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  • Page 1 Leica Viva TPS Getting Started Guide Version 1.0 English...
  • Page 2 Viva TPS, Introduction Introduction To use the products in a permitted manner, please refer to the detailed safety instructions in the Leica CS10/CS15 User Manual, Leica GS10/GS15 User Manual, and Leica TPS1200+ User Manual. For detailed descriptions of all functions and settings of the product and applications, please refer to the Leica Viva Series Technical Reference Manual.
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  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Setting up for Remote Control (with the TCPS28 ) Fixing the CS to a Holder and Pole SmartWorx Viva and Principles SmartWorx Viva 2.1.1 Screen 2.1.2 Icons 2.1.3 Main Menu Operating Principles Connecting TPS instrument and CS field controller Viva TPS, Table of Contents...

  • Page 6: Viva Tps, Table Of Contents

    Viva TPS, Table of Contents Jobs & Data Creating a New Job Creating a Codelist Importing ASCII Data into a Job Applications Setup Survey Stakeout Reference Line Appendix A Working with Memory Devices Formatting a Memory Device Directory Structure of the Memory Device...

  • Page 7: Equipment

    GFZ3 or GOK6 diagonal eyepiece d) Counterweight for diagonal eyepiece e) Instrument with tribrach and standard handle or RadioHandle Protective cover for instrument and sunshade for objective lens g) Tip for mini prism h) GEB221 battery GMP101 mini prism TS_052 Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 8 Viva TPS, Equipment Container for instrument and delivered accesso- ries part 2 of 2 a) Pocket knife b) Spare stylus c) Manuals d) 2 x CompactFlash cards and covers e) Allen key GKL211 battery charger g) Car adapter power plug for battery...
  • Page 9 Radio antennas e) GRZ101 mini prism and GAD103 adapter Spare stylus g) Allen key h) GAD31 adapter CS10 field controller GHT62 holder k) GHT62 holder (extended) CS15 field controller m) SD card / CompactFlash card and covers SYS_019 Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 10 Viva TPS, Equipment Container for SmartPole/Smart- Station and deliv- ered accessories part 2 of 2 a) RH15 RadioHandle b) Instrument carry handle c) GHT63 clamp d) Cables e) GDC221 car adapter for CS field controller GAD108 arm g) GAD110 adapter for GS15 instrument h) Manuals &...

  • Page 11: Setting Up The Tps Instrument

    Shield the instrument from direct sunlight and avoid uneven temperatures around the instrument. Extend the tripod legs to allow for a comfortable working posture. Position the tripod over the marked ground point, centring it as well as possible. Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 12 Viva TPS, Equipment Step Description Fasten the tribrach and instrument onto the tripod. Turn on the instrument by pressing PROG for 2 s. Press SHIFT (F12) to access STATUS Level & Laser Plummet, activating the laser plummet. Move the tripod legs (1) and use the tribrach footscrews (6) to centre the plummet (4) over the ground point.

  • Page 13: Setting Up Smartstation

    Place the adapter for the GS15 instrument onto the instrument by simulta- neously pressing and holding-in the four push buttons. Ensure that the interface connection on the underside of the adapter is on the same side as the Communication side cover. Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 14 Viva TPS, Equipment TS_060 Step Description Place the GS15 instrument onto the adapter by simultaneously pressing and holding-in the two press clips.

  • Page 15: Setting Up Smartpole

    GS15 instrument b) Port 3 c) GRZ122 360° prism d) GLS12 cm/GLS12F ft pole with snap-lock positions e) CS field controller GHT62 holder and GHT63 clamp g) RH15 RadioHandle h) Communication side cover TPS instrument Tripod TS_061 Viva TPS, Equipment...

  • Page 16: Setting Up For Remote Control (With The Radiohandle)

    Viva TPS, Equipment Setting up for Remote Control (with the RadioHandle) TPS / CS setup for remote control with RadioHandle a) 360° prism b) Prism pole c) CS field controller d) GHT62 holder and GHT63 clamp e) RH15 RadioHandle Communication side cover...

  • Page 17: Setting Up For Remote Control (With The Tcps28)

    Setting up for Remote Control (with the TCPS28) TPS / CS setup for remote control with TCPS28 a) 360° prism b) Prism pole c) CS field controller d) GHT62 holder and GHT63 clamp e) TPS instrument Tripod g) TCPS28 h) External battery Y-cable TS_062 Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 18 Viva TPS, Equipment Mount base radio Step Description to tripod step-by- The GHT43 tripod adapter is used to mount the TCPS28 to all Leica standard step tripods, and to optimise the radio transmission performance. Attach the TCPS28 to the adapter and then attach the adapter to the tripod leg.

