The OAF and the firmware are completely different files. The OAF for a receiver authorizes which ones of the various optional capabilities of the rec...
Regarding the Parani radios, the power supply can be anything that keeps it on. But I don’t think you can get useable range with the stock antenna su...
The RC-3 would work with a QS. And the Parani Bluetooth device will work with any Topcon robot with the possible exception of the APL-1 and APL-1A. ...
@keithscadservices Part of what should drive your decision is what software you want to run the robot with. The QS series worked well with Survey Pro...
Yes, I agree that there are quite a number of models and I did not name all of them. Bear in mind that my list goes back to 1998 which is the year I b...
Since the advent of the GTS-600 series instruments that appeared first in Topon's lineup in 1999, the last digit of the model number indicates the ang...
I have compared the Sokkia version of the HiPer VR, the Sokkia GRX3 (Sokkia is part of Topcon, so same girl, different colored dress). I found that t...
When the receiver's batteries are completely depleted, the firmware is lost or corrupted.?ÿ That is the cause of the behavior you are seeing.?ÿ Try th...
The first question I would attempt to answer is whether the instrument is set in Bluetooth Mode, or is it in RS-232 mode.?ÿ For whatever reason, Topco...
I recall an explanation of that "power on" when connected to the charger was that if the unit was deployed as a reference station, it would come on au...
Part of what I know about this is company information. As in, I work for a Topcon/Sokkia dealer so am more acquainted with their technology. As I hav...
In Tennessee, the surveyor is required to denote on the plat of a survey if lines were shown from a different surveyor's work.?ÿ And not merely to not...
@williwaw For what it's worth, Trimble is the marketing/sales organization through which Nikon total stations are marketed.?ÿ So there may well be a "...
My observation is that the degradation of accuracy and precision of positions derived from network-corrected rovers versus a base/rover setup is princ...
Pardon the intrusion, but Topcon receivers allow the area in which they will operate to be set by defining a "window" by latitudes and longitudes.?ÿ T...
While it may be a misassumption on my part to think that you may not know what purpose Co-op tracking was intended to serve, I will explain the concep...
@oldpacer: There is a metal version of that rod that is not much heavier than the CF one.?ÿ One slight drawback of those rods is that the lock buttons...
We at Hayes have several in stock.?ÿ The last ones were bought through Sokkia, so are from Juniper. (I suppose...) Since the Tesla/Mesa units are obs...
The bracket pictured appears to be one made by Crain several years ago.?ÿ When Trimble bought both SECO and Crain, and put them together in one busine...
The only place in any SP zone where Grid north and Geodetic or "true north" are coincident is along the Central Meridian around which the SPC is defin...