I've had this robot for about three years and I can't remember how many times it's been sent to some shop for repairs. The dealer I bought it from told me they could fix some things but they've had to send it somewhere else for repairs. The biggest problem has been the short antenna on the RC5. It has broken off three times from getting hit. I think they could come up with a better design for that. The latest thing to happen is the rod and bipod, with the prism and RC5 on top fell over on an asphalt parking lot. The RC-5 broke off from it's base (the part that the prism screws into). Has anybody come up with a good idea, like a cage or something, to put the RC-5 into to protect it? It has to be something that can be opened in order to get to the battery door and open on the front where it sends/receives the signal from the robot. Any help is appreciated.
Treat it like a precision instrument, not like a pry bar.
Yeah, what Lee Green said...
leegreen, post: 416238, member: 2332 wrote: Treat it like a precision instrument, not like a pry bar.
[SARCASM]Dave Ingram curmudgeon post of the day award goes to...... leegreen!!!![/SARCASM]
We have had SRX SX and now an IX the only 2 problems we have had is one ran over by a backhoe, 1 broken RC-4 antenna and the tracking went on the 7 year old SRX. they are on construction projects all the time. My only gripe the that the tilt and collumination seem to be more sensitive to tempature changes than some other brands.
If your crews arª tearing up the rc units, you could take it off the pole. Most modern collectors will communicate 700' with the SX robot. They will lose the "call around" feature, but on a construction site maybe Thats not needed.......Use the arrow buttony to get close and hit serach.
As suggested above you could switch to a prism only pole and direct comm from the DC to the instrument. The field crew will need to drive the instrument to the prism when tracking is lost. Too bad they can't treat the RCPR5 better it really is a time saver.
