Pentax V-227N QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

PENTAX Industrial Instruments Co., Ltd.

2-36-9, Maeno-cho Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-0063 Japan Tel. +81 3 3960 0502 Fax +81 3 3960 0509 E-mail: international@piic.pentax.co.jp Website: www.pentax.co.jp/piic/survey

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TOTAL STATION

V-200

MANUAL

BASIC PROCEDURES POWER TOPO EXPRESS

SERIES

Ahead of Vision

Basic Procedures

for Total Station V-200Series

Total Surveying Solutions

PENTAX Industrial Instruments Co.,Ltd.

The description concerning the reflectorless function in this manual is applied to only V-227N.

CONTENTS

General

Precautions regarding safety 8 Warning 8 Usage Precautions 10

1 Basic Operation 12

1.1 Names of parts 12

1.2 Unpacking and packing 13

1.3 Standard equipment 14

1.4 How to change the battery 14

2 Display and Keyboard 16

3 Preparation for Surveying 18

3.1 Centring and Levelling of the Instrument 18

3.2 Optical plummet 18

3.3 Levelling with circular vial 19

3.4 Levelling with the plate vial 19

3.5 Eyepiece adjustment 19

3.6 Target sighting 20

3.7 Attachment and detachment of tribrach 21

4 Turning the Power On 21

4.1 Turning the power on and off 21

4.2 Adjusting LCD contrast 21

4.3 Adjusting illumination brightness 22

4.4 Adjusting reticle illumination 22

5 Angle Measurement 22

5.1 Measuring an angle 22

5.2 Resetting the horizontal angle to 0 22

5.3 Holding the horizontal angle 23

5.4 Inputting an arbitrary horizontal angle 23

5.5 Displaying the % slope of the vertical angle 24

5.6 Changing the horizontal angle from clockwise to counterclockwise 25

6 Distance Measurement 25

6.1 Target setting 25

6.2 Distance measurement 26

7 Correction Mode 27

7.1 Changing the prism constant 27

7.2 Changing the temperature 28

7.3 Changing the atmospheric pressure 28

7.4 Changing the ppm value 29

CONTENTS

8 Settings 29

8.1 HELP 30

8.2 PRISM CONST 30

8.3 ATM CORR 30

8.4 SHOT COUNT 30

8.5 CRV/REF CORR 30

8.6 ATM CORR DISP 31

8.7 MIN UNIT ANG. 31

8.8 V. ANG. STYLE 31

8.9 QUAD BUZ. 31

8.10 AUTO OFF 31

8.11 EDM OFF 31

8.12 COMPENSATOR 31

8.13 ATM UNIT 32

8.14 DIST UNIT 32

8.15 ANG UNIT 32

8.16 SETUP COM. 32

9 Data Collector 33

10 Checks and Adjustments 33

10.1 Plate Level 33

10.2 Circular Vilal 34

10.3 Vertical reticle 34

10.4 Perpendicularity of line of sight to horizontal axis 35

10.5 Vertical 0 point error 36

10.6 Optical plummet 36

10.7 Offset constant 37

10.8 The EDM beam axis 37

11 Appendix 38

11.1 Warning and Error Messages 38

11.2 Atmospheric Correction 39

11.3 Calculation Formula 39

11.4 Distance Range 41

11.5 Specifications 42

11.6 Notice 43

11.7 Labelling 44

CONTENTS

Power Topo Express

Display and keyboard 48

1 Introduction 49

1.1 Introduction 49

1.2 Before using the Power Topo Express manual 50

2 Accessing Power Topo Express 51

3 File Manager 52

3.1 Information of the remaining memory available 52

3.2 Creating a new Job 53

3.3 Selection of a Job name 53

3.4 Deletion of a Job name 55

3.5 All Clear 56

4 Measure 57

4.1 Station setup [By Rectangular Coordinates] 58

4.2 Station Orientation 61

4.3 Measuring 62

4.4 Point Code 63

4.5 Remote, Offset, Station, and H. angle function 65

4.6 Station setup [By Polar Coordinates] 68

4.7 Station Orientation 71

4.8 Measuring 72

4.9 Offset 74

5 View and Edit 75

5.1 Graphical View 76

5.2 Create the Rectangular Point 76

5.3 Edit the Data 77

6 Free Stationing 78

6.1 Stationing by more than 3 known points 79

6.2 Stationing by two known points 81

7 Stake Out 84

7.1 Stake Out 84

7.2 Point to Line 87

8 Calculations 90

8.1 Inverse 90

8.2 2D SURFACE 93

8.3 REM 96

CONTENTS

9 RDM (Remote Distance Measurement) 97

9.1 PH input 98

9.2 Reference point - Target distance 98

9.3 Target - Target distance 99

9.4 New Reference point selection 100

10 Transfer 100

10.1 Input from the PC 101

10.2 Output to the PC 102

10.3 Communication setup 103

10.4 About DataLink DL-01 Software 107

11 Preference 108

11.1 Language selection 109

11.2 Coordinate axis definition 109

11.3 Input method selection 111

11.4 Action method selection 113

11.5 Remote method selection 114

11.6 Compare method selection 115

11.7 Request aiming selection 116

11.8 Elevation Factor 117

11.9 Duplicate Point Check 118

Function List 119

PRECAUTIONS REGARDING SAFETY

Safety precautions (Must be followed)

The following items are intended to prevent possible injury to the user or other people and/or damage to the instrument before it occurs.These safety precautions are important to the safe operation of this product and should be observed at all times.

Distinctive displays

The following displays are used to distinguish precautions by the degree of injury or damage that may result if the precaution is ignored.

WARNING

Items indicated by this sign are precautions which, if ignored,would result in serious injury.

CAUTION

Items indicated by this sign are precautions which if ignored may result in injury or material damage.

• Here “injury” refers to injuries such as cuts, burns or electric shock the treatment of which will not likely require hospitalization or long-term attention.

• “Material damage” refers to damage to facilities, buildings, acquired data, etc.

Before using this product, be sure that you have thoroughly read and understood this instruction manual to ensure proper operation. After reading this manual, be sure to keep it in a convenient place for easy reference.

This instrument complies with the protection requirement for residential and commercial areas. If this instrument is used close to industrial areas or transmitters,the equipment can be influenced by electromagnetic fields.

Quick Reference Guide provided in your carrying case contains the following items:

1. Basic Procedures,

2. Power Topo Express Operating Procedures

WARNING

Do not stare into the laser beam directly as this may result in damage to your eyes.

V -200 is a Class II Laser product. Do not look into the laser radiation aperture directly as this may result in damage to your eyes. Never use the telescope to view intense light such as direct sunlight or sunlight reflected through a prism as this may result in loss of sight. Do not disassemble, modify or repair this product as there a risk of laser radiation. Do not aim the laser beam at a person as it is harmful to the eyes and body.Receive the examination treatment by the doctor when the eyesight or body trouble is doubted by any chance.

• Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC): This instrument complies with the protection requirement for residential and commercial areas. If this instrument is used close to industrial areas or transmitters,the equipment can be influenced by electromagnetic fields.

• Do not use this product in a coal mine, in a location where there is coal dust,or near flammable material as there is a risk of explosion.

• Do not disassemble, modify or repair this product as there is a risk of fire, electric shock and burn injury. If you think the product requires repair, contact the retail outlet where you purchased it or an authorized repair site.

• Do not charge BP02 Battery with any battery charger other than BC03 as it entails a risk of fire or burn injury from the battery bursting into flames due to possible differences in voltage or polarity.

• Do not use a damaged electric cord plug or loose electric outlet when charging as there is a risk of fire or electric shock.

• Do not charge the battery while covered by clothes or similar item as there is a risk of fire if the clothes ignite.

• Do not use the battery or charger when wet as there is a risk of fire and burn injury due to short-circuit.

• To prevent making short-circuit when removing the battery and charger from the case and storing them, apply electrically resistant tape to the poles of the battery. Storing the battery and charger as it may result in fire or burn injury due to short-circuit.

• Do not throw the battery into fire or expose it to heat as there is a risk of injury if it explodes.

CAUTION

For your safety, perform the initial and periodical inspection as well as when the instrument is fixed and adjusted.

When the laser beam enters eyes, an unexpected accident might be caused by blink of eyes.

Do not place the laser product at a height where its laser beam may hit the eyes of car drivers and pedestrians. Do not place the laser product at a place where its laser beam may hit a reflecting object such as a mirror or a glass window.The refection beam of the laser is also harmful to the human body. When not performing measurement, cut off the power supply or shade the Objective lens with Objective cap to prevent the instrument emitting the laser beam.

Keep the laser product in a place where persons who do not have the product knowledge, such as children, can not touch it by mistake.

• Before disposing of the instrument, destroy its power supply mechanism to prevent it from emitting the laser beam.

• Do not remove the handgrip without good reason. If it does come off, be sure to attach it securely to the instrument with screws. If it is not fastened securely, the instrument may fall when you use the handgrip,leading to possible injury.

• Do not short the poles of the battery or charger as there is a risk of injury or fire.

• Do not touch any fluid which may leak from the battery as there is a risk of chemical burn injury or reaction.

• Do not insert or remove the electric plug with wet hands as there is a risk of electric shock.

• Do not use the case to stand on as it is slippery and unstable and may cause you to fall, resulting in possible injury.

• Be sure the tripod itself and the instrument on the tripod are both installed securely as insecure installation may cause the tripod to fall over or the instrument to drop, resulting in possible injury.

• Do not carry the tripod with the metal shoe pointing toward another person as it may injure him/her.

• The instrument contains a rechargeable battery and a battery charger.

• It may be illegal to dispose the battery at the end of its useful life.

• Check with your local solid waste officials for details for recycling.

Usage precautions

Surveying instruments are high-precision instruments. In order to assure that the Electronic Total Station V-200 series product which you have purchased will provide long-lasting maximum performance, the precautions in this manual must be followed. Be sure to follow these instructions and use this product properly at all times.

[Solar observation]

WARNING

Never view the sun directly using the telescope as this may result in loss of sight. Never point the objective lens directly at the sun as this may damage internal components. When using the instrument for solar observation, be sure to attach the specially designed solar filter (MU64) to the objective lens.

[Laser beam]

Do not stare into the laser beam.V-200 is a class-II Laser product.

[EDM axis]

The V-200 series EDM is the red visible laser beam and the beam diameter is very small. The beam is emitted from the objective centre.The EDM axis is designed to coincide with the telescope sight axis (but both axes may deviate slightly because of intense temperature changes and a long time lapse).

[Target constant]

Confirm the Target Constant of the instrument before measurement. If a different constant is to be used,use the correct constant of the target. The constant is stored in the instrument's memory when turned off.

[Reflectorless]

The measurement range and accuracy of the Reflectorless mode are based on the condition that laser beam is emitted perpendicular to the white side of a Kodak Gray Card. The measurement range may be influenced by the shape of the target and its environment. There is a possibility that the range may vary when the target does not satisfy the conditions above at survey work.

• There is a possibility that correct distance measurement may not be performed by dispersion or reduction of laser beam when the laser beam comes into the target from a diagonal angle.

• There is a possibility that the instrument may not be able to correctly calculate out the distance when receiving reflected laser beam from forth and back directions in case of measuring the target on the road.

• There is a possibility that synthesized values are calculated and the distance may become longer or shorter than the actual one when the operator measures the target of slope or sphere or rugged shape.

• There is a possibility that the instrument may not be able to correctly calculate out the distance by collecting the reflected laser beam from a man or a car that comes and goes in front of the target.

• There is a possibility that the distance may not be correctly measured when measuring a target in the direction where there is a reflecting object (mirror,stainless board and white wall, etc.) or under too strong sun light.

• In a situation high accuracy may not be expected, perform the measurement by prism.

[Battery & charger]

• Do not use any battery or battery charger that is not approved by Pentax as it entails a risk of damaging the instrument.

• If water should happen to splash on the instrument or the battery, wipe it off immediately and allow it to dry in a dry location. Do not put the instrument in the case until it is completely dry as this may result in damage to the instrument.

• Turn off the power when removing the battery from the instrument as removing the battery while the power is still on may result in damage to the instrument.

• The battery mark displayed on the instrument is only an estimation of remaining battery power and is not completely accurate.Replace the battery quickly when it is about to run out of power as the time a battery lasts on one full charge differs depending on conditions of ambient temperature, and the measurement mode of the instrument.

• Confirm the battery level remaining before operating.

[Storage and operating environment]

• To prevent making short-circuit when removing the battery and charger from the case and storing them, apply electrically resistant tape to the poles of the battery.Storing the battery and charger as it may result in fire or burn injury due to short-circuit.

• Avoid storing the instrument in places subject to extreme high,low or radically fluctuating temperature. (Ambient temperature range during use: –20° C to +50° C)

• Distance measurements may take longer when atmospheric conditions are poor such as when heat shimmer occurs.When storing the instrument, always put it in its case and avoid storage in dusty location or location subject to vibration or extreme heat or humidity.

• Whenever there is a sharp temperature difference between the instrument’s storage and usage environment, allow the instrument to adjust to the environment for an hour or more before using it. Be sure to protect the instrument from the sun if the location is subject to intense direct sunlight.

• During surveys for which the survey precision or atmospheric measurement method has been defined, measure the atmospheric temperature and pressure separately and enter those values rather than using the Automatic Atmospheric Correction function.

• The battery should be charged approximately once per month if the instrument is to be stored for an extended period of time.The instrument should also be removed from its case occasionally and aired out.

• In addition to these precautions, be sure to handle the instrument properly at all times follo wing the descriptions given in the various sections of this manual to assure safe and proper measurements.

[Transporting and carrying the instrument]

• Be careful to protect this instrument from shock of impact and excessive vibration which may result in damage during transportation and shipment.

• When transporting the instrument, always put it in the case and wrap shock absorbing material around it and be sure it is handled as “FRAGILE”.

[Checks and repairs]

• Always check the instrument before beginning work and check that the instrument is maintaining the proper level of precision. Pentax bears absolutely no responsibility for damages due to survey results obtained from surveys conducted without an initial instrument check.

• Never disassemble the instrument, battery or charger, even if you do detect an abnormality, as there is a risk of fire or electric shock due to short-circuit. If you think the product requires repair, contact the retail outlet where you purchased it or an authorized repair site.

