There are 13 things that can cause it. Firmware updates, are not up to date. (Go to mfr web site, and get them, and install them)Connection wire, is f...

Keyboard. As you get older, and your eyes are not as good, and you have bent and mangled fingers, and you wish you were younger, those keyboards are b...

You understand my point, Mr. Patterson. I believe ALL total stations should be USABLE without a manual, to set it up, zero it, turn ang Left, or Righ...

Because sometimes, you only want to stake out a building, or do some simple task, and NOT hook up and key into a data collector, with coordinates in i...

JamesYou are making my bic look bad!:)N

Mr Surveythemark,Thank you for your answer. I am not "Leica". I bought mine used, from an individual, and learned enough to get done what I want. I st...

Thanks everybody for replyingThat proves that there are some out there who have been through the fires of "LARNIN SOMPIN NEW". Somehow, I think that i...

Ken is rightYou will need a solar filter, to shoot the sun. UNLESS you have an old inst with NO EDM, and then you shine the sun BACKWARD through the s...

Thanks for the tip. Now I carry a lighter, and a can of gas!:)N

The way normal surveyors do this is to set the TS on a dummy coord. 50000/50000 is an example. Then, using a hand compass, establish a backsite on som...

SHAWN BILLINGS> On first read, Nate, I can see the validity of your questions. But put into the perspective of what we do as surveyors, I think tho...

Kent, I beg to differ with youIt has been good for my sex life. N

Shawn, although I 100% agree with you in principle, and practice, it seems to me that there is an exclusive game going on here.... (Why should I make ...

I have used these folksWent fine. Nate