This little baby just got me out of a pinch.  I figured I would share this Pentax R-400 Operators Manual with you guys in case you need it..

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Scott D. Warner, RLS

Senior Director / Editor

Land Surveyors United

I recently received a Pentax PCS-2s total station from another surveyor as a gift but i am having a few challenges. I have read the manual for three times now but i have still been unable to solve my little situation. To make coordinate observations one will have to input in the station coordinates and make a back sight observation but my challenge is, when inputting in the station coordinates i am allowed only five slots to key in my digits but my eastings are six digits. IMG-20150328-00197.jpg

We have recently acquired an eBee plus and interested in others experience and tips in optimizing the workflow in Agisoft, in particular using a geoid model where the local geoid model is not well defined (outside South Africa) We always use accurate ground control points to verify results. The geoid model is fairly well defined in South Africa with an accuracy or standard deviation of 7cm. Has anyone used a geoid specific to Africa and verified against true orthometric heights, and if so where?

Good afternoon,

I am just about to launch a new small business called Ground Control Surveys.

I live in Sydney, Australia.

The business will offer both UAV Mapping and Processing. 

Having read a whole lot of forums over the last few years, I have seen that there are a large number of people who want to take advantage of UAV's for mapping, but who don't have the time to experiment with all the processing software/s. 

For those local to my area, I can fly the drone (Licensed CASA pilot) and process the images.

But for those who may be interstate or overseas; I am more than happy to process the imagery that you may have taken.

I can also discuss the flight planning, ground control placement, camera settings etc with you, to ensure the imagery is of sufficient quality. 

I have refined the process over the last 2 years and have found that Photoscan allows for the most customisation, which, done correctly, leads to the most accurate results; however, if you require the imagery processed in similar software, that can usually be arranged. 

If anyone would like to know more, I can share with you my past projects and the accuracy analysis.

I can also assist with the analysis after the processing is complete eg. categorising the point cloud, creating a bare-Earth model, generating contours and exporting them as a DXF, creating a 10 x 10m grid and sampling heights at these locations etc.

Don't hesitate to ask any questions, I'm happy to share some quick tips on this or any related topics (QGIS, GlobalMapper etc).

Kind regards,

James Wallace

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Hi Guys 

I got my photo control and processing all figured out for Normal projects with good geometry but im having a hard time figuring out how to place and space control points for narrow road strip.

how can i set out a local coordinate using  Sokkia GRX 2 can you help me please =(

I recently purchased a SET6F on ebay, an actually got it up and running.

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the operator's manual?  Hard copy preferred, or a link to a pdf , or anything.

I have the manual that came with it, but all the pages are stuck together. (Surveying in the rain?) More of a paperweight than a document.

Opening it just rips the pages.

I have error code 118 on Sokkia 3030R can anyone assist 

Dear everybody,

It's nice to be a part of your 4rum.

Firstly, I would like to introduce with you I am Hieu, Survey Manager of Hitachi Railway Line 1 in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Our company has just bought the TS16P 1" for my Survey Team, unfortunately, so far I cannot know how to import our project alignment data including super elevation, slope, cant, etc., to my Total Station.

Could you please help me to solve this matter?

Thank you so much in advance.

Kind regards,

Hieu.

Is anyone still have the 5.05 firmware version of GS10/15?

My CS15 is on 5.05, but my GS15 is on 5.02, and cn'a get connected each other, because of different firmware version.
Unfortunately i have no budget to buy the ccp's.

hi to every one.

can someone help me to recover a job i have deleted from the rover.

Am trying to use the old fashioned RTK with GSM. I use a GX1230 with Siemens M20 (GX1230 Tech Ref Manual lists M20 as a supported model). Connected the M20 to Port1, configured the Real Time Interface with Port1 and Siemens M20 that shows up by default in Smartworx with factory default AT commands. I create a Config Set for Rover, all done and Smartworx shows messages, 1. Config Set saved, 2. Port1: No response from GSM and 3.Port1: GSM Initialised. The SIM I use has both voice and data from the service provider. I do not have a Network RTK Infrastructure, so I am doing a Single Base to Single Rover RTK. Under Additional Rover Option, Accept Reference is "Any Received" and Ref Network is "None" (as I dont have a Network RTK Infrastructure).

Begin Survey, Press F3 CONEC, Screen shows Dialling 'mobile number', and immediately, it throws up 'Connection interrupted' error in Smartworx.

When I use AT commands on M20, I am able to call my mobile (rings) and from my mobile to the M20 unit, smartworx displays connection established. But its when I dial via smartworx, from Rover to Base, smartworx throws up this error almost immediately. Have struggled with it for 2 weeks.

Appreciate if you can throw some light. Thank you.

