Spectra Precision Survey Pro v5.1 User Manual
Survey Pro Field Software
User Guide
From V5.1
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Data Collector Warranty Program
Spectra Precision would like to make you aware of the warranty program. A new
data collector that has been purchased and is still under the one year factory
warranty or under an extended warranty will be authorized for software updates.
Data collectors that are not currently under a warranty plan are eligible to purchase an extended warranty. There are Survey Pro software only warranties that
will authorize the data collector for software updates, and there are warranties
that cover both the data collector hardware and Survey Pro software. The extended warranties are a good way to protect your investment in your equipment.
The Survey Pro installation program will use your internet connection to compare
the data collector's serial number against a data base that contains the warranty
status on all units. If the unit is under a valid warranty, the installation will proceed. If the unit is not covered under warranty, then a message will be displayed
informing you of this and the installation will stop.
To receive Survey Pro minor improvement releases, identified by the version
numbering system, you only need to be on the current version of the latest minor
update. In other words, if you have version 5.0.x you are authorized for a version
5.0.5 improvement release automatically. For minor updates, 5.0 to 5.1 for example, it is now required that the data collector or Survey Pro software be on a
current warranty plan.
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your unit and to log the warranty plan into the database.
Table of Contents
1. Welcome to Survey Pro ..............................................................................................1
Scope......................................................................................................................1
Conventions Used .....................................................................................................2
2. Introduction to the Survey Pro User Interface ...............................................................3
Home Screen and Main Menu ....................................................................................3
Switching Between Home Screen and Main Menu........................................................4
Command Bar Description .........................................................................................4
How to Customize the Home Screen ...........................................................................5
Adding a Function .................................................................................................6
Removing a Function .............................................................................................6
Moving a Function.................................................................................................6
Home Screen Pages ..............................................................................................6
Screen Details ..........................................................................................................7
Map View .................................................................................................................8
3. Creating a Job.........................................................................................................10
Job Settings ...........................................................................................................11
Importing Data ......................................................................................................12
Editing Points ........................................................................................................13
Editing Polylines.....................................................................................................14
Editing Alignments .................................................................................................14
Exporting Data ......................................................................................................14
4. Connecting Survey Pro to an Instrument ....................................................................15
Instrument Icon and Options List .............................................................................15
Connecting Survey Pro to an Optical Instrument ........................................................16
Remote Control Screen ........................................................................................17
Connecting Survey Pro to a GNSS Receiver ...............................................................18
Additional Settings..............................................................................................20
Checking the GNSS Status...................................................................................21
5. Optical Surveying ....................................................................................................22
Instrument Setup ...................................................................................................23
Station Setup on a Known Point ...........................................................................23
Station Setup on Unknown Point, Resection Method ..............................................26
Variants to the Basic Station Setup Procedures ......................................................28
Remote Elevation ................................................................................................29
Point Measurement.................................................................................................29
Introduction to Traverse / Sideshot........................................................................29
Sideshot.............................................................................................................30
Traverse .............................................................................................................31
Repetition Shots .................................................................................................32
6. GNSS Surveying......................................................................................................34
Starting an RTK Base .............................................................................................34
Starting an RTK Rover.............................................................................................36
Collecting Data .......................................................................................................40
Collecting Points .................................................................................................40
Collecting Features..............................................................................................42
Collecting Offset Points .......................................................................................43
Solving Calibration..................................................................................................44
Introduction to Calibration ................................................................................... 44
Calibration Procedure, Illustrated ......................................................................... 45
Special Case of One-Point Calibration ................................................................... 48
How Survey Pro Deals With Base Location............................................................. 48
Unexpected Change of Base .................................................................................... 49
Ending a Survey ..................................................................................................... 49
7. Stakeout Routines................................................................................................... 50
Staking Points With a Mechanical Optical Instrument ................................................ 50
Staking Points With a Robotic Optical Instrument ..................................................... 52
Staking Points With GNSS ...................................................................................... 54
Other Stakeout Routines ......................................................................................... 56
8. Survey Pro’s On-Board Version ................................................................................. 58
Working With No Job Open ...................................................................................... 58
Working With a Job Open ........................................................................................ 62
Appendix.................................................................................................................... 64
Descriptions .......................................................................................................... 64
Layers ................................................................................................................... 64
Features & Attributes.............................................................................................. 64
Memo for GNSS Users ............................................................................................ 65
1. Welcome to Survey Pro
Congratulations on your decision to purchase a Spectra Precision product.
