Leica LS10 User Manual page 31

Electronic Height
Reading with LS15
Instrument
LS10/LS15, Measurement Guidelines
Step Description
5. Fine aim with horizontal drive.
6. Check if the bubble of the circular level is centred.
7. Open a levelling application and press the trigger key to take a measurement.
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In some cases you may not be able to perform an electronic height reading,
e.g. there are obstacles in the line of sight or there is no overhead clearance
for the staff. In such cases, you can take an optical height reading and add it
to the levelling line. For more details, refer to "5.4 Manual Input Screen for
Optical Height Reading".
Step Description
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1. Set up the instrument, level it and focus the reticle.
2. Set up staff vertically with the bar code turned toward the instrument.
3. Access Q-Level and level the instrument using the electronic level.
4. Switch to the Camera tab. To align the camera crosshair (vertically arranged
cursors) in the camera view to the staff, turn the horizontal drive of the
instrument.
5. To focus the staff automatically, either press the softkey Focus or ensure
that the function AF+Dist+Rec or AF+Dist is assigned to the trigger key (for
more details refer to "6.1 Work Settings").
6. Press the trigger key to take a measurement.
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In case you cannot perform an electronic height reading, you can take an
optical height reading and add it to the levelling line. For more details, refer to
"5.4 Manual Input Screen for Optical Height Reading".
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