LEICA 100, 100M, 200, 200M User Manual

LEICA SPRINTER

User Manual

Version 1.2

English

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Introduction
Purchase		Congratulations on the purchase of a new Leica Geosystems Digital Level.
Product		SPRINTER 100/100M/200/200M is the new high quality electronic digital level produced
		by Leica Geosystems. It is designed to make levelling easier and quicker in any construc-
		tion site. It employs techniques that electronically read the special bar-coded staff and the
		gathered data is displayed on the screen almost instantly. Its innovative technology makes
		the daily surveying jobs easier.
		This manual contains important safety directions as well as instructions for setting up the
		product and operating it. Refer to "11 Safety Directions" for further information.
		Read carefully through the User Manual before you switch on the product.
Product		The model and the serial number of your product are indicated on the type plate.
identification		Enter the model and serial number in your manual and always refer to this information
		when you need to contact your agency or Leica Geosystems authorized service work-
		shop.
		Type:	_______________
		Serial No.:	_______________
		Software-Version:	_______________

Symbols	The symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
	Type		Description
		Danger	Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
			will result in death or serious injury.
		Warning	Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended use
			which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
		Caution	Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended use
			which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury and/or
			appreciable material, financial and environmental damage.
	)		Important paragraphs which must be adhered to in practice as they
			enable the product to be used in a technically correct and efficient
			manner.
Trademarks	All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Table of Contents
In this manual	Chapter		Page
	1	How to Use this Manual	5
	2	Description of the System	7
	3	Measurement Preparation	10
	4	User Interface	14
	5	Operation	32
	6	Data and Memory Management (only SPRINTER 100M/200M)	44
	7	Check & Adjust	47
	8	Messages	54
	9	Settings	59
	10	Care and Transport	61
	11	Safety Directions	63
	12	Technical Data	75
	Index		80

1 How to Use this Manual

)It is recommended to set-up the product while reading through this manual.

Path	Main Menu: Data Manager\ View Data stands for this working sequence:
	From the Main Menu select Data Manager…. and then select View Data.
Screen	CONFIGURE General Menu describes the name of the screen.
Page	Screens can have more than one page. Units page describes a specific page of a screen.
	For example: ’...in CONFIGURE Units & Formats, Units page...’.
Index	The index is at the back of the manual.

)Keys, fields and options on the screens which are considered as self-explanatory are not explained.

Validity of this	This manual is valid for both SPRINTER 100/200 and SPRINTER 100M/200M. Sections
manual	only valid for SPRINTER 100M/200M are marked accordingly.

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Available documentation

Name of	Description
documentation
SPRINTER	All instructions required in order to operate the instrument at its
100/100M/200/200M	basic level are contained in this User Manual. Provides an over-
User Manual	view of the system together with technical data and safety
	directions.
SPRINTER	2 pages of short description on operating the instrument.
100/100M/200/200M
Quick-guide

2 Description of the System

Instrument components

a

b

c

Sprinter_01

d

e

fa) Horizontal fine motion screw

b)Battery compartment

c)Circular level

d)Gunsight

g	e)	Focusing knob
h	f)	Handle
	g)	Eyepiece
i	h)	LCD display
j	i)	Base plate
	j)	Levelling footscrew

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Description of the System		SPRINTER 100/100M/200/200M	8

Container Contents

a) SPRINTER b) Batteries (4x) c) Allen key

d) Manual, CD-ROM e) Strap

f) Sunshade (optional)

g) Plumb adapter (optional) h) Plumb bob (optional)

Accessories	•	Tripod
	•	Aluminum Staff (Region dependant)
	•	Rain cover (Optional)
	•	Sunshade (Optional)
	•	Power supply
		• 4 AA alkaline dry - cells
		• 4 Rechargeable batteries and charger (Optional)
	• Data Transfer / Recording to external device
		• Computer cable - serial interface (Optional)
	•	Computer software
		• Leica Geo Office Tools for data downloading to PC
	•	Documentation
		•	User Manual
		•	Quick-guide

Description of the System

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Measurement Preparation		SPRINTER 100/100M/200/200M	10
3 Measurement Preparation
In this chapter	Topic		Page
	3.1	Battery	10
	3.2	Set-up instrument	11

3.1Battery

Change battery step- by-step

a

a

Sprinter_02

Sprinter_03

Step Description

1.Simultaneously depress the locking clips (a) on the battery cover and remove it.