Spectra Precision is serious about providing the best possible products to its
customers and knows that you are serious about your tools. We are proud to
welcome you to the Spectra Precision family.
The Spectra Precision Survey Pro team is continually improving and updating
Survey Pro. Please take a few minutes to register by visiting our web site at:
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Scope This manual will guide you through your first steps using Survey Pro. Whether
you are using optical or GNSS equipment, you will find here key instructions
and explanations for a successful start.
If you are new to Survey Pro, reading the first three sections will help you
understand the organization and workflow of the software.
The rest of the guide is dedicated to helping you start your field work.
• Station setup is an essential step when surveying with an optical
instrument: this guide discusses the Known Point and Resection routines,
followed by a short description of a few standard surveying procedures
(traverse/sideshot, repetition).
• Choosing the right coordinate system before starting a job with GNSS is
also an essential step: the guide will take you through the different possible
scenarios, followed by a short description of standard data collection
procedures.
• Stakeout routines are functions common to optical and GNSS surveying.
These are introduced in 7. Stakeout Routines on page 50.
• The last section provides instructions specific to Survey Pro running on
Nikon Nivo and Spectra Precision FOCUS total stations.
From your first successful experience with Survey Pro, based on the
information provided in this guide, you will be able to extend your knowledge
of the software to its many other functions, relying on your own experience as
a surveyor and referring to the on-line Help whenever necessary.
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Conventions Used The following conventions are used:
• Text strings in bold font represent the names of software items such as
fields, buttons, check boxes, tabs, messages, screens, menus, etc.
• The symbol “>” is placed between menus, tabs and/or buttons to indicate
that you have to tap on these parts successively in that order.
• When referring to both optical instruments and GNSS receivers, the term
“instruments” will be used to encompass the two types of equipment.
The following acronyms and abbreviations are used:
• BS: Backsight
• EDM: Electronic Distance Meter
• NEE: Northing, Easting, Elevation (grid coordinates)
• HA: Horizontal Angle
• LLH: Latitude, Longitude, Height (geodetic coordinates)
• PPM: Part Per Million
• SD: Slope Distance
• SS: Side Shot
• ZA: Zenith Angle
The following conventions are used when inputting or outputting angles:
• Azimuths, latitudes, longitudes are entered in degrees-minutes-seconds
format and are represented as DD.MMSSsss, where:
– DD: One or more digits representing the degrees
– MM: Two digits representing the minutes
– SS: Two digits representing the seconds
– sss: Zero or more digits representing the decimal fraction part of the
seconds.
E.g.: 212.0805 would indicate 212 degrees, 8 minutes and 5 seconds.
• Bearings can be entered in either of the following formats:
– S32.0805W to indicate South 32 degrees, 8 minutes, 5 seconds West.
– 3 32.0805 to indicate 32 degrees, 8 minutes, 5 seconds in quadrant 3.
When a field accepts a time for its input, the time is entered in hours-minutesseconds format, which is represented as HH.MMSSsss, where:
– HH: One or more digits representing the hours
– MM: Two digits representing the minutes
– SS: Two digits representing the seconds
– sss: Zero or more digits representing the decimal fraction part of the
seconds.
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2. Introduction to the Survey Pro User Interface
Home Screen and
Main Menu
On launching Survey Pro, you will first be asked to open a job. When done, the
software will open at the Home screen. The home screen shows a selection of
the functions you will most frequently use in the field. You can customize the
Home screen based on your needs.
If this is your first time using Survey Pro, a message box will inform you how
you can customize the items and layout of the functions on the Home screen
(see How to Customize the Home Screen on page 5).
Because some of the available Survey Pro functions are mode dependent
(optical, GNSS, Post Process), there is a different Home screen for each mode.
That also means there is a slightly different default Home screen depending
on which instrument is used. See below, from left to right: Optical, GNSS, Post
Process.
