SurPad4.

0 Software
User Manual
(Android version)

Shanghai e-Compass Science &Technology Co., Ltd Edition: 20190220

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Contents

Chapter 1 Software Introduction 05

1.1 Software Introduction 05
1.2 Software Interface 06-07
1.3 Software Installation and Uninstallation 08-09

Chapter 2 Quick Start Guide 10-11

Chapter 3 Project 12
3.1 Project Manager 13
3.2 Coordinate System 14-15
3.3 Coordinate System 15-19
3.4 Calibrate Point 20-23
3.5 Coordinate Point Library 23-26
3.6 File Export 26-27
3.7 Scan 28
3.8 Cloud Settings 28
3.9 Software Settings 28-30
3.10 Software About 30-31

Chapter 4 Device 32
4.1 Communication 32-33
4.2 Rover Mode 34-35
4.2.1 Rover-RTK Network 35-36
4.2.2 Rover-Internal Radio 37
4.2.3 Rover-External Radio 37
4.2.4 Rover-Bluetooth Data Link 37-38
4.3 Base Mode 38-40
4.3.1 Base-RTK Network 40-41
4.3.2 Base-Internal Radio 41-42
4.3.3 Base-External Radio 42
4.3.4 Base-Dual 42
4.4 Static Mode 43-45
4.5 Work Mode Status 45-47

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4.6 Configurations 47-48
4.7 Information 48-49
4.8 Device Setting 49
4.9 Calibrate Sensor 49-55
4.10 Re_Position 55
4.11 Device Register 56
4.12 Default Radio Settings 56

Chapter 5 Survey 57
5.1 Point Survey 57-64
5.2 Detail Survey 65
5.3 CAD 65-68
5.4 Point Stakeout 69-72
5.5 Line Stakeout 73-77
5.6 Stake Road 77-79
5.7 Stake Road by Point 80-82
5.8 Stake Road by Cross Section 83-85
5.9 Stake Road by Bridge Section 86-88
5.10 Conical Slope Stakeout 88-91
5.11 Electric Lines Survey 91-97
5.12 Tower Stake 97-99
5.13 Elevation Control 100-101
5.14 Curve Stakeout 101-104
5.15 Existing Stakeout 104-106
5.16 Railway Stakeout 106-111
5.17 Survey Range Settings 111-112
5.18 Layers Settings 123-114

Chapter 6 Tools 115

6.1 Site Calibration 115-117
6.2 Coordinates Converter 117-118
6.3 Angle Converter 118
6.4 Perimeter and Area 119-120

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6.5.1 Coordinate Inverse Calculation 121
6.5.2 Point Line Calculation 121
6.5.3 Vector 122
6.5.4 Two Lines Angle 122
6.5.5 Intersection Calculation 123
6.5.6 Resection 123
6.5.7 Forward Intersection 124
6.5.8 Coordinate Positive Calculation 124
6.5.9 Offset Point Calculation 125
6.5.10 Equal Point Calculation 125
6.6 Calculator 126
6.7 External Radio Configuration 126-129
6.8 Station Refresh 129

Chapter 7 Total Station 130

7.1 Communication 130
7.2 Height 130-131
7.3 Measure Mode 131-139
7.4 Orientation Setup 139-140

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Chapter 1
Software Introduction
1.1 Software Introduction

SurPad4.0 is a GNSS surveying and mapping software which is developed by the

Geoelectron company. Based on years of accumulating market experience, in com-
bination with the international mainstream of surveying and mapping data acquisi-
tion function of the software, integrating RTK control, GIS data collection and road
design and layout into one role. The main feature of the software is very outstanding
graphic interaction, very powerful function and humanizes operation process. This
manual mainly introduces all the menu functions and the field operation procedure
of the SurPad software.

SurPad4.0 main menu contains four settings: [Project], [Device], [Survey], [Tools].

[Project] It mainly manages project operation. Its main menu includes Project Man-
ager, File Manager, Coordinate System, Calibrate Point and other items. It can
create new project in project management, set coordinate parameters in coordinate
system and check points collected in survey in coordinate library.

[Device] It mainly sets operation mode and check receiver’s information after con-
necting to receiver. Its main menu includes Communication, Rover, Base, Static
and other items. After successfully connecting to receiver through Bluetooth or WIFI
in Communication and choosing base, rover or static operation mode, it can check
operation information and datalink status of receiver in Work Mode Status. If it
needs to calibrate receiver, it should enable Tilt Survey (E-Bubble or Pole Tilt Cor-
rection) in Device Setting and then calibrate E-Bubble and Magnetic Declination in
Calibrate Sensor.

[Survey] Its main menu includes Point Survey, Detail Survey, CAD, Point Stakeout,
Line Stakeout, Stake Road, Electric Lines Survey and other items.

[Tools] It includes various calculation methods and External Radio Configuration,

mainly containing Site Calibration, Coordinates Converter, Angle Converter, Perim-
eter and Area, COGO Calculation, Calculation, External Radio Configuration,
Volume Calculation and Station Refresh.

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1.2 Software Interface

Main interface: On Android device installing and running this software, if there exists
existing project in it, it would directly enter into main interface, as shown in Figure
1.2-1. Sliding to the left in turn will bring you to the next navigation menu interface.

Main interface title bar:

Title bar mainly displays current project name, solution states after connection with
receiver and some quick function.

About software. Press to enter into interface as shown in Figure 1.2-2. It can
check software copyright information, update software, activate software and
submit your feedback about the software.

Communication. Press to enter into interface as shown in Figure 1.2-3 and

connect to receiver. This icon shows two states: blue for successful connec-
tion with receiver, and white for no connection.

Figure 1.2-1 Figure 1.2-2 Figure 1.2-3

Positioning information. After connection with receiver, press to enter into

interface as shown in Figure 1.2-4 and it can check current positioning infor-
mation. Press Base below the screen as shown in Figure 1.2-5 and it can
check base information, and then press Save to save current base coordinate.
Press Sate Map below the screen as shown in Figure 1.2-6, and it can check

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coordinate reference position with different colors representing different coor-

dinate system and upper left circles showing satellite system represented by
each color. Press Sate Info below the screen as shown in Figure 1.2-7, and it
shows current found satellites’ number, L1\L2\L5 SNR, Elevation Angle,
Azimuth Angle and other information. Press Sate SNR below the screen as
shown in Figure 1.2-8, and it can check satellites’ L1\L2\L5 SNR illustrated by
bar graph.

Main interface setting. As shown in Figure 1.2-9, it can set interface style to
List or Grid. Other options show whether to enable corresponding functions in
survey interface, which are turned on by default.

Figure 1.2-4 Figure 1.2-5 Figure 1.2-6

Figure 1.2-7 Figure 1.2-8 Figure 1.2-9

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1.3 Software Installation and Uninstallation

Software installation:

⑴ Download the Android SurPad4.0 installation package (*.apk).

⑵ Copy the installation package to Android device. Find the installer in File Manag-
er in Android device as shown in Figure 1.3-1. Click the installer and pops up instal-
lation dialog box as shown in Figure 1.3-2. Click Install and pops up dialog box for
preferred installation location as shown in Figure 1.3-3, and installation completion
dialog box will pop up shortly as shown in Figure 1.3-4. Press Done to return to
device desktop and press Open to run SurPad software.

Figure 1.3-1 Figure 1.3-2

Figure 1.3-3 Figure 1.3-4

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Uninstallation:

Method 1: long press software icon on the desktop and drag it to Uninstall box. It
pops up dialog box saying whether to uninstall as shown in Figure 1.3-5. Press
Uninstall to complete uninstallation.

Method 2: press Settings → find SurPad 4.0 in Apps as shown in Figure 1.3-6.
Press SurPad→ press Uninstall as shown in Figure 1.3-7. It pops up dialog box
saying whether to uninstall as shown in Figure 1.3-8, and press Uninstall to com-
plete uninstallation.

Figure 1.3-5 Figure 1.3-6

Figure 1.3-7 Figure 1.3-8

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Chapter 2
Quick Start Guide
Taking operation mode as handheld network with connection with RTK as example,
this chapter introduces the steps of quickly connecting to receiver and performing
survey. Detailed steps are as follows:

1. Preparation
An RTK receiver, a P9II handheld with SurPad4.0 installed and network.

2. Create new project

Run SurPad4.0 software, press [Project] -> [Project Manager] -> [New], create a
new project, enter project name, and choose coordinate parameter type. Other
items are additional information which can be left blank. Press [OK] and the screen
jumps to interface of coordinate system parameters. In China, Ellipsoid Parameter
is Beijing54 by default, and Projections Parameter is Gauss Kruger. You can set the
coordinate system according to the actual situation.

3. Connect to receiver and set operation mode

Press [Device] -> [Communications], choose device type as RTK and communica-
tion mode as Bluetooth/WIFI/Demo (taking Bluetooth mode as example), press
[Search] to find receiver in Bluetooth Device List, press [Connect], and then pops up
connection progress box which indicates successful connection.

Press [Device] -> [Rover], select data link as [Bluetooth Data Link], set up IP and
port of CORS server, and acquire and select access point. Other options can set as
default values. Press [Apply] to finish operation mode setting. Return to main inter-
face to see if there is a fixed solution.

4. Calibrate

Calibrate Point
In fixed solution state, press [Project] - > [Calibrate Point] - > [Marker Point Calibra-
tion], input known coordinates, set antenna parameters of current coordinates of the
base station, and press [Calculate] to get calibration parameters.

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Site calibration

With a new surveying area, site calibration is required at the first if you want the
measured points match the known points.

Here are general conditions to do site calibration: assuming that you use the known
points A, B and C to calculate the transformation parameters, their GPS original
records of WGS-84 coordinates and local coordinates should be recorded firstly.
There are two ways to obtain the GPS original records of WGS-84 coordinates at
points A, B and C: one is setting up static control network and recording coordinates
by post-processing software; the other one is recording coordinates when GPS
rover station in fixed solution without any parameters working.

Press [Tools] -> [Localization], input the known points (select from Points Library or
input manually) and WGS84 ellipsoid original coordinates (obtain current GPS data
and select from Points Library or input manually), choose whether use Horizontal
Control and Vertical Correction, and press [OK] to complete input of transformation
parameters. And press [Calculate] to obtain GPS Parameters Reports in Site Cali-
bration interface.

5. Survey

Press [Survey] -> [Pont Survey]/[Text Survey], taking “topographic point” as exam-
ple, press point types icon, choose Topo Point, press setting to set up topo point
recording limit(Fixed solution, H: 0.05, V: 0.1, PDOP: 3.0, Delay: 5, Average GPS
Count: 1), and press collect points icon lower right corner or collect points shortcut
key on handheld to complete target points’ acquisition and preservation.

6. Data import and export

Data import

Copy the data file needs to import to SurPad folder on handheld, press [Project] ->
[Coordinate point Library] ->[Import], select File Format, Angle format and Property
type, find the data file and press [OK] to import data file.

Data export

Press [Project] -> [Fil Export], select data files, file format, angle format and point
type, choose exported file storage path and press [Export] to export data file.

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Chapter 3
Project
In software main interface, press [Project] to display submenu as shown in Figure
3-1. Included in Project submenu are Project Manager, File Manager, Coordinate
System, Calibrate Point, Coordinate Point Library, File Export, Scan, Cloud Set-
tings, Software Settings and Software About.

SurPad4.0 manages data in the form of engineering documents, in which way all
operation is controlled in a project. Every time open SurPad4.0, the software will
automatically invoke engineering documents used last time. Under general circum-
stances, every time you begin to measure an area, it must create a project file
matched with current project coordinates, and the file format should be *.GSW. After
the project has been created, in the device storage disk the software will create a file
in which all data will be saved, whose file name is same with the project.

Figure 3-1 Figure 3.1-1 Figure 3.1-2

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3.1 Project Manager

Press [Project] -> [Project Manager] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 3.1-1.

Project Path shows current project’s storage position, which can be pressed to
change as shown in Figure 3.1-2. If the workload is large in survey, please choose
sufficient storage position to save project.

Press [New] to create a new project as shown in Figure 3.1-3. Input Project Name
(required, defaults to created date), Operator, Device and Notes, select Coordinate
systems parameters type (local parameters/ RTCM1021~1027 parameters/CORS
encrypt parameters; please see Section 6.1 for more details), press [OK] to set up
coordinate systems parameters, and press [OK] to complete new project creation.

If you need to check or modify current project’s information, press [Details] as

shown in Figure 3.1-4 to enter into Project Details interface.

If you need to open other projects, select the project and press [Open] to open it and
use it as current project by default.

If you need to delete project, select the project and hold, press [Delete] as shown in
Figure 3.1-5, press [OK] in Prompt to delete project. Current operating project
cannot be deleted.

Figure 3.1-3 Figure 3.1-4 Figure 3.1-5

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3.2 File Manager

This function can be used in a project where there is too much data or when you
want to distinguish between two different coordinate point libraries.

Press [New] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 3.2-1, and there pops up
interface as shown in Figure 3.2-2. Create a data file to store the recorded survey-
data and the new file defaults to data file for current project storage record. The file
name defaults to current data file name - 1, file suffix for *. PD. The new document
belongs to current project.

Figure 3.2-1 Figure 3.2-2

Press [Import] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 3.2-3, choose file path, and
it can import files with *.RTK as suffix. Document name defaults to current data file
name-2 (automatically accumulate). If a same file is imported twice, there will pop
up a prompt as shown in Figure 3.2-4 saying “Current data file exists. Include
backup data into current data file?” If the data format of the imported *.RTK file is
abnormal, there will pop up a prompt saying “RTK file import failed, please check!”

Select a file in the file list, press [Delete] as shown in Figure 3.2-4, and press [OK]
to delete the data file.

When a project has multiple data files, select the data file in the data list and press
[Open] to switch between different data files.

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Figure 3.2-3 Figure 3.2-4 Figure 3.2-5

3.3 Coordinate System

Local coordinate parameters

Press [Project] - [Coordinate System] to enter into interface as shown in Figure

3.3-1. All options can be pressed to set up the parameter.

Press [Export] and choose [Local Disk] as shown in Figure 3.3-2 to save system
data to the specified path as shown in Figure 3.3-3. It can also encrypt the file by
setting up Expiry Date, General Password (data can’t be viewed before expiry date)
and Advance Password (data can be viewed before expiry date). Press [Export] and
choose [QR Code] to share current coordinate system parameters.

Press [Use existing] as shown in Figure 3.3-4, choose [Local Disk] to apply coordi-
nate system parameters stored in local disk. Parameter files are in two formats: *.SP
and *.EP. Choose [QR Code] to scan QR code to apply coordinate system.

Ellipsoid Parameter: as shown in Figure 3.3-5, it can set up Target ellipsoid. Target
ellipsoid supports defined or custom parameters. With custom ellipsoid, it needs to
set up Semimajor axis and Reciprocal of flattening 1/f, which should be consistent
with the ellipsoid used for parameter calculation.

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Figure 3.3-1 Figure 3.3-2 Figure 3.3-3

Figure 3.3-4 Figure 3.3-5 Figure 3.3-6

Projections Parameter: as shown in Figure 3.3-6, the frequently-used projections

mode is Gauss Kruger, and after connecting to the device the Central Meridian can
be acquired automatically via a press on or manually via inputting the exact value.
Common projections parameters are set up as followed: False Northing-0, False
Easting-500000, Scale Factor-1, Projection Height-0 at low altitudes and change it
as needed at high altitudes, Latitude of Origin-0.

