Improving Workflow Efficiency using the Trimble R10 with SurePoint Marco Wuethrich Trimble Applications Specialist
Content Trimble SurePoint technology Trimble R10 (1) ebubble, (2) tilt auto-measure and (3) tilt compensated points: Hardware sensors Calibrations and environment Demo Examples of using R10 with SurePoint How do you achieve an improved workflow efficiency Summary of Trimble SurePoint Questions
Trimble SurePoint Built into Trimble S-Series total stations for many years Ensures precise measurements Remains aimed at target to guard against: Sinkage Accidental bumps Pressing key with excessive force And more
Trimble SurePoint in GNSS SurePoint technology has been expanded to GNSS receivers: ebubble Tilt auto-measure Compensated points Improves field time efficiency by 30-50% automatic measurements and no leveling Enables traceability of pole tilt information Enables measuring points which were not directly accessible before
ebubble
ebubble An electronic bubble displayed on measure and stakeout forms in Trimble Access software
ebubble What Does It Do For You? No need to continuously monitor the display of the controller and the physical pole-bubble at same time Enables you to keep the pole more stable during measurement No need to be close to the pole Eliminates errors: Not properly calibrated physical bubbles Not temperature affected like physical bubble Traceability: records tilt data for every single measured point
ebubble Hardware and Environments Dual axis accelerometer Sense acceleration R10 leveling gravity Provides tilt information g Any environment is suitable for accelerometers (almost) These notes also count for tilt auto-measure (to follow)
ebubble Calibrations Why is calibration needed? To adjust and align dual axis accelerometer with local gravity field To ensure accuracy of tilt information (and stored with measured points) What if I don t calibrate? Degrades the accuracy of the measured coordinates
ebubble Calibrations How often is (re-)calibration needed? When: the R10 suffers severe abuse, e.g. pole drop you enter an area with significantly different local gravity conditions, e.g. a massive granite mountain reaching the user-defined calibration age limit current inside temperature of the R10 is more than 30ºC compared to the last calibration warning message shown
ebubble Calibrations Is there something I need to take care of while calibrating? Pole straightness: a bent pole will directly affect the accuracy of the calibration, especially when you use a different pole for the actual measurements Bubble reference: calibrate against properly calibrated physical bubble Pole stability: receiver should be as vertical and as stable as possible, a bipod (or similar) helps the most
ebubble Options and Calibrations
ebubble Options and Calibrations
ebubble Options and Calibrations Needed for ebubble and tilt auto-measure Needed for tilt compensated points
ebubble Options and Calibrations
ebubble Important note: Always operate the R10 with the LED panel facing towards you; this ensures that the ebubble acts in the same direction as a physical bubble does on a pole Traceability Jobs/Review Job
Tilt Auto-Measure
Tilt Auto-Measure An automated tilt-triggered point measurement
Tilt Auto-Measure What Does It Do For You? Uses ebubble to trigger a fully automated point measurement point measurement starts as soon as the R10 is level Speeds up the point measurement workflow, especially when there are a lot of points needed to be measured Eliminates the slight tilt deflection when pressing the Measure key helps keeping the pole 100% steady from the moment the measurement starts
Tilt Auto-Measure
Tilt Auto-Measure
Tilt Auto-Measure Options
Compensated Points
Compensated Points Measures points which compensate for a tilted pole (up to 15º)
Compensated Points What Does It Do For You? Uses internal tilt and compass sensors to determine the spatial relationship between the Trimble R10 and the tip of the survey pole Allows you to directly measure points which were not accessible before with GNSS receivers or only through time-consuming offsetting technique Eliminates the need of having the pole always level for measurements Saves you time-consuming getting the pole level set up
Compensated Points Hardware and Environments Magnetometer Senses any magnetic field: We want to sense earth s local magnetic field and compare to R10 internal magnetic model Good environment en.wikipedia.org Away from any metal objects or objects that generate magnetic fields Bad environment Vehicles & heavy machinery High voltage overhead or underground power lines Metal reinforced buildings and more.
Compensated Points Hardware and Environments
Compensated Points Calibrations Why is calibration needed? To determine the R10 s magnetic characteristics in the ideal earth s magnetic field in the area To align magnetic model with the axis of the R10 What if I don t calibrate? Tilt corrected coordinates will be wrong Degrades the accuracy of the measured coordinates
Compensated Points Calibrations How often is (re-)calibration needed? When you enter an area with a different local magnetic environment Otherwise the same rules apply as the tilt sensors for ebubble and tilt auto-measure NOTE: every time you recalibrate the tilt sensor, it invalidates the magnetometer model alignment and therefore a new calibration is needed Are there additional considerations I need to be aware of while calibrating? Stay far away from any magnetic disturbance! Calibrating the magnetometer near sources of magnetic disturbance does not "correct" for the interference caused by these objects!
Compensated Points Calibrations
Compensated Points Calibrations
Compensated Points Calibrations
Compensated Points Options and Calibrations Magnetometer calibration Magnetometer alignment
Compensated Points Can Trimble Access detect a bad environment? Yes: if the sensed local gravity field does not match the expected (model) gravity field, Trimble Access will show you Magnetic field disturbed
Compensated Points Traceability and magnetic disturbance
Compensated Points Magnetic disturbance 0-9: Correctly calibrated magnetometer and environment is free of magnetic interference 10-50: Magnetometer is not correctly calibrated AND / OR moderate magnetic disturbance in the environment Trimble Access will show warning in status line and ask for confirmation upon storing the point 51-99: Magnetometer is not correctly calibrated AND / OR severe magnetic disturbance in the environment Trimble Access will not be able to store the point unless the pole's tilt distance is <0.4inch (1 cm) of level
Examples of R10 with SurePoint
Examples of R10 with SurePoint
Examples of R10 with SurePoint
Examples of R10 with SurePoint
Examples of R10 with SurePoint
Examples of R10 with SurePoint
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency? Make sure your ebubble is ON every time you measure a point Enable the following options in your Survey Styles or under Measure Points/Options: Tilt auto-measure Auto store point Auto abandon Zero key press for repeated point measurement
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency? Auto store point automatically stores the point when the preset occupation time and precisions have been met
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency? Auto abandon automatically abandons points that experience excess tilt, or excess movement, during the measurement process and the process is restarted
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency? Start using compensated points : For difficult to access points no need to offset anymore Repeated topographic points eliminates leveling time
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency?
How Do You Achieve an Improved Workflow Efficiency? If you follow these settings. You save approx. 30%-50% of your time by: Automatically triggering point measurements for each single point less button clicks for the same goals Not having to level the pole for every single point Points are more precise: Focus on one thing (ebubble only!) during measurement. No continuously swap monitoring of time to go and physical bubble. No pole deflection due to pressing buttons
Summary of Trimble SurePoint Faster data collection Measure points that were previously inaccessible Eliminate common sources of GNSS measurement error 100% traceability Reduce operator fatigue Improve operator safety
Find out more Visit our Partner Pavilion and see a demo of the R10 with SurePoint technology Chat with one of our friendly and helpful Trimble staff. They are happy to help and explain it to you
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