South N9 Series User manual
Contents
FOREWORD..........................................................................................................1
PRECAUTIONS......................................................................................................2
BATTERYNOTIFICATION........................................................................................3
SAFETYGUIDE..............................................................................................4
1.NOMENCLATUREANDFUNCTIONS...................................................................6
1.1NOMENCLATURE.............................................................................................6
1.2KEYPAD............................................................................................................8
2.SYNCHRONIZATIONWITHPC..........................................................................10
2.1THEINSTALLATIONOFMICROSOFTWINDOWSMOBILEDEVICECENTER........................10
2.2CONNECTINGTOTALSTATIONWITHPC..........................................................11
3.KNOWINGABOUTYOURN7/N9SERIES...........................................................12
3.1OPERATINGSYSTEM......................................................................................12
3.2SETTINGYOURTOTALSTATION......................................................................12
3.2.1BACKLIGHTADJUSTMENT.............................................................................13
3.2.2TOUCH‐SCREENADJUSTMENT.......................................................................14
3.3APPROACHESTOINPUTNUMBERANDCHARACTER......................................15
4．STARKEY(★)MODE.....................................................................................20
5.PREPARATIONFORMEASUREMENT................................................................23
5.1UNPACKINGANDSTORAGEOFINSTRUMENT................................................23
5.2INSTRUMENTSETUP......................................................................................23
5.3BATTERYINFORMATION................................................................................27
5.4REFLECTORPRISM.........................................................................................28
5.5MOUNTINGANDDISMOUNTINGINSTRUMENTFROMTRIBRACH.................29
5.6EYEPIECEADJUSTMENTANDCOLLIMATINGOBJECT......................................30
5.7VERTICALANDHORIZONTALANGLETILTCORRECTION..................................30
6.BASICSURVEY................................................................................................32
6.1ANGLEMEASUREMENT.................................................................................34
6.1.1HORIZONTALANGLE(RIGHTANGLE)ANDVERTICALANGLEMEASUREMENT..........34
6.1.2SWITCHHORIZONTALANGLERIGHT/LEFT........................................................35
6.1.3HORIZONTALANGLEREADINGSETTING...........................................................36
6.1.4VERTICALANGLEPERCENTAGE(%)MODE.......................................................39
6.1.5ANGLEREPETITIONMEASUREMENT...............................................................39
6.2DISTANCEMEASUREMENT............................................................................40
6.2.1SETTINGATMOSPHERECORRECTION..............................................................44
6.2.2ATMOSPHERICREFRACTIONANDEARTHCURVATURECORRECTION.......................48
6.2.3SETTINGTARGETTYPE................................................................................49
6.2.4SETTINGTHEPRISMCONSTANT.....................................................................50
6.2.5DISTANCEMEASUREMENT(CONTINUOUSMEASUREMENT)................................52
6.2.6DISTANCEMEASUREMENT(SINGLE/N‐TIMEMEASUREMENT)............................53
6.2.7FINE/TRACKINGMEASUREMENTMODE..........................................................55
6.3COORDINATEMEASUREMENT.......................................................................56
6.3.1SETTINGCOORDINATEVALUESOFOCCUPIEDPOINT..........................................56
6.3.2SETTINGTHEBACKSIGHTPOINT....................................................................58
6.3.3SETTINGTHEINSTRUMENTHEIGHT/PRISMHEIGHT..........................................59
6.3.4OPERATIONOFCOORDINATEMEASUREMENT...................................................60
7.APPLICATIONPROGRAMS...............................................................................63
7.1LAYOUT..........................................................................................................63
7.2REMOTEELEVATIONMEASUREMENT(REM)..................................................64
7.2.1INPUTTINGPRISMHEIGHT(H).......................................................................65
7.2.2WITHOUTINPUTTINGPRISMHEIGHT..............................................................67
7.3MISSINGLINEMEASUREMENT(MLM)...........................................................69
7.4LINEMEASUREMENT(LINE)...........................................................................72
7.5TRAVERSEMEASUREMENT(RESTORENEZ)....................................................76
7.6OFFSETMEASUREMENT(OFFSET).................................................................79
7.6.1ANGLEOFFSET..........................................................................................80
7.6.2DISTANCEOFFSET.......................................................................................82
7.6.3COLUMNOFFSET........................................................................................85
7.6.4PLANEOFFSET...........................................................................................87
7.7PARAMETERSSETTING...................................................................................90
8.STARTSTANDARDSURVEYINGPROGRAM........................................................93
9.PROJECT.........................................................................................................98
9.1CREATENEWPROJECT...................................................................................98
9.2OPENPROJECT.............................................................................................100
9.3DELETEPROJECT..........................................................................................101
9.4PROJECTOPTION.........................................................................................102
9.5GRIDFACTOR...............................................................................................104
10.DATAEXPORT/IMPORT...............................................................................107
10.1DATAEXPORT..............................................................................................107
10.2DATAIMPORT............................................................................................110
11.RECORDMEASUREMENTDATA...................................................................112
11.1SETTINGOCCUPIEDPOINTANDBACKSIGHTPOINT...................................112
11.2BACKSIGHTOBSERVATION(BSOBS)...........................................................125
11.3FORESIGHTOBSERVATION(FSOBS)...........................................................127
11.4SIDESHOTOBSERVATION(SSOBS).............................................................130
11.4.1OFFSET................................................................................................132
