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I have a TSCe and a TSC2 data collectors that go with the setup. They both connect to the 5800 via Bluetooth. The TSC2 has WiFi and will run a robot. Has lots of storage. It’s a little more expensive. The TSCe connects to the 5800 via Bluetooth, but I’m not aware of any WiFi capability. It has considerably less data storage capability.
The 5800 and 5700 have only internal recieve radios. They both will connect to Trimark 3 radios which I have two of. Before they were narrow banded they had a range of over 10 miles in favorable terrain. Now that they are narrow banded the range is down under 5 miles. I use the second radio as a repeater that I used in difficult terrain.
Where are you located?
Montana
Darn, I??m in Wisconsin. A bit too far for an in person Demo. Lol
What is your asking price?
What kind of software are on the DC??s?
Not much to demo if you know anything about RTK equipment. I’m looking for a realistic offer. If it was enough I’d fly to the buyer and teach them to setup and run the equipment. I realize I’m not going to get much for the equipment. I’d just like to pass it along to someone who’ll use it.
Trimble Survey Controller v12.0 on the TSC2. I’m not sure what version is on the TSCe, but it’s similar to v12.0.
I know just a enough to be dangerous. ????
That??s partially why I am interested. This could be an inexpensive way for me to be a one man crew for boundary and topo. (Stakeout too?)
I??ve also been teaching my 9 and almost 11 year old homeschooled daughters Surveying as their interest in it is growing. Started with leveling, and now we are surveying our property (locating features and boundary, setting control, etc). Teaching them how to use a total station and so far it??s been a lot of fun. A great way to show them math in a real working scenario.
I honestly don??t know what would be a reasonable ofter for older GPS gear. Due to its age, Most of my Surveying gear I currently have I received from friends and colleagues mainly for the cost of shipping.
I used this equipment for 10 years solo. I bought a used Trimble R10 setup. GNSS is pretty sweet, but the old stuff took 5 minutes to get a position, the new stuff 1 minute. Anywhere I couldn’t get fixed I used offsets. If you primarily work in heavily treed areas or next to buildings, you probably wouldn’t be real happy with it. If you’re doing everything with a total station, you’re going to think you died and went to Heavon. You can get into the computer part of GPS pretty heavy if you want to using the Trimble software that comes with the unit. Basically all you have to do is download an xyz file from the data collector and read the text file into your car program.
The feeling I’m getting is you’d need someone to spend a couple of days showing you how to connect things up (which is the hard part), and collect some data and download it into your computer, which your daughters can show you how to do.
Do some research and let me know how much you’re willing to pay and we’ll see if we can make a deal.
My research is basically turning up that the equipment isn’t worth shipping costs to Trimble. You can get $5000 trade-in if you buy a new $50,000 system. My Trimble rep says $750 apiece for the 5800 and 5700, $500 for the TSC2 data collector. I have two Trimark 3 radios which he says are compatible with new stuff so there is still a market for them. Using one as a repeater you have a range of close to 12 miles. If you set the base up permanently at your office you probably wouldn’t even ever need CORs. You do have to get licensed to operate the radios since they are 35 watt. $2500 and I’d fly up to Wisconsin and teach you how to run the stuff.
Put if on ebay for $3500 and accept best offer.
I’d rather sell it to a Surveyor starting out than to someone on eBay.
Isn’t the 5700 going to be non operational in the near future?
What will cause it to be non-operational?
.“Non-operational” might not be the best term for it, because you’ll still be able to get data out of it that can be useful. But, as I understand it (I don’t have any 5700 receivers), if the firmware is older than a certain version the receiver will misinterpret the GPS week and report faulty date and time information. While this can be managed for post-processed data, it may be fatal for RTK work.
The UNAVCO site has some information that might be helpful.
Never heard that. Trimble doesn’t support either the 5700 or the 5800. You even have to search eBay for parts. The stuff worked thru the last GPS week change without any problems. It uses only the old satelites so I wouldn’t expect them to be getting changed. The last GPS week adjustment only affected processing thru OPUS. There’s alot of folks out there still using nonGNSS equipment not to mention navigation equipment, I’d think it’d raise alot problems if they couldn’t determine location.
My Previous Company has 10-15 of these. They work fine for static work unless you need to work with IMUs from an aerial mapping platform that collect data in GNSS too.
RTK is ok too if you have your FCC license(most didn’t) and it won’t interfere with the VRS signals as those are cell phone tower based data streams.
Otherwise, the link JF provided gives the guidance on the firmware updates and the cost per unit to upgrade I was quoted at like 600 dollars(rounded) per unit at one time.
GPS week 2048 (a power of 2) is begins April 7, so if the receiver has a limited number of bits for the week this could be the magic end date for RTK. After that it would be like the 4000sse/ssi receivers that think the week should be less than 1024 and so require manual intervention to get static results.
.Just read the UNAVCO article. Interesting article. It appears it’s easily fixed with a firmware upgrade. The hard part would be trying to find that upgrade from Trimble. Sounded like 5700 prior to 2004 would need the upgrade.
I thought the signal it received was going to be turned off.
Gotta be somebody out there slugging away with a total station.
I mapped a 1 mile road location and staked it out all by myself. This setup is great for construction.
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