1. BASIC OPERATION

1.1 Names of parts

Collimator

Eyepiece

Laser indicator

Plate level

Display panel

Key board

Circular vial

Leveling screw

Focus ring

Instrument height mark

Battery latch

Battery pack

Telescope tangent screw

Telescope clamp screw

Tangent screw

Clamp screw

Detaching knob

Base plate

Top handle

Objective lens

Eyepiece ring

1.2 Unpacking and packing

[Unpacking the Instrument from the case]

Set the case down gently with the lid facing upwards. Open the latches while pressing down on the lock (safety mechanism) and open the lid of the case. Remove the instrument from the case.

[Packing the instrument in the case]

Make sure the telescope is fairly levelled and lightly tighten the telescope clamp screw. Line up the housing marks (round yellow marks on the instrument) and tighten the upper and lower clamp screws. With the housing marks are facing upward, set the instrument gently in the case without forcing it. Close the lid to the case and secure the latches.

1. Basic Operation

1.1 Removing the Battery

(1) Rotate the knob above the battery pack counterclockwise. (2) Lift up the battery pack and remove it from the instrument.

1.2 Attaching the Battery

(1) Place the channel on the bottom of the battery pack, onto the protrusion of the instrument

and push the battery pack down into place.

(2) Turn the knob clockwise.

1.3 Turning the Power On and Off

To set power on: To shut down: To turn the power supply off,press the I/O key for more than 1 second and then release it. Power turns OFF.

NOTE: The power is automatically turned off after 10 minutes of inactivity

(Factory default setting).

1.3 Standard equipment

• Instrument

• Carrying case

•Battery

• Charger

• Plumb bob

• Hexagonal wrench

• Rain cover

• Quick Reference Guide

•CD

1.4 How to charge the battery

[Charging the battery]

• The battery BP02 is not charged at our factory shipment. It must be changed before use.

• For BP02 charge, use the special BC03 charger.

[Connection of code]

(1) Insert the output plug of the power supply code in Jack of the AC adaptor. (2) Insert the output plug of the AC adaptor in Jack of the charger. (3) Insert the power supply plug of the power supply code in the outlet of AC power supply.

[Installation of battery]

(1) Draw the battery to the lock lever side and put it on the battery pocket. The battery is firmly

installed on the battery pocket. (2) Press down the battery and then slide it to the opposite direction of the lock lever. (3) The lock lever goes up, and the battery is fixed. (4) Under such a condition, if “Connection of the code” is done, the charge with the battery

is begun.

[Detaching the battery]

(1) Press the lock lever and slide the battery to the lock lever direction. (2) Detach the battery packing from the battery pocket.

[Display panel]

(1) Power supply lamp (red) : Turns on when the power supply is turned on. (2) Charge lamp (green) : Turns on while charging and turns off when the charge is

completed.

(3) Discharge lamp (yellow) : Turns on when you push the discharge button.

Turns off when the discharge is completed.

(4) Installation lamp (red) : Blinks or turns on when the battery packing is attached normally.

Blinks when charge or discharge and turns on when charge is completed. (The charge lamp in the lower does not blink and does not turns on)

(5) Discharge button : Discharge lamp lights when you push this button, and the

discharge of battery begins.

[How to charge]

(1) It begins charging automatically when you set the battery packing in the charger which

beams the power supply lamp. (2) Leave just as it is until the charge is completed. (3) When the charge is completed, the charge lamp is turned off. (4) Detach the battery packing from the charger when the charge is completed.

[Refreshing the battery]

The use time shortens gradually by the phenomenon of “Effect of the memory” when the NiMH battery leaves capacity and repeats the charge.The voltage recovers after refreshing and the use time returns normally in such a battery.Please refresh one degree every five times of the charge.

[Refreshing]

Set the battery in the charger as well as the case of the charge. Push the electrical discharge button.The electrical discharge lamp lights and the electrical discharge begins. The electrical discharge lamp is turned off when the electrical discharge ends, the charge lamp lights, and the charge starts automatically.Leave just as it is until the charge is completed. When the charge is completed,the charge lamp is turned off. Detach the battery from the charger.

[Time of refreshing and charge]

Battery BP02 is discharged from the state of a full charge at about 960 minutes and the charge is completed from the electrical discharge at about 130 minutes. However, the electrical discharge time is proportional to the remainder capacity of the battery. Moreover, the time required for refreshing might be different from the above-mentioned time according to a surrounding temperature and the state of the battery.

2. DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD

MODE A screen MODE B screen

OPERATION KEY

Key Description

ON/OFF of power supply

Return to previous screen or cancel an operation.

Turns the illumination of the LCD display and telescope reticle on and off.

Accept the selected (highlighted) choice or the displayed screen value.

Access a help menu and the basic settings.

Move the cursor to the respective direction. Up and down respectively increases or decreases values in an input box.

FUNCTION KEY

Display F. Key Description

MODE A [MEAS] F1 Pressing this key one time measures the distance in

normal mode.

[MEAS] F1 Pressing this key twice measures the distance in coarse

mode. (To stop measuring,press this key again.)

[TARGET] F2 Select the target type.

PRISM or REFRECTORLESS (REFRECTORLESS only available on the reflectorless type)

[0 SET] F3 Resets the horizontal angle to 0 by pressing twice. [DISP] F4 Switches the display composition in the following order:

“H.angle / H.dst. / V.dst.” “H.angle / V.angle / S.dst.” “H.angle / V.angle / H.dst. / S.dst. / V.dst.”

[MODE] F5 Switches the screen between MODE A and MODE B.

MODE B [S.FUNC] F1 PowerTopo Express Special Functions [ANG SET] F2 Brings up the angle setting screen for setting angle-related

parameters: (H.ANGLE / %GRADE, H.ANGLE INPUT and R/L REVERSE).

[HOLD] F3 Pressing this key twice retains (holds) the horizontal angle

shown on the display.

[CORR] F4 Brings up the screen for changing the target constant,

temperature, Pressure setting.

[MODE] F5 Switches the screen between MODE A and MODE B.

OTHER FUNCTIONS

F1 Moves the screen up.

F2 Moves the screen down.

[RETICLE] F3 Changing the reticle illumination when pressing illumination key. [LCD] F4 Changing the LCD contrast when pressing illumination key. [ILLU] F5 Changing the LCD illumination when pressing illumination key.

(The other functions of the Function keys of Power Topo Express (PTE) are described together with the special functions of PTE further in this manual.)

DISPLAY COMBINATION OF MODE A OR MODE B

Function MODE A MODE B F1 MEAS S.FUNC F2 TARGET ANG SET F3 0 SET HOLD F4 DISP CORR F5 MODE MODE

(Mode A or Mode B is switched by pressing [F5] [MODE])

3. PREPARATION FOR SURVEYING

3.1 Centring and levelling of the instrument

[Setting up the instrument and the tripod]

Adjust the tripod legs so that a height suitable for observation is obtained when the instrument is set on the tripod. Hang the plumb bob on the hook of the tripod, and coarse centre over the station on the ground. At this time, set the tripod and fix the metal shoes firmly into the ground so that the tripod head is as levelled as possible. If the tripod head is mis-leveled by the action of fixing the metal shoes into the ground, correct the level by extending or retracting each leg of the tripod.

3.2 Optical plummet

Look through the optical plummet eyepiece,and rotate the eyepiece knob until the centre mark can be seen clearly. Rotate the focusing knob of the optical plummet and adjust the focus on the ground mark. Loosen the centring clamp screw and push the upper plate by finger and stay the centre mark on the ground mark. Tighten the centring clamp screw. Loosen the horizontal clamp screw and rotate the instrument every 90° and confirm the Circular vial is centred correctly. If the bubble is not centred, it can be properly set using the levelling screws.

3.3 Levelling with circular vial

Tripod is adjusted according to the following points by extending or contracting the legs so that the bubble of the Circular vial goes to the centre of the circle.

• Shorten the leg at the side of the bubble or extend the leg opposite of the bubble to

position the bubble in the centre of the vial circle.

• All three legs are extended or contracted until the bubble is in the centre.

During this process, the foot is not placed on the tripod leg point and the position of the tripod points do not change.

3.4 Levelling with the plate vial

- (A) Align the plate vial in parallel with a line joining any two of the levelling screws.

Then, adjust the two screws to centre the bubble in the plate vial.

- Turn two levelling screws in an opposite direction mutually in a way that the bubble moves

from the side of the plate vial to the centre.

- (B) Rotate the total station 90°.

- Use the remaining screw to centre the bubble in the plate vial.

- Rotate the instrument by 90° and 180° and confirm the position of the bubble in the plate

vial. At this time,it is not necessary to adjust it if the bubble of the plate vial is in the vicinity of the centre.

3.5 Eyepiece adjustment

[Eyepiece adjustment]

The eyepiece adjustment is performed before target sighting. Remove the telescope lens cap. Point the telescope at a bright object, and rotate the eyepiece ring full counterclockwise. Look through the eyepiece,and rotate the eyepiece ring clockwise until the reticle appears at its maximum sharpness.

• When looking into the eyepiece, avoid an intense look to prevent parallax and eye fatigue.

• When it is hard to see the reticle due to poor brightness, press + to access

the RETICLE INTENSITY ADJ. screen.Use the left and right arrow to adjust the reticle intensity.

3.6 Target sighting

Loosen the telescope clamp and horizontal clamp screws. Point the telescope at the target using a collimator. Tighten the above two screws. Adjust the eyepiece. Look through the telescope and then rotate the focusing ring and stop it where the target can be seen clearly and the target image does not move in relation to reticle even if your eye is vertically and horizontally moved. Align the reticle accurately on the target using telescope and horizontal tangent screws.

• Rotating the focusing ring “clockwise”makes it possible to focus on closer objects and

“counterclockwise”will focus on further objects.

3.7 Attachment and detachment of tribrach

The tribrach V-200 is detachable from the instrument if required when replacing the instrument with a prism for example.

[Detachment]

First loosen the recessed screw with a screwdriver,then rotate the locking knob until the arrow points upward, and lift the instrument up.

[Attachment]

Mount the instrument on the tribrach with the guide marks coinciding, and rotate the locking knob until the arrow points downward. The guide and guide mark must be fitted to attach the instrument. When the tribrach does not need to be attached or detached or instrument is to be transported, tighten the recessed screw with a screwdriver to fix the locking knob.

4. TURNING THE POWER ON

4.1 Turning the power on and off

To set power on: To shut down: To turn the power supply off,press the I/O key for more than 1 second and then release it. Power turns OFF.

NOTE: The power is automatically turned off after 10 minutes of inactivity

(Factory default setting).

4.2 Adjusting LCD contrast

Press while holding down the Illumination key to access the screen for adjusting LCD contrast. Pressing will lighten the contrast,while pressing will darken the contrast. Press to exit adjustment mode and return to the previous screen.

• LCD contrast may be adjusted as necessary at any time.

• The contrast may be adjusted to any one of the 25 levels.

• LCD contrast may be unappealing under certain environmental conditions such as high

temperature. Adjust the LCD contrast as described above in such situations.

4.3 Adjusting illumination brightness

Press while holding down the Illumination key to access the screen for adjusting illumination brightness. Pressing the will decrease brightness,while pressing the will increase the brightness. Press to exit adjustment mode and return to the previous screen.

• Illumination brightness of the LCD screen and telescope reticle may be adjusted as

necessary at any time.

• Illumination brightness may be adjusted to any one of 10 levels.

4.4 Adjusting reticle illumination

Press while holding down the Illumination key to access the screen for adjusting reticle illumination. Pressing the will decrease brightness,while pressing the will increase the brightness. Press to exit adjustment mode and return to the previous screen.

5. ANGLE MEASUREMENT

5.1 Measuring an angle

Aim at the first target, then press twice in succession to reset the horizontal angle to 0. Aim at the second target, then read the horizontal angle. Pressing displays the vertical angle.

• The key cannot reset the vertical angle to 0.

• Pressing the key cycles through the sets of display items:“H.angle/H.dst./V. dst.”,

“H angle/V.angle/S.dst.”, and “H.angle/V. angle/H.dst./S.dst./V.dst.”.

• Even though you turn the power off during a survey, the horizontal angle displayed last

time is saved,so that it is restored when the power is turned on next time.

• When the restored horizontal angle is not necessary,reset it to 0.

5.2 Resetting the horizontal angle to 0

Pressing twice in succession resets the horizontal angle to 0° 0' 0".

• The cannot reset the vertical angle to 0.

• Pressing the accidentally during measurement does not reset the horizontal

angle to 0 unless you press it again. Once the buzzer sound stops, you can go to the next step.

MODE A

H.angle

0° 00’ 00’’

H.dst.

V.dst.

MEAS TARGET 0 SET DISP MODE

15°C S 0

• You can reset the horizontal angle to 0 any time except when it has been held.

5.3 Holding the horizontal angle

Go to the “MODE B”screen by pressing .

To hold the horizontal angle currently displayed,press twice in succession.

The horizontal angle value is displayed in reverse video when being held.

• lf you want to hold the horizontal angle when you are in mode A, press first to

switch to mode B, then press .

• The cannot hold the vertical angle or distance.

• To release the horizontal angle from being held, press once.

• Pressing accidentally during measurement does not hold the horizontal angle

unless you press it again. Once the buzzer sound stops, you can go to the next step.

5.4 Inputting an arbitrary horizontal angle

In case of Horizontal angle 123° 45' 20" input Press to enter mode B.

Press to display the ANGLE SET screen,then press to move the cursor to “2. H. ANGLE INPUT”.

Press to open the horizontal angle input box.

is used to clear the values.

MODE A

H.angle

0° 00’ 00’’

H.dst.

V.dst.

MEAS TARGET 0 SET DISP MODE

15°C S 0

MODE B

H.angle

130° 45’ 20’’

H.dst.

V.dst.

S.FUNC ANG SET HOLD CORR MODE

15°C S 0

ANGLE SET

CLEAR

1. ANGLE / %GRADE: ANGLE 00°00’00’’

0 0° 00’00’’

RIGHT

2. H. ANGLE INPUT:

3. R/L REVERSE:

Input your desired angle value using or to increase or decrease each digit

separately.Move to a different digit using or .