11.4.2PLANEOFFSET.......................................................................................134
11.4.3PT.LINEMODE(FORMEASUREMENTFROMPOINTTOLINE)..........................139
11.4.4CONTROLINPUT....................................................................................142
11.5CROSSSECTIONMEASUREMENT...............................................................143
12.EDITDATA...................................................................................................147
12.1EDITRAWDATA..........................................................................................148
12.2EDITCOORDINATEDATA............................................................................150
12.2.1EDITCOORD.DATA.................................................................................151
12.2.2ADDCOORD.DATA.................................................................................153
12.2.3DELETECOORD.DATA.............................................................................154
12.3EDITFIXEDPOINTDATA..............................................................................155
12.4CODEDATA................................................................................................155
12.4.1CREATENEWLAYER ................................................................................156
12.4.2EDITCODELAYE R/CODE..........................................................................157
12.4.3DELETECODE.........................................................................................159
12.5FILL/CUTDATA...........................................................................................160
13.PROGRAMMENU.......................................................................................161
13.1SETOUT.....................................................................................................161
13.1.1OCCUPIEDPOINT&BACKSIGHTPOINT.........................................................161
13.1.2POINTSETOUT.....................................................................................163
13.1.3STRINGSETOUT......................................................................................169
13.1.4REFERENCELINE..........................................................................................170
WHATREFERENCELINEIS:.................................................................................170
13.2ROADDESIGNANDLAYOUT.......................................................................177
13.2.1DEFINEHORIZONTALALIGNMENT.............................................................177
13.2.2EDITHORIZONTALALIGNMENT..................................................................186
13.2.3DEFINEVERTICALALIGNMENT..................................................................186
13.2.4EDITVERTICALALIGNMENT......................................................................189
13.2.5ALIGNMENTSETOUT...............................................................................191
13.2.6SLOPESETOUT.......................................................................................195
13.2.7CROSSSECTIONSETOUT...........................................................................199
13.3COGO.........................................................................................................202
13.3.1INTERSECTION........................................................................................202
13.3.24‐INTERSECTION....................................................................................205
13.3.3INVERSE................................................................................................207
13.3.4AREA...................................................................................................208
13.3.5MISSINGLINEMEASUREMENT..................................................................212
.....................................................................................................................217
13.4TRAVERSEADJUSTMENT............................................................................218
13.5BATTERBOARDS........................................................................................224
13.5.1METHOD1:BATT ER BOARDUSINGTWOSIDES..............................................225
13.5.2METHOD2:BATTERBOARDSUSINGONESIDE...............................................229
13.6TAPEDIMENSIONS.....................................................................................231
14.SYSTEMSETTINGS.......................................................................................235
15.CHECKANDADJUSTMENT...........................................................................239
15.1PLATEVIAL.................................................................................................239
15.2CIRCULARVIAL...........................................................................................240
15.3INCLINATIONOFRETICLE...........................................................................240
15.4PERPENDICULARITYBETWEENLINEOFSIGHTANDHORIZONTALAXIS…….242
15.5VERTICALINDEXDIFFERENCECOMPENSATION.........................................245
15.6ADJUSTMENTOFVERTICALINDEXDIFFERENCE(IANGLE)ANDSETTING
VERTICALINDEX0..............................................................................................245
15.7HORIZONTALAXISERRORCOMPENSATIONADJUSTMENT.........................248
15.8OPTICALPLUMMET...................................................................................248
15.9INSTRUMENTCONSTANT（K）.................................................................251
15.10PARALLELISMBETWEENLINEOFSIGHTANDEMITTINGAXIS...................253
15.11TRIBRACHLEVELINGSCREW....................................................................254
15.12RELATEDPARTSFORREFLECTOR...............................................................254
16.TECHNICALSPECIFICATION..........................................................................256
17.ACCESSORIES..............................................................................................259
【APPENDIX‐A】.............................................................................................260
1.EXPORTDATAFROMTOTALSTATION..............................................................260
1.1RAWDATAFORMAT.....................................................................................260
1.2COORDINATEDATAFORMAT..........................................................................261
2.IMPORTDATATOTOTALSTATION...................................................................261
2.1COORDINATEDATA/FIXEDPOINTDATAFORMAT...............................................262
2.2CROSSSECTIONDATAFORMAT......................................................................262
2.3POINTPCODINGFORMAT............................................................................263
2.4HORIZONTALLINE.......................................................................................264
2.5VERTICALCURVE………………………………………………………………………………………265
【APPENDIX‐B】CALCULATEROADALIGNMENT...............................................266
1.ROADALIGNMENTELEMENTS.......................................................................266
2.CALCULATIONROADALIGNMENTELEMENTS................................................268
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FOREWORD
ThankyouforpurchasingElectronicTotalStationN7/N9Series.
