Spectra Precision Survey Pro v4.6 Ranger User Manual - Manual (Page 24)

User’s Manual
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Index Cards
Many screens actually consist of multiple screens. The different
screens are selected by tapping on various tabs, which look like the
tabs on index cards. The tabs can appear along the top of the screen
or the right edge.
The Backsight Setup screen consists of two cards. One is titled Input,
and the other is titled Map.
The Settings screen has a variant of the Index Card format for
accessing several screens and is discussed in more detail starting on
Page 27.
Input Shortcuts
Distances and angles are normally entered in the appropriate fields
simply by typing the value from the keypad, but you can use
shortcuts to simplify the entry of a distance or angle.
If you want to enter the distance between two points in a particular
field, but you do not know offhand what that distance is, you can
enter the two point names that define that distance separated by a
hyphen. For example, entering 1-2 in a distance field would compute
the horizontal distance from Point 1 to Point 2. As soon as the cursor
is moved from that field, the horizontal distance between the points
will be computed and entered in that field.
An alternate method to using this shortcut is to tap the power
button, select Choose from map… and then tap the two points that
define the distance that you want to enter. Once you tap from the
Map View, the horizontal distance between the two tapped points will
appear in the corresponding field.
Likewise, there is a similar shortcut to enter angles in fields that
accept them. If you wanted to enter the angle, α, from the
illustration shown here, you would simply enter 1-2-3 in the
appropriate field. As soon as the cursor is moved from that field, the
angle formed by the three points entered will be entered in that field.
As with specifying a distance, you could also use the power button as
described above and tap the points of the angle in the correct order.
Another shortcut can be used to enter distances with fractional inches
(architectural units). Simply key in the feet, inches, and fractional
α
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2
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