Leica 500 GSI16 User Manual

50403020

GPS System 500

Getting Started with the Format Manager

Version 1.1

English

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Preface

Important paragraphs which must be adhered to in practice as they enable the product to be used in a technically correct and efficient manner.

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Chapter Overview

Introduction

An Overview of Format Manager

Quick Tour I - Creating a Report Style Output

Quick Tour II - Creating a Leica GSI16 Output for use with Thematical Coding

Quick Tour II - Creating a Leica GSI16 Output for use with Free Coding

Appendix A - The Formatting Options for Export Variables

Appendix B - The Setting Options

Appendix C - Frequently asked questions

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Chapter Overview

Contents

Introduction to this book .............................. 5

What is a format file? ................................................... 5

What is the Format Manager? ...................................... 6

Starting and exiting the Format Manager ....................... 7

An Overview of Format Manager.................. 9

Views .........................................................................10

Quick Tour I - Creating a Report Style Output

...................................................................... 12

Lesson One - Creating the Header and Footer..............13

Lesson Two - Creating the Block Titles ........................15

Lesson Three - Creating the Export Formatstrings output.

..................................................................................15

Quick Tour II - Creating a Leica GSI16 Output

for use with Thematical Coding ................ 23

Lesson One - Creating the Export Formatstring - Code

Information ..................................................................25

Lesson Two - Creating the Export Formatstring -

Coordinate Information .................................................29

Quick Tour III- Creating a Leica GSI16 Output

for use with Free Coding ........................... 33

Lesson One - Creating the Export Formatstring - Code

Information ..................................................................35

Lesson Two - Creating the Export Formatstring -

Coordinate Information .................................................36

Appendix A - The Formatting Options for

Export Variables .......................................... 38

Settings .....................................................................39

Flags .......................................................................... 42

Appendix B - The Setting Options .............. 43

Scales ........................................................................ 43

Units .......................................................................... 44

Default values ............................................................. 44

Appendix C - Frequently Asked Questions ...

...................................................................... 46

Contents

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Introduction to this book

What is a format file?

The aim of this book is to help users in getting started with using the Format Manager software to create format files (.frt files) that can be used with Leica GPS System 500.

The best way to learn how to use the Format Manager is to actually generate format files. There are 3 "Quick Tours" in this book which are step by step tutorials explaining how to create the following 3 different format files:

Ø Quick Tour I - Report Style format file

Ø Quick Tour II - Leica GSI16 output format file using

thematical coding

Ø Quick Tour III - Leica GSI16 output format file using

free coding

It is recommended that you complete all of these Quick Tours. What you learn in Quick Tour I you will need to use in Quick Tours II and III.

After completing these Quick Tours you should be able to appreciate the flexibility of format files and be able to create a format file for almost any output type you need.

For example, it is possible to create both common output formats such as a Geodimeter type format or a Sokkia SDR33 format and an unlimited number of unique "report" style formats.

Any surveyed data can be used with these format files. However, sample data is provided on the SKI-Pro CD which can be used with each of the Quick Tour format files.

A format file is quite simply a "mask" or "filter" which allows surveyed GPS data to be exported in any format as an ASCII text file. The format file can be used both in SKI-Pro and on the System 500 sensor.

For example one user may wish to export post processed data from SKI-Pro in a standard Leica GSI16 format. A second user wishes to export RTK data from the sensor in a "Report Style" format.

Using the appropriate format file, the export of any data from the sensor and SKI-Pro into both these formats is possible. It is thus easily possible to build up a library of many different output formats.

Each format file needs only to be created once and the same format file can be used on both the sensor and with SKI-Pro.

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What is the Format Manager?

The Format Manager is the software that is used to create the format files. It is automatically installed onto your PC when you install SKIPro. You do not require a software protection key (dongle) to use the Format Manager.

If you have not yet installed SKI-Pro on your PC, please refer to the Getting Started with SKI-Pro user manual for installation instructions.

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Starting and exiting the Format Manager

To start Format Manager:

ØFrom the WindowsTM Start bar, click Programs

ØSelect SKI-Pro

ØSelect Format Manager

To create a new format file:

Upon starting the Format Manager, you can choose to create a new format file or open an existing format file.

ØTo create a new format file, ensure that GPS500 is chosen as the Instrument Class and then click OK.

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To exit Format Manager:

Firstly ensure any changes you have made to a format file are saved.

ØFrom the File menu click Exit or click on the icon of the Format manager main window.

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An Overview of Format Manager

Format Manager runs on 32-bit Microsoft WindowsTM 95,98 or NT platforms. It is based on standard WindowsTM operating procedures and is therefore very easy to learn and to use

The Format Manager screen is divided into 3 sections - the Tree- View, the Edit-View and the Format String Preview sections.

The size of each section can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the Section Separators.

Toolbar

Tree-View

Section Separators

The Menu options and Toolbar are used to navigate through the software.

