Zeiss 3600 EltaC
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Introduction
1 Contents QuickManual........................................ 4
2 Hardware Overview ............................................ 6
3 Software Overview .............................................. 7
4 Safety Notes ......................................................... 8
5 Zeiss Elta Keyboard............................................ 10
Keys and functions ........................................... 10
Instrument control............................................ 11
Alphanumeric Input.......................................... 11
Symbols in display.............................................12
Softkeys........................................................... 13
6 Operation............................................................ 14
Switching the instrument on and off ................ 14
Menu guidance ................................................ 15
Input menu......................................................16
Levelling and Fine Centering.............................. 17
Distance Mode ..................... 18
Direct Reflex Measurement with Laserpointer .... 19
Multiple Measurement...................................... 19
Projectmanagement.......................................... 20
7 Measurement in a local system........................ 21
Principle............................................................ 21
Input of parameters.......................................... 22
Further functions.............................................. 23
8 Measuring in a coordinate system................... 24
Principle............................................................ 24
9 Free Stationing................................................... 25
Start................................................................. 25
Measurement................................................... 26
Adjustment ...................................................... 27
Height stationing..............................................28
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10 Stationing on a known point............................ 29
Start................................................................. 29
Backsights........................................................ 30
Input and measurement of a bearing................30
11 Eccentric Stationing........................................... 31
12 Detail Points ....................................................... 32
Principle............................................................ 32
Eccentricity, Hidden Point ................................. 33
Object height ................................................... 34
Connecting distances........................................35
Vertical plane.................................................... 35
13 Setting out.......................................................... 36
Principle............................................................ 36
Rectangular coordinates ................................... 37
14 Point- to-line distance ........................................... 39
Principle............................................................ 39
Local system.....................................................39
Coordinate system............................................41
15 Checklist.............................................................. 42
1 Handle
2 Telescope focussing control
3 Battery
4 Optical plummet (Option)
5 Additional Trigger key [
6 Tribrach with footscrews
7 RS232C (V24) Serial Interface
8 Sighting collimator
9 Telescope with integrated EDM
10 Infrared Interface (works only with Zeiss Elta panel)
11 Display (graphical, 320 x 80 pixels)
12 Quickdrive fine coarse vertical (V)
13 Quickdrive fine coarse horizontal (Hz)
14 Keyboard (Zeiss Elta Panel)
15 Position Light (Option)
15 Laser Plummet (Option) Instrument Terminology
ZEISS . Elta C Dual EDM Measurement on prism and Measurement without prism
ZEISS . Elta C Infrared EDM Only measurement on prism
Zeiss Elta C series
1 Projectmanagement
2 Adjustment
21 Instrument corrections 22 Compensator
3 Measurement
4 Stationing
41 Free Stationing 42 Stationing on known point 43 Eccentric Stationing 44 Height stationing
5 Coordinates
51 Detail Points 52 Setting out 53 Traverse 54 Intersection of lines 55 Intersection of arcs 56 Transformations
57 Roadline Lite
6 Special
61 Multiple rounds 62 Point -to-line distances 63 3D- Plane 64 Area Calculation 65 Connecting distances
7 Editor
8 Data transfer
9 Configuration
91 Instrument
92 Programs 93 Markings 94 Codelists 95 Update
0 Remotebetrieb
Data and identification of the differ-ent laser sources is described in detail in user manual part
1.
1 Escape Quitting program levels
2 Shift Dual assignment shifting
3 Function keys (whole top row of keys) Instru-
ment Control and Softkeys acti-
vated by Function key (10)
4 Cursor keys Cursor positioning
5 Space key Selection and space key
6 Tab Selection and tab key
7 Enter key Confirmation, Triggering of a
measurement
8 Numeric keys Alphanumeric Input
9 Power key Switching the instrument on
10 Function key Activates the softkeys during
measurement program
The functions indicated yellow above the function keys 1-6 are used to control important instrument settings. The keys can be activated pressing shift
+ key. See below for assignment of keys:
Illumination Crosshair + Display, On / Off Instrument levelling Battery control Position Light On / Off Online-Help EDM mode (only DR Version) Laser Pointer On / Off (only DR Version)
Alphanumeric Input
The keys 1-9 have multiple assignments to enter letters and numbers. Capital letters can be acti-vated by simultaneously pressing the Shift key. Multiple pressing of a key will show the 4 char-acters associated to one key in the display. You can define the order of letter/ number in the marking. An exception is the purely numeric field where only the number is displayed (also defined in the marking).
