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TDS SURVEY PRO Quick Start Manual

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  • Page 1 URVEY Basic GPS Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Before You Leave the Office..............1 Hardware Setup ..................2 Setup the Base ..................2 Setup the Rover ................3 Receiver Settings in Survey Pro............4 Setting up a Job..................5 Starting a Survey...................6 Starting Base and Rover Radio RTK ..........7 Start Base Receiver ................7 Select Base Point................8...

  • Page 3: Before You Leave The Office

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide Before You Leave the Office • Make sure your software is registered. Go to Register Modules from the Job menu to make sure that the Basic GPS module is registered. • If you are doing GPS work on a job with existing coordinates, make sure the control coordinate locations are in a file on the data collector.

  • Page 4: Hardware Setup

    This section describes: How to setup the base hardware. How to setup the rover hardware. How to configure Survey Pro to communicate with the GPS hardware and data modems. Setup the Base 1. Setup the tripod and tribrach over the point.

  • Page 5: Setup The Rover

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide 6. Connect the serial cable or Bluetooth dongle to serial port 2 on the bottom of the base receiver, and secure it with the thumb screws. Note: If you are using a serial cable for the data collector to talk to the base, you can choose any port.

  • Page 6: Receiver Settings In Survey Pro

    This includes using an internet GPS service, setting up the Bluetooth dongles, and managing the receiver settings. 1. In Survey Pro, go to the Job > Settings > Connections screen. 2. Review the Current Connections. By default, the system is ready to plug in using serial cables out of the box.

  • Page 7: Setting Up A Job

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide to start a survey. If this service does not have an NTRIP log in, Survey Pro will automatically detect the correction format type and setup the rover when you start a survey. 8. Go to the Job > Settings > Post Process screen. Set a Recording Interval in the drop down list if you wish to record raw GPS data in the receiver’s internal memory for...

  • Page 8: Starting A Survey

    3. Tap Finish to set the selected coordinate system. When you reopen a job that already has a coordinate system defined, whether it is a default projection in Ground TDS Localization mode or a selected zone in Mapping Plane mode, you will be ready to start a survey using that coordinate system.

  • Page 9: Starting Base And Rover Radio Rtk

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide Starting Base and Rover Radio RTK If you are doing a RTK survey with a base and rover receiver using radios, follow the steps outlined below. If you are using an internet GPS service with a cell phone for a modem, or if...

  • Page 10: Select Base Point

    GPS points or a GPS coordinate system exists yet in the job. Before showing the Select Base Point screen, Survey Pro will search the job for a point that matches the location of the base. One of three screens will show: •...

  • Page 11: Start Rover Receiver

    GPS service, or when the base is already set and broadcasting corrections on the radio. Start Rover Receiver 1. Go to the Survey > Start GPS Survey screen. If you are using the internet for base corrections, Survey Pro will...

  • Page 12: Select Remote Base Point

    GPS points or a GPS coordinate system exists yet in the job. Before showing the Select Base Point screen, Survey Pro will search the job for a point that matches the location of the base. One of four screens will show: •...

  • Page 13: Solving A Localization

    Base Point name in the edit field. • When Survey Pro finds a unique point in the job file that matches the base location, the Select Base Point page shows you the name of the base point found.

  • Page 14: Localization Status (Collect Control Points)

    When using GPS, establishing the local coordinate of the base and orienting the setup is called a localization. When you setup on a known point, the Survey Pro Basic GPS workflow is called GPS Backsight, and you need to collect one additional GPS control point with the rover to orient the setup.

  • Page 15: Localization Check (Collect Check Point)

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide 2. Select an existing job file point, and check the boxes to set if you want to Use This GPS Control Point For: horizontal, vertical, or horizontal and vertical control. 3. Level the pole over the point and tap Start Control Point Occupy…...

  • Page 16: Localization Results

    9. Level the pole over the point and tap Start Check Point Occupy … to begin an occupation on the selected point and open up the Occupy Control Check Point screen. 10. Examine the calculated errors, and when you are satisfied with the observation tap Accept to create the GPS control point and return to the Localization Check page.

  • Page 17: Gps Data Collection

    How to use the functions on the GPS Data Collection screen to collect points, features, and offset points. How to traverse the base to move the GPS base setup to a new location. How to change the Survey Pro data collection settings to customize your data collection configuration.

  • Page 18: Data Collection Screen

    Data Collection Screen There are different methods to collect data: Point : Use this function to take the most precise measurement to a point. Depending on your settings, this function will put the receiver into static mode, mark the event in the post processing logging file, and open the Occupy Data Points screen where you can remain in static mode for the desired length of time and store the point.

  • Page 19: Traverse Base

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide Traverse Base This function is used to move the base receiver to a new location and restart the RTK survey. When you tap Traverse Base , you will see the Traverse Base prompt screen.

  • Page 20: Stake Out

    If you want to automatically store points that meet your criteria after five epochs of data collection, check the Automatically accept data collection points box. Stake Out This section describes: How to use the RTK rover in roving mode to navigate to a stakeout design location.

  • Page 21: Post Processing Settings

    Survey Pro GPS Quick Start Guide How to perform stop and go data collection with the EPOCH25 rover. What to do with the receiver’s data files after the survey. Data collection for post processing involves storing GPS raw data to a file on the receiver’s internal memory. Raw data from multiple receivers is combined on the PC and then software is used to process the base line measurements.

  • Page 22: Post Processing Data Collection

    Survey Pro raw file. NOTE: By default, post processing points are stored in the Survey Pro job file are put on a special layer to distinguish them from other data collected points. Points stored in Survey Pro job file will have a plane coordinate of (0,0,0) and a geodetic coordinate from the receiver’s autonomous position.

  • Page 23: Data File Processing

    Tap Start to mark the beginning of this site occupation in the receiver’s raw data. If you are also storing the point in the Survey Pro job file, it is written to the file and to the RAW data now.
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