Spectra Precision Survey Pro v5.4 User Manual

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Optical Mode -

Connecting Survey

Pro to an Optical

Instrument

• Tap the Instrument icon and select

Switch to Optical

• Tap the Instrument icon and select

Manage Instruments. This opens the

Settings screen listing all the current instrument profiles.

• Tap the

Create New Instrument button and define the new instrument: Choose

its brand and model, and then name it.

Depending on the model you select, additional settings may be required
(connection, radio, etc.) and status is also provided (port, connection, level
bubble, etc.). An

Instrument Settings button is also available giving access

to advanced settings (collimation, EDM, lights, etc.).

• Tap

to create the new instrument and close the

Instrument Setup screen.

The new instrument is automatically selected in the list, as indicated by the
green spot shown before the instrument name. (You would use the

Activate

button to activate another instrument after selecting it in the list.)

• Tap

to close the

Settings screen.

The

Settings screen for optical instruments includes the following buttons:

•

Instrument Settings: Gives quick access to the settings of the instrument
selected in the list. The type and number of settings depend on the brand
and model of the instrument selected. All instruments have a

Precision tab

through which you can type in the expected precision values of the
instrument (angles, distances, PPM). These values are used in the
resection routine (see page 39) to weight the observations used in the
computation process.

•

GeoLock: Allows you to enable or disable GeoLock, a GPS-assisted target
search function usable with some robotic instruments only.

•

Export and Import: These buttons allow you to respectively save or load
instrument profiles. Survey Pro saves Instrument profiles as SPI files.
Importing an SPI file is a quick way of adding a preset instrument in Survey
Pro.

•

Delete: Allows you to delete the instrument profile you select in the list.