FCC ID: Y44-R35 Total Station

R35 Total Station Instruction Manual Dear Customer:

Congratulations! We, STONEX are proud to present you with an R35 instrument. Your total station is a rugged and reliable instrument whose performance and design are not surpassed. To fully appreciate and protect your investment, we suggest that you take the necessary time to read and fully understand this manual. We have a dedicated service organization. If the need arises, please dont hesitate to call us. Thank you for your trust and confidence. 1 NOTE:

Dont collimate the sun directly Avoid insolating the instrument, and dont collimate the sun directly for protecting eyes and instrument. Set up the instrument on the tripod When using it please insure the connection between tripod and instrument is firm. It is better to work with wooden tripod for the measurement accuracy. Assemble the tribrach on the instrument The setting of tribrach would influence the accuracy. The tribrach should be check frequently, the screw which connects the tribrach and alidade must be locked tightly. And the central fixing screw should be tight. Avoiding the librations on the instrument When transporting, keep the instrument in the case and try your best to lighten librations. Carry the instrument When carryingthe instrument handle must be held tight. High temperature condition If put the instrument in high temperature condition for a long time, it is bad for the instrument performance. Temperature changing sharply The sharp temperature changing on the instrument or prism will shorten the distance measurement range, for example, after taking the instrument out from a warm car to a cold condition, wait for some time, it can be used when it adapts to the surrounding condition. Check the battery power Before using it, you should check the power whether it is enough. Take out the battery It is not suggested to take out the battery when the instrument is on, otherwise, the stored data may be lost, so it is better to replace the battery after power off the instrument. Stored data responsibility STONEX should not be held liability for the lost data because of wrong operation. The noise from the instrument When the instrument is working, it is normal if you hear the noise from instrument motor, it will not affect the instrument work. 2 Definition of Indication For the safety of your product and prevention of injury to operators and other persons as well as prevention of property damage, items which should be observed are indicated by an exclamation point within a triangle used with WARNING and CAUTION statements in this manual. The definitions of the indication are listed below. Be sure you understand them before reading the manuals main text. WARNING:

Ignoring this indication and making an operation error could possibly result in death or serious injury to the operator. CAUTION:

Ignoring this indication and making an operation error could possibly result in personal injury or property damage. PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE OPERATION Only STONEX authorized distributors can disassemble or rebuilt the instrument. WARNING Do not collimate the sun directly. The eye injury or blind could result. Cover the charger maybe result fire when charging. If use defection power cable, socket or plug, there is danger of fire, or electronic shock. Using wet battery or charger maybe result fire, or electronic shock. Do not close the instrument to burning gas or liquid, and do not use the instrument in coal mine. Blast could be result. Do not put the battery in the fire or high temperature condition. Explosion, damage could result. If use the battery which is not specified by STONEX , there is a danger of fire, electric shock or burn. If use the power cable which is not specified by STONEX , there is a danger of fire. If short circuit of the battery, there is a danger of fire.. When this product encounters disturbance of severe Electrostatic Discharge, perhaps it will have some degradation of performance like switching on/off automatically and so on. 3 CAUTION If touch the instrument with wet hand, there is danger of electric shock. Stand or seat on the carrying case, or turn over the carrying case arbitrarily, the instrument maybe damaged. Be careful of the tripod tiptoe when setup or move it. Drop the instrument or the carrying case, or use defective belt, agraffe or hinge, instrument damage could result. Do not touch liquid leaking from the instrument or battery. Harmful chemicals could cause burn or blisters. Please assemble the tribrach carefully, if the tribrach is not stable, series damage could result. Drop the instrument or tripod, series damage could result. Before use it, check the central screw is tight. User 1) This product is for professional user only!

The user is required to be a qualified surveyor or have a good knowledge of surveying, in order to understand the user manual and safety instructions, before operating, inspecting or adjusting. 2) Wear the required protectors (safety shoes, helmet, etc.) when operating. Exceptions from Responsibility 1) The user of this product is expected to follow all operating instructions and make periodic checks of the products performance. 2) The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for results of a faulty or intentional usage or misuse including any direct, indirect, consequential damage, and loss of profits. 3) The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for consequential damage, and loss of profits by any disaster, (an earthquake, storms, floods etc.). 4) The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any damage, and loss of profits due to a change of data, loss of data, an interruption of business etc., caused by using the product or an unusable product. 5) The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any damage, and loss of profits caused by usage except for explained in the user manual. 6) The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for damage caused by wrong transport, or action due to connecting with other products. 4 Safety Standards for Laser(R35) R35 adopts the safe and visible laser on the basis of Specification Standard of radiant products (FDA CDRH.21CFR Part 1040.10 and 1040.11) and Safety of laser products parts 1: Equipment classification, requirements and users guide (IEC 60825-1:2001). According to above standards, R35 is class a/3R laser products. When the prism or reflective sheet is selected in Config mode as target, the output is equivalent to the safer class 1. Once the instrument is damaged, do not disassemble it. Youd better contact STONEX or local dealer. Labels Follow the safety instructions on the labels as well as in this manual to ensure safe use . Laser emit Note for Safety WARNING Never point the laser beam at others eyes, it could cause serious injury. Never look directly into the laser beam source, it could cause permanent eye damage. Never stare at the laser beam, it could cause permanent eye damage. Never look at the laser beam through a telescope or other optical devices, it could cause permanent eye damage. 5 CONTENT 1. Nomenclature and Functions ....................................................................................... 1 1.1 Nomenclature ............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Keyboard ................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Comprehensive Understanding ................................................................................. 4 1.3.1 Basic Measurement ............................................................................................ 4 1.3.2 Standard Measurement ....................................................................................... 5 1.3.3 Instrumment Setup ............................................................................................. 5 1.3.4 About .................................................................................................................. 6 1.3.5 Third-party software ........................................................................................... 6 1.3.6 Convenient panel ................................................................................................ 6 1.4 Shortcut key .............................................................................................................. 7 1.5 Touch screen calibration ............................................................................................ 8 1.6 Battery ....................................................................................................................... 9 1.6.1 Battery Power indicator ...................................................................................... 9 1.6.2 Replace and mount battery ............................................................................... 10 1.6.3 Recharge battery ............................................................................................... 10 1.7 USB connection....................................................................................................... 11 1.8 Guide light(Optional) .............................................................................................. 12 2. Preparation before Measurement .............................................................................. 13 2.1 Setting up the instrument ......................................................................................... 13 2.2 Levelling-Up ........................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Centering ................................................................................................................. 16 2.3.1 Centering with Optical Plummet (Optional) .................................................... 16 2.3.2 Centering with Laser Plummet ......................................................................... 16 3 Instrument settings ....................................................................................................... 17 3.1 INST Setup .............................................................................................................. 17 3.1.1 Setting the measure condition .......................................................................... 18 3.1.2 Setting the units ................................................................................................ 18 3.1.3 Setting parameters of communication ports ..................................................... 19 3.1.4 Instrument parameters review .......................................................................... 19 1 3.2 Illumination settings ................................................................................................ 20 4. Basic measurement program ...................................................................................... 21 4.1 Run the program Basic Measurement .................................................................. 21 4.2 Basic measurement screen introduction .................................................................. 21 4.3 Angle measurement mode ....................................................................................... 22 4.3.1 Horizontal angle(right angle) and vertical angle measurements ...................... 22 4.3.2 Horizontal angle switch between right and left ................................................ 23 4.3.3 Setting horizontal angle with the L.Angle key ............................................. 24 4.3.4 Setting horizontal angle with the S.Angle key .............................................. 25 4.3.5 Setting vertical angle and percent grade mode with the V/% key ............. 26 4.3.6 Carrying out angle retesting with the Repeat key ......................................... 26 4.4 Distance measurement mode ................................................................................... 30 4.4.1 Distance measurement and measuring mode setting ........................................ 30 4.4.2 Fine/Tracking distance measurement ............................................................... 32 4.4.3 Accurate Measurement and Track mode .......................................................... 33 4.4.4 Exchange of distance units ............................................................................... 34 4.4.5 Distance stake out measurement ...................................................................... 35 4.4.6 Remote Elevation MeasurementREM ...................................................... 37 4.4.7 Missing Line Measurement (MLM) ................................................................. 42 4.4.8 Line-height Measurement ................................................................................. 45 4.5 Coordinate Measurement Mode .............................................................................. 50 4.5.1 Setting coordinate of occupied point ................................................................ 50 4.5.2 Setting backsight point ..................................................................................... 51 4.5.3 Setting instrument height and prism height ...................................................... 53 4.5.4 Operation of coordinate measurement .............................................................. 54 4.5.5 Traverse Surveying ........................................................................................... 55 4.5.6 Offset Measurement Mode ............................................................................... 58 4.6 About ....................................................................................................................... 68 5. Check and Adjustment ............................................................................................... 69 5.1 The Instrument Constant ......................................................................................... 69 5.2 Plate Level and Circular Level ................................................................................ 70 5.2.1 Plate Level ........................................................................................................ 70 2 5.2.2 Circular Level ................................................................................................... 70 5.3 The Optical Sight .................................................................................................... 71 5.4 Optical Plummet and Laser Plummet ...................................................................... 71 5.4.1 Optical Plummet(factory optional) ................................................................... 71 5.4.2 Laser Plummet .................................................................................................. 72 5.5 Vertical Cross-hair on Telescope ............................................................................. 73 5.6 Horizontal Collimation Error C ............................................................................... 74 5.7 Vertical Index Error ................................................................................................. 75 5.8 EDM Optical Axis and the Telescope Sighting Axis Error ..................................... 77 6. Specifications ............................................................................................................... 78 8. Standard components.................................................................................................. 81 Appendix I: Atmospheric correction formula and chart(Just for reference) .................. 82 Appendix II: Correction for refraction and earth curvature .......................................... 84 Appendix III: Assembling and disassembling for three-jaw tribrach ............................ 85 3 1. Nomenclature and Functions 1.1 Nomenclature Handle Optical sight Handle screw Eyepiece Instrument height mark Vertical clamp screw Vertical motion screw Battery Tribrach USB port 1 Objective Horizontal motion clamp Horizontal tangent screw Touch screen Keypad 2 1.2 Keyboard R35 is equipped with two color touch screens and alphanumeric keypad, operation by both touching screen and pressing keyboard is possible. Do not touch the screen with ball-pen, pencil or other sharp thing to avoid damage on instrument. Keys Name Functions 0~9/ A~!

