Spectra-precision Survey Pro v3.80 Recon iPAQ User Manual User Manual

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User’s Manual 92 Figure 5 Template Inserted Into A Widening Area Figure Descriptions Figure 1 shows an overhead view of a simple transition from one

Road Layout 93 required. The first segment of the template will be adjusted to match whatever the widening says the width of the first segment should

User’s Manual 94 Creating Templates The information for a single template is stored in a separate file with a TP5 extension. Template names are limit

Road Layout 95 3. Tap . This will open the Edit Segment dialog box. Enter the following information to define the first segment, which will be a 2

User’s Manual 96 5. With <End> selected, tap and enter the following data to add a new segment that will describe the face of a curb. Notice

Road Layout 97 9. Tap OK from the New Template screen and the Save As dialog box will open. Enter T1 in the Name field and tap OK. This completes t

User’s Manual 98 Add Templates to the Alignment 1. Tap , from the Main Menu to open the Add/Edit Roads screen. 2. Since we are creating a new road

Road Layout 99 8. With <End> selected in the Left column, tap the button. This opens the Add Left Template screen, which allows you to add a

User’s Manual 100 Add Widenings 12. Tap the tab. We will define a widening where a new lane will begin in the right side of the road. 13. Tap <

Road Layout 101 Add Super Elevations 19. Tap the tab where we will insert a super elevation at the beginning and end of a curve for the left and ri

3 Getting Started TDS Survey Pro is available with different options and sold under the names, Survey Standard, Survey Pro, Survey Pro Robotic, and S

User’s Manual 102 26. We now need to add a super elevation at the end of the curve on the left side of the road to change the slope back to -2%. 27.

Road Layout 103 33. We now need to repeat the above steps for the right side of the road. Tap <End> in the Right column to select that side of

User’s Manual 104 Staking the Road With your road fully designed, you are now ready to stake the road. Staking a road is a simple and intuitive proc

Road Layout 105 segment field. (A positive offset value extends away from the centerline.) 9. Once the correct station to stake is entered and the d

User’s Manual 106 Slope Staking the Road The road slope staking procedure is nearly identical to the non-road layout slope staking routine described

Road Layout 107 point will be computed in areas that require a fill. Some people prefer to compute this point somewhere other than the end of the las

109 DTM Stakeout The Stake DTM routine allows you to stake an area and get cut, fill, and volume information between the surface being staked and a r

User’s Manual 110 Set Up the Job Once you have created the necessary DTM or DXF file and loaded it in the Data Collector, you are ready to set up you

DTM Stakeout 111 C.L. checkbox and then tapping the button will open the Select Line screen where you can select an existing polyline or alignment

User’s Manual 4 Survey Pro Installation The installation of Survey Pro will vary depending on if it is being installed on a Compaq iPAQ or a TDS Reco

User’s Manual 112 Select Your Layers 6. Tap from the Setup DTM 3D screen to open the Layers for Staking DTM screen. a. Select the layer that you wa

DTM Stakeout 113 a. All the polylines in the current job are displayed. Select the appropriate polyline and tap OK to return to the Setup DTM 3D scr

User’s Manual 114 Select any Break-lines (optional) Break-lines are used to define any linear surface that has an abrupt elevation change, such as a

DTM Stakeout 115 Stake the DTM 12. With the information correctly entered in the Stake DTM screen, tap to continue. 13. The DTM Shoot screen will

User’s Manual 116 15. At anytime, you can view the current DTM surface computed from the points staked so far by tapping the button. The button

DTM Stakeout 117 Note: The cut and fill values accessed from the button are volumes, where the cut and fill values represented in the Result card

User’s Manual 118 When Hidden-line Removal is checked, all the lines that occur behind other surfaces in the 3D View screen will be hidden. The imag

119 Screen Examples This section describes how to use several of the routines in Survey Pro. Each example outlines the procedure to use a particular

User’s Manual 120 are not sure if the units are in Feet or US Survey Feet into a job that is set to Feet or US Survey Feet, you will usually just wan

Screen Examples 121 5. The Import CR5 dialog box will open where you must specify the distance used in the file being imported. Select the correct d

Getting Started 5 An installation routine will also run on the Recon. No further action is required. Registering After Survey Pro is installed, t

User’s Manual 122 Exporting Coordinates The steps below will copy selected points from the current job to a new job in a specified file format. 1. Se

Screen Examples 123 Repetition Shots A repetition “shot” consists of one or more sets. A set consists of four individual shots; direct and reverse s

User’s Manual 124 3. Set the Horizontal, Zenith, and Distance Tolerances in the appropriate fields. The direct shots for each set are compared to th

Screen Examples 125 • BS ^ BS > FS ^ FS: Shoot backsight, reverse scope, shoot backsight, shoot foresight, reverse scope, shoot foresight • FS ^

User’s Manual 126 4. Prompts will open after every shot that instruct you on which point to shoot next and when you when you need to flop the scope.

