Sokkia SET2CII User manual

Intelligent Total Station
OPERATOR'S MANUAL
Congratulations on your purchaseof the SET2CE!
Before using the instrument, please read this operator's manual
and verify that
all equipment is included, refer to P. 226
"STANDARD EQUIPMENT".
Europe version

CONTENTS
QUICK GUIDE TO THIS MANUAL ..................................................... 1
1 . FEATURES ..................................................................................... 2
INTROZ1Uk;T/BN
2 . PRECAUTIONS .............................................................................. 5
3 . PARTSOF THE INSTRUMENT ..................................................... 6
4 . COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ........................................................ 8
5 . KEY FUNCTIONS .......................................................................... 9
6 . MODE DIAGRAM ...................................................................... 12
7 . DISPLAYSYMBOLS ................................................................... 13
PRE?>ARATIONFOR MEASUREMENT
8 . MOUNTINGTHE BATTERY ........................................................ 17
9 . SETTING UPTHE INSTRUMENT ............................................... 18
9.1 Centring
.......................................................................... 18
9.2 Levelling
............................................................................19
10 . POWER ON .................................................................................. 21
[Note: Changing the brightness of the display]
.................. 22
[Note: Power-savingcut-off] .................. .... ................... 22
11 .PREPARATIONFOR MEASUREMENT ....................................... 23
11
.1 Indexingthe vertical and horizontal circles ................... 23
[Note: Horizontalangle backup1
...................................... 24
[Note:Automatic tilt angle compensation] ......................... 24
[Note:Levelling using the tilt angle display] ....................... 25
11.2 Focussing andtarget sighting
......................................... 26
[Note: Parallax]
................................................................... 27
11.3 Display and reticle illumination ...................................... 28
11.4 Setting the Instrument options
....................................... 29

CONTENTS
IVIEASUREYIEVT
............................................................
12 .ANGLE MEASUREMENT 33
12.1 Measurethe horizontalangle betweentwo points
....... 33
<Horizontal angle
O>
12.2 Set Horizontalcircle to a requ~redvalue ........................ 35
<Set Horizontalcircle toa required value>
.....................................................
12.3 Horizontal angle display 37
<Horizontal angle right/left>
13 . DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ...................................................... 38
13.1 Measurement modeselection
........................................ 38
........................................................
13.2 Prism constant input 41
...................................................
13.3 Atmospheric correction 44
....................................................
13.4 Return signal checking 48
13.5 Slope distance1Horizontal distance1Height difference
measurement
................................................................. 49
13.6 Review of measureddata
................................................ 51
14 . COORDINATE MEASUREMENT ................................................ 52
14.1 Measurement modeselection
........................................ 52
14.2 Instrumentheight andtarget height input
..................... 53
14.3 lnstrumentstation coordinates and Backsight station
....................................................................... coordinates 56
14.4 Setting the azimuth angle from lnstrumentstation
..................................
and Backsight station coordinates 61
14.5 3-Dimensionalcoordinate measurement
....................... 62

CONTENTS
ADVANCED MEASL/RErwElV7 FUNCTIOIVS
15 . RESECTIONMEASUREMENT .................................................... 67
16 . TRAVERSE-STYLECOORDINATE MEASUREMENT ................ 76
17 . OFFSET MEASUREMENT ......................................................... 80
18 . REM MEASUREMENT ................................................................ 86
19 . MISSING LINE MEASUREMENT ............................................... 90
19.1 Measurement modeselection
........................................ 90
19.2 Measuringthe distance between two or more points ..91
19.3 Changing of the starting position
................................... 94
20 . SETTING-OUT MEASUREMENT ................................................ 96
20.1 Horizontalangle and distance
setting-out measurement
................................................ 97
20.2 Coordinates setting-out measurement
......................... 101
USiNG THE 1C CAR3 TO RECCR3 THE DATA
21 . ICCARD OPERATIONS ............................................................. 109
21.1 IC cardfeatures
.............................................................. 109
21.2 Inserting and formatting the IC card
............................ 112
21.3 Changingthe instrument options
................................. 114
21.4 Jobcreating and selecting
............................................ 115
21.5 Instrumentdata recording
............................................. 121
21.6 Instrumentstation data recording
................................ 123
21.7 Measureddata recording ............................................128
21.8 Note recording
.............................................................. 134
21.9 Feature code recording
.................................................. 136
21.10 Featurecode recallingto stack
..................................... 141
21
. 11 Featurecode deleting .................................................. 144
21.12 Coordinate data recording ............................................147
21.13 Coordinate data recallingto Instrument
...................... 152
21.14 Reviewing data stored onthe IC card
.......................... 162
21.15 Protectingdata stored onthe IC card
........................... 169

