@billyandriam Hi Billy!, Glad to share, but I may leave out a few details. In all honesty I figured out how to do it thanks to this forum... asking...

When I see these for sale on eBay they are extremely over-priced; so much so that it's indicative of the sellers not knowing much about their equipmen...

@john-putnam I'm 98% set on buying one just to experiment with. From what I've read they will work with TPS 1100/1200? I'm eyeing one up on Ebay rig...

Sometimes, surveyors find their way into construction... building construction to be specific. They have a somewhat bad reputation, but I think it's m...

@jph I've confused things by typing "Viva" and "Smartworx" in the wrong order in my title: Apparently it's actually called "Leica Smartworx Viva"... s...

@john-putnam Thanks so much for your expertise! If I recall you do/have done both land surveying and construction layout? I'd be using it for only t...

@thebionicman I think this was what I was really trying to wrap my head around. For example, setting up on a known point and sighting a retro target, ...

I’m sanding Sheetrock today so now I have 2 reasons to twist the top on a cold one. Well stay a while. I might post something so stupid you have an...

Note that this would be for construction layout and tracking a prism. Elevations would be determined (mostly) by other means including setting up the ...

@jim-frame The flip side is that there are sellers playing all sorts of games to get around the rules. For example: Stalling so that the 30 day clause...

A CS15 would work wouldn't it? CS15 controllers seem to be everywhere and some come with Leica (smartworx/viva) already installed. I'm very unfamiliar...

Does Microsurvey have the ability to issue Geocom licenses? Check this out: If I don't hear anything here I might go ahead and email them. I have a...

I just want to say thanks to everyone for sharing all this useful information! I know it's pretty standard for this forum but still... very much appre...