Screen Examples 127 Shoot From Two Ends The Shoot From Two Ends screen is used to provide more accurate vertical closure to a traverse. The routine r

User’s Manual 128 Offset Shots Three individual screens are used to perform offset shots. These include the Distance Offset screen, Horizontal Angle

Screen Examples 129 field if the offset to the new point is behind the rod location (from the total station’s point of view), or enter a negative off

User’s Manual 130 point will be stored as a side shot. Note: The center shot and the prism shot can be taken in either order. Vertical Angle Offset S

Screen Examples 131 Resection The Resection screen allows you to occupy an unknown point and compute its coordinates by shooting two to seven known p

User’s Manual 6 Contact your TDS dealer and give him your unique serial number that is displayed on this screen. He will give you a registration cod

User’s Manual 132 5. In the Sequence field, specify if you want to perform Direct Only shots to each known point or Direct and Reverse shots. 6. Tap

Screen Examples 133 Solar Observations The Solar Observation screen is used to compute the azimuth to an arbitrary backsight based on the position of

User’s Manual 134 Performing a Sun Shot 1. Setup over a point with known or assumed coordinates and aim the total station at the backsight point to w

Screen Examples 135 • If performing a sun shot, check the Non-Linear Declination Correction checkbox. (Leave it unchecked for star shots.) • Check t

User’s Manual 136 10. WITH A SOLAR FILTER INSTALLED, aim ahead of the path of the sun so that the trailing edge has not yet contacted the vertical cr

Screen Examples 137 What to Do Next With the azimuth to the backsight known, you can now perform the following steps to begin your survey. 1. Without

User’s Manual 138 Remote Control Remote control mode is a special mode that makes it possible for users to control a fully robotic total station from

Screen Examples 139 Once the total station is aiming near the prism, the button is used to start the total station in a search pattern. The search

User’s Manual 140 Stake Out in Remote Mode Performing stake out in remote mode is different from running in a non-remote mode because the feedback is

Screen Examples 141 Remote staking beyond 10 feet from target Remote staking between 1 and 10 feet Remote staking within 1 foot from target

Getting Started 7 TDS allows access to three different SIPs. Since most of the entries relating to surveying will require numerical input, the numer

User’s Manual 142 Slope Staking in Remote Mode Slope staking in remote control mode functions in nearly the same way as with a non-remote total stati

Screen Examples 143 Slope Staking The ultimate purpose of the slope staking routine is to locate where the design slopes that extend from the ends of

User’s Manual 144 cut on the other side. It is important to remember that when slope staking a road, the road profile always remains the same and the

Screen Examples 145 5. Enter the horizontal width of the left and right sides of the road in the 1/2 Road Width fields. These widths do not have to

User’s Manual 146 14. The Segment # (Fill HP) field is used to select which segment to compute the slope from in a fill situation. This is useful wh

Screen Examples 147 Des. Slope is the design slope of the nearest cut or fill slope when is selected, otherwise it is the design slope of the select

User’s Manual 148 This will open a new screen where the offset point can be staked like any other stake point. 21. Tap . You will be prompted if yo

Screen Examples 149 Intersection The Intersection screen computes and optionally stores the coordinates for the intersection of two lines that are ta

User’s Manual 150 Map Check The Map Check screen is used to enter distance and direction information from a map for straight and curved sections to c

Screen Examples 151 Editing Boundary Data Any entered section can be modified if an error is discovered. To edit a particular section, select the se

User’s Manual 8 Using the Smart SIP on the Recon Whenever you tap in an edit field, the appropriate SIP will automatically open. The type of edit fie

User’s Manual 152 Predetermined Area The Predetermined Area routine will take a boundary with one open side and compute the location of a line that w

