Quick Guide System 1200- Smartstation Orientation Using Common Reference Object.

Quick Guide System 1200- Smartstation Orientation Using

Common Reference Object.

This guide is designed to show the user how to update the orientation of more than
one smartstation setup, by using a common reference point which may not be able to
be occupied by the smartstation. This could be applicable if a survey is being carried
out from two setups between which a line of sight cannot be observed, but which can
both see a suitable RO to which distances can be measured. This method also makes
use of the COGO application program.

Step Instruction Screenshots

Set the total station

over the first
control point, with
the Smartstation
antenna mounted.
The Smart antenna
will draw power
from the
1 instrument battery.
Carry out the rest
of the process on
the RX unit, but
remain next to the
total station, as the
RX will use
Bluetooth while no
radio handle is
attached.

Go to the main
menu.
Select 1 Survey.
Press Enter while
the focus is on Job.
F2(NEW). Fill out
all the required
details. Press F6
2
(PAGE) to select
the Codelist tab.
Select your
codelist from the
list. Press F6
again to choose
your coordinate
system. (Note: To
create a new

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coordinate system
please see quick
guide DTC-One
Pt Localisation.)
Press F1 (Store)
then F1 (Cont)
In the Survey
Begin panel, select
the correct prism
to be used.
Now select
F3(SETUP).
Select the
Fixpoint job to be
used.
Select Set
Azimuth as the
method.
Select From GPS
as the Station
Coord.
Type in the
Station ID
3
Input your station
height. Then
F1(CONT).
In the GPS Screen
press SHIFT F3
(CONNEC) wait

for and
press F1
(OCCUPY)

Replace the
Smartantenna
with the Radio
handle, and aim
at the common
RO point.
Enter a Backsight
ID.
4
Then F2 (DIST)
At this point the
azimuth can be
anything. For zero,
press F4 (Az=0)
Then press
F1(SET).
Note: The

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backsight ID must
be visible from the
second Station
Setup.

Now we are in the

Survey Panel and
ready to survey
points from the
first setup

The common RO
point must now be
5
observed using a
different point ID,
but one which can
be easily identified
later, eg STN1-
STN2.
Continue with the
survey.

Set the total station

over the second
control point
(well call it
STN3), with the
Smartstation
antenna mounted.
Repeat steps 1-5.
Ensure that the Set
Azimuth method
is selected, and
that the Backsight
ID matches that
6 from the first
setup, eg STN2.
The message
shown should
appear; press F6
(YES).
Again, when in
Survey measure
the common RO
point using an
easily identified
point ID, eg
STN3-STN2.
Continue with the
survey.

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At the moment,
your survey could
look similar to
this, where the line
between points 1-4
is the face of a
building which
should be
(roughly!) straight.
The next task is to
compute the
7
position of STN2.
For this we will
use the COGO
application
program to
calculate the
intersection point
of the distances
measured from
known points
STN1 and STN3.
Press the PROG
button, highlight
the COGO
program, then
enter the
Intersections
option. Select
method Dist-Dist,
8 highlight 1st Point
and select the first
station setup ID
from the list. Then
highlight 2nd
Point, and select
the second station
setup ID from the
list.

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Highlight the first

HDist-Grid
distance, and press
F2 (INV).
Highlight the
From list, and
select the first
station setup ID.
9
Highlight the To
list, and select the
surveyed point ID
of the common RO
(hence the need to
make it easily
identifiable!).
Press F1(STORE)
Highlight the
second HDist-
Grid distance, and
press F2 (INV).
Highlight the
From list, and
select the second
10
station setup ID.
Highlight the To
list, and select the
surveyed point ID
of the common
RO. Press
F1(STORE)
In the Map tab, the
view will be
similar to this. As
can be seen, the
two intersecting
circles means that
11 there are two
possible results for
this method. In this
case the correct
result is New Pt 2
(highlighted).
Press F1(CALC).

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The co-ordinates
of the first result
(New Pt 1) will be
displayed. Press
F3 (RSLT2) to
display the co-
ordinates of New
Pt 2. Highlight the
Point ID, and type
12 in the ID of the
common RO point,
in this case STN2.
If required, page
across and assign a
code. The position
of the point can
also be viewed in
the Plot tab. Press
F1 (STORE).

The following
message will be
displayed. Press
F3 (VIEW) to see
a list of the setups
13 which will be
updated. You can
also view a map
screen to see how
the setups will be
re-orientated.

Press F1 (CONT),
then F6 (YES) to
update the
orientation. It will
return to the
Results page of
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the COGO
program. Press
<SHIFT>F6
(QUIT) to return
to the survey
screen.

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The database will

be updated with
the new point co-
ordinates based on
the new
15
orientations, and
your survey will
have all its points
in the correct
locations.

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