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Trimble S6 + TSC2 - No Elevations?

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bravo

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Good Evening!

So I'm currently running into a small issue with an S6 and TSC2 that I'm using.?ÿ I got the bright idea today that I could use the S6 with it's laser pointer to establish a level line in a basement room where I'm installing a suspended ceiling.?ÿ I realize that there are more practical ways to establish a level line around the perimeter of a room, but I thought this would be pretty slick.

Turns out it's becoming a royal PITA.

For some reason, my TSC2 refuses to calculate a slope/vertical distance on my backsight (it will calculate horizontal distances just fine).?ÿ This means that all of my subsequent shots have no elevations, which is 100% crucial for the task at hand.

One thought is that the backsight is simply too short for a DR shot (it's about 21 feet away).?ÿ I keyed in the occupied station, "fudged in" the backsight by holding a 0?ø azimuth and adding the distance to the northing of the occupied coordinates.

I then "guessed" at what the height of the BS station is, hoping that it would bark at me if my vertical distance was out and I could adjust on the fly...but it won't give me a vertical distance.

Any thoughts?

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Posted : June 15, 2018 4:45 pm

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I may be missing the point here but if your insistent on using your S6 with its laser pointer why don't you just put in a 90?ø zenith and mark the walls in various places where the laser pointer hits.?ÿ You can use these arbitrary marks as a benchmark and measure up to your desired ceiling height from them

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Posted : June 15, 2018 8:21 pm

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Set zenith at 90. Mark wall.

Posted : June 15, 2018 9:46 pm

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I think there is a "2d survey" tick box somewhere. From memory I had this ticked by accident and no elevations on any measured points

Try pressing the Options softkey. It's been a while since i was using TSC

Posted : June 16, 2018 3:49 am

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I would probably use -"station elevation" setup method fornthis task. Or even just survey basic, the vertical distance is displayed.

I think the tickbox i was thinking of was in resection only. I'm puzzled why no vertical distance is being calculated on your picture

Posted : June 16, 2018 4:04 am

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Does your occupied point 1 have an elevation? It would need one.

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Posted : June 16, 2018 6:47 am

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I'm not sure how your DC software works (access I assume?) but with survey pro I would just use the remote control screen in the foresight tab and reflectorless mode. I dont think you'd even need to set a backsight.?ÿ Just turn to the elevation you need and then turn to it with the beam for the remaining points.

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Posted : June 16, 2018 9:10 am

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Just to follow up - it was related to the coordinate system set - I had left it in state plane with a scale factor.?ÿ Once I put it back to a scale of 1, vertical measurements were taken again.

Posted : June 16, 2018 6:13 pm