Layout - Topcon GTS-600 Series Instruction Manual

4.6 Layout

The layout program will assist the user to stakeout point numbers with coordinate values (NEZ) on the
job site. The coordinate points can be transferred to and from the internal memory of the GTS-600
series using a PC. The communication parameters are selectable on the GTS-600 series for Baud rate,
parity, stop bit, and protocol.
Coordinate data consist of a point number with north, east and elevation coordinates. The coordinate
data is stored in job names. A Job name can be up to 10 characters long. A maximum of 1000
coordinate points can be stored in memory. A total of 10 jobs having 100 coordinate points or 2 jobs
having 500 points each can be stored in the instrument. Job names can be alpha and numeric. Job can
be renamed within the Job Manager option. If point numbers are not found in a job during the layout
setup procedures, the software will prompt the user for the coordinate values. When using duplicate
point number's in a job, the last duplicate point number stored in memory will be used. All other points
having the same number will be ignored.
A job name must be created or selected to store coordinate values for the side shot or resection routine.
If a job name is not created when doing the side shot or resection routine, the GTS-600 series will
automatically create a default job identifies as (???1). The default job consists of three question marks
followed by a numeric value starting with (1) for the first default job. When there are multiple jobs in the
GTS-600 memory, the current job or the last job selected is where the coordinates are stored. The
software provides two options to delete coordinate points within a job, Erase a Black of Points or Erase
One Point.
Two programs, Side shot and Resection, are available under the New Point option that will calculate
coordinates and store them in the current job. The side shot program calculate the coordinates (NEZ)
from the angle and distance measured. Instrument height and rod height are used to calculate the (Z)
coordinate.
In the Resection program the angle and distance measured to two know points, stored in the job, are
used to measure and calculate the coordinate values for the new occupied point number. After
measuring the known points, the residual error for the horizontal distance and elevation are shown on
the display. There is an option to record the new occupied point in the job.
Z
N
Origin point (0,0,0)
Known point A
HR
Na
Inst.point C
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Layout point P1
[N,E,Z]
HD
Horizontal plane
E