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True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide
GeoCue Group, Inc
12/21/2020
Version 1.1.4
Updated for Firmware Version 2.2.5
12/21/2020

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  • Page 1 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide GeoCue Group, Inc 12/21/2020 Version 1.1.4 Updated for Firmware Version 2.2.5 12/21/2020...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    About GeoCue Group, Inc........................4 About True View® 615/620 ........................5 A True View Cycle ........................... 5 True View 615/620 Hardware Integration Kit ..................6 Installing the Top Plate and Controller Box ..................6 Installing the Ronin Mount ........................ 10 True View 615/620 Installation ......................
  • Page 3 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide X Offset ............................. 36 Y Offset ............................. 37 True View 410/M600 Pro – Mission Checklist ..................38 FAQ ..............................40 Support ..............................41 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 12/21/2020...

  • Page 4: About Geocue Group, Inc

    Today GeoCue is the largest supplier of kinematic LIDAR processing tools in North America and LP360 is the world’s most widely used tool for exploiting point cloud data. In 2014, GeoCue Group started a division focused on using small Unmanned Aerial Systems for high accuracy mapping. Leveraging our...

  • Page 5: About True View® 615/620

    Position and Orientation System (POS), the result is a true 3D high accuracy imaging sensor (3DiS). With its wide 120° fused field of view, the True View 615/620 provides high accuracy 3D color mapping with excellent vegetation penetration and wire detection in a payload package of 3-3.5 kg.

  • Page 6: True View 615/620 Hardware Integration Kit

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide True View 615/620 Hardware Integration Kit The True View 615/620 was designed to be used with the GeoCue’s True View Integration kit, which includes an antenna mounting plate and a DJI Ronin gimbal mount with vibration dampeners. If your True View 615/620 and M600 were purchased through GeoCue, the antenna mounting plate and Ronin mount were installed by a GeoCue technician.
  • Page 7 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide c. Set Screw (4) (Figure 3) Figure 3 d. 50mm Spacer (4) (Figure 4) Figure 4 e. Hex Driver – 1.5mm & 2mm (Figure 5) Figure 5 2. On the drone, remove the 4 screws indicated below (Figure 6). These screws will be used to attach the mounting plate later, so save them for step 5.
  • Page 8 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 3. Apply Loctite to the 4 Set Screws and install in the empty screw spaces from Step 2 using a 1.5mm hex driver (Figure 7). WARNING - Do not overtighten. If screws are too tight, they will press into the plastic plate below and could cause the plate to crack.
  • Page 9 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Figure 10 6. Install the controller box on to the top plate with the LCD screen and LEDs facing out away from the center of the drone. The controller box is designed to fit into the antenna mounting plate without the need for additional hardware and can be stored when not in use.

  • Page 10: Installing The Ronin Mount

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Installing the Ronin Mount 1. On the drone, remove the 3 screws on each leg of the stock mount (Figure 11). Keep the screws, they will be used again. Figure 11 2. On the Ronin Mount, loosen the screws that hold the legs to the rails enough so that they can be rotated (Figure 12).
  • Page 11 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Figure 13 4. Using the screws removed from the drone in Step 1, apply Loctite to each screw and install the mount with the red lever facing the back of the aircraft (Figure 14).

  • Page 12: True View 615/620 Installation

    The True View 615/620 mounts using a standard DJI Ronin mount on the DJI M600. The instructions below describe how to install the True View 615/620 on the M600 when you are ready to use the system to collect data.
  • Page 13 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Figure 17 5. Tighten the red lever until the True View is tightly locked in place. 6. Loop the safety lanyard through the upper metal plate of the True View and around one of the bars of the payload mount and close the safety lanyard (Figure 18).
  • Page 14 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 8. Connect the CAT6 cable to the controller box (Figure 20) and route it down to the True View unit. Be sure to secure any excess cable but leave enough slack to prevent tension on the connector.
  • Page 15 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 10. Do not insert the GNSS antenna mast into the integral mast holder on the controller box as shown in Figure 22. Be sure to use the removeable mount on the mounting plate and ensure it is fully inserted and secure.

  • Page 16: True View Battery

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide True View Battery The True View 3DIS is powered by its own 3200 mAh removable lithium-ion battery. The True View power system was designed to be standalone and does not use power from the aircraft’s power system.

  • Page 17: True View Usb Mass Storage (Ums)

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide True View USB Mass Storage (UMS) The True View UMS (USB mass storage) device is the media attached to the True View sensor on which A True View Cycle will be written during flight operations and system wind-down.

  • Page 18: Ccfsection6 - Pos

    Measuring GNSS Lever Arm Offsets in this guide. The values shown in Figure 26 are the standard True View 615/620 mounted on an M600 with the GNSS antenna secured integral with the control box with an LED readout display. CCFSection8 – Camera Figure 27 - Core Configuration –...

  • Page 19: Ccfsection11 - Configuration Laser

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide If the “CameraFileTransferWindDown” is true, the True View is configured to operate in Standard mode and the images will get transferred to the UMS drive during the wind-down sequence. This field is true by default and is recommended not to be changed.

  • Page 20: Ccfsection15 - Battery

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Laser Model must be 1 for a True View 615/620. The FrameRate should be left as 10 and not be changed. The FOVCenter is set to 90° by default to indicate the center of the laser field of view is pointing downward at nadir and should not be changed.

