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GPS System 500
GPS Equipment User Manual
Version 2.0
English
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System GPS500 Meanings of symbols Congratulations on your purchase of a new System The symbols used in this user manual have the following GPS500 from Leica Geosystems. meanings: This manual contains important safety DANGER: directions (refer to section "Safety Indicates an imminently hazardous situation Instructions") as well as instructions for which, if not avoided, will result in death or setting up the product and operating it. serious injury. Read carefully through the User Manual before y
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View of chapters Introduction 5 System description 6 Getting started with new equipment 7 Care and Transport 23 Safety Instructions 24 Technical Specifications 35 3 GPS Equipment User Manual -2.0.0en View of chapters
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Contents Introduction ................................................... 5 Safety Instructions ...................................... 24 Intended use of equipment ........................................ 24 System description ....................................... 6 Permitted uses ............................................................... 24 Prohibited uses............................................................... 24 GPS Receiver ......................................................
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Introduction In the "Technical Reference Manual" Leica Geosystems GPS System 500 and SKI-Pro Online Help (available in comprises of GPS receiver hardware English, French and other selected and PC based software for GPS languages only), there are more Surveying and related applications. detailed descriptions of special software/hardware settings and The Main components are: software/hardware functions. These are intended for technical specialists. • GPS Receiver: Receive the satellite signals. Th
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System description Post-processing software GPS Receiver The AT502 Antennas are intended for The Post-processing software is The GPS Receiver receives the GPS use with the SR520 and SR530 used to process the observations signal from the NAVSTAR satellites Receivers. The AT501 Antenna is taken by the Receiver in order to and calculates a range to all visible intended for use with the SR510 compute baselines and coordinates. satellites. Receiver. SKI-Pro Static Kinematic software is There are vari
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Getting started with new equipment SKI-Pro (SKI-Pro-L1) post-processing software Receiver Hardware In most cases, the software will be The software contains a comprehen- In most cases, a short introduction in installed by the local Leica sive Online Help System. This Help the use of the Receiverand Terminal Geosystems representative and a System is intended to replace the will be provided by the local Leica short introductory course will be function of a printed manual. If Geosystems representat
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Charge the batteries Charge the batteries with the Leica The battery chargers are To attain full battery capacity Geosystems battery charger pro- intended for indoor use only. for new GEB121 batteries, it vided. GEB121, GEB70 or GEB71 Use a battery charger in a dry room is essential to repeate between three batteries may be used to power the only, never outdoors. Charge batter- and five complete charge/discharge GPS equipment. ies only at an ambient temperature cycles. between 10°C and 30°C ( 50
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Set Up the Equipment Successful GPS surveys require Connect the antenna to the sensor Use the hook on the backside of the undisturbed satellite signal reception. using the antenna cable. sensor to hang it on one of the tripod This means that GPS Receivers Plug two camcorder batteries into the legs. Alternatively you may want to should be set up in locations which are backside of the sensor. Alternatively leave the sensor inside the shipping free of obstructions. No obstacles like or in addition
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters Step 1: Power on Step 2: Study the Icons Turn on the sensor by pressing the ON-button on the terminal. One of the Most important at this stage is the top following two screens will appear on the display: part of the screen which contains several symbols (icons) which indicate the current system status. 10 GPS Equipment User Manual -2.0.0en Getting started with new equipment
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued Upon power on you will first recog- Both Number of visible satellites and As soon as the Position Mode icon nize the Number of visible Satel- Number of satellites used icons will becomes visible the sensor is in a lites icon, indicating the number of change from time to time, reflecting stage where practical operation can satellites which are theoretically changes in the satellite geometry due commence. visible at the current locatio
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued The Battery Status icon at the right You cannot proceed from Step 3 (optional): side of the icon line shows from here if no memory device is Format your memory card which source the sensor is currently available. Insert a PC-card powered. A and B indicate the otherwise no GPS survey can be Before you start logging data you internal batteries, E an external carried out. may want to (re-)format your PC-card battery source. The symbol a
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued You are now in the Utilities \ Format If you want to format the PC-card just Use the cursor key to highlight Memory Module panel: press F1 CONT to format the card. If Internal, then press ENTER. Then you want to format the internal press F1 CONT in order to start the memory press ENTER. A list-box formatting process of the internal opens which allows you to select the memory. internal memory. By activating the format command all dat
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued Step 4: Begin a Survey Some basic decisions have to be For static survey you should select made in this panel: the PP_STAT configuration set. You Enter the Survey operation by either Which configuration set should be can make this selection either by pressing 1 in the Main\ panel or by activated, which job the raw data using the cursor left key to toggle first navigating to 1 Survey via should be stored and which antenna between all
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued Now use the cursor up or cursor Use the cursor up or cursor down key Now press F2 NEW. The following down key on the terminal to highlight to highlight the input field for jobs. panel appears: the PP_STAT line. Then press Then press ENTER. The following ENTER or F1 CONT. listbox will appear: Jobs are used to organise and structure the data you collect in the field. Jobs can comprise an unlimited number of points together with all rel
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued You can now enter a name for a new By default the new job will be as- After pressing F1 CONT the list of job; press ENTER upon completing signed to the PC-card. If needed this available jobs is updated and now the input of the name. Input fields for can be changed to Internal by also shows the job Test: description and creator are optional toggling the Device input field to and can be left blank. Internal. As an example we can create
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued Now press F1 CONT to confirm the Now all required settings for a static Step 5: Logging raw data selection of the newly created job. survey are made. The Survey \ Begin panel looks as follows: We are now within the main Survey Finally you have to select the an- panel. The way the sensor is cur- tenna type and and antenna setup rently configured this panel will look which you are using. Normally this as follows: will be AT502 on tripo
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued It is time to check again the icons on As soon as you are tracking a mini- The position mode icon has changed the top of the display: The Position mum of 4 satellites, the position icon to static, indicated by a symbol of a Mode icon should be available, the is visible and the antenna is placed tripod. Position Mode icon still indicates correctly above the survey marker, "moving" , the Number of visible you should press F1 OCUPY. A n
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued Now use the height hook to deter- The Static observation counter The PC-card must not be mine the height of the antenna above (Static obs) will now go up every 10 removed while in the Survey the survey marker. Insert the height seconds (because this is the default panel. If the card is taken hook into the carrier and measure the logging interval). out of the receiver all stored data height between the white mark at the might get corr
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Measuring with the default configuration parameters, continued Datalogging should continue depend- The screen is altered as follows: Step 6: Ending a Survey ing on your observation plan: a receiver used as reference has to run You can now quit the survey opera- permanently until all rover site occu- tion panel by pressing SHIFT F6 pations are completed. If a unit is QUIT. This brings you back to the operated as a roving receiver the site main menu. occupation time depends mainly on the baseline
