SatLab SLT10 Series User manual

SLT10(L)Series Instruction Manual

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Preface
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instrument and keep it safely.
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We will be very concerned about any detail of our products,
We will make great efforts to provide better quality.
Notice: Our Company has the right to upgrade and improve the technical
parameters of instruments, which may not be announced in advance .The
pictures in the manual are only for reference and kind prevail.

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Features:
Rich Feature: Our Total Station is equipped with a wealth of measurement
applications including data storage, parameter settings and etc. It’s suitable for
all kinds of professional measurements.
1. Absolute coded dial
With absolute digital dial, instruments can be measured directly when it
powers on. The measured azimuth angle result will not be lost even when the
instrument shut off.
2. powerful memory management
Large-capacity EMS memory, easy to manage the file system, serving to
add, delete and transfer data.
3. No prism ranging
The series Total Station with laser ranging No-Prism is capable of
surveying for long distance, fast and precise measurements with various
materials and different colors of objects (such as building walls, poles, wires,
cliff wall, mountain, mud , stakes, etc.). For those which are hard or impossible
to be reached, the application of Prism features can be a good measurement
tasks.
4. special measurement procedure
The series total station is equipped with the basic surveying function as
well as special measurement procedures, undertaking REM, offset measuring,
stakeout, Resection, area measurement and calculation, road design etc. to
meet the needs of professional measurement.
5. eyepiece changeable
The instruments’ eyepiece can be changed, and equipped with a diagonal
eyepiece, serving to observe zenith and high buildings.
6. An optional laser plumb

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The site features is easy to instruct and set up stations.

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NOTE:
1. Avoid look directly into the sun with the eyepiece when measuring.
Recommended to use solar filter to reduce the impact.
2. Avoid extreme temperature when storing equipment and sudden changes
in temperature when using the instrument.
3. The instrument should be loaded in box placed in dry and ventilated place
and prevented from shock, dust and moisture when it is not in use.
4. In order to get good accuracy, you should leave the instrument in the box
if the instrument temperature has large difference between working and
storing you may unpack the box and employ the instrument until the
instrument reaches the temperature at the working field.
5. If the instrument is not used for a long time, the battery should be
unloaded and stored separately and charged once a month to prolong
battery life.
6. The instrument should be installed in box when it is transported.
Extrusion, collision and violent vibration need to be carefully avoided
during the transport process. The soft mat May be placed around the box
on the long-distance transportation.
7. It is better to use high quality wooden foot stool to make sure the stability
of measurement and improve its accuracy, when setting up the instrument.
8. Only use absorbent cotton or lens paper to wipe the instrument gently if
exposed optical device need to be cleaned.
9. Use flannelette or hairbrush to clean the instrument after using. Do not
electrify and start up after the device got wet in a rain. Using clean soft
cloth to wipe it dry and put it at ventilated place for a period of time to
make the instrument fully dry before using or packing.

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10. Inspect instrument carefully and comprehensively to ensure its indicators,
function, power supply, initial setting and correction parameters meet the
requirements before operating.
11. If the function is abnormal, non-professional maintenance persons are not
allowed to dismantle the device without authorization in case of any
unnecessary damage.
12. The emitted light of the no-prism total station is laser, do not direct to
eyes.

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Security Guide
Pay attention to the following safety matters when you use the laser
ranging free of prism.
Warning:
Total station fit out laser level 3R/Ⅲa which is recognized by the loge,
which is above:
the vertical locking screw saying: “3A laser product ”.This product belongs to
Class 3R level laser .According to the following standards IEC 60825-1:
2001Class 3R/Ⅲa laser product can reach five times of emission limits of the
Class 2/Ⅱin the wavelength between 400nm-700nm.
Warning :
Continuous stare into the laser beam is harmful.
Prevention:
Do not stare at laser beam or point to others. The reflected beams is the
effective signal of the instrument. It’s safety to observe by eyepiece.
Warning:
When the laser beam is irradiated reflected by prisms, plane mirrors,
surface of metal and windows, it’s dangerous to look straight into the reflected
beams.
Prevention :
Don’t stare at the reflected beams. When the laser is switched on (distance
mode), do not obstruct optical path or stand near the prism. Target at a prism
with total station telescope only.
Warning :
It’s dangerous to use the Class 3R laser device improperly.
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To avoid injury, each user must carry safety prevention measures and
operate the instrument within the safety scope according to standard
IEC60825-1: 2001).
The following is the explanation of the main part of the standard:
Class 3R level laser products are used outdoors and in construction (surveying
with No-Prism).
A: Only trained and certified persons are allowed to install, adjust and operate
the laser equipment.
B: Set up appropriate laser warning sign within the operating field
C: To prevent anyone from looking into the laser beam use an optical
instrument to observe.
D: In order to prevent laser damage to persons, the laser beams should be
blocked at the end of the working route, and also should be cut off when
people work in the restricted area (harmful distance)where laser beams
crossing are harmful.
E: The route of the laser beam must set to be higher or lower than the human
eye.
F: Properly store and safe keep the laser products when they it is not used,
unauthenticated personals are not allowed using it.
G: Do not point laser beams at surfaces such as plane mirror, metal surface,
window, especially the surface of plane mirror and concave mirror.
Harmful Distance is the maximum distance from the starting point of the laser
beams to where people are right safe. The built-in harmful distance of the Class
3R/Ⅲa laser is 1000m(3300ft) and the laser intensity will reduce to that of
Class 1 products (which does not harm eyes) if people is out of this range.

