>The motions on the Sokkia/Topcon instrument required a reach-around to the other side of the alidade for F2 pointings which was just bizarre.
I don't know about the particular fun you used, but all the Topcons we have are modified so that the vert screw is in the same side as the operator (in face 1).
(The shop we buy from does the change, I think it is designed to have the option. But not sure about the one you looked at.)
Does the case at hand have the front locks? I tend to leave the annoying tabs flapping in the breeze and find the front locks more than adequate.
My case has survived a few impromptu deluges and is water tight as far as I can tell.
My case appears to be a combination of the three.
The bottom portion has the molding for the side latch. The top part is missing any sign of a side clasp.
The case is fitted with the hardware for shoulder harness straps. The last straps I saw were in the late 80s so we could backpack the case into the field. I have not found them listed in any of the more recent supply sources. It is an item that I have asked several suppliers about years ago with no finders.
A few years I ported this case around. These days I use a Seco backpack fitted with extra pads retrofitted to the Set 5_30r.
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> Does the case at hand have the front locks? I tend to leave the annoying tabs flapping in the breeze and find the front locks more than adequate.
Yes, the case (which looks as if it belongs with either a David White Farm Level or a Sears Craftsman Builder Transit/Level) has the plastic snap tabs on the sides that apparently were molded as a part of one part of the case shell and some separate snappy things on the top that were made as separate moldings. The whose effect is that of the last case on the planet that I'd want to be carrying an instrument costing more than $1000 around in. It would probably be perfectly fine for a large cordless drill or someone's bowling shoes, though.
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A breakthrough!
Our instrument case is as you describe. It's never seen the field. I use a top load back pack for that. I prefer it as I can carry so many things in it. The case would not mske much difference to me.
> yes, put the wireless data collector on your hip, lanyard round your neck, tripod, anywhere. or use the on-board one. despite what you read on this board the leica on-board software runs just fine; some of us even make money using it.
I actually wasn't planning on subjecting myself to the experience of Leica software until there were no other options. The way that I've worked for twenty-five years has been to run adjustments in Star*Net and export the coordinates to other software. Keeping it all in Star*Net is just extremely simple in a powerful way. So, the only thing that Leica has to do is to output measurement files in some standard format that can be imported flawlessly into Star*Net. It isn't much to ask, but the last time I looked at Leica 1200 series robots, it wasn't happening.
>it's a Trimble VX. A bit spendy but does light scanning and it's a 1" robot.
I frankly can't think of any applications aside from deformation monitoring or long distance tunneling where a one-second total station would make much sense. In all of the above-ground applications familiar to me, there are always going to be GPS vectors to be adjusted with the conventional measurements. As a practical matter, that means that an instrument that measures angles with standard errors of +/-3" gives results after adjustment with the GPS vectors that are virtually indistinguishable in terms of quality from what might be gotten with angles with standard errors of +/-1".
I gather that the price tag on the Trimble VX is around $40k. Somewhere between that point and the price tag on the Topkkia's, there has to be something worthwhile.
The new Topcon instruments are actually Sokkia's with the Topcon name and color. In fact if you have an old data collector you can should use SRX model for Topcon to communicate with it.
One neat part of these new guns, is the TSshield.
TSsheild enabled instrument are equipped with a telematics-based communications module that provides remote security and maintenance options. Every time the instrument is turned on, the GPS coordinates are uploaded to the internet and the owner can tract the location of the device.
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> Soon we'll be looking at images on an LCD screen with a cross hair superimposed on the screen - Something along the lines of the Leica Disto 3D. Hooray for progress. Yes?
Been a while since the digital cameras have had a viewfinder. Seems like I did more squinting though a tiny hole before cameras got rid on the viewfinder.
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> Been a while since the digital cameras have had a viewfinder. Seems like I did more squinting though a tiny hole before cameras got rid on the viewfinder.
all upper price range digital cameras that I know have a view finder.
All of the lesser low priced point and snaps do not have one.
I use the view finder on my expensive digital camera. It helps me track and focus better. Plus, I am a creature of habit. 😉 But once in a while, I will use the screen to snap. Reason: I don't know but I guess just being lazy.
I also have few point and snap cameras also with no view finder.
I agree with you, A.Harris. Sokkia's 530R was a favorite to use.
Someone commented here concerning Nikon's optics, and it reminded me of the time I had to use a Nikon total station. I don't know what they had done to their optics but it had an unusually well defined image. It seemed like the lens material were tinted or polarized to some extent.
"..as if they won't last six months and, as you say, they aren't replaceable."
It's possible to replace the o-ring. The stock is sold commercially in different diameter and durometer. Dow, and other manufacturers, sell tubes of silicone gasket seal
to further waterproof any areas.
Trimble s3 robot should be about 15k , i just took delivery on friday, i already have an s6 , this is just a trimmed down s6, the bells and whistles are gone, but just as productive, its got a good case, great carl zeis optics, and all tracking drives on one side. No reach arounds and you can track the scope with one hand when doing your back site.
T2000 manual
If you still have your T2000 (and more importantly - the manual), I'd love to get a copy of the manual. If you can help, please contact me.
ingram AT cfw DOT com
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T2000 manual
dave, i think i have a t3000 manual. would that be similar enough?
> Trimble s3 robot should be about 15k ,
My local Trimble dealer is listing an S3 with prism and TSC2 data collector with choice of Trimble Access, Survey Controller, or Survey Manager at $27,000.
T2000 manual
A friend sent me a T2002/T3000 manual which is close, but I'd like to get my hands on a 2000.
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I just paid R 155 000 south african rand ex 14 % vat , which i can claim back. I left off the roads module as i already have it on another controller, it came with a passive prism as well. It comes with a tsc3 and access. Tsc2 are superceded as far as i am aware.
This special has been running for about a year here.
Its a good deal. I think our exchange rate is 10 to 1