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1. n Setup Control Points TEST CTL Notepad File Edit Format View Help NAME Northing Easting Elevation Description cope ona ptafake 5000 2000 100 nice coordinates when no contro ul 11897587 164 2094660 8665 100 hub ul Wordpad tm Edit the file like a spread sheet Replace this file with another file Save this file somewhere Append another file to the end of this file 9 Choose a Control Point for NONE OF THESE CHANGE THE FILE m ul NEZ 11897587 164 2094660 8665 100 ul X OK Cancel GPS Setup UTM 1 Point Read One Control Point BR Would you like to use the raw data from the control point file for point al instead of reading the instrument It has a date time of 10 13 08 59 24 CAUTION you should only say yes if you are 1 using GPS AND 2 your base station is in exactly the same place as before AND 3 it is broadcasting the same corrections instusectl Page 6 of 12 Edit the file with Notepad V if you want to type in point information Exit and save when done Or if you have a text file or ctl file in another jobnname with Name 2 Desc Select Replace this file with another file Select the Control point you are going to use you must Know where to find and be able to occupy this point s real world location You may receive a question about raw data if you have used the point before Head description on screen for when to Sa
2. 839718926 Code 2 Normal Machine Pipe NoDitch Stake Z NoPerm Road Pact TrimPav Advanced 6 AGPS Topo Main Menu Setup Program p many questions Setup Program Quickly Different Job Resetup Program Same Job Instrument menu Survey File menu Plot menu Miscellaneous Surveying actions Concepts Documentation Ouit this menu nee this Application 14 Y OK J Page 4 of 12 Select AGPS Topo You are informed how many executions uses are remaining the programs you have access to and the Rel release number Press OK or the screen will go away after an amount of time To work on a different job Select Setup Program Quickly different job To work on the same job Select Resetup program same job Skip the next step Many questions Select Setup Program many questions This asks all questions about the program from Instrument to files Typically only done once after install Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo amp Set the Job Name f Set the Job Name NONE MAKE A NEW JOB 200512SP ALDER82 COYS CHL CURTIS1 2 IDMOT Z 2 5 Wb Set the Location Instrument Position Enter the Job Name TEST Enter a Description of the job Do Nothing Now Check Setup Base Station Setup Just Display Position GPS 2 1 Local Point Setup GPS 2 1 Local Point Setup with Stretch GPS Setup State Plane 0 Point GPS set
3. RTK Float No RTK base Precision GGA Generic Ashtech 4or3 5 or 2 1 HDOP John Deere 4 3 extend 5 flt 1 HDOP Sokkia V NovAtel V Beeline 50 49 48 34 17 16 Alt Std Deviation Topcon Javad M GGA 4 5 1 HDOP Trimble M GGK 3 2 1 PDOP This file will contain all data points captured Also Location Instrument setup information and other relevant information are logged to this file Points from this file will be displayed on your plot window as dots The Survey File Menu includes options to modify this file A NEZ coordinate system with zones designed on Longitude lines The program can automatically detect your UTM zone See also Local Point State Plane NEZ Page 12 of 12 Revision 10 5 2009
4. 6 31 Quit without reading 44 Capture a Control Point m 20 successful reads were performed The averaged results are Northing 15624380 142 5 0 016 Easting t 3lT6923 219 RMS 0 013 Elevation 824 516 RMS 0 016 Raw LAT 42 9855444 LON 84 4679794 ALT 253 69 Y or WES Cancel Page 9 of 12 Select the rod length you will use to capture the Control Point Control the instrument first if you need to check Data Quality Read the Instrument now when ready to read the point If no instrument errors occur you will get a notice of the successful reads The RMS values tell you the difference in the reads these should be less than 0 1 typically Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo Capture a Control Point Enter a name for the new Control Point NEZ 15624580 142 2317692 3179 844 31624875 with raw data lla 42 9855444 84 4679794 253 69 1 to 8 Control Point Name letters amp numbers flag in north east corner of field No limit on operations It is 280 away Turn off any Fake Current Position Snap to closest point first Use my Current Position instead of Click Use the closest point and or modify SVY file Draw Line to here and set Fake pos Show information about where I clicked em IL Topo Grid Menu d Handle Mouse Left Click line B point use current pos to closest grid point f