Press the key to accept the horizontal angle set to 123° 45' 20" and change the screen to mode A.

5.5 Displaying the % slope of the vertical angle

Press to enter mode B.

Press to display the ANGLE SET screen.

Press to open the ANGLE/ %GRADE selection menu. Select “2. % GRADE” and press to display the slope % of the vertical angle. Press to return to the MODE A screen.

Press to display the slope value in %.

• The 0% represents the horizontal 0, and +100% and -100% represent 45° up and down slopes respectively.

• To return the screen from the slope (%) display to the 360° scale,also take above same steps by entering mode B.

• If the slope (%) exceeds [+/-]1000%,“Out of grade range”is displayed,indicating that the current vertical angle cannot be measured.

• When the telescope returns to a slope within slope [+/-] 1000%, the slope (%) display returns automatically from the “Out of grade range” message to the numeric value.

ANGLE SET

CLEAR

1. ANGLE / %GRADE: ANGLE 123°45’20’’

123°45’20’’

RIGHT

2. H. ANGLE INPUT:

3. R/L REVERSE:

MODE B

H.angle

92° 30’ 20’’

H.dst.

V.dst.

S.FUNC ANG SET HOLD CORR MODE

15°C S 0

ANGLE SET

1. ANGLE / %GRADE: ANGLE 092°30’20’’

RIGHT

2. H. ANGLE INPUT:

3. R/L REVERSE:

5.6 Changing the horizontal angle from clockwise to counterclockwise

Press to enter mode B.

Press to display the ANGLE SET screen,then press to move the cursor to “3. R/L REVERSE”. Press to open the selection menu.

Select 2. LEFT”and press to add a minus sign (-) to the horizontal angle value as a counterclockwise angle. Press to return to the MODE A screen.

• To return the horizontal angle from counterclockwise to clockwise, also take the above same procedure.

• When the counterclockwise horizontal angle is selected, the order of aiming at the targets becomes the reverse (the right one first, then the left one) of the order for the clockwise angle.

6. DISTANCE MEASUREMENT

6.1 Target setting

The target mode and its Constant of current setting are shown at the left of the battery mark. For example in case of a 0 value for the Constant: Reflectorless (Non-Prism); N 0, Prism; P 0. Pressing changes the target mode.

• The target mode is changed sequentially as follows (On The reflectorless models) Prism – Reflectorless.

• The selected target mode is stored in the memory even if the power is turned off.

So, next time you can use the same mode.

• The target Constant differs according to the selected target mode. So, confirm the target mode and its Constant shown at the top screen after changing the target.

[Distance measurement by reflectorless (Non-Prism) mode]

• The measurement range and accuracy of the Reflectorless mode are determined in following conditions: a laser beam is emitted perpendicular to the white side of a Kodak Gray Card.

MODE B

H.angle

92° 30’ 20’’

H.dst.

V.dst.

S.FUNC ANG SET HOLD CORR MODE

15°C S 0

ANGLE SET

1. ANGLE / %GRADE: ANGLE 092°30’20’’

RIGHT

2. H. ANGLE INPUT:

3. R/L REVERSE:

The measurement range may be influenced by the shape of the target and its environment. There is a possibility that the range may vary when the target does not satisfy the conditions above at survey work.

• There is a possibility that correct distance measurement may be impossible by dispersion or reduction of the laser beam when the beam comes into the target from a diagonal angle.

• There is a possibility that the instrument cannot calculate correctly when receiving reflected laser beams from forth and back directions in case of measuring the target on the road.

• There is a possibility that the instrument cannot calculate correctly by collecting the reflected laser beam from a man or a car that comes and goes in front of the target. In the following environments,the distance might not be able to be measured: There is a reflecting object (mirror,stainless board and white wall, etc.) in the direction of the target and under too strong sun light.

6.2 Distance measurement

The V-200 series have two distance measurement modes: primary MEAS and second MEAS.

Pressing the one time goes to MEAS and twice goes to second MEAS (continuous tracking measurement). The number of shots can be defined.The default is “one time”.The measuring modes activated by the above operations can be also changed. Confirm the target constant before beginning the distance measurement.

Example:“MEASURE SHOT” at primary MEAS (Factory default setting)

Collimate the telescope at a target and press the once to start measuring the distance. Once distance measurement has been started, the distance measurement mark remains displayed “( ( ( 0 ) ) )”. Upon reception of a reflected light from the target, the instrument beeps and displays the distance.

• If the instrument is in mode B, press the to switch to mode A and press .

• Pressing the after collimating the telescope at the prism starts shot distance measurement with the “MEAS”text blinking.Distance measurement is completed and the “MEAS”text stops blinking the moment the distance measured by shot measurement is displayed.During continuous measurement, the “MEAS” text keeps on blinking. Pressing the again terminates both distance measurement and blinking the “MEAS”text.

• Pressing cycles through the sets of display items:“H.angle/H.dst./V.dst.”, “H.angle/V.angle/S.dst.” and “H.angle/V.angle/H.dst./S.dst./V.dst.”

• Pressing the or or during distance measurement stops it.

• If the shot count for distance measurement has been set to 2 or more in “4 Shot Count", the distance is measured for the specified number of times to display the average value.

Example:“TRACK CONT” at second MEAS (Factory default setting)

Collimate the telescope at a Target and press twice in succession to start measuring the distance, upon reception of reflected light from the target, the instrument beeps and displays the initial distance value. But it keeps on measuring and displaying the distance continuously while you move the telescope.

• If the instrument is in mode B, press to switch to mode A and press twice.

• Pressing twice after collimating the telescope at the Target starts Continuous distance measurement at fast speed with the “MEAS”text blinking. It remains blinking during the measurement. If you press the again, Distance measurement is completed and the “MEAS” text stops blinking.

• Pressing cycles through the sets of display items:“H.angle/H.dst./V.dst.”, “H.angle/V.angle/S.dst.” and “H.angle/V.angle/H.dst./S.dst./V.dst.”

• Pressing the or or during fast distance measurement stops it.

7. CORRECTION MODE

The basic settings are accessed by pressing the button. The correction values can be changed (if set to INPUT in the basic settings menu) by pressing

in the mode B screen.

7.1 Changing the prism constant

Changing the Prism Constant can be performed only when “2. PRISM CONST” is set to “INPUT” in the basic settings (=HELP) screen.This screen is accessed by pressing the button while in Mode A or B basic screen.

Example: Set the Prism Constant to - 25mm. Press in the mode B screen to enter the CORRECTION screen.

(If the instrument is in mode A, press to go to mode B.) Select “1. Prism CONST”and press .

Clear the existing value by pressing the key. By pressing [F3] you can change between a positive and a negative value.

Input the desired prism constant using or to increase or decrease each digit

separately.Move to a different digit using or .

After changing the value to “-25”, press and to save the new Prism Constant. Pressing the key returns the instrument to the mode A screen.

• To set the Prism constant to “0”or “- 30”select “0”or “- 30”for “Prism Constant”in the basic settings (=HELP) screen

• Once set, the Prism Constant remains on the measurement screen (mode A and B) as “P +30” if set to +30.

• Once set, each Constant remains in memory even after the power is turned off.

7.2 Changing the temperature

The temperature setting can be changed only when “Atmospheric Correction”(ATM CORR) has been set to “ATM INPUT” in the basic settings (=HELP) screen.This screen is accessed by pressing the [HELP] button while in Mode A or B basic screen.

Example: Setting the temperature to +22°C Press in the mode B screen to enter the CORRECTION screen.

(If the instrument is in mode A, press to go to mode B.) Select “2.TEMP” and press .

Clear the existing value by pressing the key. By pressing you can change between a positive and a negative value.

Input the desired temperature using or to increase or decrease each digit

separately.Move to a different digit using or .

After changing the value to “+22”, press and to save the new temperature. Pressing the key returns the instrument to the mode A screen.

• The valid range of temperature input:-30°C to +60°C.

• When “Atmospheric Correction”in the basic settings (=HELP) screen has been set to “3.NIL”, the temperature cannot be changed. If “Atmospheric Correction”in the basic settings (=HELP) screen has been set to “2.ppm INPUT”, no temperature is displayed on the correction menu screen.

• Once set, the temperature remains in memory even after the power is turned off.

• By default, the temperature is set to 15°C.

7.3 Changing the atmospheric pressure

The atmospheric pressure setting can be changed only when “Atmospheric Correction” (ATM CORR) has been set to “ATM INPUT” in the basic settings (=HELP) screen.This screen is accessed by pressing the button while in Mode A or B basic screen.

Example: Setting the pressure to 900hPa.

Press in the mode B screen to enter the CORRECTION screen.. (If the instrument is in mode A, press to go to mode B.) Select “3. PRESS”and press .

Clear the existing value by pressing the key.

Input the desired pressure using or to increase or decrease each digit separately.

Move to a different digit using or .

After changing the value to “900”, press and to save the new pressure. Pressing the

key returns the instrument to the mode A screen.

• The valid range of Pressure input:600 to 1120hPa. (420 - 840mmHg)

• When “Atmospheric Correction”” in the basic settings (=HELP) screen has been set to “3. NIL”, the pressure cannot be changed. If “Atmospheric Correction”in the basic settings (=HELP) screen has been set to “2.ppm

INPUT”, no pressure is displayed in the correction menu screen.

• Once set, the pressure remains in memory even after the power is turned off.

• By default, the pressure is set to 1013hPa.

7.4 Changing the ppm value

The ppm value can be changed only when “Atmospheric Correction” (ATM CORR) has been set to “ppm INPUT”in the basic settings (=HELP) screen. This screen is accessed by pressing the

button while in Mode A or B basic screen.

Example: Setting the ppm value to 31 ppm. Press in the mode B screen to enter the CORRECTION screen.

(If the instrument is in mode A, press to go to mode B.) Select “2. ppm”and press .

Clear the existing value by pressing the key. By pressing you can change between a positive and a negative value.

Input the desired ppm value using or to increase or decrease each digit separately.

Move to a different digit using or .

After changing the value to “31”, press and to save the new ppm value. Pressing the

key returns the instrument to the mode A screen.

• The valid range of ppm values: -199 to +199.

• If the “Atmospheric Correction”(ATM CORR) has been set to “ATM INPUT” in the basic settings (=HELP) screen, the ppm value cannot be changed,but is calculated from the temperature and de pressure.

• Once set, the ppm value remains in memory even after the power is turned off.

8. SETTINGS

By pressing the button, the HELP screen appears. In this screen you can access a help function and the basic settings:

1. HELP 9. QUAD BUZ.

2. PRISM CONST 10. AUTO OFF

3. ATM CORR 11. EDM OFF

4. SHOT COUNT 12. COMPENSATOR

5. CRV/REF CORR 13. ATM UNIT

6. ATM CORR DISP 14. DIST. UNIT

7. MIN UNIT ANG. 15. ANG. UNIT

8. V. ANG. STYLE 16. SETUP COM.

To open a menu item, select it with by using or and press .

When changes have been made,please exit the screen by pressing to save the new settings.

8.1 HELP

Select “1. HELP” and press to access some basic help items.

8.2 PRISM CONST

Select “2. PRISM CONST” and press to access a selection box where the prism constant can be set.

Default:“1. -30mm” Other possibilities:“2. 0mm”or “3. INPUT”.

When this item is set to “3.INPUT”, the prism constant can be set in the CORRECTION screen. (In mode B press .

8.3 ATM CORR

Select “3. ATM CORR”and press to access a selection box where the atmospheric correction can be set.

Default:“1. ATM INPUT” Other possibilities:“2. ppm INPUT” or “3.NIL”.

When this item is set to “1.ATM INPUT”, the temperature and pressure can be set in the CORRECTION screen.(In mode B press ). The ppm value cannot be set but is calculated with the temperature and pressure. When this item is set to “2.ppm INPUT”, the ppm value can be set in the CORRECTION screen. (In mode B press ).The temperature and pressure cannot be set.

8.4 SHOT COUNT

Select “4. SHOT COUNT” and press to access the SHOT COUNT screen.

In the SHOT COUNT screen select “1. SHOT COUNT” and press . Now a selection box appears where the number off times the distance is measured,for one measurement, can be set. Select the preferred value and accept it by pressing ,to save the changes, press twice.

Default:“1. 1 TIME” Other possibilities:“2. 3 TIMES”,“3. 5 TIMES”or “4.INPUT”.

When this item is set to “1.1 TIME”, the distance is measured only once. When this item is set to “2.3 TIMES”or “3.5 TIMES”, the distance is measured several times in sequence by pressing once.An average value to the target is calculated and displayed.

When this item is set to “4.INPUT”, you can define how many times the distance measurement is performed to calculate an average distance to a target.

8.5 CRV/REF CORR

Select “5. CRV/REF CORR”and press to access a selection box where the Refraction & Curvature Corrections can be set.

Default:“1. 0.14” Other possibilities:“2. 0.2”or “3.NIL”.

If “3. NIL” is selected,no correction for both values (Refraction, Curvature) will be made.

8.6 ATM CORR DISP

Turn the display of the atmospheric corrections ON or OFF. When they are turned on, the atmospheric corrections are displayed in the title bar of the measure screens.

8.7 MIN UNIT ANG.

With this option, the Minimum Distance measurement unit can be selected:“1. COARSE”or “2. FINE”.

8.8 V. ANG. STYLE

Select whether the 0 point for the vertical angle is set to be “1. Z.0”,“2. H.0” or “3. COMPAS”.

8.9 QUAD BUZ. (Horizontal angle 90° buzzer)

Select whether to enable or disable the beep at every 90° during angle measurement.

8.10 AUTO OFF

Select “10. AUTO OFF” and press to access a selection box where the time to automatically turn off the device after a certain time of inactivity can be set.

Default:“1. 10 MIN” Other possibilities:“2. 20 MIN”,“3. 30 MIN”or “4. NIL”.

When this item is set to “1.10 MIN”,“2. 20 MIN”or “3. 30 MIN”the total station will turn off automatically after respectively 10, 20 or 30 minutes of inactivity. When this item is set to “4.NIL”, the total station does not turn off automatically.

8.11 EDM OFF

Selection for “Distance measurement”automatic power-off function: [EDM OFF] Select “1. ON”to not stop the distance measurement automatically,select “2.OFF” to stop the distance measurement automatically.