Menu options

Edit-View

Format String Preview

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Views

Tree-View:

The tree view provides an overview of all the Header data blocks and all Export Formatstrings in an expandable hierachy of books

and pages .

Double click on an item or click to expand it.

If an item is open, double click on it or click to close it.

If a Header data block or an Export Formatstring contains data then the page is shown thus:

Tree-View

Edit-View:

After selecting a Header data block or an Export Formatstring from the tree view, the data that should be exported for that Header data block or an Export Formatstring is entered in the Edit-View.

The Edit-View is basically similar to any text editor. Any text that is required to be included in the output file needs to be entered here.

In addition, if an Export Formatstring page is selected from the Tree-View then the Insert export variable dialog box appears. This allows any variables that are to be exported to be chosen.

Insert export variable dialog box

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Format String Preview:

The Format String Preview section is simply a preview screen. It allows you to see how the text and export variables will look when the format file is used. No data can be entered in this screen.

Example of how the Views may look whilst working in the Format Manager:

In the Tree-View the Fixpoint Export Format String has been selected

In the Format String Preview you can see how the output data would appear when this format string is used

In the Edit-View a mix of some text and export variables has been entered

The Insert export

variable dialog box

is active because an

Export Format String is selected in the Tree-View

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Quick Tour I - Creating a Report Style Output

This Quick Tour is a step-by-step tutorial to create a format file that will output data in a "report style" format.

The following output is required:

Header

Block Titles

Export Formatstrings

Footer

This format file has the following sections:

 Header information appearing only once at the head of the report.

 A Block Title appears once over the actual surveyed data output.

 Export Formatstrings (the surveyed data) arranged in tab

delimited columns.

 Footer information appearing only once at the end of the report.

A format file does not always have to include a Header, Block Titles or a Footer.

Quick Tour I - Creating a Report Style Output

Note also the following characteristics of this format file:

 All the Export Formatstrings are left aligned.

 The Coordinate values are output to 3dp but the CQ values are

output to 2dp.

 There are 2 blank lines between the Header and the Block Titles and two blank lines between the Export Formatstrings and the Footer.

 Point TP306 was not coded when it was surveyed. In the output above, it is given a "default value" of NULL.

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Lesson One - Creating the Header and Footer

In Leson One you will learn how to create the header and footer for the format file.

Start-up the Format Manager:

ØFrom the WindowsTM Start bar, click Programs, SKI-Pro and then click on Format Manager.

The Format file type dialog box appears.

ØClick OK to create a GPS500 new format file.

The main Format Manager window appears.

ØIn the Tree-View open the Header folder and then the General folder.

ØSelect the File Header page.

Click in the Edit-View section and enter the text for the first line of the header.

ØType the words Company Name and then then press Tab on your keyboard 7 times. Then type the words Company Address and then press Enter.

As you enter text in the Edit-View, the same text can be seen in the Formatstring-Preview section. Remember, you cannot enter text in this section - it is a preview screen of what is currently shown in the Edit-View.

A space is shown as a and a tab is shown as a in the Edit-View.

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ØUnderline the words Company Name and Company Address using = to underline the text. Press ENTER after entering the last =.

ØEnter the rest of the header text. Enter 4 tabs before the words RTK Survey Report to centre this text. Press ENTER after the last =.

ØPress ENTER 2 more times. This will put two empty lines before the text which will follow.

You have now completed the header for this format file. We will now enter the footer details.

ØSelect the File Footer page.

Note how the File Header page has become grey to show that there is data entered for this page.

Click in the Edit-View section and enter the text for the footer.

ØPress ENTER twice. This will put two empty lines after the data that will be output and before the footer text.

ØEnter 4 tabs and then type the words End of Data.

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You have completed the footer for this format file. We will now create the Block Titles.

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Lesson Two - Creating the Block Titles

Lesson Three - Creating the Export Formatstrings output

A Block Title is text that will appear as a "title" above any surveyed data that will be output as Export Formatstrings.

ØIn the Tree-View open the Blocks folder and then select the Fixpoint (TPS/ GPS) page.

Click in the Edit-View section and enter the text for the block title.

ØEnter the text as shown below and then press ENTER. Use the - to underline the text.

ØPress ENTER at the end of the last - . This will ensure the Export Formatstrings are output on a new line.

Note there are two tabs between Easting and Northing and Height and Code. This is to space the

output data correctly.

The Export Formatstrings are the actual surveyed data values that are required to output. For this format file we need to output the following export variables:

 Point ID

 Coordinates - easting, northing and ellipsoidal height

 Code ID

 3D Coordinate Quality

An Export Formatstring can consist of both variables and text.

ØIn the Tree-View open the Export Formatstrings folder and then open the Fixpoint (TPS/GPS) folder.

ØSelect the Fixpoint Exportstring.

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