5. ABEL Most Topo errors are caused by not keeping these 2 items set to what you desire The ROD is usually the fixed distance down between a sensing part of your Location Instrument and the surface you are measuring For GPS this may be the distance down from the center of the rover GPS antenna to the ground For a Total Station this is usually the distance from the middle of the reflector to the ground Your favorite ROD lengths are stored in the file GLOBAL ROD for easy selection The LABEL is a short point description that is stored with each point Your favorite LABEL s are stored in the file GLOBAL LBL 7 cc Start the AGPS program Te Click AGPS on the data DATACMD DB Erase desktop i SNe of the options below is A p a the desktop you the Web ri ru can pick that D DRIVE eas Edit File E DRIVE d re ct y ap Then select one of Start AGPS m Ditch Pro amwworks Page 3 of 12 Some computers may start the program when turned on Revision 10 5 2009 n Main menm Surveying Support BD HO AGPS DirtPro 24 1 based Grading AGPS Shape Pro idvsnced band D volino Drai Done AGPS Ditch Pro rainage 1tching AGPS Pipe Pro Drainage Pipe Laying AMW Station p Station based Grading RRM Nains Point Finding Ae Security You are authorized for 35 executions of this progran Rel 10 959 1 11 5 HardDrive
6. AGPS Topo AGPS Topo AGPS Topo Concepts Documentation eese Start the AGPS program To work on a different To work on the same job eeessesssssssseseseee nennen nnne nnne nnn Kei pE OOICInate E E t UxEx MEUM WOKING pE eO A NE aE E EE Ear Rod Leng ee es Font LADE ernan RE E EE R E Eai Gapturing a Control POInLb uiuo inerant eu seus diesinehcusssnuasyetioweetadasiendseventeerct PaO AU NN ONO RR RENE Rm Glossary of Tene Page 1 of 12 3 2 4 4 4 8 10 E 12 Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo AGPS Topo Concepts Documentation Purpose of Program To rapidly and easily capture many points that define the surface that is being measured Usually these points will be loaded into another program that can make contour lines and or compute volumes Files Used Most of the files you work with are stored in the directory named C AMW DATA See the icons named Data Datacmd and Load Data From Floppy in the C AMW folder you see upon startup CTL File Is used for Control Points used in setting up the Location Instrument usually GPS Total Station If your jobname is MITS1 you will need CTL file named MITS1 CTL One m
7. ate Plane or UTM An example of this is program default ptafake 5000 2000 100 See also State Plane UTM NEZ Abbreviation for Northing N Easting E Elevation Z Coordinates are always in NEZ NEZ coordinates are in Feet or meters if selected rather than Latitude Longitude and Altitude A file that uses the following columns Name Northing N Easting E Elevation Z Description Description is optional The line curved or straight you wish to follow You can set a path by touching the path you wish to follow on the Plot See also Plot Other forms Plot Menu Plot Window etc The Plot is the lower screen that the field is graphically drawn in Any options to adjust a feature drawn here are found in the Plot Menu The distance from the reading point on the GPS antenna to the ground or blade A NEZ coordinate system with zones designed for a particular US State Every State has one or more zones See also Local Point UTM NEZ Explains the current distance from the start of the selected Path This station number format is 12 34 567 The equivalent in feet or meters would be 1234 567 See also Path Shown on the working screen in every program to describe GPS status and other related messages Shows something like ok 9 3 1 1 53 Where 9 satellites 3 datatype 1 1 precision and 53 read counter Use the table below to evaluate the data type and precision meaning for your GPS RTK Fixed
8. ay be automatically built for you or can be copied from AMODEL CTL or SAMPLE CTL This file uses the following columns Name Northing N Easting E Elevation Z Description Points from this file will be displayed on your plot window as small triangles What is a Control Point Sometimes called a benchmark this point is a known world feature in which coordinates are also known Control points are important to make your coordinates match those used earlier SVY File This file will contain all points captured when doing a topo Also Location Instrument setup information and other relevant information is logged to this file This file will be created for you and will start out empty when you create a new job If your jobname is MITS1 you will have a file named MITS1 SVY See SAMPLE SVY Points from this file will be displayed on your plot window as dots When the data capturing work is done this file is usually used to generate a NEZ Northing Easting Elevation file and or a DXF Drawing Exchange File that can be loaded into another program DRW File This optional file defines a background drawing that will be shown on the plot window along with other data You can easily build this file from a DXF file that comes out of most CAD computer aided drawing programs The DRW file creation process is described later in this manual If your jobname is MITS1 you may use DRW file named MITS1 DRW See SAMPLE DRW Program O