2.Insert the 4 AA dry cells the right way round according to the positive and nega-

tive signs as indicated on the cover.

) Always replace with a complete battery set! ) • Do not use old and new batteries together.

•Do not use batteries from different manufacturers or batteries of

different types.

•For type of battery, refer to Technical Data.

3.Place the compartment back and push until a click is heard.

3.2Set-up instrument

Levelling	Step	Description

1.Set up the tripod. Extend the legs to a suitable length and ensure that the tripod head is approximately level. Tread the tripod shoes firmly into the ground to ensure stability.

2.Mount the instrument on the tripod by screwing the tripod screw onto the base of the instrument.

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Step Description

3.Use the three levelling foot screws to center the circular bubble in order to level the instrument. Turn the telescope of the instrument perpendicular to foot screws A and B. Turn foot screws A and B simultaneously in opposite direction until the bubble is in the center of the imaginary "T". Finally turn the foot screw C until the bubble is shifted to the center of the circular vial.

A B

C

Eyepiece Adjustment

Sprinter_05

Step Description

4.Point the telescope to a uniform light surface such as a wall or a piece of paper. Turn the eyepiece until the cross hairs are sharp or distinct.

Target Image

Focusing

Power ON

)

Step Description

5.Use the gunsight to aim the objective lens at the staff. Turn the horizontal fine motion screw until the staff is nearly centered in the field of view and then turn the focusing knob to focus on the staff. Looking through the telescope, shift your eyes slightly up and down and if the staff and the reticle does not show any deviation or displacement against one another, then the instrument is ready for

usage. Otherwise, both steps 3 and 4 should be repeated.

) Use only SPRINTER staff produced by Leica Geosystems

ESC

Sprinter_07

The instrument is ready to measure.

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User Interface		SPRINTER 100/100M/200/200M	14
4 User Interface
In this chapter	Topic		Page
	4.1	Screen Display	15
	4.2	Operating Keys and Functions	15
	4.3	Modes	17
	4.4	Icons	17
	4.5	Menu Navigation	18
	4.6	Menu Setting	19
	4.7	Set of Characters	22
	4.7.1	Entering Numeric Values	22
	4.7.2	Entering Alphanumeric Values	27

4.1Screen Display

a

b

MEAS

a)

Mode

e

1.235m

c

:

b)

Icons

d

:

5.68m

c)

Measurement units

d)

Distance symbol

e)

Height symbol

4.2Operating Keys and Functions

b

a

Sprinter_08

c		f
		ESC
Sprinter_09	d	e

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	Pos.	Key	Symbol					1st level functions	2nd level functions
	a)	On/Off						Power On or Off switch	NONE
	b)	MEAS						Measuring trigger key for	2nd function (Continuous
								measuring height and	measurement) with
								distance	prolonged key press of 2
									seconds
	c)	Height /						Alternating between Height	Cursor up (when in Menu
		Distance						and Distance display	mode)
	d)	dH						Height Difference measure-	Cursor down (when in Menu
								ment and RL computation	mode)
	e)	MENU						Activation and Selection of	ENTER key for confirmation
								settings	purpose (when in Menu
									mode)
	f)	Backlight						LCD backlight illumination	ESC key for termination of
									program or setting (when in
									Menu mode)

4.3Modes

Modes
		Symbol		Mode
				Measurement Mode
		MEAS
				MENU selection Mode
		MENU
				Adjustment Mode
		ADJ
				Tracking Mode
		TRK

4.4Icons

Description	Icons show the current status information of the instrument.
	Icon					Description
						LCD backlight on
						Staff upright measuring mode

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Icon Description

Inverted Staff measuring mode

Different levels of LCD contrast display (10% change per step)

Battery icon at various capacities (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)

External power utilized (applicable to SPRINTER 100M/200M)

Data stored to internal memory (applicable to SPRINTER 100M/200M)

4.5Menu Navigation

Icon				Description
				To access the MENU, press MENU key.
				Press to scroll the cursor up or down.

