User's Manual

Contents
x Total Station Nivo Series Instruction Manual
Bubble indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Laser plummet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
[USR] keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
[DAT] key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
List Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Inputting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Entering a point name or number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Entering a code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Advanced feature: Searching for a code by using the first character . . . . . 44
Entering values in feet and inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Creating a new job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Measuring Distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sighting a prism reflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Measuring distances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Measurement settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
HA Reset and Angle Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting the horizontal angle to 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Entering the horizontal angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Recording a foresight point after repeat angle measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Horizontal angle hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Station Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting up a station with known coordinates or azimuth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Setting up a station using multiple point resection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Advanced feature: Viewing and deleting a measurement in resection . . . . .59
Setting up the station quickly without coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Determining station elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Checking and resetting the backsight direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Two-point resection along a known line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Stakeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Specifying the stakeout point by angle and distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Specifying the stakeout point by coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Advanced feature: Specifying a stakeout list by range input . . . . . . . . 68
DivLine S-O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
RefLine S-O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Program Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Measuring distance and offset values along a specified line . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Measuring distance and offset values on the arc-curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Remote distance measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Measuring remote elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Measuring distance and offset values on the vertical plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Measuring distance and offset values on the slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Recording Measurement Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Recording data from any observation screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Outputting data to the COM port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Measuring Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83