1. appearance and functions

182 Pages·2009·3.67 MB·English

CONTENT
FORWORDS ..................................................................................... 1

PRECAUTIONS: ............................................................................... 2

1. APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONS ......................................... 3

1.1 APPEARANCE .............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 DISPLAY ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 KEYPAD ............................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.4 SOFT KEYS ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.5 SYMBOLS ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.6 ILLUMINATION & SOUND .................................................................................................................... 8
1.7 AUTO POWER OFF .................................................................................................................................... 9
2. PREPARATION FOR MEASUREMENT ..............................10

2.1 UNPACKING AND STORE OF INSTRUMENT .......................................................................... 10
2.2 INSTRUMENT SETUP ........................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 BATTERY POWER REMAINING DISPLAY ................................................................................ 12
2.4 REFLECTOR PRISMS ............................................................................................................................. 14
2.5 MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING INSTRUMENT FROM TRIBRACH ...................... 14
2.6 EYEPIECE ADJUSTMENT AND COLLIMATING OBJECT .................................................. 14
2.7 INPUTTING MODE ................................................................................................................................. 15
2.7.1 Input Characters ...............................................................................................15
2.7.2 Edit Characters ..................................................................................................16
2.8 METHOD TO INPUT PTID .................................................................................................................. 16
2.8.1 Enter an Existing Point .....................................................................................17
2.8.2 Enter a New Point .............................................................................................17
2.8.3 Search Via Wildcard “*” ....................................................................................18
2.8.4 Enter a Point from the Point List.....................................................................19
2.8.5 Enter a Point from the Stack ............................................................................20
2.8.6 Press [REC/ENT] without a Point Name .......................................................21
2.8.7 Record an Instant Measurement ....................................................................21
2.9 LEVELING .................................................................................................................................................... 22
3 ROUTINE MEASUREMENTS .................................................24

3.1 CAUTIONS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT： ................................................................... 24
3.2 EDM SETTING ........................................................................................................................................... 24
3.3 HOT KEY ....................................................................................................................................................... 25
3.3.1 Set the Height of the Target .............................................................................25
3.3.2 Set the Temperature & Pressure .....................................................................26
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3.3.3 Select Target Set ................................................................................................27
3.3.4 Enter a Field Note .............................................................................................28
3.4 START SURVEY ......................................................................................................................................... 28
3.5 ANGLE MEASUREMENT .................................................................................................................... 30
3.5.1 0SET 30
3.5.2 Enter the Horizontal Angle ..............................................................................31
3.5.3 Repeat Angle Measurement ............................................................................31
3.5.4 Face-1/Face 2 Measurement ..........................................................................33
3.5.5 Hold 34
3.6 QUICK CODES ............................................................................................................................................ 34
4. KEY ................................................................................37

4.1 SET UP A STATION WITH KNOWN POINTS ........................................................................... 37
4.1.1 Set up a Station with Known Coordinates .....................................................37
4.1.2 Sight the Backsight by Entering the Azimuth Angle ....................................41
4.2 MULTIPLE POINT RESECTION ....................................................................................................... 43
4.3 QUICK STATION ....................................................................................................................................... 46
4.4 HEIGHT TRANSFER (DETERMINING STATION ELEVATION) ..................................... 48
4.5 CHECKING AND RESETTING THE BACKSIGHT DIRECTION ....................................... 50
5. KEY ................................................................................51

5.1 STAKE OUT ANGLE AND DISTANCE ........................................................................................... 51
5.2 COORDINATES STAKEOUT ............................................................................................................... 56
5.3 PARTLINE SO ............................................................................................................................................. 58
5.4 REFLINE STAKEOUT ............................................................................................................................. 60
6. KEY ................................................................................63

6.1 DISTANCE OFFSETS .............................................................................................................................. 63
6.2 MEASURING ANGLE OFFSETS........................................................................................................ 64
6.3 TWO-PRISM POLE .................................................................................................................................. 66
6.4 +HA LINE ..................................................................................................................................................... 67
6.5 INPUT HD .................................................................................................................................................... 68
6.6 CALCULATE A CORNER POINT ...................................................................................................... 69
6.7 COLUMN ....................................................................................................................................................... 70
6.8 EXTEND THE SLOPE DISTANCE .................................................................................................... 71
7. KEY ................................................................................73

