Introduction; Ntroduction; Before Using The Powertopolite Manual - Pentax R-200 Series Instruction Manual

1.1 Introduction

Thank you for your first looks at PowerTopoLite by reading this manual. The PowerTopoLite is a user
friendly data collection and calculation program for the PENTAX total station Ｒ-200 series.
PowerTopoLite is developed based on PowerTopo, which is known as versatile on-board software for
PENTAX ATS total station series. The optimum combination of PowerTopo and Ｒ-200 hardware
makes PowerTopoLite as an easy and useful fieldwork tool.
The icon based main menu offers you the following possibilities.
FILE MANAGER
MEASURE
VIEW AND EDIT
FREE STATIONING
STAKE OUT
CALCULATIONS
VPM
RDM
TRAVERSE
ROAD DESIGN
TRANSFER
PREFERENCE

1.2 Before using the PowerTopoLite manual

Memories in the instrument
The Ｒ-200 series instrument incorporates not only the PowerTopoLite surveying programs as the
Special function but also File manager and Data transfer programs.
The internal memory in the instrument can store the maximum 20000 point's data.
Relations between the Memory and each Function
Function
Measure
Stake Out
Point to Line
Free Stationing
Traverse
VPM
Station point:
Known point :
Conversion point:
IH and PH
IH stands for "Instrument Height" and PH stands for "Prism Height".
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Read from the stored data
SP, BSP
SP, BSP, SOP
SP, BSP, KP1, KP2
Each KP
SP, BSP
SP, BSP, Each KP
SP Foresight point:
KP End point :
CP Crossing point:
Write to the stored data
SP, BSP, FP (SD)
SP, BSP, SOP, OP
SP, BSP, KP1, KP2, OP
Each KP, SP (CD)
SP, FP (SD)
SP, BSP, Each KP, CP (CD)
FP Backsight point:
EP Observation point:
CRP Surveyed data:
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BSP Stakeout point:
OP
SD Conversion data:
SOP
CD