Icon Description

Press to select highlighted MENU item and submenu is displayed.

Press to select highlighted submenu item, a "Setting…" message prompted; and display return to last measurement application.

To exit from submenu, press key once will go to menu; press key again and display will return to last measuring application.

Example

Selecting BEEP to ON:

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

1.Input PtID

2.Input RL

3.Data Manager

4.Recording

	5. Adjustment	9.Auto Off	BEEP
	6. Inverse Staff	10.Rounding	On
	7. Contrast	11. Beep
			Off
	8. Units	12.Baudrate

4.6Menu Setting

No.	Sub Menus	Selections	Descriptions
1.	Input PtID		To input user point ID (Applicable to
			SPRINTER 100M/200M)

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	No.	Sub Menus	Selections	Descriptions
	2.	Input Reduced		Input for Benchmark value / Reference
		Level (RL)		Reduced Level
	3.	Data Manager	View,	Viewing of individual recorded data /
			Delete,	deleting of specific measured target data
			Download	Deleting of all measuring data
				Transferring of data via PC software (applicable
				to SPRINTER 100M/200M)
	4.	Recording	Memory,	Data can be recorded in the internal memory of
			OFF,	the instrument or externally to the external
			External	device such as data collectors.(applicable to
				SPRINTER 100M/200M). If the recording is set
				OFF, then the captured data will not be stored.
	5.	Adjustment	None	Adjustment program
	6.	Inverse Staff	ON =	Setting of measurement to Inverted Staff. By
			Inverted	default or on power on, the mode is always set
			mode	to OFF.
			OFF =
			Upright
			mode
	7.	Contrast	10 levels of	Optimum contrast setting for LCD display.
			selections	Contrast is set to 50% ex factory.
	8.	Unit	M, INT ft,	Display Unit setting in meters, international feet,
			US ft, Ft in	US feet, and ft in 1/8in
			1/8in

No.	Sub Menus	Selections	Descriptions
9.	AutoOFF	ON 15 min /	Power saving function. If set to ON 15 min, the
		OFF	instrument will switch off about 15 minutes after
			the last key press.
			In the case of OFF, the instrument will be
			permanently switched on
10.	Rounding	Precise/	Setting of minimum display reading:
		Standard	In metric: Standard = 0.001m for height and
			0.01m for distance.
			Precise = 0.0001 m for height and 0.001m for
			distance
			In Ft: Standard (Int. and US ft) = 0.01 ft and
			distance = 0.1 ft
			Precise = 0.001 ft for height and 0.01 ft for
			distance.
			In Ft in 1/8 inch: Precise & Standard =
			ft-inch-1/8 inch for height and distance
11.	Beep	ON/OFF	Acoustic signal trigger key ON or OFF
12.	RS232 (appli-	Baudrate	1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400
	cable to	Parity	None, Odd, Even
	SPRINTER
	100M/200M)	Stop Bit	1, 2
		Data Bit	7, 8

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4.7Set of Characters

Reduced level (RL) Reduced level (RL) numeric input consists of 0 ~ 9, space, decimal, Ft in 1/8 inch separator, the "+" and "-" signs.

Point ID (PtID)

Point ID (PtID) alphanumeric input consists of a ~ z, 0 ~ 9 and space.

4.7.1Entering Numeric Values

Description	Numeric fields can only contain numeric values, positive / negative signs, Ft in 1/8 inch
	separator and decimal points. Numeric fields are e.g.: reference level.