ITRF Parameter: ITFR is the International Earth Reference Framework. To enable

ITRF conversion, it needs to choose Conversion type, input The target of epoch

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and enable/disable Input velocity. If enabling Input velocity, it needs to input values
for Vx, Vy and Vz as shown in Figure 3.3-7.

Figure 3.3-7 Figure 3.3-8 Figure 3.3-9

Seven-Parameter: as shown in Figure 3.3-8, it is used to perform Space rectangular

coordinate transformation within two different ellipsoids. In general, at least three
known points and six groups of XYZ coordinate values in two different space rectan-
gular coordinate system are required to calculate the seven unknown parameters.
With these seven parameters, by seven parameter equations, the XYZ coordinate
value of a point in one space rectangular coordinate system can be converted to the
XYZ coordinate value of another space rectangular coordinate system. Seven-pa-
rameter model includes seven values:

（1）three coordinate shifts (△X, △Y, △Z), i.e. the difference between the coordi-
nates of the two coordinate systems;

（2）rotation angles of three coordinate axes(△α, △β, △γ), the XYZ axis of two
spatial rectangular coordinate systems can be recombined by rotating the three
coordinate axes in order to specify the Angle;

（3）scale K, i.e. the length ratio of a same line in two space rectangular coordinate
systems realizing scaling. Generally, K is almost equal to 1.

Four-Parameter/Horizontal Adjustment: as shown in Figure 3.3-9, in general at

least two known points and four pairs of XY coordinate values in two different space

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rectangular coordinate system are required to calculate the four unknown parame-
ters. With these four parameters, by four parameter equations, the XY coordinate
value of a point in one space rectangular coordinate system can be converted to the
XY coordinate value of another space rectangular coordinate system.

Figure 3.3-10 Figure 3.3-11

Vertical Control Parameter: GPS elevation system is earth height (ellipsoid height)
while elevation system usually used in survey is normal height. As a result, height
measured by GPS needs to correct to use, and Vertical Control Parameter is for this
matching. Set up the parameter as shown in Figure 3.3-10.

Vertical Adjustment Parameter: elevation transformation model of Trimble TGO

software includes five parameters: Adjustment Constant, North Slope, East Slope,
Original Northing and Original Easting, as shown in Figure 3.3-11.

Geoid File: as shown in Figure 3.3-12, the essence of geoid measurement is to

measure height difference between two points on the ground, and then calculate the
height of unknown points through the height of known points. It’s a way to calculate
height of a point directly by height difference. SurPad4.0 imports geoid file (so far
supports *.GGF, *.SGF, *.UGF formats), and select transformation mode (Bilin-
ear/Quadratic/ Bi Cubic Spline) to obtain accurate height of coordinate.

Local Offsets: a known point is required to calculate the local offsets. This parame-
ter is used in a small range, and its accuracy is determined by operating range and
decreases with the increase of operating distance.

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Figure 3.3-12 Figure 3.3-13

RTCM1021~1027 parameter

RTCM1021~1027 is a way to send coordinate system parameter via differential

data. When coordinate system parameters type is set up as RTCM1021~1027
parameters in project creation, the software analyses coordinate parameters from
received differential data. In this mode, parameters don’t support manual set up as
shown in Figure 3.3-13.

CORS encrypt parameter

CORS encrypt parameter is mainly used by CORS merchants, which can be used
when merchants provide coordinate parameters and want to keep secret. When the
CORS merchants provide this encrypt parameter to user, user does not know the
specific coordinate system parameters.

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3.4 Calibrate Point

Press [Project] -> [Calibrate Point] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 3.4-1.
There’re 2 ways to calibrate: one is Base Point Calibration, with base coordinate
before and after station change to perform calibration; the other is Marker Point Cali-
bration, with the coordinates of the points collected before and after the station
change.

Figure 3.4-1 Figure 3.4-2 Figure 3.4-3

Base Point Calibration steps as follows:

⑴ Press [Base Point Calibration] to enter interface as shown in Figure 3.4-2.

⑵ Input the known points, i.e. coordinate before base change. There are two ways
to input coordinate: one is to select existing base coordinate from Points Library, the
other one is to directly input base coordinate x, y, h before base change. Press [An-
tenna Parameters] to set antenna parameters as shown in Figure 3.4-3.

⑶ Input Antenna Measured Height, set Antenna Measurement Type (Vertical

height, Height to phase center, Slant height, Slant height to altimetry), and Antenna
Type is automatically selected according to current connected receiver, and press
[OK] to return to Base Point Calibration interface.

⑷ Press [Calculate] to check calculation result as shown in Figure 3.4-4. Press[Ap-

ply] and it would directly apply the calculation result. If the calculation result is in

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red font, it means translation parameter overrange (longitude difference over 1

degree or latitude difference over 1 degree or height difference over 1000), in which
press [Apply] and there would pop up a prompt as shown in Figure 3.4-5 saying
“High residuals error! Apply local offsets to current project?”. If press [Apply] it would
jump to Local Offsets interface as shown in Figure 3.4-6 to display the result. Press
return key upper right and pops up prompt to ask whether to apply calculation result,
and after selection it returns to Base Point Calibration interface.

Note: Base Point Calibration only can used in fixed solution.

Figure 3.4-4 Figure 3.4-5 Figure 3.4-6

Marker Point Calibration steps as follows:

⑴ Press [Marker Point Calibration] as shown in Figure 3.4-7, input Known Point
Coordinates (x, y, h), and press [Current WGS84 Coordinates] to obtain current
WGS84 coordinates. Press [Measure] to enter interface as shown in Figure 3.4-8,
set Saved Conditions as shown in Figure 3.4-9 and set Antenna Parameters, and
then press [OK] to acquire current WGS-84 coordinates.

⑵ Press [Calculate] as shown in Figure 3.4-10 to get calculate result. If the calcula-
tion result is in red font, there would pop up a prompt saying “High residuals error!
Apply local offsets to current project?”. Press return key upper right and pops up
prompt as shown in Figure 3.4-11, press [No] to return to Calibrate Point interface
while press [Apply] to return to Calibrate Point interface and display calibration
result as shown in Figure 3.4-12.

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Figure 3.4-7 Figure 3.4-8 Figure 3.4-9

Figure 3.4-10 Figure 3.4-11 Figure 3.4-12

Calibrate Point performs on the basis of fixed solution and opened transformation
parameters. The essence is three parameters using a common point to calculate
two different coordinates, also known as the calibration parameter in the software.
This function can be used in the following situations:

1. When with [Use Current Coordinates] in the startup mode parameters of base,
and the base have been restarted or its position has been moved, the rover should
calibrate point.

2. When the user knows the conversion parameter of the work area, base could be
set up at any place. Please input the conversion parameter, and the rover should

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calibrate point.

Note: The calibrate point parameters will not refresh the current point coordinates in
the library. When display the current point coordinates, it will also display the cali-
brate point parameters, the subsequent measurement of the coordinates will be
corrected by the calibrate point parameters. Transformation parameters by calculat-
ing the parameters of the library will refresh the current coordinates of the point. The
WGS-84 coordinates of the measurement point are converted to local coordinates
by conversion parameters.

3.5 Coordinate Point Library

Press [Project]-> [Coordinate point Library] to enter into interface as shown in

Figure 3.5-1.

Figure 3.5-1 Figure 3.5-2 Figure 3.5-3

The Coordinate point Library is used to uniformly manage all types of coordinate
points. It can input coordinate points used in survey, which offers convenient to
invoke in Point Stakeout. It can enter point name or code in the lookup to quickly
search for coordinate points. It contains Add, Edit, Details, Import, Delete, Options
and Recovery operation.

Press [Add] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 3.5-2. Coordinate points can
be divided into Local Coordinates and Geodetic Coordinates according to Coordi-
nate type, and Assistant point, Control point, Input point and Stakeout point accord-
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point name and horizontal coordinates (x, y, h) or longitude and latitudecoordinates

and code to add a new point.

Select any coordinate point and press [Edit] as shown in Figure 3.5-3. It can edit
Name, Code, Photo and Sketch and Antenna Parameters, and press [OK] to com-
plete edition. Inputted point can be edited its coordinate while measured point can
only edit Name and Code.

Press [Details] as shown in Figure 3.5-4 to check the point name, code, longitude
and latitude coordinates, horizontal coordinates (x, y, h), point type and other infor-
mation.

Press […] as shown in Figure 3.5-5 to import, delete and set options of points.

Figure 3.5-4 Figure 3.5-5 Figure 3.5-6

Press [Import] as shown in Figure 3.5-6, select File Format, Property type and
whether to Preview and press [OK]. Select file path and find the file and press [OK]
as shown in Figure 3.5-7 to preview the data. If the data is correct, then press [OK]to
import coordinates. File Format includes Measurement data file (not support to
preview), Cass format, Geodetic coordinates format, Local coordinates format, COT
format, NETCAD format and user-defined format (press Format Manage to create
user-defined format).

Press [Format Manage] to enter interface as shown in Figure 3.5-8, press [New] to
enter interface as shown in Figure 3.5-9, input Format name, select Field delimiter (
，@ Space) and Extension name (dat, csv, txt), select Custom format description

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(to select [Point Name] and press [Add] means format includes point name), press
[OK] to return to interface as shown in Figure 3.5-8 and created data formats list in
it. Press upper left return key to return to interface as shown in Figure 3.5-6 and it
can see user-defined format in File Format.

Figure 3.5-7 Figure 3.5-8 Figure 3.5-9

Press [Delete] as shown in Figure 3.5-10 to delete one or more points. Select points
by press on points or press on Select All below, press [Delete] and [OK] in the
pop-up prompt to delete selected points. Deleted points can be recovered with [Re-
covery] as shown in Figure 3.5-11. Select points need to recover and press [Recov-
ery], and then the selected points would be displayed in Coordinate point Library.
Long press point will also enter the bulk delete mode.

Figure 3.5-10 Figure 3.5-11 Figure 3.5-12

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Press [Options] as shown in Figure 3.5-12. Enabling the point types need to display
can filter those types disabled. It includes point types: Auxiliary Point , Survey
Point , Control Point , Input Point , Calculate Point , Stake Point ,
Screen Point , Base Point .

3.6 File Export

1. Data file export

Press [Project] -> [File Export] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 3.6-1. Data
file export is to export measurement data file into the data format that user needs to
graph.

Figure 3.6-1 Figure 3.6-2 Figure 3.6-3

It can export in specified format or user-defined format. It requires to select data file
and file format. File Format includes user-defined formats, AutoCAD file format
(*.DXF), GoogleEarth file format (*.KML), Cass format, raw survey data (*.CSV) and
other formats. Press [Export], choose file storage path and input file name to com-
plete export.

Different file formats can select types of export point with press on corresponding
types. Point type includes Auxiliary Point, Survey Point, Control Point, Input Point,
Calculate Point, Stake Point and Screen Point.

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User-defined format setting: press [Format Manage] as shown in Figure 3.6-2, and
press [New] to set up items as needed as shown in Figure 3.6-3. Setting up Field
delimiter, Extension name, Angle format, whether to write File header, and select
custom export format content. Select the content as needed, press [Add] to add the
content to the Custom format description; press [Delete] to delete the content of the
custom format description one by one. Press [OK] to complete the custom export
formatting as shown in Figure 3.6-4.

Select custom file format to do [Import], [Edit], And [Delete] operations on the file
format.

2. Export Road Cross-section

Press [Export Road Cross-section] to enter into interface as shown in Figure3.6-5.

Select Data Files, File Format, Sort Type and Height Diff Type. Press [Export],
choose file storage path and input file name to complete export. Export settings
varies with File Format.

Figure 3.6-4 Figure 3.6-5

File Format includes Hintsoft Format (DH), TianZhen Format(H), SOUTH CASS
Cross-section File and Haiti. Hinsoft Format needs to set Sort Type and Height Diff
Type. TianZhen Format only needs to set Sort Type while Haiti only needs to set
Height Diff Type. SOUTH CASS Cross-section needs to set nothing.

Height includes Relative to last point and Relative to road crown.

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3.7 Scan

In SurPad, it’s mainly to scan coordinate system QR code and configuration set.
After scanning QR code, as shown in Figure 3.7-1, it can view content. Press [Apply]
to apply the data in current project while press upper left return key to not apply
parameters.

Figure 3.7-1 Figure 3.8-1

3.8 Cloud Settings

Press [Project] -> [Cloud Settings], and enable Cloud as shown in Figure 3.8-1.
Input Cloud IP and Port, input user information and set up upload data settings. The
server must be set up in accordance with PC terminal to upload survey data and
download files from the server. Then the coordinate system file can be uploaded
and downloaded quickly. In [Coordinate System], coordinate system parameters
can be set to quickly uploaded Shared coordinate system parameters in real time.

3.9 Software Settings

Press [Project] -> [Software Settings] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
3.9-1. It includes Antenna Parameters, shortcuts Settings, Record Settings, Display
Settings and other settings.

Shortcuts Settings: as shown in Figure 3.9-2, set up shortcut key for Points Library,
set up shortcut keys for saving Topo Point, Control Point, Quick Point, Auto Point,

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Corner Point, Tilt Point and Tower Point, set up shortcut keys for Latest Point, Far-
thest Point, Last Point, Next Point in Stakeout. For P9A handheld, shortcut keys for
collecting points default to Topo Point (1), Control Point (2), Quick Point (3), Auto
Point (4), Corner Point (5), Tilt Point (6) and Tower point (7). It can customize the
shortcut key as needed.

Figure 3.9-1 Figure 3.9-2 Figure 3.9-3

Record Settings: as shown in Figure 3.9-3, it can respectively set up storage condi-
tion and record options for Topo Point (as shown in Figure 3.9-4), Control Point,
Quick Point, Auto Point, Corner Point, Stop & Go Point and Tilt Point, which also can
use the default configuration.

System Settings: as shown in Figure 3.9-5, it can set up Distance Unit, Angle
Format, Mileage Format, Language, Text encoding and whether Voice broadcast as
needed.

Display Settings: as shown in Figure 3.9-6, it sets up the display status of coordinate
points in Survey interface and set whether to display the map. It can set up Display
Content, Display Type and whether to display map. If enabling map display, it can
download offline maps to facilitate survey.

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Figure 3.9-4 Figure 3.9-5 Figure 3.9-6

3.10 Software About

Software About as shown in Figure 3.10-1 includes three functions: Software activa-
tion, Feedback and Check Latest Version.

Figure 3.10-1 Figure 3.10-2 Figure 3.10-3

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Figure 3.10-4 Figure 3.10-5

Software activation: press [Software activation] to enter interface as shown in Figure

3.10-2. There’re mainly two ways to activate: Online activation and Offline activa-
tion. When with internet, it can use online activation while without it can use offline
activation. As shown in Figure 3.10-3, input registration code and press [Activate] to
complete offline activation. Registration code transfer helps use our software on
different devices.

Feedback: Thank you for using our software. Please leave your valuable comments.
We will take your feedback seriously. As shown in Figure 3.10-4, you can write your
feedback in the textbox and leave your contact information. It can also send us with
appendix, which supports image and text. Press [Submit] and your feedback would
automatically send to us.

Check Latest Version: press [Check Latest Version] to check if current software in
latest version. If there is a new version, there would pop up Software update prompt
as shown in Figure 3.10-5, and press [Details] to update software. If there is no new
version, there would notice it’s the latest version.

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Chapter 4
Device
4.1 Communication

Press [Device]->[Communication] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.1-1.

Set up Device Type, select Communication Mode, and press [Connect] to complete
the device connection. When communication is not connected, the icon is grey. And
the icon will turn blue after communication.

