Face off??

Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
Hi from Australia guys!

I have known about JAVAD equipment for about 7 years and I have finally gotten to the stage where I needed some of my own GNSS gear. Pulled the trigger on x2 LS's.

I work in mining so its time for a face off, LS versus R10.....

Looking forward to learning a lot from the knowledge base here.

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Jim Frame

Jim Frame

Well-Known Member
What's up with that tribrach adapter? It's a most unusual-looking thing. Care to elaborate, with words or closeup photos?
 
Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
Hi Jim... Ive just chucked the LS on top of an old (broken and missing optical plummet hardware) tribrach adaptor. It usually has a traverse prism sitting on top of it as a back sight for a prism monitoring pit wall program.
 
Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
I guess the things I love about the R10 (with Trimble Access software)

1) Rapid point storage (cant seem to figure out how to do this with the LS and have logged a question with JAVAD). Essentially I wanted to be able to assign U1 as a point storage button as its easily accessible while still using the instrument in one hand.

Really that's the only thing Id like to see with the LS.... everything else is just so much more advanced.

I did notice when I set one of my LS's up as a base (setup on known point) and went to the base/rover status, that the base is displayed as a rover and the coordinates are jumping around a fair bit... I did some control checks and it seems to be working properly... Dont know if anyone can help me out here? Is it just how an LS works as a base?

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Adam

Adam

Well-Known Member
5PLS
Blake, try trajectory for rapid auto point storage. If you want a one epoch shot set to verify with out reset and set epoch to 1 and take shot with start hardware button. Personally, I would not rely on any shot taken with those settings.
 
Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
Hi Adam, I haven't had a chance to play around with trajectory yet... I did setup the rover with lift at 1 epoch which I do like but still isn't as fast as what I am used to. My settings are below. I did a quick survey of an area that I had previously been surveyed with other survey equipment and the results were very good, LS survey is the pink line. The other linework is quite old and may have changed a little prior to this survey.

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Adam

Adam

Well-Known Member
5PLS
With trajectory you can set it to collect at specified time or distance intervals. I use it for topo of large fields on a utility vehicle. Give it a try, it might be what you are looking for.
 
Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
I'll definitely use it for topo, I'm assuming would be similar to the continuous topo that we use every day. I'm looking for a more rapid (as in I dont really need to stop to store the point) point storage solution while walking around surveying specific features.

Its just what I am used to working in a mining environment, but my LS's probably wont be used in this environment much so it shouldn't be a massive issue for me.
 
Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson

Well-Known Member
5PLS
Blake Ebsary said:
Rapid point storage (cant seem to figure out how to do this with the LS and have logged a question with JAVAD). Essentially I wanted to be able to assign U1 as a point storage button as its easily accessible while still using the instrument in one hand.
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This is possible with the LS but using the check hardware button rather than U1. Use the "Quick Topo" action profile and enable Auto Accept on it. With these settings pressing the check hardware button from the Collect Action screen will store a 2 epoch point.
 
Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
Thanks Matt, bit of a silly question, but which one is the check hardware button? I cant find a reference to it...

Is there anyway to assign U1-U4 to do this task!? Ergonomically it makes sense... or is it just me?
 
Michael Stazhkov

Michael Stazhkov

Developer
JAVAD GNSS
What we can do quickly is to add the possibility to assign "Start Survey" action to the U1-U4 buttons if it helps.
Also during Trajectory survey we have a "Snap" function which creates a trajectory point immedeatelly. We can also add the possibility to assign the "Snap" function to the U1-U4 buttons.
 
Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
Michael Stazhkov said:
What we can do quickly is to add the possibility to assign "Start Survey" action to the U1-U4 buttons if it helps.
Also during Trajectory survey we have a "Snap" function which creates a trajectory point immedeatelly. We can also add the possibility to assign the "Snap" function to the U1-U4 buttons.
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That would be awesome mate... Maybe just to try out anyway, it almost seems instinctive to use the U1-U4 buttons for point storage. Perfect for my big thumb....

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Joe Paulin

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He has a good point... for rapid one handed data collection, and using U1 through U4 you could have four customizable presets for codes or descriptions most commonly used.
 
Michael Stazhkov

Michael Stazhkov

Developer
JAVAD GNSS
Michael Stazhkov said:
What we can do quickly is to add the possibility to assign "Start Survey" action to the U1-U4 buttons if it helps.
Also during Trajectory survey we have a "Snap" function which creates a trajectory point immedeatelly. We can also add the possibility to assign the "Snap" function to the U1-U4 buttons.
Click to expand...
It is implemented in the latest PreRelease version 2.0.0.190.
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Blake Ebsary

Blake Ebsary

Member
Awesome... Thanks Michael, I'm going to make a video showing the difference in survey technique LS versus what we currently use, I could really see JAVAD equipment taking off in the mining sector with a few tweaks, the portability will be a huge advantage over traditional gear used in this country , I also have another issue with my rover unit but I will start another post for that.
 
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