  • Page 21: Ccfsection16 - Cycle

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide CCFSection16 - Cycle Section 16 of the Core Configuration file determines if Proximity Mode is active, and how Proximity Mode will operate. This section is applicable for CCU firmware v2.0.x and later. Figure 31 - Core Configuration - Cycle If “ProximityMode”...

  • Page 22: Ccfsection17 - Storage Auto Delete

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide If “ProximityAutoStop” is false, the system will not start wind-down until the user presses and holds the green button on the controller box and the SYS lights starts flashing yellow. Wait until the SYS light is solid yellow before powering off the system.

  • Page 23: True View 615/620 Field Operations

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide True View 615/620 Field Operations 1. Base Station The True View 410 records GNSS signals during flight which will be corrected later in EVO. This type of system is known as a PPK system. Base station processing methods should be considered during the planning process because the user will need to determine how they plan to correct their flight data before collecting.

  • Page 24: Pre-Flight

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 2. Pre-Flight 1. Ready the drone for flight and insert the battery into the True View unit (Figure 34). Figure 34 - Insert Battery 2. Install control box, antenna mast, and GNSS antenna if not already installed. Connect all necessary cables and secure to prevent contact with propellers.
  • Page 25 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 5. Turn on the True View unit with the switch located in the battery compartment (Figure 35). Figure 35 - Power Switch 6. Close the battery compartment door and lock the latch. 7. The True View will now cycle through the power up procedures.

  • Page 26: Controller Box Leds

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 3. Controller Box LEDs 8. When the power switch is turned on, the system will go through its startup procedure and all lights (Figure 36) on the controller box will flash yellow. After a few seconds, each LED light will begin to show a sequence of colors indicating status.
  • Page 27 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Figure 37 shows all the lighting sequences and their meanings. Figure 38 shows how to interpret the symbols in the table. Figure 37 – Controller Box LEDs Figure 38 – Controller BOX LED Legend...

  • Page 28: Heading Alignment Maneuver

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 4. Heading Alignment Maneuver The heading alignment maneuver needs to be done after takeoff, before flying the mission, and after the mission prior to landing for each flight. This maneuver is critical for getting accurate heading corrections for the IMU and will impact the results of the data if not performed.

  • Page 29: After Landing

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 5. After Landing 1. After landing the SYS LED should be flashing yellow, indicating the system is transferring data. Do not power off the system during this time or it will interrupt the data transfer.

  • Page 30: True View Evo

    True View Evo is a 64-bit Windows® desktop application used for processing and exploiting True View sensor data. It is GeoCue’s LP360 point cloud exploitation product with the addition of a collection of tools for True View sensor data workflows. Currently, True View Evo is available in two licensing levels: •...

  • Page 31: Logging In To Apx15

    1. Power on the True View 615/620 and wait for 30 seconds, or until “TrueView615” or TrueView620” appears in your list of Wi-Fi networks. a. If you cannot find the network, turn off the True View 615/620, connect the UMS to laptop and delete the file “TV_hostapd.conf”...
  • Page 32 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Figure 41 - TrueView615 Network Settings Figure 42 - TrueView620 Network Settings True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 12/21/2020...

  • Page 33: Log In To Apx-15

    APX-15. 1. Power on the True View 615/620 and wait for 30 seconds. 2. Connect to Trueview615/620 Wi-Fi network. a. If the TrueView615/620 Wi-Fi network has not been configured on your machine, see Configure True View Wi-fi.

  • Page 34: Measuring Gnss Lever Arm Offsets

    M600 with the GeoCue integration kit, the offsets have been preset by a GeoCue technician and should not need to be modified. If you are not using the GeoCue integration kit, or are installing the True View on a different aircraft, you will need to measure the offsets,...

  • Page 35: Z Offset

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Z Offset The Z offset is the distance from the APX-15 to the GNSS antenna phase center in the up/down direction. If the GNSS antenna is above the APX-15, the offset is negative. If it is below the APX-15, the offset is positive.

  • Page 36: Offset

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Figure 46 X Offset The X offset is the distance from the APX-15 to the GNSS antenna, in the direction of the heading of the aircraft. If the antenna is forward of the APX 15, the X offset is positive. If the antenna is behind the APX-15, the offset is negative.

  • Page 37: Y Offset

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Y Offset The Y offset is the distance from the APX-15 to the GNSS antenna, perpendicular to the heading of the aircraft. If you are standing behind the aircraft looking in the direction of the heading, the offset will be negative if the antenna is left of the centerline of the APX-15.

  • Page 38: True View 410/M600 Pro - Mission Checklist

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide True View 410/M600 Pro – Mission Checklist Step Action Notes 1. Setup base station and turn ON. 2. Check mission plan on iPad; modify if necessary. 3. Complete a safety briefing and flight plan review with field crew.
  • Page 39 True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide 30. Ensure landing area is still clear; complete the landing via Return to Home or manually as preferred. 31. After landing, turn off M600. 32. Verify SYS light is flashing yellow (transferring data). 33. Monitor the True View SYS LED; flashing Yellow means data is being copied to USM;...

  • Page 40: Faq

    The base station should be configured to record at 1Hz. • Question - What are the base station requirements for the True View 615/620? Answer - The minimum requirement base station must include: o Static observations recorded to some media...

  • Page 41: Support

    True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide Support Our searchable support knowledge base contains information on workflows, tips, hints, and probable resolutions to error messages or commonly encountered situations. https://support.geocue.com/ Normal support business hours are Monday - Friday, 8 AM — 5 PM USA Central Time.

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