Screen Examples 153 Note: The boundary can have as many points as you desire, but the selected points must begin with the starting point of the fixe

User’s Manual 154 1. Tap , from the Main Menu. 2. Enter the first point that defines one of the sides of your three-sided boundary in the Point 1

Screen Examples 155 Horizontal Curve Layout The Horizontal Curve Layout screen is useful to compute the locations of any station along a horizontal c

User’s Manual 156 Tangent Offset The Tangent Offset method computes a perpendicular offset length (Tangent Offset) from the PC-PI line to the curren

Screen Examples 157 3. Define your horizontal curve by making the appropriate selections from the first two buttons and filling in the corresponding

User’s Manual 158 Parabolic Curve Layout The Parabolic Curve Layout screen is useful to compute the locations of any station along a vertical curve w

Screen Examples 159 Spiral Layout A spiral curve is a special curve that has a specified radius at one end, which gradually changes to an infinite ra

User’s Manual 160 Curve and Offset The Curve and Offset screen allows you to design a curve and stake it in the field. You can stake the curve’s cen

Screen Examples 161 8. Tap to continue. Setup Your Staking Options 9. Enter the first station that you want to stake in the Station field. 10. Ente

Getting Started 9 Changing SIPs on the Recon While the cursor is in an input field, you can select a different SIP to use for entering text into that

User’s Manual 162 Aim the Total Station 14. Using the information displayed on the screen, aim the total station toward the design point and tap . T

Screen Examples 163 Scale Adjustment The Scale routine will adjust the coordinates of selected points by a specified scale factor relative to a base

User’s Manual 164 Translate Adjustment The Translate routine will move points horizontally and/or vertically a specified distance and direction. Thi

Screen Examples 165 Translate by Coordinates The Translate by Coordinates method requires that you define a starting location and an ending location.

User’s Manual 166 Rotate Adjustment The Rotate Adjustment routine will rotate selected points around a specified rotation point. 1. Tap , from the

Screen Examples 167 Traverse Adjust The Traverse Adjust wizard will perform an angle adjustment, a compass rule adjustment, or both. Angle Adjust T

User’s Manual 168 Compass Rule The Compass Rule Adjustment will adjust either a closed or an open traverse. When adjusting a closed traverse, the er

Screen Examples 169 Performing a Traverse Adjustment 1. Tap , from the Main Menu. 2. Use the or button to select the polyline or points that d

User’s Manual 170 7. If a Compass Rule adjustment is being performed, the screen shown here will open. Select Closed Traverse if you are adjusting a

User’s Manual 10 Angle and Time Conventions Throughout the software, the following conventions are followed when inputting or outputting angles and t

Getting Started 11 Using Survey Pro Tapping the screen with a stylus is the primary method for interaction with Survey Pro. With the Pocket PC operat

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User’s Manual 12 3. Another screen will open where you select some of the job settings. Select the settings that you desire and tap to continue.

Getting Started 13 Navigating Within the Program The starting point in Survey Pro, which appears once a job is open, is called the Main Menu, which i

User’s Manual 14 About Survey Pro Tapping the icon or selecting | will open the About Survey Pro screen, which displays information on the vers

Getting Started 15 Quick Pick The button is called the Quick Pick button and is always available at the bottom of the screen in Survey Pro. This bu

User’s Manual 16 Battery Level The battery icon at the bottom of the Main Menu displays the condition of the Survey Pro’s rechargeable battery. The

Getting Started 17 Input Fields An input field is an area where a specific value is entered by the user. An input field consists of a label, which i

User’s Manual 18 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 p

Getting Started 19 Input Shortcuts Distances and angles are normally entered in the appropriate fields simply by typing the value from the keypad, bu

User’s Manual 20 The abbreviations can be entered in lower case or upper case characters. They can also be entered directly after the distance value

Getting Started 21 The Map View Many screens provide access to a map view. The map view is a graphical representation of the points and other useful

iii Table of Contents Getting Started___________________________________________3 Manual Conventions _______________________________ 3 Survey Pro Ins

User’s Manual 22 Decrease Vertical Scale This button is only available when viewing a vertical profile. Each time it is tapped, the vertical scale

Getting Started 23 • Scale Factor – Surveying Settings Card • Earth Curvature On or Off – Surveying Settings Card • Units for Survey Data (distances

User’s Manual 24 The button accesses the settings that are specific for the selected total station model. This screen can also quickly be accessed

