ashtech Reliance SCA-12 User manual

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Field Operations Manual
Ashtech
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Reliance Fundamentals
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Survey Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reliance Precision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Decimeter System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Submeter System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Data Logging Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Improving Feature Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tips for Maximizing Centimeter Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tips for Maximizing Decimeter Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tips for Maximizing Submeter Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tips for Maximizing Accuracy When Using LRFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
GPS under Trees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3. Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Field Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Equipment Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setup for Laser Range Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setup for External Sensor Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Starting FAMlog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Clearing Receiver Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Session Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Session Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Logging Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Logging Point Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Repeating a Point Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Logging Multiple Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Logging a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Logging an Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Feature Nesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Feature Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Pausing Nested Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Entering Offset Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Manually Entering Offset Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Input from a LRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the Communications Parameters for the LRF . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Logging Using LRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
External Sensor Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting External Sensor Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Logging Using Sensor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Waypoint Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
RTCM Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Automatic Area Calculation - RTCM Remote Mode Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Local Coordinate Transformation (Grid-to-Grid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 4. Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
FAMLog Screen (MAIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Information Screen (INFO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Receiver Battery Management Screen (BATT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Position Screen (POSN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Satellite Constellation Screen (SATS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Session Setup Screen (SETP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Feature File Selection Screen (FDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Waypoint File Selection Screen (WPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
GIS Main Menu Screen (GIS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
DataLogging Setup Screen (LGST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Feature Selection Screen (FEAT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Multi Point Screen (BEGM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Attributes Screen (LOG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Offset Screen (OFST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LRF Communication Parameters Screen (LCOM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sensor Status Screens (SENS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sensor Type Screen (TYPE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sensor Setup Screen (SSET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sensor Data Filter Screen (FLTR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Receiver Setup Screen (RCVR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Satellite Selection Screen (SSEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Differential Mode Status Screens (MODE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
RTCM Rover Station Screen (ROVR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
RTCM Base Station Setup Screen (BASE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Base Station Coordinates Screen (COOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Receiver File Management Screen (FILE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

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Receiver Reset Screen (RSET). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Script Selection Screen (SCRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Display Setup Screen (DSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Time Zone Screen (TIME). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
System Selection Setup Screen (SYST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Datum Selection Screen (DATM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
User Datum Definition Screen (USER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Translations Screen (TRNS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Projection Selection Screen (PROJ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Projection Parameters Screen (PARM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Zone Screen (ZONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Grid to Local Transformation Screen (LOCL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Waypoint Navigation Screen (WYPT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Point Selection Screen (PT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
New Point Screen (NEW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Edit Point Screen (EDIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Horizontal Navigation Screen (NAVI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bull’s-eye Navigation Screen (BULL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vertical Navigation Screen (LINE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Laser Range Finders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Appendix A. Using External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Electromagnetic Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Antenna Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
External Sensor Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Appendix B. Setting Up a Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Appendix C. Basic FS/2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Turning On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Screen Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Screen Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Data Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Moving the Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Downloading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Uploading New Feature and Waypoint Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
FS/2 Battery Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Replacing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Charging Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

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FS/2 Shift-Lock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Appendix D. Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Appendix E. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-1
Alarm Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Old Coordinates, Not Enough Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-1
Connection Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-1
Old Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-1
Low Receiver Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-1
Low Receiver Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-2
Low Handheld Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-2
Low Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-2
SVs Kinematic Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-2
Recovering from Weak FS/2 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
Recovering From a FS/2 Lockup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
Program Breakout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-3
Hardware Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E-3
Appendix F. Global Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-1
Solutions for Common Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Corporate Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3
Ashtech Bulletin Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-3
Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-4
Training Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5
Repair Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index-1