The functions available from the Home screen are taken from the Main Menu,
which contains all the possible Survey Pro functions.
You can access the functions available from each submenu by tapping the
corresponding submenu icon.
Each submenu, and all the functions attached to the submenu, are
represented by icons of the same background color. For example the File
submenu and its functions are all in green.
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Switching Between
Home Screen and
Main Menu
The table below lists the buttons allowing you to navigate between the Home
screen and the Main Menu and its submenus.
Icon / Check boxes Result
Takes you to the Home screen from the Main Menu or any submenu.
Takes you back to the Main Menu from the Home screen.
Takes you back to the Main Menu from an open submenu.
The default Home screen has only one page so there’s only one blue
dot (a radio button), and it is necessarily checked.
When adding functions through customization, other pages may be
created for the Home screen to accommodate all the added functions
(see How to Customize the Home Screen on page 5). In that case, tap
one of the radio buttons to display the desired page.
Command Bar
Description
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
The command bar is that portion of the Survey Pro screen that remains always
displayed whether the Home screen, the Main Menu or one of its submenus is
displayed. The command bar contains the following items:
• Map View [1]: This button will access the map view of the current job when
it is tapped. The map view is available from many screens (see Map View
on page 8).
• Instrument Used [2]: The Instrument icon indicates the mode (optical or
GNSS) that the software is in, and the type of instrument the software is
currently associated with.
Icon Current Instrument Selection
Optical instrument
GNSS receiver, RTK
GNSS receiver; post-processing
This icon is also used to change the instrument and perform additional
settings on this instrument. See 4. Connecting Survey Pro to an Instrument
on page 15.
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• Battery Level [3]: The battery icon displays the condition of the data
collector’s rechargeable battery. The icon has five variations depending on
the level of charge remaining, and a sixth variation to indicate battery
charging.
Icon Meaning
100% charge remaining
75% charge remaining
50% charge remaining
25% charge remaining
Less than 5% charge remaining
Battery charging from AC adaptor
Tapping the battery icon is a shortcut to the Windows Mobile Power
Settings screen.
• Quick Pick [4]: The Quick Pick button will open a customizable list of
routines. To quickly access a routine, just tap on it.
• Online Help [5]: This button opens the online help, which allows you to
access information for each screen.
How to Customize the
Home Screen
A message is displayed right after opening or creating a job asking you to “Tap
and hold on menu items to manage the Home screen”. This message prompts you
to customize the Home menu so that only the functions you will most
frequently be using in the field will be made available from this screen.
After you have become familiar with the customization process and next time
you launch Survey Pro, you can dismiss the message by checking the Don’t ask
this again prompt before tapping OK to close the message.
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Adding a Function
This is a three-step procedure:
• Go to the Main Menu, then to the submenu containing the function you
would like to add to the Home screen.
• Tap and hold the corresponding function item and select Add to Home.
Survey Pro then shows the Home screen with all the possible free locations
for the new function, all represented as unnamed icons. Note at this point
that all the icons are shown with the same background color (see example).
• Tap on a free icon (an unnamed one) or on the icon of an existing function.
The new function is inserted at the tapped location. Icon colors are then
restored.
If you tap on an existing function, this function and the next ones are
shifted down by one location. Survey Pro will automatically create a new
page of Home screen if the resulting number of functions on the screen is
greater that what the screen can accommodate.
Removing a Function
On the Home screen, tap and hold the function you want to remove and select
Remove Item. This instantly removes the function from the Home screen.
Moving a Function
• On the Home screen, tap and hold the function you want to move and select
Move Item. Apart from the function you want to move, which keeps its
original appearance, all other function items change color to blue.
• Tap on the location where you wish to move the function. This may be a free
location, or the location of an existing function. If you tap on an existing
function, the moved function will be inserted at the selected location and
the function at that location and the ones that follow will be moved down.
Home Screen Pages
The default home screen consists of a single page. You may add up to three
additional pages as part of the Home screen in order to make your many
favorite functions accessible from this set of pages.
• Adding a page is done by tapping and holding any function on the Home
screen and selecting Insert Page Before or Insert Page After.
• Switching from one page to the other is done by tapping on radio buttons
at the top of the screen.