I am a retired engineer trying to help a charity that runs a wilderness camp that was destroyed by a forest fire. They are required to have a topographic survey to locate the new septic treatment facility that is required in the rebuilding process. To assist in this process I have acquired a used dtm a10lg. I am wondering if anyone has a manual for this instrument? or if it goes by a different designation. or if it is very similar to a different model?

Thank you Stephen

Hi everyone. I am glad to find such a group as this. I am using a Nikon DTM 330 which has suddenly displayed the following screen when turned on.......

Program Install

BPS:38400  D:7bit

P:None     S:1bit

F:Xon/Xoff  Atype

Has anyone ever seen such a screen and if so what does it imply? I should add that the instrument turns on and off but doesn't move from this screen display.  

I've pulled a DTM-300 out of the closet after a company merger and I don't have the user manual.  I did a quick field test and found that it needs a vertical/horizontal angle adjustment.  Does anyone have a manual with instructions on how to do a field adjustment?

hi id like to know where to find the data transfer software for DTM-122A. it was donated to me but i cant download jobs from it. it doesnt have  data transfer software either     http://www.aliexpress.com

Hi,

I am currently using starnet V6 and I am having a problem. Tried searching through the manuals and online help but no such luck. 

Currently I have a two traverse loops; One loop is the original loop which was done many years back, the second loop was recently done and contains part of the original loop and was done using assumed bearing and coordinates. I would like to know how to do a transformation of the loops and also find out the residuals of the original loop to know how much they have moved. 

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"MicroSurvey has grown very rapidly in the last 2 years and the acquisition by Hexagon gives us the means to grow even faster and keep pace with the ever-growing customer demand. Our team is extremely excited about this acquisition as it provides us the vehicle for further investment in innovation and greater access to the market", stated Darcy Detlor, president of MicroSurvey Software. Mr. Detlor will continue as president of MicroSurvey.

Headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, MicroSurvey currently employs 30 people. With a successful expansion of its footprint in recent years, today the company provides innovative software solutions to customers around the world.

"The acquisition of MicroSurvey notably expands Hexagon's product offerings and software development capabilities for several of our key markets including land surveying, construction and public safety," said Ola Rollen, CEO and president of Hexagon AB. "Additionally, both MicroSurvey's software products and Hexagon's instrument products enjoy strong leadership positions in these markets. The ability to offer such comprehensive, market-leading and innovative solutions will undoubtedly benefit both current and future customers of Hexagon."

Respected sir,

          Please help me to transform the latlon coordinates to UTM manually how can i solve it manually

THANK YOY

Hey guys,

I'm trying to get my trimble style sheet to put my atribute before my code in the output.

code= settlement plate condition -->only 8 different conditions      K01

attribute= settlement plate number -->about 250 plates                1206

if i use the standard xls I found i reads 

pt,  code    attr    x           y          z     

1  ,  K01 , 1206 ,  1000,   1000,   ,1000  

but i need it to be 

1,  1206K01 ,1000 , 1000 , 1000. 

removing the comma between 1206 and K01 isn't a problem. thats just using textpad or something similar

having to relocate complete kolloms is to much editing and i would rather have my trimble do that.

thanks in advance.

Lourens Pepping 

Anyone has a manual for this particular equipment please to share.

I accompanied a junior surveyor on one topo survey and showed me that the machine shows some reading results such as Horiz. Angles, Veritical Angles etc but what puzzled him was a Vertical Distance reading of around 0.167 and in some cases lesser. He claim that this reading should be pretty close to 0.00 otherwise a reobservation is required. May I seek what does this vertical distance refers to? Is it a misclose reading or just the differences in elevation etc?

good evening all,

im looking for manuals, info, brochures... anything for our Trimble TTS 500. I recently acquired one of these with TSC1. I have searched and searched everywhere and nothing. Any help would be great! 

Does anyone know how to remove & replace the internal CR2430 Lithium Coin Battery 3V on a Trimble 5600/Geodimeter Alpha CU kepad as in the photo. It has a clip holding it in place and I cant extract the battery. Any help much appreciated.

Hi can anyone please help. I am splitting a large cadastral layout into managable portions. After doing the initial site localisation I want to use this same localisation file for each of the portions as separate surveys without revisiting all the points used in the localisation yet starting each portion as a new job. Is this possible? I thought of doing the localisation as a job then saving it to the pc, then renaming this file for each of the portions of 100+ plots being surveyed

I have a weird scale (1:14726.5) that just took over and can't get back to the usual Ex: 1"=50'. Carlson Support hasn't been able to help. We've tried different setting changes.Scale.pdf

Has anyone had this problem?

