Leica iCB50 User manual

Leica iCB50/iCB70
User Manual
Version 2.0
English

Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of the Leica iCB50/iCB70.
This manual contains important safety directions as well as instructions for
setting up the product and operating it. Refer to "1 Safety Directions" for fur-
ther information.
Read carefully through the User Manual before you switch on the product.
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that the product is used in accordance with the latest version of this docu-
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ences between the various models they are clearly described.
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iCB50/70
Quick Guide
Provides an overview of the product together
with technical data and safety directions. Inten-
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iCB50/70
User Manual
All instructions required in order to operate the
product to a basic level are contained in the User
Manual. Provides an overview of the product
together with technical data and safety direc-
tions.
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Overall comprehensive guide to the product and
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Table of Contents
1 Safety Directions 6
1.1 General 6
1.2 Denition of Use 7
1.3 Limits of Use 7
1.4 Responsibilities 7
1.5 Hazards of Use 8
1.6 Laser Classication 11
1.6.1 General 11
1.6.2 Distancer, Measurements with Reectors 12
1.6.3 Distancer, Measurements without Reectors 12
1.6.4 Red Laser Pointer 14
1.6.5 Laser Plummet 16
1.7 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 17
1.8 FCC Statement, Applicable in U.S. 19
1.9 ISED Statements (EN/FR), Applicable in Canada 21
2 Description of the System 22
2.1 System Components 22
2.2 Container Contents 23
2.3 Instrument Components 24
3 User Interface 26
3.1 Keyboard 26
3.2 Operating Principles 26
4 Operation 30
4.1 Instrument Setup 30
4.2 Batteries 33
4.2.1 Operating Principles 33
4.2.2 Battery for the iCB Instrument 33
4.3 Data Storage 34
4.4 Distance Measurements - Guidelines for Correct Results 34
5 Check & Adjust 36
5.1 Overview 36
5.2 Preparation 37
5.3 Combined Adjustment (l, t, i and c) 38
5.4 Adjusting the Circular Level of the Instrument and Tribrach 40
5.5 Adjusting the Circular Level of the Prism Pole 41
5.6 Inspecting the Laser Plummet of the Instrument 41
5.7 Servicing the Tripod 42
6 Care and Transport 43
6.1 Transport 43
6.2 Storage 43
6.3 Cleaning and Drying 44
7 Technical Data 45
7.1 Angle Measurement 45
7.2 Distance Measurement with Reectors 45
7.3 Distance Measurement without Reectors
(Non-Prism mode)
46
7.4 LOC8 Theft Deterrence and Location Device (optional) 47
7.5 Conformity to National Regulations 47
7.5.1 iCB50/iCB70 47
7.5.2 LOC8 Theft Deterrence and Location Device (optional) 48
7.5.3 Dangerous Goods Regulations 49
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7.6 General Technical Data of the Product 50
7.7 Scale Correction 53
7.8 Reduction Formulas 54
8 Software Licence Agreement 56
Appendix A Directory Structure 57
Table of Contents 5

1 Safety Directions
1.1 General
The following directions enable the person responsible for the product, and
the person who actually uses the equipment, to anticipate and avoid opera-
tional hazards.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users understand
these directions and adhere to them.
Warning messages are an essential part of the safety concept of the instru-
ment. They appear wherever hazards or hazardous situations can occur.
Warning messages...
•make the user alert about direct and indirect hazards concerning the use
of the product.
•contain general rules of behaviour.
For the users‘ safety, all safety instructions and safety messages shall be
strictly observed and followed! Therefore, the manual must always be available
to all persons performing any tasks described here.
DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION and NOTICE are standardised signal words for
identifying levels of hazards and risks related to personal injury and property
damage. For your safety, it is important to read and fully understand the fol-
lowing table with the different signal words and their denitions! Supplement-
ary safety information symbols may be placed within a warning message as
well as supplementary text.
Type Description
DANGER Indicates an imminently hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, will result in death or
serious injury.
WARNING Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or
an unintended use which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or
an unintended use which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or
an unintended use which, if not avoided,
may result in appreciable material, nancial
and environmental damage.
☞Important paragraphs which must be
adhered to in practice as they enable the
product to be used in a technically correct
and efcient manner.
Description
About warning
messages
6 Safety Directions