• Removing a page is done by tapping any location on that page and selecting
Remove Page. This action requires user confirmation.
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Screen Details The screen example below illustrates the different types of items you will
usually encounter on the screen when using the different Survey Pro functions:
[4]
[5]
[6]
[2]
[1]
[3]
[7]
• Input Field [1]: An area where you can enter a specific value.
• Output Field: Only displays a value that cannot be changed.
• Simple Button [2]: Typically used to run the function described by its
name. Just tap it to run the function. When the button name appears in red
characters, you can alternately press the Enter key on the keypad to
perform the same action.
• Power Button [3]: Typically used to provide context-sensitive functions to
modify the corresponding field. Once you have tapped on it, a drop-down
list will appear with several choices. Simply tap the desired choice from the
drop-down list.
• Choose From Map Button [4]: Always associated with a field where an
existing point is required. When the button is tapped, a map view is
displayed. To select a point for the required field, just tap it from the map.
NOTE: If you tap a point from the map view that is located next to other points,
another screen will open that displays all of the points in the area that was tapped.
Tap the desired point from the list to select it.
• Scroll buttons [5]: When a button label is preceded with the > symbol, it
indicates that the button label can be changed by tapping it, thus changing
the type of value that would be entered in the associated field. As you
continue tapping a scroll button, the label will cycle through all the
available choices.
• Check boxes [6]: Tap on these boxes to successively check or clear the
corresponding option.
•Tabs [7]: Many screens show tabs, which look like the tabs on index cards.
Tapping on a tab displays a subset of information part of the selected
screen.
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The following buttons will appear in the area usually occupied by the
command bar.
Item Function
OK button. Accepts the changes made and closes the window.
Cancels the changes made in the open window
Closes the current window
Quick access to the relevant Settings screen
Quick access to the Help system
Quick access to the Quick Pick list.
Map View The map view is a graphical representation of the objects in the current job. It
will show basemaps in the background if you are using one (see screen
example).
Basemap files may be either raster images (such as a georeferenced TIFF file,
or a JPG image with an associated world file) or CAD drawings (DXF files).
There are different map views depending on how the map view is accessed.
Each can display slightly different information, such as a vertical profile. A bar
is shown at the bottom of every map view that indicates the scale. The buttons
along the left edge of the screen allow you to change what is displayed in the
map view.
TIP: You can pan around your map by dragging your stylus across the screen.
The “main” map view is the one you get after tapping in the command
bar (from the Home screen or Main Menu).
From all those screens including a button, you will also display a map view
after tapping this button.
The “main” map view, as well as any map view accessible from a survey
routine, will also function as an “active” map. That means you can perform
several actions directly from the map. Tap and hold on the map to bring up a
context menu of available actions. The actions available will depend on what
you have selected at the tap-and-hold location.
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The main map can also function as an interface to collect measurements. Tap
and hold on the main map and choose Survey Mode to enable the Measurement
interface (see screen example for GNSS).
When in Survey Mode, you can collect data from the main map by tapping on
one of the available buttons (see table below).
You can also press the Enter key to trigger an observation. By default, the Enter
key will trigger a “Topo” observation. You can change the Enter key to trigger
a point observation by clearing the Survey Map Use Enter Button for Topo prompt
on the Job > Settings > Surveying tab.
Shortcut buttons are available to optimize your work. These are defined below:
Optical Function GNSS Function
- Mechanical optical instrument: Triggers the
instrument to take a shot in the current mode (fine
or coarse).
- Robotic optical instrument: Similar to GNSS, i.e.
takes the latest tracking mode data and stores a
point.
- Mechanical optical instrument: Takes a fine
mode observation.
- Robotic optical instrument: Opens up the remote
control screen where you will hit the Take Shot
button to take a fine mode observation.
Setting target height Setting antenna height
Station setup GNSS status
One-epoch point measurement
Multi-epoch point measurement
(static occupation)
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3. Creating a Job
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Survey Pro cannot start without a job being open. Upon launching Survey Pro, the
Welcome to Survey Pro screen will guide you through the process of creating a new job
or opening an existing job.