• The distance measurement automatic power-off function automatically powers off the distan-

ce measurement after the specified period of time when no key operations have been performed with the measured value remaining unchanged (over about 0.1m) during measurement.

8.12 COMPENSATOR

Turn the compensator on or off.

8.13 ATM UNIT

Select “13. ATM UNIT” and press to access the ATM UNIT screen.

“1.TEMP. UNIT”: Selection of Temperature unit

“1. °C” or “2. °F”.

“ 2. PRESS UNIT”; Selection of Pressure unit

“1. hPa”(hectopascal),“2. mmHg” or “3. inchHg”.

8.14 DIST UNIT

Set the distance unit:

Default:“1. m” Other possibilities:“2. ft” or “3.ft+inch”

8.15 ANG UNIT

Set the angel unit:

Default:“1. DEG” Other possibilities:“2. DEC”, “3. GRD” or “4. MIL”

8.16 SETUP COM.

Select “16. SETUP COM”and press to access the SETUP COM. (Communication setup) screen.

1. BAUD RATE

2. DATA LENGTH

3. PARITY BITS

4. STOP BITS

5. SIGNAL CONTROL

6. XON/XOFF

7. THROUGH COMMAND

1. Selection of Transfer rate (baud rate): Select a baud rate of 1200, 2400, 4800 or 9600.

2. Selection of Data bits: Select a data length of 8 bits or 7 bits.

3. Selection of Parity bits: Select no (NIL) parity bit, even parity or odd parity.

4. Selection of Stop bits: Select the number of stop bits to be used: 1 or 2.

5. Selection of Control signal: Select whether the control signal is effective or not.

6. Selection of XON/XOFF: Select whether to enable or disable XON/XOFF.

7. Selection of Through command: Select whether to disable data output without receiving any data request command or enable the “a” to “f” command data output.

9. DATA COLLECTOR

The instrument can communicate directly with a computer through the RS232C interface. By use of a data collector you can automate data entry,from the collection of survey data to the transfer of the data to a computer.This is useful in saving time and protecting data integrity. For instructions about the connection with a data collector and the handling, please refer to an “Instruction manual” of the data collector.

10. CHECKS AND ADJUSTMENTS

• Checks and adjustments should be performed before and during measurement.

• The instrument should be checked after long storage and transportation.

• The checks should be performed in the following order.

[Cautions on CHECKS AND ADJUSTMENTS]

• When adjustment is completed, be sure that adjusting screws are completely tightened.When finishing turning adjusting screws, be sure that screws are turned in a direction for tightening.

• Repeat check after adjustment, and check if the instrument has been adjusted properly.

• When adjustment is completed, be sure that adjusting screws are completely tightened.When finishing turning adjusting screws, be sure that screws are turned in a direction for tightening.

• Repeat check after adjustment, and check if the instrument has been adjusted properly.

10.1 Plate level

[Checks]

(1) Align the Plate level in parallel with a line joining any two of the leveling screws.

Then, adjust the two screws to center the bubble in the vial. (2) Rotate the instrument 90° and adjust the remaining leveling screw to center the bubble. (3) Loosen the upper clamp screw and rotate the instrument 180° around the vertical axis. (4) No adjustment is needed if the bubble stays in the center.

[Adjustments]

(1) If the bubble of the plate lever moves from the center,bring it half way back to the

center by adjusting the leveling screw(s) which is parallel to the plate level. (2) Correct the remaining half by adjusting the bubble adjusting nuts with the

adjusting pin. (3) Confirm that the bubble does not move from the center when the instrument is

rotated by 180°. (4) When the bubble moves, repeat from (1) once again..

Plate vial

Leveling screw to be adjusted.

10.2 Circular vial

[Checks]

(1) Adjust by the plate level vial beforehand. (2) Confirm the position of the bubble of the circular vial.

At this time, it is not necessary to adjust if the bubble is at the center of the circle.

[Adjustments]

When the bubble of the circular vial comes off from the center according to check procedure (2),it is necessary to adjust. Turn the bubble adjustment screws with the reticle adjustment pin and put the bubble in the center of the circle.

• Tighten the screws equally

after the above adjustment.

10.3 Vertical reticle

[Checks]

(1) Set the instrument up the tripod and carefully level it. (2) Sight the target Point A with telescope. (3) Using the telescope fine adjustment screws, move Point A to the edge of the field of

view by screw (Point A’). (4) No adjustment is necessary if Point A moves along the vertical line of the reticle.

Line of sight axis

Vertical line

Bubble adjusting screw

Plate level

[Adjustments]

(1) If Point A is off from the vertical line of the reticle, first remove the eyepiece cover. (2) Using the adjusting pin, loosen the four reticle adjustment screws slightly loosening

each screw by the same amount, and then rotate the reticle line around the sight axis

and align the vertical line of the sight axis with Point A’. (3) Tighten the reticle adjustment screws again by the same amount, and repeat the check

to make sure the adjustment is correct.

10.4 Perpendicularity of line of sight to horizontal axis

[Checks]

(1) Position a target Point A at a distance 30m - 50m away from the instrument, and sight

it with the telescope. (2) Loosen the telescope lock screw and turn the telescope until a point is sighted at a

distance roughly equal to that of Point A.This is Point B. (3) With the telescope still reversed loosen the horizontal lock screw and rotate the

instrument around the vertical axis, and sight Point A again. (4) Loosen the telescope lock screw and turn the telescope until a point is sighted at a

distance equal to that of Point B.This is Point C. (5) No adjustment is necessary if Point B and C are aligned.

[Adjustments]

(1) If Points B and C are not aligned,mark Point D at 1/4 the length of the BC, from Point C

in the direction of Point B. (2) Using the adjustment pin, rotate the reticle adjustment screws horizontally opposite

each other (see preceding page), and move the reticle to sight Point D. (3) Repeat the check and make sure the adjustment is correct.

30-50m30-50m

D C

10.5 Vertical 0 point error

Be sure to follow check procedures mentioned below after making adjustments on reticle and perpendicularity of line of sight to horizontal axis.

[Checks]

(1) Set up the instrument and turn the power on. (2) Sight the telescope at any reference target A at Normal state. Read the vertical angle (y). (3) Turn the telescope and rotate the alidade.Sight the same target A again at Back state

and read the vertical angle R.

If y+R = 360°, no further adjustment is necessary.

[Adjustments]

If the deviation d (y+ R - 360° ) is wide, contact your local dealer.

10.6 Optical plummet

[Checks]

(1) Set the instrument on the tripod, and place a piece of white paper with a cross drawn

on it right under the instrument. (2) Look through the optical plummet, and move the paper so that the intersecting point

of the cross 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 intersecting point of the cross. (4) Rotate the instrument around the vertical axis. Look through the optical plummet each 90°

of rotation, and observe the center mark position against the intersecting point of the cross. (5) If the center mark always coincides with the intersecting point, no adjustment is necessary.

[Adjustments]

(1) If the center mark does not coincide with the intersecting point, rotate the optical

plummet focusing knob cover and remove it. (2) Mark the point set on the line of sight at each step of 90° on the white paper and call

them A, B, C and D. (3) Join the opposed points (A, C and B, D) with a straight line, and set the intersecting point 0. (4) Turn the four optical plummet adjusting screws with a adjusting pin so that the center

mark coincides with the intersecting point 0. (5) Repeat from (4) and check that adjustment is correct.

Adjusting screws

10.7 Offset constant

The offset constant rarely changes.It is recommended, however, that check be done once or twice a year. The check of the offset constant can be done on a certified base line. It can also be obtained in a simple way as described below.

[Checks]

(1) Locate points A, B and C at about 50m intervals on even ground. (2) Set up the instrument at point A, and measure the distances between AB and AC. (3) Set up the instrument at point B, and measure the distance BC. (4) Obtain the offset constant (K):

K=AC - (AB+BC)

[Adjustments]

• Contact your local dealer for adjustment of the off-set constant when the K is not nearly 0.

10.9 The EDM beam axis

The distance measurement (EDM) beam axis is designed to coincide with the telescope sight axis but both axes may deviate slightly because of intense temperature changes and a long time lapse.

[Checks]

(1) Install the instrument on the tripod and level it at the distance of approx. 50m from

the prism. (2) Accurately sight the center of the prism through the telescope. (3) Turn the power on and measure the distance. (4) No adjustment is necessary if beam receiving buzzer sounds immediately and

measurement value is displayed in a few seconds.

If instrument functions is not as described in (4),please contact your PENTAX dealer.

This Checks should be done under weather conditions.

Instrument Prism Prism

ABC

Instrument Prism

11. APPENDIX

11.1 Warning and Error Messages

Warning Message Meaning What to do

Displayed when the instrument is tilted beyond the vertical compensation range (±3’) in case automatic compensation is selected. This message may be temporarily displayed if the instrument is turned too fast.

The input data exceeds the allowable range.

This message is displayed if a long distance which is a far beyond measurable distance of V-227N is measured with a wrong target mode. Please select a correct target then measure. If a wrong target is selected, a correct distance cannot be measured.

The measurement distance is less than 1,5m in Prism mode.

• Under too strong sun light.

• Unstable light value owing to shimmer or obstacles.

• Target, Prism do not face the instrument.

• Target,Prism are not correctly sighted.

• Measurement range is over in Reflectorless mode.

• Sufficient signal does not return by sighting sharp edge etc. at Reflectorless mode.

Re-level the instrument. Repair is needed if the message is displayed when it is properly leveled.

Press the [ESC] key and enter the correct data.

Select the correct target, mode.

Select a longer point, or use a tape measure.

Change the object that has much better reflectivity, or use a prism, or wait until the sun activity has weakened.

Out of tilt range

Excess data

Mismatched Target

Target is too close

Unsuitable Condition

EDM ERROR 04 -05, 34-39, 50-53

ETH ERROR 70-76

MEMORY ERROR 19

ERROR PS DATA of EDM ERROR P DATA of EDM

ERROR ETH DATA

Distance measurement system problem

Angle measurement system problem

Memory problem

Problem of the internal EDM parameters

Problem of the internal ETH parameters

Turn the power off, and then turn on again. Repair is needed when the message appears consistently.

Error Message Meaning What to do

11.2 Atmospheric correction

The speed at which light travels through the air varies depending on the temperature and atmospheric pressure.The V-200 series is designed to measure distances at the speed of light in order to measure accurately, atmospheric correction needs to be used.The instrument is designed to correct for weather conditions automatically if the temperature and pressure are input. Correction is then carried out based on the following formula.

11.3 Calculation formula

K: Atmospheric Correction Constant P: Atmospheric pressure (hPa) t: Temperature(°C) Distance after Atmospheric Correction D = Ds (1+K) Ds:Measured distance when no Atmospheric Correction is used.

hPa and mmHg conversion table

[Converting from hPa to mmHg]

[Converting from mmHg to hPa]

Error when no atmospheric correction is made

When measurement is carried out with no atmospheric correction (with the settings fixed at a temperature of 15°C and an atmospheric pressure of 1013hPa or 760mmHg), the error per 100 meters in temperature and pressure will be shown in the tables below.

• When the actual pressure is 1013hPa (760mmHg) and the temperature is 25°C, conducting the measurement with the temperature left at 15°C will result in the measurement being short by 0.9mm per 100 meters.

[Error table: When hPa (15°C, 1013hPa as standard)]

[Error table: With mmHg (15°C, 760mmHg as standard)]

Atmospheric refraction and earth curvature correction

• Atmospheric refraction and earth curvature correction refers to correcting both the bending of the light beam caused by atmospheric refraction and the effect on the height differential and horizontal distance caused by the earth curvature.

• Correction called “atmospheric refraction and earth curvature correction”is initiated to correct error when the slope distance and vertical angle are caused to determine the horizontal distance and the height differential, with this instrument, the following formula is used to correct these factors.

• Calculation formula when atmospheric refraction and earth curvature correction parameter is set to “ON”:

Corrected horizontal distance (H)

Corrected vertical distance (V)

Calculation formula when atmospheric refraction and earth curvature correction parameter is set to “OFF”:

S: Slope distance

α: Vertical angle from horizontal

K: Atmospheric refraction coefficient (0.14 or 0.2) Re: Diameter of earth (6,370 km)

11.4 Distance range

Generally speaking, the maximum range which can be measured varies considerably depending on the atmospheric conditions. For this reason, the specifications illustrate the values for both good and normal weather conditions. It is extremely difficult to judge when weather conditions are “Good”and when they are “Normal”. With this instrument, the conditions noted below are used to differentiate between the two situations, (good weather conditions for surveying are different from normal weather conditions, and in surveying situations, cloudy skies are considered more favourable than sunny skies.) Weather conditions for measurement ranges are based on the following standard values: Normal: Visibility of approximately 20 km, with slight shimmer and moderate wind. Good: Visibility of approximately 40 km, overcast,with no shimmer and moderate wind.

11.5 Specifications

Telescope

Magnification 30 x Resolving power 3” Field of view 2,6 % (1° 30’) Minimum focus 1,0 m Focus Manual

Distance measurement

Laser Class Visible Laser: Class II (2) Measurement range (Good condition) Reflectorless 1.5m – 90m Mini-prism 1.5m-800m (1100m) 1.5m-600m (900m) 1P 1.5m-1.400m (1900m) 1.5m-1.000m (1300m) 3P 200m-1.900m (2400m) 200m-1.300m (1600m)

Accuracy

Prism ±(3+2ppm x D)mm Reflectorless ±(5+2ppm x D)mm -

Measuring time

Repeat meas. Normal: Prism 2,0 sec. (1 mm)

Track:Prism 0,4 sec. (1 cm)

Angle measurement

Measuring method Absolute rotary encoder Minimum count 5” (10 cc)/10”(20 cc) selectable Accuracy (ISO17123-3) 7” Compensator Single axis

Sensitivity of vials

Plate level 40”/1div. Circular level 8’/2mm

Dimensions/Weight

Instrument 172(P) x 343(H) x 177(L) mm Weight (incl. Battery) 5.4kg

Battery pack BP02

Power source Ni-MH (Rechargeable) (4300 mAh), DC6V Operation time Continuous Approx 5 hrs.(ETH + EDM),

12 hrs. (ETH) with Approx.2.2 hrs of charging time

Internal Memory

Coordinates data 6.000 points

Others

Data communication RS-232C Water resistant IP44 (instrument only) Ambient temperature -20°C ~ +50°C / -4°F ~122°F (Working range) Tripod thread 5/8” x 11 Charger BC03 and AC Input voltage (AC01) : 100~240 V Adapter AC01 Output voltage (BC03) : DC7.5V Base Detachable Plummet Optical

V-227 N V-227

NOTE:

*The measurement range may vary by measurement conditions. *Normal conditions: 20km visibility with slight shimmer. *Good conditions: 40km visibility, overcast,no heat, no shimmer and moderate wind. *EDM Measuring time varies according to distance to be measured and conditions of the

environment.