Alphanumeric keypad Enter text and numerical values. Tab BS Ctrl Space Enter ESC Shift key for character The current entry method can shift among entry Star key Tab key number, smaller letter and capital letter. Normal configurations can be set here Move the cursor right or next position BackSpace key Move the cursor left and delete one Ctrl key Space key Enter key Escape key character Same with the Ctrl key of PC Enter the space Confirm an entry or selection Quit a screen or edit mode without saving changes. Return to next higher level FUNC Function key Perform variable functions defined by program screen Navigation key Control the focus bar within the screen Power key Turn on/off the instrument and the entry bar within a field 3 1.3 Comprehensive Understanding Function introduction Display After initiating the instrument the screen will go to present Welcome Interface which is shown right.STONEX AIOSurvey consists of functions,that is, BSC Measure several Basic Measurement , STD Measure Standard Measurement , Engineering Surveying FieldGenius , INST Setup Instrument Setup and AboutRelevant Information. 1.3.1 Basic Measurement Function introduction Display Click BSC Measure key to activate basic measuring.This function is used for surveying and calculating,including some modes,that is,angle measurement,distance measurement,coordinate measurement and parameter setting during conventional surveying.Distance measurement mode underpins Remote Elevation Measurement and Line-height Measurement.Coordinate measurement mode is made up of Traverse Surveying,Angle Offset 4 Measurement,Distance Offset Measurement,Plane Offset Measurement,and Column Offset Measurement. Besides,basic measurement is also appropriate for checking performance functionality and index of angle measurement and distance measurement for total station. 1.3.2 Standard Measurement Function introduction Display Standard measurement function is used to resolve and calculate applied measurements during conventional surveying. It contains project management, import/export, instrument station setup and orientation, foresight measurement, backsight measurement, side-looking measurement, cross-sectional measurement, setting out of point, bunch and alignment, road design, traverse adjustment, coordinate geometry, batter board label, steel ruler connection survey,data query and editing and so on. 1.3.3 Instrumment Setup Function introduction Display Instrument setup function is mainly applied for instrument settings,instrument calibration and generation and management of instrument constant.It is made up of a serie of functions such as compensator linear correction, compensator zero correction, horizontal axis error correction, index correction, instrument settings, distance constant settings, communication port settings, configuration management,etc. 5 1.3.4 About Function introduction Display The About function Offers information of manufacturer and software version. 1.3.5 Third-party software Function introduction Display Third-party software provides professional surveying and cartography function. Its main interface of FieldGenius in the right figure.In fact,the application program interface of STONEX instrument system supports more third-party softwares. 1.3.6 Convenient panel Function introduction Click key to enter into convenient Display panel.Electronic bubble function on this panel is used for dynamic display of electronic bubble during leveling up.Furthermore,functions like settings of meteorological condition,observed object,illumination,prism constant and communication port are provided. 6 1.4 Shortcut key 1)Some shortcut keys are applied in R35. Key combination Description Power on/off FUNC+BS+

Enter into setting mode directly/turn on the electronic bubble Shift among number, smaller letter and capital letter Enter this combinition at the same time before starting up to FUNC+CTRL+

Enter this combinition at the same time before starting up to backup all settings FUNC+SP+

Enter this combinition at the same time before starting up to restore all settings FUNC+BS FUNC+TAB CTRL+ESC CTRL+TAB FUNC+CTRL FUNC+

FUNC+

FUNC+

FUNC+

erase all settings Turn on/off backlight of key panel in face left position Turn on/off backlight of key panel in face right position Enter boot menu Start touch screen calibration Turn on/off soft keyboards Increase backlight brightness of LCD Decrease backlight brightness of LCD Turn on/off LCD display in face left position Turn on/off LCD display in face right position 2) method for character entry switch Press key, current character entry mothod will be changed, on the lower right corner, the inputing method will display for a moment. 7 1.5 Touch screen calibration When you operate on the screen, if your device isnt responding to you taps, you may need to recalibrate your screen. In any picture, press the combination key CTRL+TAB so as to enter into touch screen calibration. The calibration process is shown in the figure below. 1) Carefully press and briefly hold stylus on the center of the target. Repeat as the target moves around the screen. 2) After all the targets are clicked, the screen will display as left, tap the screen to register saved data. The screen goes back to Stylus Properties menu. 8 1.6 Battery 1.6.1 Battery Power indicator At any screen, presskey to open fast setting menu. Select Battery, battery level will be seen following Battery Level. NOTE:

1. The batterys working time will be affected by many factors, such as ambient temperature, recharging time, recharging and discharging times. So we suggest the users recharge the battery full or prepare several full batteries before operation. 2. The battery symbol only indicates power capability for current measurement mode. The power consumption in distance measurement mode is more than in angle mode, if the instrument enters into distance measurement mode from angle mode, the power maybe auto-off because of lower battery. 3. The symbol only indicates the supply power but not the instantaneous power change. And if the measurement mode changes, the symbol will not show the powers decrease or increase immediately. 4. It is suggested that user should check every battery power before field work. 9 1.6.2 Replace and mount battery 1.Replace battery 1Press the button downward as shown left. 2Remove the battery by pulling it toward you. 2.Mount battery 1. Insert the battery to the instrument. 2. Press the top of the battery until you hear a Click. 1.6.3 Recharge battery 1)Connect the charger connector to the battery. 2)Plug the charger on 100V/240V power supply.The red lamp becomes lighting,which indicates recharging.If interval-time is longer,the connector isnt fixed well. 3) That the green lamp flashes means recharging is complete. NOTE: 1) New battery (or battery does not used for several months) should be recharged for several times.Please recharge it more than 10 hours, and then the battery can attain best status. 2) Please recharge the battery continuously for another 1~2 hours after the light green,which is good for the battery. 10 1.7 USB connection The file in the instrument could be read through ActiveSync software by USB cable. External memory stick could be used by USB Host connector. The file in the external memory stick could be read in the instrument interface. 1Open the cover of USB which behind the display panel 2Input external memory stick into USB Host connector 3The external memory stick could be recognized as hard disk automatically. It could be file copy etc. 11 1.8 Guide light(Optional) Guide light is optional in R35 total station. It is mainly used to stake out. The Surveyor could adjust the position of prism and station through the guide light color. It will be faster to set the prism. The guide light could be seen within 100M. The distance will be effective by atmospheric conditions and others. Under the face left, the Surveyor should move to left direction when he only saw the green light or the light became bigger; If only saw the red light or red light became bigger, the surveyor should move to the right direction. The move direction will be contrary when the telescope is in face right. Guide light on/off: pressto open fast setting is menu, select Battery, instrument the if equipped with guide light module, 4 options for Guide light are active, are for adjusting guide light intensity, select {Off} to turn off guide light. 12 2. Preparation before Measurement 2.1 Setting up the instrument

(1) Set up the tripod first: extend the extension legs to suitable lengths and tighten the screws on the legs.Make sure the legs are spaced at equal intervals and the head is approximately level. Set the tripod so that the head is positioned over the surveying point. Make sure the tripod shoes are firmly fixed in the ground.

(2)Attaching the instrument on the tripod head: mount the instrument carefully on the tripod head. Supporting it with one hand, tighten the centering screw on the bottom of the unit to make sure it is secured to the tripod. 2.2 Levelling-Up

(1) Basic Levelling-Up with the circular level Screw A Screw B 1. Move the foot screws A and B in opposite direction till the circular bubble is perpendicular to a line shaped with screw A and B. The direction of rotation in left thumb indicates the movement of the circular bubble. Screw C Screw A Screw B 2. Move the bubble to the center of the circle by turning screw C. Screw C 13

(2) Accurate Levelling-Up with plate level Screw A Screw B 1. Loosen the horizontal motion clamp, and turn the Plate level Screw C Screw A Screw B instrument till the plate level is parallel to a line shaped with screws A and B. Adjust the screws A and B to make the bubble in the center of the level. 2. Loosen the horizontal motion clamp, and turn the instrument approximately 90.Adjust the screw C until the bubble in the center of the level. Screw C 3. Repeat above steps until the bubble remains in the center of the plate level while the instrument is rotated to any position.

(3) Accurate Levelling-Up with Electronic Level on the screen It is convenient for R35 to level-up with electronic level, especially when it is difficult to observe the circular level and plate level. Firstly,press the key to turn on the electronic bubble as shown in left figure.On the electronic bubble screen,five function keys are displayed in the left column,which is listed as follows:

TiltXY dynamic display of electronic bubble T.Pobservation and setting of temperature and atmospheric pressure Targettarget condition of surveying Batterydynamic display of battery level Exitexit the electronic bubble screen Secondly,level it by turning three foot screws and ensure the bubble is in the plate level.Make sure the red spot is in the center. 14 Note:

As shown,you can realize transformation of compensation options by pressing the lower right button. XYONcompensate horizontal angle and vertical angle at the same time XONYOFFjust compensate X axis XYOFFdont compensate X axis and Y axis A.OFFdont compensate X axis and Y axis,and turn off the popup function of electronic bubble. In STONEX FieldGenius software, the Level display is always shown as left figure. 15 2.3 Centering 2.3.1 Centering with Optical Plummet (Optional) Crossmark Plummet Center Optical plummet Turn the focusing ring of the optical plummet to focus the ground mark point. Then adjust three foot-screws to center the bubble of the circular level. If the plate level is not leveling-up, you can loosen the center screw of the tripod, and move the instrument to center the bubble of the plate level. At last tighten the center screw.Repeat above steps until the center of reticule always coincides with the mark point when rotating alidade of instrument. Note: Youd better use the three leveling screws and tripod to center the instrument. 2.3.2 Centering with Laser Plummet Press the key to enter into the display as shown in the left figure. Operation Steps:

Click the target button,and you can turn on laser plummet and set it as three levels of brightness.Thus,that laser emits downwards can be seen. Loosen the center screw of tripod,and move the base plate on tripod head until the laser spot coincides with ground mark point.Then tighten the center screw. Repeat leveling and two steps until the instrument keeps leveling and the laser spot coincides with ground mark point when rotating alidade of instrument in any direction. After centering,please turn off laser plummet to save power. 16 3 Instrument settings Instrument settings software is applied for settings and calibration of instrument,generation and management of instrument constant.It is made up of a serie of functions such as compensator linear correction, compensator zero correction, horizontal axis error correction, index correction, instrument settings, distance constant settings, communication port settings, configuration management,etc. 3.1 INST Setup Tap or keys to display other settings Enter instrument settings program by clicking INST Setup icon on the desktop.And then input the password 12345678 to display configuration settings screen.On the screen tap or keys, different setting screen can be shifted. NOTE: This password is open for all users, current configuration settings can be checked here, but not be adjusted. If you want to adjust these settings, please contact local distributer or STONEX company. 17 3.1.1 Setting the measure condition Opereation:

1. The distance measurement mode will be: Fine, Coarse, Repeat Fine, Average Fine, Tracking. setting or press cancelled. 3.1.2 Setting the units 2. Tilt correction mode will be: HV, V, NO, Always off. 3. Collimator correction mode will be: Yes or No. 4. CR correction mode will be:

K=0.142,K=0.2, No. 5. Sea Level correction mode will be: Yes or No. 6. Target Type mode will be: Prism, No Prism, Reflector.You could press Enter to keep the Operation:

1. Angle unit mode will be:DMS,GON,MIL. 2. Angle Precision mode will be: 1 second, 0.1 second or 0.5 second. 3. Distance Unit mode will be: Meter, US Feet, Feet. 4. Distance precision mode will be: 1mm or 0.1mm. You could press Enter to keep the setting or press cancelled. 18 3.1.3 Setting parameters of communication ports As left shows,click Other Setup,you can activate bluetooth(BT) and guidelight(GL),and set parameters of Bluetooth Port and Phy Port. 3.1.4 Instrument parameters review Click Data Monitor used for reviewing the setting parameters. 19 3.2 Illumination settings Press the button and click Target and Battery keys in order to go on with illumination settings including Cross Light, Guide Light,andLaser Point. Cross Light: Click this item to turn on the reticle illumination, and move the slipping button to adjust reticle illumination. Guide Light:Click Battery key,resulting in display on which guide light could be adjusted. Laser Point: Tun on/off the laser flash before distance measurement. 20 4. Basic measurement program 4.1 Run the program Basic Measurement Current parameters Function keys Measurement mode 4.2 Basic measurement screen introduction The function keys display in the lower left corner of screen,and they vary from one measurement mode to another.There are some function keys under every measurement mode being listed in the following table. Measurement key function mode S.Zero Set current horizontal angle as zero S.Angle Set current horizontal angle L.Angle Lock horizontal angle Repeat Retest horizontal angle V/%

Switch between vertical angle and percent grade L/R Angle Horizontal angle switch between left and right Mode Set Fine,N Fine,Loop Fine,Track measurement mode m/ft Switch among meter,international feet and American feet Setout REM MLM LHM Mode in terms of distance unit Set out measurement mode Start REM function Start MLM function Start LHM function Set Fine,N Fine,Loop Fine,Track measurement mode OCC PT Set the coordinate of instrument station S.BS Setup Set the coordinate of a backsight point Set instrument height and target height 21 Line Offset Start traverse surveying Start offset measurement(ANG.Offset,DIST Offset,PLANE Offset,CYL.Offset) function Coor Order Set displayed coordinate order as NEZ or ENZ Save Coor Save coordinate of instrument station or not Ang.Unit Set Ang.Unit as DMS,GON,MIL Dist Unit Set Dist Unit as m,UsFeet,IntFeet Stop Exit Stop distance measurement Exit basic measurement program 4.3 Angle measurement mode 4.3.1 Horizontal angle(right angle) and vertical angle measurements At first, make sure the operation is under angle measurement mode. Operation steps Collimate the first target Keys Display Collimate A A Set horizontal angle as zero for target A.Click the S.Zero button,and choose OK in the popup dialog S.Zero OK box. 22 Collimate the second first Collimate B target B,and the horizontal angle and vertical angle will display on the screen of instrument. 4.3.2 Horizontal angle switch between right and left Make sure the operation is under angle measurement mode. Operation steps Make sure the operation is Keys under angle measurement mode Display switch horizontal angle L/RAngle between left and right by Clicking L/R Angle key 1 1 Left angle or right angle will be switched in turn every time you click the L/R Angle key. 23 4.3.3 Setting horizontal angle with the L.Angle key Make sure the operation is under angle measurement mode. Operation steps Turn horizontal circle unit Keys Display in the needed direction with horizontal clamp and tangent part. Click L.Angle key,and activate the function of locking horizontal angle. L.Angle Collimate target point used for Orientation. 1 Click unclock key to deactivate the function of locking Unlock horizontal angle.Then the screen will return to normal angle measurement mode,and meantime horizontal angle will be set as locked angle. 24 1 Click Cancel key before it returns to Previous mode. 4.3.4 Setting horizontal angle with the S.Angle key Make sure the operation is under angle measurement mode. Operation steps Collimate target point Keys used for Orientation. Display Click S.Angle key, and a dialog box will be ejected, S.Angle as is showed in the right figure. Input horizontal angle you need. 1 Such as23226'26"

input horizontal angle With data entry complete click Enter key,and angle Enter measurement after orientation will go on. 1 Data entry should be refered to the format shown in the dialog box. 25 4.3.5 Setting vertical angle and percent grade mode with the V/% key Make sure the operation is under angle measurement mode. Operation steps Make sure the operation is Keys under angle measurement mode. Display Click V/% key. V/%

1 1 Vertical angle and percent grade will be switched in turn every time you click V/%

key. 4.3.6 Carrying out angle retesting with the Repeat key This program is applied for adding up angle retesting valuesdisplaying the sum and the average of all observed values,and meantime recording the number of observations. 26 Operation steps Keys Display Click Repeat key,and activate angle retesting Repeat function. 27 Collimate the first target A. Collimate A Click S.Zero key,and set horizontal angle as S.Zero zero. Collimate the second target B using horizontal Collimate B clamp and tangent part. 28 Click L.Angle key. L.Angle Collimate the first target A again using horizontal Collimate A clamp and tangent part. Click Unlock key. again Unlock Collimate the second target B again using horizontal clamp and tangent part. Click L.Angle key.And then the screen displays the sum and the average of all angles. 1 Collimate B again L.Angle Repeat steps according to the requirement,and carry out angle retesting. 2 1 Click Exit key to finish angle retesting 2 Ht:the sum of multiple observed values Hm: the average of multiple observed values 29 4.4 Distance measurement mode 4.4.1 Distance measurement and measuring mode setting Operation steps Collimate the centre of Keys Display Collimate prism. 30 Click M.Dist key to M.Dist enter distance measurement mode, and then the system will carry out measurement based on previous setting mode. Click Mode key to Mode activate setting function of distance measurement mode. Take Loop Fine as example here. Fine: single fine measuring mode N Fine: n times fine measuring mode Loop Fine: Continuous measuring mode Track: tracking measuring mode Display the result of measurement. 12 1 Click mode key if you wanna change measurement mode,as step shows. 2 Click M.Ang key to return to angle measurement mode. 31 4.4.2 Fine/Tracking distance measurement When you preset the measuring times, the instrument will carry out distance measurement and display the average distance according to the setting times. If you preset single observation, the average distance wont be displayed. In general, the factory default is set as single observation. Operation steps Under Keys Mode distance Display measurement mode,click Mode key to activate setting function of distance measurement mode. The default setting is single observation. Click N Fine key with N Fine stylus,and then input the input the number of needed number of observations in the upper observations right column of screen. 32 Click Enter key, collimate the centre of prism,and then the system will carry out measurement based on previous setting. 1 1 Click M.Ang key to return to angle measurement mode. 4.4.3 Accurate Measurement and Track mode Accurate Measurement mode:its a normal measurement mode. Track mode:Track mode takes less time than accurate measurement.It is mainly applied for setting-out survey and useful for tracking moving target. Operation steps Keys Display 33 Collimate the centre of Collimate prism. prism Click Mode key to Mode activate setting function of distance measurement mode.And this mode is set as Track. Click Enter Enter key,collimate the centre of prism,and the system will carry out measurement based on previous setting. 4.4.4 Exchange of distance units Change distance unit on the screen of distance observation. Operation steps Keys Display 34 Click m/ft key. m/ft Changed distance unit will display in the upper right corner. 1 1 Distance unit will be exchanged among meter,american feet and international feet every time you click m/ft key. 4.4.5 Distance stake out measurement This function can display the difference between measured distance and preset distance. Displayed Value=Observed Value Standard(Preset) Distance Setting out among all sorts of distance measurement modes(such as slope distance, horizontal distance and elevation difference) can be carried on. Operation steps Keys Display 35 Click Setout key under Setout distance measurement mode. Select distance measurement mode