  • Page 19: Fixing The Cs To A Holder And Pole

    If you use the CS15 field controller, extend the mounting plate of the holder GHT62 to a pole first. step-by-step For an aluminium pole, fit the plastic sleeve to the pole clamp. Insert the pole into the clamp hole. Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 20 Viva TPS, Equipment Step Description Attach the holder to the clamp using the clamp bolt. Adjust the angle and the height of the holder on the pole to a comfortable position. Tighten the clamp with the clamp bolt. Before the CS field controller is...
  • Page 21 TS_056 After the CS field controller is placed onto the mounting plate, ensure that the locking pin is put into the locked position. To lock the locking pin, push the locking pin to the right. TS_054 Viva TPS, Equipment...
  • Page 22 Viva TPS, Equipment Detaching the CS Step Description from a pole step- Unlock the locking pin by pushing the locking pin to the left of the mounting by-step plate. Place palm over the top of the CS until fingers grip the bar of the holder underneath.

  • Page 23: Smartworx Viva And Principles

    ± key Numeric keys g) Brightness h) Function keys F7 - F12 CAPS Lock Function keys F1 - F6 k) Favourites m) ENTER n) Backspace o) Volume p) Alpha keys q) ENTER SPACE CS_006 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...
  • Page 24 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles • Turn on your CS field controller and start Start using Smart- SmartWorx Viva. Worx Viva • Turn on your GS GNSS or TPS instrument. For information about wizards refer to "Wizards".

  • Page 25: Screen

    SYS13_028 Elements Element Description Time The current local time is shown. Title Name of the screen is shown. Screen area The working area of the screen. Message line Messages are shown for 10 s. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...
  • Page 26 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Element Description Icons Shows status information of the instrument. Refer to "2.1.2 Icons". Can be used with touch screen. Can be used with touch screen. Same functionality as the fixed key ESC. The last operation will be undone.
  • Page 27 To move the focus to the bottom of the list shown in the current screen. Quit Fn (F6) To exit the current application and return to the screen from where the application was accessed. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...

  • Page 28: Icons

    Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles 2.1.2 Icons Description The screen icons display the status information of the instrument. The icons provide information related to basic instrument functions. The icons that appear depend upon which instrument is used and the current instrument configu- ration.
  • Page 29 Compensator level and Displays the compensator is off or out of range icons, or instrument face I or II the instrument face I or II icon. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...
  • Page 30 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Icon Description Current active instru- Displays the instruments that are currently configured and ment active. When more than one instrument is configured, the instrument at the front of the icon is the active instrument.
  • Page 31 This differ- ence can be because satellites cannot be viewed, or because the observations to these satellites are considered too noisy to be used. Real-time device Displays the real-time device configured to be used. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...
  • Page 32 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Icon Description Real-time status Displays the status of the real-time device configured to be used.

  • Page 33: Main Menu

    To switch between GPS and TPS modes Fn Exit To close Leica SmartWorx Viva soft- ware. Main Menu func- Main Menu function Description tions Go to Work! • To select and start an application. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...
  • Page 34 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Main Menu function Description Jobs & Data • To manage jobs, data, codelists, GNSS antennas, reflec- tors and coordinate systems. • To export data from a job on the instrument to a file on the memory device in a customised ASCII format or in DXF format.
  • Page 35 • To transfer data between the memory device and a standard and simple FTP server. • To view files on the memory device or the internal memory. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...

  • Page 36: Operating Principles

    Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Operating Principles Accessing a menu Description Illustration option There are three ways to access a menu option. Using the touchscreen functionality. Tap on the menu item using the stylus provided. Using the up and down navigation arrows.
  • Page 37 Description Illustration within a screen To access another page within a screen, either: • Tap on the page tab for the page to be displayed, or Select Page until the page is displayed • Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...
  • Page 38 Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Exiting a screen Description Illustration without making a To exit a screen without making a change, either: change • Tap on the return icon, or • Press the ESC button Wizards The wizards following are available to make your daily work easier. Each of them lead you through a serious of steps, performing tasks in a specific sequence.
  • Page 39 Wizard Description Working style wizard Configure the parameters and functions of SmartWorx Viva so that it suits to your preferred method of working and save the settings in a working style. Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles...

  • Page 40: Connecting Tps Instrument And Cs Field Controller

    Viva TPS, SmartWorx Viva and Principles Connecting TPS instrument and CS field controller Connecting TPS Step Description instrument and CS Set up your TPS instrument. Refer to "1.2 Setting Up the TPS Instrument". field controller setup step-by-step Fix either a hand strap to your CS field controller or fix your CS field controller to a holder and pole.