Measurement Mode SD Hz V / HD Hz h Measurement Mode Y X Z / Hz V
Vertical Reference System: Zenith / Vertical Height / Slope [%]
Position Light on Illumination Display on / Cross hair on
Recording switched on
Compensator switched on
Battery control
EDM is in Direct Reflex Mode ( DR ) *)
EDM is in Prism Mode ( PR )
Long Range Mode (on prism) *)
Laserpointer on *) *)only with DR version
Important Notice !
In every measurement menu the lower display row is filled with soft keys. These can be activated/ deactivated by pressing the Wkey. Switching
Fcn
between the functions works by pressing the 6 function keys underneath and the keys BCDand ;.
If the softkeys are activated the numeric keys for entering an alpha- numerical point identification are locked.
Press .Function“ to deactivate the softkeys and unlock the numerical keys.
Zkey to turn on
The project used latest will be loaded automatically.
The Company logo and instrument data will be shown. Shortly the display will turn into digital fine levelling menu.
By pressing dor Tthe main menu of the Trimble 3600 can be accessed from the digital fine levelling:
In the main menu:
b+ d or keys ;-Dto choose
the programs.
Tin the main menu: Leaves the application
Quits the program, Instrument will be
shut down automatically.
Quits the program, back to the Trimble.
3600 system controller.
Key: 1 Menu Title 2 Selection by Cursor 3 Hotkey Number 4 Current Project
Key: 1 Menu Title 2 Project name or
adress 3 Additional data 4 Meas./Comp. values 5 Marking 6 Point identification 7 Function keys 8 Status Symbols
9 Next page
Menus support the user at any stage of the pro-gram.
Options Menu
1 2 3 4
An Option can be selected using either the selec-tion cursor together with dor the appropri-ate Hotkey.
Measurement Menu
1 3 4 2
5 6 7 8 9
Activate/deactivate the function key W.
Fcn
eand cto navigate between entering a
PI and the target height.
dor [to start a measurement.
1 2
Key: 1 Input option 2 Input field cursor
used in the input field to delete numbers dcloses the input, quits the menu
Switch menu
3 4
Key: 3 Switch 4 Switch option
To toggle (switch) use the W(space bar) key.
Quitting the menu with T
Every menu can be quit by pressing escape. If any entries have been made or edited, an inquiry is displayed asking if the changes should be saved. The same inquiry will be made if the menu is quit without completing the entry.
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1
Coarse levelling
Level the circular bubble by adjusting the tripod legs.
Fine levelling
Use the digital bubble for fine levelling.
The digital fine levelling is accessed by using the
function key displayed on the left.
Position the instrument parallel to 2 of the tri-brach screws.
Level the instrument in the trunnion axis (1) and sighting axis (2) using the foot screws. Turn the instrument to check the verticality of the instru-ment. The left- over mislevelling should be within the working range of the compensator (±0,0920 gon) .
Tto quit the levelling menu.
Fine centering
Check the final position over the station point. Move the instrument on the tripod head and repeat the fine levelling if necessary.
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or by
Config. Instrument/
Periphery/ switches
Reflector type:
-Normal
-360° round
-Foil
-None
Direct Reflex Mode (Reflectorless):
1,5 ...120 on Kodak gray card, 90% reflective)
1 Prism 1000-5000m
Foil 2.5…800m
Prism mode:
1 Prism 0 …3000m
Changing the EDM Modes using Shift and the appropriate Hotkey can be done in every meas-urement menu. The EDM- Mode can also be changed in the configuration menu ( 9132) .
The following EDM Modes are possible:
-PRism Mode ( Reflector Mode ) and
-DirectReflex Mode without and with prism (long Range Mode). The DR Mode is combined with the reflector type in the input menu.
Use W(space key) to toggle between the reflector types.
