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bob james
bob james
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Joined: August 29, 2016 7:47 pm
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Sorry, a little late back to the party. Imaudigger, All the books I have are for a 4400, which have been dead on so far, but the machine indicates it...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Bummer but I do not see such a menu item in the books. I have 6.1 for just the prism constant only. I have not double verified in the gun but the bo...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Thank you guys but I am wondering if I am asking my question wrong. I realize no prism would be perfect, and we are talking about 1/8" here BUT, my q...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

My apology if my question was not clear. I was considering sighting errors because the RMT is sitting 3ft lower than the station center axis, but the...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Nate The Surveyor, post: 422898, member: 291 wrote: Well, the problems you seem to be having are solvable."If it was built by a man, it can be fixed b...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Andy, yes, that is .300" or .025'. The other one was at .100". The triangle dims were roughly 65', 71', and 115', and 114* of angle. I shot the 65'...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Thanks. I did look up some vids and appears I do everything I should, just probably don't do it every day like the pros.

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

My ignorance and apology! I would delete above posts if I could. It just hit me..... That gun confuses me because there is no colons to separate th...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Man, you guys are going to have to throw some ideas or better testing procedures my way. I cannot make any sense of my data. I setup again today. T...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Andy J, post: 422733, member: 44 wrote: Yes, chasing 4 PPM on a pressure adjustment seems unlikely to help at this point, as you are holding the rang...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

imaudigger, post: 422728, member: 7286 wrote: If I was attempting to determine the length of the third leg using the method you described with any sig...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Andy, can you better explain "turn the angles directly to the marks"? I did leave the field setup as I figured I would have to return for more testin...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

EDIT to my first post, I mean that I set my "VA" to 90.00*. IE, I setup the gun over a point, then measured the distance from top of point to center ...

9 years ago
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RE: Ideas to source problem with Geodimeter total station

Now, I am green here so excuse my ignorance but the prism offset would affect the SD, correct? This is basically the difference of where the center i...

9 years ago
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RE: A few more questions for this rookie with Geodimeter ATS

Well, I decided to apply an SD offset until I can do more testing. With the testing I have done so far, I can pretty much rule out issues with the ro...

9 years ago
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RE: A few more questions for this rookie with Geodimeter ATS

The RMT is the matching Geodimeter unit. PC is set to 0. No, I have not collimated at the recommended distances yet but my reasoning is I would have...

9 years ago
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RE: A few more questions for this rookie with Geodimeter ATS

UPDATE: Ok, on a hunch, I decided to lose the RMT and get a visual. I installed a needle in the floor at each point so I could align the crosshairs ...

9 years ago
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