Figure 4.1-1 Figure 4.1-2 Figure 4.1-3

Device Type: RTK, M5, South, South(S82T/S86T), Internal GPS (only display this
option when device has internal GPS) and Total Station.

The following is introduction of communication mode with connection to RTK and

Total Station. RTK Communication Mode: Bluetooth, WIFI and demo; Total Station
Communication Mode: Bluetooth and Serial Port, with interface as shown in Figure
4.1-2.

(1) Bluetooth connection

Select [Bluetooth] and press [Search] as shown in Figure 4.1-3. If the Bluetooth of
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to stop searching. Select the device Bluetooth needs to connect and press [Con-
nect]. When there pops up matching dialog box, press [Pair] to connect. [Fast con-
nection] is to search the Bluetooth signal around and automatically connect to the
one with largest signal intensity. Bluetooth communication mode of Total Station is
the same with that of RTK.

(2) WIFI connection

With Device Type of RTK, select [WIFI] as Communication Mode and press
[Search]. WIFI Device would be listed with its WIFI name (defaults to receiver SN).
Select WIFI name to connect to the device WIFI and press [Connect] to complete
connection as shown in Figure 4.1-4. [Fast connection] is to search the WIFI signal
around and automatically connect to the one with largest signal intensity.

(3) Serial Port

With Device Type of Total Station select [Serial Port] as Communication Mode.
Then connect handheld and device with data cable, set up Port and Baud, and
press [Connect] to complete connection as shown in Figure 4.1-5.

Figure 4.1-4 Figure 4.1-5 Figure 4.1-6

(4) Demo

With Device Type of RTK, select [Demo]. As shown in Figure 4.1-6, set up Start
Point coordinates and Direction (random or manually input) and press [Start] to
enter into Demo mode. In Demo mode, it can check and try out various functions
of the software.

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4.2 Rover Mode

Press [Device] ->[Rover] to enter into interface. As shown in Figure 4.2-1, Rover
mode settings include Cut angle, whether to record raw data, Data link and
advanced settings. The following is detailed introduction.

Figure 4.2-1 Figure 4.2-2

Cut angle: The angle between the connection line between satellite and receiver
and the horizon. The receiver does not receive satellites that are below the elevation
mask. Value range: 0-45°.

Record raw data: when it’s enabled, it can input Point name and collect post-differ-
ential point in Point survey interface.

Data Link: enable/disable data link, RTK Network, Internal Radio, External Radio,
Bluetooth Data Link.

1. None: no differential signal is transmitted.

2. RTK Network: transmit differential signal through RTK internal network. It needs
to insert SIM card to transmit data.

3. Internal Radio: transmit differential signal through RTK internal radio. Base trans-
mits differential signals through internal station, and rover receives differential
signals from base through internal radio.

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4. External Radio: transmit differential signal through large radio connected with
receiver.

5. Bluetooth Data Link: transmit differential signal through handheld’s network. It

needs to insert SIM card to transmit data.

Select appropriate data link mode, and when set up successfully, rover can receive
differential signals from the base. If internal radio mode is used, the frequency and
protocol settings of rover and base must be consistent.

Advanced: as shown in Figure 4.2-2, it includes 5 satellite systems, namely GPS,

GLONASS, BEIDOU, Galileo (only displays when receiver supports) and SBAS. It
can select whether to receive signal from corresponding systems as needed.

4.2.1 Rover-RTK Network

Select Data Link as RTK Network to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.2.1-1.
It needs to set up Connect Options, WIFI Settings or APN Settings, CORS Settings
and MountPoint Settings.

Connect Options needs to set up Connect Model, GGA upload intervals (defaults to
5 s, can be user-defined), whether to Automatically connect to network (when
enable, receiver would automatically connect to the Internet once powered on), Net-
work system (Auto, GSM and CDMA1x), Network mode (WIFI or GPRS. Selecting
WIFI would appear WIFI Settings and selecting GPRS would appear APN Settings)
and whether to use Network Relay. Connect Mode option details are as follows:

TCP: transmission control protocol. It is a connection-oriented, reliable, byte

flow-based transmission communication protocol.

NTRIP: standard network transmission differential mode, commonly used in CORS

networks.

Custom：user-defined.

ZHD: differential transmission mode of HI-TARGET network, which needs to set

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group number and subgroup number.

HUACE: differential transmission mode of CHC network.

Figure 4.2.1-1 Figure 4.2.1-2

WIFI Settings requires receiver with WIFI function. Press to search WIFI, select
WIFI hotspot and input password to connect WIFI.

CORS Settings needs to set IP, Port, User and Password. For User and Password,
if you set up your own base, User and Password can be set at will; if you are using
someone else's CORS account, you need to enter the password for that account. In
addition, you can press on the right to customize information about the CORS
server.

MountPoint Settings needs to press [Get Access Point] and enable Automatically
connect to network so that it can choose rover access point in the MountPoint list
(generally access point defaults to base receiver number).

When everything is set up for rover, press [Apply] to complete rover receiver
network data link setting.

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4.2.2 Rover-Internal Radio

Select Data Link as [Internal Radio] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
4.2.2-1. It needs to set Channel, Frequency and Protocol. Channel 1-7 is fixed chan-
nels, whose frequency is unchangeable; Channel 8 is user-defined channel, whose
frequency can be set as needed. Radio Protocol includes SATEL, PCC-EOT(4F-
SK), PCC-EOT(GMSK) and Trim Talk 450S(T).

Figure 4.2.2-1 Figure 4.2.3-1

4.2.3 Rover-External Radio

Select Data Link as [External Radio] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
4.2.3-1. It needs to set Baud Rate, which defaults to 38400.

4.2.4 Rover-Bluetooth Data Link

Select Data Link as [Bluetooth Data Link] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
4.2.4-1. It needs to set Connect Mode, CORS Settings and MountPoint Settings.
The setup method is the same as RTK Network, except that the network used
comes from the mobile device, which requires the mobile device to be able to
access the Internet.

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Figure 4.2.4-1

4.3 Base Mode

Press [Device] -> [Base] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.3-1, set up all
parameters and press [Apply] to set receiver as base. If receiver does not open in
base mode, its base parameters can be modified and receiver can be set to be
base; If receiver opens in base mode, it can stop base and then set base parame-
ters.

Base mode settings include Base ID, Start Up Mode, Diff Mode, Base Startup,
Record raw data and Data Link. The following introduces various parameter
settings.

Figure 4.3-1 Figure 4.3-2

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Start Up Mode: Base mode settings includes 2 Start Up Modes: Use Current Coordi-
nates and Input Base Coordinates.

a) Use Current Coordinates: base uses WGS-84 coordinate of current point as base
coordinates.

b) Input Base Coordinates: user determines base coordinate. User-defined base

coordinate cannot be too different from the exact WGS-84 coordinate of current
point, otherwise the base station cannot work normally.

Press [Input Base Coordinates] as shown in Figure 4.3-2, base coordinate can be
selected from points library, or acquired current GPS coordinate, or input manually.
Press [Antenna Parameters], select Antenna Measurement Type and input Antenna
Measured Height to obtain antenna height.

Differential Mode: includes RTCM2, RTCM3, CMR, CMRPLUS, DGPS and

RTCM32.

Data Link: set up current data link, including None, RTK Network, Internal Radio,
External Radio and Dual.

1. None: no differential signal is transmitted.

2. RTK Network: transmit differential signal through RTK internal network. It needs
to insert SIM card to transmit data.

3. Internal Radio: transmit differential signal through RTK internal radio. Base trans-
mits differential signals through internal station, and rover receives differential
signals from base through internal radio.

4. External Radio: transmit differential signal through large radio connected with
receiver.

5. Dual: base transmits differential signal simultaneously through network and exter-
nal radio, and rover receives differential signal from any way as needed.

Select appropriate data link mode, and when set up successfully, rover can receive
differential signals from the base. If internal radio mode is used, the frequency and
protocol settings of rover and base must be consistent.

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Advanced: as shown in Figure 4.3-3, set up Cut angle, PDOP limit, Delay Start and
Satellite systems.

Cut angle: The angle between the connection line between satellite and receiver
and the horizon. The receiver does not receive satellites that are below the elevation
mask. Value range: 0-45°.

PDOP limit: Position Dilution of Precision. The smaller the PDOP value is, the better
the satellites distribute. When it is less than 3, it is in the ideal state.

Satellite systems: it includes 6 satellite systems, namely GPS, GLONASS,

BEIDOU, Galileo (only displays when receiver supports), SBAS and L-band. It can
select whether to receive signal from corresponding systems as needed. L-band,
the satellite communication band with frequency range from 0.39 to 1.55GHz, is
often called 1.5GHz band.

Figure 4.3-3

4.3.1 Base-RTK Network

Select Data Link as RTK Network to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.3.1-1.
It needs to set up Connect Options, WIFI Settings or APN Settings and CORS Set-
tings.

Connect Options needs to set up Connect Model, whether to Automatically connect

to network (when enable, receiver would automatically connect to the Internet once
powered on), Network mode (WIFI or GPRS) and Network system. Connect Mode

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option details are as follows:

NTRIP: standard network transmission differential mode, commonly used in CORS

networks.

Custom：user-defined.

ZHD: differential transmission mode of HI-TARGET network, which needs to set

group number and subgroup number.

HUACE: differential transmission mode of CHC network.

Figure 4.3.1-1 Figure 4.3.1-2

WIFI Settings requires receiver with WIFI function. Press to search WIFI, select
WIFI hotspot and input password (if needed) to connect WIFI.

CORS Settings needs to set IP, Port, Base access point (generally access point
defaults to base receiver number) and Password. In addition, you can press on
the right to customize information about the CORS server.

4.3.2 Base-Internal Radio

Select Data Link as RTK Network to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.3.2-1.
It needs to set Channel, Frequency, Protocol and Power. Channel 1-7 is fixed chan-
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whose frequency can be set as needed. Radio Protocol includes SATEL, PCC-EO-
T(4FSK), PCC-EOT(GMSK) and Trim Talk 450S(T). The power level of base will
affect the operating distance of radio: low power and low power consumption lead
to close range of action; high power and high power consumption lead to long oper-
ating distance.

Figure 4.3.2-1 Figure 4.3.3-1 Figure 4.3.4-1

4.3.3 Base-External Radio

Select Data Link as [External Radio] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
4.3.3-1. It needs to set Baud Rate, which defaults to 38400.

4.3.4 Base-Dual

Select Data Link as [External Radio] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
4.3.4-1. Dual data link means base transmits differential signal simultaneously
through network and external radio. Its set-up method is the same as Base-RTK
Network and Base-External Radio, only that this mode needs to use internal
network of device (with SIM card inserted).

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4.4 Static Mode

Press [Device] -> [Static] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.4-1. Static
mode settings include Options Settings and Antenna Parameters. The following
introduces all parameter settings in detail.

Figure 4.4-1 Figure 4.4-2

Options Settings

Point name: point name of static data.

PDOP limit: The geometric strength factor of the satellite distribution. The smaller
the PDOP value is, the better the satellite distribution is. PDOP value less than 3 is
the ideal state.

Cut angle: The angle between the connection line between satellite and receiver
and the horizon. The receiver does not receive satellites that are below the elevation
mask. Value range: 0-45°.

Collection interval: 1HZ represents that the acquisition of a data per second, 5HZ
represents that the acquisition of five data per second, 5s represents that two sec-
onds to collect a data, and so on.

Auto record static data: If it’s enabled, receiver will start recording automatically
when it is powered on and receiving satellites signal; If it’s disabled, you need to
start recording static data manually after receiver is powered on.

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Antenna Parameters

Antenna Measured Height: height of the measured point above ground.

Antenna Height: vertical height(h) from the phase center of the antenna to ground.

The known values which receiver provided as follows:

b: The height from the bottom of the device to the phase center p.c;

c: The height from the bottom of the device to the rubber ring;

R: The radius of the device rubber ring.

If the measured height is the vertical height (a) from the bottom of device to the
ground, its measurement mode is Upright height from device bottom. The antenna
height: h=a+b.

If the measured height is the height from the phase center to the ground, its mea-
surement mode is Height from Phase Center. The antenna height: h=h.

If the measured height is the slant height (s) from the rubber ring to the ground, its
measurement mode is Slant height from measuring line. Antenna height: h = sqrt
(s² - R²) - c + b (sqrt means open square).

Altimetry piece is an accessory fixed to the bottom of device. If the measured height
is the slant height(S) from the altimetry piece to the ground, and with the known
radius of altimetry piece Rc, its measurement mode is Slant height from Altimetry
piece. Antenna height: h = sqrt (S² - Rc²) + b.

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Antenna height is usually defined as the vertical distance from the phase center of
antenna to measuring point. Since it cannot be directly measured, it is usually calcu-
lated by other measurement methods. The antenna height can be obtained by input-
ting measured height and selecting measurement mode.

After setting all parameters in static mode setting, press [apply] to set receiver to
static mode.

advanced

Satellite systems: it includes 5 satellite systems, namely GPS, GLONASS,

BEIDOU, Galileo (only displays when receiver supports) and SBAS. It can select
whether to receive signal from corresponding systems as needed.

SBAS: Wide-area differential augmentation system (satellite-based augmentation

system). The navigation satellites are detected by a large number of widely distribut-
ed differential stations and the acquired raw data is sent to console. And then con-
sole calculate to acquire various satellite positioning correction information and sent
to the GEO satellites through the upload station. Finally, GEO satellites will send the
correction information to users, which facilitates to improve the positioning accura-
cy.

After setting all parameters in static mode setting, press [apply] as shown in Figure
4.2-2 to set receiver to static mode.

4.5 Work Mode Status

Work Mode Status can view operation information and status of data link selected
by current receiver. Press [Device] - > [Work Mode Status] to enter into interface as
shown in Figure 4.5-1. It divides into two parts: Working Information and Work Mode
Status. In Working Information it can view the detailed information of data link, such
as IP port. In Work Mode Status it can set up current data link. In None data link and
Static mode it can only view Working Information. The following introduces work
mode statuses of different working modes in detail.

When data link of base or rover is set as RTK Network, Work Mode Status is shown
in Figure 4.5-2. [Connection]: connect data link; [Disconnect]: disconnect data link;
[Restart]: reinitialize network module; [Refresh]: refresh current data link status.

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Figure 4.5-1 Figure 4.5-2 Figure 4.5-3

When data link of base or rover is set as Internal Radio, Work Mode Status is shown
in Figure 4.5-3. [Channel detection]: detect the signal strength of current frequency;
[Restart]: reinitialize radio module; [Refresh]: refresh current radio status.

For channel detection result, if it comes out as shown in Figure 4.5-5, it means the
device connected has no channel detection function; if it comes out as shown in
Figure 4.5-6, it means detection successes, in which red stands for strong signal
(≥-95dBm), orange stands for weak signal (-95dBm ~ -105dBm), and green stands
for no signal (≤-105dBm). Red is not suggested setting as radio frequency, while
orange and green are able to set as radio frequency and green is suggested setting
as transmitting frequency of current base.

Figure 4.5-4 Figure 4.5-5 Figure 4.5-6

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When data link of base or rover is set as External Radio, Work Mode Status is
shown in Figure 4.5-7.

When data link of rover is set as Bluetooth Data Link, Work Mode Status is shown
in Figure 4.5-8. [Stop]: disconnect network; [Start]: reconnect network.

When data link of base is set as Dual, Work Mode Status is shown in Figure 4.5-9.
[Connection]: connect data link; [Disconnect]: disconnect data link; [Restart]: reini-
tialize network module; [Refresh]: refresh current data link status.

