Has anyone pulled the trigger yet? They came out and demo'd one for us yesterday. Pretty slick...
Also seen the demo's and some of the Dealer videos. Very impressed here but we are still running with R8's and will continue until they go bust.
We have three of the SPS985's which is the construction version of the R10. I still haven't gotten the full story on what the difference is between them. Two are being used as a base for machine control and one as a rover. I don't keep one with me, my only experience is helping the project manager get them set up.
I like the new style of quick coupling and I like the fact that it lays in the box sideways so you don't have to remove the antenna every time you put it up.
He did log one file for opus and we sent it in using the R10 antenna calibration. The peak to peak error for the east coordinate was 0.305 meters. The actual difference between it and what I shot a week later was about 0.3 feet. I think he had a mesquite tree sticking out over the setup. It had been cleared before I got there a week later. It was a learning experience for him. He said "I cut everything I could with a hatchet".
James
We're considering going from ZERO GPS/GNSS... to R10s and a TSC3 soon.
Workgroup manager didn't like the cost of the TDL450H radios and cut
them from the system (as submitted) though. Hint: He's not a PLS...
We'll see how that works out down the road a bit...
Um, so just the internal radio? Hope you don't plan on going too far!
Me? I'd planned on going further than what said "SUPERvisor" thinks is enough.
Worse yet, his "boss" (P.E. MBA.. never surveyed a thing in his life, either) is
totally trusting this supervisor to make the "budget calls".
NOT my choice to cut the radio out of the equation.... maybe they'll go back to
the well when they see how hobbled the system is without one.
Happens when you don't have management that knows anything about surveying... All
I can do is laugh when they do crap like this, and then whine about efficiency and production! I've offered to help, but as a "mere" surveyor (yes, they prefer not to recognize my license and treat me as a party chief) they do believe that they're just that much smarter than what I have to "offer" about this "stuff".
Same SUPERvisor guy told me a few years back that "Surveying? a trained monkey can do that!!"
There... now, you can feel better about how the rest of your day's going to go!
I'm still getting used to the fact that they don't "believe" in taking the time to
do that "traverse" stuff.... ???????
Wish the economy was better.... I'd jump ship... these guys are just dragging me down slowly and exceedingly painfully.
The R10 experience should be interesting though!
Hello, I was just down at my friendly neighborhood Trimble dealer on Tuesday. I was messing around with a new R10, attempting to set up a survey style for it in both Trimble Survey Controller software, V12.5, on a TSC2 and Trimble Access on a TSC3. One thing I discovered is that the R10 was shipped with wide banding and we had to use the dealer version of Winflash to load narrrow banding and the channels we wanted. Have not tested it so I don't know if we did it correctly. Second thing noticed was that the internal radio can be set to 0.5 or 2.0 watts. Also done with Winflash.
Good Luck with your new equipment.
Rich
We're in the same boat Jered. Our R8s are running good and work like a charm and we'll use em until they break or become obsolete somehow. Granted, the R10s look to be fantastic but for the price there is very little return on investment if you already have fully functional GPS equipment.
You'll be surprised just how far that internal radio will reach, especially if you get your base on high ground. I'm finding I don't need our TDL450H that often and when I do, I usually just configure it as a repeater. Most times it's just easier to relocate the base. Then again I'm not working in the 'Badlands'. Don't care much for getting too far from the base anyway in case I need to high tail it back for some reason. Get yourself an inexpensive hand held scanner so you can monitor your signal. Comes in handy for locating a repeator or if you suspect your getting stepped on.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
That scanner is a nice idea; we're usually covering long distances between setups so we push the range a bit (until radio is lost usually). I wish we had high points to set up on!
> Hello, I was just down at my friendly neighborhood Trimble dealer on Tuesday. I was messing around with a new R10, attempting to set up a survey style for it in both Trimble Survey Controller software, V12.5, on a TSC2 and Trimble Access on a TSC3. One thing I discovered is that the R10 was shipped with wide banding and we had to use the dealer version of Winflash to load narrrow banding and the channels we wanted. Have not tested it so I don't know if we did it correctly. Second thing noticed was that the internal radio can be set to 0.5 or 2.0 watts. Also done with Winflash.
> Good Luck with your new equipment.
> Rich
Good point Rich!
I did have a good salesman who was able to point out the 2 watt option with a
different antenna. Claim was 2.5 miles!!
He mentioned a WIFI utility that can access the settings in the R10 from the ol'
smartphone (or collector I would think) as well!
I've got about a mile of multiuse path to do this summer, I'm hoping to use this
on the bulk of the project!
Good times! B-)