The Hybrid Positioning™ mode allows you to simultaneously record the point coordinates from GNSS rover receiver and Total Station to the opened job. This option can be activated only for Robotic Total Station with reflector. The GNSS receiver and Robotic Total Station are connected to the job. The user can separately create own configuration for a GNSS receiver and for Robotic Total Station and depending on survey task switch between the GNSS or Optical instrument by clicking the /
button in the title bar.
To activate Hybrid Positioning™ select the appropriate check box in the Connections dialog.
When you activate the Hybrid Positioning™, you can:
In surveying process, if point coordinates determination are performed by the GNSS receiver and the optical device at the same time, it is required to mount the GNSS antenna and the reflector. One of the possible solutions is the usage of the A7 prism with the special adapter for the GNSS antenna or GNSS receiver. See the picture below:
For this case you need to select the corresponding prism for Foresight point in the Prisms dialog. For the prism the software will automatically use the predefined offset between ARP and horizontal optical axis for calculating of the point elevation when Hybrid Positioning™ is selected.
If you do not have "Topcon A7 360" prism, you can create own prism by clicking the Add button in the Prisms dialog), enter offset between ARP and horizontal optical axis and select the Hybrid Positioning™ antenna offset check box.
If the localization is performed or Grid to Ground transformation is selected or a Grid coordinate system is selected for Total Station measuring, the Hybrid Lock icon () is available in SideShot-Direct and Resection 3D dialogs. Clicking on the icon automatically turns the Robotic Total Station to the reflector. To search the reflector, the software uses the coordinates of the occupation point (where the Robotic Total Station is set) and current coordinates in WGS-84 coordinate system of a point where the rod (with GNSS antenna and reflector) is set.
Before performing resection you need activate Hybrid Positioning™, select desired prism and select Hybrid Positioning™ antenna offset check box and open Resection dialog.
There are four different scenarios to perform the resection procedure:
You measure first control point by Robotic Total Station, save it in the job and the software prompts to measure GNSS coordinate of the point and save it. After measuring two sets of coordinates for first point the software prompts specify next control point. After saving second point the result screen displays total station measured value of angles and slope distances with estimate of accuracy. You can continue to measure another point (clicking Add button) or finish the measuring and calculate the occupation point coordinates using two points (clicking Accept button) in the current Grid coordinate system. More...
The routine of the resection procedure is equal scenario 1. More...
You need either to enter a new point name and manually enter the desired coordinates or select from the list, save the TS measurements for the point in the job. The software prompts to measure GNSS coordinate of the point and save it. Then the software prompts specify another control point. After saving second point the result screen displays total station measured value of angles and slope distances with estimate of accuracy. You can continue to measure a next point (clicking Add button) or finish the measuring and calculate the occupation point coordinates using two points (clicking Accept button). After calculating the occupation point coordinates in the Ground coordinate system, the software performs the localization between WGS-84 and Ground using the measured points. More...
You need to import the set of points with coordinates in Ground coordinate system to the job. Then select the desired Grid projection. After that, the select from the list desired point, save the TS measurements for the point in the job. The software prompts to measure GNSS coordinate of the point and save it. Then the software prompts specify another control point. After saving second point the result screen displays total station measured value of angles and slope distances with estimate of accuracy. You can continue to measure a next point (clicking Add button) or finish the measuring and calculate the occupation point coordinates using two points (clicking Accept button). After calculating the occupation point coordinates in the Ground coordinate system, the software performs the localization between Grid and Ground using the measured points. More...