Getting Started 25 Format Settings The Format Settings defines the precision (the number of places beyond the decimal point) that is displayed for va

User’s Manual 26 Files Settings The Files Settings allow you to select a control file or description file to use with the current job. Control File:

Getting Started 27 Surveying Settings The Surveying Settings allows you to select various options that affect how data collection is performed. Prom

User’s Manual 28 Stakeout Settings The Stakeout Settings contains the setting that control how stakeout is performed. Stake “Corners,” Not Just Even

Getting Started 29 station’s point of view. (This option only applies when a robotic total station is selected in the Instrument Settings.) Display

User’s Manual 30 • Cut Sheet and Points: When a stake point is stored, cut / fill data is stored to the current raw data file and the point coordina

Getting Started 31 distances are not measured during reverse shots. Enable Automatic Repetition: when checked, all remaining shots after the first sh

iv General Settings___________________________________________ 34 Bluetooth Communication__________________________ 36 Configuring Survey Pro________

User’s Manual 32 : will set the system time with the time entered. : when pressed, will zero the fractional portion of the current time and advance

Getting Started 33 Note: You can match the buttons listed on the screen with the buttons on the data collector by comparing the icons on the screen

User’s Manual 34 General Settings The General Settings contains the following settings: Use Enter Key to Move Between Fields: when checked, the [Ent

Getting Started 35 Write Point Attributes to Raw Data: when checked, point attributes will be written to the raw data file as well as the job file.

User’s Manual 36 Bluetooth Communication Survey Pro for the Recon supports communication with a total station wirelessly using Bluetooth when the fol

Getting Started 37 2. Make sure the Bluetooth COM Port checkbox is checked then press OK. Establish a Connection Establish a connection wi

User’s Manual 38 Discover the Device The next thing you have to do is discover your Bluetooth device. 4. Ensure that your total station is turned on

Getting Started 39 9. Select Tools | My Favorites… | COM Port from the menu. 10. Select the Use the favorite selected above radio button and choose

User’s Manual 40 Bluetooth Limitations Bluetooth can be thought of as a short-range radio link. As with any radio link of this type, communications

Getting Started 41 Required Files Every job that is used with TDS Survey Pro actually consists of at least two separate files; a job file and a raw d

v Point Staking Summary_____________________________________81 Surveying with True Azimuths _____________________ 82 Road Layout ____________________

User’s Manual 42 Raw Data Files A raw data file is an ASCII text file that is automatically generated whenever a new job is created on Survey Pro. I

Getting Started 43 Control Files A Control File is simply an existing job that is optionally opened within the current job so that the points from th

User’s Manual 44 Control File Example The following general example explains one scenario where a control file is used. In this example, a new job is

Getting Started 45 Description Files A Description File is used to automate the task of entering descriptions for points that are stored in a job. T

User’s Manual 46 • Descriptions do not need to be arranged in alphabetical order. (Survey Pro does that for you.) • Descriptions are case sensitive.

Getting Started 47 • Descriptions can include any character included on a keyboard. To use a description from a description file with codes simply ty

User’s Manual 48 Feature Codes As explained above, a description or descriptor codes can be used to help describe a point prior to storing it, but th

Getting Started 49 Features The primary part of a feature code is called a feature. Features generally describe what an object is. Two types of fea

User’s Manual 50 • Menu Attributes A menu attribute is an attribute that is selected from a pull-down menu rather than typed in from the keypad. Me

Getting Started 51 Layers Survey Pro uses layers to help manage the data in a job. Any number of layers can exist in a job and any new objects can b

vi Vertical Angle Offset Screen _______________________________ 130 Resection________________________________________ 131 Performing a Resection_____

User’s Manual 52 Similarly, whenever a new job is created, a Points layer is automatically created and selected as the active layer. The active laye

Getting Started 53 Changing a Layer Name or Visibility Selecting a layer and then tapping opens the Edit Layer dialog box where the name and visibi

User’s Manual 54 2D / 3D Points Survey Pro allows a job to contain 3D points as well as 2D points. Since a 2D point has no elevation associated with

Getting Started 55 Alignments Alignments are similar to polylines in that they define specific lines in the current job and typically describe the ce

User’s Manual 56 Creating an Alignment In this step-by-step example, we will create an alignment that has all the possible horizontal and vertical se