. Note
At the very start of the instrument the EDM Mode is set to PRism Mode ( De-fault Mode). Prisms should be measured in PRism Mode since the EDM is the least sensitive to surrounding conditions and has the highest accuracy in this mode.
DR Distance measurement using the Laserpointer
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The laserpointer can be switched on/off using the
appropriate hotkey. The laserpointer can only be activated in a measurement menu while in DR Mode. In configuration menu 9132 the auto-matic turn off –time can be chosen.
Multiple measurement
Activate multiple measurements
Set a number of measurements and / or standard deviation .
In Direct Reflex Mode the measurement should be repeated if the beam is interrupted.
Under bad conditions wait for the time out of the measurement to be sure that you receive correct values. This can take up to 30 Seconds ( normally 2 - 4 sec.).
Proj.-manag. 1
Call up the project management.
The projects and file sizes are displayed on the project screen (121 Byte per data line).
New Del
Conn
Copy
Name
Info
To create a new project. Enter project-name and confirm by d
To delete a project after confirmation.
To connect 2 projects.
To copy a project .
To rename a project .
Input of 10 lines of project information
X(_+b) Display / Input line 6-10.
Status information Drive D.
Free Memory: ... Byte
Free Data lines: ...
To call up the editor.
Key:
SD Slope distance
HD Horizont. distance
Hz Horizont. angle
V Vertical angle
th Target height
ih Instrument height
h Height difference
Measure 3
Call up measurement in a local system.
Selection of the measurement mode
In a local system the coordinate origin is the inter-section of sighting-, trunnion and vertical axis. The direction of the local system may be oriented by input and measuring of a bearing.
dor [to start a measurement.
cto enter the target height th.
SD Hz V (Slope distance + angles) HD Hz h (Horizontal dis-
tance+angles) y x z (local coordinates) Hz V (only angle measurement)
(1) Instrument and Target height (ih and th)
Input of parameters
(2) Prism constant
(3) Temperature and pressure
(4) Local scale/ ppm
Switch Correction to
turn on /off any
(5) Reflector (prism)- type
corrections.
If the sensors are activated no entry of temperature is possible.
Recording Mode
Point number incre-mentation on/off
. -9999￡ Inc ￡9999
d to accept and return to the menu
(1) R-M only measured data
(2) R-C only computed data
(3) R-MC measured and computed data
A switch of the recording mode is only possible if the chosen measurement mode allows it. To switch the mode the recording in the configura-tion menu has to be turned to ON.
The furthest numerical part on the right of the point number will be incremented.
Call up codelists
Toggle the distance measurement mode
D:N Normal
D:T Tracking
D:R Rapid acters) with freely configurable fields.
Softkeys Page 2
Control point
2 face measurement
Recording of the measurement buffer
Hidden point
Object height and vertical plane
Switch Periphery
To set and check a control point controlling the
orientation during the measurement.
To copy the last measurement (measurement
buffer) and PI to the current project depending
on the measure and registration mode.
Eccentricity measurement, if the point to measure
cannot be seen from the station.
Measure a hidden point using a pole with 2 re-flectors with known distances on the prism rod.
After measuring to one/two reference points–
Object height/ Vertical plane is possible.
Switch to turn on/off Laserpointer, Position Light,
Laser plummet, Temperature sensor and EDM
Mode.
To work in a coordinate system the station posi-tion and the bearing angle of the instrument have to be known. The stationing can be over a known point or by choosing a free stationing with back-sights to known points.
The result of the stationing will be used for each program in the module Coordinates.
Stationing 4
Call up in the stationing menu.
. 2 ￡ AP ￡ 20
Plane-and height adjustment will be done separately.
Z= -9999,000 for Points without known height
Change the project to select BPs from other projects.
. all the other function keys as in the editor
Input possibility for a
BP not being in the list
If the back sight point is not in the project it can
be entered manually.
B y measuring up to 20 known backsight points (BP) the instrument will calculate the station posi-tion, the circle orientation Om and the scale fac-tor s are set.
If the height of the station should be calculated target and instrument height have to be meas-ured.
cInput of the instrument height ih. dConfirm the input of the station name.
Via a coordinate filter select the required BP :
cdSelect the first backsight point.
cto set the cursor in the entry value field.