*The operating time becomes shorter under the low temperature, due to the

temperature dependence of thebattery performance.

*The points that can be recorded in one job file are maximum 2,000 measuring

points(XYZ).The user can make up to 8 job files.

NOTICE

11.6 Notice

To assure compliance with the Safety standard 21 CFR, Chapter 1. Subchapter J. The U.S. bureau of Radiological Health requires the following information to be provided to user:

It can be dangerous to look into the beam with optical equipment such as binoculars and telescopes.

1. Specifications of Laser Radiation

A) The EDM module of the V-200 produces a visible light beam,which is emitted from the

telescope objective lens and the center hole of the instrument base plate.The V-200 is designed and built to have a laser diode radiating at 620-690nm.

B) Radiant power

The V-200 is designed and built to radiate a maximum average radiant power of

0.95mW from the telescope.The user may be subject to this radiation as a beam while operation until such time that the instrument is turned off.

2. The following labels are affixed to and must remain attached to this laser product.

A) The following Certification label is located near the Plate level:

“This laser product is complied with the provisions of 21 CFR 1040. 10 and 1040.11. For a Class II laser product.”

B) Caution label is located near the exit aperture:

“AVOID EXPOSURE.Laser radiation is emitted from this aperture.”

C) Warning logotype is located on the surface of the telescope:

“CAUTION LASER RADIATION DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM”

D) Warning label is Located near the exit aperture.

3. Caution to maintain the safety in compliance with the standard

A) To maintain the safety standard, refrain from any operation, maintenance, or

adjustment other than described in this instruction manual.

B) Operation, maintenance or adjustment other than those specified in this instruction

manual may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

C) Maintenance and repair not covered in this manual must be done by an authorized

Pentax dealer.

D) The Laser beam emission by the Distance measurement can be terminated by

pressing or key.

Laser beam is transmitted from this aperture

Aperture label

Warning label

V-227 N

V-227

Identification label

LED is turned on at the time of emission

11.7 Labelling

Warning logotype

Power Topo Express

Operating Procedure

The description concerning the polar coordinates function

in this manual is applied to only V-227N.

DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD

• The basic display and keyboard of the V-200 series is described below; the different functions of the Function keys of Power Topo Express (PTE) are described together with the special functions of PTE in this manual.

MODE A screen MODE B screen

OPERATION KEY

Key Description

ON/OFF of power supply

Return to previous screen or cancel an operation.

Turns the illumination of the LCD display and telescope reticle on and off.

Accept the selected (highlighted) choice or the displayed screen value.

Access a help menu and the basic settings.

Move the cursor to the respective direction. Up and down respectively increases or decreases values in an input box.

FUNCTION KEY

Display F. Key Description

MODE A [MEAS] F1 Pressing this key one time measures the distance in

normal mode.

[MEAS] F1 Pressing this key twice measures the distance in coarse

mode. (To stop measuring,press this key again.)

[TARGET] F2 Select the target type.

PRISM or REFRECTORLESS (REFRECTORLESS only available on the reflectorless type)

[0 SET] F3 Resets the horizontal angle to 0 by pressing twice. [DISP] F4 Switches the display composition in the following order:

“H.angle / H.dst. / V.dst.” “H.angle / V.angle / S.dst.” “H.angle / V.angle / H.dst. / S.dst. / V.dst.”

[MODE] F5 Switches the screen between MODE A and MODE B.

MODE B [S.FUNC] F1 PowerTopo Express Special Functions [ANG SET] F2 Brings up the angle setting screen for setting angle-related

parameters: (H.ANGLE / %GRADE, H.ANGLE INPUT and R/L REVERSE).

[HOLD] F3 Pressing this key twice retains (holds) the horizontal angle

shown on the display.

[CORR] F4 Brings up the screen for changing the target constant,

temperature, Pressure setting.

[MODE] F5 Switches the screen between MODE A and MODE B.

OTHER FUNCTIONS

F1 Moves the screen up.

F2 Moves the screen down.

(The other functions of the Function keys of Power Topo Express (PTE) are described together with the special functions of PTE further in this manual.)

DISPLAY COMBINATION OF MODE A OR MODE B

Function MODE A MODE B F1 MEAS S.FUNC F2 TARGET ANG SET F3 0 SET HOLD F4 DISP CORR F5 MODE MODE

(Mode A or Mode B is switched by pressing )

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

This manual provides you with a detailed description of the Power Topo Express functions. Power Topo Express is a user friendly data collection and calculation program for the PENTAX total station V-200 series.

The main menu offers you the following possibilities:

1. FILE MANAGEMENT

2. MEASURE

3. VIEW&EDIT

4. FREE STATION

5. STAKE OUT

6. CALCULATION

7. RDM

8. TRANSFER

9. PREFERENCE

Accessing the main menu, see: ‘2.ACCESSING POWER TOPO EXPRESS’

1.2 Before using the Power Topo Express manual

• Memories in the instrument The V-200 series instrument incorporates not only the Power Topo Express surveying programs as the Special function but also File manager and Data transfer programs. The internal memory in the instrument can store up to 6000 data points.

• Relations between the Memory and each Function

Function Read from the stored data Write to the stored data

Measure SP, BSP SP, BSP,FP (SD) Stake Out SP, BSP, SOP SP, BSP, SOP,OP Point to Line SP, BSP, KP1,KP2 SP, BSP, KP1,KP2, OP Free Stationing Each KP Each KP, SP (CD)

Station point: SP Known point: KP Conversion point: CP Foresight point: FP End point: EP Crossing point: CRP Backsight point: BSP Observation point:OP Surveyed data: SD Stakeout point: SOP Conversion data: CD

• IH and PH IH stands for “Instrument Height”and PH stands for “Prism Height”.

• The Power Topo Express screens vary with the chosen settings under “9.Preference”of the PTE main menu.

• The V-200 series instrument has the Job name “PENTAX”as its default setting. And therefore,the data is stored in the “PENTAX” Job by default, unless another new Job name is created.When another Job name is created, the data is stored in the new Job name.

• The input range of the X,Y and Z Coordinate is “-99999999.998”- “+99999999.998”.

• The input range of the Instrument and Prism height is “-9999.998”- “+9999.998”.

• The PC is added together with the PN, Coordinates X,Y, Z and IH (PH or HI) in the STATION POINT SETUP screen. If you have a PointCodeList saved in the job named “POINTCODELIST”, you can easily select one of the PointCodes from that list or edit one of them after pressing [ENT] while “6. PC”is selected. Please, note that a PointCode which is saved in a job with any other name can not be selected from a list.

• There are two coordinate types: Rectangular and Polar Coordinates. The RO and DO offset are available for both coordinate types.The VO,TO offset and the remote measurement function are only available when you use Rectangular Coordinates. (see: 4.5.2 Offset)

• Rectangular coordinates are displayed,stored, and sent to three decimal places even if in COARSE TRACKING mode.

• You can change the distance measurement mode during measuring operation by pressing the EDM key at the MEASURE function.

• The same Point Name of the plural polar points can be saved.

2. ACCESSING POWER TOPO EXPRESS

2.1 How to access Power Topo Express

To access the V-200 Special Functions of Power Topo Express, perform the following procedures:

a. Press the Power (ON/OFF) key to view the V-200 start-up screen. b. The Mode A screen appears automatically after a while.

c. Press the to view the Mode B screen.

d. Press to view the Functions of Power Topo Express on the screen.

e. Press to view other Functions.

Select one of the following functions by toggling through the menu:

1. FILE MANAGEMENT

2. MEASURE

3. VIEW&EDIT

4. FREE STATION

5. STAKE OUT

H.angle

123° 45’ 25’’

H.dst. V.dst.

MODEDISP0 SETTAR GE TMEAS

MODE A

H.angle

123° 45’ 25’’

H.dst. V.dst.

MODECORRHOLDANG SETS.FUNC

MODE B

1. FILE MANAGEMENT

2. MEASURE

3. VIEW&EDIT

4. FREE STATION

5. STAKEOUT

Power Topo Express

5. STAKEOUT

6. CALCULATION

7. RDM

8. TRANSFER

9. PREFERENCE

Power Topo Express

6. CALCULATION

7. RDM

8. TRANSFER

9. PREFERENCE

The selected function is highlighted, access it by pushing enter .

3. FILE MANAGER

The Data storage memory status, creating a new Job name and the Selection and Deletion of a Job name are executed by this function. From the Power Topo Express screen,select “1.FILE MANAGEMENT” with or and press to view the FILE MANAGEMENT screen.

3.1 Information of the remaining memory available

Press to view the INFORMATION screen.

The remaining memory available and a JOB name are displayed on the screen. The default Job is called “PENTAX”and therefore, by default, the job name “PENTAX” is displayed.

Press to return to the FILE MANAGER menu.

1. INFORMATION

2. CREATE

3. SELECT

4. DELETE

5. ALL CLEAR

FILE MANAGEMENT

Memory free: 93 % Current job: PENTAX 1004 Point saved

INFORMATION

3.2 Creating a new Job

Select “2. CREATE”with or and press to view the JOB NAME INPUT screen.

• The Job name input method can be selected by the “Input method selection”

of “9. PREFERENCE” in the PTE menu. The “Full template”input method is selected by default (see above sample). The “Divided template” input method looks like this:

The “Matrix system” input method:

• If a new Job is created, the new data are stored in this new Job.

3.3 Selection of a Job name

Select “3. SELECT” with or and press to view the JOB SELECTION screen.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

INFORMATION

ACCEPTCLEARBS

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

JOB NAME INPUT

ACCEPTCLEARBS

R1 : 1Aa.

b, 3Cc? 4D

R2 : 6Ff( 7Gg) 8Hh” 9Ii’ 0Jj%

R3 : KkLl MmNn OoPp QqRr Ss

R4 : Uu+: Vv-; Ww*

& XxYy Zz/

R5 : <- -

> BS CLR ret.

R5R4R3R2R1

JOB SELECTION

1. JOB LIST SEARCH

2. JOB NAME SEARCH

3.3.1 Selection of a Job

Select “1. JOB LIST SEARCH”and press to view its screen.

JOB LIST is a list of all stored Jobs. Select your desired Job name and press to confirm your selection.

3.3.2 Selection by a Job name input

Select “2. JOB NAME SEARCH”by pressing .

• The JOB NAME SEARCH uses your input to search the entire job list. The job matching your input will be highlighted.

Press to view the JOB NAME INPUT screen.

Input your desired JOB NAME and press to view the JOB LIST SEARCH screen.

Select your desired Job name and press to confirm the selection.

1. PENTAX

2. NERIMA

3. TOKYO

JOB LIST SEARCH

JOB SELECTION

1. JOB LIST SEARCH

2. JOB NAME SEARCH

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

JOB NAME INPUT

ACCEPTCLEARBS

1. PENTAX

2. NERIMA

3. TOKYO

JOB LIST SEARCH

3.4 Deletion of a Job name

Select “4. DELETE”with or and press to view the JOB SELECTION screen.

3.4.1 Deletion from a Job list

Select “1. JOB LIST SEARCH”and press to view its screen.

JOB LIST SEARCH is a list of all stored Jobs. Select the Job name that needs to be deleted and press , then the DELETION CONFIRMATION SCREEN is displayed. Press to delete or to abort.

3.4.2 Deletion using “Job name search”

Select “2. JOB NAME SEARCH”by pressing .

• The JOB NAME SEARCH uses your input to search the entire job list. The job matching your input will be highlighted.

TOKYO will be deleted. OK?

Press [ENT] to confirm Press [ESC] to abort.

DELETE JOB CONFIRMATION

JOB SELECTION

1. JOB LIST SEARCH

2. JOB NAME SEARCH

JOB SELECTION

1. JOB LIST SEARCH

2. JOB NAME SEARCH

1. PENTAX

2. NERIMA

3. TOKYO

JOB LIST SEARCH

Press to view the JOB NAME INPUT screen.

Input your desired JOB NAME and press to view the JOB LIST SEARCH screen.

Select the Job name that needs to be deleted and press , then the DELETION CONFIRMATION SCREEN is displayed. Press to delete or to abort.

The V-200 series instrument has the Job name “PENTAX”as its default job.Therefore, all data is stored in “PENTAX”unless another Job name is created.When another Job name is created, all data is stored in that new Job.

3.5 All Clear

Select “5. All Clear” by pressing .Press to proceed.

Warning:When is pushed, all Job Files are deleted. Press to abort and to exit the All Clear screen without deleting any jobs.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

JOB NAME INPUT

ACCEPTCLEARBS

1. PENTAX

2. NERIMA

3. TOKYO

JOB LIST SEARCH

TOKYO will be deleted. OK?

Press [ENT] to confirm Press [ESC] to abort.

DELETE JOB CONFIRMATION

Caution !! All rect. data and the polar data are deleted.

ALL CLEAR

CLEAR

Note: Creating several new JOB files and (re)writing data to the same JOB files repeatedly

may slow down the (re)writing of data to the memory.When JOB files are deleted to free up some memory (in case the memory is almost full), the writing to the memory might also slow down.

A solution in case the (re)writing of the data becomes slower:

- send the necessary data to PC for backup (see 10.TRANSFER);

- then enter ‘All Clear’ in the FILE MANAGEMENT menu of PTE.

(use or to select “5. ALL CLEAR”in the FILE MANAGEMENT window of PTE.

Then press to clear and format the internal memory. A warning screen will appear, press to confirm.)

The above procedure will format the inside memory automatically and improve the time of (re)writing data to the memory.

Be careful, ALL the JOB files will be deleted after this procedure is performed!!