  • Page 41: Jobs & Data

    General steps to create your first job in SmartWorx Viva. by-step Creating your first job From the Main Menu, select Jobs & Data and • press OK. Select New job from the Jobs & Data menu and • press OK. Viva TPS, Jobs & Data...
  • Page 42 Viva TPS, Jobs & Data • Enter a name for the job. Use Page to toggle between the pages to set • the proper Codelist, CAD files, Coord system, TPS scale and Averaging. Press Store to save the job. •...

  • Page 43: Creating A Codelist

    Generals steps to create your first codelist in SmartWorx Viva. step-by-step Creating your first codelist From the Main Menu, select Jobs & Data and • press OK. Select Job properties from the Jobs & Data • menu and press OK. Viva TPS, Jobs & Data...
  • Page 44 Viva TPS, Jobs & Data Press Page to change to the Codelist page. • Tap on the selectable list to open the Codelists • screen. Press New.. to create a codelist. • Type in a Name (Description and Creator are •...
  • Page 45 (Diameter). Press Store to save the new code. • * The Code group has to be created first before it can be selected. Press OK to return to the New Codelist screen. • Viva TPS, Jobs & Data...
  • Page 46 Viva TPS, Jobs & Data Storing the codelist Press Store to save your codelist. You will auto- • matically return to the Codelists screen. Press OK to return to Job Properties:, Codelist • page. Press Store to save your job and to return to •...

  • Page 47: Importing Ascii Data Into A Job

    Starting the ASCII Importer From the Main Menu, select Jobs & Data. • step-by-step In the Jobs & Data menu, select Import data, • then Import ASCII data and access the Import ASCII Data screen. Viva TPS, Jobs & Data...
  • Page 48 Viva TPS, Jobs & Data • Select the data storage device, the data type (ASCII data), the file to be imported, the working job into which the data has to be imported and define whether header lines have to be considered.
  • Page 49 Import the ASCII data to the working job (OK). • After importing the ASCII data to the working job, complete the import (No) and return to the Main Menu or import another ASCII data (Yes). Viva TPS, Jobs & Data...
  • Page 50 Viva TPS, Jobs & Data You have completed importing ASCII data into your current working job.

  • Page 51: Applications

    Applications Check that the correct working style (see User, • Getting started Working style wizard) is being used. Check that the correct working job (see Jobs & • Data, Choose working job) is being used. Viva TPS, Applications...

  • Page 52: Setup

    Viva TPS, Applications Setup Objective Determine the station coordinates and the orientation of your TPS instrument using TPS measurements and/or GNSS measurements. Starting Setup Setting up with In the Go to Work! menu, select Setup. • SmartStation step- by-step •...
  • Page 53 TPS and GS15 instrument is accounted for. OK to access the GPS Survey screen. • Measuring the station point Meas to start the point measurement. • Stop to end the point measurement. • Store to store the point information. • Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 54 Viva TPS, Applications Selecting a coordinate system If a coordinate system has not been selected: Local to access One Pt OneStep • CrdSys. to access Coordinate Systems to • select an existing coordinate system. On this screen, the creating and editing of coordinate systems is also available.
  • Page 55 Set to set the station orientation and return to • the Main Menu. Now you have completed your setup with SmartStation. Starting Setup Setting up with In the Go to Work! menu, select Setup. • SmartPole step-by- step Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 56 Viva TPS, Applications • Choose one of the following setup methods and select OK: Multiple backsights – Resection – Known backsight – These methods are the only methods applicable for a setup with SmartPole. The process for Setup method:Resection is •...
  • Page 57 Stop to end the point measurement. • Store to store the point information and auto- • matically return to Measure Target 1 in TPS mode. Meas to measure to target point 1 with TPS. • Screen automatically updates to Measure Target 2. Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 58 Viva TPS, Applications • Repeat the previous steps to measure the other target points. GPS to first enter GPS Survey before returning to the Measure Target screen, then Meas to measure to each target point with TPS. When enough target points have been measured to calculate the station location, the softkey Calc will appear.

  • Page 59: Survey

    Surveying point objects (fire hydrants, light poles etc.) by choosing codes manually. Surveying point Starting Survey In the Go to Work! menu, select Survey and • objects step-by- access Survey. step Switch to the Code page. • Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 60 Viva TPS, Applications Selecting the code Highlight Code and select the code EL (for Elec- • tric Light pole). To select the code EL, toggle to the code or type in the letters to open the drop-down list and search for the code.
  • Page 61 You have finished measuring your first point object. Once the point is stored then the code and attribute value that was stored are displayed. Viva TPS, Applications...