1.2 Denition of Use
•Measuring horizontal and vertical angles
•Measuring distances
•Recording measurements
•Visualising the aiming direction and vertical axis
•Data communication with external appliances
•Computing with software
•Use of the product without instruction.
•Use outside of the intended use and limits.
•Disabling safety systems.
•Removal of hazard notices.
•Opening the product using tools, for example screwdriver, unless this is
permitted for certain functions.
•Modication or conversion of the product.
•Use after misappropriation.
•Use of products with recognisable damage or defects.
•Use with accessories from other manufacturers without the prior explicit
approval of Leica Geosystems.
•Deliberate dazzling of third parties.
•Controlling of machines, moving objects or similar monitoring application
without additional control and safety installations.
•Aiming directly into the sun.
•Inadequate safeguards at the working site.
1.3 Limits of Use
Suitable for use in an atmosphere appropriate for permanent human habita-
tion: not suitable for use in aggressive or explosive environments.
WARNING
Working in hazardous areas, or close to electrical installations or sim-
ilar situations
Life Risk.
Precautions:
▶Local safety authorities and safety experts must be contacted by the per-
son responsible for the product before working in such conditions.
1.4 Responsibilities
Leica Geosystems AG, CH-9435 Heerbrugg, hereinafter referred to as Leica
Geosystems, is responsible for supplying the product, including the User
Manual and original accessories, in a safe condition.
Intended use
Reasonably
forseeable misuse
Environment
Manufacturer of the
product
Safety Directions 7

The person responsible for the product has the following duties:
•To understand the safety instructions on the product and the instructions
in the User Manual.
•To ensure that it is used in accordance with the instructions.
•To be familiar with local regulations relating to safety and accident pre-
vention.
•To inform Leica Geosystems immediately if the product and the applica-
tion becomes unsafe.
•To ensure that the national laws, regulations and conditions for the oper-
ation of the product are respected.
1.5 Hazards of Use
NOTICE
Dropping, misusing, modifying, storing the product for long periods or
transporting the product
Watch out for erroneous measurement results.
Precautions:
▶Periodically carry out test measurements and perform the eld adjust-
ments indicated in the User Manual, particularly after the product has
been subjected to abnormal use as well as before and after important
measurements.
DANGER
Risk of electrocution
Because of the risk of electrocution, it is dangerous to use poles, levelling
staffs and extensions in the vicinity of electrical installations such as power
cables or electrical railways.
Precautions:
▶Keep at a safe distance from electrical installations. If it is essential to
work in this environment, rst contact the safety authorities responsible
for the electrical installations and follow their instructions.
WARNING
Lightning strike
If the product is used with accessories, for example masts, staffs, poles, you
may increase the risk of being struck by lightning.
Precautions:
▶Do not use the product in a thunderstorm.
Person responsible
for the product
8 Safety Directions

WARNING
Distraction/loss of attention
During dynamic applications, for example stakeout procedures, there is a
danger of accidents occurring if the user does not pay attention to the envir-
onmental conditions around, for example obstacles, excavations or trafc.
Precautions:
▶The person responsible for the product must make all users fully aware of
the existing dangers.
WARNING
Inadequate securing of the working site
This can lead to dangerous situations, for example in trafc, on building sites
and at industrial installations.
Precautions:
▶Always ensure that the working site is adequately secured.
▶Adhere to the regulations governing safety, accident prevention and road
trafc.
CAUTION
Pointing product toward the sun
Be careful when pointing the product toward the sun, because the telescope
functions as a magnifying glass and can injure your eyes and/or cause damage
inside the product.
Precautions:
▶Do not point the product directly at the sun.
CAUTION
Not properly secured accessories
If the accessories used with the product are not properly secured and the
product is subjected to mechanical shock, for example blows or falling, the
product may be damaged or people can sustain injury.
Precautions:
▶When setting up the product, make sure that the accessories are correctly
adapted, tted, secured, and locked in position.
▶Avoid subjecting the product to mechanical stress.
Safety Directions 9

WARNING
Inappropriate mechanical inuences to batteries
During the transport, shipping or disposal of batteries it is possible for inap-
propriate mechanical inuences to constitute a re hazard.
Precautions:
▶Before shipping the product or disposing it, discharge the batteries by the
product until they are at.
▶When transporting or shipping batteries, the person in charge of the
product must ensure that the applicable national and international rules
and regulations are observed.
▶Before transportation or shipping, contact your local passenger or freight
transport company.
WARNING
Exposure of batteries to high mechanical stress, high ambient temper-
atures or immersion into uids
This can cause leakage, re or explosion of the batteries.
Precautions:
▶Protect the batteries from mechanical inuences and high ambient tem-
peratures. Do not drop or immerse batteries into uids.
WARNING
Short circuit of battery terminals
If battery terminals are short circuited e.g. by coming in contact with jewellery,
keys, metallised paper or other metals, the battery can overheat and cause
injury or re, for example by storing or transporting in pockets.
Precautions:
▶Make sure that the battery terminals do not come into contact with
metallic objects.
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