Figure 4.5-7 Figure 4.5-8 Figure 4.5-9

4.6 Configurations

Press [Device] -> [Configurations] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.6-1.
In the list display device’s configuration set, which includes all work mode settings
for receiver. Under most circumstances, default settings can satisfy daily use.

Configurations contains six operation, namely New, Edit, Details, Apply, Import and
Delete.

Press [New] to create a new configuration set.

Press [Import] to import configuration set file in *.set format.

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Select one configuration set of work mode and press [Apply] to apply the configura-
tion set.

Press [Details] as shown in Figure 4.6-2 to view the specific settings for this configu-
ration set.

Press [QR code] as shown in Figure 4.6-3 to generate QR code and press [Save] to
select file path and then the QR code would save in *.jpg format.

Press [Delete] to delete the configuration set from Configuration. Defaulted configu-
ration set cannot be deleted.

Figure 4.6-1 Figure 4.6-2 Figure 4.6-3

4.7 Information

Press [Device] -> [Information] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.7-1.
When handheld connects to receiver, it can read receiver information, including
Device information, Network info, Radio info and Other information.

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Figure 4.7-1 Figure 4.8-1

4.8 Device Setting

Press [Device] -> [Device Setting] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.8-1.

Solution Mode: for Novatel OEM board, it divides into Normal Mode, Strict Mode
and Extra Safe Mode. Under special environment, using Strict Mode can improve
reliability of solution.

Tilt Survey: set whether to use tilt survey and select E-Bubble or Pole Tilt Correc-
tion.

Enable Voice: set whether to use voice prompt for stakeout

Enable WIFI: set whether to open WIFI connects to receiver.

Base Coordinates Change Prompt: set whether to prompt surveyor when base
changes.

4.9 Calibrate Sensor

Press [Device] -> [Calibrate Sensor] to enter into operation main interface. Main
interface includes three function keys, namely E-Bubble, Magnetic step and Mag-
netic Declination. It needs four steps to perform magnetic north calibration, and the
following introduces the operation in detail.

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Figure 4.9-1 Figure 4.9-2

1. Open Pole Tilt Correction

Press [Device] -> [Device Setting], select [Pole Tilt Correction] in Tilt Survey, and
press [OK] to open it.

2. E-Bubble

（1） Press [E-Bubble] to enter into E-Bubble calibration interface as shown in

Figure 4.9-1.

（2）Center the bubble on the retractable pole and press [Calibrate]. E-bubble and
bubble on the retractable pole are in center at the same time and E-Bubble is shown
in green as shown in Figure 4.9-2.

3. Magnetic step calibration

Press [Magnetic step] as shown in Figure 4.9-3.

（1）Record Horizontal data: install the device on retractable pole as shown in

Screen (align the retractable pole with the red point on device connector). Press
[Horizontal] and rotate the device with retractable pole as axis (no limit to rotation
direction). Rotation speed should be not more than 15°/s, taking more than 30 sec-
onds for one rotation. When data has been collected, receiver will beep. The hori-
zontal data recording process is shown as Figure 4.9-4. After the horizontal data
recording is shown as Figure 4.9-5.

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（2）Record vertical data：install the device on retractable pole and notice that the
limited block should be stuck in the groove of RTK as shown in Figure 4.9-6. After
installation, press [Vertical], and rotate the device with retractable pole as axis (no
limit to rotation direction). Rotation speed should be not more than 15°/s, taking
more than 30 seconds for one rotation. When data has been collected, receiver will
beep. The vertical data recording process and result are shown in Figure 4.9-7 and
Figure 4.9-8.

Figure 4.9-3 Figure 4.9-4 Figure 4.9-5

Figure 4.9-6 Figure 4.9-7 Figure 4.9-8

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Figure 4.9-9 Figure 4.9-10

Note:

A. In rotation, the software will display the real-time status of current data recording.

B. If data of some positions is not recorded (rotating in too fast will lead to data
missed recorded), it needs to rotate again to the position for second recording.

C. When the recording is complete, there will be a beep and "Vertical Data recording
is Complete" or "Horizontal data recording is complete!" displayed on the screen.

D. When recording horizontal data, the tilt angle must be less than 3 degrees. When
recording vertical data, the tilt angle must be less than 5 degrees.

⑶ Calibrate parameter: After the vertical and horizontal data recording is complete,
press [Calibrate], and there will pop up the dialog box of the calculating result of
parameters, as shown in Figure 4.9-9. Press [OK] to use the calibration parameter,
as shown in Figure 4.9-10, to complete Calibrate Sensor.

4. Magnetic declination calibration

Press [Magnetic Declination] to enter the interface shown as Figure 4.9-11.

⑴ Record center points: press [Center] to record center points. It needs to record
the coordinates of 10 static points. The recording process and result are in Figure
4.9-12 and Figure 4.9-13.

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Recording condition: a. relative static state b. inclination angle <0.3°

c. fixed solution d. recorded 10 points

Figure 4.9-11 Figure 4.9-12 Figure 4.9-13

Figure 4.9-14 Figure 4.9-15 Figure 4.9-16

⑵ Record incline points: Press [Incline] to record the incline points. It needs to
record points in four directions (east, south, west and north) in order, and record
coordinates of 10 static points in each direction. The recording process and result
are shown in Figure 4.9-14 and Figure 4.9-15.

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a. relative static state

b. inclination angle 25°-35°

c. fixed solution

d. record data in four directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest) in

order as shown in Figure 4.9-16 (respectively projection angle for each direction: 45
°, 135 °, 225 °, 225 °) (plus or minus 10° within above-mentioned angles is accept-
able)

e. record 10 points in each direction (please keep as stable as possible when

collecting in each direction)

Note:

A. When do the magnetic incline calibration, it is recommended that the retractable

pole be extended to 2m or more.

B. Keep the device as stable as possible when recording data.

⑶ Calibrate parameter: After center points and incline points have finished record-
ing, press [Calibrate] to calculate Magnetic declination parameters, and there will
pop up the dialog box of antenna parameter settings as shown in Figure 4.9-17.
Input the antenna parameter and press [OK], then there will pop up the prompt
about the projection correction as shown in Figure 4.9-18. And press [OK] to finish
the sensor calibration.

⑷ After sensor calibration, it can press [Settings] to view the magnetic declination.
If you know the magnetic declination of survey area, then the sensor calibration can
be ignored, please just input the magnetic declination in [Settings].

Note: If there is a prompt that error is over limit, please check whether the antenna
height is correct. Then extend the retractable pole to redo the sensor calibration.

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Figure 4.9-17 Figure 4.9-18

4.10 Re_Position

Press [Device] -> [Re_Position] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 4.10-1,
and press [OK] to get reposition. It controls receiver to research and lock satellites,
whose function is to initialize OEM board and re-receive satellite signals to position-
ing.

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4.11 Device Register

After connection between handheld and receiver, it can view device SN and regis-
tration date as shown in Figure 4.11-1. When it needs to register the RTK, in one
way it can input activation code manually, and in the other way it can press to
scan QR code to acquire activation code. After inputting activation code, press
[Registration] to complete registration.

4.12 Default Radio Settings

Press [Device] -> [Default radio settings] to enter into interface as shown in Figure
4.12-1. Select radio factory and radio channels will correspond to the default
frequency one by one. It can also change as needed.

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Chapter 5
Survey
5.1 Point Survey

Press [Survey] -> [Point Survey] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 5.1-1.

Figure 5.1-1

The icons in upper toolbar describe as follows:

Close/exit Point Survey interface.

Receiver operation mode, pressing to jump to Base/Rover/Static setting

interface.

Receiver signal.

Receiver positioning information, pressing to jump to satellite positioning

information interface.

Receiver battery power.

Solution status: includes single, float, differential and fixed.

[Age9]: current differential delay is 9.

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[Single, 0]: current solution is single, and differential delay is 0.

[Static, 0]: “Static” shows sensor status when the pole tilt survey is enabled, and
“0” means that the tilt angle is 0.

[H]: HRMS, the value represents the horizontal accuracy of current point.

[V]: VRMS, the value represents the vertical accuracy of current point.

[27/30]: current number of satellites which used to solution, and the total tracked
satellites number.

The icons in upper toolbar describe as follows:

Perimeter and area Coordinates Converter

Switch the map Full Map

Jump map center Disable Tilt Survey

Enable E-Bubble Enable Tilt Survey

Static Record Auto jumo map center

Fold/Open toolbar CAD -square center

CAD-polyline CAD -rect

CAD-rect center CAD-polygon

CAD-circle 2p CAD-square

CAD-arc CAD-circle 3p

CAD-Default CAD-point

The icons in right toolbar describe as follows:

Coordinate point library: as shown in Figure 5.1-2, points collected by SurPad

are stored in coordinate point library.

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Press [New] to create a new point.

Select any coordinate point and press [Edit] to edit the point information.

Press [Details] to view detailed information of the point.

Press [Delete] to delete the point.

Press [Import] to import coordinate file.

Press [Options] to enable/disable point types to filter points in the coordinate point
library by point type.

Figure 5.1-2 Figure 5-1.-3

Display information (with interface as shown in Figure 5.1-3):

TOPO POINT: settings for display limit of collected points on the basis of set point
type that defaults to topo points.

INFORMATION BAR: it can select the displayed information in the status bar at
interface bottom. Select an item in the Options list, then press to move this item to
the Display item list. In the same way, select an item on the Display item list, and
press to move this item to the Options list. If press [Default], the default items will be
added to the Display item list, including point name, H, N, E, Antenna height and
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TOOLBARS: settings what function keys to display in left toolbar in Point Survey
interface.

Static Record. As shown in Figure 5.1-4, set Point name (point name of point
in static record), Cut angle, Collection Interval, Observation Time and Anten-
na Parameters, press [Start] and as shown in Figure 5.1-5 it starts static
record. When static record is finished, it would save a static record file in
receiver. The static collection data here is the same as that collected under
static mode except for it can also collect topo points under rover mode as
shown in Figure 5.1-6.

Figure 5.1-4 Figure 5.1-5 Figure 5.1-6

Collect point coordinates: this icon changes along with open/close status of tilt
survey. Open tilt survey and then this icon would show E-Bubble status
and also collect points by pressing on it.

The icons in right toolbar describe as follows:

Point name: point name of collected point.

N, E, H: horizontal coordinates (projection point) of the current point.

Antenna height: antenna height set in survey.

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Base distance: The distance from current rover to the base.

Code: code for last point.

Press to set the point type (Topo Point, Control Point, Quick Point, Auto
Point, Corner Point and Tilt Point). The following introduces collecting process
of all point types.

Topo point: The “average GPS count” in record options refers to the number of
points which could be consecutive recorded. Please refer to the Figure 5.1-7, it
means that it could collect one point every time and this point should meet record
limit. When you press to record the topo point, if the measured point does not
meet record limit, there will be a prompt message. If the measured point meets
record limit, the measured point info (HRMS, VRMS, delay, PDOP, date and time)
will be displayed in the screen. Then press [OK] to save the topo point.

Figure 5.1-7 Figure 5.1-8 Figure 5.1-9

[Photo and Sketch] It can make information note on collected points, such as docu-
ments, pictures and graphs as shown in Figure 5.1-9.

Undo and return to previous step.

Add text. Font size and text color can be set.

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Add point information. Font size and color and point information to be added
(name, code, north, east, height) can be set.

Add arrow. Arrow color and style can be set.

Add drawing. Similar to the pencil function in Windows Paint, color and thick-
ness can be set.

Add photo. Directly invoke camera to take a picture to add into information.

Move. It can move any added information.

Rotate. It can rotate any added information.

Zoom. It can zoom in or out any added information.

Clear. It can clear away all information.

Control point: to collect control points will enter into interface as show in Figure
5.1-10. Press [Control Point] and wait for 15s delay for fixed solution, then it starts
to collect data. It records one point every 2s, continuously records 10 points and
collects 2 sets of 10 points (the above data is taken for example according to the
control points record settings). When collection is finished, press [OK] and it will pop
up prompt [Control points report generated, name as XXX, would you like to view it
now?] as shown in Figure 5.1-11. Press [OK] to check control point survey report as
shown in Figure 5.1-12.

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Figure 5.1-10 Figure 5.1-11 Figure 5.1-12

Quick point: When you collect quick point, if the measured point meets record limit,
then it will finish collection after prompt voice, and there will not pop up storage inter-
face.

Auto point: To collect auto point, choose [Auto Point] and press to set record
parameters and then press collect key to start collection as shown in Figure 5.1-13.
If you want to pause the recording progress, please press [pause], and press [start]
to start recording, press [Stop] to end the auto points recording.

Figure 5.1-13 Figure 5.1-14 Figure 5.1-15

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Corner point: Corner point collecting interface as shown in Figure 5.1-14. Every time
it records corner point, it should record at least 15 points, and distance between two
points should be greater than 1/10 of pole height. Then it can calculate the unknown
point coordinates by these corner points. Press [Antenna Parameters] to set Anten-
na Measured Height and Antenna Measurement Type, press [OK] to start collection,
and after collecting 15 points there will pop up interface as shown in Figure 5.1-15
to complete collection.

Tilt point: press to enter into collection interface as shown in Figure 5.1-16. If
RTK has tilt survey function, it can calculate the unknown point by collecting two tilt
points; it RTK only has E-Bubble function, it can calculate the unknown point by
collecting three points. Set up Antenna Measured Height, place mounting pole in the
unknown point, tilt in one direction and it automatically collect the first tilt point (inter-
face of successful collection of first point as shown in Figure 5.1-17). Then tilt in
another two directions and it automatically collect the second and the third tilt point.
Its collection interface is shown in Figure 5.1-18. Three circles intersect with each
other and press [Save] to calculate the unknown point.

Figure 5.1-16 Figure 5.1-17 Figure 5.1-18

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5.2 Detail Survey

Press [Survey] -> [Detail Survey] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 5.2-1. Its
upper toolbar information is same as that of Point Survey. Detail Point is a simplified
point survey mode, which is suitable for rapid and continuous coordinate survey.

Figure 5.2-1 Figure 5.2-2

Taking topo point collection as example, press [Settings] as shown in Figure 5.2-2,
select whether to enable Tilt Survey, set recording limit (can use default settings)
and press [OK] to return to interface as shown in Figure 5.2-1. Press [Antenna
Parameters] to set Antenna Measured Height and Antenna Measurement Type,
press [OK] to return to collection interface. If it needs to use Code library, press to
edit code. Press [Start] to complete point collection.

5.3 CAD

CAD is mainly used to import and edit the existing CAD graphics, and stakeout lines
in the existing CAD graphics.

Press [Survey] -> [CAD] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 5.3-1. The follow-
ing introduces this interface in detail. Press [3D] to enter 3D view as shown in Figure
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Figure 5.3-1 Figure 5.3-2 Figure 5.3-3

[Data] It can manage layer and import/export *.DXF files. To export *.DXF file it
needs to set whether to export Coordinate point Library, Point Name, Code and
Elevation.

Press [Data]->[layer] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.3-3. Press [NEW

LAYER] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.3-4, input Layer Name, set layer
color, select whether to set up as a work layer, whether visible and whether lock,
and press [OK] to complete creating a new layer. Press layer and as shown in
Figure 5.3-5, it can perform Rename, Delete, Batch delete and Delete all. Long
press layer and it can perform batch delete as shown in Figure 5.3-6. represents
current work layer. represents layer is visible. represents layer is invisible.
represents layer is locked and layer locked cannot be deleted. represents
layer is unlocked.

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Figure 5.3-4 Figure 5.3-5 Figure 5.3-6

[Drawing] It can draw layer according to points.