Switch between SDHzV /HzV
BP with distance measurement
BP without distance measurement
To measure further BPs.
Call up SET OUT to search a BP.
Softkeys Page 2:
View complete point identification
cInput of the target height th. The number of the Backsight point is displayed.
dor [to measure the BP.
In order to get a proper calculation a minimum of 2 BP have to be measured in
-mode or 3 BP in
-mode. Therefore:
cSelect a second BP and measure.
By pressing the softkey More more BPs can be
called up and measured for the free stationing.
By pressing the softkey ?BP set out will be acti-vated to search for a backsight point.
You will then see the first adjustment screen:
The residuals shown here are zero since this kind of selected adjustment method requires a third point in order to complete the residual computa-tion.
The least square adjustment (L2 Norm).
Sets the scale free or fixed
To take the chosen BP out of calculation and put him back in.
Helmert-Transforma-tion
Single Point Adjust-ment
Storage of intermedi-ate adjustment
Rslt
Displays the intermedi-ate results
Gross error detection with L1- adjustment
Adjustment screen Single Point Adjustment (SP-A).
It is possible to switch online between SP-A and Helmert – Transformation.
Rec allows the storage of intermediate adjust-ments and results that will not be stored with the final calculation.
Tto quit the residual menu
to record the results of the plane stationing
to cancel the results of the free stationing without saving.
Height stationing uses the principle of a weighted average according to the predefined weighting (set in configuration)..
to measure further BPs.
After plane stationing it is possible to do a height stationing by either using the BPs or manually entering a known height.
Display of residuals in Height Stationing . Measuring and analysis uses the same function keys as in Free Stationing.
T to quit the residual menu.
To accept and save the stationing.
To exit without saving. Attention: If the height stationing followed a plane station-ing those coordinates will not be stored as well!
Check the final coordinates.
Call up from the stationing menu
. 1 ￡ AP ￡ 20
Select a station point from a different project.
To enter a station point.
The circle orientation shift Om and the scale factor s will be calculated by measuring up to 20 Backsight Points.
d to select the known station from a chosen
project file. If the required station point is not in the file, it is possible to manually enter the data into the editor.
cto enter the instrument height ih. To choose the way of orientation for stationing on a known point:
bdto select and confirm.
Input and measuring of a bearing
To enter a backsight point.
To measure further backsight points.
Further measurement and analysis works the same as
. Free Statio-ning
To choose backsight points from project files.
cto enter the target height th.
Measure using dor [, then the residual menu will be displayed. Tin the residual menu: to quit Stationing on a
known point
cto enter the bearing angle dor [to measure the bearing. The Stationing is finished then and the results will be displayed.
Eccentric Stationing can be used if detail points or set out points cannot be measured from a station on a known point.
2 ￡ BP + CP￡ 20
The distance
between eccenter and center should not be more than 10 m ( 33ft).
By measuring directions to the BPs
and combined directions and distances
to the Center Point the coordinates of the station and the orientation Om of the horizontal circle are determined. Plane- and Height Stationing are done separately. If you want to calculate the height you have to enter instrument height and target height before measuring.
All function keys are the same as in Free Station-ing. The display of the residuals is similar to the other types of stationing.
Coordinates 5
Call up from Coordi-nates Menu.
All other softkeys please see
. Measure in a local system
Select the measuring mode.
Determination of coordinates and heights of new points by distance and angle measurement in a higher-order coordinate system. Detail points works similar to Measure in a local system.
YYdor [to measure.
cto enter the target height th. SD Hz V (slope distance + angles) HD Hz h (horizontal distance+angles) Y X Z (Higher- order coordinates) Hz V (only angle measurement)
Eccentric point
Call up eccentric
Lenght
measurement.
Center Point
S Measuring to an eccentric point if the center
Example: Reflector left
of the center. point is not visible from the station. Key: Target position: right, left, in front, behind or
S Station
L Length Eccenter slope to the center point.
Example: independent angle and distance measurement.
Intersection:
Type: Intersection
Method to determine coordinates especially for using the DR Mode.
R1
Calls up Hidden Point
R2
Measurement.
Key: R1, R2 Reflectors P Hidden Point
Object height
Available after measuring a reference point R.
