Conventional Total Station
When connecting to a conventional total station there are a few things you need to confirm before connecting to FieldGenius.
You need to know what the communication parameters are set to on the instrument. Please take the time to find what the following settings are set to on the instrument: Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits and Parity.
Because of all the different instruments available, we cannot provide help on retrieving these settings from your instrument. Please refer to your owner's manual or contact technical support from your equipment manufacturer.
Total Station Profile
Once you know the settings, you can connect FieldGenius to the instrument. If you just installed FieldGenius you can start the program and follow the prompts until you get to the Instrument Selection screen. From there, select Total Station as the Instrument Type, and then press the Add button to create a new Instrument Profile. Name the profile for your instrument, and then press the Edit button to access the Total Station Configuration screen to configure your profile. From there choose the Model and Communication button to configure FieldGenius.
You can also access this screen by going to Main Menu | Connect | Instrument Selection and choose total station.
Select Make and Model
FieldGenius uses a smart driver that will poll the instrument to see what commands it supports. Because of this you will see that in the Model section we don't list every instrument built by the manufacturer. If you're unsure of what make and model to choose visit our website and use the online helpdesk support center to do a search for your instrument.
Communication Settings
Confirm the settings so they match the settings from your instrument. If you don't know what the settings on the instrument are, you can always try the Default Comm Settings button.
Other Settings
On the Total Station Configuration screen, you can review the other options to set some additional parameters for your instrument.
Connect to Instrument
If you're not connected to the instrument you will see a status of "Not Connected" displayed above the Connect to Instrument button. When you're ready to connect make sure you have done the following:
- Powered on the instrument
- Levelled the instrument
- Compensated the instrument.
- Connected the data cable from the instrument to your data collector.
Once you have done all four steps, you can press the Connect to Instrument button. If you see a status of "Connected" displayed above the Connect to Instrument button then you have successfully connected.
Getting Started
To start taking measurement you need to exit out the Total Station Configuration screen by pressing close button. Depending on the instrument you connected to you will have different options available. Please review the Instrument Toolbar topic for more information.
Tip: You can use the enter key on your device to take a measurement. For example, if your Measure Mode is set to