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Skadi Series™
Skadi Smart
Handle™
User Manual
Version 1.0
Last Updated: March 2025

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  • Page 1 Skadi Series™ Skadi Smart Handle™ User Manual Version 1.0 Last Updated: March 2025...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    What is Required to Use the Skadi Smart Handle? User Manual Overview of the Skadi Smart Handle’s Two Modes Version 1.0 Steps to Enable and Initialize the Skadi Smart Handle 9 Toggling Between Modes Sending Positions to Your Third-Party App Understanding Smart Handle Vibrations Transitioning from Skadi Tilt Compensation™...

  • Page 3: Skadi Smart Handle™: The User Manual

    Eos Positioning Systems®, Inc. // eos-gnss.com Skadi Smart Handle™: The User Manual The Skadi Smart Handle™ uses LiDAR and other powerful sensors to provide a one-of-a-kind RTK In Your Hand™ experience. It is an advanced GNSS accessory that eliminates the need for a surveying range pole.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information

    By using the Skadi Smart Handle, the user agrees to operate it responsibly and assumes all risks associated with misuse or failure to follow the instructions outlined in this user manual.

  • Page 5: What Is Required To Use The Skadi Smart Handle

    There are several required items to take advantage of the Skadi Smart Handle. SKADI GOLD Before you get started with the Skadi Smart Handle, make sure you have the following items: The Skadi Gold is our most robust, productive, and flexible GNSS receiver. It...
  • Page 6 Skadi Smart Handle™ / User Manual Eos Positioning Systems®, Inc. // eos-gnss.com SKADI SERIES PHONE MOUNTING BRACKET (SKA-KITPHONE) SKA-KITPHONE is a standard accessory included with all Skadi Series™ GNSS receiver purchases, regardless of model. Learn more about this GNSS accessory on our website: https://eos-gnss.com/products/...

  • Page 7: Overview Of The Skadi Smart Handle's Two Modes

    Eos Positioning Systems®, Inc. // eos-gnss.com Mode 1: Extensible Virtual Range Pole™ Extensible Virtual Range Pole mode is the default mode of the Skadi Smart Handle. When you initialize your smart handle, this will be the mode that turns on automatically.
  • Page 8 • Distance: The Extensible Virtual Range Pole mode has a distance limitation of The Invisible Range Pole mode is the second mode of the Skadi Smart Handle. about seven meters, or ~20 feet. If your target falls outside this range, you will This mode makes no use of the green laser pointer and trigger.

  • Page 9: Steps To Enable And Initialize The Skadi Smart Handle

    They must be pressed at the same time. Insert the battery pack into the empty compartment at the base of your Skadi Smart Handle. Finally, insert the smart handle into the now-empty receiver battery compartment until it locks into place.
  • Page 10 Smart Handle is currently disabled. Finally, insert the smart handle into the now-empty receiver battery compartment. A grayed-out Smart Handle icon in the top-right corner of the Positions page in the Eos Tools Pro app indicates the Skadi Smart Handle is currently disabled.
  • Page 11 Positions page. Your Smart Handle icon is now green, and beneath it is the word Extensible, indicating your current mode. Toggle on the Smart Handle switch at the top of the Eos Tools Pro Skadi Smart Handle settings page. This method may also be used to turn off the Skadi Smart Handle.
  • Page 12 This method may also be used to turn off the Skadi Smart Handle. The trigger method may not be used to turn off the Skadi Smart Handle. Once the smart handle is enabled, triple-pressing the trigger will merely toggle between modes (i.e., Extensible Virtual Range Pole and Invisible Range Pole).
  • Page 13 Within Eos Tools Pro, follow your normal procedure to connect to your local RTK steps (C and D) in this section. corrections source. In the Differential menu of Eos Tools Pro, you will see your RTK network connection information. Next step: Acquire RTK fixed status. - 13 -...
  • Page 14 Your screen will look like this when Eos Tools Pro is ready for you to initialize the Skadi Smart Handle. If you do not have access to RTK corrections, contact your authorized Eos representative for help finding the best RTK source for your region.
  • Page 15 Understanding “GNSS” versus “Compensated” Coordinate Values in Eos Tools Pro Back in the Eos Tools Pro Position page, you will see a Coordinates section toward the top of the page. This section has two columns of values labeled GNSS and Compensated. The GNSS coordinate values represent the positions at the physical location of your GNSS receiver.