7.1 2 POINT REFLINE ................................................................................................................................... 73
7.2 REFERENCE ARC .................................................................................................................................... 74
7.3 REMOTE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ....................................................................................... 76
7.3.1 MimRadial ..........................................................................................................77
7.3.2 Mim Cont. ...........................................................................................................79
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7.4 REMOTE ELEVATION MEASUREMENT (REM) .................................................................... 80
7.5 2-PT REFERENCE PLANE (V-PLANE) ........................................................................................ 82
7.6 3-PT REFERENCE PLANE (S-PLANE) ......................................................................................... 83
7.7 ROADS ............................................................................................................................................................ 85
7.7.1 Define HZ Alignment ........................................................................................85
7.7.2 Edit Horizontal Alignment Data .....................................................................90
7.7.3 Receive HZ AL ....................................................................................................91
7.7.4 Delete Horizontal Alignment Data .................................................................92
7.7.5 Define Vertical Alignment ................................................................................93
7.7.6 Edit Vertical Alignment Data ...........................................................................94
7.7.7 Delete Vertical Alignment Data .......................................................................94
7.7.8 Stn Setup ............................................................................................................95
7.7.9 Stake out Roads .................................................................................................96
7.7.10 Slope Stake-out ............................................................................................ 100
8. KEY ............................................................................. 103

9. KEY ............................................................................. 105

10. / KEY ............................................................ 106

11. MENU KEY ............................................................................ 108

11.1 JOB.............................................................................................................................................................. 108
11.1.1 Open a Job ..................................................................................................... 108
11.1.2 Create a New Job .......................................................................................... 109
11.1.3 Delete Jobs ..................................................................................................... 110
11.1.4 Set the Control Job ........................................................................................ 110
11.1.5 Display Job Information ............................................................................... 111
11.2 COORDINATE GEOMETRY (COGO) CALCULATIONS. ................................................. 111
11.2.1 Inverse Calculating ....................................................................................... 111
11.2.1.1 Inverse PT-PT ......................................................................................................... 111
11.2.1.2 3PT Angle .................................................................................................................. 114
11.2.2 Azimuth and Distance (AZ&Dist) ............................................................... 115
11.2.2.1 AZ+HD ........................................................................................................................ 115
11.2.2.2 Store ............................................................................................................................. 116
11.2.3 Calculate Area ............................................................................................... 117
11.2.4 Line and Offset .............................................................................................. 118
11.2.5 Input Coordinates Manually ...................................................................... 120
11.3 SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................................. 120
11.4 VIEW RECORDS ................................................................................................................................. 122
11.4.1 View Raw Data ............................................................................................. 123
11.4.1.1 ST Records ................................................................................................................ 124
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11.4.1.2 SO Records ............................................................................................................... 124
11.4.1.3 CO (code) Records ............................................................................................... 124
11.4.2 Delete Raw Records .................................................................................... 125
11.4.3 Edit Raw Records ........................................................................................ 126
11.4.4 Search Raw Records .................................................................................... 126
11.4.5 View Coordinates Data ............................................................................... 127
11.4.6 Delet Coordinate Records .......................................................................... 128
11.4.7 Edit Coordinate Data ................................................................................... 129
11.4.8 Search Coordinate Records ........................................................................ 130
11.4.9 Enter Coordinates ....................................................................................... 131
11.4.10 ViewRecords By Station ........................................................................... 131
11.4.11 Delete Station Records ............................................................................. 132
11.4.12 Edit Station Records ................................................................................. 133
11.4.13 Search Station Records ............................................................................. 134
11.4.14 Point Name List and Code List ................................................................ 134
11.4.14.1 Delete Points/Codes ........................................................................................ 135
11.4.14.2 Edit Points/Codes ............................................................................................. 135
11.4.14.3 Add a Point Name ............................................................................................. 136
11.4.14.4 Add a Code ............................................................................................................ 136
11.5 COMMUNICATION ........................................................................................................................... 137
11.5.1 Download Data ............................................................................................ 137
11.5.2 Upload the Coordinate Data ....................................................................... 141
11.5.3 Upload a PT List or Code List ..................................................................... 144
11.6 1 SEC-KEYS ....................................................................................................................................... 145
11.6.1 [Meas] Key Setting ....................................................................................... 145
11.6.2 [DISP] Key Settings ...................................................................................... 146
11.6.3 [User] Key Settings ...................................................................................... 146
11.6.4 [SO] Key Settings ......................................................................................... 147
11.6.5 [Data] Key Settings ...................................................................................... 148
11.7 DATE AND TIME ................................................................................................................................ 148
11.8 FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................. 149
11.9 INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................... 149
12. CHECK AND ADJUSTMENT ............................................ 150