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Content
1 Name and function of each part..................................................................- 1 -
1.1 Name................................................................................................- 1 -
1.2 Keys Functions and information display..........................................- 2 -
2 Preparation before measurement.................................................................- 4 -
2.1 Unpack and store instrument............................................................- 4 -
2.2 Setting up the instrument .................................................................- 4 -
2.3 About the battery..............................................................................- 7 -
2.4 Reflecting prism...............................................................................- 8 -
2.5 Loading or unloading the base.........................................................- 9 -
2.6 Adjust telescope objective and aiming target...................................- 9 -
2.7 Input Mode.....................................................................................- 10 -
2.7.1 Input characters...................................................................- 11 -
2.7.2 Delete characters.................................................................- 13 -
2.8 Point Search...................................................................................- 14 -
2.8.1 Direct search .......................................................................- 14 -
2.8.2 Wildcard search...................................................................- 19 -
3 Q-Survey...................................................................................................- 20 -
3.1 Notes in the distance measurement................................................- 20 -
3.2 EDM Setting ..................................................................................- 22 -
3.2.1 Set the mode of EDM..........................................................- 22 -
3.2.2Atmosphere setting..............................................................- 26 -
3.2.3 Grid factor setting ...............................................................- 30 -
3.2.4 EDM signal.........................................................................- 32 -
3.3 Start measurement..........................................................................- 33 -
3.3.1 Set HA.................................................................................- 34 -

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3.3.2 Set Station and instrument height........................................- 37 -
3.3.3 Measurement.......................................................................- 39 -
3.3.4 Code....................................................................................- 40 -
4 Functions...................................................................................................- 44 -
4.1 Level ..............................................................................................- 45 -
4.2 Offset..............................................................................................- 45 -
4.2.1 Distance Offset....................................................................- 46 -
4.2.2 Cylinder Offset....................................................................- 48 -
4.2.3Angel Offset........................................................................- 50 -
4.3 NP/PToggle...................................................................................- 54 -
4.4 Height Transfer ..............................................................................- 55 -
4.5 Hidden Point ..................................................................................- 60 -
4.6 Free Coding....................................................................................- 63 -
4.7 Laser Pointer..................................................................................- 63 -
4.8 Light...............................................................................................- 64 -
4.9 Unit Setting....................................................................................- 64 -
4.10 Main Setting.................................................................................- 65 -
4.11 EDM Tracking..............................................................................- 65 -
5 Applications ..............................................................................................- 67 -
5.1 Setting the Job................................................................................- 67 -
5.1.1 Create a new Job.................................................................- 67 -
5.1.2 Select an Existing Job from Memory..................................- 69 -
5.2 Setting the Station..........................................................................- 71 -
5.2.1 Select the coordinate from memory [Find].........................- 71 -
5.2.2 Select the Fix Point in the Memory [List]...........................- 75 -
5.2.3 Input the coordinates manually. ..........................................- 77 -

