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Alpha3D  Mobile  Mapping  System

 

User Manual 

 

 

V1.0.1

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Alpha3D

Page 1: ...Alpha3D Mobile Mapping System User Manual V1 0 1...

Page 2: ...13 3 3 Product Details 14 3 3 1 Alpha3D Hardware 14 3 3 2 Physical Characteristics 17 3 3 3 Electrical Characteristics 17 3 4 Primary Sensor Introduction 17 3 4 1 LiDAR VUX 1HA 17 3 4 2 High precisio...

Page 3: ...ystem 36 4 2 2 4 Controller Box Communication 36 4 2 2 5 Controller Box Overcurrent Protection 36 4 2 2 6 Controller Box Screen Explain 36 4 3 Electrical Parameter 37 4 3 1 Battery Parameters 37 4 3 2...

Page 4: ...Processing Software 81 5 3 1 CoPre Software Overview 81 5 3 2 CoPre Quick Guide 81 5 3 2 1 Import Project 81 5 3 2 2 Solve Point Cloud Data 83 5 3 2 3 Picture Collation 84 5 3 2 4 Point Cloud Colorize...

Page 5: ...ttention Instruction 1 2 Recommendation CHCNAV provides follow documents for user Items List Alpha3D Mobile Mapping User Manual The above content is recommended for user to read carefully before first...

Page 6: ...er reasons CHCNAV will not assume all relevant consequences and responsibilities During transit if the instrument is damaged because of logistics company CHCNAV will not assume relevant responsibiliti...

Page 7: ...are cleaning and whether stitches are distorted Check whether all connected cables are stable and confirm GNSS cable is no curving and broken Check whether battery power is enough for requirement 2 3...

Page 8: ...is orange after powered on 2 4 Attentions After Using After work finished turn off laser on CoCapture first then turn off battery and remove power cable Finally put instrument and all accessories int...

Page 9: ...example 3D laser scanning module satellite positioning module inertial navigation module and 360 HD panoramic camera The Alpha3D can obtain high precision ground object s point cloud information and...

Page 10: ...t cable 1 0105 000 453 GNSS cable 240mm 1 0101 070 087 Power cord CHN standard 1 0105 000 479 Power cord EU standard 1 0105 000 480 Power cord NA and related standard 1 0201 050 413 Car Power plug cab...

Page 11: ...Web 1 1904 110 020 CoView Panoramic publishing platform for Web 1yr CSP 1 3205 030 001 Orbit 3DM feature extraction bundle 1 1904 110 021 Orbit 3DM feature extraction bundle CSP 1 Optional accessories...

Page 12: ...Product Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 12 3 2 2 Instrument Container...

Page 13: ...of instrument USB stick Used to store initial parameters and product manual Instrument Used for data capture and storage Accessories cables Power cable VGA cable data line etc Displayer cable Used for...

Page 14: ...or data capture and data storage Power cable Used for main instrument charged The output interface is 1B Lemo four core aerial plug which mainly used for indoor testing The input voltage of power adap...

Page 15: ...ed for connection between antenna and instrument Portable displayer kit Used for indoor test and recondition Wireless keyboard Used for software operation and parameter configuration Data line One int...

Page 16: ...t to DISP interface Battery power cable One side is 1B 4 core aerial plug with needle which connect to battery power Another side is 1B 4 core aerial plug with hole which connect to DC24V interface Ha...

Page 17: ...right Figure 3 3 2 Physical Characteristics Instrument shape size 51 26 31 67 17cm Instrument weight 20 6 kg Roof rack extension size 72 31 12 cm Roof rack extension weight 16 6kg 3 3 3 Electrical Cha...

Page 18: ...nge When you use high PRR for scanning such as 750KHz and 1000Khz the maximum measuring range is highly influenced by battery level When scanner works as 750KHz and object reflectivity 80 the maximum...