TheWIN‐CEinterfaceofN7/N9isverysimilarwithaWindows‐basedPC,You
canconnectthemeasilyandrealizereal‐timedataexchangingandprocessing
onbothends.
Thismanualisapplicableto:N7/N9SeriesTotalStation.
Pleasereadthemanualcompletelybeforeoperatingtheinstrument.
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PRECAUTIONS
1. Donotcollimatetheobjectivelensdirecttosunlightwithoutafilter.
2. Donotstoretheinstrumentinhighandlowtemperaturetoavoidthesudden
orgreatchangeoftemperature.
3. Whentheinstrumentisnotinuse,placeitinthecaseandavoidshock,dust
andhumidity.
4. Ifthetemperaturevariesgreatlybetweenworksiteandtheinstrument
depository,donotsettoworkassoonasarrived;leavetheinstrumentinthe
caseforawhiletillitadaptedenvironmenttemperature.
5. Whenstoringtheinstrumentlongtimewithoutuse,disconnectthebattery
fromthedevice.Thebatteryshouldbechargedonceamonth.
6. PleasegivespecialattentiontothepackingShockabsorptionisveryimportant
inlongdistancetransportation.
7. Forlessvibrationandbetteraccuracy,theinstrumentshouldbesetupona
woodentripodratherthanaluminumtripod.
8. Cleanexposedopticalpartswithdegreasedcottonorlenstissueonly.
9. Iftheinstrumentgetswetintherain,donottrytopoweritonatonce,clean
thesurfacewithasoftclothandthenkeeptheinstrumentinawell‐ventilated
place.
10. Beforesetupthejob,checkinitialsettingsoftheinstrumentaswellasthe
parameters.
11. Unlesstheuserisamaintenancespecialist,donotattempttodisassemblethe
instrumentbyoneself.
12. Whenthelaserisswitchedon,donotlookintotheobjectiveLenwithnaked
eye.
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BATTERYNOTIFICATION
1. BatteryshouldberechargedonlywiththechargerLC‐01whichcomeswiththe
totalstation.
2. BatteryRechargingCautions：
Thechargerhasbuilt‐incircuitryforprotectionfromovercharging.However,do
notleavethechargerpluggedintothepoweroutletafterrechargingis
completed.Besuretorechargethebatteryatatemperatureof0°~±45°C,
rechargingmaybeabnormalbeyondthespecifiedtemperaturerange.Prohibit
theuseofanychargerorbatterythathasbeendamaged.
3. BatteryStorageCautions：
Rechargeablebatterycanberepeatedlyrecharged300to500times.Long
timetotallydischargeofabatterymayshortenitslife.Thebatteryshouldbe
rechargedatleastonetimeamonth,whichwillhelpincreaseitsfullcharge
capacity.Donotkeepthebatteryathighheatanddampplaces.Donot
short‐circuitthebattery.Disposeofbatteriesproperly.Donotthrowtheminto
fireorexposetohightemperature.
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SAFETYGUIDE
ForlaserEDM(visiblelaser)
Warning:
ThetotalstationisequippedwithanEDMofalasergrade‐‐‐3R/Ⅲa.Itisverifiedby
thefollowinglabels.
Overtheverticaltangentscrewsticksanindicationlabel“CLASSIIILASERPRODUCT”.
Asimilarlabelispastedontheoppositeside.
ThisproductisclassifiedasClass3Rlaserproduct,whichaccordstothefollowing
standards.