  • Page 62: Stakeout

    Viva TPS, Applications Stakeout Objective Staking out point objects. To make your life easier you will define a filter before staking out the point object. The filter will be defined the way that only points with a certain code and those points which have not yet been staked will be available to be staked out.
  • Page 63 • Configure the following settings: General page, Quality control page and • Report sheet page: Leave all settings unchanged. Heights page: Check Offset height of all • points being staked and set Height offset to 0.000 m. Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 64 Viva TPS, Applications Graphics page: Set Navigate direction: • Following arrow and Navigate using: In/out, left/right. Press OK to return to the Stakeout screen. • Setting up filters • Tap on the box with the downward arrow right of the Point ID to open the Data screen. All points stored in the control job are shown.
  • Page 65 Press None to set all codes to No. • Highlight code EL and press Use to activate it. • Press OK to return to the Sorts & Filters • screen. Press Stake to access Stakeout Filter screen. • Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 66 Viva TPS, Applications Set View: Points to stake. • Press OK three times to return to the Stakeout • screen. Staking out your first point object • Which is the closest point to you to stake out first? Press Near to select the nearest point.

  • Page 67: Reference Line

    Survey+ menu. a reference line step-by-step Staking a reference line can also be accessed under Go to Work! / Stakeout+ / Stake to ref line. Select Measure to ref line and continue (OK). • Viva TPS, Applications...
  • Page 68 Viva TPS, Applications Define the Reference line task Set Reference line task: Measure to line and • continue (OK). Choose Control Job • Select the job which contains the points used to define the reference line. Press OK to access Reference Line To Use •...
  • Page 69 Measure the point object relative to the refer- ence line In the Measure Points screen, press Meas to • measure the point. You have finished measuring your first point object relative to a reference line. Viva TPS, Applications...

  • Page 70: Appendix A Working With Memory Devices

    Viva TPS, Working with Memory Devices Appendix A Working with Memory Devices Formatting a Memory Device General Formatting a memory device before storing data on it, is required if the device is new, or if all data on the device must be deleted.
  • Page 71 Select No to cancel formatting of the memory • device and return to Format Data Storage Device. • Once the formatting of the memory device is completed the system returns to the Main Menu. Viva TPS, Working with Memory Devices...

  • Page 72: Directory Structure Of The Memory Device

    Viva TPS, Working with Memory Devices Directory Structure of the Memory Device |—— CODE • Codelists, various files Directory structure |—— CONFIG • Working style files (*.xfg) |—— CONVERT • Format files (*.frt) |—— DATA • ASCII, DXF, LandXML files for import/export to/from job (*.*)
  • Page 73 • GSI files (*.gsi) • ASCII files for export from job (*.*) |—— SYSTEM • Application files (*.axx) • Firmware files (*.fw) • Language files (*.s*) • Licence file (*.key) • System files (VivaSystem.zip) Viva TPS, Working with Memory Devices...

  • Page 74: Appendix B Uploading System Files

    Viva TPS, Uploading System Files Appendix B Uploading System Files Tips and Tricks • Uploading objects can take some time. Ensure that the battery is at least 75% full before beginning the upload, and do not remove the battery during the upload process.
  • Page 75 App / Firmware / Language: Select the file • name of the object Select OK to upload the object onto the instru- • ment. • The upload process can take some time. A message will appear when the upload is complete. Viva TPS, Uploading System Files...

  • Page 76: Appendix C Leica Geo Office

    Viva TPS, Leica Geo Office Appendix C Leica Geo Office Description Leica Geo Office (LGO) is an office software consisting of a suite of standard and extended programs for the viewing, exchange and management of data. Jobs, codelists and other related files can be transferred from the instrument or data storage device to LGO for post-processing.
  • Page 77 All object-specific files will be copied to the selected folder on the computer hard drive. To import the files into LGO select Import / Raw Data... or select the icon from the toolbar. Viva TPS, Leica Geo Office...
  • Page 78 Viva TPS, Leica Geo Office Step Description In the Import Raw Data window, select the type of data to be imported in the Files of type: drop down list. Values are; • Viva raw data • System 1200 raw data •...
  • Page 79 In the General tab, select an existing project from the list. • Create a new project by right clicking and selecting New... from the context menu. Select the Assign button to import the data into the selected project. Viva TPS, Leica Geo Office...
  • Page 80 International Standards of Quality Management and Quality Systems (ISO standard 9001) and Environmental Management Systems (ISO standard 14001). Ask your local Leica Geosystems dealer for more information about our TQM program. Leica Geosystems AG Heinrich-Wild-Strasse...

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