9. f The rod length is 8 FEET Is this acceptable Note default Survey File Load 0 points were loaded from the file C NAMWN NDATANTEST SVY Page 7 of 12 Select Read the Instrument now If no instrument errors occur you will get a notice of the successful reads You will be asked to Check a Control Point to ensure a proper setup Follow the same Read Control Point process above The distance values tell you the difference in the reads these should be less than 0 1 typically If the results are acceptable press OK You are shown a few green misc information screens First Instrument Position explains the control points used Then you are told how many points loaded from the svy file Finally Setup is Complete Press Enter OK to get by each Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS AGPS Tapo TEST NONE OF THESE CHANGE APPEND 1 LINE NEW TEMPORARY INCREMENT TEMPORARY BY 1 NONE OF THESE CHANGE THE FILE APPEND 1 LINE NEW TEMPORARY Calculate Length from a Triangle Measure Length using Z Instrument CURRENT TEMPORARY random ground line perimeter CURRENT TEMPORARY Test high very high pipe machine chart Point label 2 Rod Length 1 ES AGPS Topo Main Menu a Measuring Instrument Menu Setup Program Setup Program Quickly Resetup Program many questions Different J
10. f installed When you select Quit Now you will be taken to the Main Menu If you are done with everything you can Quit and Shutdown computer To work with another application scroll up to select it Select Quit for the desktop Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo Glossary of Terms A_Cap Control point ctl file Device Instrument Local Point NEZ file Path Plot Rod length State Plane Station Status GPS survey File Svy UTM Auto Capture Automatically captures a data point after user set interval typically 10 feet has been traveled This distance uses both horizontal and vertical measurement Toggled ON OFF by keyboard spacebar sometimes called a benchmark this point is a known world feature in which coordinates are also known Control points are important to make your coordinates match those used earlier See also Local Point State Plane UTM Other forms Device Menu External Device Control Device etc The Device refers to interface device that operates the automatic blade control In some cases this could be a laser input and output Not available in AGPS Topo Other forms Instrument Menu Measuring Instrument Read Instrument etc The instrument is the positional equipment Although typically a GPS there are many other types and combinations of multiple instruments A NEZ coordinate system that uses fake coordinates meaning they are not consistent with St
11. irst to current grid line first Rotate Grid to this angle from current pos Rotate Grid to this new angle only Save the Current Grid Choose a Saved Grid Load Saved Grids from Survey File Delete a Saved Grid Setup the Grid manually size pos angle A point use current line B point use current Snap to closest grid point first Snap to current grid line first Rotate Grid to this angle from current pos Rotate Grid to this new angle only Save the Current Grid Choose a Saved Grid Load Saved Grids from Survey File Delete a Saved Grid G Cancel Page 10 of 12 Enter a name and description optional for the point By default the program will increment a1 a2 When taking a point every night it is nice to use a name with the date end0808 After this screen you will be asked to set the rod length back Rotating a grid The easiest way to set a grid is while you are driving the line you want by setting 2 points Drive to your A point and click anywhere on the grid Select Grid Menu Then AB line A point use current pos Drive to your B point and click anywhere on the grid Select Grid Menu Then AB line B point use current pos From this menu you can also Setup the grid manually for size Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo BX Xn AGPS Topo Main Menu Setup Program many questions Setup Pr
12. ob Same Job Choose the type of Instrument Position settings for the Instrument Control the Instrument Instrument menu Survey File menu Plot Control Points Check Setup Capture a Control Point Edit the Control Point File Miscellaneous surveying actions Concepts Documentation Quit this menu Normal Use Rod Length Quit this Application Current Rod Length Pee Tin Corectinone rem Rod Settings Page 8 of 12 You are taken to the working screen and the program is ready to capture data Click Cap to ON to start Auto Capture You may need to adjust Rod Length 1 and Label 2 Touch or press underlined key Rod Length Select your current rod from the list OR ADD1 to enter a new one Label Use 2PER for Perimeter and 3GHD for random ground OR ADD1 or TEMP to enter a custom label Capturing a Control Point Enter the MenU Select Instrument Menu Select Capture a Control Point Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo Choose Rod Length NONE OF THESE C APPEND 1 LINE NEW TEMPORARY Calculate Length from a Tr Measure Length using Z Ins HANGE THE CURRENT TEMPORARY very high pipe machine chart ee Capture a Control Point SS eee i SS M E Read the Instrument DOW Control the Instrument first Pause before read amount 10 seconds Tries amp for averaging purposes 20 Rod Length being used