Page 19: ...eight 256g 3 4 4 LADYBUG 5 Panoramic Camera The camera is set as automatic mode to adapt weather changes No need to adjust exposure shutter and diaphragm these settings 3 5 Data Storage Introduction S...

Page 20: ...Product Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 20 Step 2 Use index finger to pull fastener up which will bounce off automatically Step 3 Take out disk by hand...

Page 21: ...eturn disk into card slot and the direction of lock label should in upward direction Then fix fastener and finally close external cover 3 6 Vehicle Platform Introduction 3 6 1 Roof Rack Extension This...

Page 22: ...n Figure 1 Then unscrew the screws of roof rack and adjust the extension length which shown in Figure 2 The maximum length is 400mm which divided into 4 sections and each section is 100mm The brand of...

Page 23: ...Product Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 23 Figure 1 Figure 2 Cross bar Screws Standard 4 M8 thumb screws...

Page 24: ...Product Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 24 Figure 3...

Page 25: ...ANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 25 3 6 1 2 Alpha3D installation Step 1 Tighten 4 bottom corners of Alpha3D with 4 installation blocks of roof rack and put it down accurately Step 2 Turning 4 thumb screws in clo...

Page 26: ...the platform needs to be punched in advance with 4 12 5 holes which can assemble screw and nut 3 7 Rotation Platform Introduction 3 7 1 Rotation Platform Overview Alpha3D is equipped with a rotation...

Page 27: ...Product Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 27 Six connection screws of rotation platform Rotation Platform Unit Positioning convex of rotation platform...

Page 28: ...stallation Steps Put unit downward to align unit bottom groove with rotation platform convex make these two parts fit stable Using a 5mm hexagon wrench to tighten circled six M6 screws and torque is 9...

Page 29: ...both lead acid cell and lithium battery Cable less connection between orange container and controller unit Support plenty functions such as low voltage alarm anti reverse connection and overcurrent pr...

Page 30: ...30 4 Battery Charger 4 1 2 Orange Container Port The top of orange container consists of five parts output port display screen switch button input port and fuse Number 1 2 3 4 5 Name Output port Displ...

Page 31: ...Port Definition Vout Vout RS485A RS485B Input Port Definition Charge Charge Vin Vin RS485A RS485B 4 1 3 Controller Box Port The top of controller box consists of seven parts self locking switch displ...

Page 32: ...op View 2 Front View 3 Left View 1 Input Port female head 2 24V Output Port female head 3 12V Output Port female head Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Input Port Definition Vin Vin RS485A RS485B 24V Output Port Def...

Page 33: ...ntainer is equipped with a 13 8V 7 2A battery charger for charge It will turn on automatically when it connects to charger with greater than 0 5A current and the display screen will present battery in...

Page 34: ...ltage orange container will give priority to supply power for Alpha3D which will have N orange containers charge time 1 Side View 2 Top View 1 2 1 Combination 2 3 1 Combination 4 2 1 8 Orange Containe...

Page 35: ...ler Box Working Condition The controller box supports both two output routes and two input routes Two output routes are 12V three core and 24V four core After connect orange container power on state a...

Page 36: ...tion to Alpha3D under operating state for display 4 2 2 5 Controller Box Overcurrent Protection The controller box supports overcurrent protection function If output port is short or current exceed th...

Page 37: ...165mm 125mm 175mm length width height total height is 179mm and total weight is 8 1kg Same specification 12V lead acid or 12V lithium battery can also be used 4 3 2 Charger Parameters Different colors...

Page 38: ...19 06 P a g e 38 4 4 Operation Instruction 4 4 1 Battery Installation Steps Prepared accessories list orange container standard battery 12 M3 6 torque 15Ncm and 4 M4 6 torque 50Ncm Left View Red light...

Page 39: ...UAL 2019 06 P a g e 39 Clamp the electrode wire with the battery electrode first and then put the battery inside of case Put the cushion on the battery above for protection and prepared limiting plate...

Page 40: ...r Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 40 Install limiting plate on the above of cushion with four M4 screws Prepared to connect two power ports on next step Connect two power interfaces which...

