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CHCNAV AlphaAir 450
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Version 2.0
Mobile Mapping | Nov 2021
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  • Page 1 CHCNAV AlphaAir 450 User Manual Version 2.0 Mobile Mapping | Nov 2021 Make your work more efficient...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Data Acquisition ................. 19 Data Copy ....................... 20 Introduction of the data .................. 20 Automatically data copy .................. 20 Data structure ....................26 Data preprocessing in Copre ..................27 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 2...
  • Page 3 Generate results ................. 49 FAQ and Solutions ....................50 Matters Need Attention ................... 52 Important Notes ..................... 52 Product Transportation ................... 52 Using Tips....................... 53 Storage Tips....................53 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 3...

  • Page 4: Reading Tips

    1.2 Recommendations CHCNAV provides below documents for user: ▪ Product configuration list ▪ AlphaAir 450 mobile mapping system user manual It is recommended for user to read above documents before first time using. 1.3 Service & Support CHCNAV website: http://www.chcnav.com...

  • Page 5: Disclaimer

    If the service life of equipment is affected due to improper use or maintenance, even broken, CHCNAV will not bear the relevant responsibility. All repairs and maintenance services resulting from this will be charged at standard prices.

  • Page 6: Using Requirements

    2.4 Tips After Using ▪ After using, unplug the cable first, then place the equipment into equipment case. ▪ During transportation, take care the equipment and try to avoid bump. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 6...

  • Page 7: Product Description

    Product Description 3 Product Description 3.1 Equipment List AlphaAir 450 mobile mapping system configuration list is shown below: Serial number Classification Name Model AlphaAir 450 LiDAR system AlphaAir 450 Type-c to USB Data cable 8G USB flash Standard Clean suits...

  • Page 8: Product Introduction

    Product Description 3.3 Product Introduction AlphaAir 450 pocket lidar measurement system, the whole device is based on the lightweight and high integration design concept, carried on the BB4 or 3rd party UAV like DJI M300, can obtain longer endurance. As an emerging means of 3D data acquisition, it can quickly acquire terrain surface data, ground feature, power line information, etc., which can realize high-...

  • Page 9: Equipment Size

    Product Description 3.4 Equipment Size ▪ The product diagrams are shown below: ▪ Weight: 950 g ▪ Length, width and height are shown below M300 interface (DJI Skyport) CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 9...

  • Page 10: Device Interface Description

    4- ON/OFF Key: Turn on/off the equipment and one-button acquisition control button 5- TYPE-C Data Cable Interface: Connect AA450 to Computer for data coping 6- Alphaport Interface: Power supply and communication for BB4 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 10...

  • Page 11: Electrical Characteristics

    Press the Skyport unlock button to remove the protective cover. ▪ Align the white dot on the AA450 Skyport interface with the red dot on the M300 interface and embed it in the installation location. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 11...

  • Page 12: Airborne Disassemble Steps

    ▪ Tighten the side screw bolts to make it stable and finally finished the installation. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 12...

  • Page 13: Airborne Disassemble Steps

    Connect both power supply cable and GPS feeder cable of equipment and start power on. ▪ Put the equipment at an open sky area and turn on LiDAR. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 13...

  • Page 14: Data Acquisition

    For the convenience of users, provide two methods of data collection, One-Key Control and DJI M300 Remote Control. ***DJI M300 Remote Control "has a higher priority than" One-Key Control ***. AA450 One-Key Control Flow CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 14...

  • Page 15: One-Key Control Flow

    Keep the device stationary and try not to touch the device. ▪ Device initialization: About one minute after lidar is powered on, the indicator light is normal on which means device initialization successfully completed! CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 15...
  • Page 16 5 HZ after that, the buzzer does not ring). Long press——More than (After 10 seconds, the buzzer rings and the green light blinks slowly). CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 16...

