Leica Zeno Mobile Administrator Guide

Leica Zeno Mobile
How-To Guide
Version 1.8
English

Table of Contents
1 First Steps in Zeno Mobile 3
2 Welcome to the Zeno Mobile Help 15
2.1 The Zeno Mobile User Interface 15
2.2 Layer Management 27
2.3 Project Management 43
2.4 How to import/ export project data? 62
2.5 How to prepare Zeno Mobile for GNSS? 80
2.6 How to measure Features in Zeno Mobile? 102
2.7 How to set Position limits? 135
2.8 How to use the Streaming mode? 137
2.9 Multi-Collect 140
2.10 How to add/edit attributes? 149
2.11 Working with gamtec 171
2.12 Working with Cable Locators 181
2.13 How to digitize Features in Zeno Mobile? 194
2.14 Multi-Part Features 197
2.15 How to stake out points/ lines in Zeno Mobile? 198
2.16 Licensing 204
2 Table of Contents

1 First Steps in Zeno Mobile
1. To start Zeno Mobile tap the Zeno Mobile App icon .
2. Zeno Mobile starts in the
Open Project view. When
starting Zeno Mobile for the
first time, there is only a
default project called
"Project 1" in the list.
Tap on "Project 1" to open
the default project.
☞To create a
project tap the
icon in the upper
right corner.
a Zeno Mobile Toolbar
buttons
b Zeno Mobile Notifica-
tion Area
c Slide upwards to
open the Zeno Mobile
Context Window
d Slide toward the mid-
dle to open the Zeno
Mobile Navigation
Slider
e Map View
To navigate Back, Home or to go to Open Apps use the hardware buttons on
the Zeno 20 device:
Press the Back button on the left to go back
one step.
Press the Home button to return to the Home
screen.
Press the Open Apps button on the right to
get a list of all open Apps.
Starting Zeno Mobile
Zeno Mobile Compo-
nents
First Steps in Zeno Mobile 3

1. To open the Zeno Mobile Navigation Slider tap on
the left side of the Map View and swipe it toward the mid-
dle.
2. From within the Navigation
Slider you can access the
following functions:
•Layer Management, see
also:
How to manage layers?
•Project Management, see also:
How to manage projects?
•Zeno Mobile Settings
•Zeno Mobile Help
For detailed information on the Sensor Settings see chap-
ter: How to prepare Zeno Mobile for GNSS?
For detailed information on Unit Settings see: How to
change the unit settings?
The Zeno Mobile Notification Area at the bottom displays GNSS information:
a GNSS solution type
b Estimated position
accuracy
c Satellites in use
d Antenna in use
e RTK connection type
When a notification comes in the status symbols are replaced for a few sec-
onds with the notification text. You are notified if, for example:
•the GNSS position is lost
•the RTK fix is lost
•the solution type changes (only if accuracy is lost)
Tap the Zeno Mobile toolbar buttons to perform central tasks like:
The Zeno Mobile Navi-
gation Slider
The Zeno Mobile Noti-
fication Area
The Zeno Mobile Tool-
bars
4 First Steps in Zeno Mobile

Take a Measurement
Switch RTK on/off
Centre on GNSS
Switch on/off Edit Feature Tool
Switch on/off gamtec mode
1. Tap the toolbar button to take a GNSS measurement.
Alternatively, press the hardware button on the Zeno
20.
2. If GNSS is switched off you
will directly be guided to the
Location access page.
Tap the switcher and slide it
rightwards to switch GNSS
ON.
☞By default, GNSS
is off to save bat-
tery.
Tap the Back button at the
bottom to return to the
Zeno Mobile Map View.
How to measure a
Point?
First Steps in Zeno Mobile 5

3. Tap the toolbar button
again.
The New Layer dialog pops
up to make you define the
first layer in your project.
Let us, for example, define
a feature layer called "Tree".
To do so tap the Name field
and type "Tree". The Sys-
tem Name will be written
automatically, but can be
changed if necessary.
Leave the Geometry Type:
"Point" as is.
Tap OK to close the dialog
and create the new feature
layer.
4. In the Map View the Fea-
ture Tag pops up.
The feature tag shows you:
a the feature layer of
the measurement
that you have just
taken, in this case
"Tree"
b the symbology that is
currently used for the
feature layer "Tree"
☞
The feature tag
stays open for 5
seconds, then it
transforms to the
green pin . In
order to re-open
the feature tag,
tap onto the
green pin.
☞If you have acquired a Zeno MobileProfessional
license you can collect more than one feature on
a single measurement (Multi-Collect) by tapping
the icon in the feature tag. For further details
on Multi-Collect please refer to the Zeno Mobile
Help menu.
6 First Steps in Zeno Mobile

The internal GNSS antenna of Zeno 20 is pre-configured and ready to be used.
But, in order to save battery, the antenna is not switched on automatically
when starting up Zeno Mobile.
There are two locations from where you can switch on the internal GNSS:
•from the Android Quick Settings menu
•from the Android System Settings
To switch on GNSS from the Quick Settings menu:
1. Tap the Android Notifica-
tion Area at the top with
two fingers and pull it
downwards with a swipe to
open the Android Quick
Settings menu directly.
Alternatively, tap onto the
Android Notification Area
at the top and pull it down-
wards with a swipe to open
the Android Notification
Drawer.
2. In the Android Notification Drawer, tap the button in
the upper right corner to open the Android Quick Set-
tings menu.
In the Android Quick Set-
tings menu tap onto
GPS to switch on/off the
internal GNSS of Zeno 20.
To switch on GNSS from the Android Settings:
1. Tap the All Apps button on your Home screen and then
Settings to enter the Android System Settings.
How to switch GNSS
on/off?
First Steps in Zeno Mobile 7

2. In the Android System
Settings, tap Location
Access.
3. Tap the switcher and slide it
rightwards to switch ON the
internal GNSS.
In the Zeno Mobile Notification Area , the GNSS icon shows up to indicate
the solution type.
☞To save battery, switch off GNSS when not needed.
☞To obtain centimetre accuracy, establish an RTK connection.
See also:
The Zeno Mobile Notification Area
How to establish an RTK connection?
8First Steps in Zeno Mobile

1. Tap the feature tag to open
the Wheel Menu.
2. In the Wheel Menu, tap Edit
Attributes.
3. In the Edit Attributes dia-
logue, tap the icon in the
upper right corner to add an
attribute.
For "Trees", you would prob-
ably define attributes of
Type: "Text" and/or "Num-
ber" so that you can specify
their species, height and/or
diameter.
Let us assume that after you have measured a series of trees along a street
you want to measure the street. The street is a line feature.
How to edit
attributes?
How to measure a
line/polygon?
First Steps in Zeno Mobile 9

1. Move to the first point on
the street and tap the
toolbar button.
The feature tag pops up
suggesting that the point
measured is another tree.
2. Tap the feature tag to open
the Wheel Menu.
In the Wheel Menu, tap Not
Tree?
10 First Steps in Zeno Mobile