Leica GS15 User manual

Leica Geosystems Ltd

Davy Avenue, Knowlhill

Milton Keynes. MK5 8LB

Technical Support Phone. +44 1908 256 529

Email: [email protected]

www.leica-geosystems.co.uk

Leica Viva Quick Guide

Leica Viva: GS15 Base and Rover Set up

This guide will go through the necessary steps to

configure GS15’s to be used with Pacific Crest ADL

radios, as a reference and rover RTK set up, using one

CS10/CS15 and making use of the Rover and Base Worlds.

1. Configuring the Base Sensor for Pacific Crest PDL or

ADL Radios.

2. Starting the Base, recording Static Data at the Base

and Base Status messages.

3. Configuring the Rover Sensor.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 2/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Leica Viva Quick Guide

▪Leica GS15 Base and Rover Setup – Configuring the Base

Sensor

Step Instruction Screenshots

1.1

Position the GS15 to be used

as the base sensor, and switch

it on. If you wish to use a

GEB171 battery, connect it to

P1 on the underside. Switch on

the CS15, and from the main

menu go to then

to the base menu

1.2

Press , then Base

Connections.

1.3

If you are connecting to the

Base GS15 using a cable, or

the Bluetooth pairing has

already been set up, then go

straight to Step 1.5.

If you are connecting to the

GS15 via Bluetooth for the

first time, then a Bluetooth

pairing will need to be set

up. Use the Connect to base

button.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 3/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Step Instruction Screenshots

1.4

Make sure that Use Bluetooth

is ticked, and that no other

GS15s other than the

reference/base one is switched

on and press F4 Search.

A list of available Bluetooth

devices will be shown. You’ll

recognise the GS15 by the

name, which includes the

serial number, found on the

base of the GS15.

Select the GS15 and press OK.

The pairing will be carried

out automatically, and the

Bluetooth LEDs on the CS15 and

the GS15 will turn from green

to blue.

Press Finish to end the Wizard

1.5

From the Base Main Menu, use

the following buttons to

access the All Other

Connections Screen.

If using a blue PDL base

radio, go to step 1.6

If using the ADL radio slotted

into the GS15, go to step 1.9

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 4/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Leica Viva Quick Guide

▪Leica GS15 Base and Rover Setup – Configuring for PacCrest

Blue PDL Radio

Step Instruction Screenshots

1.6

Make sure the blue PDL base

radio is connected to P2 on

the underside of the GS15.

Tick the Transmit RTK base

info box, select GS Port 2 for

Connect using, and RTK Data

Format to be Leica. Then press

F5 Device.

1.7 Go to the Radios tab, select

Pac Crest PDL from the list

and press OK twice to return

to the Base Connections page.

1.8

Press F4 Ctrl to select the

radio channel to use.

Alternatively, on the radio

itself, press the Channel

button until the desired

channel number is displayed.

Press OK until you are back at

the Base Menu.

Note: The channel numbers on the

blue PDL radio start at ‘0’, whereas

the channel numbers on the slot-in

Rover ADL radio start at ‘1’. Ensure

that the channel number selected on

the rover ADL radio is ONE

HIGHER than that selected on the

base PDL.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 5/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Leica Viva Quick Guide

▪Leica GS15 Base and Rover Setup – Configuring for PacCrest

ADL Base Radio

Step Instruction Screenshots

1.9

Tick the Transmit RTK base

info box, select GS Port 3 for

Connect using, and RTK Data

Format to be Leica. Then press

F5 Device.

1.10

Highlight the device Pac Crest

ADL in the Radios tab. Because

the reference and rover

configuration have to use

differently named devices, we

will create a copy of this

device to use for the

reference. Press F2 New.

1.11

Type a new name as shown,

press Store, then OK.

Press OK again.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 6/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Step Instruction Screenshots

1.12

The following warning will

show, reminding you to have

the external radio antenna

attached to the GS15. This is

a push fit on the middle

connection on the underside of

the GS15. Press OK.

1.13 Now press F4 Cntrl. Note the

radio channel number. The

rover radio will need to be

set to the same channel number

later. Press OK.