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5.3 Setting the Orientation...................................................................- 79 -
5.3.1 Manual input orientation.....................................................- 79 -
5.3.2 Set orientation with coordinates..........................................- 81 -
5.4 Starting theApplications................................................................- 86 -
5.5 Surveying.......................................................................................- 87 -
5.5.1 Individual Point...................................................................- 90 -
5.5.2 Data.....................................................................................- 91 -
5.6 Stakeout..........................................................................................- 98 -
5.6.1 Set Stakeout Point...............................................................- 99 -
5.6.2 Polar Stakeout Mode.........................................................- 105 -
5.6.3 Orthogonal to Station Stakeout Mode...............................- 109 -
5.6.4 Cartesian Stakeout Mode ..................................................- 114 -
5.6.5 Polar..................................................................................- 118 -
5.7 Resection......................................................................................- 123 -
5.8 Tie Distance..................................................................................- 127 -
5.8.1 Polygonal ..........................................................................- 128 -
5.8.2 Radial................................................................................- 133 -
5.9 Area..............................................................................................- 138 -
5.10 Remote Height ...........................................................................- 142 -
5.10.1 Prism High Unknown......................................................- 144 -
5.11 COGO ........................................................................................- 148 -
5.11.1 Traverse...........................................................................- 148 -
5.11.2 Inverse.............................................................................- 153 -
5.11.3 Bearing-Bearing Intersection ..........................................- 157 -
5.11.4 Bearing-Distance Intersection.........................................- 160 -
5.11.5 Distance-Distance Intersection........................................- 164 -

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5.11.6 Line-Line Intersection.....................................................- 167 -
5.11.7 Distance-Offset................................................................- 169 -
5.11.8 Set Point..........................................................................- 172 -
5.11.9 Extension.........................................................................- 174 -
5.12 Road...........................................................................................- 177 -
5.12.1 Road Manage ..................................................................- 178 -
5.12.2 HC list.............................................................................- 179 -
5.12.3 Vert.curve list ..................................................................- 187 -
5.12.4 Road Stakeout.................................................................- 190 -
5.13 Stakeout Reference Element......................................................- 191 -
5.13.1 RefLine............................................................................- 192 -
5.13.2 RefArc.............................................................................- 209 -
5.13.3 RefSurface.......................................................................- 236 -
6 File manage.............................................................................................- 239 -
6.1 Job................................................................................................- 239 -
6.1.1 Select a Job........................................................................- 240 -
6.1.2 New a Job..........................................................................- 241 -
6.1.3 Delete a job.......................................................................- 243 -
6.2 Fix Pt............................................................................................- 244 -
6.2.1 Search Fix Pt.....................................................................- 246 -
6.2.2Add Fix Pt.........................................................................- 247 -
6.2.3 Edit Fix Pt. ........................................................................- 250 -
6.2.4 Delete Fix Pt......................................................................- 251 -
6.3 Meas. Pt........................................................................................- 253 -
6.3.1 View the measurement data...............................................- 253 -
6.3.2 Delete measurement data ..................................................- 255 -

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6.4 Code.............................................................................................- 256 -
6.4.1 Input Code.........................................................................- 257 -
6.4.2 View Code.........................................................................- 259 -
6.4.3 Delete Code.......................................................................- 261 -
6.5 Memory Statistics ........................................................................- 262 -
7 Data Transfer...........................................................................................- 264 -
7.1 Data Import..................................................................................- 264 -
7.2 Data Export..................................................................................- 270 -
8 Instrument Setting...................................................................................- 274 -
8.1 General Setting.............................................................................- 274 -
8.2 EDM Setting ................................................................................- 280 -
9 Adjust and Tools......................................................................................- 281 -
9.1 Adjust...........................................................................................- 281 -
9.1.1 View adjust parameters .....................................................- 282 -
9.1.2Adjust Index Error.............................................................- 283 -
9.1.3Adjust Tilt X......................................................................- 284 -
9.1.4Adjust Tilt Y......................................................................- 287 -
9.1.5Adjust Tilt Zero.................................................................- 290 -
9.1.6Adjust Haxis err.................................................................- 291 -
9.1.7Adjust collimate err...........................................................- 293 -
9.1.8 Instrument constant setting ...............................................- 295 -
9.1.9 Factory setting...................................................................- 295 -
9.2 System information......................................................................- 295 -
9.2.1 View System Information..................................................- 295 -
9.2.2 Set System Date ................................................................- 296 -
9.2.3 Set System Time................................................................- 296 -