(SD,HD,VD)to be set out, input required data and then click Enter key. 1 Start setting out. 1 First of all,a prompt that reminds you to input SD to be set out is displayed in the popup dialog box. Click Enter key to execute SD setting out after inputing dataIf you want HD setting out,need to input zero in SD dialog box, click Enter,and the system will eject HD dialog box automatically. HD setting out can go on after HD data entry. If you want VD setting out,need to input zero in both SD dialog box and HD dialog box, thus the system will remind you to input elevation difference to be set out. 36 4.4.6 Remote Elevation MeasurementREM The Remote Elevation program calculates the vertical distance (VD) of a remote object relative to ground. When using a prism height, the remote elevation measurement will start from the prism (reference point). If no prism height is used, the remote elevation will start from any reference point in which the vertical angle is established. In both modes, the reference point should be perpendicular to the remote object. 1) With prism height (PH) input Operation steps Under Keys REM distance Display measurement mode, click REM key to activate remote elevation measurement. 37 Select with PH button with PH with stylus. Input the prism height Input prism following PH. height Collimate the centre P of Collimate prism M.Dist prism. Click M.Dist key to start measuring. Horizontal distance between instrument and prism will be shown. 38 Click Continue key, and Continue position of prism is locked, that means reference point is confirmed. Collimate target K and click Continue, vertical distance

(VD) will be Collimate K shown. 1) 1)Click Exit key to finish REM. 2)without prism height input 39 Operation steps Select None PH button Keys None PH Display with stylus. Collimate the ground Collimate point. Click M.Dist key to prism start observing. Horizontal M.Dist distance between instrument and prism will be shown. Click Continue key, and Continue position of ground point G is locked that means reference point is confirmed. 40 Click Continue key. Continue Collimate remote target Collimate K.Vertical distance(VD) will target be shown. 1) 1) Click Exit to finish REM. 41 4.4.7 Missing Line Measurement (MLM) The Missing Line Measurement program calculates the horizontal distance (dHD), slope distance (dSD) and elevation (dVD) between two target prisms. The instruemt can accomplish this in two ways:

1MLM Method (A-B, A-C): Measurement is A-B, A-C, A-D, ......... 2MLM Method (A-B, B-C): Measurement is A-B, B-C, C-D, ......... 42 Operation steps Keys Display Under distance measurement, click MLM key to activate Missing Line Measurement. MLM Select method (A-B, A-C) with stylus. Collimate prism A,click M.Dist key. Horizontal distance between instrument and prism A will be shown. M.Dist 43 Collimate prism B,click M.Dist key. M.Dist Click Continue key,then horizontal distance(dHD), elevation difference(dVD) and slope distance (dSD) between prism A and prism B will display. 1 Continue In order to calculate the horizontal distance between points A and C,collimate prism C,and click M.Dist M.Dist key again.Thus horizontal distance between instrument and prism C will be shown.. 44 Click Continue key,then dHD, dVD and dSD between prism A and prism C will be shown. Continue 1Click Exit key to return to main menu. Procedure of MLM Method (A-B, B-C) is completely same as Method (A-B, A-C) Method. 4.4.8 Line-height Measurement This function is applied for measuring and determining a height of line(like electric wire)above ground which is hard to reach. See following image, L is point on the overhead line, G is projective point on the ground, which is also difficult to set target, A and B are baseline which are set up in a certain distance under line. After measuring horizontal distances from instrument to prisms A/B and confirm the base line, VD between A and B, VD between L and G, HD between instrument and L(G),offset distance from A to L(G) will be determined and shown. 45 Operation steps Keys Display Under distance measurement mode, click LHM key to activate LHM line-height measurement program. Select With PH button with stylus. With PH 46 Click Setup key to input instrument height(IH) and prism height(PH).After that click Enter key. Setup Collimate prism A, click Measure key, and distance measurement begins. After that click Continue key. Measure Collimate prism B, click Measure key, and distance Measure measurement begins. 47 After measurement click Continue key. Continue Collimate point L on overhead line. The screen displays measuring data of collimating L. VD Vertical distance between A and L. HD Horizontal distance between instrument and L. Off Horizontal distance between A and L. Click Continue key which is used for measuring height between overhead line and ground. Operation steps:

Collimate point on overhead line before clicking Continue key. Lock instrument on hori zontal direction, move tele scope on vertical direction until aim at ground point G. Continue 48 Collimate ground point G by screwing vertical tangent Collimate G part. Click Continue key again, and then height of overhead line(LH) and Continue horizontal distance(Off) will display. 1)3) 1) Click X key to end measurement. 2) Click VH key to return to operation step. 49 4.5 Coordinate Measurement Mode 4.5.1 Setting coordinate of occupied point After input coordinate of occupied point(instrument location), unknown point coordinate will be measured and displayed with this program. Operation steps Keys Display Click M.Coor key to enter coordinate M.Coor measurement mode. Click OCC PT key. OCC PT 50 Input coordinate of occupied point from N to Z. Finishing data entry,click Enter key and return to coordinate measurement interface. Enter 4.5.2 Setting backsight point Operation steps Keys Display Click S.BS key to set backsight point. S.BS 51 Input coordinate of backsight point and click Enter Enter key. A dialog box is ejected as figure shows. Collimate backsight point, click Yes key. And then the system will define backsight azimuth angle Yes which displays in the upper left corner of coordinate measurement screen. 52 4.5.3 Setting instrument height and prism height Coordinate measurement must be based on instrument height and prism height, thus coordinate of unknown point can be calculated easily and directly. Operation steps Keys Display Click Setup key. Setup Input instrument height Input IH and

(IH)and prism height(PH). PH Finishing data entry, click Enter key to return to coordinate measurement screen. Enter 53 4.5.4 Operation of coordinate measurement With coordinate of occupied point, backsight azimuth angle, Instrument height and prism height set up,you can directly calculate coordinate of unknown point. Operation steps Keys Display Set coordinate of occupied point and instrument height/prism height. 1) Set backsight azimuth angle. 2) Collimate target. 3) 54 Click M.Coor key to finish operation. M.Coor 4) 1)If dont input coordinate of occupied point, previous coordinate of occupied point is set as default. If dont input instrument height and prism height, the previous is set as default too. 2)refer to 4.3.4 Setting horizontal angle with the S.Angle key or 4.5.2 Setting backsight point 3)Click Mode key to change distance measurement method(Fine/N Fine/Loop Fine/Track) 4) Click M.Angle or M.Dist to return to normal angle or distance measurement mode. 4.5.5 Traverse Surveying Measure the coordinate of foresight point and save it in the list, this point would be taken as the occupied point after transferring to point 2, and the previous occupied point will be taken as the backsight point, the azimuth angle will be calculated and set. 55 Set coordinate of occupied point p0 and azimuth angle from point P0 to known point A. Operation steps Keys Display Click Line key. Line Click Save key with stylus. Save Click Setup key to reset instrument height and prism height. And then click Enter key. Setup 56 Collimate prism in target point P1 where instrument will be transferred. Measure Meantime click Measure key. Click Continue key and coordinate of Point P1 displays in the lower left corner of screen. Continue Click Save key. Coordinate of P1 can be ascertained and it will return to main menu.At last power Save off and transfer instrument to P1(transfer prism from P1 to P0 meantime). 57 After instrument is established in P1,enter into traverse surveying of coordinate measurement and select Call button with stylus. 1) Collimate last occupied point P0. Click Setup key, then coordinate of P1 and azimuth angle from P1 to P0 will be ascertained. And it returns to main menu at the same time. Repeat stepsand carry on according to the sequence of guidelines till the end. 1) Click Exit key to finish Traverse Surveying. 4.5.6 Offset Measurement Mode There are four kinds of Offset Measurement Modes:

Angle Offset Measurement Distance Offset Measurement Plane Offset Measurement Column Offset Measurement 1) Angle Offset Measurement This program is used to measure the point where its difficult to set prism. Place the prism at the same horizontal distance from the instrument as that of point A0 to measure. 58 When measuring coordinate of ground point A1(projection of point A0),set instrument height and prism height. When measuring coordinate of point A0,set instrument height only(Prism height is set as 0). Under angle offset measurement mode,there are two methods to set vertical angle:

1.Free vertical angle: vertical angle ranges from up-and-down movement of telescope. 2.Lock vertical angle:vertical angle is locked and cant range from up-and-down movement of telescope. Thus,if collimate A0 with the first method, vertical angle ranges from up-and-down movement of telescope,and meantime slope distance(SD) and elevation difference(VD) will change too.But if collimate A0 with the second method,vertical angle is locked in the direction where prism is located and cant range from up-and-down movement of telescope. 59 Operation steps Keys Display Click Offset key. Offset Click ANG.Offset key in ejecting dialog box. Select Free VA(or Lock VA) with stylus to to start angle offset measurement.(User makes a choice on the basis of own demand) Collimate prism P,and Collimate click Measure key. prism P 60 Collimate target A0 with horizontal clamp and tangent Collimate A0 part. Click Continue key.Then slope distance,horizontal distance and elevation difference from Continue instrument to A0 and coordinate of A0 will be shown. 1)2) 1) Click Setup key to set instrument height and prism height. 2)Click Exit to finish Angle Offset Measurement Set instrument height/prism height before Offset Measurement. Refer to 4.5.1 to set coordinate of occupied point. 2) Distance Offset Measurement The measurement of a target point apart from a prism is possible by inputting offset horizontal distance of front and back/left and right. 61 When measuring coordinate of ground point A1,set instrument height and prism height. When measuring coordinate of point A0,set instrument height only(Prism height is set as 0). Refer to 4.5.1 to set coordinate of occupied point. Operation steps Keys Display Click DIST Offset key in ejecting dialog box. DIST Offset Finish data entry with stylus. Collimate prism and click Measure key. Measure 62 Click Continue key,and result displays with the correction of offset distance. 1)2) Continue 1) Click Setup key to set instrument height and prism height. 2) Click Exit key to finish Distance offset measurement. 3) Column Offset Measurement It is possible to measure circumscription point(P1) of column directly,the distance to the center of column(P0),coordinate and direction angle can be calculated by measured circumscription points P2 and p3.The direction angle of the center of column is 1/2 of total direction angle of circumscription points P2 and P3. Refer to 4.5.1 to set coordinate of occupied point. 63 Operation steps Keys Display Click CYL.Offset key. CYL.Offse t Collimate the center(P1) of column surface,and then Measure click Measure key. Collimate left point(P2) of column surface,and then Continue click Continue key. 64 Collimate right point(P3) of column surface. Click Continue key,and relational values between instrument and the center of Continue column(P0) can be calculated and shown. 1)2) 1) Click Setup key to set instrument height and prism height. 2) Click Exit key to finish column offset measurement. 4) Plane Offset Measurement Measuring will be taken for the place where direct measuring can not be done,for example distance or coordinate measuring for an edge of a plane.Three random points(P1,P2,P3) on a plane will be measured at first in the plane offset measurement to determine the measured plane,collimate the measuring point(P0),the instrument calculates and displays coordinate and distance value of cross point between collimation axis and of the plane. 65 Refer to 4.5.1 to set coordinate of occupied point. Operation steps Keys Display Click PLANE Offset key. PLANE Offset Collimate prism P1,and click Measure key. Measure 66 Collimate prism P2,and click Measure key. Measure Collimate prism P3,and click Measure key. Measure Click Continue key to calculate relational values between collimation axis Continue and plane. 1) 1)Click Setup key to set instrument height and prism height. If the three observing points cant determine a plane,the system will display error message.Thus observe the first point once again. When collimation axis doesnt intersect with determined plane, the system will display error message. 67 4.6 About Operation 1. Click about icon on desktop. 2. Press Exit to return to the basic measurement. 68 5. Check and Adjustment 5.1 The Instrument Constant 1) Check It is suggested to observe and compare the instrument with a testing line which is set on stable ground with a particular accuracy, though error is not generally included in the instrument constant. If the testing line is unavailable, you can set it for 20 meters or so by yourselves, then check and compare it with your new instrument. AB BC A B C AC 1. Select a point B on the approximately horizontal line AC with about 100 meters long. Measure the distances of lines AB , AC and BC . 2. The instrument constant can be calculated;

instrument constant =AB+BC-AC 3. If there is a difference between the instrument standard constant and the calculated value , colligate the measured constant and the prism constant to get a new value ,then input the value into the instrument as a prism constant . 4. Compare length of the instruments testing line again with a certain standard testing line . 5. If the difference is over 5 mm after the preceding operations, it is necessary to reset the instrument constant . 2) Adjustment About instrument constant setting, you must contact STONEX distributor to do that. 69 5.2 Plate Level and Circular Level 5.2.1 Plate Level 1) Check 1. Mount the instrument on a stable device (as tripod , adjusting device ),and fix it. 2. Level the instrument until the plate level is parallel to a line linking leveling foot screws A and B, then adjust the two screws to center the air bubble. 3. Turn the instrument 180, observe the moving direction of the bubble, if it is still centered, no adjustment is necessary, if not, you have to adjust it. 2) Adjustment 1. Mount the instrument on a stable device and fix it. 2. Level it roughly. 3. Turn the instrument and make the plate level be parallel to a line linking two leveling foot screws, then adjust the two screws to center the air bubble . 4. Turn the instrument 180, adjust the Adj-screw with adjustment pin slightly to correct half of the bubbles displacement when it doesnt move, 5. Repeat the operation (3) and (4) until the air bubble remains centered in any position . 5.2.2 Circular Level 1) Check 1. Mount the instrument on a stable device and fix it. 2. Level it accurately by the plate level. 3. Observe the bubble of the circular level, if it is centered, no adjustment is necessary, if not, you have to adjust it. 2) Adjustment Circular Level level Lever 4. Mount the instrument on a stable device and fix it. 5. Level it accurately by the plate level. 6. Adjust the three adjusting screws to center the Adjusting pin bubble by a wrench. Note: Be careful when adjusting the three screws, and the tightening tension is identical for them. 70 5.3 The Optical Sight 1) Check 1. Mount the instrument on a tripod and fix it. 2. Set a cross mark target which apart from the instrument about 50m. 3. Take the telescope sight the cross mark. 4. Observe the optical sight collimator whether collimating the cross mark, if collimate the mark, adjustment is not necessary; if not, adjust it. 2) Adjustment 1. Mount the instrument at the tripod and fix it. 2. Set a cross mark target which apart from the instrument about 50m. 3. Take the telescope sight the cross mark. 4. Loosen two fixing screws, adjust the collimator, then fix the two screws again. 5.4 Optical Plummet and Laser Plummet 5.4.1 Optical Plummet(factory optional) 1) Check 1. Mount the instrument at the tripod and fix it. 2. Set a cross mark under the instrument 3. Coincide the center mark of the optical plummet with the cross mark by adjusting three leveling foot screws. 4. Turn the instrument 180, check the center mark and cross mark, if they are coincide, no adjustment is necessary, if not, adjust it. 2) Adjustment 1. Set the instrument on stable device and fix it. 2. Set a cross mark under the instrument. 3. Use the three leveling screws and coincide the center mark of plummet and cross mark on the ground. 4. Rotate the instrument 180around and take off the cover of the optical plummet eyepiece, adjust the four adjusting screws with the adjusting pin to shift the center mark to the cross mark, correct only one-half of the displacement in this manner.

