South N9 Series User manual

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Contents

FOREWORD..........................................................................................................1

PRECAUTIONS......................................................................................................2

BATTERYNOTIFICATION........................................................................................3

SAFETYGUIDE..............................................................................................4

1.NOMENCLATUREANDFUNCTIONS...................................................................6

1.1NOMENCLATURE.............................................................................................6

1.2KEYPAD............................................................................................................8

2.SYNCHRONIZATIONWITHPC..........................................................................10

2.1THEINSTALLATIONOFMICROSOFTWINDOWSMOBILEDEVICECENTER........................10

2.2CONNECTINGTOTALSTATIONWITHPC..........................................................11

3.KNOWINGABOUTYOURN7/N9SERIES...........................................................12

3.1OPERATINGSYSTEM......................................................................................12

3.2SETTINGYOURTOTALSTATION......................................................................12

3.2.1BACKLIGHTADJUSTMENT.............................................................................13

3.2.2TOUCH‐SCREENADJUSTMENT.......................................................................14

3.3APPROACHESTOINPUTNUMBERANDCHARACTER......................................15

4．STARKEY(★)MODE.....................................................................................20

5.PREPARATIONFORMEASUREMENT................................................................23

5.1UNPACKINGANDSTORAGEOFINSTRUMENT................................................23

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5.2INSTRUMENTSETUP......................................................................................23

5.3BATTERYINFORMATION................................................................................27

5.4REFLECTORPRISM.........................................................................................28

5.5MOUNTINGANDDISMOUNTINGINSTRUMENTFROMTRIBRACH.................29

5.6EYEPIECEADJUSTMENTANDCOLLIMATINGOBJECT......................................30

5.7VERTICALANDHORIZONTALANGLETILTCORRECTION..................................30

6.BASICSURVEY................................................................................................32

6.1ANGLEMEASUREMENT.................................................................................34

6.1.1HORIZONTALANGLE(RIGHTANGLE)ANDVERTICALANGLEMEASUREMENT..........34

6.1.2SWITCHHORIZONTALANGLERIGHT/LEFT........................................................35

6.1.3HORIZONTALANGLEREADINGSETTING...........................................................36

6.1.4VERTICALANGLEPERCENTAGE(%)MODE.......................................................39

6.1.5ANGLEREPETITIONMEASUREMENT...............................................................39

6.2DISTANCEMEASUREMENT............................................................................40

6.2.1SETTINGATMOSPHERECORRECTION..............................................................44

6.2.2ATMOSPHERICREFRACTIONANDEARTHCURVATURECORRECTION.......................48

6.2.3SETTINGTARGETTYPE................................................................................49

6.2.4SETTINGTHEPRISMCONSTANT.....................................................................50

6.2.5DISTANCEMEASUREMENT(CONTINUOUSMEASUREMENT)................................52

6.2.6DISTANCEMEASUREMENT(SINGLE/N‐TIMEMEASUREMENT)............................53

6.2.7FINE/TRACKINGMEASUREMENTMODE..........................................................55

6.3COORDINATEMEASUREMENT.......................................................................56

6.3.1SETTINGCOORDINATEVALUESOFOCCUPIEDPOINT..........................................56

6.3.2SETTINGTHEBACKSIGHTPOINT....................................................................58

6.3.3SETTINGTHEINSTRUMENTHEIGHT/PRISMHEIGHT..........................................59

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6.3.4OPERATIONOFCOORDINATEMEASUREMENT...................................................60