4. MEASURE

An operator can measure the Foresight point Coordinates from the “Station point Coordinates and Backsight Coordinates”or the “Station point Coordinates and Azimuth”, and can store the Point name and measured Coordinates in the memory.When the Coordinates of the Station point and Backsight point are already stored in the memory,the new Coordinate input can be omitted by calling or searching from the point name LIST. The point name can consist of maximum 15 characters;The Coordinates consist of 8 integers and 3 decimal numbers.There are two Coordinates types available for the MEASURE function: Rectangular Coordinates and Polar Coordinates. An operator can perform the function only when the Telescope is at the “Face left position”. Select the Target type before performing the . After measuring rectangular coordinates by function of PTE, it is possible to display Angle and Distance by switching the key.

When Remote mode is selected, Angle and Distance are also calculated according to the coordinates of the aiming point in real time.

4.1 Station setup [By Rectangular Coordinates]

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “2.MEASURE” with or and press

to view the MEASURE METHOD SELECTION screen.

Select “1. RECTANGULAR COORD.” with or and press to view the STATION POINT SETUP screen.

Use or to scroll up and down,“6. PC”is viewed by scrolling down.

Input X,Y and Z coordinates; Instrument Height (IH) and Point Code (PC) as follows.

X coordinate:

Scroll to “2.X”and press to access the X coordinate input box.

Input your desired X coordinate value using or to increase or decrease each digit separately. Move to a different digit using or .

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0000.000m

6. PC

STATION POINT SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

1. PN: POT 1

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0000.000m

CLEAR

1. RECTANGULAR COORD.

2. POLAR COORD.

MEASURE METHOD SELECTION

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0000.000m

STATION POINT SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

Y coordinate:

When the X coordinate is set, press to view the Y coordinate input box.

Input your desired Y coordinate value using or to increase or decrease each digit

separately.Move to a different digit using or .

Z coordinate:

When the Y coordinate is set, press to view the Z coordinate input box.

Input your desired Z coordinate value using or to increase or decrease each digit

separately.Move to a different digit using or .

IH (Instrument Height):

When the Z coordinate is set, press to view the IH input box. Input the IH value using or increase or decrease each digit separately. Move to a different digit using

or .

PC (Point Code):

When the IH is set, press to view the PC input screen. If POINTCODELIST exists, you can easily select the PC from that list. Then after pressing , you can edit Point Code data. For using POINTCODELIST, please refer to “4.4. Point Code”.

1. PN: POT 1

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0000.000m

CLEAR

1. PN: POT 1

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0000.000m

CLEAR

1. PN: POT 1

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0001.500m

CLEAR

2. X: + 00000000.000m

3. Y: + 00000000.000m

4. Z: + 00000000.000m

5. IH: 0000.000m

6. PC:

STATION POINT SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

Input the desired PC and use to save.

• key

All stored points can be displayed,deleted and searched as follows by pressing . Press the to view POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST screen.

Press Press to view POINT DELETION screen to view PN screen.

Put in the Point name you are looking for in the list.Press to accept the current point name in the input box.The POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST screen is displayed again, but now the point in the list that matches the inputted value is selected.

Press to confirm and to go to the STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP screen.

2 / 15 PNx POT2 Xx + 00000300.000m Yx - 00000600.000m Zx + 00000010.000m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

DELETE FIND PN

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

ACCEPTCLEARBS

1 / 15 PNx POTI Xx + 00000100.000m Yx - 00000200.000m Zx + 00000010.000m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

LASTDELETE FIND PN TOP

POT1 Do you really want to delete it ? Press [ENT] to confirm. Press [ESC] to abort.

POINT DELETION

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

ACCEPTCLEARBS

4.2 Station Orientation

Press to view the STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP screen. Please, note that the rotation of the “H.angle” depends on the rotation setting of “Coordinate axis definition”.

4.2.1 Station orientation

Input the H. angle by pressing , and or

Reference point Coordinates by pressing .

Pressing Pressing

Press to save your input. Press

The AIM AT THE REFERENCE POINT screen is displayed only when “1.ON”of “7. REQUEST AIMING” of “Preference”is selected. In case of that BSP Coordinates are inputted,this message is always viewed on the screen.

Coordinates display and Angle & Distance display. Press the at the STATION POINT H. ANGLE SETUP screen to view the MEASURE screen.

H. angle XXX°XX’XX”

STATION POINT H. ANGLE SETUP

HOLD BSPINPUT 0 SET

H. angle XXX°XX’XX”

H. ANGLE

CLEAR

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000100.000m

3. Y: + 00000310.000m

4. Z: + 00000110.000m

5. PC:

ACCEPTSAVE LIST

Did you aim at Ref. point Press [ENT] when ready.

AIM AT THE REFERENCE POINT

PN PH X.XXX m X Y Z

MEASURE

PAG EMEAS SAVE ME/SAVE EDIT

Press to measure the Distance and display the Coordinates.

1) Press twice to view .

2) Press to view and Angle and Distance values.

3) Press to view and Coordinates.

Stakeout can be selected by pressing .

4.3 Measuring

Aim at the reference point and press to view the MEASURE screen. Then, aim at the Target point and press the to measure it.

Press to measure and save the measured data.

Press to save the measured data.

Press to edit the Point Name (PN),Prism Height (PH) and Point Code (PC).

Input your desired Point name,Prism height and Point code.

Press to save your changes.

If POINTCODELIST exists,you can easily select the PC from that list or edit one of them after pressing . For using POINTCODELIST, please refer to “4.4. Point Code”

PN PH X.XXX m X Y Z

MEASURE

PAG EEDM TARGET ANG&DIST STAKEOUT

PN PH X.XXX m H. angle XXX° XX’ XX” V. angle Y Y° YY’ YY” H.dst X.XXX m

ANG. & DIST

COORD DISP

PN POT3 PH 1.200 m X + 373.205 Y - 73.205 Z + 71.149

MEASURE

PAG EMEAS SAVE ME/SAVE EDIT

1. PN: POT5

2. PH: 000.000 m

3. PC: XXXX

MEASURE

4.4 Point Code

A Point Code (PC) and the POINTCODELIST can be used for adding your desired attributes to Rectangular and Polar data.If Point Codes are stored under the job named "POINTCODELIST ",you can easily select one of the Point Codes from that list or edit one of them after pressing . Please, note that Point Codes which are saved in another job can not be accessed. “POINTCODELIST”can be created by either using “5.2 Create the Rectangular Point” function or Importing a “POINTCODELIST”file.

Making “POINTCODELIST”:

Create / select “POINTCODELIST” job using “3. FILE MANAGER”. Then input point data according to “5.2 Create the Rectangular Point”. Input any value into the “PN” field, leave the X,Y, and Z fields “0”and input Point Code data into the “PC”field.

Importing “POINTCODELIST” file:

POINTCODELIST can be used after importing it from an external device (ex. PC). After importing, it is stored in the internal memory of the instrument.To store a user defined ”POINTCODELIST”, please carry out following procedure.

Preparing a “POINTCODELIST” file:

Make a “POINTCODELIST.csv”file. Please, note that the newly entered Point Code on the instrument is not added to the POINTCODELIST that is stored in the memory.To realise this, edit the “POINTCODELIST.csv”file separately.

Contents of “POINTCODELIST.csv”:

1,,PointCodeList, 31,,1,ABC,,,, 31,,2,DEF,,,, 31,,3,GHI,,,, 31,,4,JKL,,,, 31,,5,MNO,,,, 31,,6,PQR,,,, 31,,7,STU,,,, 31,,8,VW,,,, 31,,9,XYZ,,,,

Setting the PROTOCOL:

Select “8.Transfer” from the Power Topo Express main screen to view the TRANSFER screen. To check the communication setting, select the “4.COMMUNICATION SETUP” in the “TRANSFER” screen and press [ENT] to view the “COMM.SETTING SELECTION”screen. Then select “1. RECEIVE RECT.DATA” and set

1. BAUD RATE: 1200

2. DATA LENGTH: 8

3. PARITY BITS: NIL

4. STOP BITS: 1

5. SIGNAL CONTROL: OFF

6. XON/XOFF: OFF

7. PROTOCOL: OFF

8. RECORD DELIMETER: CR+LF

9. TRANS.COORD.AXIS:As you like. and press . (cf.“10 Transfer”)

Receive rectangular data:

After setting the parameters, select the “1.RECEIVE RECT.DATA”in the “TRANSFER” screen and press to view “FORMAT SELECTION”screen. In this screen select “3.ExtCSV” to send the

POINTCODELIST file. (cf.”1 Input from the PC”)

The maximum number of points which can be received at the same time is 1000. After the data transfer is finished,the number of received points is displayed. Press .

If the name of the job in the POINTCODELIST file (ex.“1,,PointCodeList,”) is the same as the current job and you want to overwrite or append it, select respectively “1. OVERWRITE” or ” 2. APPEND”. If the name of the job in the POINTCODELIST file (ex.“1,,PointCodeList,”) is different from the current job or if you don’t want overwrite or append when the jobs names are the same, select “3. SAVE”. Received data will be written into the internal memory of the instrument.

1. RECIEVE RECT. DATA

2. SEND RECT. DATA

3. SEND POLAR DATA

4. COMMUNICATION SETUP

TRANSFER

1. DC1

2. CSV

3. EXTCSV

FORMAT SELECTION

XX POINT RECEIVED!

RECEIVING COMPLETED

1. OVERWRITE

2. APPEND

3. SAVE

RECEIVED DATA SAVING METHOD

4.5 Remote, Offset, Station, and H. angle function

4.5.1 Remote

Press to view another MEASURE menu.

Press once and then quickly press this key again to measure your desired point

Coordinates by moving the telescope. The displayed Coordinates automatically change according to your aiming point. “Remote”is a function of, so to speak,“Real-time offset”. If a reference point or offset point is measured, the Coordinates of your aiming point are calculated based on the reference plane. There are three calculation methods: Cylindrical face, Fixed plane and Rotated plane.They are selected in the “Preference”window of PTE. Refer to “11.5 Remote method selection”. The calculations are performed on the virtual planes.

To quit the Remote measurement, press twice again.

Three type menus can be used by pressing . One of these menus is displayed below.

The target type can be selected by pressing .

PN PH X.XXX m X Y Z

MEASURE

PAG EEDM TARGET ANG&DIST STAKEOUT

PN PH X.XXX m X Y Z

MEASURE

PAG EREMOTE OFFSET STATION H. ANGLE

PN PH X.XXX m X Y Z

MEASURE

PAG EEDM TARGET ANG&DIST STAKEOUT

EDM settings can be selected by pressing .

Coordinates display and Angle & Distance display

1) Press twice to view .

2) Press to view and Angle and Distance values.

3) Press to view and Coordinates.

4.5.2 Offset

Press the to view the OFFSETS screen.

Offset enables you to work with Offsets.The following offsets are available.

1. RO: 0000.000 m

2. VO: 0000.000 m

3. DO: 0000.000 m

4. TO: 0000.000 m

Press to view the offset input window. Input the RO offset value by using or

to increase or decrease each digit;VO, DO and TO values are inputted in the same manner.

PN PH X.XXX m H. angle XXX° XX’ XX” V. angle Y Y° YY’ YY” H. dst X.XXX m

MEASURE

COORD DISP

PN PH X.XXX m H. angle XXX° XX’ XX” V. angle Y Y° YY’ YY” H. dst X.XXX m

MEASURE

COORD DISP

1. SHOT COUNT : 1 TIME

2. SHOT INPUT : 01 TIMES

EDM SETTINGS

1. RO: 0000.000 m

2. VO: 0000.000 m

3. DO: 0000.000 m

4. TO: 0000.000 m

OFFSETS

1. RO: +0000.000 m

2. VO: +0000.000 m

3. DO: +0000.000 m

4. TO: +0000.000 m

CLEAR

After inputting the last value (TO), press to view the MEASURE screen. (Or press and then press .)

The offset values are added to the X,Y and Z coordinates displayed on the screen. The input value of all offsets is cleared when you save the surveying point and step forward to the next surveying point.

RO: Radial Offset

(RO: On the horizontal plane.Offset P: Along the line of measurement, thus along the slope) Offset P:Offset Point

VO:Vertical Offset (Along the third axis)

DO: Distance Offset (Along the line of measurement,thus along the slope)

TO:Tangential offset (TO: On the horizontal plane, perpendicular to the horizontal line

between Station and Point.Offset P: Along the slope)

4.5.3 Station

Press to return to STATION POINT SETUP screen.

4.5.4 H. angle

Press to return to STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP screen.

Press to view the MEASURE screen

4.6 Station setup [By Polar Coordinates]

The same Point Name of the plural polar points can be saved. From the Power Topo Express screen,select “2.MEASURE” with or and press to view the MEASURE METHOD SELECTION screen.

Select “2. POLAR COORD.” with or and press to view the STATION POINT SETUP screen.

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. IH: 0000.000 m

STATION POINT SETUP

ACCEPTSAVE LIST

H. angle XXX° XX’ XX”

STATION POINT H. ANGLE SETUP

BSPINPUT 0 SET HOLD

1. RECTANGULAR COORD.

2. POLAR COORD.

MEASURE METHOD SELECTION

1. PN:

2. IH: 0000.000 m

3. PC:

4. TEMP: + 15°C

5. PRESS: 1014 hpa

STATION POINT SETUP

ACCEPTSAVE

STATION

H.ANGLE

Use or to scroll up and down,“6. ppm” is displayed by scrolling down.

4.6.1 Point name, PN,input

Press to view the PN screen.

Use to proceed.

4.6.2 IH,TEMP, PRESS, ppm and PC input

Input IH value. Press .

Input the PC. Press to view and input the PC, Point code, screen.

Use to proceed.

If POINTCODELIST exists,you can easily select the PC from that list (or edit a PC from that list) after pressing . For using POINTCODELIST, please refer to “4.4. Point Code”.

2. IH: 0000.000 m

3. PC:

4. TEMP: + 15°C

5. PRESS: 1014 hpa

6. ppm* -0 ppm

STATION POINT SETUP

ACCEPTSAVE

1. PN:

2. IH: 0000.000 m

3. PC:

4. TEMP: 15°C

5. PRESS: 1014 hpa

CLEAR

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

ACCEPTCLEARBS

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789.,?!()”:;+-*/&=%#

ACCEPTCLEARBS

Input the TEMP* value.

