3M Dynatel M-Series - Manual (Page 2)

Table of Contents
What is GPS? ......................................................................................................3
How does GPS Work? ........................................................................................3
Mapping with GPS ..............................................................................................3
GPS Technology ............................................................................................................. 3
Mapping of 3M™ Electronic Markers ........................................................................... 3
Activating GPS Modes........................................................................................4
Getting the Activation Code ........................................................................................... 4
Inputting the Activation Code......................................................................................... 4
3M™ Dynatel™ GPS Modes ...............................................................................4
Mode 1 Operation – NMEA mode.................................................................................. 5
Mode 2 Operation – GIS mode....................................................................................... 5
Interface to ESRI™ ArcPad™:....................................................................................... 7
Interface to Thales™ MobileMapper™ PRO:................................................................ 7
Mode 3 Operation – PDA – mode .................................................................................. 7
3M™ Dynatel™ Locator Setup ...................................................................................... 8
GPS/3M™ Dynatel™ Locator Hookup.......................................................................... 8
GPS/3M™ Dynatel™ Locator Operation....................................................................... 9
Installing and running 3M™ ArcPad™ application scripts ...........................11
Using Trimble™ GeoXT™ and Thales™ MobileMapper™ CE.NET ........................ 11
Installation of 3M™ ArcPad™ application scripts....................................................... 11
Running 3M™ ArcPad™ application scripts ............................................................... 12
Using Thales™ MobileMapper™ PRO.............................................................17
Thales™ MobileMapper™ PRO Setup ........................................................................ 17
Thales™ MobileMapper™ / Dynatel™ Hookup ......................................................... 18
Thales™ MobileMapper™ / 3M™ Dynatel™ Locator Operation .............................. 18
Uploading the Job to MobileMapper Office™ ............................................................. 19
Using an Unspecified GPS Device ..................................................................20
GPS Device Setup......................................................................................................... 20
Using Trimble™ GeoXT™ with Terrasync™ ..................................................20
Trimble™ GeoXT™ / 3M™ Dynatel™ Mode 1 ......................................................... 20
Trimble™ GeoXT™ / 3M™ Dynatel™ Mode 2 (GIS) ............................................... 21
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