  • Page 17: Dji M300 Remote Control Flow

    Camera: Shows how many photos the camera took and how many missed . ▪ Storage: Shows storage status and project duration. ▪ Status: Shows the system state and the duration of the current state. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 17...

  • Page 18: Camera Parameters Setting

    5.2.2 Camera Parameters Setting ▪ You can set the camera's ShutterSpeed, ISO, PhotoMode, PhotoGap.The default PhotoGap is 2000ms. Note: PhotoMode must be set as Timing, otherwise the camera won't take pictures. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 18...

  • Page 19: Data Acquisition

    LiDAR Power Off : Long press ON/OFF Key to turn off. Note: To click "Start"/"Stop"/"Close project"/, you need to click the unlock icon on the screen and complete the operation within 3 seconds. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 19...

  • Page 20: Data Copy

    6.2 Automatically data copy ▪ Connect the device to the computer with type-c to USB data cable, the computer will pop up two SD cards ALPHA_LAS and ALPHA_CAM CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 20...
  • Page 21 Data Copy ▪ Open Copre, Enter the following interface ▪ Select the corresponding parameters CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 21...
  • Page 22 Data Copy ▪ Double-click the disk to open the corresponding folder, you can check data first CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 22...
  • Page 23 Data Copy ▪ Right-click the disk to display the format option. Format the disk when the capacity is insufficient ▪ List of Data projects CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 23...
  • Page 24 Data Copy ▪ Check the data to be copied, then create the directory and select the copy path CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 24...
  • Page 25 Data Copy ▪ Click the copy icon. When the data copy is complete, click close icon CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 25...

  • Page 26: Data Structure

    After automatically copying data, will create a folder on the data storage disk, for example, @@2021-07-30-030325. Start with "@@" and are named after the creation time. Under each folder, there are the following folders: CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 26...

  • Page 27: Data Preprocessing In Copre

    Data preprocessing in Copre 7 Data preprocessing in Copre 7.1 AA450 Data Processing Flow CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 27...

  • Page 28: New Item

    Click Main - New item as shown in figure 2 Figure 2 ▪ The Create Item dialog box will pop up as shown in figure 3 Figure 3 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 28...

  • Page 29: Item Name

    Note: The Item Name must be in English and numerals only and cannot contain (/ \ * ? : < > |") character. Otherwise, the dialog will issue a warning, as shown in figure 5 Figure 5 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 29...

  • Page 30: Select Time Reference

    If the results are based on UTC, choose GPS-1970; If the results are based on GPST, choose GPS-1980. 7.2.3 Select Units ▪ Select the Units of measurement required as shown in figure 7 Figure 7 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 30...

  • Page 31: Select Item Path

    Click Choose, the New project file path dialog box will pop up as shown in figures 8 & 9 Figure 8 Figure 9 Note: The item path name cannot contain Chinese characters or Spaces. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 31...

  • Page 32: Select Project Data

    The Find Directory dialog box will pop up as shown in figure 11 Figure 11 Note: The project path name cannot contain Chinese characters or Spaces. Otherwise, the Copre SW cannot identify the path and project data cannot be read. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 32...

  • Page 33: Item Info

    You can input item related information as shown in figure 12 Figure 12 7.2.7 Complete the New Item ▪ Click Confirm to complete the new item as shown in figure 13 Figure 13 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 33...

  • Page 34: Pos Processing

    ▪ Put Base Station Observation File (HCN format or RINEX format) into @@YY-MM-DD- HHMMSS /GPS/Base folder as shown in figure 15 and figure 16 Figure 15 Figure 16 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 34...

  • Page 35: Pos Processing

    ▪ Right-click the RawWorkspace, if there are multiple projects, multiple projects will be processed; Right-click the project name will process the current project only. Figure 17 Figure 18 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 35...
  • Page 36 After the POS is solved, the progress bar will be 100%, and relevant information will be displayed in the information output bar, as shown in figure 20 Figure 20 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 36...