NOTE: Upon launching the onboard version of Survey Pro, the initial screen allows you take
measurements without having to open a job. Refer to 8. Survey Pro’s On-Board Version on
page 58.
•Tap the New button. The New Job screen opens, which prompts you for a job name
where the current date is the default name.
• Either type in a new job name or accept the default name.
• You can create the job in two different ways:
1. Tap the Create Job Now button. The new job will be created with the current
default settings (as listed at the bottom of the screen) and will be stored in the
default directory (\Survey Pro Jobs\).
2. Tap the Settings button to access the different job settings (see below). After
you have gone through the different settings, tap the Finish button. This will
create and store the new job.
NOTE: The job names listed in the upper portion of the screen are those of the most recent jobs
you opened in Survey Pro. This list does not necessarily reflect the list of jobs stored in your data
collector. If you are looking for a job stored in your data collector, use the Browse button.
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Job Settings The settings and values entered for a new job become the default values for any
subsequent new jobs. A short description of the jobs settings is given below.
[1] [2]
• Units [1]: When creating a new job, set all the desired units for the job. You can
also enable the setting for Earth Curvature and Refraction correction for optical
measurements.
• Control File [2]: Control points can optionally be imported from another existing
job by checking the Use a Control File check box. After tapping Finish to create the
job, a message will indicate the number of imported points. If you are using a
control file, by default the coordinate system of this control file will be used for the
new job. You can override this default setting on the coordinate system page. A
control file can be imported from either a .Job or .Survey file.
[3] [4]
• Select Coordinate System [3]: When you are using a control file, you can start the
job with the control file’s coordinate system, or you can pick a different coordinate
system from the database. If you don’t have a control file, you need to choose the
coordinate system for the job. To select the coordinate system for the new job:
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– Clear the check box when you are doing an optical survey with a ground scale
factor of 1, or if you are doing a GNSS survey and there’s no known projection
or datum for your local grid coordinates.
– Check this box when your local grid coordinates are defined by some known
map projection and datum.
Understanding Scale Factor for your coordinate system:
– If your job has “no coordinate system”, Survey Pro automatically sets the scale
factor for optical measurements to “1.0”. This means that the distance
measured on the ground will be 1:1 to the distance on the grid. If you start a
GNSS survey, Survey Pro will use default Ground Calibration mode to calculate
your grid coordinates from GNSS measurements.
– If your job is using a map projection and datum, Survey Pro will automatically
calculate the correct scale factor for each station setup so the distance
measured on the ground will properly be reduced to the coordinate grid. If you
start a GNSS survey, Survey Pro will use the selected projection to calculate
grid coordinates from GNSS measurements.
NOTE: You can modify the default optical scale factor settings in the Job > Settings > Scale
Factor tab.
• First Point [4]: A default point name and coordinates are prompted to become the
first point in the job. You can freely change the name and coordinates of this point
before creating it. You may also clear the box if you do not want to create a new
point at this stage.
You may start your measurements now if you don’t need anything else in your job at
this time. In that case, go directly to 4. Connecting Survey Pro to an Instrument on
page 15.
If you need to add data (points, polylines, alignments, etc.) into your job before
starting, the sections below will tell you how to import or create/edit data from within
the open job. The last section lists the possible formats in which the data stored in
the job can be exported.
Importing Data Use the File > Import function to add points to the open job. The points may be
imported from different file formats:
• Survey Pro native formats (*.Survey, *.JOB, *.JXL, *.CR5). JXL is the extension for
files in JobXML format, a Spectra Precision standard format for point, alignment,
and measurement data.
• LandXML (*.XML), an industry standard format for point, alignment, and
measurement data.
• Text format (*.TXT, *.CSV). An Import ASCII wizard will help you define the content
of every TXT file you will import.
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Survey Pro will parse and import all the known elements from the chosen file. These
elements will be added to the current job as points, polylines and alignments. See the
definition of these elements in Editing Points on page 13, Editing Polylines on
page 14 and Editing Alignments on page 14.
The File > Import Control function is used to import points onto the control layer of your
job. Points on the control layer are protected from being modified. Control files should
be in *.Survey or *.JOB format.
