User's Manual

Total Station Nivo Series Instruction Manual 47
Getting Started 3
Measuring Distances
Sighting a prism reflector
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WARNING – Never look at the sun through the telescope. If you do, you may damage or lose
your eyesight.
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WARNING – Precautions should be taken to ensure that persons do not look directly, with or
without an optical instrument, into the beam.
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WARNING – Laser beam path should be located well above or below eye level wherever
practicable.
Sight the telescope to see crosshairs at the center of the prism
reflector.
Measuring distances
To take a distance measurement, press [MSR1] or [MSR2] in
the Basic Measurement Screen (BMS) or in any
observation screen.
While the instrument is taking a measurement, the
prism constant appears in a small font.
For information on how to assemble the prism reflector, see Setting Up the Prism Reflector, page 20.
Sighting a single prism
Sighting a tiltable single prism