Spectra Precision FAST Survey User Manual

FAST Survey Software

Getting Started Guide

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Table of Contents
Introduction to FAST Survey.................................................................	1
Installing FAST Survey.........................................................................	2
Installation Procedure .....................................................................	2
Registering as a FAST Survey User........................................................	4
Creating a New FAST Survey Job ..........................................................	5
How FAST Survey Interfaces With a GNSS Receiver Via Bluetooth ...........	7
First-Time Use ...............................................................................	7
Switching Between Base and Rover ..................................................	8
Subsequent Uses............................................................................	8
Configuring a Base ..............................................................................	9
Prerequisites ..................................................................................	9
Configuration Steps ......................................................................	10
Current Tab ..............................................................................	10
Comms Tab ..............................................................................	11
Receiver Tab.............................................................................	12
RTK Tab...................................................................................	13
Completing the Base Configuration Phase ......................................	20
Configuring a Rover ...........................................................................	21
Prerequisites ................................................................................	21
Configuration Steps ......................................................................	22
Current Tab ..............................................................................	22
Comms Tab ..............................................................................	23
Receiver Tab.............................................................................	24
RTK Tab...................................................................................	26
End of Rover Configuration Phase .................................................	32
Checking For a “Fixed” Position Solution.............................................	33
Using FAST Survey’s Basic RTK Functions ..........................................	35
Uploading Stakeout Points ............................................................	35
Staking Out Points........................................................................	36
Logging Points .............................................................................	39
Logging a Line..............................................................................	39
Downloading RTK Points ...............................................................	40
To Spectra Precision Survey Office (SPSO) ..................................	41
To GNSS Solutions....................................................................	41
Running Localization in an RTK Project ..........................................	41
Choosing the Localization Method...............................................	41
One-Point or Multi-Point Localization ..........................................	42
Helmert Localization .................................................................	45
Computing Helmert Parameters from a Multi-Point
Localization File........................................................................	45
Using a Geoid File in the Localization Process.................................	45
Downloading a Geoid to your Computer .......................................	45
Installing the Extract Tool on your Computer................................	46
Preparing the Geoid for Use in FAST Survey ................................	46
Selecting a Geoid File for Use in FAST Survey’s Localization
Process ....................................................................................	46
Deselecting the Currently Used Geoid File ...................................	47

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Using FAST Survey’s Raw Data Collection Function ..............................	48
Collecting Raw Data in Static or Kinematic Mode.............................	48
Deleting Raw Data Files ................................................................	51
Appendix ..........................................................................................	52
Using an External Radio Transmitter...............................................	52
Using an External Radio with a ProMark 220 ...............................	53
Additional Settings for External Radios ...........................................	54
Pacific Crest radios (ADL, PDL, XDL) ..........................................	54
License-Free Radios ( ARF7474B EU, ARF7474A NA) .................	54
Ashtech U-Link Receiver............................................................	54
Saving/Restoring Base and Rover Configurations .............................	55
Saving a Configuration...............................................................	56
Making a Saved Configuration the Current Configuration ...............	56
Setting the Base Position With FAST Survey....................................	56
Known Base Position .................................................................	57
Unknown Base Position .............................................................	57
Using a background Map in FAST Survey ........................................	57

Introduction to FAST Survey	English
land surveying. FAST Survey can be used with the following
FAST Survey is a software program intended for advanced
Spectra Precision GNSS receivers:

•ProMark 500, 700, 800

•ProMark 100, 120, 200, 220

•ProFlex 500, 800

•EPOCH 50

In its standard version, FAST Survey allows you to perform the following types of surveys.

•Logging positions of points in the coordinate system used.

•Staking out points, straight lines and curves, with or without offset, while providing the specific information needed as you do that, including cut and fill information (in 3D).

•Logging GNSS raw data (post-processed projects or as backup to real-time RTK projects).

•Entering attributes, based on feature code lists, as you store new points, in a way much similar to GIS mobile software.

FAST Survey includes various tools to assist surveyors in their projects. Some of these tools are listed below.

•Monitoring GNSS reception and current position status

•Writing notes to be appended to job files

•Creating and saving local coordinate systems through localization

•Setting height references (arbitrary, DTMs, etc.)