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Figure 1.1: SCA-12 GPS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 1.2: FS/2 Handheld Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1.3: Reliance Backpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 1.4: GPS Survey antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 1.5: Interface Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 1.6: Interface to FS/2 Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 1.7: FS/2-to-PC Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 1.8: Panasonic Camcorder Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 1.9: Battery Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 1.10: Battery Charger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 3.1: Logo Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3.2: FAMlog Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3.3: GIS Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 3.4: Receiver Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 3.5: Receiver Reset Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 3.6: Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 3.7: Session Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 3.8: Feature File Selection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3.9: Waypoint File Selection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3.10: Datalogging Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 3.11: Receiver Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 3.12: GIS Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 3.13: Feature Logging Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 3.14: Multiple Point Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 3.15: Multi Point Attribute Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 3.16: Attribute Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 3.17: Logging Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 3.18: Feature Selection Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 3.19: Paused Logging Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 3.20: LRF Communication Parameters Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 3.21: Feature Offset Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 3.22: Sensor Status Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 3.23: Sensor Type Screen With Default Sensor Device Types . . . . . . . 45
Figure 3.24: Sensor Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 3.25: Sensor Data Filter Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 3.26: GIS Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 3.27: Waypoint Navigation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 3.28: Horizontal Line Navigation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Figure 3.29: Bull’s-eye Navigation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 3.30: Vertical Line Navigation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 3.31: RTCM Rover Station Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 3.32: Typical Real-time Area Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 3.33. FAMLog Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 3.34. GIS Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 3.35. Display Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 3.36. Receiver Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 3.37. Differenital Mode Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 3.38. RTCM Rover Station Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 3.39. GIS Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 3.40. Select Feature Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 3.41. Feature Logging Screen, Real-Time Area Calculation . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 3.42. Local Coordinate Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 3.43. GIS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 3.44. Display Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 3.45. Grid to Local Transformation Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 4.1: FAMlog Control and Data Entry Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 4.2: FAMlog Screen (MAIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 4.3: Information Screen (INFO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 4.4: Receiver Battery Management Screen (BATT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 4.5: Position Screen (POSN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 4.6: Satellite Constellation Screen (SATS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 4.7: Session Setup Screen (SETP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 4.8: Feature File Selection Screen (FDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 4.9: Waypoint File Selection Screen (WPT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 4.10: GIS Main Menu (GIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 4.11: Datalogging Setup Screen (LGST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 4.12: Feature Logging Screen (FEAT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 4.13: MultiPoint Feature Selection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 4.14: Attributes Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 4.15: Feature Offset Screen (OFST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 4.16: Feature Offset Screen - Line of Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 4.17: LRF Communication Parameters Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 4.18: Sensor Status Screen (SENS) With No Connection . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 4.19: Sensor Status Screen (SENS) With Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 4.20: Sensor Type Screen (TYPE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 4.21: Sensor Setup Screen (SSET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 4.22: Sensor Data Filter Screen (FLTR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 4.23: Receiver Setup Screen (RCVR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 4.24: Satellite Selection Screen (SSEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 4.25: Differential Mode Screen (MODE) - Autonomous . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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Figure 4.26: Differential Mode Screen (MODE) - Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 4.27: Differential Mode Screen (MODE) - Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 4.28: RTCM Rover Station Screen (ROVR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 4.29: RTCM Base Station Screen (BASE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Figure 4.30: Base Station Coordinates Screen (COOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Figure 4.31: Receiver File Management Screen (FILE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Figure 4.32: Receiver Reset Screen (RSET). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Figure 4.33: Script Screen (SCRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Figure 4.34: Display Setup Screen (DSST) Geographic Format . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 4.35: Display Setup Screen (DSST) Grid Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 4.36: Time Zone Screen (TIME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Figure 4.37: System Selection Screen (SYST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Figure 4.38: Datum Selection Screen (DATM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 4.39: User Datum Definition Screen (USER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figure 4.40: Translations Screen (TRNS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 4.41: Projection Selection Screen (PROJ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 4.42: Projection Parameters (PARM) - Lambert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 4.43: Projection Parameters (PARM) - Trans Mercator . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 4.44: Projection Parameters (PARM) - Oblique Mercator . . . . . . . . . 120
Figure 4.45: Projection Parameters (PARM) - Polar Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . 120
Figure 4.46: Zone Screen (ZONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 4.47: Grid to Local Transformation Screen (LOCL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 4.48: Waypoint Navigation Screen (WYPT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 4.49: Point Selection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 4.50: New Point Screen (NEW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Figure 4.51: Edit Point Screen (EDIT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Figure 4.52: Horizontal Navigation Screen (NAVI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Figure 4.53: Bull’s-eye Navigation Screen (BULL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 4.54: Vertical Navigation Screen (LINE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Figure A.1: External Sensor Interpolated Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Figure B.1: Receiver Reset Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Figure B.2: Receiver Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Figure B.3: Datalogging Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Figure B.4: Session Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Figure C.1: FS/2 Handheld Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Figure C.2: FS/2 Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Figure C.3: Power Parameters - Screen 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Figure C.4: Power Parameters - Screen 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Figure D.1: Interface cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Figure D.2: Interface Cable Pinout Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