I am working with Carlson SurvCE  Version 5.07 on the Carlson Tablet Data Collector. I work in the Transportation field, and use the roading feature daily. When in the Stake Road function, I am having issues using the reference object setting when staking by a section file, ie staking the Finish grade for an EP and also Staking the Back of Curb, Back of Curb being my reference object selected. The issue I keep having is that when selecting the reference object, it locks up the data collector. I have a work around as in going into the section file and obtaining the back of curb elevation and punching that elevation in once I have stored the shot. It is a bit time consuming from a construction stand point and I am not the only on in my company that is having this issue. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and if so what was the fix. We keep checking for updates, but have not seen any.

Thanks

I am wondering if anyone has much experience with Digital Terrain Models. Is DTM a file format? Does Carlson support those files? Can I create a DTM with Carlson?

I am interested in creating a set of plan contours for a proposed landfill and would love to be able to load those proposed contours into our Trimble TSC2 data collector. I know how to create the contours and the TIN map, but how do I create a file that can be loaded into our collectors.

Am I completely lost, or has any one else tried something similar? Thanks for considering. Please feel free to redirect me to another forum.

Hello,

Find the attached Excel spreadsheet for your easy coordinates conversations from grid to geographical coordinates and vice versa.

Download COORDINATE CONVERSION Ver.3.xlsm

I have shared an excel spreadsheet for Traverse Corrections and Traverse Calculations by Compass Rule or Bowditch Rule.

Also I have described about Traversing:
what are the types of Traverse (closed traverse, Open Traverse), Traverse calculations and adjustment of closing errors, traverse precision, latitude and departure, Bowditch Rule/Compass Rule, Transit Rule etc.
I have prepared an excel spreadsheet for Traverse Corrections and Traverse Calculations, you can download the file from the bellow link.

Details video 

Download Traverse Calculation excel sheets

Download v1JULLETraverseCalculationRelease3.xlsx

Download Coordinate2Bearing.xlsx

An Excel spreadsheet that calculates the three-dimensional offset of a point from a line determined by two points.  

Useful if you want to know how far off a line a point is, if the reference line is not flat.  The spreadsheet calculates the Intersection Point (IP) of the surveyed Point to the Line at right angles and also displays the "Chainage" along the line to the IP.

Hello everyone, I'm an merican citizen and surveyour living and working in Europe. I came across this community in a search for knowldge and help for my professional challenges, it seems fine so far, so I hope i'll be able to contribute in any way i can.

Regards,

C. Correia

Hi

Survenator has already uploaded a spreadsheet for calculating bearings from coordinates, but it doesn't calculate the horizontal distance.  So I have added the distance calc to a spreadsheet that you can find here

Please let me know if you find it useful.

 Download Metrix - Bearing.xlsx

Regards

Patrick

Has anyone had any luck connecting Survey Pro to a DS-105? I have been told the 100 series' isn't compatible, but the 200 series is. We have used TDS and Survey Pro for 15 years and really like it. Recently we acquired a DS-105AC that came with a FC-500 and Magnet Field. To put it mildly, we do not like Magnet and sure would like to get back to Survey Pro. Any help would be much appreciated.

I am looking to replace my DL 101 with a DL 501. The dealer, who does not stock these and seems to know little about them, is telling me that the 501 will not read the old rods and that I need to buy new and very expensive ones.

Would Topcon do this to us? Actually, I believe that they would. Has anyone had any experience with these? Has anyone successfully used a Trimble level to read Topcon rods?

Thanks

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Good evening everyone,

I'm a geophysicist who needs to carry out topographic surveys from time to time. I have a Topcon Imaging Total Station - an IS303 - and with I have carried out successful surveys and scans - but only ever from a single known location.

Now I have a serious and urgent problem and I would be grateful if anyone can help me.

I carried out a survey of a mosaic which forms part of the floor of a cathedral. The mosaic is within a complicated room with immobile structures in the middle. It was necessary to scan from five locations within the room in order to cover the whole floor. At each scan location I recorded the position of the IS303 by resection from a set of points marked on the walls - a fairly normal procedure.

But now I can't get the Topcon software - Image Master - to assemble the separate scans. What it seems to need, and what I didn't record, was a set of backsights, one for each scan location, to a specific reference point. I have no idea why the system would need such a backsight. After all, resection to a set of points is much more secure than a single backsight. I have tried recalculating what angles and distances a backsight would give and editing the IS files accordingly. That only solves part of the problem and, boy, is this a cumbersome approach.

So does anyone out there have experience using the IS303 and Image Master software, combining multiple scans into a single model (with photographs taken by the IS itself)?

This seems to me to be such a routine requirement that I have to believe that someone out there can help. This is exactly the kind of thing which the IS303 was designed to do. Yet Topcon UK seem to be unable to help because they regard this as too old-fashined technology and don't even have the hardware and software themselves.

Kind regards,

David Jordan

A member wrote in and asked for a manual or guide for Topcon GTS211D Total Station.  You will find it attached at the bottom. Hope this helps!