Things to do while waiting for new gear to come

[Nate The Surveyor]

Everybody here has been through this in some way shape or form.
You have done your research, run your numbers, counted your pennies, read countless articles, driven Shawn Billings to the brink of drink, and finally placed an order. The check to buy it is in the mail, going to Mayette , and or Michael Gluting. The ups truck, or white delivery truck (what’s the name of that other company?) will eventually come lumbering down the road, bringing the new dream machine. When it arrives, batteries are usually fully charged, and it’s time to pair things up. Surveying in Arkansas will have just gotten a little better. Of course, there must be more problems.
But it’s a variable. If I’m willing to submit to the new idiosyncrasies of progress, I will be able to maintain a high level of proficiency, in new ways, yet unthought of by mankind. Javad as a company is progressive, more progressive than most. As I sit and dream, I wish Javad was a little more integrated with my office software I wish that i could look at the statistics for any survey point, with the click of my mouse. Inside the survey software. That will eventually come. Someday. Maybe. When I’m not surveying, I’m thinking. Dreaming up new ways to run that simple traverse.
Any others waiting??
Nate

 

[nusouthsc]

I generally just check my email too much looking for a tracking number I am new to JAVAD but I spent my time reading through the manual and reading posts on technical questions to try to get a feel for features. That inevitable learning curve exists but I try to reduce it as much as possible.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

@nusouthsc
I did the same. When I first got the LS T2 and radio.
By the time it arrived, a number of things had changed.
I'm expecting a T3, with verizon cell modem installed.
Only minor changes will happen when it arrives. It will run faster, in canopy.
Javad and company are out of chips to upgrade the LS, to LS plus.
They said a 2 month delay is what is now expected. So, my plan is to send mine in, after chips/parts are in stock, and get it upgraded to an LS plus. This will give me a learning curve, as I learn the 4 engine collection software.
One major reason for learning curve, is we usually are not usually proficient with thinking geodedic geometry, and SPC geometry.
I have not much schooling. I've only been to school 2 years. 6th and tenth grade.
I wonder about the generation that grows up using these tools. They really have some advantages. As they learn, they immediately put it to use. We didn't have tools that demanded us to know this stuff. They do. It will put them ahead of the game.
Thanks,
Nate

 

[Steve Douty]

Everybody here has been through this in some way shape or form.
You have done your research, run your numbers, counted your pennies, read countless articles, driven Shawn Billings to the brink of drink, and finally placed an order. The check to buy it is in the mail, going to Mayette , and or Michael Gluting. The ups truck, or white delivery truck (what’s the name of that other company?) will eventually come lumbering down the road, bringing the new dream machine. When it arrives, batteries are usually fully charged, and it’s time to pair things up. Surveying in Arkansas will have just gotten a little better. Of course, there must be more problems.
But it’s a variable. If I’m willing to submit to the new idiosyncrasies of progress, I will be able to maintain a high level of proficiency, in new ways, yet unthought of by mankind. Javad as a company is progressive, more progressive than most. As I sit and dream, I wish Javad was a little more integrated with my office software I wish that i could look at the statistics for any survey point, with the click of my mouse. Inside the survey software. That will eventually come. Someday. Maybe. When I’m not surveying, I’m thinking. Dreaming up new ways to run that simple traverse.
Any others waiting??
Nate

I will continue to beat the same dead horse. Wouldn't it be great to have two additional support items?

1 - An office emulator that would allow us to do everything our field unit will do without taking our field unit our of the field? Sometimes I want to look at an old job or to take the time in the office to look at the many and varied possibilities offered under the processing tools imbedded in my LS unit, or revisit an in depth study of the results, or expand my processing skills by in office training, or develop and explore set up profiles.... There may be a fee for this support software. This is acceptable.

2 - An updated, updatable users manual? One that would the users to contribute. The JAVAD world is a wonderful place. Please give us one more tool that will allow us to use and understand it.

 

[Nate The Surveyor]

I'm all in with item one.
But do think about it. Now you have Triumph LS emulator in office. You have a big important job. You are in the office. Crew goes out for the day, puts in 12 hrs with the LS. (Imagine how much data!) Drops it on your desk. Goes home. You copy the job out of the LS, and put it into the LS emulator. 6:00 am, next day, crew picks up LS, and repeats. You are looking at all this data. You make changes, averaging points, modifying data, for some you use RTPK, for others you use RTK. You shift the base, using DPOS.
Now the incoming data is from a slightly different base coord.
I'm just thinking you really need to be on top of what's happening. I think Trimble did something like this with their setup.

Item two I'm sympathetic with the javad company. I've seen changes happen 2x in a month, of how something works.
Keeping a manual current, means keeping proficient with all changes. That could be a challenge.
I agree, but it needs to be carefully done.

I want javad and company to keep making big strides.
Nate