Press . Input the PRESS* value.

Press . Input ppm* value. Can’t be changed (default setting)

* Display of TEMP, PRESS and ppm depend on the initial setting of “3 ATM.CORR”in the help

menu of the total station (this menu is accessed using the button when you are in the main screen (mode A or B) of the total station). When under “3 ATM.CORR”,“1.ATM INPUT”is selected; TEMP, PRESS and ppm are displayed and ppm is calculated with the TEMP and PRESS value. When under “3 ATM.CORR”,“2.ppm INPUT” is selected; only ppm is displayed and this value needs to be filled out manually. When under “3 ATM.CORR”,“3.NILL”is selected; no correction is made to the measured data.

If “PROCESS TYPE” is selected in “ACTION METHOD selection”, the inputted point data will be stored in the memory with . Then the panel “STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP” will be

displayed without pressing .

But, if “STRUCTURE TYPE” is selected in “ACTION METHOD selection”, it is necessary to press

to proceed to the next panel.

1. PN:

2. IH: 0000.000 m

3. PC:

4. TEMP: +15°C

5. PRESS: 1014 hpa

TEMP

CLEAR

1. PN:

2. IH: 0000.000 m

3. PC:

4. TEMP: +15°C

5. PRESS: 1014 hpa

PRESS

CLEAR

4.7 Station Orientation

Press the to view the STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP screen. Input your desired H.angle. Please, note that the rotation of the “H.angle” depend on the rotation setting of “Coordinate axis definition”.

• key If you want to calculate the direction angle, Press to jump to the INVERSE function. Press when “1.SP” is selected.

Input SP as station point and press , input EP as back sight point and press .

H. angle XXX° XX’ XX”

STATION POINT H. ANGLE SETUP

INVERSINPUT 0 SET HOLD

1. SP

2. EP 000.000 m

INVERSE

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

ACCEPTLIST

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

ACCEPTLIST

INVERS

The resulting angle is set here automatically by pressing at the RESULT OF INVERSE screen.

Press after aiming to the back sight point. Aim at the reference point and press to view the MEASURE screen.

4.8 Measuring

Then, aim at the Target point and press the to measure the distance.

Press to measure and save the measured data.

Press to save the measured data.

Press to edit the Point Name (PN),Prism Height (PH) and Point Code (PC).

Press to view each input window by pressing or ,and input

your desired point name or prism height or point code. Press to accept the changes.

RESULT OF INVERSE

12 3 45

H.dst 0.0000m V.dst 0.0000m S.dst 0.0000m H.angle xx° xx’ xx”

MEASURE

MEAS SAVE ME/SAVE EDIT PAGE

PN POT3 PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx ‘ xx” S.dst

MEASURE

MEAS SAVE ME/SAVE EDIT PAGE

PN POT3 PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx ‘ xx” S.dst xx.xxx m

MEASURE

1. PN: POT5

2. PH: 000.000 m

3. PC:

PC, Point Code:

Press to view and input the PC, Point code, screen.

If POINTCODELIST exists,you can easily select the PC from that list (or edit a PC from that list) after pressing . For using POINTCODELIST, please refer to “4.4. Point Code”.

Press to view another menu.

Station point setup can be changed by pressing .

EDM settings can be selected by pressing .

MEASURE

OFFSET STATION ACCEPT

PN POT3 PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xxx° xx’ xx” S.dst xx.xxx m

MEASURE

EDM TARGET PAGE

PN POT3 PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xxx° xx’ xx” S.dst xx.xxx m

STATION POINT SETUP

SAVE ACCEPT

2. IH: 0000.000 m

3. PC:

4. TEMP +15 °C

5. PRESS 1014 hpa

6. ppm* -0 ppm

EDM SETTINGS

1. SHOT COUNT : 1 TIME

2. SHOT INPUT : 01 TIMES

STATION

4.9 Offset

RO: Radial Offset (RO: On the horizontal plane. Offset P: Along the line of measurement, thus along the slope) Offset P: Offset Point

DO: Distance Offset (Along the line of measurement, thus along the slope)

Press the to view the OFFSET screen. Offset enables you to work with Offsets.The following offsets are available.

OFFSETS

1. RO: +0000.000 m

2. DO: +0000.000 m

Press to view the RO offset input box.

Input your desired RO offset value using or to increase or decrease each

digit separately.Move to a different digit using or .

DO offset values are inputted in the same manner.

Press and then to view the MEASURE screen. The S.dst (slope distance) is adjusted by inputted offset value.

The input value of offset is cleared when you save the surveying point and step forward to the next surveying point.

5. VIEW AND EDIT

Stored data points are displayed graphically, and the stored data can be edited by this Function. The Z Coordinate (the height) of the point is ignored in the graphical display of the point data. Four menu items are available:

• GRAPHICAL VIEW

• CREATE THE RECT. POINT

• EDIT THE RECT.DATA

• EDIT THE POLAR DATA

OFFSETS

CLEAR

1. RO: +0000.000 m

2. DO: +0000.000 m

MEASURE

OFFSET STATION PAGE

PN POT3 PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xxx° xx’ xx”

S.dst OFFSET...... m

5.1 Graphical View

From the Power Topo Express screen select “1. GRAPHICAL VIEW”using or and press to access the GRAPHICAL VIEW screen.

Points,Point names and their Graphics are displayed. The graphic is moved by pressing the arrow keys. The Graphics are not displayed when points are not stored.Two or more points are needed.

: Different graphical presentations are possible,displayed graphical presentation changes in the following order by pressing this key: Points + Lines +Point names -> Points -> Points + Line -> Points + Points names

: Return to the ordinary Graphics size

: Enlarge the Graphics size.

: Reduce the Graphics size.

5.2 Create the Rectangular Point

Select “2. CREATE THE RECT.POINT” and press to view the RECT.DATA EDIT screen.

VIEW & EDIT

1. GRAPHICAL VIEW

2. CREATE THE RECT.POINT

3. EDIT THE RECT.DATA

4. EDIT THE POLAR DATA

DISP ZOOM ALL ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT

07AA

05BB

VIEW & EDIT

1. GRAPHICAL VIEW

2. CREATE THE RECT.POINT

3. EDIT THE RECT.DATA

4. EDIT THE POLAR DATA

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

RECT. DATA EDIT

SAVE LIST

DISP

ZOOM ALL

ZOOM IN

ZOOM OUT

Input the PN, X,Y, Z and PC. Press to save them.

Press to view the saved points in the current job.

The first line of the screen shows current displayed point number and the total number of points. Press to delete your desired point.

Press to find your desired point by the PN input.

Press to go to the first point in the list.

Press to go to the last point on the list.

5.3 Edit the Data

[RECT.DATA] Select “3. EDIT THE RECT.DATA” and press to view the RECT.DATA EDIT screen.

Your desired points are deleted and found as described above.

1. PN: XXXXX

2. X: + 000000XX.000 m

3. Y: + 000000XX.000 m

4. Z: + 000000XX.000 m

5. PC: XXXXX

RECT. DATA EDIT

SAVE LIST

4 / 15 PN x XXXXX X x+ 000000XX.000 m Y x+ 000000XX.000 m Z x + 000000XX.000 m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

DELETE FIND PN TOP LAST

VIEW & EDIT

1. GRAPHICAL VIEW

2. CREATE THE RECT.POINT

3. EDIT THE RECT.DATA

4. EDIT THE POLAR DATA

4 / 15 PN x XXXXX X x + 000000XX.000 m Y x + 000000XX.000 m Z x + 000000XX.000 m

RECT.DATA EDIT

DELETE FIND PN TOP LAST

TOP

LAST

After selecting the desired point using or , press to view the RECT.DATA EDIT screen to edit the point. You can edit data and the changes using .

[POLAR DATA] Select 3. EDIT THE RECT.DATA and press to view the POLAR DATA EDIT screen.

Your desired points are deleted and found as described above.

After selecting the desired point using or , press to view the POLAR DATA EDIT screen to edit the point. You can edit data and the changes using .

6. FREE STATIONING

The Station point Coordinates is calculated from the plural known points. To gain the Coordinates, at least two H. angles and one distance or three H.angles are required.

1. PN: XXXXX

2. X: + 000000XX.000 m

3. Y: + 000000XX.000 m

4. Z: + 000000XX.000 m

5. PC: XXXXX

RECT. DATA EDIT

SAVE LIST

4 / 15 PN x XXXXX H.Angle * X°XX’XX” V.Angle * X°XX’XX” S.dist * X,XXX m

POLAR DATA EDIT

FIND PN TOP LAST

If not so, the error message “Not enough data to Calculate! 2 angles and 1 distance or 3 angles are required” appears.

First input the Instrument height (IH).

6.1 Stationing by more than 3 known points

For example: 4 known points stationing. From the Power Topo Express screen,select “4.FREE STATION”with or and press to view the IH input screen. Input the IH value.

Aim at Point 1. Press to view the KNOWN POINT COORD. SETUP screen.

Press to open the PN, X,Y,Z, IH and PC input boxes and input the data for point 1.

Press to save the data for point 1.

Then, press to view the MEASURE screen.

Press to view the ADD/CALC. SELECTION MENU screen.

(Measuring is not needed. Just press .)

0001.500 m

CLEAR

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

POINT 1 PN1 PH H.ANGLE V.ANGLE H.DST

MEASURE

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

Press the to view the KNOWN POINT COORD. SETUP screen. Aim at Point 2, 3 and 4. In the same manner as described above, input the values of Point 2, 3 and 4.

After entering data for Point 4,first press and then press to view the ADD/CALC SELECTION MENU.

Press the to view the RESULT COORD. OF STATIONING screen.

Do you want to add more points?

Press [ADD] to add more point.

Press [CAL] to calculate.

ADD/CALC. SELECT

ADD CALC

1. PN: PN2

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

1. PN: PN3

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

1. PN: PN4

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

Do you want to add more points?

Press [ADD] to add more point.

Press [CAL] to calculate.

ADD/CALC. SELECTION MENU

ADD CALC

ADD

CALC

The Station Coordinates are displayed.The resulting coordinates of free stationing can be saved for Station setup after pressing .Horizontal angle of the result coordinates

will be affected to the Station point for measuring.

Press to view KNOWN POINT COORD. SETUP screen.

DEVIATIONS OF THE POINT: Four points or more are needed to access this function.

Press to view the DEVIATIONS OF THE POINT screen.The deviations of X, Y and Z coordinate of each point are displayed.For each point, you can decide if you want to accept or reject the point. PN: Current point number dX: Deviation on the X value dY: Deviation on the Y value dZ: Deviation on the Z value

6.2 Stationing by two known points

(One point must be measured at least to gain the Station Coordinates.)

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “4.FREE STATION”with or and press [ENT] to view the IH input screen. Input the IH value.

RESULT COORD. OF STATIONING

NEXT COMPARE ACCEPT

PN HA 0° 00’ 05” X Y Z

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

DEVIATIONS OF THE POINT

REJECT ACCEPT

PN PN4 d HA 0° 00’ 05” dX + 0.000 m dY + 0.000 m dZ + 0.000 m

Aim at the Point 1. Press to open the PN, X, Y, Z,PH and PC input boxes and input the data for point 1.

Press to save the data for point 1.

Then, press to view the MEASURE screen.

Press to view the ADD/CALC. SELECTION MENU screen.

Press to view the SET UP THE KNOWN POINT screen. Aim at Point 2. In the same manner as described above, input the values for Point 2.

0001.500 m

CLEAR

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

POINT 1 POT1 PH H.ANGLE V.ANGLE H.dst

MEASURE

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

Do you want to add more points?

Press [ADD] to add more point.

Press [CAL] to calculate.

ADD/CALC. SELECT

ADD CALC

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

KNOW POINT COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

ADD

After entering data for Point 2,press to view the MEASURE screen.

Press the to measure the distance. Press to view the ADD/CALC. SELECTION MENU screen.

Press the to view the RESULT COORD. OF STATIONING screen. The Station Coordinates are displayed.The resulting coordinates of free stationing can be

saved for Station setup after pressing .Horizontal angle of the result coordinates will be affected to the Station point for measuring.

Press to view the RESULT COORD.OF STATIONINGDEVIATIONS OF THE POINT screen. The ‘Deviation’ field shows the difference in the ‘Design HD’ distance and the ‘Calculated HD’distance.

Note:

As illustrated in Fig. 1, it is optimal to choose the known points P1 and P3. The angle of two known points should set up a instrument so that it may become 90 degrees. Please set up an instrument in a position where the distance s1 and s2 are approximately the same.

POINT 2 POT2 PH H.ANGLE V.ANGLE H.dst

MEASURE

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

Do you want to add more points?

Press [ADD] to add more point.

Press [CAL] to calculate.

ADD/CALC. SELECTION MENU

ADD CALC

RESULT COORD. OF STATIONING

NEXT COMPARE ACCEPT

PN HA XXX° XX’ XX” X XXXX.XXX m Y XXXX.XXX m Z XXXX.XXX m

< --> Design HD 0.100 m Calc. HD 0.280 m Deviation 0.182 m

RESULT COORD. OF STATIONING

CALC

COMPARE

The accuracy of a calculation result decreases as follows:

1) When P1 and P2 are chosen for known points. (The interior angle between known points is extremely small)

2) When P4 and P6 are chosen for known points. (The interior angle between known points is extremely large)

3) When the distance from a new point to a known point is extremely short or extremely long.

4) When a new point (station point) and three or more known points are arranged on the same circumference.(As illustrated in Fig. 2)

When determining the coordinates of a point using free stationing (by installing an instrument in the point), the accuracy may not be the same compared to the case where an instrument is installed on a known point. In the work which needs a high-precision survey,it is not recommended to use this method.

7. STAKE OUT

From the known Station point and Direction angle,the Coordinates for the Stakeout are obtained.

7.1 STAKE OUT

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “5.STAKEOUT”with or and press to view the STAKEOUT METHOD SELECTION screen.

STAKEOUT METHOD SELECTION

1. STAKE OUT

2. POINT TO LINE

Select “1. STAKE OUT” with or and press to view the STATION POINT SETUP screen.

