TPS1200 Quick Setup
TPS1200 Quick Setup
TPS1200 Quick Setup
Setup Methods
There are various setup methods available. Each method requires different input
data and a different number of target points. The available setup methods are:
Set Azimuth
Known Backsight Point
Orientation and Height Transfer
Resection
Resection Helmert
Local Resection.
Fixpoint Jobs
Jobs exist in order for you to be able to structure and organize your work.
The Fixpoint job can be any job, but is normally a different job from the active job
and, as the name suggests, may only contain coordinates of fixpoints (this job
can also be thought of as the control job). During the setup process, target
points are selected from the fixpoint job, but no measurements are stored to it.
Whenever a target point out of the fixpoint job is used in the Setup application,
this point is copied to the active job. In this way all relevant data is stored in a
single job while the fixpoint job is used only as a source for point coordinates.
However, if you do not want to use this functionality, you can always choose the
fixpoint job to be the same as the active job. In this way all data is always taken
and stored to the same job.
Point
Properties
Station
REF
TPS
Setup (setup method)
TPS
Target
MEAS or NONE
TPS
Setup (setup method)
TPS
This chapter explains setup methods, how to access the Setup application, how to
configure the Setup application, and then describes the procedure for three different
instrument setup types:
1. Known Backsight (BS) Point
2. Set Azimuth
3. Resection.
Section
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
Topic
Accessing Setup
Configuring Setup
Setup Method: Known BS Point
Setup Method; Set Azimuth
Setup Method: Resection
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Accessing
Setup
Step
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Action
Display
Tap on 2 Programs.
Tap on 02 Setup.
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Action
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Quick Guide
6.1 Accessing Setup
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Action
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Local Resection
Define: Use this field to define the positive
north or positive east axis.
Northing Axis The second point measured
defines the direction of the positive north axis.
Easting Axis - The second point measured
defines the direction of the positive east axis.
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Action
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Action
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Action
Display
End of Setup
Configuration
We have just completed configuring the setup application program. We are now
ready to orientate the instrument. This chapter describes three setup methods
and arguably the most commonly used methods. The first method is Known BS
Point and the second method is Set Azimuth. We will then discuss completing a
Resection.
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This method can be used when the coordinates of the station point and a back
sight point are known. The azimuth and distance between these points is
automatically calculated when orientating the instrument and calculating values for
a check on the backsight target.
A distance measurement to the known backsight point can be made for a quality
control check. The advantage of measuring a distance is that the measured
distance can be compared to the calculated distance with the difference being
shown. Similarly, the measured and calculated height differences are compared.
These differences can be checked against user-definable tolerances and a
warning is displayed if these are exceeded (for example, if by accident you
measured to the wrong point or had the selected the wrong prism type).
(Remember we configured the Checks page of the Setup application to check the
backsight in the previous section 6.2 Configuring Setup, step 6.)
Step
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Action
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Set Azimuth
(Back Sight)
Method
Step
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Action
Display
Tap on 1 Survey
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In this method the instrument can be setup virtually wherever it is needed provided
that at least two target points with known coordinates can be measured.
This setup method is perfect to use where you need to have the freedom to set up
the total station where it is most useful the only restriction being that you must be
able to see a least two points with known coordinates. The coordinates of the
target points can be known in position and height, position only, or even height
only. However, two of these points must have known positions in order to
calculate the instruments orientation.
Station coordinates as well as orientation are derived from measurements to up to
ten target points using a least squares adjustment algorithm that calculates the
best fit between measurements and target point coordinates.
Before storing the setup result, it is possible to analyze the residuals of the
measurements to the target points and to remove (or use as position or height
only) target points in order to improve the resection.
Note: This continues from step 8 of the 6.2 Configuring Setup section.
Step
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Action
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Both methods actually use least squares computations but for the Robust method,
a modified form of the general principle of least-squares adjustment is applied. In
simplest terms, the least-squares technique is adopted with robust weighting.
Least Squares Method: The weight (or standard deviation) that is assigned to
each observation is composed of a constant and variable part.
The constant part depends upon the pre-defined angular and EDM accuracies of
the instrument.
The variable part is computed from the accuracy of the target points (as defined
earlier in the SETUP Configuration panel, see section 6.2 Setup Configuration
step 5) and the distance between the target point and the station.
Robust Method: Rather than applying weights to observations as described
above, weights are calculated depending upon the fit between the observed and
the computed value for an observation. Therefore, observations that are in good
agreement with the computed values are awarded higher weights relative to those
that have large differences between observed and computed values.
The advantage of the robust weighting is that it enables good results to be
obtained even if errors are within the data. Bad data is effectively de-weighted
and therefore has little or no influence on the results.
Note: If all measurements are of high quality, the results for the robust method will
be consistent with the results of the least squares method.
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Issues With
Our Resection
Setup
Step
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Action
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