[Survey] It can calculate intersection point, distance offset and perform other func-
tions.

[Tools] It can calculate angle and area.

Layer (creating new layer) Import *.dxf file

Export *.dxf file Polyline

Arc Polygon

Square Square center

Rect Rect center

Circle 2p Circle 3p

Int 2 Dist Int 4 Point

Dist offset Dist offset

Divide Measure

Invert Delete

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Angle Area

3D Default view 3D Top

3D Front 3D Back

3D Left 3D Right

3D SW 3D SE

3D NE 3D NW

whether display Name whether display Grid

Elevation

CAD delete data and stakeout:

Press point or figure needs to delete on the screen, select the target and target turns
to be in blue as shown in Figure 5.3-7, and press [Delete] to delete target as
needed. Press [Stakeout] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.3-8, select [Use
selected polyline] or [Use selected segment], set whether to enable [Setting out by
pile by coordinate], press [OK] to enter stakeout interface and perform stakeout.
Press [List] and it can view selected Object information as shown in Figure 5.3-9,
and it can select point in Object Info to stakeout.

Figure 5.3-7 Figure 5.3-8 Figure 5.3-9

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5.4 Point Stakeout

Point stakeout is the process of inputting target coordinate in software and stakeout
in field.

Press [Survey] -> [Point Stakeout] -> [Point Library], select the point and press [OK]
to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.4-1.

Figure 5.4.1 Figure 5.4.2

Arrows in left bar describe as follows:

To North/South: distance that receiver needs to move North/South from current

position to stakeout point. To North arrow shows up and To South arrow shows
down.

To West/East: distance that receiver needs to move West/East from current position
to stakeout point. To West arrow shows left and To East arrow shows right.

Fill/Cut: dig in stakeout point position. If the value is positive, perform excavation; if
not, perform fill. If current height is higher than stakeout point arrow shows down. If
current height is higher than stakeout point arrow shows up.

open/close stakeout voice prompt.

hide or show left arrow bar.

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switch compass mode or distance mode. Distance mode is as shown in

Figure 5.4-1 and compass mode is as shown in Figure 5.4-2. There are two
states for compass mode. State 1 is as shown in Figure 5.4-2. Red flag
represents target point, blue arrow represents moving direction from current
receiver position to stakeout point, and red words below represents distance
to target point. State 2 is as shown in Figure 5.4-3. In gray circle the red flag
represents stakeout target, and blue circle represents receiver position.
When stakeout distance doubles Prompt Range, it would change state 1 into
state 2; when stakeout distance meets Collection scope, state 2 blue circle
would turn into green.

Figure 5.4-3 Figure 5.4-4

The icons in side toolbar describe as follows:

Coordinate point library. Points collected by SurPad are stored in coordinate

point library.

Stakeout last coordinate.

Stakeout next coordinate.

The closest point, the point closest to stakeout point.

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Point stakeout settings: as shown in Figure 5.4-4, it can set stakeout settings,
including Prompt Range, Collection scope and Display Information (No
Display, Point Name, Code); settings for [TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION
BAR] and [TOOLBARS] are the same as that of Point Survey. Press [DE-
FAULT] and it can restore the changed settings.

Automatic scaling: when automatic scaling is enabled, point stakeout will

zoom screen according to distance between stakeout point and current point
to full display the points.

Prompt Range: taking stakeout point as center of a circle and drawing three
concentric circles with radii are multiples of 1, 2 and 3 times of the prompt
range, area covered by these three concentric circles is prompt range.

Collection scope: prompt range of distance between stakeout point and

current point, which defaults to 0.2m. When the collected point is in this
range, it will not be prompted; if not, it will be prompted.

collect topo point.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: point name of current stakeout point.

Distance: distance between receiver and stakeout point.

To North: distance that receiver needs to move north from current position to
stakeout point.

To East: distance that receiver needs to move east from current position to
stakeout point.

Fill: dig in stakeout point position. If the value is positive, perform excavation;
if not, perform fill.

Antenna height: antenna height in survey.

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Figure 5.4-5 Figure 5.4-6

Point stakeout steps:

1. Select a point to stakeout in the points library, then press [OK] to enter stakeout
interface as shown in Figure 5.4-5. Red flag is target stake point. Circle is current
position of receiver. Arrow is direction indicator, indicating the direction of current
receiver. When the arrow direction is same with the direction to the target point,
please move in this direction, then you can reach the target point.

2. According to bottom status bar, move from the current point to the coordinate of
stakeout point, and excavate or fill the soil according to the height difference of the
elevation.

3. When current point is within prompt range, there will be three concentric circles
as shown in Figure 5.4-6, which indicate it enters precise stakeout.

4. The adjacent stakeout points in the points library can be switched automatically
by and keys.

5. After you reach the stakeout point, please stake it.

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5.5 Line Stakeout

Line stakeout is the stakeout of designed line, including line mileage, left and right
offset and elevation control within line.

Press [Survey] -> [Line Stakeout] -> [Lines Library], select the line and press [OK] to
enter interface as shown in Figure 5.5-1.

Figure 5.5-1 Figure 5.5-2

The icons in right toolbar describe as follows:

Lines library. As shown in Figure 5.5-2, Lines library includes six operations,
namely Add, Edit, Delete, OK, Import and Export.

Press [Add] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.5-3, input line name and
start mileage, select input type, input parameters, and press [OK] to complete
line parameter settings of new line. There are two ways to input line parame-
ters: one is to set start point and end point of line, and it automatically calcu-
lates azimuth and length (start mileage defaults to 0); the other one is to set
start point, azimuth and length.

Select any line in Lines library and press [Edit] to edit the line information, and
press [OK] to save the change.

Select any line in Lines library and press [Delete] to delete the selected line.

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Figure 5.5-3 Figure 5.5-4

Press [import] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.5-4. If you select Data Type
as [Lines File] and set File Format (defaults to Line Library File, and it can be
defined by press on [Format Manage]), then you can import the file with*. SL suffix.
If you select Data Type as [Coordinates File] and set File Format (defaults to Local
coordinates format, and it can be defined by press on [Format Manage]), then you
can import the file with *.dat suffix. The imported line file can be a line file in another
project or a pre-edited line file, avoiding duplicate entries.

Press [Export], select export path and input file name to complete export. The line
file (* .SL) in the project can be exported to specified path and used for other data
processing or project import.

stakeout last line.

stakeout next line.

Add stake. As shown in Figure 5.5-5, it can add stake in line stakeout. There
are two modes to add stake. First mode, calculate coordinates by mileage
and offset distance, in which it needs to input mileage, offset distance.
Second mode, calculate offset and distance by coordinates, in which it needs
to input northing, easting and elevation, or search coordinates from library, or
get current GPS coordinates. After setting up parameters, please press [OK],
and there will pop up the prompt to display the calculate result. Then it can
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Figure 5.5-5 Figure 5.5-6

Display information. Set up display information, including Prompt Range and

Display all line, as shown in Figure 5.5-7. Press [DEFAULT] and it can restore
line stakeout settings. Settings for [TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION BAR]
and [TOOLBARS] are the same as that of Point Survey.

Figure 5.5-7 Figure 5.5-8 Figure 5.5-9

Prompt range: Taking the line as center and prompt range as spacing on both
sides, it generates six parallel lines. The area within these six parallel lines is
prompt range.

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Automatic scaling: when automatic scaling is enabled, line stakeout will be

displayed in full screen automatically.

collect TOPO point.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: The name of the stakeout line.

H: The height of current point.

Mileage: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and mileage
is the distance from the vertical point to the start point.

Offset: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and offset is
the distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left
in the direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in
the direction of line, offset is positive.

Mileage Diff to Start: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line,
and Mileage Diff to Start is the distance from foot point to start point.

Mileage Diff to End: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line,
and Mileage Diff to End is the distance from foot point to end point.

Target peg: The name of the current stakeout peg.

Line stakeout steps:

1. According to the engineering design, please edit the stakeout line in the line
library or import line file in advance.

2. Select the Stakeout line and press [OK] to enter line stakeout interface. Start point
shows mileage 0.000 and end point shows actual mileage. Red flag represents
vertical distance from current point to line. Arrow indicates the direction of RTK.
Please refer to Figure 5.5-8.

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3. Moving direction: Move along the vertical line from current point to the stakeout
line, you can return to the stakeout line. Or according to the prompt direction in the
bottom status bar, you can also find the correct direction to reach the stakeout line
(You can change the items in the bottom of the status bar).

4. Please stakeout according to the prompt in the bottom status bar.

5. When the line offsets on both sides are within the prompt range, the parallel lines
are generated on both sides of the stakeout line according to the setting of Prompt
Range. It indicates that you are in precise stakeout.

6. If you need to add stake to line during stakeout process, press to set stake
mode and position, then press [OK] to acquire calculation result. Press [Stakeout] to
enter line stakeout interface as shown in Figure 5-21. Then you can stake out
according to the prompts in the bottom status bar. When the distance between
stakeout point and current point is less than 3 meters, it will take stake point as
center and generate prompt circles to get into precise stakeout.

7. The adjacent stakeout lines in Lines library can be switched automatically by

and keys.

5.6 Stake Road

Stake road is the specific program for stakeout of line and channel median line and
slope construction in line engineering and hydraulic engineering.

Press [Survey] -> [Stake road], select the stakeout road and press [OK] to enter
interface as shown in Figure 5.6-1.

Road Library. It includes [New], [Edit], [Delete], [Import] and [OK] five opera-
tions. Press [New] and input Road Name, select Road type and input corre-
sponding parameters to create a new stakeout road. Select any road in Road
Library, press [Edit] and it can edit name and parameters of the road. Press
[Delete] and it can delete the road from Road Library. Press [Import], change
path and select stakeout road file (*.RE, *.LE, *.RP, *.IP, *.rec, *.dat, *.csv,
*.txt) and it can import stakeout road file as shown in Figure 5.6-2. The import-
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entries.

central line of road. It can switch to slope stakeout by press. Slope stake-
out: it is to stakeout the designed road on the drawing to the corresponding
ground in accordance with the design requirements in order to instruct
surveyor to mark the excavation line and filling line for construction.

Display information. It can set stakeout road configuration, including Prompt

Range, Display key point, Assistant line, Road thickness and Limit mileage
range as shown in Figure 5.6-3. Press [DEFAULT] and it can restore changed
items. Settings for [TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION BAR] and [TOOLBARS]
are the same as that of Point Survey.

collect TOPO points.

Figure 5.6-1 Figure 5.6-2 Figure 5.6-3

The items in the bottom status bar description:

Target: The name of the stakeout road.

Mileage: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and mileage is the
distance from the vertical point to the start point.

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distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left in the
direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in the direction
of line, offset is positive.

Figure 5.6-4 Figure 5.6-5

Road stakeout steps:

1. According to the engineering design, please edit the stakeout road in Road
Library.

2. Select the stakeout road and press [OK] to enter road stakeout interface. And
stakeout according to the prompt in the bottom status bar as shown in Figure 5.6-4.
Draw vertical line of stakeout line over current point. Red flag indicates foot point,
circle indicates current point, and arrow indicates direction of RTK.

3. Press to enter slope stakeout interface as shown in Figure 5.6-5. It will automati-
cally display slope graph in the range of current mileage based on the currently
calculated mileage. In screen it displays current point’s position in slope in real time,
and bottom status bar displays specific data of Distance to Slope, Distance to
Top/Bottom, Height and Cut and Fill. In graph the middle red of cross section shows
current mileage, and the blue number shows the offset at the intersection of related
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5.7 Stake Road by Point

Stake road by point is the specific program for continuous stakeout of specific
stakes with fixed stake distance like 20/50/100 or with specific stake number as
engineering required.

Press [Survey] -> [Stake road by point], select the stakeout road to stakeout and to
enter interface as shown in Figure 5.7-1.

Figure 5.7-1 Figure 5.7-2

Road Library. It includes [New], [Edit], [Delete], [Import] and [OK] five opera-
tions. Press [New] and input Road Name, select Road type and input corre-
sponding parameters to create a new stakeout road. Select any road in Road
Library, press [Edit] and it can edit name and parameters of the road. Press
[Delete] and it can delete the road from Road Library. Press [Import], change
path and select stakeout road file (*.RE, *.LE, *.RP, *.IP, *.rec, *.dat, *.csv,
*.txt) and it can import stakeout road file as shown in Figure 5.7-2. The import-
ed road file can be a stakeout road file in another project, to avoid duplicate
entries.

Add stake. It can add stake in road stakeout. There are two modes to add
stake: one is to calculate coordinates by chainage and offset distance, and
the other one is to calculate offset and distance by coordinates.

Display information. Set up display information, including Prompt Range and

Display all line, as shown in Figure 5.7-3. Press [DEFAULT] and it can

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estore line stakeout settings. Settings for [TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION

BAR] and [TOOLBARS] are the same as that of Point Survey.

collect TOPO point.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: name of the stakeout road.

To Less: distance from current point to target peg. “To Less” means that if you want
to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of the small mileage.

Distance: distance between receiver and stakeout point.

Fill: dig in stakeout point position. If the value is positive, perform excavation; if not,
perform fill.

Mileage: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and mileage is the
distance from the vertical point to the start point.

Offset: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and offset is the
distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left in the
direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in the direction
of line, offset is positive.

Figure 5.7-3 Figure 5.7-4 Figure 5.7-5

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Road stakeout steps:

1. According to the engineering design, please edit the stakeout road in Road
Library.

2. Select the stakeout road and press [OK] to enter road stakeout interface as
shown in Figure 5.7-4. Mileage can be set as needed, that is, when entering stake-
out interface, the position of stakeout point. Set stakeout interval, and then perform
stake road by points. Press [OK] to enter road stakeout interface as shown in Figure
5.7.5. And according to arrow direction and the prompt of mileage and offset in the
bottom status bar, stakeout roads in Road Library at stakeout interval by points. The
adjacent stakeout points in the points library can be switched automatically by
and keys. Press , input mileage and it will automatically calculate coordinate
of added stake, then press [OK] to return to stakeout interface for stakeout.

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5.8 Stake Road by Cross Section

Stake road by cross section is the specific program for measurement of surface
relief vertical to road middle line on middle stake after design of line so as to meet
early requirement of line engineer or hydraulic engineering. Cross section drawing
is the basis for design of subgrade cross section and determining the excavation
and filling of roadbed in construction. SurPad would export specific cross section file
format used in related design software.

Press [Survey] -> [Stake road by cross section], select the stakeout road and enter
interface as shown in Figure 5.8-1.

Figure 5.8-1 Figure 5.8-2

Road Library. It includes [New], [Edit], [Delete], [Import] and [OK] five opera-
tions. Press [New] and input Road Name, select Road type and input corre-
sponding parameters to create a new stakeout road. Select any road in Road
Library, press [Edit] and it can edit name and parameters of the road. Press
[Delete] and it can delete the road from Road Library. Press [Import], change
path and select stakeout road file (*.RE, *.LE, *.RP, *.IP, *.rec, *.dat, *.csv,
*.txt) and it can import stakeout road file as shown in Figure 5.7-2. The import-
ed road file can be a stakeout road file in another project, to avoid duplicate
entries.

Add stake. It can add stake in road stakeout. There are two modes to add
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Rthe other one is to calculate offset and distance by coordinates.

Display information. Set up display information, including Prompt Range and

Display all line, as shown in Figure 5.8-3. Press [DEFAULT] and it can restore
line stakeout settings. Settings for [TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION BAR]
and [TOOLBARS] are the same as that of Point Survey.

collect TOPO point.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: The name of the stakeout line.