•GNSS utilities (Send command, reset RTK)

•Interfacing with total stations. FAST Survey can also support different peripherals as inputs (lasers, depth sounders) or outputs (light bars)

As software options, FAST Survey offers the following functions:

•Set of COGO tools

•ROAD tools, including a map editor to prepare maps for use as visual background information while surveying. This editor operates in a way much similar to an AutoCad editor.

This Getting Started Guide only deals with FAST Survey’s basic functions. For more information on this program and its software options, see the FAST Survey Reference Manual.

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English	Installing FAST Survey
	Spectra Precision web site.
	This section describes how to install FAST Survey from the
	FAST Survey can be installed on the following Spectra
	Precision data collectors:

•Ranger 3

•T41

•ProMark 100, 120, 200, 220 (ProMark 1x0, ProMark 2x0)

•MM10 data collector

•MobileMapper 6

•MobileMapper CX

•FT-1

If Windows 7 or Windows Vista is used, you don’t normally need to install an additional program on your computer. However, if the installation of FAST Survey fails, you will have first to install Windows Mobile Device Center and then resume the installation of FAST Survey.

If Windows XP (or older OS version) is used on your computer, you first need to install Microsoft Active Sync on your office computer.

The latest versions of ActiveSync and Device Center can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/. In the procedure described below, the term “data collector” is used to designate a “pure” data collector (i.e. without embedded GNSS receptions capabilities) or a GNSS handheld such as the ProMark 220 or the MM 10 data collector).

Note that the ProMark 1x0 or ProMark 2x0 may be used:

•Either as standalone RTK equipment using an external antenna and running FAST Survey (ProMark 220 typical use).

•or as a simple data collector for other Spectra Precisions receivers. In this case, the internal GNSS reception capabilities are not used.

Installation	• Download the latest version of FAST Survey to your
Procedure	computer. This version is available from the Spectra
	Precision website:
	http://www.spectraprecision.com/products/surveying-
	software/fast-survey-downloads.aspx

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Choose the installation file (an “exe” file) corresponding to the model of data collector you are using.

•Connect the data collector to your office computer using the USB data cable provided. For a ProMark 1x0 or ProMark 2x0, place the receiver on its docking station and connect the docking station to the computer through the USB cable.

•Turn on the data collector.

•On your computer, run the “exe” file you have just downloaded. This starts the FAST Survey Setup Wizard.

•Click Next>.

•Check on the I accept the terms in the License Agreement option and then click Install.

•At the end of this phase, a message appears asking you to check the data collector screen to see if additional steps are needed to complete the installation.

•Click OK, then Finish to complete installation on computer side.

•On the data collector, the installation phase has automatically started. For a ProMark 1x0 or ProMark 220, a message first appears asking you to choose the location

where to install FAST Survey (the default “Device” option is recommended), then tap on Install to continue.

When the progress bar disappears from the screen, this means installation is complete. The FAST Survey icon can then be seen on the screen.

For a ProMark 1x0 or 2x0, a message indicates that installation has been successful. Tap OK to go back to the screen where the FAST Survey command line and icon are now visible.

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English	Registering as a FAST Survey User
	register your license of the software. If you do not register,
	The first time you start FAST Survey, you will be prompted to
	FAST Survey will remain in demo mode, limiting each job file
	to a maximum of 30 points.
	FAST Survey registration is done via the Internet at the
	following address:
	http://www.survce.com/FASTSurvey
	You will be asked to enter the following information:

•User Name

•Company Name

•Serial Number*

•Email Address

•Phone Number

•Fax Number

•Hardware ID#1*

•Hardware ID#2*

•Reason for Install

•Registration Code*

*: Select Equip>About Fast Survey>Change Registration in FAST Survey to read this information.

After you submit this information, your change key will be displayed and emailed to the address that you submit. Keep this for your permanent records. You may then enter the manufacturer and model of your equipment.

If you do not have access to the Internet, you may fax the above information to ([phone]. Your registration information will be faxed back to you within 48 hours. During this time, you may continue to use the program without restriction. After you receive your Change Key, enter it and tap OK. You can then create a new FAST Survey job, as explained further.