12.1 PLATE VIAL .......................................................................................................................................... 150
12.2 CIRCULAR VIAL .................................................................................................................................. 150
12.3 INCLINATION OF RETICLE ......................................................................................................... 151
12.4 PERPENDICULARITY BETWEEN LINE OF SIGHT AND HORIZONTAL AXIS (2C) ................. 152
12.5 VERTICAL INDEX DIFFERENCE COMPENSATION ....................................................... 153
12.6 ADJUSTMENT OF VERTICAL INDEX DIFFERENCE (I ANGLE) & SETTING VERTICAL INDEX O ............ 154
12.7 OPTICAL PLUMMET........................................................................................................................ 155
12.8 INSTRUMENT CONSTANT (K) .................................................................................................. 156
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12.9 PARALLEL BETWEEN LINE OF SIGHT AND EMITTING PHOTOELECTRIC AXIS ................. 157
12.10 TRIBRACH LEVELING SCREW ............................................................................................... 158
12.11 RELATED PARTS FOR REFLECTOR .................................................................................... 158
13. SPECIFICATION .................................................................. 159

14. ERROR CODE LIST ............................................................ 162

15. SAFETY GUIDE ................................................................... 163

15.1 INTEGRATED DISTANCE METER (VISIBLE LASER) .................................................... 163
15.2 LASER PLUMMET ............................................................................................................................. 164
16. ACCESSORIES ...................................................................... 165

【APPENDIX-A】DESIGN ROAD LINE DATA .................. 166

1. RAW DATA ........................................................................................................................................... 166
2. COORDINATE DATA ....................................................................................................................... 167
3. CODE LIST ............................................................................................................................................ 167
4. HORIZONTAL LINE ........................................................................................................................ 168
5. VERTICAL CURVE ........................................................................................................................... 169
【APPENDIX-B】CALCULATE ROAD ALIGNMENT ...... 170

1. ROAD ALIGNMENT ELEMENTS ............................................................................................. 170
2. CALCULATION ROAD ALIGNMENT ELEMENTS .......................................................... 171
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FORWORDS
Thank you very much for purchasing the Ruide Total Station RTS-820 series!
This manual will give a detailed and complete instruction about this new type
total station. Please read it carefully before using the instrument.

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PRECAUTIONS:
1. Do not collimate the objective lens directly to the sunlight without a filter.
2. Do not store the instrument in extremely high or low temperature, inorder to
avoid the sudden or great change of temperature.
3. When the instrument is not in use, store it in the case and avoid shock, dust
and humidity.
4. If there is great difference between the temperature in work site and that in
store place, you should leave the instrument in the case till it adapts to the
temperature of environment.
5. If the instrument has not been used for a long time, you should remove the
battery for separate storage. The battery should be charged once a month.
6. When transporting the instrument should be placed in its carrying case, it is
recommended that cushioned material should be used around the case for support.
7. For less vibration and better accuracy, the instrument should be set up on a
wooden tripod rather than an aluminum tripod.
8. Clean exposed optical parts with degreased cotton or less tissue only!
9. Clean the instrument surface with a woolen cloth after use. If it gets wet, dry it
immediately.
10. Before opening, inspect the power, functions and indications of the
instrument as well as its initial setting and correction parameters.
11. Unless the user is a maintenance specialist, do not attempt to disassemble
the instrument by yourself even if you find the instrument abnormal.

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1. APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONS
1.1 APPEARANCE
Instrument
Center Mark
Objective
Vertical
Lens
Clamp
Screw
Optical
Plummet
Vertical
Tangent
Circular
Vial

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Collimator
Telescope
Grip
Eyepiece
Telescope
Focusing
Focusing
Knob
Knob
Battery
Eyepiece
Horizontal
Clamp Screw
Horizontal
Tangent USB Port*
SC232 Data Port
Screen
SD Card Port*
Leveling Screw

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