Leica Viva TS16 User manual

Leica TS16
User Manual
Version 5.0
English

Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of the Leica TS16.
This manual contains important safety directions as well as instructions for
setting up the product and operating it. Refer to 9 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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together with technical data and
safety directions. Intended as a
quick reference guide.
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operate the product to a basic level
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safety directions.
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Table of Contents
PART 1 TS16
1 Safety Directions 9
1.1 General Introduction 9
1.2 Denition of Use 10
1.3 Limits of Use 10
1.4 Responsibilities 11
1.5 Hazards of Use 11
1.6 Laser Classication 15
1.6.1 General 15
1.6.2 Distancer, Measurements with Reectors 15
1.6.3 Distancer, Measurements without Reectors 16
1.6.4 Red Laser Pointer 18
1.6.5 Automatic Target Aiming (ATRplus) 19
1.6.6 PowerSearch (PS) 20
1.6.7 Electronic Guide Light (EGL) 21
1.6.8 Laser Plummet 21
1.6.9 AutoHeight Laser Plummet 22
1.6.10 Laser Guide 23
1.7 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 25
2 Description of the System 27
2.1 System Components 27
2.2 System Concept 30
2.2.1 Software Concept 30
2.2.2 Power Concept 31
2.2.3 Data Storage Concept 31
2.3 Container Contents 32
2.4 Instrument Components 36
3 User Interface 39
3.1 Keyboard 39
3.2 Operating Principles 40
4 Operation 42
4.1 Setting Up the TS Instrument 42
4.2 Setting Up SmartStation 43
4.3 Setting Up SmartPole 44
4.4 Setting up for Remote Control 44
4.4.1 Setting up for Remote Control (with the RadioHandle) 44
4.4.2 Setting up for Remote Control (with the TCPS30) 44
4.4.3 Fixing the Field Controller to a Holder and Pole 45
4.4.4 Fixing the CS35 Tablet to a Holder and Pole 47
4.5 Connecting to a Personal Computer 48
4.6 Power Functions 51
4.7 Batteries 52
4.7.1 Operating Principles 52
4.7.2 Battery for the TS Instrument 52
4.8 Working with the Memory Device 53
4.9 LED Indicators 54
4.10 Guidelines for Correct Results 57
5 Check & Adjust 59
5.1 Overview 59
5.2 Preparation 60
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5.3 Combined Adjustment (l, t, i, c and ATRplus) 61
5.4 Tilting Axis Adjustment (a) 63
5.5 Adjusting the Circular Level of the Instrument and Tribrach 65
5.6 Adjusting the Circular Level of the Prism Pole 66
5.7 Inspecting the Laser Plummet of the Instrument 66
5.8 Adjusting the Laser Guide 67
5.9 Servicing the Tripod 69
6 Care and Transport 70
6.1 Transport 70
6.2 Storage 70
6.3 Cleaning and Drying 71
6.4 Maintenance 71
7 Technical Data 72
7.1 Angle Measurement 72
7.2 Distance Measurement with Reectors 72
7.3 Distance Measurement without Reectors 73
7.4 Distance Measurement - Long Range (LO mode) 74
7.5 Automatic Target Aiming (ATRplus) 75
7.6 PowerSearch (PS) 76
7.7 LOC8 Theft Deterrence and Location Device (optional) 77
7.8 Overview Camera 77
7.9 SmartStation 77
7.9.1 SmartStation Accuracy 77
7.9.2 SmartStation Dimensions 78
7.10 Laser Guide Technical Data 79
7.11 General Technical Data of the Product 80
7.12 Scale Correction 86
7.13 Reduction Formulas 89
7.14 Conformity to National Regulations 91
7.14.1 TS16 91
7.14.2 RadioHandle 93
7.14.3 LOC8 Theft Deterrence and Location Device (optional) 95
7.14.4 Dangerous Goods Regulations 96
8 Software Licence Agreement/Warranty 97
PART 2 AutoPole
9 Safety Directions 99
9.1 General Introduction 99
9.2 Denition of Use 100
9.3 Limits of Use 100
9.4 Responsibilities 101
9.5 Hazards of Use 101
9.6 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 105
10 System Components 107
11 Setting Up AutoPole 108
12 Battery for the AP20 110
13 Software Update 111
14 Working with the AutoPole 112
14.1 Overview 112
14.2 PoleHeight 112
14.3 Tilt Compensation 113
14.4 TargetID 116
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15 LED Indicators 118
16 Care and Transport 119
16.1 Transport 119
16.2 Storage 119
16.3 Cleaning and Drying 119
17 Technical Data 121
17.1 PoleHeight 121
17.2 Tilt Compensation 121
17.3 TargetID 123
17.4 General Technical Data of the Product 124
17.5 Conformity to National Regulations 125
18 Software Licence Agreement/Warranty 128
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PART 1
TS16
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1 Safety Directions
1.1 General Introduction
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
following table with the different signal words and their denitions! Supple-
mentary 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.
Warning against explosive material.
Description
About warning
messages
Additional symbols
Safety Directions 9

Warning against ammable substances.
Product must not be opened or modied or tampered
with.
Indicates the temperature limits at which the product may
be stored, transported or used.
1.2 Denition of Use
•Measuring horizontal and vertical angles
•Measuring distances
•Recording measurements
•Capturing and recording images
•Automatic target search, recognition and tracking
•Visualising the aiming direction and vertical axis
•Remote control of product
•Data communication with external appliances
•Measuring raw data and computing coordinates using carrier phase and
code signal from GNSS satellites (GNSS systems)
•Recording GNSS and point related data
•Computing with software
•Use of the product without instruction
•Use outside of the intended use and limits
•Disabling of safety systems
•Removal of hazard notices
•Opening the product using tools, for example a 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
•Inadequate safeguards at the working site
•Aiming directly into the sun
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.
Intended use
Reasonably
foreseeable misuse
Environment
10 Safety Directions