CONTENTS
22.ERROR MESSAGES ............................................................... 173
23.CHECKS ANDADJUSTMENTS
............................................... 177
........................................................................ 23.1 Plate level 177
23.2 Circular level
................................................................... 179
23.3 Reticle.............................................................................180
23.4 Coincidence of distance measuring axis with reticle
.. 184
23.5 Optical plummet
............................................................ 187
23.6 Distance measurement check flow chart
..................... 189
23.7 Additive distance constant
............................................ 191
MEASUREMENT OP71C'IVS SELECTlON
24.CHANGING INSTRUMENTPARAMETERS ............................. 195
25
. POWERSUPPLIES .................................................................... 205
26
.REFLECTINGPRISMSAND ACCESSORIES............................207
AP'PEh001C E S
Appendix 1: MANUALLY INDEXING THE VERTICAL CIRCLE
BY FACE LEFT. FACERIGHT MEASUREMENTS ..211
Appendix 2: FOR ANGLE MEASUREMENT OF
THE HIGHESTACCURACY
..................................... 212
<Adjustingthe
tilt zero pointerror>......................212
<Adjustingthe collimation error
by Collimation
program> ................................................................. 214
Appendix 3: FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENTOF
THE HIGHESTACCURACY
..................................... 217
Appendix 4: EARTH-CURVATUREAND
REFRACTIONCORRECTION ..................................219
Appendix 5: DATA OUTPUT TO ANEXTERNALDEVICE
......... 220
Appendix 6: STANDARD ACCESSORIES
................................... 222
.....................................
Appendix 7: OPTIONALACCESSORIES 223
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
............................................................... 226
MAINTENANCE
............................................................................. 227
SPECIFICATIONS
............................................................................ 228
ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION CHART
.......................................... 232
V

- <Important>
Tr~brachclamp
lock~ng screw
Whenthe new SET2C isshipped, thetribrach clamp isfixed with
a screw.
Loosen it and leave
it loose.
And if the
SET2C is again shipped, fix the tribrach clamp with the
screw to prevent the tribrach becoming detached from the instru-
ment.
Thespecifications andgeneralappearanceoftheinstrumentmaybe
altered at any time and may differ from those appearing in cata-
loguesandthis operator's manual.

QUICK GUIDE TO THIS MANUAL
Ensurethatthe battery ischarged before measurement.
Battery mounting @
Setting up lnstrument <Centring@/Levelling@> Power on @
ngle & Vistancemeasurement
Angle <Set H angle to 0 @/Set H circle to a requiredvalue @/
H angle right/left@>
Measurement mode @ lnstrument height & Target height input @
dvanced measurement functions
1 C card operations
Inserting&formatting IC card @ Changing Instr. options @
@ Creating & SelectingJob @ Recording data clnstr.@/lnstr.station @I
Measured@/Note *@/Code@/Coord @>
Recallingdata <Code @/Coord @>
@ Reviewing If@@ Protecting @
Troubleshooting .. . @ Error messages @ @

1. FEATURES
< SETSCIIADVANCED MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS s
@ Resectionmeasurement
@ Traverse-style coordinate measurement
Offset measurement
@ REM measurement
@ Missing line measurement
@ Setting-out measurement
< ICCARD OPERATION s
@ Set thejob name
@ Recordand reviewthe data
instrument datatlnstrument station data1Measured data/Note/Co-
ordtnate datalfeature code
One
64Kb card can store approxtmately 1000 measured target
polntsrn angle and d~stance (S, V, H) format.
Recallthe data stored on IC cardto Instrument
Featurecode/Coord~natedata
< TILT ANGLE COMPENSATION s
@Dualaxis tilt sensor
@Theindex error of thetilt angle can beeliminated
< COLLlMATlON PROGRAM s
0 Thecollimationerrorbetweenthecentreofthetelescope reticle
andthesightinglinecanbecalculated, andthecorrectionvalue
specified isset. (for angle measurement of high accuracy.)
< DATA OUTPUT z
TheSET2CIIRS232C-compatible data output connector allows
2-way communication with an external device.

2. PRECAUTIONS
3. PARTS OF THE INSTRUMENT
4. COMMUNICATIONSYSTEM
5. KEY FUNCTIONS
6. MODE DIAGRAM
7. DISPLAY SYMBOLS