H: The height of current point.

Mileage: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and mileage is the
distance from the vertical point to the start point.

Offset: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and offset is the
distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left in the
direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in the direction
of line, offset is positive.

Horizontal distance: Draw a vertical line from current point to cross section, and Hor-
izontal distance is the distance from foot point to intersection of cross section and
road.

Vertical distance: Draw a vertical line from current point to cross section, and Verti-
cal distance is the distance from foot point to current point. “To more” means that if
you want to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of the big mileage. “To
Less” means that if you want to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of
the small mileage.

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Figure 5.8-3 Figure 5.8-4 Figure 5.8-5

Stake road by cross section steps:

Select target road and press [OK] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.8-4. Set
whether auto select mileage, Calculation mode, Interval and Normal (distance
between middle line of road and side point of cross section). Press [OK] to enter
stakeout interface as shown in Figure 5.8-5. When vertical distance of road is less
than 3 meters, parallel lines are generated on both sides of the cross section to
enter precise positioning. Move current point according to the arrow direction and
vertical and horizontal distance prompt in bottom status bar. When current point is
on cross section, perform data collection and stakeout according to engineer
requirements. The adjacent cross section can be switched automatically by and
keys. Press , input mileage and it will automatically calculate coordinate of
added stake, then press [OK] to return to stakeout interface for stakeout. When
cross section is located in the position of pile mileage, it can be measured. Collected
data can be exported through [Project]-> [File Export] to export in Hintsoft For-
mat(DH), Haiti, TianZhen Format(H), SOUTH CASS Cross-section File Format.

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5.9 Stake Road by Bridge Section

Stake road by bridge section is the specific program for line stakeout of orthogonal
culverts, oblique culverts and culvert median line. Oblique culvert describes culvert
median line and line form a fixed angle.

Press [Survey] -> [Stake road by bridge section], select the stakeout road and add
a bridge section as shown in Figure 5.9-1. (Notes: please select bridge-crossing
road in Bridge management library, and create a new road according to road design
if none.)

Figure 5.9-1 Figure 5.9-2

Bridge management library. As shown in Figure 5.9-2, it includes Add, Edit,

Delete, Import, Export and OK operation. Press [Add], as shown in Figure
5.9-3, set coordinates A and B, it will automatically calculate Intersecting Mile-
age and intersecting Angle and other parameters. And press [OK] to create a
new bridge section. Select any bridge section and press [Edit] and it can edit
every parameter. Press [Delete] and it can delete the selected bridge section.
Press [Import]/[Export] and it can import/export bridge file in *.XDM format.

Display information. Set up display information, including Prompt Range,

Automatic scaling and Limit mileage range, as shown in Figure 5.9-4. Press
[DEFAULT] and it can restore changed settings. Settings for [TOPO POINT],
[INFORMATION BAR] and [TOOLBARS] are the same as that of Point
Survey.

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Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: The name of the stakeout line.

H: The height of current point.

Mileage: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and mileage is the
distance from the vertical point to the start point.

Offset: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and offset is the
distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left in the
direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in the direction
of line, offset is positive.

Horizontal distance: Draw a vertical line from current point to cross section, and Hor-
izontal distance is the distance from foot point to intersection of cross section and
road.

Vertical distance: Draw a vertical line from current point to cross section, and Verti-
cal distance is the distance from foot point to current point. “To more” means that if
you want to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of the big mileage. “To
Less” means that if you want to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of
the small mileage.

Figure 5.9-3 Figure 5.9-4 Figure 5.9-5

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Stake road by bridge section is to create a new oblique section and then collect
oblique section data. Oblique section is fixed angle between cross section and road.

Stake road by bridge section steps:

Press [Survey] -> [Stake road by bridge section] to enter interface as shown in
Figure 5.9-2. Press [Add] to create a new oblique section as shown in Figure 5.9-3.
Set coordinates A and B, and their connection line should intersect with road; or set
Intersecting Mileage (directly input mileage values or press to acquire current
point), Intersecting Angle and Length. Press [OK] to return to Bridge management
library, select bridge section and press [OK] to enter stakeout interface as shown in
Figure 5.9-5. Taking data in Figure 5.9-5 for example, mileage between current
oblique section and road is 2.62 meters (according to intersecting mileage settings).
Move current point and when vertical distance of road is less than 3 meters, parallel
lines are generated on both sides of the oblique section to enter precise positioning.
Measure and stakeout oblique section according to the arrow direction and vertical
and horizontal distance prompt in bottom status bar. When the distance between
stakeout point and current point is less than 3 meters, it will take stake point as
center and generate prompt circles to get into precise stakeout. When the distance
between cross section and current point is less than 3 meters, it will take cross sec-
tion as center and generate prompt circles to get into precise stakeout.

5.10 Conical Slope Stakeout

Conical slope stakeout is the specific program for stakeout of conical slope of abut-
ment in the combining site of the road and bridge in road engineering.

Press [Survey] -> [Conical Slope Stakeout], select the stakeout road and add a coni-
cal slope as shown in Figure 5.10-1.

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Figure 5.10-1 Figure 5.10-2 Figure 5.10-3

Conical slope library. As shown in Figure 5.10-2, it includes Add, Edit, Delete
and OK operation. Press [Add], as shown in Figure 5.10-3, set Mileage, Road
width, Crossing angle, Slope and Slope bottom height. If it needs to use Road
center coordinate, enable the option and input center point coordinate. And
then after Conical Slope settings, press [OK] to create conical slope. Select
any conical slope and press [Edit] and it can edit all parameters of conical
slope. Press [Delete] and it can delete the conical slope from conical slope
library.

Display information. Set up display information, including Prompt Range,

Display key point and Display calculate Point, as shown in Figure 5.10-4.
Press [DEFAULT] and it can restore changed settings. Settings for [TOPO
POINT], [INFORMATION BAR] and [TOOLBARS] are the same as that of
Point Survey.

collect topo point.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: point name of current stakeout point.

Fill: dig in stakeout point position. When the current elevation is greater than that of
the stakeout point, perform excavation. relative to the midline of the line.

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To North: distance that receiver needs to move north from current position to stake-
out point.

To East: distance that receiver needs to move east from current position to stakeout
point.

To Less: distance from current point to target peg. “To Less” means that if you want
to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of the small mileage.

To Right: distance from the current point to the left relative to the midline of the line.

Figure 5.10-4 Figure 5.10-5

Generally, a bridge has two bridge abutments, 0# and 1#. Usually see abutment
with small number as 0#, and abutment on the other side as 1#. Conical slope is a
construction between abutment and embankment, which is for bridge protection. If
there is barricade behind abutment, then conical slope is not necessary.

Conical Slope Stakeout steps:

Press [Survey] -> [Conical Slope Stakeout] to enter interface as shown in Figure
5.10-2. Press [Add] to create a new oblique section as shown in Figure 5.10-3. Then
Press [OK] to return to Bridge management library, select bridge section and press
[OK] to enter stakeout interface as shown in Figure 5.10-5. Taking data in Figure
5.10-5 for example, mileage between current oblique section and road is 2.62
meters (according to intersecting mileage settings). Move current point and when
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sides of the oblique section to enter precise positioning. Measure and stakeout
oblique section according to the arrow direction and vertical and horizontal distance
prompt in bottom status bar. When the distance between stakeout point and current
point is less than 3 meters, it will take stake point as center and generate prompt
circles to get into precise stakeout. When the distance between cross section and
current point is less than 3 meters, it will take cross section as center and generate
prompt circles to get into precise stakeout.

5.11 Electric Lines Survey

Electric power line survey is the specific program to survey and measure the natural
environment along the designed line before the power line design and finally the
handheld measured data would be converted via PC and output to the special
format data of power software.

Press [Survey] -> [Electric Lines Survey] as shown in Figure 5.11-1, select an elec-
tric line from the electric lines library to stakeout.

Figure 5.11-1 Figure 5.11-2

The icons in side toolbar describe as follows:

Electric Lines Library. Its operation is as same as that of Lines library.

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stakeout last electric line.

stakeout next electric line.

Display information. Set up display information, including Data storage type,

Prompt Range and whether to enable automatic scaling, as shown in Figure
5.11-2. Data storage type includes Dao Heng and Si Wei two formats. Press
[DEFAULT] and it can restore electric line stakeout settings. Settings for
[TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION BAR] and [TOOLBARS] are the same as
that of Point Survey.

Prompt range: Taking the line as center and prompt range as spacing on both
sides, it generates six parallel lines. The area within these six parallel lines is
prompt range.

collect TOPO point.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: The name of the stakeout line.

Point Horizontal distance: horizontal distance from current point to last collected
point.

Mileage: draw a vertical line from current point, and mileage is the distance from
current point to the start point±start point mileage.

Offset: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and offset is the
distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left in the
direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in the direction
of line, offset is positive.

Mileage Diff to Start: distance from current point to start point.

Mileage Diff to End: distance from current point to end point.

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points in map and it can calculate distance and height difference between
these two points

calculate distance from offset point to line and offset direction. Select three
points in Map, the first two points form a line and see the third point as offset
point. And it can calculate distance from the third point to the line formed by
the first two points and offset direction.

calculate offset angle and offset distance. Select three points in Map, the first
two points form a line and see the third point as offset point. And it can calcu-
late distance to start point, distance to end point, vertical distance to start
point, vertical distance to end point, offset distance and offset angle.

calculate distance. Select two points in Map, and it can calculate the total
length of route between two points.

calculate and stakeout angular bisector of J peg. Select a point from J peg on
electric lines and it can calculate and stakeout angular bisector of angle
between connection lines front and back.

line offset storage. Select a point in line and it pops up setting dialog. Take
selected point as base point, input distance, height difference and orientation
(current point and the base point can be selected), and it can calculate coordi-
nate of offset point and store in point library.

Electric Lines Survey steps:

1. Enter Electric Lines Survey, add electric line, select one line and start survey.

2. Record survey data. File format can be set in STAKEOUT SETTINGS, including
Dao Heng and Si Wei. Data storage type can switch when project is created and is
not allowed to switch once collection starts.

During operation, it only needs to select reference line as needed, press to

collect TOPO point on detail points that needs collection and save survey data.
Select Object type, select Pole Type, input width, angle, pole height and other items,
and press [OK] to save. Then software will save these topographic information and

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and press [OK] to save. Then software will save these topographic information and
property in survey file so as to record the information through direct selection
instead of tedious code.

Press to enter into Electric Lines Survey interface and press [Add] to create a new
electric line as shown in Figure 5.11-3. It sets start point and end point of the line, or
set line name, start mileage, line length and start point.

Select target electric line and press [OK] to enter electric line survey interface as
shown in Figure 5.11-4. According to stakeout prompt in bottom status, press to
collect TOPO point or press handheld defined shortcut key to collect and save
power property data as shown in Figure 5.11-5.

Figure 5.11-3 Figure 5.11-4 Figure 5.11-5

When in storage, according to current point type to select Object Type. Object Type
includes: J pile (turning point stake), Z pile (straight line stake), Auxiliary point, 1
point measurement marker, 1 point road measuring river pond, 2 point road measur-
ing river pond and 3 point measuring room.

【J pile】Turning point stake.

【Z pile】Straight line stake.

【Auxiliary point】 General detail points.

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【1 point measurement marker】 It includes power line, communication line, optical

cable, road, railway.

【1 point road measuring river pond】 It’s used for road, railway, river, pond and
house.

【2 point road measuring river pond】 It’s used for 2-point measurement for road,
river, pond and house. See detailed introduction in the following.

【3 point measuring room】 It’s used for 3-point measurement for house. See
detailed introduction in the following.

A、 To collect J pile, Z pile, auxiliary point and general point it only needs to input
point name and antenna height.

B、 During operation, when the road meets power lines, communication lines, opti-
cal cables and other lines, it needs to store power line type, span angle and other
information so as to display in plan and sectional drawing of DaoHeng CAD. For
instance, forward line encounters 220KV power line, Angle: acute angle of 45
degrees to the right, Height 30 meters, and perform storage.

C、1 point measurement marker

The forward line encounters road, railway, river, pond, house and other objects, it
can store by 1 point measurement marker.

For instance, in the forward direction, it encounters a road, Angle: acute angle of 60
degrees to the right, Width 10 meters. After selecting the point at one end of the
physical object, collect and store data, and input the width in the storage dialog box.
[Note]: when the back section point is not easy to measure, it can be measured at
the front section point, and width is input negative value.

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D、2 point road measuring river pond

It’s a second way to store span object and it can measure object width in more preci-
sion. On one end of the object collect and store data, choose 2-point measurement
and it sets the point as point 1. After storage, collect and store data on the other end,
and it sets the point as point 2. Select Gutter and input angle and other information
to store. (Measurement sequence at both ends of the object can be arbitrary
because software will automatically determine the front and back interrupt points of
the object according to the line direction. It is important to note that it must first store
point 1and then point2, which software will automatically process it without any
choice by user.)

E、3 point measuring room

When in house measurement, there are three ways, 1-point measurement, 2-point
measurement and 3-point measurement.

(1) 1-point house measurement, that is to select [1 point road measuring river pond],
select [House] as Gutter and input house length, width and height.

(2) 2-point measurement. It needs separative measurements in back corner point

and front corner point in arbitrary sequence. Select [2 point road measuring river
pond], select [House] as Gutter and input house length and height.

Note: house length can input positive or negative values. The positive and negative
value of house length means: see forward direction of road as reference, house
slants to the left or to the right, and left is positive and right is negative.

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and front corner point in arbitrary sequence and then another measurement in auxil-
iary corner point. Note: auxiliary corner point must be a third, i.e. measurement
sequence is first front and back corner points and then auxiliary point. Select [3 point
measuring room] and input house length.

For collected power data, Geoelectron provides professional power conversion soft-
ware ElectricPro. It converts project file (*.PD) into DeoHeng ORG data format
through data edition.

5.12 Tower Stake

Tower stake is for engineering stakeout of four or eight reference points of tower
foundation of high-voltage transmission line in electric construction.

Press [Survey] -> [Tower Stake] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 5.12-1.
Select a point and press [Calculate] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.12-2.
Select its type (4-cross-section or 8-cross-section), input length and width, and
press [Calculate] to acquire result as shown in Figure 5.12-3. Press [OK] to return to
interface as shown in Figure 5.12-4. Select a tower and press [Stakeout], and stake-
out interface as shown in Figure 5.12-5. Perform stakeout according to bottom
status bar. During tower stake, it can collect tower section data and when distance
shows 0 it means current point is on the selected line. Press to collect tower point
as shown in Figure 5.12-6.

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Figure 5.12-1 Figure 5.12-2 Figure 5.12-3

Figure 5.12-4 Figure 5.12-5

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Figure 5.12-6 Figure 5.12-7

The icons in side toolbar describe as follows:

Topo point/Tower point switch icon.

Floating collection key.

Coordinate point library. Points collected by SurPad are stored in coordinate

point library.

Stakeout last coordinate.

Stakeout next coordinate.

The closest point, the point closest to stakeout point.

( add in the toolbar in )

Display information: as shown in Figure 5.12-7, it can set stakeout settings,

including Prompt Range and whether to enable automatic scaling; settings for
[TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION BAR] and [TOOLBARS] are the same as
that of Point Survey.

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5.13 Elevation Control

Elevation control can calculate the design height of points within the range accord-
ing to the design plane parameters, which is conducive to site leveling and earth-
work calculation in the project.

