Just so you know, and for anyone else that stumbles on to this thread, I emailed one of the head guys that run FPRN about this and got this response: ...

I'd be open to trying Javad, but with my budget I'd need to find a used receiver probably a couple of years old. I'm not seeing a lot of used Javad re...

@freefallin1309 Yeah I've got the robotics module, but it just says "searching" when adding the instrument, never finds it over the radio.

I'm curious if you ever got an answer to your question or figured it out yourself? I use FPRN as well.

@norman-oklahoma My problem is I won't be able to use Vision with Survey Pro, but a lot of the used S6's out there only have Vision and not Trackligh...

Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I think I'm sold on the Trimble S-series, but the price on a new S5 3" was like $24k, so a bit more than I am lo...

@jimcox I thought the Spectra Precision data collectors would also work with the Trimble S series? I've read that the Vision feature won't work on an...

A Harris, post: 425252, member: 81 wrote: I am a surveyor and I don't want to put a point in my driveway either.Anything in a dirt drive will eventual...

I'm having a hard time seeing these homeowners letting me drive mag nails in their concrete porches as these are newer 300k+ homes, even though that w...

Lee D, post: 354495, member: 7971 wrote: Not necessarily, a fixed integer solution is what it is. Those settings don't affect what the receiver does, ...

Yeah it seems much more complicated now. In survey pro 4.7 all I did was pick a control point to occupy, connect my base and rover and that's it. I'm ...