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Creating a New FAST Survey Job		English
1. Turn on the data collector and wait until the boot
sequence is complete.
2. Make sure the clock is set properly before starting FAST
Survey.
3. Tap on “FAST Survey” on the Today screen to launch FAST
Survey.
4. Tap the Select New/Existing Job button. This opens the
Coordinate Files window.
5. Tap on the highlighted “crd” file name located at the
bottom of the screen. This opens FAST Survey’s virtual
keyboard with the file name now appearing above.
6. Using the keyboard, type in the name of the “crd” file in
which FAST Survey will store the data you will collect
during your job.
7. Tap	. This takes you back to the Coordinate Files
window where your file name now appears in the Name
field.
8. Tap	again. This opens the Job Settings window, which
consists of five different tabs on which you can set a large
number of parameters pertaining to the job (or future
jobs).
Only the main parameters are presented below. See FAST
Survey Reference Manual for an exhaustive description of
all the parameters displayed in this window.
On the System tab:
– Distance: Choose the unit in which all measured
distances will be expressed (US Survey Feet, Metric or
International Feet). Unless “Metric” is selected, you
can also choose the units in which distances will be
displayed (“Decimal feet” or “Inches”). Warning! You
cannot change this setting after creating the file!
– Angle: Choose the unit in which all measured angles
will be expressed (degrees, minutes, seconds or grads)
– Zero Azimuth Setting: Choose the direction for which
azimuth is arbitrarily set to 0° (North or South)
– Projection: Choose a projection from the combo box. To
select a different projection, tap the Edit Projection List
button. The Add Predefined button allows you to select
an existing projection. The Add User Defined button
allows you to create an entirely new projection. The

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	selected or created projection will then be selectable
English	from the combo box.
	– Precision: Choose the number of decimal places (0 to
	On the Stake tab:
	5) used to express the three coordinates of any
	stakeout point. “0.000” (3 decimal places) is the best
	setting to fully benefit from the precision offered by
	your equipment.

On the Format tab:

–Coordinate Display Order: Choose the order in which you want FAST Survey to display East and North coordinates (East, North or North, East).

–Angle Entry and Display: Choose the type of angle FAST Survey will display (Azimuth or Bearing).

9.Tap . This creates the file, closes the Job Settings window and takes you to the FAST Survey menu.

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	How FAST Survey Interfaces With a GNSS Receiver Via	English
	Bluetooth
	First-Time Use Right after you start FAST Survey and create or open your first
	job, FAST Survey will activate the previous connection to the
	receiver, if that is possible.
	Assuming a base and a rover are nearby and powered on,
	follow the procedure below to perform a Bluetooth connection
	with the base.

•Tap Equip>GPS Base.

•On the Current tab, select “Spectra Precision” from the Manufacturer drop-down list, and choose your model from the Model drop-down list.

•Tap on the Comms tab.

•Select “Bluetooth” from the Type drop-down list and“Windows Mobile” from the Device drop-down list.

•Tap on . This opens the Bluetooth Devices window.

•Tap Find Receiver. Wait until FAST Survey lists the Bluetooth identifiers of the base and rover. The list appears in a new window.

•Highlight the Bluetooth identifier corresponding to the base.

•Tap . This takes you back to the previous screen where the selected Bluetooth identifier remains highlighted in the list. The following actions may be performed on the selected receiver using the following buttons:

•Set Receiver Name: By default, the “Receiver Bluetooth Identifier” of the detected receiver is assigned to this parameter. You may use a more self-explanatory name to identify your base (e.g.: “MyBase”).

•Set Receiver PIN: Do not use this button. In its default configuration, your equipment does not request a PIN code to allow a peripheral device to connect to it via Bluetooth.

•Delete Receiver: Removes the selected receiver from the list of remote receivers detected by Bluetooth.

•Tap to connect the data collector to the base via Bluetooth and then configure the base according to your needs (see Configuring a Base on page 9).

•Later, you will establish a Bluetooth connection with the rover. The process will start when you tap Equip>GPS Rover

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English

Switching Between

Base and Rover

to configure the rover (see Configuring a Rover on

page 21). From the Comms tab, you will be able to access the Bluetooth Devices window and select the rover receiver from the list of remote receivers detected by Bluetooth, in the same way as you did for the base.