The reference point R has to be in the same plane as the Object Height you want to measure.
Key:
h Object height
P Point for ObjH
L Foot of a Perpendicular O Orthog. Deviation R Reference point HD Horiz. distance
To switch the display
After measurement to a Reference Point R using ,
or
an Object Height measure-ment using the measuring mode
(angle
tracking ) is possible.
dor [to measure the Object Height.
The connecting distance to the last measured point will be computed..
Rec records the connecting distance.
To record the connecting distance. dor Tto return to the measurement
menu without recording.
Vertical Plane
Available after measuring a reference point R.
SD Hz V
Measuring
2 points will define a vertical plane. Now coordinates of points in this plane
HD Hz h
can be determined without distance measure-Y X Z ment.
Coordinates 5
Setting Out 2 5
Call up from Coordi-nate Menu.
To do setting out a stationing is required.
To shorten the process of finding the set out-point the Position Light of the Trimble 3600 is very useful.. For further reduction of time turn
on distance tracking.
3
P
da=0
12
4
1 green signal 2 red signal 3 fast blinking 4 slow blinking
P Setting out point
Transferring coordinated points from a project file into the field.
X
P(Set out point)
-dq
dl
N (Approx. Point)
XS
Station
YS Y
Seen from the target this means:
Position Light green: left of the set out point
Position Light red: right of the set out point
As soon as you are in the set out direction
(da=0), the two colors are merging.
If distance tracking is switched on ( D:T) and you
are in the set out direction , you can check the
length differences (dl) using the blinking fre-quency of the Position Light.
Fast blinking: in front of the set out point
Slow blinking: behind the set out point
At a distance of ±10 cm to the set out point P
the Position Light will have a constant signal.
After the call-up there is a selection of set out points supported by a coordinate filter.
After selecting a point to set out the nominal direction and distance to the set up point is dis-played.
The prism should be aligned to the telescope direction.
d to measure the position of the prism.
If the residuals (dl, dq, dr) are ok, then press T to register the set out coordinates and to select another set out point, e.g. from another project.
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Configuration Menu 92221
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Configuration Menu 92222
Call up a new point.
Zooms the residual display.
Tracking ON.
Pressing Mode will display other values:
dl, dq, dr Length, Cross and Radial Misclosures
dy, dx, dz Coordinate differences
HD Horizontal Distance
da Angle misclosure
If the error limits for a set out point are exceeded the display will show a star as a warning.
The recording of the different values (residuals, coordinates) can be selected in the Configuration menu.
Pressing this function key will leave the set out menu without saving and a new set out point (or even the same one) can be called from the project file.
Use the D:T or D:N softkey to turn on/ off the distance tracking. A single measurement can be activated by pressing dor [.
Special 6
Point to Line 2
Call up from the menu
Special.
Determination of Point-to-Line distances. The line is either defined by angle and distance measure-ment of 2 points P1 and P2 or calling 2 points out of a project file.
The heights refer to line point P1 using a height of z= 0 or an existing height stationing.
Local System
The line defining points P1 and P2 can be meas-ured from any chosen station S. For the point measuring Pi orthogonal to the defined line in a local system the x-axis will be defined by P1 and P2 with P1 as the coordinate origin.
to switch on the height and to select the height reference
No height
To switch the display y x z or y x Z HD Hz h / SD Hz V
The height reference for defining the line can be selected by the softkey Zon:
1.
Height of P1
2.
Height taken from a height stationing
3.
No height ( Zoff).
If no other height reference is set, the default height is the height of P1.
dor [to measure first line point P1 , then line point P2 .
dor [to measure the points Pi.
By turning on Zint the heights hi of the Pi can be interpolated to the defined line P1 - P2 .
Interpolated height.
To measure point-to-line distance in a coordinate system a stationing has to be done before.
The heights refer to the last height stationing, the height can be switched off.
The line definition can be done by:
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Measuring both line points (identical to the measurement on local system),
.
Call up both points out of the project file using Edit,
.
Combination of measuring and calling up both points out of a file.
dto call up P1 .
Either there is no measurement or
Tto enter the measurement menu:
dor [to measure the point P1
to switch to the Editor to call up the line points from project files..
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