Page 41: ...tery Container Overview ALPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 41 Put the lower edge of cover completely inside the battery case and use 12 M3 screws to fix it Finally complete orange container installat...

Page 42: ...4 4 2 Containers Assemble Steps First connect orange container and controller box which shown below Second tighten the screws if transport is required 1 Side view 2 Top view Third connect power cable...

Page 43: ...powered 1 Top view Can add more orange containers according to actual needs 1 Two orange containers One controller box 2 1 two sides 2 Two orange containers One controller box 2 1 one side 4 4 3 Char...

Page 44: ...rge already Third step Battery is full charged when charger light changes to green and current is 0 Then turn of charger switch and unplug charger 4 5 Common Problems Solutions Orange container cannot...

Page 45: ...out Check whether the orange container s fuse is burn out Battery cannot full charged Solution Keeping charge for one hour to check whether voltage is rising If not maybe the reason is because aging o...

Page 46: ...e both WiFi and LAN cable connection are supported which makes work more flexible 5 1 1 CoCapture Interface Overview The interface is shown as below Left above is setting control toolbar which used to...

Page 47: ...or needless data click here the scanner still working but data is not recorded NEW PRPJECT It s used to create a new project folder at Alpha3D folder of D disk for example 2017 09 27 123146 This icon...

Page 48: ...ting Click below icon to set laser scanner parameters and camera parameters If the parameter can be set the color is dark grey and the icon can be clicked If the parameter cannot be set the color is g...

Page 49: ...be selected between 10 200 For pulse frequency there are 7 gears can be selected 50KHz 100 KHz 200 KHz 300 KHz 380 KHz 550 KHz 1000KHz Select optimal parameter based on different requirements Click OK...

Page 50: ...box input a file name and click OK to save trajectory for next time use AREA It s used to set region of project Click AREA and it will show China and other If this setting is wrong the trajectory on t...

Page 51: ...ANNER DATA Status Red represents error green represents normal and yellow represents warning Click GNSS it will show a detailed satellite map which includes type number and status If satellite number...

Page 52: ...ee viewer interfaces map scanner and cameras Click below icons to switch to corresponding interface This icon will present orange Map download upload Open TOOL folder in D disk of device Move transfil...

Page 53: ...he following pop up prompt box choose whether to download current map layer first The local storage path is GisMap directory which under current tool directory Click YES to download current layer Clic...

Page 54: ...splayer shows battery power level maximum temperature of device recording time and rest disk capacity If current voltage is less than 21V the background color will present red and should stop working...

Page 55: ...login in Default super username and password are both 123 but it cannot be changed Click UPDATE to pop up below prompt box Input username and password and then click Login After login in successfully...

Page 56: ...e will show Alpha3D alert and DISK SPACE changes to red and the project will can not be worked Check all functions are in normal and start work First step is click NEW to create a new project and RECO...

Page 57: ...low Finally click YES to start data capture After click START a gif will be appeared which represent scanner is start work and the button will change like below During data capture process if vehicle...

Page 58: ...e interface will shown as below The laser scanner is stop working now and the button changes to START If you want to continue collection click START again a new rxp file will be generated under projec...

Page 59: ...ematic alignment finish click CLOSE PROJECT and the unit will automatically copy I S T files under ROVER folder During this process it is normal that DATA button may become red When copy is finished t...

Page 60: ...LPHA3D USER MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 60 After work is finished click SHUT DOWN SYSTEM to power off scanner After 2 minutes the PC will automatically shut down Finally short press unit power button to tu...

Page 61: ...processing engine In Alpha3D solution Inertial Explorer is an important software which used to combine GNSS data and IMU data from both base and rover It will generate trajectory and POS files which...

Page 62: ...MANUAL 2019 06 P a g e 62 CCD This folder contains panoramic picture data For Alpha3D the panoramic picture data will be saved in ladybug folder automatically Other folders are useless as they were de...

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