Logging Static on Trimble R8 model 2

Set up your Survey Style so that in Base Options the data is logging to the receiver at whatever interval. Always use the Start Base command to start the session; if the receiver is typically your rover, change the Bluetooth settings (this stuff is where the GNSS Functions screen comes in handy).

When you start the survey, once you've got it going you can simply turn off the TSC3 and walk away. You're then free to use it for anything else.

To end the survey, go back to the receiver, reconnect via BT, and use the End Survey command, but do not power down the receiver. Then (in GNSS Functions) go to the Import Files command and transfer the file(s) to the TSC3. You can either sync them to TCC or download them the same way you would any other files. (I think they used to call that command Receiver Files but in the latest Access it's Import Files).

Feel free to e-mail me if you still have questions or problems; we use this procedure very regularly.

It is under the survey style. Look under both base and rover options. Then select log to reciever.

makerofmaps, post: 337300, member: 9079 wrote: It is under the survey style. Look under both base and rover options. Then select log to receiver.

I tell our crews to ALWAYS use Start Base and change the BT settings so that whatever receiver they're using is the base... there's less voodoo going on that way, I like stuff to be as foolproof as possible. The Start Survey (rover) command writes a kinematic line at the start of the file that has to be removed if you're sending it to OPUS, and will allow multiple static occupations to reside in the same T02 file if you don't shut it all the way down. Granted, the Convert to RINEX tool has an option to strip out kinematic records, but it's easier to just have them use the Start Base command every time.

Another option is to configure the receivers to begin internal logging on power up without using the DC to interface and use Trimble's Data Transfer utility to download the files. I prefer this route because, well ... it's simpler. 🙂
You will need the appropriate cable to download the files though.
There several step by step instructions on the web on how to get it set up.
i.e.
http://geoline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/R-Series_5800_Internal_Data_Logging_Setup.pdf

I would add to that that those static files can still be Bluetoothed to the TSC3 for downloading.

Lee D, post: 337296, member: 7971 wrote: Set up your Survey Style so that in Base Options the data is logging to the receiver at whatever interval. Always use the Start Base command to start the session; if the receiver is typically your rover, change the Bluetooth settings (this stuff is where the GNSS Functions screen comes in handy).

When you start the survey, once you've got it going you can simply turn off the TSC3 and walk away. You're then free to use it for anything else.

To end the survey, go back to the receiver, reconnect via BT, and use the End Survey command, but do not power down the receiver. Then (in GNSS Functions) go to the Import Files command and transfer the file(s) to the TSC3. You can either sync them to TCC or download them the same way you would any other files. (I think they used to call that command Receiver Files but in the latest Access it's Import Files).

Feel free to e-mail me if you still have questions or problems; we use this procedure very regularly.

I do it how Lee describes. Just to be sure this is clear...the receiver you are at has to be designated the base in Bluetooth settings when starting and ending a session. This may entail shuffling receivers around base and rover because they can't be the same. Alternatively you can simply shut-off the receiver and that will end the session if the file is logging on the receiver.

You can have the base be the base and the rover be the rover but in that case you use Faststatic measure points when at the rover. You have to keep the controller attached during the session and it will put one kinematic epoch in the file (which can be suppressed later in the Rinex converter). If you want to walk away with the Controller and the file is logging into the receiver you can simply turn the controller off but if you do this the metadata (point number, heights, code) won't be put into the file because Access does this when you store the point at the end of the session. This is painful enough that I always use the fastatic base option instead.

Thanks Guys, I was using the receiver as "rover" not "base". I will try again using it as base. I think I do remember changing it around now.
I have also found the GPS configurator and connected it by cable. I am just doing some tests now to see if it is logging correctly. What I want is 1 file per "switch on". I left the "continuous logging" option unticked, but "Start logging at power up" ticked.

Lee D, post: 337304, member: 7971 wrote: I would add to that that those static files can still be Bluetoothed to the TSC3 for downloading.

Thanks, that will generally be more convenient than using the cable

If your computer has Bluetooth you can also use data transfer across Bluetooth. It's a little sloopy to set up, but once working, it's easier than using cables.

Williwaw, post: 337302, member: 7066 wrote: Another option is to configure the receivers to begin internal logging on power up without using the DC to interface and use Trimble's Data Transfer utility to download the files. I prefer this route because, well ... it's simpler. 🙂
You will need the appropriate cable to download the files though.
There several step by step instructions on the web on how to get it set up.
i.e.
http://geoline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/R-Series_5800_Internal_Data_Logging_Setup.pdf

Thanks for including this....you had responded to one of my earlier posts on the same subject.