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9.2.4 Firmware Upgrade ............................................................- 297 -
9.3 Checkout and calibration..............................................................- 300 -
9.3.1 Tube level..........................................................................- 301 -
9.3.2 Circular level.....................................................................- 302 -
9.3.3 Telescope reticle................................................................- 302 -
9.3.4 The verticality of collimation axis and horizontal axis(2C)- 303 -
9.3.5 Vertical plate index zero automatic compensation............- 305 -
9.3.6 Vertical collimation error (I Angle) and vertical collimation
zero value setting .......................................................................- 306 -
9.3.7 Plummet............................................................................- 306 -
9.3.8 Instrument additive constant (K).......................................- 308 -
9.3.9 The parallelism of collimation axis and photoelectricity axis- 309 -
9.3.10 No prism ranging.............................................................- 310 -
10 Technical parameters.............................................................................- 311 -
11 Attachment A File transfer format description (local format) ..............- 314 -

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1 Name and function of each part
1.1 Name
Optical sight
Eyepiece
Handle
Vertical
Motion
Clamp
Leveling Screw Substrate
Focusing Knob
Battery Pack
Display Panel
Keyboard
USB slot

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1.2 Keys Functions and information display
Key Function
Power ON/ Power OFF.
MEAS Trigger key, depends on setting, maybe disting& save, disting or
none.
ESC Cancel or exit.
ENT Confirm or commit editing.
Page turning
Hot key to enter function menu in measuring interface.
User defined function key 1.
User defined function key 2
▲Move cursor up or go to previous.
▼Move cursor down or go to next.
Move cursor left or go to left.
Move cursor right or go to right.
STU GHI Entering letters A-Z.

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1 ~ 9
0 ~ 9 Entering number or choose menu item.
F1 ~ F4 Soft keys to choose screen bottom function.

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2 Preparation before measurement
2.1 Unpack and store instrument
⚫Unpack
Put down the box gently and turn up the cover then turn on the lock, open
the cover and take out the instrument.
⚫Deposit
Cover up the telescope mirror and make the vertical motion of alidade
upwards then put the instrument horizontally (keep the objective upwards) into
box. Then screw vertical motion gently. Cover up the box cover and lock the
box. Loose horizontal and vertical axis as much as possible to reduce the shock
damage to instrument.
2.2 Setting up the instrument
Install the instrument onto the tripod gently, then level and center the
instrument to ensure the accuracy of the measurement result.
⚫Reference for operation:
1. Centering and levelling
1) Set up the tripod
①Position tripod legs so that the plummet is aimed to the ground
mark point. Turn the focusing ring of the optical plummet to
focus;
②Make sure that the center of the tripod top is right above the
station;
③Stamp the tripod on the ground with your feet.
2) Install the instrument onto the tripod

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Mount the instrument on the tripod head. Support it with one hand,
and tighten the centering screw on the bottom of the unit to make
sure it is secured to the tripod.
3) Using the circular level to level the instrument coarsely
①Twist and adjust the two leveling screw A and B on the bottom
of the instrument until the bubbles of the circular level moves to
the line perpendicular to the center line the screw A and B;
②Twist and adjust leveling screw C to move the bubble to the
center of the circular level.
center
buble
Screw C
Screw B
Screw A
4) Using the plate level to level the instrument precisely
①Loosen the horizontal locking screw and turn the instrument
around until the plate level is perpendicular to a line shaped with
screws A and B. Adjust the screws A and B to make the bubble in
the center of the level;
Screw C
Screw B
Screw A
②Turn the instrument approximately 90°and adjust screw C until

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the bubble in the center of the level;
Screw C
Screw B
Screw A
③Turn around the instrument 90°again. Repeat above steps until
the bubble remains in the center of the plate level even though
the instrument is rotated to any position.
2. Centering by centering tool ( optional or laser )
1)Set up a tripod
Extend a tripod to the appropriate height make sure the legs are spaced
at equal intervals and the head is approximately level .Set the tripod so that
the head is positioned over the surveying point. Brace tripod on the ground
and keep one leg fixed.
2)Set up instrument and spotting
Put instruments on a tripod carefully, and tighten the center connection
screw. Adjust the optical centering tool to make reticule clear (open
instrument and laser centering if it’s a laser centering tool).Handle another
two unfixed legs, and adjust their position through the observation of the
optical plummet. Make the three legs of the tripod fixed on the ground when
the optical plummet is aligned to the station approximately .Adjust three feet
screws of total station and keep the optical centering tool (or laser centering)
aiming at the station accurately.
3)Leveling instrument roughly by circular level
(Same as The section above that discusses centering and leveling with
plumb bob)