7.APPLICATIONPROGRAMS...............................................................................63

7.1LAYOUT..........................................................................................................63

7.2REMOTEELEVATIONMEASUREMENT(REM)..................................................64

7.2.1INPUTTINGPRISMHEIGHT(H).......................................................................65

7.2.2WITHOUTINPUTTINGPRISMHEIGHT..............................................................67

7.3MISSINGLINEMEASUREMENT(MLM)...........................................................69

7.4LINEMEASUREMENT(LINE)...........................................................................72

7.5TRAVERSEMEASUREMENT(RESTORENEZ)....................................................76

7.6OFFSETMEASUREMENT(OFFSET).................................................................79

7.6.1ANGLEOFFSET..........................................................................................80

7.6.2DISTANCEOFFSET.......................................................................................82

7.6.3COLUMNOFFSET........................................................................................85

7.6.4PLANEOFFSET...........................................................................................87

7.7PARAMETERSSETTING...................................................................................90

8.STARTSTANDARDSURVEYINGPROGRAM........................................................93

9.PROJECT.........................................................................................................98

9.1CREATENEWPROJECT...................................................................................98

9.2OPENPROJECT.............................................................................................100

9.3DELETEPROJECT..........................................................................................101

9.4PROJECTOPTION.........................................................................................102

9.5GRIDFACTOR...............................................................................................104

10.DATAEXPORT/IMPORT...............................................................................107

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10.1DATAEXPORT..............................................................................................107

10.2DATAIMPORT............................................................................................110

11.RECORDMEASUREMENTDATA...................................................................112

11.1SETTINGOCCUPIEDPOINTANDBACKSIGHTPOINT...................................112

11.2BACKSIGHTOBSERVATION(BSOBS)...........................................................125

11.3FORESIGHTOBSERVATION(FSOBS)...........................................................127

11.4SIDESHOTOBSERVATION(SSOBS).............................................................130

11.4.1OFFSET................................................................................................132

11.4.2PLANEOFFSET.......................................................................................134

11.4.3PT.LINEMODE(FORMEASUREMENTFROMPOINTTOLINE)..........................139

11.4.4CONTROLINPUT....................................................................................142

11.5CROSSSECTIONMEASUREMENT...............................................................143

12.EDITDATA...................................................................................................147

12.1EDITRAWDATA..........................................................................................148

12.2EDITCOORDINATEDATA............................................................................150

12.2.1EDITCOORD.DATA.................................................................................151

12.2.2ADDCOORD.DATA.................................................................................153

12.2.3DELETECOORD.DATA.............................................................................154

12.3EDITFIXEDPOINTDATA..............................................................................155

12.4CODEDATA................................................................................................155

12.4.1CREATENEWLAYER ................................................................................156

12.4.2EDITCODELAYE R/CODE..........................................................................157

12.4.3DELETECODE.........................................................................................159

12.5FILL/CUTDATA...........................................................................................160

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13.PROGRAMMENU.......................................................................................161

13.1SETOUT.....................................................................................................161

13.1.1OCCUPIEDPOINT&BACKSIGHTPOINT.........................................................161

13.1.2POINTSETOUT.....................................................................................163

13.1.3STRINGSETOUT......................................................................................169

13.1.4REFERENCELINE..........................................................................................170

WHATREFERENCELINEIS:.................................................................................170

13.2ROADDESIGNANDLAYOUT.......................................................................177

13.2.1DEFINEHORIZONTALALIGNMENT.............................................................177

13.2.2EDITHORIZONTALALIGNMENT..................................................................186

13.2.3DEFINEVERTICALALIGNMENT..................................................................186

13.2.4EDITVERTICALALIGNMENT......................................................................189

13.2.5ALIGNMENTSETOUT...............................................................................191

13.2.6SLOPESETOUT.......................................................................................195

13.2.7CROSSSECTIONSETOUT...........................................................................199

13.3COGO.........................................................................................................202

13.3.1INTERSECTION........................................................................................202

13.3.24‐INTERSECTION....................................................................................205

13.3.3INVERSE................................................................................................207

13.3.4AREA...................................................................................................208

13.3.5MISSINGLINEMEASUREMENT..................................................................212

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13.4TRAVERSEADJUSTMENT............................................................................218

13.5BATTERBOARDS........................................................................................224

13.5.1METHOD1:BATT ER BOARDUSINGTWOSIDES..............................................225

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13.5.2METHOD2:BATTERBOARDSUSINGONESIDE...............................................229