During a FAST Survey session, you can quickly change the receiver you are communicating with (provided the receiver you want to communicate with is within Bluetooth range).

The icon located in the upper-right corner of the FAST Survey window allows you to change receivers. Tap on this icon and then:

•Select GPS Base to switch to the base,

•Or select GPS Rover to switch to the rover.

NOTE: If you examine more carefully this icon, you will see that it changes aspect (base or rover icon) depending on which receiver is currently communicating with FAST Survey.

In addition, on the Equip menu, a small check box appears in the icon inside either the GPS Rover or GPS Base button to

indicate which connection is active.

Subsequent Uses In the next sessions of FAST Survey, the software will prompt you to re-activate the Bluetooth connection you last established in the previous session, or simply work without a connection. If you choose the first option, FAST Survey will automatically re-establish the connection, provided the concerned receiver is still on and within Bluetooth range.

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Configuring a Base	English
as a base: ProMark 800, EPOCH 50, ProFlex 800 or
The following Spectra Precision GNSS receivers may be used
ProMark 220.

Prerequisites For ProMark 220:

•If you are using the internal GSM modem, insert the SIM card making possible the use of the modem.

•If you are using an external radio, connect that radio to the receiver using a POGO cable (see Using an External Radio with a ProMark 220 on page 53).

•Connect the external antenna to the receiver

•Power on the receiver, run FAST Survey and open a job file.

•Set the tracking mode using GNSS Toolbox. FAST Survey will only be able to work from the signals selected with this utility.

–Assuming ProMark 220 is the currently selected type of GNSS receiver in FAST Survey (Current tab),

running GNSS Toolbox from within FAST Survey is simply done by selecting Equip > GPS Utilities > GNSS Toolbox > GNSS Settings.

–Select the desired option from the Tracking mode dropdown list. You can also set the elevation mask, enable or disable the use of SBAS and QZSS and preset the model of external antenna used.

–Then tap OK twice to return to the Equip menu.

For all other receivers:

•If you are using a GSM modem (whether internal or external), insert the SIM card making possible the use of the modem.

•If you are using an external radio transmitter, connect that radio to the receiver and turn it on.

•Connect the external GNSS antenna (ProFlex 800).

•Power on the GNSS receiver and data collector.

•Run FAST Survey and open a job file.

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	Configuration
English	Steps

In FAST Survey, tap on the Equip tab and then on the GPS Base

button. A message may appear asking you to confirm your choice of configuring a base. Tap Yes. This opens the Current

tab of the GPS Base window. You will have to go through four different configuration tabs (only three for ProMark 220) before the base is configured and made operational.

Legend used in all the tables below:

“•” (blue background): The parameter exists for the considered GNSS receiver and needs to be set to some value.

<Blank>: The parameter does NOT exist for the considered receiver. “NA” (Non Applicable): The parameter exists but is irrelevant to the

considered receiver.

<Any_Other_Text> (orange background): The parameter exists for the considered receiver and the text tells you the value you should assign to the parameter.

Current Tab

Use this tab to identify the GNSS receiver FAST Survey has to configure as a base.

	Parameters	EPOCH 50	ProMark 220	ProMark 800	ProFlex 800
	Manufacturer, should		“Spectra Precision”
	be set to:
	Model, should be set	“Epoch 50”	“ProMark	“ProMark	“ProFlex
			100/120/200/
	to:			800”	800”
			220”
		•	•	•	•
	Load/Save/Rename/	•	•	•	•
	Delete Configuration
	File

The button allows you to read the following information from the receiver:

–Firmware version

–Receiver ID

–Power status

–Free memory space

–Firmware options installed.

FAST Survey will connect to the receiver via the currently set connection to get this information.

Tap on to return to the Current tab.

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Comms Tab

Use this tab to set the connection between the data collector running FAST Survey and the GNSS receiver you intend to configure as a base.

ProMark 220 being both a GNSS receiver and a data collector, the connection between these two parts is managed internally and automatically. That’s why the Comms tab does not exist for this receiver.

For all other Spectra Precision receivers, you can choose between a Bluetooth or cable connection, as explained below.

Bluetooth Connection:

•Select “Bluetooth” in the Type field. The Device field is automatically set to “Windows Mobile”, which is the option that should be used in all cases.