Open the PN, X,Y, Z, IH and PC input boxes by pressing and input the required data. Save the data by pressing .

Press to view STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP screen.

Input the Horizontal angle by pressing , or ; Or use Backsight point setup by pressing .

Pressing Pressing

Press to view the STAKEOUT COORD. SETUP screen. Open the PN, X,Y, Z, PH and PC input boxes and input the required data.

Save the data by pressing . Press to view the STAKEOUT screen.

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. IH: 0000.000 m

STATION POINT SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

H. angle 123° 45’ 25”

STATION POINT H. ANGLE SETUP

HOLD BSPINPUT 0 SET

H. angle XXX°XX’XX”

H. ANGLE

CLEAR

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

BSP SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

STAKEOUT COORD. SETUP

SAVE ACCEPTLIST

Aim at the Stake out point and press the to begin the Stake Out. Deviation of each value is displayed. Layout of the screen that displays the deviations of the Stake Out can be changed by selecting the “Compare method selection” under “PREFERENCE”in the Power Topo Express menu. To display all information at once,select “ALL IN ONE INFO”

Press to view another STAKEOUT screen.

Press the to carry out staking out for the next point. OR Press the from the STAKEOUTscreen to view the other MEASURE screen.

Press twice from the MEASURE screen,and press to stake out the next point.

To display information with larger characters, select “LARGE CHARACTER”

PN POT4 PH X.XXX m D H.angle XXX° XX’ XX” D V.angle XX° XX’ XX” D H.dst D X D Y D Z

STAKEOUT

MEAS TARGET PAGENEXT

PN POT4 PH X.XXX m D H.angle XXX° XX’ XX” D V.angle XX° XX’ XX” D H.dst D X D Y D Z

STAKEOUT

MEAS TARGET PAGENEXT

PN POT4 PH X.XXX m D H.angle XXX° XX’ XX” D V.angle XX° XX’ XX” D H.dst D X D Y D Z

STAKEOUT

RECT.M STATION PAGEH.ANGLE

PN PH 0.000 m X Y Z

MEASURE

MEAS SAVE ME/SAVE EDIT PAGE

RECT.M

If you select”LARGE CHARACTER, the information is shown with more screens. Use to switch between the screens.

7.2 POINT TO LINE

You have to select the point A and B.The distance between the two points A and B has to be at least 1 m.The two points A and B define a line and during Stake out, PTE shows the deviations from the Stake out point, P, to the line A-B.(see above figure)

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “5.STAKEOUT”with or and press to view the STAKEOUT METHOD SELECTION screen.

Select “2. POINT TO LINE”with or and press to view the STATION POINT SETUP screen.

STAKEOUT METHOD SELECTION

1. STAKE OUT

2. POINT TO LINE

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. IH: 0000.000 m

STATION POINT SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

PN POT4 PH X.XXX m H.a. DESIGN X° XX’ XX” H.d. DESIGN +X.XXXm V.d. DESIGN +X.XXXm

STAKEOUT

SCROLL

Open the PN, X,Y, Z, IH and PC input boxes and input the required data. Save the data by pressing .

Press to view STATION POINT H.ANGLE SETUP screen.

Input the Horizontal angle.

Aim at the reference point and press to view POINT A COORD. SETUP screen.

Open the PN, X,Y, Z, PH and PC input boxes and input the required data for point A. Save the data by pressing .

Press to view POINT B COORD. SETUP screen. Open the PN, X,Y, Z, PH and PC input boxes and input the required data for point B.

Save the data by pressing . Press to view the POINT TO LINE screen.

H. angle XXX°XX’XX”

H. ANGLE

CLEAR

1. PN: PO2

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

POINT A COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

1. PN: PO3

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PH: 0000.000 m

POINT B COORD. SETUP

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

H. angle 123° 45’ 25”

STATION POINT H. ANGLE SETUP

HOLD BSPINPUT 0 SET

Press to measure. All distances are displayed.

A £ B Distance between Point A and B.This is always positive. P £ A - B Distance between Int. P and P.

This is positive or negative as shown below. Int. P: Intersection point P: SOP, Stake Out Point

Int. P £ A Distance between Int. P and A.This is positive or negative.

Int. P £ B Distance between Int. P and B.This is positive or negative.

A -> B +0.000 m SOP - > A-B Int.P - > A Int.P - > B

POINT TO LINE

NEXT PAGEMEAS TARGET

8. CALCULATIONS

The following calculations are available:

• INVERSE

• 2D SURFACE

• REM

8.1 INVERSE

From the given two point coordinates, the direction angle and distance are calculated. Input: Coordinates of two points Output: Horizontal distance (H.dst),Vertical distance (V.dst), distance between the points (S.dst) and Direction of the line defined by the two points (H.angle).

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “6.CALCULATION”with or and press to view the CALCULATION screen.

Select “1. INVERSE”with or and press to view the INVERSE screen.

A. Start Point (SP) input

(Input the PN, Coordinates and PC of the Start point.) Select “1. SP” and press to view the SP input screen.

CALCULATION

1. INVERSE

2. 2D SURFACE

3. REM

INVERSE

1. SP

2. EP

Press to open the PN, X, Y, Z and PC input boxes and input the data for the Start Point (SP). Press to save the data for point 1.

Or press to view the End Point (EP) input screen.

•key All stored points can be displayed by pressing . Press to view POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST screen.

When you want to use a displayed point as the SP, press .The selected point will be used as the start point and the EP input screen will appear.

B. End Point (EP) input

(Input the PN, Coordinates and PC of the End point.)

Press to open the PN, X, Y, Z and PC input boxes and input the data for the End Point (EP). Press to save the data for point 2.

Or press to view the RESULT OF INVERSE screen.

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

H.dst 0.0000 m V.dst 0.0000 m S.dst 0.0000 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx”

RESULT OF INVERSE

1. PN:

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

1 / 15

1. PN: POT1

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

FIND.PNDELETE TOP LAST

• key All stored points can be displayed by pressing . Press to view POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST screen.

When you want to use a displayed point as the EP, press .The selected point will be used

as the end point and the RESULT OF INVERSE screen will appear.

C. Data input for another End Point (EP)

Input the PN, X,Y, Z Coordinates and PC name of another End Point, and a new inverse result will be calculated.

INVERSE

1. SP

2. EP

1. PN: POT3

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

5. PC:

SAVE LIST ACCEPT

H.dst 0.0000 m V.dst 0.0000 m S.dst 0.0000 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx”

RESULT OF INVERSE

1 / 15

1. PN: POT1

2. X: + 00000000.000 m

3. Y: + 00000000.000 m

4. Z: + 00000000.000 m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

FIND.PNDELETE TOP LAST

H.dst 0.0000 m V.dst 0.0000 m S.dst 0.0000 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx”

RESULT OF INVERSE

8.2 2D SURFACE

This function calculates the 2D and 3D contour of a polygon and the 2D surface of the area defined by the polygon. The polygon can be defined by selecting points, Power Topo Express will then calculate the contour and 2D surface of the polygon. Note:The polygon is defined by the points you select. Therefore, the order in which the points are entered is important. If you select points by [ALL] or [FROM][TO], the polygon is defined according to the order of the memory address. If you select points one by one by pressing , the polygon is defined according to the order of your selection.

Note: You have to select points in such a way that the line segments that define the

polygon do not intersect.

Note: Up to 1500 points can be selected.

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “6.CALCULATION”with or and press to view the CALCULATION screen.

Select “2. 2D SURFACE”with or and press to view the POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST screen.

CALCULATION

1. INVERSE

2. 2D SURFACE

3. REM

If you press , you see another screen with different options.

You select points, which define the polygon in the order of your selection.

How to select points of a polygon

Move to a selection point with or and press to select it. Repeat this for every

point of the polygon.When a point is selected, it will be highlighted. To cancel the selection of a point, press again while it is displayed.

After pressing , all point in the list will be selected.

[F2][ALL]

Press to select all stored points of the current JOB.The order of points is according to the arrangement of the memory. By pressing again, all points will be deselected.

Afterwards, the selected points that are not needed can be deselected one by one: move to a

selected point with or and press to deselect it.

When is pressed after some points are selected, the selection will be reversed.

[F3][FROM] and [F4][TO]

A range of points of the current JOB can be used to define a polygon (if they are stored in the right order). Use and , to select the start and endpoint of the range as follows:

10 / 15 PN: POT1 X* + 00000100.000 m Y* - 00000200.000 m Z* + 00000010.000 m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

ACCEPT ALL FROM TO PAGE

10 / 15 PN: POT1 X* + 00000100.000 m Y* - 00000200.000 m Z* + 00000010.000 m

POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST

ORDER FIND.PN PAGE

ALL

FROM

ALL

[F1][ORDER]

Press to see the order of the selected points. If all points of the polygon are selected, press to calculate the 2D contour, the 3D contour and the 2D surface.

ORDER

Press or to return to the POINT SELECTION FROM THE LIST screen. Other points can be selected to calculate another polygon.

8.3 REM

With REM measurement, a prism (Reference point) is set approximately directly below the place to be measured,and by measuring the prism, the height to the target object can be measured.This makes it easy to determine the heights of electric power lines, bridge suspension cables, and other large items used in construction.

General pictures

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “6.CALCULATION”with or and

press to view the CALCULATION screen.

Select “3. REM”with or and press to view the REM screen.

CONTOUR 2D: X.XXX m 3D: X.XXX m 2D SURF X.XXX m

RESULT OF2D SURFACE

CALCULATION

1. INVERSE

2. 2D SURFACE

3. REM

Use to go to the Prism Height (PH) input box.

Input the PH value using or to increase or decrease each digit separately. Move to

a different digit by pressing or . Press to accept the PH value and to return to the REM screen.

Then, aim at the prism and press .

After measuring the distance, aim at the target object and press to see the height of the object (=REM value on the screen).

9. RDM (Remote Distance Measurement)

PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx’ xx” Hdst

REM

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx’ xx” REM XXXXXX m

REM

EDIT

With RDM measurement, the Horizontal distance (H.dst.), the Vertical distance (V.dst.), the Slope distance (S.dst.) and % of Slope (%.grade) between the Reference point and the Target point are calculated.The distance between Target 1 and Target 2 is also calculated.Any target point can be used as a new Reference point.

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “7.RDM” with or and press to view the REF. POINT screen of the RDM function.

9.1 PH input

Press to access the Prism Height (PH) input box of the Reference point.

Input the PH value using or to increase or decrease each digit separately. Move to

a different digit by pressing or . Press to accept the PH value and to return to

the REF. POINT screen of the RDM function.

9.2 Reference point - Target distance

Aim at the Reference point and press to measure the Reference point. It turns to TARGET POINT screen automatically.

PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx’ xx” H.dst

REF.POINT.

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

000.000 m

CLEAR

PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx’ xx” H.dst

TARGET POINT

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

Aim at the Target 1 and press to measure a distance.The distance and slope between the Reference point and Target 1 point is displayed in the RESULT OF RDM REF.-TARGET screen.

Note: V.dst. and %.grade are negative when the Target point is in a lower position then

the Reference point.

Press the to view the TARGET POINT screen.

9.3 Target - Target distance

Aim at the Target 2 and press to measure a distance.The distance and slope between the Reference point and Target 2 point is displayed in the RESULT OF RDM REF.TARGET screen.

Press to enter the RESULT OF RDM TARGET-TARGET screen.The distance and slope between the Target 1 - Target 2 point is displayed.

H.dst + X.XXXX m V.dst + X.XXXX m S.dst + X.XXXX m % grade + X.XXXX %

RESULT OF RDM REF.-TARGET

MEAS TARGET DATA DISP

PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx’ xx” H.dst

TARGET POINT

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

H.dst + x.xxx m V.dst + x.xxx m S.dst + x.xxx m % grade + x.xxx %

RESULT OF RDM REF.-TARGET

MEAS TARGET DATA DISP

H.dst +x.xxx % V.dst +x.xxx % S.dst +x.xxx % %grade +x.xxx %

RESULT OF RDM TARGET-TARGET

MEAS TARGET DATA DISP

DATA

DISP

100

9.4 New Reference point selection

Press to view the REF.POINT SELECTION screen.

The current target can be used as the new Ref.point by pressing , the TARGET POINT screen is displayed again and the Reference point has changed. Input the new PH and repeat the same procedure as the above.

10. TRANSFER

The communication setting and the transfer of data are performed by this Function.There are 4 menu items in the TRANSFER menu.The Communication setup has to be performed before receiving input from or sending output to the PC. It’s recommended not to press any keys until the data transfer is completed when performing a transfer operation.

Notice concerning the unit of transferred data

Sending data (Rec. data & Polar data)

Coordinates and Distance data

The unit is outputted by m unit even if the distance unit setting of the instrument to send the data is m, ft and feetinch.

Angle,Temperature and Pressure data

The data is outputted according to the unit setting of the Angle,Temperature and Pressure of the instrument to send the data.

Receiving data (Rect. data)

Coordinates data

The received coordinate data from the pc is inputted in the instrument as data of the meter (m) unit. And then, it is converted according to the distance unit which is set in the instrument, and displayed on the screen.

Use current Target as Ref.?

Press [ENT] to confirm. Press [ESC] to abort.

REF. POINT SELECTION

PH 1.200 m H.angle xxx° xx’ xx” V.angle xx° xx’ xx” Hdst

TARGET POINT

MEAS TARGET EDIT DISP

101

10.1 Input from the PC

The Rect. data is sent from the PC and stored in the internal memory of the instrument.

From the Power Topo Express screen,select “8.TRANSFER” with or and press to view the TRANSFER screen.

Select “1. RECEIVE RECT.DATA” with or and press to view the FORMAT SELECTION screen.

Select the DC1 format with or and press to view the DATA RCV. CONFIRMATION screen. (Same procedure is performed when using CSV)

Set the PC to be ready to send and press to receive the data from the PC.

TRANSFER

1. RECEIVE RECT. DATA

2. SEND RECT. DATA

3. SEND POLAR DATA

4. COMMUNICATION SETUP

FORMAT SELECTION

1. DC1

2. CSV

3. ExtCSV

DATA RCV.CONFIRMATION

Send data from the PC, then press [ENT].

JOB NAME: PENTAX

RECEIVING...

Receiving Data:

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