To navigate to the point in a conventional survey

If you are using the Direction and distance mode:

  1. Hold the display screen in front of you as you walk forwards in the direction that the arrow is pointing. The arrow points in the direction of the point that you intend to measure (the "target").
  2. When you get to within 3 meters (10 feet) of the point, the arrow disappears, and the in/out and left/right directions appear, with the instrument as a reference point. Follow the instructions below to navigate in this mode.

If you are using the In/out and left/right mode:

  1. The first display shows which way the instrument should be turned, the angle that the instrument should display and the distance from the last point staked to the point currently being staked.
  2. Turn the instrument (two outline arrows will appear when it is on line), and direct the person holding the pole on line.

    If you are using a servo instrument, and the Servo auto turn field in the survey style is set to HA & VA, or HA only the instrument automatically turns to the point. If you are working robotically, or when the Servo auto turn field in the survey style is set to Off, the instrument does not turn automatically.

  3. If the instrument is not in TRK mode, tap Measure to take a distance measurement.
  4. The display shows how far the person holding the pole should move towards or away from the instrument.
  5. Direct the person holding the pole, and take another distance measurement.
  6. Repeat steps 2–5 until the point has been located (when four outline arrows are displayed), then mark the point.
  7. If a measurement to the target is within the angular and distance tolerances, tap Store at any time to accept the current measurement. If the instrument is in TRK mode and you require a higher precision distance measurement, tap Measure to take an STD measurement and then tap Store to accept that measurement. To discard the STD measurement and return the instrument to TRK mode, tap Esc.

    If you are operating a robotic instrument remotely from the target:

    • the instrument automatically tracks the prism as it moves
    • the instrument continuously updates the graphical display
    • the graphical display is reversed and the arrows are shown from the target (prism) to the instrument