• Tap to access the Bluetooth driver.

• Tap Find Receiver to search for and list all the Bluetooth devices located nearby. When it’s done, you should recognize your GNSS receiver in the list.

• Select the receiver in the list and tap to activate the

Bluetooth connection with the receiver. This takes you back to the Comms tab where the name of the connected

Bluetooth device now appears in the Instr field. More information on Bluetooth is provided in How FAST Survey Interfaces With a GNSS Receiver Via Bluetooth on page 7.

Cable Connection:

•Select “Cable” in the Type field.

•Configure the serial line (baud rate, parity, data bits, stop bits).

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	English	Receiver Tab
		Use this tab to set the different operating parameters the
		GNSS receiver will use as a base. The table below lists the
		parameters you have to set on this tab (and sub-tabs),
		depending on the GNSS receiver model you are using.

	Parameters	EPOCH 50	ProMark 220	ProMark 800	ProFlex 800
	Antenna Selection	NA	Internal/	NA	•
			External
	NGS	•	•	•	•
	Vertical/Slant Height	“Vertical”	•	•	•
	Measurement	only
	Antenna Height	•	•	•	•
	Elevation Mask	•	•	•	•
	Enable Ports B, F				•
	and Ethernet
	Position Rate	•
	Advanced:
	Use SBAS		•	•	•
	Use GLONASS		•	•	•
	Use Galileo			•	•
	Send file after config	NA	•	•	•
	NMEA output port		•	•	•
	Configure NMEA		•	•	•
	Message
	More:
	Use QZSS		•	•	•
	Use GPS		•	•	•
	Source Datum		•	•	•
	Virtual Antenna		•	•	•

Additional Information is provided below for some of the parameters listed above:

•NGS: With this option enabled, FAST Survey will correct the antenna offset values to get an absolute offset. Keep it disabled if relative offsets were used in some of the measurements present in your job.

•Position Rate: 1- or 2-Hz position output rate (irrelevant to a base).

•Use GLONASS: Remember that activating the Use GLONASS

option in ProMark 220 will be effective only if you have previously set the Tracking mode parameter in GNSS

Toolbox to “GPS L1+GLONASS L1” or “GPS/GLONASS L1/L2”. As for the Use SBAS and Use QZSS options, only the last setting made is effective, whether you do it from GNSS Toolbox or from FAST Survey.

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	• Send file after config: You may have a number of additional
	commands executed (proprietary commands of the		English
	“$PASH” type) when later you tap on	to configure the
	receiver. These commands must have been saved to a text
	file, for example to a file created using Equip > GPS Utility
	> Send command. To select the file you want the receiver to
	execute when being configured, tap on the blue button
	and highlight the corresponding file name.

•NMEA Output Port: You may ask the base to output one or more NMEA messages (GGA, GLL, RMC, VTG, GSV, GSA, ZDA, GST: see screen example) on the specified output

port. Once you have defined the output port (common to all NMEA messages), tap on the Configure button and then, for each desired NMEA message, select its output rate (in Hertz or seconds).

•Use QZSS: Enables/disables the use of the QZSS (QuasiZenith Satellite System) constellation covering Japan and the Far East.

•Use GPS: Enables/disables the use of the GPS constellation (enabled by default).

•Source Datum: If GPS is used, this is a read-only field providing the name of the datum (i.e. “W84”) on which position solutions are computed. If GLONASS is used and GPS is not used, you have the choice of which datum to use: either “W84” (GPS datum) or “PZ90.02” (GLONASS datum).

•Virtual Antenna: This option is disabled by default. Enabling the virtual antenna, which is defined as the generic “ADVNULLANTENNA” GNSS antenna, allows all collected data to be decorrelated from the GNSS antenna actually used at signal reception level. This may be useful

if you wish to post-process the raw data collected with a rover from another manufacturer with the raw data collected with this base.

RTK Tab

Use this tab to define:

1.The type of device (“Device”) the GNSS receiver will use to forward its corrections to users.

2.Possibly the network (“Network”) the base will rely upon to deliver its corrections to users.

3.The type of corrections (“Message Type”) the GNSS receiver will generate.

4.Optionally the Repeater mode for ProMark/ProFlex 800 receivers (Off or On).

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