300 000 E 1750 000 R 100 000 A1 80 000 A2 80 000 Enter the following data in the above way N 1750 000 E 1400 000 R 200 000 A1...

Page 207: ...0 32 180 18 20 06 1 2 Calculation of transition coordinates 2 A N 9360 216 10 1 6 4 2 2 A E 7560 1320 42 3 7 5 3 32 0 2 80 N 9360 216 10 1 32 0 32 0 32 0 6 4 2 9360 4 0010734182 0 216 01048576 0 10 0...

Page 208: ...11 55 47 sin 1 cos ec tan 1 cot D1 100 tan 111 55 47 2 1 7 1 sin111 55 47 1 7 1 tan 111 55 47 31 891 148 06015 1 8326 0 6844 31 891 182 468 D D 2 1 Calculation of the coordinate KA1 1 1 1 1 cos D N N...

Page 209: ...0 95 52 11 180 o 334 648 m 2 tan IA R TL 200 tan 95 52 11 2 221 615 m Each coordinates are computed 2 2 cos TL N N IP BC 2 2 sin TL E E IP BC 3 2 cos TL N N IP EC 3 2 sin TL E E IP EC here 2 Bearing f...

Page 210: ...1536 032 1444 068 1575 2 2 m straight line EC EP 084 250 929 1587 1800 456 1867 2000 2 2 m Start point coordinate BP N 1100 000 m E 1050 000 m straight line between BP and KA1 Bearing 74 03 16 6 Dista...

Page 211: ...urve toward the end point Length 64 m Straight line between KA2 and BC Bearing 322 07 30 1 Distance 166 004 m Arc between BC and EC Radius 200 without sign is turn right curve toward the end point Len...

Page 212: ...Track 0 6s Atmospheric correction Auto correction Reflection prism correction Auto correction Angle Measurement Measuring method Absolute code Raster diameter 79mm Min display unit 1 5 Selectable Acc...

Page 213: ...agnification 3 Focusing range 0 5m Field of view 5 Display Type LCD 3 5inch WindowsCE NET English operaion system On board Battery Power supply Rechargeable Ni H battery Voltage DC 7 2V Continuous ope...

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