IEC60825‐1:2001“SAFETYOFLASERPRODUCTS”.
Class3R/Ⅲalaserproduct:Itisharmfultoobservelaserbeamcontinuously.User
shouldavoidsightingthelaserattheeyes.Itcanreach5timestheemittinglimitof
Class2/IIwithawavelengthof400mm‐700mm.
Warning:
Continuouslylookingstraightatthelaserbeamisharmful.
Prevention:
Donotstareatthelaserbeam,orpointthelaserbeamtoothers’eyes.Reflected
laserbeamisavalidmeasurementtotheinstrument.
CAUTION
LASERRADIATION‐DONOT
STAREINTOBEAM
620‐690nm
CLASSⅢLASERPRODUCT
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Warning:
Whenthelaserbeamemitsonprism,mirror,metalsurface,window,etc.,itis
dangeroustolookstraightatthereflex.
Prevention:
Donotstareattheobjectwhichreflectsthelaserbeam.Whenthelaserisswitched
on(underEDMmode),donotlookatitontheopticalpathorneartheprism.Itis
onlyallowedtoobservetheprismwiththetelescopeoftotalstation.
Warning:ImproperoperationonlaserinstrumentofClass3Rwillbringdangers.
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1.NOMENCLATUREANDFUNCTIONS
1.1NOMENCLATURE
Objective
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1.2KEYPAD
FunctionsoftheKeys
KeyNomenclatureFunction
PowerKeyToswitchpowerON/OFF.
0～9NumericKeyTo inputdesirednumbers.
A～/AlphaKeyTo inputalphabets.
InputtingPanelKey To displayinputtingpanel.
B.SBackspaceTodeleteonecharacterleftwardwhen
inputtingnumbersoralphabets.
CursorKeyTomovethecursorup/down/left/right.
α AlphaShiftingKeyToshifttoalphabetinputtingmode.
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★StarKeyTolaunchseveralcommonfunctions
ESCESCKeyQuittopreviousscreenorpreviousmode.
ENTEnterKeyTofinishandacceptthedatainput.
SPSpaceKeyToInputspace
ALTAltKey SamefunctiononPC
TABTabkeyTomovecursorrightwardortonextcharacter
field
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2.SYNCHRONIZATIONWITHPC
2.1TheInstallationofMicrosoftWindowsMobileDeviceCenter.
ThereisaCDattachedwiththeinstrument.PutitintoyourCD‐ROMandinstall
WindowsMobile,thenyoucanestablishWindowsMobileconnectionbetween
N7/N9andComputer.
BeforeInstallingWindowsMobileDeviceCenter
Beforeinstalling,readthefollowingwordscarefully:
●Duringtheinstallationprocessing,rebootyourcomputerisrequired.Therefore,
pleasesaveyourjobsandquitalltheapplicationsbeforeinstallation.
●ToinstallWindowsMobileDeviceCenter,youaresupposedtohaveanUSBcable
(availableintheproductpackage)connecttheTSwithPC.
InstallingWindowsMobileDeviceCenter
●puttheCDinthedrive.
WindowsMobileDeviceCenterInstallationGuidewillberunautomatically.
●Click“Next”toinstallWindowsMobileDeviceCenter.
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2.2CONNECTINGTOTALSTATIONWITHPC
●ConnecttheN7N9andcomputerwiththeUSBcable.
●Powerthetotalstationon.ThesoftwarewilldetecttheTotal stationandsetupthe
communication.Whenconnectionestablishedsuccessfully,thefollowingmessage
willdisplay.
Using“Browse”Function
Afterthesynchronization,youcanclick“Browse”buttontoviewthefilesstoredin
thetotalstation.Copy,pasteanddeletionaresynchronizedonbothends.Seethe
picturebelow.
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3.KNOWINGABOUTYOURN7/N9
PressPOWERtoturnontheinstrument.Seetheinitialinterfaceasbelow.
3.1OPERATINGSYSTEM
N7/N9isbasedonWindowsCEoperatingsystem;WINCEisquitesimilartoWindows
system.Thefunctionsandinterfacesareeasytouseforthesurveyor.
Note:wealsoofferpowerfulmappingsoftwareinN7/N9.WinMG(MappingGenius)
andWinEG(EngineeringGenius).Theycanhelpyoutofinishmostoftheofficework
soonafterfieldmeasuring.
3.2SETTINGYOURTOTALSTATION
YoucanadjustthedefaultsettingsofN7/N9accordingtothefollowingsteps.
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