Initializing the numeric REFERENCE reduced level (RL) input:

MENU

MENU

MENU

1. Input PtID

Enter Ref. RL (m)

Enter Ref. RL (m)

RL: 100.038m

2. Input RL

RL:

RL: 100.03

Meas. Reference

3. Data Manager

8

To change RLgoto

4. Recording

menu

Step

Key

Description

1.

Press Menu key to start menu for selection.

Entering a new Reduced Level (RL) value

Step Key Description

2.Use navigation keys to highlight the INPUT RL, then press ENTER key.

3.Input field for Reference reduced level is displayed and ready for input / editing.

4.			Press ENTER key to confirm / accept the REFERENCE Reduced
			level.

5.Reduced level function is initialized and measurement is taken according to section "5.3.2 Height Difference, Reduced Level, Height and Distance Measurement (internal Memory not active)".

Replace displayed value with a new value:

Step Key Description

1.The cursor is always at the first character in standby manner for editing.

2.Use scrolling keys to highlight the desired character in the entry field.

3.Acknowledge the character entry by pressing the ENTER key.

4.The next entry field (to the right) is highlighted for further editing.

5.Repeat step 2 and 3 until a complete value has been entered.

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Step Key Description

6.To accept the new value, simply press the ENTER key with "space"

character in the entry field at the end of the value string.

7.A "Change RL. Are You Sure?" message is prompted, press ENTER

key to confirm change.

8.Press key to restore old value.

Edit displayed value Edit a few digits of displayed value:

Step Key Description

1.The cursor is always at the first character in standby manner for editing, showing the last entered reduced level.

2.If there is no change for any particular character in the existing entry

field, press ENTER key to accept the old entry.

3.Highlight the desired character to be changed in entry field with the scrolling keys.

4.Acknowledge the character entry by pressing the ENTER key.

5.The next entry field (to the right) is highlighted for further editing.

6.Repeat step 2 to 4 until a complete value has been entered.

Step Key Description

7.To accept the new value, simply press the ENTER key with "space"

character in the entry field at the end of the value string.

8.A "Change RL. Are You Sure?" message is prompted, press ENTER

key to confirm change.

9.Press key to restore old value.

To discard entry and

Step

Key/Screen

Description

invalid data entry

1.

Press key to discard entry and restore old value.

2.

When an "INVALID" data is being input, an "Invalid Entry"

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message is prompted.

Invalid Entry !

3.

Press key to continue.

Accepting character

If there is no change for any particular character in the existing entry field, press

in the existing value

ENTER key to accept the old entry.

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Clearing all the existing entry field

Default Reference

Reduced Level

Change reduced level value

Highlighting the first entry field with "SPACE" and press ENTER key to clear the entire last reduced level input value.

•If no Reference reduced level is input; the default value equals to zero, i.e. 0.000.

•The display value is to 4 and 3 decimals in meter and feet (Int and US ft) respectively for Precise setting; 3 and 2 decimals in meter and feet (Int and US ft) respectively for Standard setting. For ft in 1/8 inch, the display value will be shown in Precise setting.

•Once Reference staff measurement is measured as in section "5.3.2 Height Difference, Reduced Level, Height and Distance Measurement (internal Memory not active)", then the last input REFERENCE reduced level cannot be changed. At this stage, if any attempt to change the last input REFERENCE reduced level in menu INPUT RL, a "RL Change Not Allowed!" message will be prompted.

•To change the input REFERENCE reduced level, follow these steps:

•Discontinue the present reduced level measurement by pressing HEIGHT/DISTANCE key to exit to default measurement.

•Go to menu select INPUT RL and carry on with the steps in section 4.7.1 to edit a new REFERENCE reduced level value.

•Start reduced level measurement with NEW REFERENCE reduced level as in section "5.3.2 Height Difference, Reduced Level, Height and Distance Measurement (internal Memory not active)".