Press [Survey]-> [Elevation Control], select the stakeout file and press [OK] to enter
elevation control stakeout interface as shown in Figure 5.13-1.

Figure 5.13-1 Figure 5.13-2 Figure 5.13-3

The icons in side toolbar describe as follows:

Elevation Control library interface as shown in Figure 5.13-2. Press [Add] as

shown in Figure 5.13-3 and it can create a new elevation control. Data type
includes import triangulation file, triangulation, two points area and one point
area. Select item in list and it can delete and edit the selected item. Press
[Import] and it can import *.TIN file. *.TIN file is a comprehensive file formed
by all triangulation, two points area and one point area.

Elevation control steps:

（1）Enter Elevation Control library, press [Add] to create triangulation, two

points area and one point area or import triangulation file as engineer design
required.

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A. To create a one point area, it needs to input a point coordinate (x, y, h),
xGrade and yGrade. Coordinate and xGrade and yGrade form a plane.

B. To create a two points area, it needs to input two point coordinates with
same height and Grade which together with two points forms a plane. Taking
connection line of two points as boundary (starting from the point with eleva-
tion), when grade is positive, right elevation is larger than h and left elevation
is smaller than h; when Grade is negative, on the contrary, right elevation is
smaller than h and left elevation is larger than h.

C. To create a triangulation, input three point coordinates (x, y, h) and three

points form a plane.

（2）Press [OK] to return to Elevation Control library, select stakeout target

(triangulation plane), press [OK] to enter stakeout interface as shown in
Figure 5.13-1. If current point is in design plane projection, it can view eleva-
tion, design height (according to design plane) and cut and fill. Perform site
leveling as engineer design required.

5.14 Curve Stakeout

Curve Stakeout is a simple line stakeout tool. Software provides three types of
curves, namely straight line, circle and curve. Curvature and radius of any point on
circle are the same. Curvature and radius of any point on curve are changing.

Press [Survey] -> [Curve Stakeout], select a line from Curve Stakeout list to stake-
out as shown in Figure 5.14-1.

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Figure 5.14-1 Figure 5.14-2 Figure 5.14-3

The icons in side toolbar describe as follows:

Curve Stakeout list as shown in Figure 5.14-2. Press [Select] to enter Curves
Library as shown in Figure 5.14-3. Press [Add] and it can create Straight line,
Circle (known offset angle and intersection), Circle (known coordinates and
radius), Circle (known three coordinates) and Curve as shown in Figure
5.14-4. Press [Import] and it can import curve file in *.SC format. Select a
curve and press [Edit] and it can edit the selected curve parameters. Press
[Map] and it can view the drawn graph as shown in Figure 5.14-5. Press [De-
lete] and it can delete the selected curve.

Figure 5.14-4 Figure 5.14-5

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Stakeout last coordinate.

Stakeout next coordinate.

Add stake. It can add stake on stakeout curve according to mileage during
stakeout curve.

Display information.

collect TOPO point.

Stakeout curve steps:

⑴ Enter Curve Stakeout list.

⑵ Press [Select] to enter Curves Library and create curve or import curve file.

Parameter settings for new line are as follows:

Straight line: set Road Name, Mileage, Start Point and End Point.

Circle (known offset angle and intersection): set Name, Radius, Mileage, Corner,
Intersection Point and Reference type (Reference Angle and Start Point coordi-
nates). Corner: turning angle of line.

Circle (known coordinates and radius): set Name, Radius, Mileage, Center Point,
Start Point and End Point. Center point: connection line of start point and end point,
and turn left represents center point is in the left of line and turn right represents
center point is in the right of line.

Circle (known three coordinates): set Name, Mileage, Start Point, Second Point and
End Point.

Curve: set Name, Radius, Gradual Curve, Mileage, Corner, Intersection Point and
Reference Type (Reference Angle and Start Point coordinates).

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number or Calculate by integer distance) and Interval, and press [OK] to return to
Curve Stakeout list. In list it displays main points of the curve (QD、QZ、ZD、JD、
HH) and coordinates and mileage according to interval settings.

⑷ Select one point in Curve Stakeout list and press [OK] to enter stakeout interface
as shown in Figure 5.14-1. According to interval settings, it displays mileage at the
corresponding position of the line. When the distance between stakeout point and
current point is less than 3 meters, it will enter into precise stakeout, and stakeout
according to arrow direction and prompt in bottom status.

⑸ Press to add stake on stakeout curve.

⑹ The adjacent stakeout points in the points library can be switched automatically
by and keys.

5.15 Existing Stakeout

Existing stakeout is essentially the reversal process of line stakeout. Line stakeout
is to stakeout the designed line to the field, and stakeout the line according to calcu-
lated line elements, length and azimuth. And existing lines stakeout is to survey and
map out the existing roads of in detail, and then based on the data of surveying and
mapping to calculate the starting point of linear range, azimuth, length, starting point
and end point coordinates and other elements, in order to modify or design based
on the data.

This function is usually used to collect center point of line in field. The center points
are connected into polylines and the parameters of each line can be viewed in the
line library. The section can also be measured.

Press [Survey]-> [Existing Stakeout] and select an existing line to stakeout as

shown in Figure 5.15-1.

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Figure 5.15-1 Figure 5.15-2

The icons in side toolbar describe as follows:

Stake Existing Lines.

stakeout last line.

stakeout next line.

connect end point and current point of line.

display information.

collect point.

Existing stakeout steps:

⑴ Enter Stake Existing Lines and set start line or import line files.

⑵ Select target line and press [OK] to enter stakeout interface as shown in Figure
5.15-1. The normal line is generated at the center point, which is conducive to mea-
suring cross section. The vertical line of normal line is formed by overturning the
front point, which can help to distinguish the direction.

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⑶ Measure cross section of mileage at current point according to line mileage, line
offset, horizontal distance and vertical distance in bottom status.

⑷ Press to collect data at current coordinate, that is, cross section.

⑸ Press to connect end point and current point of stakeout line as shown in
Figure 5.15-2. Press Stake Existing Lines and it can view parameters of connection
line.

⑹ Move current point and repeat step 4 and 5 until complete all existing line stake-
out.

⑺ The adjacent center points can be switched automatically by and keys to

measure cross section.

5.16 Railway Stakeout

Press [Survey]-> [Railway Stakeout], select a road in Roads Library and press [OK]
to enter line centerline stakeout interface as shown in Figure 5.16-1. Before mea-
surement of longitudinal section of railway bridge, it must perform line centerline
stakeout. Before measurement of longitudinal section of road bridge, it must design
and stakeout road data file.

Figure 5.16-1 Figure 5.16-2 Figure 5.16-3

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Bridge management library. As shown in Figure 5.16-2, it includes Add, Edit,

Delete, Import, Export and OK operation. Press [Add] to enter interface as
shown in Figure 5.16-3, set coordinate A and B, and it can automatically
calculate intersecting mileage, intersecting angle and other parameters. And
then press [OK] to create a new bridge section. Select any bridge section and
press [Edit] and it can edit every parameter. Press [Delete] and it can delete
the selected bridge section. Press [Import]/[Export] and it can import/export
bridge file in *.XDM format.

Display information. Set up display information, including Prompt Range,

Automatic scaling, Display key point, Assistant line, Road thickness and Limit
mileage range, as shown in Figure 5.9-4. Press [DEFAULT] and it can restore
changed settings. Settings for [TOPO POINT], [INFORMATION BAR] and
[TOOLBARS] are the same as that of Point Survey.

Figure 5.16-4 Figure 5.16-5

collect TOPO point. Its interface is shown in Figure 5.16-5.

Data type: Vertical section point, Intersect point, Adjacent point and Adjacent points.

Vertical section point: point type for longitudinal section stakeout.

Intersect point: point type for measurement of intersecting angle and intersecting
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Adjacent point and Adjacent points: point type for elevation measurement of nearby-
dam top, beam bottom, existing piers, flood water level points and other design rela-
tive points or point system position during longitudinal section measurement. In
measurement, point type should be adjacent point. In point system measurement,
point type of all points except the first point (point type as adjacent point) should be
adjacent point system.

[Two point fixed line]: in line stakeout, according to site conditions, it measures two
points to determine the cross section on stakeout cross section direction. These two
points should measure the left one at first and then the right one. They also can be
on one side or on either side of road. Image as shown in the following figure:

There are several ways to measure the points: point A and B; point C and D; point
B and C.

[Two point intersects] and [Three point intersects]:

Measure intersecting angle and intersecting point mileage of intersecting railways,

roads or rivers during cross section survey. In measurement it only needs to mea-
sure two points on one side of intersecting building to determine intersection angle
and intersection point mileage of intersecting building and line. And then measure
one point on the other side of intersecting building to determine the width of building
and intersection point mileage of the measured side and line (it can directly input
width).

Measurement step:

1. When measuring only two points, press [Two point intersects] to calculate angle.
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necessary to input.

2. When measuring three points, measure two points on one side of the intersection
object and one point on the other side. When measuring the third point, press [Three
point intersects] to calculate the angle and width.

Measure method sketch map

Measure point. Culvert measurement is in some positions cannot get GPS

satellites fixed, to measure a datum point in position can get fixed solution
and measure distance and elevation from datum point to the unknown point
by measurement type, then to calculate coordinate and elevation of the
unknown point by software. This can help measure some blind spots that
GPS cannot measure. Press to collect a Datum point as shown in Figure
5.16-6, and press [OK] to enter measure point interface as shown in Figure
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Figure 5.16-6 Figure 5.16-7

Number of scales: number of point continuous measurement. When in continuous

measurement, it needs to be based on previous measure point and measure type
should be same.

Measure type: [Measure vertical section] includes Mileage difference and Elevation
difference; [Direct addition] incudes Mileage, Horizontal distance and Elevation.

Measure direction: [Measure the left] is small mileage; [Measure the right] is big
mileage.

Defaulted items in bottom status bar describe as follows:

Target: The name of the stakeout line.

H: The height of current point.

Mileage: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and mileage is the
distance from the vertical point to the start point.

Offset: Draw a vertical line from current point to stakeout line, and offset is the
distance from foot point to current point. When current point is on the left in the
direction of line, offset is negative; when current point is on the right in the direction
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Horizontal distance: Draw a vertical line from current point to cross section, and Hor-
izontal distance is the distance from foot point to intersection of cross section and
road.

Vertical distance: Draw a vertical line from current point to cross section, and Verti-
cal distance is the distance from foot point to current point. “To Less” means that if
you want to reach the target peg, the distance to the direction of the small mileage.

5.17 Survey Range Settings

Survey range settings is a prompt settings of survey area for the purpose of survey-
or’s understanding of the working area.

Press [Survey] -> [Survey Range Settings] to enter interface as shown in Figure
5.17-1, which displays point list.

Generally, survey area set up needs at least three points. As shown in Figure
5.17-2, press [Add] to set up Point Coordinates. It can press to acquire current
coordinate, or press select from point library or input manually. After point setting,
press [OK] to return to previous interface, and press [OK] to display the survey
range with red line in Survey interface as shown in Figure 5.17-3. Press [Select] to
select points in Points Library to form survey range. Press [Import] and it can import
coordinates files (*.dat, *.txt, *.csv).

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Select any coordinate point and press [Edit] to edit the point information.

Press [Delete] and it will pop up a prompt as shown in Figure 5.17-4 and press [OK]
to delete the point.

Press [Move up] and [Move down] to move the point.

Press [Preview Map] and it can show graph formed by points in list as shown in
Figure 5.17-5. And press [CAD] to enter CAD interface as shown in Figure 5.17-6.

Figure 5.17-4 Figure 5.17-5 Figure 5.17-6

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5.18 Layers Settings

Layer settings of SurPad is same as that of CAD used on PC, which sets up and
edits imported CAD layer. And it also supports to import *.shp layer in ArcGIS data
format.

Press [Survey] -> [Layers Settings] to enter interface as shown in Figure 5.18-1.
Layer is divided into CAD LINE and BACKGROUND LAYER.

CAD LINE: interface as shown in Figure 5.18-1. Press [NEW LAYER] as shown in
Figure 5.18-2, input Layer Name, select color, set whether set up as a work layer,
whether visible and whether lock. Press [layer] and it can delete layer or rename it.

work layer. Only one layer is work layer.

layer is visible.

ayer is locked. Locked layer cannot be deleted.

Figure 5.18-1 Figure 5.18-2 Figure 5.18-3

BACKGROUND LAYER: interface as shown in Figure 5.18-3. It includes five opera-

tions, namely ADD, EDIT, MOVE UP, MOVE DOWN, DELETE.

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(AUTOCAD drawing exchange file) files. When importing layer, it can view layer
properties. As shown in Figure 5.18-4, it can set Contour Color, Fill Color, whether
Display Label, Property, Text Color, whether is Visible and whether is Selectable.
Press [Boundary] and it can check layer’s boundary as shown in Figure 5.18-5. Mul-
tiple layers can be overlapped. Layers can be chosen to Edit, Delete, Move up and
Move down. It can view imported layers in Survey interface after Layer settings, as
shown in Figure 5.18-6.

Figure 5.18-4 Figure 5.18-5 Figure 5.18-6

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Chapter 6
Tools
6.1 Localization

In general, GPS receiver output data is WGS-84 latitude and longitude coordinates.
The coordinates need to be converted to the construction measure coordinates,
which requires software to calculate and configure coordinate conversion parame-
ters. Localization is the main tool to complete this conversion.

Press [Tools]-> [Localization] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 6.1-1. It con-
tains Add, Edit, Delete, Calculate, Import, Export and Options operation.

Figure 6.1-1 Figure 6.1-2

Press [Add] to enter into interface as shown in Figure 6.1-2.

There are two ways to set the know point coordinates: one is to press to get
coordinates from the points library, the other one is to input name, northing, easting
and elevation directly. Set the known coordinate to complete inputting point coordi-
nate in first coordinate system.

Then set WGS84 geodetic coordinate. There are three ways to set WGS-84 geodet-
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to get coordinates from the points library, and the third one is to input name,
northing, easting and elevation directly. Then it completes inputting first WGS-84
geodetic coordinate. Set whether to use horizontal control and vertical control, and
then press [OK] to complete first group of coordinates. The remaining coordinates
can be added in this way, until all the coordinates which are participated in the
parameter calculation have been added.

Select a coordinate in [Localization] and press [Edit], you can edit the parameters of
this point. Then press [OK] to save the changes.

Select a coordinate in [Localization] and press [Delete], then all the data about this
point could be deleted from Site Calibration.

Press [Import] to import pre-edited * .COT file and *.LOC file of SurveCE, which is
convenient to coordinate input.

Press [Export] to export the coordinates in Localization in * .COT file. When you
need to use these coordinates next time, you can import and don’t need to re-input.

Press [Options] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.1-3.

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Convert Method: it includes [Horizontal correction+ Elev_correction], [Horizontal

Adjustment+Vertical Adjustment], [Seven parmeter+Horizontal correc-
tion+Elev_correction] and [Seven Parameter]. Horizontal correction includes Hori-
zontal Adjustment and Four Parameter. Elevation correction includes height fitting
and vertical adjustment.

Horizontal correction Model: it includes [Horizontal Adjustment] and [Four Parame-

ter]. Horizontal Adjustment is defined format of Situoli. Four Parameter is suitable
for four parameter compatible format like HI-TARGET.

Vertical Control: it includes [Automatic Decision], [Weighted Average], [Plane

Fitting], [Surface Fitting] and [Vertical Adjustment]. Horizontal Accuracy Limit and
Vertical Accuracy Limit could be changed as needed.