13.6TAPEDIMENSIONS.....................................................................................231

14.SYSTEMSETTINGS.......................................................................................235

15.CHECKANDADJUSTMENT...........................................................................239

15.1PLATEVIAL.................................................................................................239

15.2CIRCULARVIAL...........................................................................................240

15.3INCLINATIONOFRETICLE...........................................................................240

15.4PERPENDICULARITYBETWEENLINEOFSIGHTANDHORIZONTALAXIS…….242

15.5VERTICALINDEXDIFFERENCECOMPENSATION.........................................245

15.6ADJUSTMENTOFVERTICALINDEXDIFFERENCE(IANGLE)ANDSETTING

VERTICALINDEX0..............................................................................................245

15.7HORIZONTALAXISERRORCOMPENSATIONADJUSTMENT.........................248

15.8OPTICALPLUMMET...................................................................................248

15.9INSTRUMENTCONSTANT（K）.................................................................251

15.10PARALLELISMBETWEENLINEOFSIGHTANDEMITTINGAXIS...................253

15.11TRIBRACHLEVELINGSCREW....................................................................254

15.12RELATEDPARTSFORREFLECTOR...............................................................254

16.TECHNICALSPECIFICATION..........................................................................256

17.ACCESSORIES..............................................................................................259

【APPENDIX‐A】.............................................................................................260

1.EXPORTDATAFROMTOTALSTATION..............................................................260

1.1RAWDATAFORMAT.....................................................................................260

1.2COORDINATEDATAFORMAT..........................................................................261

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2.IMPORTDATATOTOTALSTATION...................................................................261

2.1COORDINATEDATA/FIXEDPOINTDATAFORMAT...............................................262

2.2CROSSSECTIONDATAFORMAT......................................................................262

2.3POINTPCODINGFORMAT............................................................................263

2.4HORIZONTALLINE.......................................................................................264

2.5VERTICALCURVE………………………………………………………………………………………265

【APPENDIX‐B】CALCULATEROADALIGNMENT...............................................266

1.ROADALIGNMENTELEMENTS.......................................................................266

2.CALCULATIONROADALIGNMENTELEMENTS................................................268

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FOREWORD

ThankyouforpurchasingElectronicTotalStationN7/N9Series.

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TheWIN‐CEinterfaceofN7/N9isverysimilarwithaWindows‐basedPC,You 

canconnectthemeasilyandrealizereal‐timedataexchangingandprocessing

onbothends.

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Thismanualisapplicableto:N7/N9SeriesTotalStation.

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Pleasereadthemanualcompletelybeforeoperatingtheinstrument.

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PRECAUTIONS

1. Donotcollimatetheobjectivelensdirecttosunlightwithoutafilter.

2. Donotstoretheinstrumentinhighandlowtemperaturetoavoidthesudden

orgreatchangeoftemperature.

3. Whentheinstrumentisnotinuse,placeitinthecaseandavoidshock,dust

andhumidity.

4. Ifthetemperaturevariesgreatlybetweenworksiteandtheinstrument

depository,donotsettoworkassoonasarrived;leavetheinstrumentinthe

caseforawhiletillitadaptedenvironmenttemperature.

5. Whenstoringtheinstrumentlongtimewithoutuse,disconnectthebattery

fromthedevice.Thebatteryshouldbechargedonceamonth.

6. PleasegivespecialattentiontothepackingShockabsorptionisveryimportant

inlongdistancetransportation.

7. Forlessvibrationandbetteraccuracy,theinstrumentshouldbesetupona

woodentripodratherthanaluminumtripod.

8. Cleanexposedopticalpartswithdegreasedcottonorlenstissueonly.

9. Iftheinstrumentgetswetintherain,donottrytopoweritonatonce,clean

thesurfacewithasoftclothandthenkeeptheinstrumentinawell‐ventilated

place.

10. Beforesetupthejob,checkinitialsettingsoftheinstrumentaswellasthe

parameters.

11. Unlesstheuserisamaintenancespecialist,donotattempttodisassemblethe

instrumentbyoneself.

12. Whenthelaserisswitchedon,donotlookintotheobjectiveLenwithnaked

eye.

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