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Unknown brand for me? I see a Leica TS 16 body with a Carlson display?

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@stapoleon

yeah, it's a geomax.?ÿ which is leica.?ÿ carlson slaps their sticker on it and sells it as their own with their software built in.?ÿ it's essentially the same gun as my 2 year old TS16, which is plenty enough instrument for my needs, but when bought through carlson with a DC comes out to substantially less money than a new leica gun.?ÿ the operating format is different that the captivate i'm running on the other one, but no biggie, survPC is awfully intuitive and transparent anyways (and i've run it before).

@flyin-solo

I like the captivate software on my Leica. We bought it for the object orientation possibility.

Please keep us posted. I have an eye on the Geomax Zoom90 if I were to ever get "furloughed" I plan to order one and start flying solo as well.?ÿ

I'm happy with my new Zoom 90 although I have nothing to compare it with. Working alone is different. I expect to have a list of comments and questions here soon.?ÿ

Posted by: @stlsurveyor

if I were to ever get "furloughed" I plan to order one and start flying solo as well.?ÿ

Donƒ??t wait for that. ?ÿLaunch your solo flight now, on your terms. ?ÿKeep in good graces with PLSs in as close to 50 states as you can at the same time if possible.

I've also got a Zoom90 which I use 99% robotically.?ÿ Today I had to do some building corners reflectorlessly and the horizontal drive was fine but when twisting the vertical one the instrument would stop moving and then start again a bit randomly.?ÿ Worked out the horizontal drive screw had much less play in it that the vertical one which surprised me and if I pushed the vertical drive screw gently toward instrument axis it would drive more consistently (but still the odd pause).

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Wondering if anyone else has experienced this??ÿ Instrument is 2" version less than a year old and probably only done 10 full days work in that time (mostly GNSS then TPS to get the last few points), is only babied by me and has definitely never been dropped.

@stapoleon

hi, do you use the Captivate linework coding??ÿ

Can you clarify the 'object orientation possibility'?

I had a Captivate and the new GNSS rovers demo, but we're on Trimble with our workflow for years. So all info I can get is Welcome. Leica dealer here in Belgium did a good job, we talked for quite some time on the coding aspect, it's important to see the whole picture.?ÿ?ÿ

@christ-lambrecht

linework in captivate is a breeze.?ÿ not sure exactly what you're asking, but the setup isn't even that bad.?ÿ i haven't run other software in a while, so i can't speak to relative ease, but in captivate it is a snap and gives the possibility to play with more variables (linetype, color, weight, etc) than i've ever even bothered with setting up.?ÿ my guess is you could effectively dump a finished cad file (as a dxf, i guess) straight out of your DC (minus text and callouts and such), if you were so inclined to do the setup.

@lukenz Had a few times exactly the same problem with leica Trcp1200+ and since the Geomax is in fact a Leica I think the problem is the same. My solution; Power off TS, pull out the battery, put it back in after a minute and start up again. I think itƒ??s a software problem that happens very exceptional.

@ttt242

thanks for that, turns out my solution was mechanical.?ÿ The black knobs either side have a cap pressed in them which when removed reveals a nut that tightens a clamp onto the vertical/horizontal drive shafts.?ÿ The nut on my vertical one was a bit loose so the knob was slipping on the shaft, must have not been tightened enough from factory or maybe vibrated loose?

I have noticed that the tangent screws are disconnected if the instrument is off.?ÿ

The instrument can be turned by the motor, the tangent screw or by holding the instrument body, with no manual selection like an old tangent lock. This has to be a complicated mechanism.?ÿ

Posted by: @larry-best

I have noticed that the tangent screws are disconnected if the instrument is off.?ÿ

To me that suggests that the knobs are connected to rotary encoders rather than mechanically driving the alidade, i.e. they tell the motor(s) to turn the alidade.