Editing Points A point in Survey Pro has coordinates and properties. A point’s coordinates can be
derived in one of two ways:
• Key-in point: The coordinates for this point were entered using the Job > Edit Points
function (Insert button) or this point was created by importing data to the job.
• Observed point: The coordinates for this point are calculated from measurements
in the current job.
NOTE: To see the current coordinates and properties of a point, you can tap the point on the
map. This will open the Point Details screen showing the Origin of the point, which describes
how the point was created.
You can use the Edit button of the Edit Points function to modify the description, layer,
picture and features of any single point. With a selection of multiple points, you can
use the same button to modify the description and layer of the entire selection.
Selecting several points not in sequence is obtained by first activating the Control key
and then tapping successively on the points to edit. The Control key is accessible from
either the virtual keyboard (CTL key on Nomad, Recon or ProMark 200) or the real
keyboard (CTRL key on Ranger). The Shift key can also be used to select several points
in sequence.
You can use the Edit button of the Edit Points function to modify the coordinates of any
key-in point in the job. The Location tab allows you to enter coordinates for the point.
You can enter Grid, global geodetic (WGS84 LLH) or local geodetic (Local LLH)
coordinates.
• Grid: This point’s local grid coordinates are the Northing, Easting, Elevation values
that were keyed in or imported. This point’s global geodetic coordinates will be
calculated by transforming grid coordinates into latitude, longitude, height
coordinates using the current projection.
• Global geodetic: This point’s WGS84 coordinates are the latitude, longitude and
height values that were keyed in or imported. This point’s local grid coordinates
will be calculated by transforming geodetic coordinates into Easting, Northing,
Elevation coordinates using the current projection.
• Local geodetic: This point’s local geodetic coordinates are the latitude, longitude
and height values that were keyed in or imported. This point’s grid and global
geodetic coordinates will be calculated by transforming the local geodetic
coordinates with the current projection.
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When there is no projection set or solved, there is no way to transform the keyed in
values into grid or geodetic coordinates. You will see these coordinates are missing
when you look at the point details.
If this point is derived from an observation, the Location tab will list its current
coordinates but these cannot be edited.
For more information on Descriptions, Layers and Features, see Appendix on page 64.
Editing
Polylines
Editing
Alignments
Exporting
Data
A polyline in Survey Pro is a line connecting points together. Each vertex of the line
is defined by an existing point, whether an observed or keyed in point. Points in
polylines can be connected with either straight segments or horizontal curves.
You can use the polyline editor to modify polylines (go to Job > Edit Polylines). The
polyline editor is described in the Online Help.
An alignment in Survey Pro is a line defined by vectors starting at a Point of Beginning
(POB). The POB can be an existing point in the job, or just location coordinates.
Alignments can have horizontal segments and optionally a vertical profile. Horizontal
segments can be straight segments, circular curves or spiral curves. A vertical profile
can be defined using a vertical curve and straight grade segments.
You can use the alignment editor to modify alignments (go to Job > Edit Alignments).
The alignment editor is described in the Online Help.
You can import alignments for staking, using Roads > Edit Roads menu. Alignments
imported using this function can be viewed in the alignment editor but cannot be
modified.
Use the File > Export function to export data from the open job to one of the supported
file formats. For most formats (Survey, JOB, TXT, CSV, XML, CR5 and DXF), you may
select the portion of the current job you wish to export. For export to Survey Pro 4.x
(Job/RAW) or JobXML format, the entire job database will always be exported.
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4. Connecting Survey Pro to an Instrument
Before you start taking new measurements in a job, you must tell Survey Pro
if an optical instrument or a GNSS receiver will be used to perform the job.
NOTE: Selecting an instrument only makes sense when Survey Pro is running on a data
collector. If it’s running in the instrument you are using (e.g. FOCUS 30), only this
instrument can be used in Survey Pro.
Before you make this choice, power on the instrument. This will allow the data
collector to detect it and establish a radio, Bluetooth or serial connection with
it when asked to do so.
With GNSS equipment, you may simply use a rover receiver, or both a base
receiver and a rover receiver. In the latter case, it’s good practice to start your
survey having both receivers running side by side. This way, you can complete
the setup of both receivers and ensure they are communicating on the data
link, and you are getting a fixed position at the rover.
