TPS TS15 One Person Quick Guide

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Jobs & Data

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New job

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Name the job by site/date/code.
Save the job to either the internal memory, an SD-Card or a CF-Card.

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• <NONE>
• WGS-84 (by default)
• OSGB36 (2002)
• UTM's
• Local site grids (using the Determine Coordinate System program)

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View & edit data

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F2 New...

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F1 Store

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OK
Main menu

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Jobs & data

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Import data...

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Import ASCII data

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From: SD card
Data type to import: ASCII data
From file: 'survey'
Header lines: optional
To job: 'survey'
You can create a new job which inherits the imported file name.
F1 OK

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F4-No

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View & edit data

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F6-Page across to the Map tab and view the data. F1 OK

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Main menu

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Jobs & Data

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Import data..

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Import DTM data

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F1 OK

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F4 No

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1 Go to Work!

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5 Stakeout +..

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2 Stakeout DTM

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Choose the model. F1 OK

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Stakeout desired levels

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Stakeout desired levels

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Jobs & Data

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Job properties

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F2 Add

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F4 Attach. F1 Store

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F1-Store

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Continue to the main menu

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Go to WORK!

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3 Stakeout

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Select the control job. F1 OK

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F6-Page to the Map tab. Use the stylus to 'tap and hold' on a point, line or area, then 'Import' said feature, allowing setting out.

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2 Jobs & Data

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6 Import data..

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3 Import DXF data

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From: SD card
From dxf file: dxf model
To job: current working job
F2 Config..

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Configure the import to 'create points at the vertices of lines'.
F1 OK.
F1 OK

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Allow the import to finish

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F4 No

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2 View & edit data

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View the points in the map tab.

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Instrument

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Connections...

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TS connection wizard

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Select TS15. F1-Next

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Connect using: Radio handle. F1 Next

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RH15. F1 Next

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Set the link number: Set as: Remote (for 1-person op).
F1 Finish
An oral message should sound saying 'connected to total station'.

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On the CS10/15 Field Controller, load SmartWorx Viva. 3 Instrument

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2 Connections..

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1 TPS connect wizard

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Manufacturer: Leica
Model: TS11 / 15
Connect using: Internal radio
F1 Next

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Link number: 1-10
Set as: Base (the CS act as the base)
F1 Next
F1 Finish to complete the connection wizard. A lightning-bolt should pulse into the TS icon at the top of the screen.

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Go to Work!

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Stakeout

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Choose to control job

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Follow the arrows to stakeout the point. By pressing the Fn button, then F2 Config.., you can change the way in which the screen icons guide you to the point.

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Main Menu
2 Jobs & Data
7 Export & copy data..

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1 Export ASCII data

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Export to: SD card
Folder: Data
Job:'survey'
Rename the output file as job.csv
F1OK to export.

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F4 No
Navigate to the 'Data' folder on the SD/CF-Card, and open the csv file. It will open in Excel in 5 columns: Point ID/E/N/h/Code

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Either tap in the top-left-corner, or press the '*' key to access the 'TPS Favourites' menu.
Change between:

• IR and RL
• ATR and manual-aiming
• Lock On/Off
• red-laser On/Off
• Standard or Continuous EDM modes

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Tap on the prism-icon:
For setups: Leica Round Prism / Tape
For 1-person survey/stakeout Leica 360° Prism

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For setting out:
Measure mode: Continuous
Target aiming: Lock
The EDM will continuously take a distance to the prism, giving you a real-time position.

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For survey:
Measure mode: Single
Target aiming: Lock

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Press the * button, or tap the top-left icon to bring up the TPS-favourites menu. On the second page, choose SketchPad to draw and write notes.

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With the CS10/15 camera, accessed by tapping the camera icon, you can take a picture, then add annotations before you store it. Images can be store to

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Press and holder the Fn button, then '.' button to take a print-screen.

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Images can be store to the last point, a previously stored point in the job, or none at all. They are store, with the point ID included within their name, in the DBX folder, in an Images sub-folder.

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4 User

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4 Tools & utilities..

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1 Transfer user objects
(If you experience problems with the instrument, such as failures to record data, or problems with coding, using the '5 Format data storage' option to wipe the SD-Card or System RAM.)

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Transfer:
Format files
Codelists
Working styles
Coordinate systems