GeoCue True View 615 Installation manual

True View 615/620 Hardware User Guide
12/21/2020
GeoCue Group, Inc
12/21/2020
Version 1.1.4
Updated for Firmware Version 2.2.5

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Contents
About GeoCue Group, Inc. ......................................................................................................................4
About True View® 615/620 ..................................................................................................................... 5
A True View Cycle ................................................................................................................................... 5
True View 615/620 Hardware Integration Kit ..........................................................................................6
Installing the Top Plate and Controller Box .........................................................................................6
Installing the Ronin Mount ................................................................................................................ 10
True View 615/620 Installation.............................................................................................................. 12
True View Battery ................................................................................................................................. 16
True View USB Mass Storage (UMS)......................................................................................................17
System Configuration File (SCF).........................................................................................................17
Core Configuration File (CCF).............................................................................................................17
CCFSection6 –POS ....................................................................................................................... 18
CCFSection8 –Camera.................................................................................................................. 18
CCFSection11 –Configuration Laser.............................................................................................. 19
CCFSection15 –Battery.................................................................................................................20
CCFSection16 - Cycle .................................................................................................................... 21
CCFSection17 –Storage Auto Delete ............................................................................................ 22
True View 615/620 Field Operations...................................................................................................... 23
1. Base Station .............................................................................................................................. 23
2. Pre-Flight ..................................................................................................................................24
3. Controller Box LEDs ..................................................................................................................26
4. Heading Alignment Maneuver...................................................................................................28
5. After Landing ............................................................................................................................29
True View EVO...................................................................................................................................... 30
Logging in To APX15............................................................................................................................. 31
Configure True View Wi-fi ................................................................................................................. 31
Log in to APX-15 ............................................................................................................................... 33
Download T04 Files....................................................................................................................... 33
Measuring GNSS Lever Arm Offsets ..................................................................................................... 34
Z Offset............................................................................................................................................. 35

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X Offset............................................................................................................................................. 36
Y Offset............................................................................................................................................. 37
True View 410/M600 Pro –Mission Checklist ........................................................................................ 38
FAQ ......................................................................................................................................................40
Support................................................................................................................................................. 41

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About GeoCue Group, Inc.
GeoCue Group was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers with extensive experience in developing
hardware and software solutions for primary remote-sensed data acquisition. Our initial products were
aimed at reducing schedule and cost risk in geospatial production workflows by providing
organizational, productivity and data management tools for base geospatial data production. These
tools have been realized as the GeoCue product family. Today GeoCue workflow management tools are
used by a majority of North American geospatial production shops. In 2005, GeoCue began selling and
supporting Terrasolid tools for kinematic LIDAR data production. This was followed in 2009 by our
acquisition of QCoherent Software LLC, the creator of the point cloud exploitation toolset, LP360.
Today GeoCue is the largest supplier of kinematic LIDAR processing tools in North America and LP360
is the world’s most widely used tool for exploiting point cloud data. In 2014, GeoCue Group started a
division focused on using small Unmanned Aerial Systems for high accuracy mapping. Leveraging our
expertise in production, risk reduction, and point cloud processing tools, we are continuing to bring new
services and products to market to provide surveyors and other geomatics professionals exciting tools
for geospatial data extraction using low cost drones including Loki, our plug-and-play PPK direct
positioning system, and now our new True View LIDAR/Imagery fusion sensors. To learn more, visit
www.geocue.com.

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About True View® 615/620
The True View® 615/620 is GeoCue’s second generation LIDAR/camera fusion platform designed from
the ground up to generate high accuracy 3D colorized LIDAR point clouds using the new Riegl miniVUX-
2UAV. Featuring dual GeoCue Mapping Cameras, a Riegl miniVUX-2UAV laser scanner and Applanix
Position and Orientation System (POS), the result is a true 3D high accuracy imaging sensor (3DiS).
With its wide 120° fused field of view, the True View 615/620 provides high accuracy 3D color mapping
with excellent vegetation penetration and wire detection in a payload package of 3-3.5 kg.
A True View Cycle
All True View sensors write their various data streams to a standard file folder structure called a “Cycle.”
The original meaning of cycle was an on/off cycle of the sensor. It is possible to have multiple collections
(flights, in the case of a drone) in a single Cycle, so it is not necessarily correct to think of cycle as being
synonymous with a flight.

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True View 615/620 Hardware Integration Kit
The True View 615/620 was designed to be used with the GeoCue’s True View Integration kit, which
includes an antenna mounting plate and a DJI Ronin gimbal mount with vibration dampeners. If your
True View 615/620 and M600 were purchased through GeoCue, the antenna mounting plate and Ronin
mount were installed by a GeoCue technician. If you purchased your M600 from a third party, you will
need to install these components before using your True View system. The following steps explain how
to install your True View integration kit.
Installing the Top Plate and Controller Box
1. To install the top plate and controller box you will need the following components:
a. Top plate. (Figure 1)
Figure 1 - Top Plate
b. Controller box with LED readout (Figure 2)
Figure 2 - Controller Box with LED readout

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c. Set Screw (4) (Figure 3)
Figure 3
d. 50mm Spacer (4) (Figure 4)
Figure 4
e. Hex Driver –1.5mm & 2mm (Figure 5)
Figure 5
2. On the drone, remove the 4 screws indicated below (Figure 6). These screws will be used to
attach the mounting plate later, so save them for step 5.
Figure 6

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3. Apply Loctite to the 4 Set Screws and install in the empty screw spaces from Step 2 using a
1.5mm hex driver (Figure 7). WARNING - Do not overtighten. If screws are too tight, they will
press into the plastic plate below and could cause the plate to crack.
Figure 7
4. Install the four 50mm spacers on top of the set screws (Figure 8).
Figure 8
5. Line the plate up on top of the spacers. Apply Loctite to the 4 screws removed in Step 2 (Figure
9) and secure the plate to the top of the spacers (Figure 10).
Figure 9

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Figure 10
6. Install the controller box on to the top plate with the LCD screen and LEDs facing out away
from the center of the drone. The controller box is designed to fit into the antenna mounting
plate without the need for additional hardware and can be stored when not in use.

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Installing the Ronin Mount
1. On the drone, remove the 3 screws on each leg of the stock mount (Figure 11). Keep the
screws, they will be used again.
Figure 11
2. On the Ronin Mount, loosen the screws that hold the legs to the rails enough so that they can
be rotated (Figure 12).
Figure 12
3. Rotate legs so that the mount stands off the drone (Figure 13).