(5) Repeat the operation in (3) and (4) until coincide the center mark of the plummet and cross mark on the ground. 71 NOTE:

1. When adjust the screws of plummet reticle, firstly loosen the screw on the moving direction of reticle, secondly tighten another screw by the same mount, clockwise turning is for tightening, and anticlockwise turning is for loosening, the turning mount for tightening or loosening should be same. 5.4.2 Laser Plummet Check

(1)Set the instrument on stable device and fix it.

(2)Set a cross mark on the ground under the instrument.

(3)Turn the laser switch on and focus it accurately.

(4)Turn the three leveling screws until the instrument keeps leveling and the laser spot coincides with the cross mark on the ground.

(5)Rotate the instrument 180(200g) around and check the laser spot and cross markif they coincide, adjustment is not required. Otherwise, adjust it. Adjustment 1. Setting up the instrument on the checking tool or tripod which is 1.5m apart from ground. 2. Turn on laser plummet, turn tribrach foot screws until laser spot coincide Protecting cover fixing screw with cross mark. If you use tripod, make a cross mark on the laser spot directly. 3. Rotate instrument 180around, if the laser spot is over 2mm apart from cross mark, remove the protecting cover firstly, adjust two screws with 1.5mm hexagon wrench to move laser spot to the cross mark, correct only one-half of the displacement in this manner. Adjusting details see attached figure. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until laser spot coincides with cross mark always when rotate instrument. Note: there are three screws amounted around laser plummet part, only two screws are used for laser accuracy adjustment. Un-adjustable screw Adjustable screw 72 5.5 Vertical Cross-hair on Telescope 1) Check

(1) Set the instrument up the tripod and carefully level it.

(2) Set a point A front the instrument 50m apart;

(3) Collimate the point A and adjust the vertical tangent screw; If the point appears to move continuously on the hair, adjustment is not required. Otherwise, adjust it. 2) Adjustment

(1) Set the instrument, and set the point A front the instrument 50m apart.

(2) Take off cover of telescope eyepiece, there are 4 screws for the reticle part.

(3) Loosen all four fixing screws slightly with the cross screw-drive.

(4)Revolve the eyepiece section so that the vertical cross-hair coincides to point A, finally, re-tighten the four screws.

(5) Repeat the checking and adjusting until there is no deviation. NOTE:

1After the adjustment of cross-hair, please check the collimation error and vertical index error. 2) Refer to the chapter 5.9 EDM Optical Axis and the Telescope Sighting Axis Error to check the axis. At last check the collimator error again. 73 5.6 Horizontal Collimation Error C If the telescopes sight line isnt perpendicular to the horizontal axis, the collimation error will appear. The assembling, transportation and operation will cause this error. If the collimation error isnt over the permitted range, with the program the instrument can correct this collimation error. NOTE: After the program correction this deviation error is also on the instrument. 1) Check

(1) Set-up the instrument on tripod or adjustment platform and leveling accurately.

(2) Aim at the cross-hairs of collimator or the obvious target at a distance. Get the face left angle reading H1 and the face right angle reading Hr.

(3) Calculating the horizontal collimation error C according to C=Hl- Hr180/2,if C<8, no adjustment will be necessary. If C>8, proceed with the following adjustment. 2) Adjustment by program:

Set-up the instrument on tripod or adjustment platform, and leveling accurately. Procedures:

1. Power on, run the software INST Setup, on the screen tap or keys until Collimation displays, tap it to display collimation error and vertical index error setting menu. 2. Aim at the cross-hair of collimator at telescope left, tap Left value to read the horizntal and vertical angles. 3. Aim at the cross-hair of coillmator at telescope right, tap Right value to read the horzontal and vertical angles. 4. The software will calculate the new collimation error and vertical index error automatically. 5. Tap Enter to save the new values, or tap Cancel to use old values. Note:

The adjustment can be performed by the program when C<30, if C>30, adjust the 74 reticle. Reticle Adjusting:

1. Rotate the instrument in face right position, turning horizontal tangent screw until Hr=Hr+C. 2.Loosen the shield of telescopes reticle. 3. Adjusting two screws at left and at right until the vertical hairs of telescopes reticle coincides with the cross-hairs of collimator or target. 4. Repeat the check and adjustment procedure until the error is accepted. NOTE:

1. When adjust the screws of reticle, firstly loosen the screw on the moving direction of reticle, secondly tighten another screw by the same mount, clockwise turning is for tightening, and anticlockwise turning is for loosening, the turning mount for tightening or loosening should be same. 2. After the reticle adjustment, it is necessary to adjust the vertical index error by program. 5.7 Vertical Index Error The deviation between vertical circle zero position and horizontal direction is vertical index (i), it is necessary to concern this error when measure vertical angle. The instrument program applied a formula to remove this error. This correction can offer the index for the formula. Warning: Before starting this operation, be sure to read manual carefully, otherwise it may cause data faulty. Because of the close relationship between vertical index and compensator zero position, it is necessary to check and adjust compensator zero position when adjust the vertical circle, the value should be stable when reading. 1) Check:

Please adjust the reticle of telescope and correct the collimation error before this operation.

(1) Mount the instrument at the tripod or a stable device and level it accurately, then turn on the instrument.

(2) Aim at the cross-hairs of collimator or the obvious target at a distance, VA should be 75 about 10. Read the face left angle Vl and face right angle Vr.

(3) Calculate the index error according to the formula below:

i = ( Vl+Vr-360)/2

(4)If I<10, no adjustment is necessary , or you have to adjust it . 2) Adjustment by program:

Set-up the instrument on tripod or adjustment platform, and leveling accurately. Procedures 1. Power on, run the software INST Setup, on the screen tap or keys until Collimation display, tap it to display collimation error and vertical index error setting menu. 2. Aim at the cross-hair of collimator at telescope left, tap Left value to read the horizntal and vertical angles. 3. Aim at the cross-hair of coillmator at telescope right, tap Right value to read the horzontal and vertical angles. 4. The software will calculate the new collimation error and vertical index error automatically. 5. Tap Enter to save the new values, or tap Cancel to use old values. 76 5.8 EDM Optical Axis and the Telescope Sighting Axis Error It is necessary to check this error after the adjustment of telescope reticle error. 1Checking

(1) Install the instrument at the tripod or a stable device and level it accurately, then power on the instrument.

(2) Set a prism about 2m far away from the instrument.

(3) Aim at the prism center with telescope reticle.

(4) Enter EDM signal testing screen.

(5) Observe through eyepiece, turn the focusing knob until the red mark is clear, if the deviation between mark and cross-hair is not over 1/5 of red mark diameter, adjustment is unnecessary. 2Checking (For R35)

(1) Install the instrument at the tripod or a stable device and level it accurately, then power on the instrument.

(2) Set a reflective sheet about 5m-20m far away from the instrument.