13. ogram Quickly Different Job Resetup Program Same Job Instrument menu Miscellaneous surveying actions Concepts Documentation Make NEZ DXF and Zip all to Ext Dest Backup the job to Ext Dest Zip CTL and SVY files to a NEW ZIP file Zip up whole job to TOPOL 21 Copy 1 7 to Ext Dest Make an NEZ File 4 Make a CSV File an NEZ but comma separated Make NEZ DXF and Zip all to Ext Dest 3D Visualization of the Data ai Scroll for other actions above Volume and Area Comparison using Surfer tm Contour Map made using Surfer tm lt 3D Visualization using Surfers tm Land Leveling make gridded NEZ file lt _ External Destination for use above D Run utility c amw data mikec bat Utility specification for above Capture a control point here Do NOT Quit Continue working Quit now TUR Main Menu aas Oth Utiliti Utilities mad es Shutdown uit and Shutdown computer O Quit x Page 11 of 12 Quitting the program Press Q for Quit If you do not have a keyboard touch Menu then Quit this Application Next you receive a scrollable menu with data preparation options before quitting or you can Quit now Make an NEZ file If you want a text file of the data If you have Surfer installed you can produce an instant Contour For land leveling you can grid an NEZ and launch GradePlane i
14. peration Setup Some kind of program setup must be completed before you can start capturing points Use Setup Program which asks a lot of questions but remembers answers given previously Setup Program Quickly which uses information entered before to get going easily Use this option to start a new job Resetup Program which gets you going again on the same job you were last working on Memory The program automatically remembers nearly everything you tell it For instance if you set the ROD length to a number and shutdown normally that number will still be used the next day when you start the program up again All your program settings are stored in a fancy file called a DataBase You can use the CAAMW folder icons called DB Save DB Refresh and DB Erase to save restore and erase all your settings If the program somehow gets very messed up use DB Refresh Page 2 of 12 Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Tono Buttons Use the Spacebar to turn Auto Capture ON or OFF Use the B button if you forget what your options are Note that some characters are underlined on the working screen like U for menU or B for Buttons he 6 button is important since it is used to control the Location Instrument Use the P button to choose a Path for offsets and stations to be relative to such as a grid or drawing line See also the Click menu Use the Q button to quit the application ROD and L
15. up State Plane 1 Point GPS UTM Coordinates 0 Point UTM Coordinates 1 Point n Choose the Region ah Choose a Control Point for NONE OF THESE CHANGE THE FILE ptafake NEZ 5000 2000 100 nice coordinates when no control NONE OF THES APPEND 1 LIN NEW TEMPORARY Calculate Length from a Tr Measure Length using Z Ins E CHANGE THE E SU CURRENT TEMPORARY h very high 24 65 pipe machine A 1 chart S canes Page 5 of 12 The Job Name must be 4 to 16 characters long Use only letters and digits and underscore For example EXAMPLE or SAMPLE12 SAMPLE3 Select None Make a new Job Enter the job name 4 16 characters letters digits amp underscore In the second box a description of any length may be entered Select a coordinate system to collect data in Typically there are 0 Control Points established so select a Point setup UTM is common State Plane is used by some If Control Point s are present select UTM or State Plane with 1 Point Your region will default to the last used press OK or select a different If you selected a control point setup select the rod length you will use to read the Point If you used 0 Point above skip to green screens on Page 7 Select the Control Point to be used If this is not on the list example new job select None of these change the file Revision 10 5 2009 AGPS Topo
16. y yes or no Select No if you are going to read the point If you do not see this screen go to the next step If you meet the qualifications to say Yes skip the next step Revision 10 5 2009 6 GPS Setup UTM 1 Point Read One Control Point Control the Instrument first Pause before read amount 0 seconds Tries for averaging purposes 10 Quit without reading We will set the Rod Length just for this check You will be asked the working Rod Length later Instrument Position The Instrument Position is considered as NEZ 5000 2000 100 feet The Point Underneath is NEZ 5000 2000 100 feet Rod Length 0 feet long Horizontal Angle Correction 0 degrees Instrument is over point lasim3 Backsight used was point lasim4 Instrument height is is not found in the Control Point File is not found in the Control Point File Point lasim3 Point lasim4 Setup is complete AGPS Topo amp amp GPS Setup UTM 1 Point Read One Control Point 10 successful reads were performed The averaged results are Raw LAT 42 34030745 LON 83 264521226 ALT 253 6822 RMS LAT 0 0000003122 LON 0 0000001959 ALT 0 00963 Point ui i15 NEZ 11897587 164 Reading is NEZ 11897587 149 2094660 8665 100 2094660 784 99 96 The distances from ul to this reading are NEZ 0 015 0 082 0 04 a horizontal distance o

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