Getting Started 57 Horizontal Alignment 4. Tap the HAL (Horizontal Alignment) tab and then tap the button. This will open the Edit Segment screen

User’s Manual 58 7. Tap the button again and then tap the Arc tab to insert a horizontal curve. 8. Enter a of 100, a of 45 and select a Right t

Getting Started 59 Note: When creating a new horizontal segment and using the Make this segment tangent to previous option, the new segment will app

User’s Manual 60 16. Tap the button again and then tap the V. Curve tab to insert a parabolic vertical curve. Enter a Length of 250 and tap the

Getting Started 61 19. Tap OK from the Edit Alignment screen to return to the Add/Edit Alignments screen where the new alignment is stored and displa

vii Rotate Adjustment _______________________________ 166 Traverse Adjust__________________________________ 167 Angle Adjust_________________________

63 Fieldwork This section will explain how to get started using Survey Pro to collect data from a total station and perform stake out. It is assumed

User’s Manual 64 Scenario One You know the coordinates and locations for two points on your lot and want to occupy one and use the other as a backsig

Fieldwork 65 4. Toggle the / button to and enter the known azimuth to the second point here. 5. Aim the total station toward the second point,

User’s Manual 66 Scenario Four You have only one known point on a job. Solution You have two options in this situation. One, you can assume an azim

Fieldwork 67 Note: If the Backsight Circle displays a non-zero value in the Backsight Setup screen, the angle displayed is subtracted from all hori

User’s Manual 68 Setup 1. Create a new job. a. From the Main Menu, select , . b. Tap to open the Create a New Job screen. c. Enter any jo

Fieldwork 69 d. For this example, simply accept the default job settings and tap . Note: When creating a new job, it is important that the Units fo

User’s Manual 70 e. Accept the default coordinates for the first job point by tapping . You will return to the Main Menu. 2. Check the Job Settings

Fieldwork 71 b. Tap and enter a new point using the General and Location cards with the following values, as shown: Point Name: 2 Northing: 5050

User’s Manual 72 g. Tap . The Map screen will open automatically. h. Tap to continue. Performing a Side Shot 5. Access the , screen and f

Fieldwork 73 the next available point name and the information from the last shot is displayed on the screen. d. You can see a graphical representati

User’s Manual 74 The new point is computed and stored and the Traverse Now or Later prompt will open asking if you want to advance to the new point n

Fieldwork 75 current backsight), enter the correct instrument height in the Height of Instrument field and tap . This would update the Traverse / S

User’s Manual 76 Stakeout Example When setting up to perform stakeout, the requirements are nearly the same as with data collection. You need an exi

Fieldwork 77 Set Up 1. Open the job that was created in the Traverse / Side Shot Example. a. From the Main Menu, select , to open the Open / New s

User’s Manual 78 b. In the Occupy Point field, enter 1 as the point name. c. Toggle the / button to and enter 0 as the backsight azimuth. d. En

Fieldwork 79 c. The second Stake Points screen will open that displays all of the information needed to locate the design point. When connected to a

User’s Manual 80 g. Assuming the rod has been repositioned, take another shot by tapping the button and enter the following new shot data: Angle Ri

Fieldwork 81 d. The rod man needs to move back by 0.2 feet to be over the design point. Rather than take another shot, we will instruct him to use a

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User’s Manual 82 Surveying with True Azimuths Some people need to collect all of their horizontal angles in the form of azimuths. Survey Pro CE can h

Fieldwork 83 7. Begin your survey. When you traverse to a new point, the New Occupy Point dialog box will open showing you the azimuth computed to t

85 Road Layout Overview The Road menu contains a powerful set of routines that allow you to enter and modify road layout information and then stake t

User’s Manual 86 and slope or change in elevation. Templates can contain as many segments as needed, but must have at least one segment. Each segment

Road Layout 87 POB The POB designates the location in the current job where the alignment starts. The POB can be defined by an existing point or spec

User’s Manual 88 • Template segments must have a name. The template editor provides fields to enter the segment name. 2. Any two templates without in

Road Layout 89 • A previous Template. 4. Super Elevation ending slope value and Widening ending width value must match the first segment value define

User’s Manual 90 Road Rules Examples Figure 1 Overhead view of a template-to-template linear transition Figure 2 Template to Widening Transition

Road Layout 91 Figure 3 Widening to Template Transition Figure 4 Widening to Widening Transition