(3) Aim at the sheet cross-mark with telescope reticle.

(4) Enter EDM signal testing screen.

(5) Observe the laser spot, if the laser spot coincides with the cross-mark of reflective sheet, adjustment is unnecessary. NOTE:

Laser radiation do not stare into beam. 3Adjustment If the instrument needs adjustment, please contact with our dealers. 77 6. Specifications R35 Telescope Length 156mm Image Erect Magnification 30 Aperture 45 Field of view 3 Minimum focus 1.0 Angle measurement Reading system Absolute encoder Circle diameter 79 Angle unit 360degree/400gon/6400mil, selectable Minimum display 0.5//5,selectable 0.1mgon/0.2mgon/1mgon, selectable Detecting mode Double Accuracy 2/5 Distance measurement(R600) Display resolution(m/inch selectable) 0.1mm/1mm Laser class Prism Class 1 Reflectorless/Reflective sheet Class 3R Distance unit m/ft, selectable Measurement range(good condition) Single prism 1 to 3000m Reflective sheet/RP60 1 to 800m Reflectorless 1 to 500m Mini-reading Fine mode 0.1mm/1mm(0.001ft/0.01ft) Tracking mode 10mm (0.1ft) Accuracy Prism:2mm+2ppm/1mm+1.5ppm(Optional) Reflective sheet/RP60:3mm+2ppm Reflectorless:1-200m:3mm+2ppm/200:5mm+3ppm Measurement time Initial: 2.5s Fine mode: 1.5 s Rapid mode: 0.9s Tracking mode: 0.5s Prism typ.1.0-1.5s Reflective sheet/Rp60 typ.1.5s 78 Reflectorless typ.1.5-5s,max.20s Temperature unit /, selectable Pressure unit hPa/mmHg/inchHg, selectable Temperature input range

-30 to +60 (1 steps) Pressure input range 510hPa to 1066hPa(1hPa setps) Prism constant condition

-99.9mm to +99.9mm Refraction and earth curvature correction OFF/0.14/0.2, selectable Reflecting prism constant correction

-99.9mm to +99.9mm Distance measurement(R1000) Laser class Prism standard mode/Prism long mode Class 1/ Class 2 Reflective sheet Class 2 Reflectorless standard mode Class 2 Reflectorless long mode Class 3R Measurement range(good condition) Standard mode/Prism Long mode/Prism Reflective sheet/RP60 Reflectorless 1 to 3500m 1 to 6000m 1 to 1200m 1 to 1000m Accuracy/typical measuring time(max.20s) Prism standard mode:1mm+1.5ppm/1.0s-5.0s Prism long mode:2mm+2.5ppm/0.7s-6s Reflective sheet/RP60:2mm+2ppm/1s-5s Reflectorless:1-500m:2mm+2ppm/0.7s-6s>500m:4mm+2ppm/3s-12s Level vial sensitivity Plate level Circular level 302 82 Compensation Dual-axis System Liquid type Range Resolving power 1 Data processing system Operating system Windows CE CPU 32 bit Optical plummet(Factory optional) Accuracy 0.8mm/1.5m Image Erect 79 Magnification 3 Focusing range 0.5 Field of view 4 Laser plummet(Standard) Accuracy 1.0mm/1.5m Laser class Class 2/IEC60825-1 Laser spot size/brightness Adjustable Laser wave length 635nm Display LCD 3.5 color TFT LCD(320240dots), touch screen transflective sunlight readable display Internal memory Internal memory SD Card Power Battery 3400 mAh Li-ion Rechargeable battery Voltage 7.4 DC Continuous operation time About 10 hours(single distance measurement every 30 seconds) Chargers FDJ6-Li(100V to 240V ) Charging time (at +20) Approx. 4 hours Application programs Data collection/Stake out/Resection/REM/MLM/Point to line AREA/Z coordinate/OFFset/3D Road/Traverse adjustment Tape measurement/section/axis positioning measurement Others CPU ARM9 Core Memory 2G internal memory Guide Light System Factory optional Sensors Built-in temperature and pressure sensors Keyboard Alphanumerical illuminated key board,both sides Operating temperature -20+50 Storage temperature -40+70 Dimension(WDH) 210210360 Weight(including batteries) 5.5kg Dimensions(WDH) 185220360mm Interface USB host/USB slave/RS-232C/Bluetooth(Optional) Water and dust protection IP55 (IEC60529) Data collector PS236,fully rugged PDA(Optional) 80 8. Standard components Carrying case Instrument 1 each 1 each Battery 2 each Charger 1 each Adjusting pins 2 each Cleaning cloth Cleaning brush Screwdriver Wrench Silica gel 1 each 1 each 1 each 2 each 1 each Instruction manual 2 each CD 1 each USB Communication cable 1 each RS232C Communication cable 1 each Rainproof 1 each Reflective sheet/RP30 4 each Reflective sheet/RP60 1 each Laser caution sign board 1 each 81 Appendix I: Atmospheric correction formula and chart(Just for reference) Factory setting: temperature: 20, pressure:1013hpa, 0ppm temperature: 20, pressure:1013hpa, 0ppm The correction:

Kpt274.417-0.2905*p/(10.0036*t) Kpt278.960-0.2902*p/(10.0036*t) Where: p--Pressure value (hPa) t--Temperature value () Kpt--Atmospheric correction (ppm) Example:

t=20, p=1013hpa, L0=1000m. Then: Kpt=0ppm Kpt=4ppm L=L0(1+Kpt)=1000(1+010-6)=1000.000m L=L0(1+Kpt)=1000(1+410-6)=1000.004m The atmospheric value is obtained easily with the atmospheric correction chart. Find the measured temperature in horizontal axis, and pressure in vertical axis on the chart. Read the value from the diagonal line, which is the required atmospheric correction value. 82 83 Appendix II: Correction for refraction and earth curvature Considering the correction of refraction and earth curvature for distance measurement, the formula for slope distance, horizontal distance and vertical distance applied in the instrument are as followings:

The conversion formula for horizontal and vertical distance is as follows when correction for refraction and earth curvature is not applied:

HD=SD COS VD=SD SIN NOTE:

The factory setting for the refraction coefficient K is 0.142. Refer to the section 3.10 to change the value of K. 84 Appendix III: Assembling and disassembling for three-jaw tribrach It is convenient to assemble or disassemble the instrument from tribrach by loosen or tighten the tribrach clamp. Disassemble

(1) Rotate the tribrach clamp anticlockwise until the lever is loosen.

(2) One hand hold up the tribrach, another hand hold the carry handle of the instrument and lift out the instrument from the tribrach. Assemble

(1) Put the instrument into the tribrach lightly, let the communication port against in the indentation of the tribrach..

(2) Rotate the tribrach clamp clockwise until the lever is tighten. Positing block Positing groove Fixed screw Tribrach clamp Note: Fix the tribrach clamp If the instrument dont need assembly or disassembly from tribrach frequently, it is necessary to fix the tribrach clamp by fixed screw to avoid the disassembly by accident. Screw out the fixed screw by driver to fix the clamp. 85 NOTE:

These designs, figures and specifications are subject to change without notice. We shall not be held liable for damages resulting from errors in this instruction manual. STONEX Co.Ltd. Tel Fax E-mail Add Web http://www.STONEX .com 86 Warning tatement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. The device has been evaluated to meet general RF exposure requirement. The device can be used in portable exposure condition without restriction.