  • Page 16: Toggling Between Modes

    Eos Positioning Systems®, Inc. // eos-gnss.com Method 1: Toggle in Eos Tools Pro In the Skadi Smart Handle settings of the Eos Tools Pro app, select your desired mode by tapping the tab labeled either Extensible or Invisible. Toggling Between Modes You may toggle between Extensible Virtual Range Pole mode and Invisible Range Pole mode in one of two ways.
  • Page 17 2. Check Eos Tools Pro Alternatively, you may check Eos Tools Pro. In the Position page of the app, in the top- right corner you’ll see the Smart Handle icon. Below this, you’ll see in green either the word Extensible or Invisible, indicating which mode you are in.
  • Page 18 Extensible and Invisible under the Smart Handle icon. In this case, you have lost one of the settings you previously achieved. To check your mode, simply tap the Smart Handle icon to launch the Skadi Smart Handle settings page and see which tab is active. - 18 -...

  • Page 19: Sending Positions To Your Third-Party App

    Recall that the Extensible Virtual Range Pole mode is the only mode to make use of the Skadi Smart Handle’s laser pointer. In this mode, the green laser pointer is always visible. The laser’s location represents the position your receiver is measuring.
  • Page 20 Remember that only while you press and hold the trigger will the values in the Compensated column of the Position page of Eos Tools Pro be green. If these values turn red while in this mode, it typically means you are not pressing the trigger. However, if you are pressing the trigger and the values are red, you have probably lost your initialization or RTK fixed status.
  • Page 21 Eos Tools Pro app. Make sure you are in the Extensible tab. Next, toggle on the Single Point Mode switch. Eos Tools Pro must be in the foreground when using Single Point mode. On iPad, use Split View. On iPhone, call Eos Tools Pro to the foreground before measuring each point.
  • Page 22 To Send Data in Single-Point Mode To collect this location data in a third-party app, simply perform the data collection To send data to ArcGIS Field Maps in “Single-Point mode" make sure Eos Tools Pro is as you normally would in your app.

  • Page 23: Understanding Smart Handle Vibrations

    Next, follow the steps from the Steps to Enable and Initialize the Skadi Smart Handle chapter section A. Mount Your GNSS Receiver to the Skadi Smart Handle. The only thing you will not do is turn your receiver on or off. Rather it will remain on during the entire setup thanks to the built-in hot-swap battery.

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting Invalid Positions

    Next, read the associated issue causing invalid positioning. In some cases, where you and target. indicated, Eos Tools Pro will also provide visual warnings to call attention to an error In the Eos Tools Pro in positioning. Once you have identified the issue, follow the resolution provided to Position tab, “Extensible Pole...
  • Page 25 Skadi Smart Handle™ / User Manual Eos Positioning Systems®, Inc. // eos-gnss.com TILT LED MODE ISSUE RESOLUTION Orange: Blinking Extensible Trigger is pressed, but Acquire RTK fixed Virtual GNSS status is not RTK status . Range Not Fixed. Pole In Eos Tools Pro, Handle Status states, “RTK Not...

  • Page 26: About This User Manual

    Subscribe by visiting our website at eos-gnss.com/subscribe. Additional Resources About This User Manual The Eos Positioning Systems website has a number of helpful resources for getting started and going further in your GNSS journey. Copyright Notice Our other GNSS-related products: eos-gnss.com/products ©Copyright 2025 Eos Positioning Systems®, Inc.

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