After all the coordinates are inputted, press [Calculate] to acquire the GPS parame-
ter report as shown in Figure 6.1-4. Press [Apply], it will refresh the data in the coor-
dinate point library. If the result is not applied, press return key upper left, it will
return to Site Calibration interface. To ensure whether the calculation results are
accurate or reliable, it can check with other known points.

6.2 Coordinates Converter

Press [Tools]- [Coordinates Converter] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.2-1.

Set up source coordinate and there are three ways to input coordinate: 1. Press
to collect point; 2. Press to select from coordinate point library; 3. Directly input
point name and coordinate value. Select Transform type (BLH or xyh), input coordi-
nates, and press [Transform] to accomplish coordinate conversion and check result
as shown in Figure 6.2-2. If it needs to save the converted coordinates, press [OK]
and input the point name to save it to the coordinate library as shown in Figure
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Figure 6.2-1 Figure 6.2-2 Figure 6.2-3

6.3 Angle Converter

Press [Tools]-> [Angle Converter] as shown in Figure 6.3-1. It includes 5 angle

formats, namely dd(Decimal), dd.mmssss, dd:mm:ss.ssss, dd:mm:ss.ssss’’and
Radian.

The conversion goes in the following sequences:1. select input angle format; 2.
input angle; 3. check result.

For instance, select angle format as dd (Decimal), input angle 23.25, press [Calcu-
late] and the result is as shown in Figure 6.3-2.

Figure 6.3-1 Figure 6.3-2

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6.4 Perimeter and Area

Press [Tools]-> [Perimeter and area] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.4-1. In
List it displays points in list, and in Preview Map it displays graph formed by points
in list.

Figure 6.4-1 Figure 6.4-2 Figure 6.4-3

Press [Add] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.4-2. At least 3 coordinates need
to set up to calculate perimeter and area. To add points, it can press to acquire
current coordinate, or press select from point library or input manually. After point
setting, press [OK] to return to previous interface, and press [Calculate] to calculate
perimeter and area of the graph formed by points as shown in Figure 6.4-3.

Points can be selected to Edit, Delete, Move Up and Move Down. As shown in
Figure 6.4-4, Import, Export, Delete, Move Up and Move Down need to show when
press .

Press [Select] and it can select points from Points Library as shown in Figure 6.4-5.
It also supports Select All.

Press [Import] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.4-6, choose import coordi-
nates file (*.cvs, *.dat and *.txt) and Distance Unit (Meter, US Survey and Interna-
tional Feet) and press [OK] to find the file and press [OK] to import file and return to
List or Preview Map interface.

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Figure 6.4-4 Figure 6.4-5 Figure 6.4-6

6.5 COGO Calculation

Press [Tools]-> [COGO Calculation] to enter interface. According to the known coor-
dinates, it can figure out position relations between point and point as well as
between point and line. It includes Coordinate inverse calculation, Point line calcula-
tion, Vector, Two Lines Angle and other calculation, which will be introduced in the
following. The following three icons in COGO Calculation mean:

store calculation point.

acquire current coordinate.

Points Library.

There are three ways to set points: 1. extract coordinates from Points Library; 2.
acquire current GPS coordinates; 3. directly input values of Northing, Easting and
Elevation.

Calculation result in COGO calculation can be stored in Points Library with press
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6.5.1 Coordinate Inverse Calculation

As shown in Figure 6.5-1, set Start Point A and End Point B, and press [Calculate]
to check the result of Plane distance, Azimuth, Elevation difference, Ratio of slope
and Vector, as shown in Figure 6.5-2.

Figure 6.5-1 Figure 6.5-2

6.5.2 Point Line Calculation

As shown in Figure 6.5-3, set Start Point A, End Point B and Offset Point C, and
then press [Calculate] to check the result of Start distance, End distance, Start Verti-
cal Distance, End Vertical Distance, Offset Distance and Offset Angle as shown in
Figure 6.5-4.

Figure 6.5-3 Figure 6.5-4

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6.5.3 Vector

As shown in Figure 6.5-5, set Start Point A and End Point B, and then press [Calcu-
late] to check the result as shown in Figure 6.5-6.

Figure 6.5-5 Figure 6.5-6

6.5.4 Two Lines Angle

As shown in Figure 6.5-7, set Start Point A, End Point B, Start Point C and End Point
D, and then press [Calculate] to check the result as shown in Figure 6.5-8.

Figure 6.5-7 Figure 6.5-8

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6.5.5 Intersection Calculation

As shown in Figure 6.5-9, set Point A, Point B, Point C and Point D, and then press
[Calculate] to obtain the point coordinates as shown in Figure 6.5-10.

Figure 6.5-9 Figure 6.5-10

6.5.6 Resection

As shown in Figure 6.5-11, set Line L1, L2, Point A and Point B, and then press [Cal-
culate] to obtain the point coordinates as shown in Figure 6.5-12.

Figure 6.5-11 Figure 6.5-12

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6.5.7 Forward Intersection

As shown in Figure 6.5-13, set Angle α, β, Point A and Point B, and then click [Cal-
culate] to obtain the point coordinates as shown in Figure 6.5-14.

Figure 6.5-13 Figure 6.5-14

6.5.8 Coordinate Positive Calculation

As shown in Figure 6.5-15, set Line L1, Angle α, Point A and Point B, and then press
[Calculate] to obtain the point coordinates as shown in Figure 6.5-16.

Figure 6.5-15 Figure 6.5-16

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6.5.9 Offset Point Calculation

As shown in Figure 6.5-17, set Line L1, Angle α and Point A, and then press [Calcu-
late] to obtain the point coordinates as shown in Figure 6.5-18.

Figure 6.5-17 Figure 6.5-18

6.5.10 Equal Point Calculation

As shown in Figure 6.5-19, set Start Point A and End Point B, and Number of seg-
mentation, and then press [Calculation] to obtain n-1 coordinates as shown in
Figure 6.5-20.

Figure 6.5-19 Figure 6.5-20

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6.6 Calculator

This function is for the convenience of some simple data calculation.

Figure 6.6-1 Figure 6.7-1

6.7 External Radio Configuration

Press [Tools]-> [External Radio configuration] to enter interface as shown in Figure

6.7-1. Connection mode for SurPad on handheld are Bluetooth and serial port, and
for SurPad on PC is only Bluetooth.

Select [Serial Port] as shown in Figure 6.7-1, connect external radio and handheld
by GK-186 cable, and then select serial port and baud. Press [Connect] and it would
prompt connection fails if connection fails while it would appear [Settings] if connec-
tion succeed.

Select [Bluetooth] as shown in Figure 6.7-2, press [Search] to search external radio
Bluetooth, select the Bluetooth and press [Connect]. When connection succeeds,
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Figure 6.7-2 Figure 6.7-3 Figure 6.7-4

Press [Settings] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.7-3.

Press [Parameter setting] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.7-4, and press
[Get] to obtain parameters of current connected external radio, which can be
user-defined. Press [Settings] and then the parameters are set.

Press [Channel detection] as shown in Figure 6.7-5. Channel test needs external
radio antenna. Press [Help] as shown in Figure 6.7-6 and it can view channel test
report. As shown in Figure 6.7-7, input acquired frequency 439 and press [Query],
and the result saying weak represents the channel is accessible. Press [Check] and
it can acquire default frequency low noise signal intensity as shown in Figure 6.7-8.

Figure 6.7-5 Figure 6.7-6 Figure 6.7-7

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Figure 6.7-8 Figure 6.7-9 Figure 6.7-10

Press [Equipment information] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.7-9, and

press [Get] and it can view settings information of connected external radio.

Press [Temperature control] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.7-10, and press
[Get] and it can view temperature control of connected external radio. It can modify
temperature control information as needed, and press [Settings] to successfully
modify temperature control information.

Notes:
1. Temperature threshold range [-100~1000]Celsius degree.
2. Power gain range [-60~60]dB.
3. Temperature threshold for first order must be smaller than that of two stage.

Press [Radio control] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.7-11, it can change
baud of serial port. Select baud and press [Change] and it can successfully change
serial port baud of external radio. Press [Reboot] and it can reboot external radio.
Press [Off] and it can switch off external radio. Press [Restore frequency table] and
it can restore the changed frequency table to its defaulted settings. Press [Reset]
and it can eliminate all user-defined information for external radio.

Press [Firmware update] to enter interface as shown in Figure 6.7-12, select *.bin
firmware file and it would display firmware file information. After information confirm,
press [Update] to update firmware.

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Figure 6.7-11 Figure 6.7-12

6.8 Station Refresh

Station refresh is usually used when data is collected without Site Calibration and
after collection it needs to calibrate data of a certain period. Press [Tools]-> [Station
Refresh]to enter into interface as shown in Figure 6.8-1. Press [Marker Point Cali-
bration] to acquire x, y, h values and press [Refresh]. In the interface as shown in
Figure 6.8-2, repress [Refresh] and enter into interface as shown in Figure 6.9-3.
Select Refresh Date, Start Time and End Time and press [Refresh] to calibrate data
of the period as shown in Figure 6.8-2.

Figure 6.8-1 Figure 6.8-2 Figure 6.8-3

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Chapter 7
Total Station

Connect SurPad to total station and set total station in distance measurement
mode, and it can control total station. The following introduces operation in detail.

7.1 Communication

Press [Device]-> [Communication], select [Total Station] as Device Type as shown

in Figure 7-1. Make: Stonex, KOLIDA (taking Stonex as example); Model: R1+(-
Stonex), KTS400(KOLIDA); Communication Mode: Bluetooth, Serial port (taking
Serial port as example) as shown in Figure 7-2. Please note that Baud Rate should
be the same as that of Total Station configuration.

Figure 7-1 Figure 7-2

7.2 Height

Press [Survey]-> [Point Survey] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-3. Press
to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-4 and set Instrument height and Prism
height. Reflector includes Prism, Reflectorless and Sheet. Title bar will display
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Prism: It needs to input Prism height, Instrument height and Prism Constant.
Prism constant is divided into two types. Usually Chinese prism is-30mm and
international prism is 0mm.

Reflectorless: It applies to distance measurement where it is not suitable to

place a reflection prism or reflector, such as measurement for cliffs, rock walls
and other landslides, deformation measurement and tunnel construction.

Sheet: Using sheet in distance measurement, please note that signal will
weaken as distance become far. It’s better to measure in good weather and
light vision. And there may be deviation in height measurement, so it should
measure for several times to acquire average value.

Figure 7-3 Figure 7-4

7.3 Measure Mode

SurPad provides 7 measure modes for total station.

Press to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-5. The following introduces mea-
sure modes in detail.

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Figure 7-5 Figure 7-6

Sideshot (polar coordinate method): In measurement, it needs to set up station

at first and then measure distance and angle to calculate another coordinate.
Taking point stakeout as example, it needs to find the stakeout point position,
press [Sideshot] as shown in Figure 7-6 and press to collect points as shown
in Figure 7-7. In Figure 7-6, triangle represents current coordinate and it doesn’t
coincide with stakeout point. Adjust total station and re-collect point until collect-
ing point coincide with stakeout point, i.e. device is on stakeout point as shown
in Figure 7-8.

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Resection: With multiple known points, only measure angle or measure angle
and distance to calculate the unknown points.

For instance, set station on the unknown point (P), with three known point (A, B,
C) and two angles (α, β) to calculate the unknown point (P), as shown in the
following figure:

Press [Resection] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-9, press [Add] to enter
interface as shown in Figure 7-10, select point A or B or C and press [OK] to add
three points involved in calculation as shown in Figure 7-11. Select point A,
adjust total station to measure point A and press [Observe Dis.] to acquire
distance PA by total station measurement as shown in Figure 7-12. Repeat the
steps to acquire distance PB and PC, and press [Calculate] as shown in Figure
7-13 to calculate point P coordinate.

Figure 7-9 Figure 7-10 Figure 7-11

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Figure 7-12 Figure 7-13

Opposite side

The principle of opposite side measurement is as shown in the following figure.

It includes horizontal distance, vertical distance, slope distance and slope
between measured station and target point, and between target points. Any
target point can be set as new station.

Press [Opposite side] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-14, press [Observe]
to acquire position of target point A, adjust telescope to target point B, press [Op-
posite] to acquire calculation result as shown in Figure 7-16. Press [New station]
and it can set last measured point B as new starting point, so when target point
is point C, it calculates distance BC. If it doesn’t press [New station], when target
point is point C, it calculates distance AC.

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Figure 7-14 Figure 7-15 Figure 7-16

Remote height

The principle of remote height is as shown in the following figure. Taking power
line measurement as example, method is: at first place the prism directly below
power line, measure the prism position, raise telescope to the target and the
device screen will automatically display height from ground to target point.

Press [Remote height] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-17, press [Ob-
serve] as shown in Figure 7-18 to measure prism position, press [High] and set
prism height, raise telescope to target point, press [Remote height] to acquire
calculation result.

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Figure 7-17 Figure 7-18 Figure 7-19

Horizontal Angle Offset

The principle of Horizontal Angle Offset is as shown in the following figure. When
it’s hard to directly place prism, such as in the center of tree, Horizontal Angle
Offset is very useful. It only needs to place prism on point P with same distance
to device as that of target point, set device height/target height and perform Hori-
zontal Angle Offset and it can acquire coordinate AO in the center of measured
object.

Press [Horizontal Angle Offset] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-20, press
[Observe Dis.] as shown in Figure 7-21 to acquire prism position, adjust tele-
scope to target point, press [Observe Angle] to acquire calculation result ass-
hown in Figure 7-22. It also can firstly observe angle and then distance. Press
[Save] and it can save the point coordinate.

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Figure 7-20 Figure 7-21 Figure 7-22

Distance Offsets

The principle of Distance Offsets: to calculate single distance eccentric point,

firstly input offsets of front, back, left and right, measure the target point and soft-
ware automatically calculate eccentric point.

Press [Distance Offsets] and total station will collect a point at first. As shown in
Figure 7-23, input the backward, left, and right offset distance from the device
perspective, press [Observe Again], measure target point as shown in Figure
7-24 and software will automatically calculate eccentric point. Press [Save] and
it can save the point coordinate as shown in Figure 7-25.

Figure 7-23 Figure 7-24 Figure 7-25

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Circle Offset

The principle of Circle Offset is as shown in the following figure. Place prism on
point P1, P2, P3 and collect their coordinates and it can calculate coordinate P0.

Press [Circle Offset] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-26, press [A Direc-
tion], measure target point P2 as shown in Figure 7-27, press [B Direction], mea-
sure target point P3 as shown in Figure 7-28, press [Center HDis.], measure
point P1 as shown in Figure 7-29, and software will automatically calculate coor-
dinate P0. Press [Save] and it can save the point coordinate as shown in Figure
7-30.

Figure 7-26 Figure 7-27 Figure 7-28

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Figure 7-29 Figure 7-30

7.4 Orientation Setup

Press [Orientation setup ] to enter interface as shown in Figure 7-31 and set
survey station point and backsight point to perform orientation. There are two ways
to set backsight point: Coordinate Type and Azimuth Type. Coordinate Type needs
to input Northing, Easting and Elevation of point. Azimuth Type needs to input
azimuth. Taking Azimuth Type as example, as shown in Figure 7-31, input Occupy
point coordinate and backsight point coordinate, press [Calculate] to check calcula-
tion result as shown in Figure 7-32, press [Observe] and total station will automati-
cally measure distance, and result displays as shown in Figure 7-33. Press [Accept]
and it applies the orientation result. Press [Observe Again] and it readjusts the total
station to measure distance and acquires orientation result. This observation proce-
dure can be repeated until satisfactory orientation result is obtained.

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