1.14

Press OK until you are back at

the Base Menu.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 7/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Leica Viva Quick Guide

▪Leica GS15 Starting the Base, Recording Static Data & Base

Status Messages

Step Instruction Screenshots

2.1

To log static data while the

base is running, insert an SD

card into the slot in battery

compartment 1 of the GS15.

Press then

then .

Tick the box, select the

required data rate and data

type to be stored.

2.2

If you want the data

collection to pause if a

certain DOP value is exceeded,

then go to the Advanced tab in

2.3

To start the base running,

press

•If you already have

coordinates for your

base point, either noted

down or stored in the

current selected job,

use Over known point.

•If you are returning to

the previous used

position, use Over last

setup.

•If you are setting up

over a point with

unknown co-ordinates,

use Over any point.

Follow the wizard for your

chosen method. Make sure you

have the correct antenna type

selected.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 8/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Step Instruction Screenshots

2.4

At the end of the wizard for

your chosen method, you will

be prompted to stay in the

Base menu or return to the

Rover menu, and the lightning

strike (arrowed) will be

pulsing to indicate that

corrections are being

transmitted.

If you wish to check the

status of the Base, then

select Base. Press

then

and select the option you wish

to check.

2.5

When you are ready to return

to the Rover menu, press

then .

The Bluetooth with disconnect

from the base GS15, and

connect to the rover GS15.

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 9/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Leica Viva Quick Guide

▪Leica GS15 Configuring the Rover Sensor

Step Instruction Screenshots

3.1

If the CS15 Bluetooth connects

to the rover GS15, then the

Bluetooth pairing has already

been set up.

Go straight to Step 3.3.

If you are connecting to the

GS15 via Bluetooth for the

first time, then a Bluetooth

pairing will need to be set

up. Press ,

Then , then

3.2

Select GS10/GS15, then press

Next.

Make sure that Use Bluetooth

is ticked and press F4 Search.

A list of available Bluetooth

devices will be shown. You’ll

recognise the GS15 by the

name, which includes the

serial number, found on the

base of the GS15.

Select the GS15 and press OK.

The pairing will be carried

out automatically, and the

Bluetooth LEDs on the CS15 and

the GS15 will turn from green

to blue.

3.3

You will then need to

configure the Rover sensor to

receive the corrections. Press

then

Use the RTK Rover Wizard to

easily set up the

configuration for the ADL

Radio

Leica Geosystems

UK Technical Support Group 10/10

GS15 Base & Rover Setup

Step Instruction Screenshots

3.4

Create a new profile.

3.5

Give the profile a name (eg

ADL Radio), and a description

if desired. Configure the

following pages as shown. Tick

the Use external antenna on

GS15 box if necessary.

3.6

Select the name of the device

as Pac Crest ADL, ensure that

the channel number matches

that of the Base, or press F5

Scan to find the channel the

Base is transmitting on. Set

the RTK Data format to be

Leica.

3.7

Once you have completed the

configuration, the connection

status page should have all

boxes ticked, and the

lightning strike will be

pulsing. Press next. You will

now be ready to survey.

Other manuals for GS15

Table of contents

Popular Receiver manuals by other brands

Garmin

Garmin GA 23 Owner's manual and reference guide

Aiphone

Aiphone PS-12F instructions

IMES

IMES TCS-01CA-PMI Original Operating Instruction

BWI Eagle

BWI Eagle AIR-EAGLE SR Product information bulletin

AMIMON

AMIMON AMN12310 WHDI datasheet

Dual

Dual DMCPA79BT Installation & owner's manual

Sound Associates

Sound Associates SA652P Operation manual

Sherwood

Sherwood NewCastle R-772 Service manual

Audio

Audio A10-RX Series user guide

AllSee

AllSee PushShare PSRV1.1 user manual

DEMAG

DEMAG DRC-DR D2 operating instructions

Teleco

Teleco TVRCL868A02 manual

Bosch

Bosch RF3222E installation instructions

Kramer

Kramer 631R user manual

Xpress

Xpress xmc10 installation guide

JVC

JVC KD-MR1BTS instruction manual

Omega Engineering

Omega Engineering UWTC-REC3 user guide

e-survey

e-survey E300 Pro user manual