When using a serial connection to start a base and rover, the data collector
must be connected to the base receiver first. Once the base is set, disconnect
the cable from the base and connect it to the desired rover.
Instrument Icon and
Options List
• Run Survey Pro.
• Open or create a job.
• Tap on the Instrument icon in the command bar.
(This icon may look like any of the following: , or ).
This opens a list of options (see screen example).
• Manage Instruments provides access to various functions allowing you to
declare a new instrument and make advanced settings for each instrument.
• The available options below the Manage Instruments button are for selecting
the desired operating mode for Survey Pro:
– Optical for optical instrument (the selected one in the example)
– GNSS for GNSS receiver used in RTK
– Post Processing for a GNSS receiver used for simple raw data logging.
• In the section above the Manage Instruments button is a list of all
instruments that have been added to Survey Pro for the currently selected
mode. The current active instrument is indicated with a check mark. An
additional option is available (“Manual Mode” for optical; “Demo Mode”
for GNSS) allowing you to use Survey Pro standalone, as if it were
connected to a real instrument.The ”Manual Mode” and “Demo Mode”
profiles cannot be deleted or renamed.
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In summary, tapping the Instrument icon allows you to:
• Select Optical, GNSS or Post Processing mode
• Quickly activate an instrument for use in the selected operating mode
• Quickly access the Instrument Settings screen
• Add a new instrument supported in the selected operating mode.
Connecting Survey
Pro to an Optical
Instrument
• Tap the Instrument icon and select Switch to Optical
• Tap the Instrument icon and select Manage Instruments. This opens the
Settings screen listing all the current instrument profiles.
• Tap the Create New Instrument button and define the new instrument: Choose
its brand and model, and then name it.
Depending on the model you select, additional settings may be required
(connection, radio, etc.) and status is also provided (port, connection, level
bubble, etc.). An Instrument Settings button is also available giving access
to advanced settings (collimation, EDM, lights, etc.).
• Tap to create the new instrument and close the Instrument Setup screen.
The new instrument is automatically selected in the list, as indicated by the
green spot shown before the instrument name. (You would use the Activate
button to activate another instrument after selecting it in the list.)
• Tap to close the Settings screen.
The Settings screen for optical instruments includes the following buttons:
• Instrument Settings: Gives quick access to the settings of the instrument
selected in the list. The type and number of settings depend on the brand
and model of the instrument selected.
• GeoLock: Allows you to enable or disable GeoLock, a GPS-assisted target
search function usable with some robotic instruments only.
• Export and Import: These buttons allow you to respectively save or load
instrument profiles. Survey Pro saves Instrument profiles as SPI files.
Importing an SPI file is a quick way of adding a preset instrument in Survey
Pro.
• Delete: Allows you to delete the instrument profile you select in the list.
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Remote Control Screen
If you are using a robotic total station, use the Survey > Remote Control function
to control the total station from the data collector running Survey Pro.
In addition to providing the same level of control as Survey Pro’s onboard
version, the Remote Control screen constantly provides information about:
• The charge status of the battery used in the total station
• The operating status of the total station (IDLE/ MEASURING/Locked)
• The quality of the radio link between the robotic total station and the data
collector.
The following buttons are also available from this screen to control the
instrument:
• GeoLock button: Launches a GPS-assisted search for the prism
• Search button: Launches a search for the prism starting at the current
instrument direction
• LockNGo button: Enables or disables the lock-and-go feature
• Stop button: Stops the current turn or search operation
• Tur n To button: Opens up the “Turn To” screen where you can select a point
or angles to turn the instrument to.
The following icons are made available next to the title bar:
Item Function
Visible laser pointer off. Tapping on this icon will turn the laser pointer on.
Note: Standard safety precautions should be taken to ensure that persons do not look
directly into the beam.
Visible laser pointer on. Shown to indicate the visible laser is currently active. In the command bar, the instrument icon will then look like this:
Tapping will turn the laser pointer off.
Note: Standard safety precautions should be taken to ensure that persons do not look
directly into the beam.
Provides access to the Instrument settings screen.
Shows or hides the on-screen keyboard.
Provides access to Geolock activation, status and reset.
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