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Table 1.1: FS/2 Field Operations Manual Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 2.1: Reliance Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 2.2: Reliance System Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 2.3: Reliance Processor System Accuracies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 3.1: FS/2 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 3.2: Horizontal Line Navigation Screen Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 4.1: Screen Descriptions and Page Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 4.2: FAMlog Screen Field Desciptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 4.3: Information Screen Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Table 4.4: Battery Management Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Table 4.5: Position Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Table 4.6: Satellite Constellation Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Table 4.7: Session Setup Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 4.8: Feature File Screen Field Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 4.9: Waypoint File Selection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 4.10: GIS Main Menu Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Table 4.11: Datalogging Setup Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 4.12: Feature Logging Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Table 4.13: Multipoint Feature Selection Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . 84
Table 4.14: Attribute Selection Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 4.15: Offset Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 4.16: LRF Communication Parameters Screen Field Descriptions. . . . 89
Table 4.17: Sensor Status Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 4.18: Sensor Type Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 4.19: Sensor Setup Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 4.20: Sensor Data Filter Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 4.21: Receiver Setup Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 4.22: Differential Mode Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Table 4.23: RTCM Rover Station Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Table 4.24: RTCM Base Station Setup Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . 104
Table 4.25: Base Station Coordinates Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 4.26: Receiver File Management Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 4.27: Receiver Reset Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Table 4.28: Script Screen (SCRP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Table 4.29: Display Setup Screen Description Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Table 4.30: Time Zone Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Table 4.31: System Selection Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Table 4.32: Datum Selection Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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Table 4.33: User Datum Definition Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . 116
Table 4.34: Translations Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Table 4.35: Projection Selection Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Table 4.36: Projection Parameters Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Table 4.37: Zone Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Table 4.38: Grid to Local Transformation Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table 4.39: Waypoint Navigation Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Table 4.40: Point Selection Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Table 4.41: New Point Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Table 4.42: Edit Point Screen Field Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Table 4.43: Horizontal Navigation Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Table 4.44: Bull’s-eye Navigation Screen Field Description . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Table 4.45: Vertical Navigation Screen Field Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Table C.1: FS/2 Handheld Controller Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Table F.1: GPS Product Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-2
Table F.2: BBS Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F-4

Introduction
Introduction 1
Reliance Fundamentals
1
Introduction
The Reliance system provides full-featured capability for rapid and precise GIS data
acquisition.
Reliance makes it possible for a minimally trained worker to rapidly collect accurate data
on the location and attributes of point features such as trees and fire hydrants, line features
such as roads and power lines, area features such as city blocks and lakes, and nested
points or lines within a line or area.
Reliance has three models corresponding to three levels of accuracy: the standard
Reliance Submeter™ system, the Reliance Decimeter™ system, and the Reliance
Precision™ system. All three systems accept differential corrections in real-time or in
post-processing, and all use the same post-processing software.
The Reliance Submeter system processes C/A code data only and provides the quickest
methods of measurement providing rms accuracies as good as 35 centimeters with either
static or dynamic surveying techniques.
The Reliance Decimeter system records both C/A and carrier phase data to achieve
accuracies as good as 10 centimeters when surveying a point or dynamically recording
line or area features. Reliance only requires the GPS receiver to maintain lock on at least
five satellites for at least 20 minutes.
The Reliance Precision system is a GIS data capture tool that provides as good as one
centimeter accuracy for point features after 30 minutes of stationary occupation, and
provides decimeter on-the-fly accuracy when mapping line or area features.
Equipment
The Reliance system comprises two basic components:
• Hardware—for data acquisition
• Software—for controlling the hardware in the field and post-processing the data
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Hardware
The hardware components of the Reliance system include:
• SCA-12™ GPS receiver
• FS/2™ handheld controller
• Backpack
• GPS Survey antenna and 50 cm antenna pole
• Two 12-Volt DC camcorder batteries
• Two battery chargers
• Battery cable
• 12 VDC automobile adapter cable
• RS-232 serial interface cable
• Port A-to-FS/2 cable
• FS/2-to-PC cable
The receiver (Figure 1.1) provides real-time positions, velocity, heading, and time
measurements using twelve dedicated separate and parallel channels for Coarse/
Acquisition (C/A) code-phase and carrier-phase measurement on the L1 (1575 Mhz)
band. The receiver receives satellite signals via an L-band antenna and low-noise
amplifier (LNA). The SCA has an L1-band radio frequency (RF) port and three RS-
232 serial input/output (I/O) ports. All three serial ports are capable of two-way
communication with external equipment.
The receiver stores the GPS satellite measurement data along with the features logged
in the field. Its 4.5 megabytes of memory allows for more than 27 hours of code and
carrier data recording at a 5.0-second recording interval.
Figure 1.1: SCA-12 GPS Receiver

Introduction 3
Introduction
The receiver is controlled by an FS/2 handheld controller (Figure 1.2).
Figure 1.2: FS/2 Handheld Controller

4 Reliance with FS/2 Field Operations Manual
The receiver, along with two 12 VDC camcorder batteries, mounts inside the
backpack, Figure1.3, andtheantennapolefitsalongthesideofthebackpack.
Figure 1.3: Reliance Backpack