  • Page 37: Flow1-Solve To Result

    POS trajectory to be solved; Long press the right mouse button and move the mouse to move the POS trajectory; Short press the right mouse button to deselect the corresponding POS trajectory. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 37...
  • Page 38 Data preprocessing in Copre Figure 23 ▪ Right-click the project file, and the TAB appears. Then left-click Solve to result. Figure 24 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 38...

  • Page 39: Parameter Setting

    ▪ Click Next to enter the static filter Setting, laser filter Setting and camera Settings. If there are multiple projects, click Batch Settings after parameter setting Figure 26 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 39...
  • Page 40 Noise Distance Threshold (m). For example: If you set 1.000 m, take this point as the center of the circle, a radius of one meter less than five points then that point is CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10...

  • Page 41: Custom Coordinate System

    Camera Settings: The software automatically identifies the camera type and size without setting it up. Figure 31 7.4.3 Custom Coordinate System ▪ Click Next, Pop up the Custom Coordinate System window as shown in figure 32 Figure 32 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 41...

  • Page 42: Point Cloud Coloring Settings

    Check Processing, you can set the Coloring range , File Format, Remove uncolored points, Filter tower shadow. Figure 33 Tip: Trigger filter interval(m) and Cover radius(m) are options for car-set, not required for AA2400. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 42...

  • Page 43: Generate Results

    Right-click Result, Left-click Display pos trajectory, click two points or hold down the left mouse button to select a box. The point cloud is displayed in the point cloud view Figure 35 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 43...

  • Page 44: Flow2-Pretreatment

    7.5 Flow2-Pretreatment 7.5.1 Pretreatment ▪ Right-click the project file, and the TAB appears. Then left-click Pretreatment ▪ Refer to chapter 7.4 Solve to result for parameter Settings Figure 37 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 44...
  • Page 45 Data preprocessing in Copre Figure 38 ▪ After Pretreatment is complete, a preprocessing project will be generated in the Item Management column Figure 39 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 45...

  • Page 46: Adjust

    Data preprocessing in Copre 7.5.2 Adjust ▪ Right-click the project file. Then left click Adjust Figure 40 Figure 41 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 46...
  • Page 47 (such as 6 - 12 s).The general setting on UAV is 5 - 20 ▪ After setting parameters, click Adjust, and the software will adjust automatically Figure 42 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 47...
  • Page 48 Data preprocessing in Copre Figure 43 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 48...

  • Page 49: Generate Results

    7.5.3 Generate results ▪ Right-click the ADJUST project file. Then left click Generate results ▪ Refer to chapter 7.4 Solve to result for parameter Settings Figure 44 Figure 45 CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 49...

  • Page 50: Faq And Solutions

    Copre SW. 4. Initialization is normal but cannot start project. Possible causes include: a) Device authorization may expire. Solutions: Need to contact the manufacturer to request an authorization code. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 50...
  • Page 51 Note: PhotoMode must be set as Timing, otherwise the camera won't take pictures. Note: To click "Start"/"Stop"/"Close project"/, you need to click the unlock icon on the screen and complete the operation within 3 seconds. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 51...

  • Page 52: Matters Need Attention

    There are some important notes listed below: ▪ Do not disassemble equipment privately. If equipment has issue, please contact CHCNAV Support team. ▪ Please use the default battery and accessories. Use non-dedicated battery may cause charger exploding or burning.

  • Page 53: Using Tips

    The room where the equipment is stored should be clean, dry, bright and well ventilated. ▪ It should be placed flat or upright, and it should not be leaned casually to prevent distortion. CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10 P a g e | 53...
  • Page 54 CHC Navigation Building D, NO. 599 Gaojing Road, Qingpu District, 201702 Shanghai, China Tel: +86 21 542 60 273 | Fax: +86 21 649 50 963 Email: sales@chcnav.com | support@chcnav.com Skype: chcnav_support Website: www.chcnav.com CHCNAV ALPHAAIR-450 USER MANUAL | 2021-10...

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