Starting_GS - Carlson Software`s 3D Machine Control
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1. Quick Guide Starting Grade Supervisor When starting Grade Supervisor you will need to first power on your GPS equipment On the Carlson MC Pro GS it 1s the RED power button on the faceplate of the receiver Power your tablet computer on For example on the Carlson Supervisor tablet press and hold the power button until the green status LED comes on above the power button and release After the GPS receiver is initialized and collecting satellites start Grade Supervisor by double clicking on the desktop icon Grade Supervisor Grade Supervisor will startup and automatically connect to your GPS unit only if configuration and connection has been setup up previously See Configure Rover section in the Grade Supervisor User Manual It is always a good idea to check a known coordinate point before starting work This will confirm that there has been no change to base position and or localization settings and setup Use the following stakeout routine to test your setup Ma Stakeout The Stakeout routine allows the operator to navigate to a particular point The Stakeout setup screen below gives you the available choices you have with descriptions of each You have two options You can choose stakeout to a Point From Coordinate File or Localization Point Choose Localization Point if you know the coordinates of a specific Control Point that you can access to check Choose Point From Coordinate File if you have sto2. r Stakeout Options in user manual Load Coordinate File Load the desired Coordinate File Site Check by pressing the Coordinate File tab followed by the file you wish to load and press OK As Staked Point Position Status Point Information Quality RTK Fixed Sim Point ID CP 20 HRMS 0 09 Description VRMS 0 07 Delta X 0 14 Delta Y 0 02 Delta Z 0 74 AS is an As Staked file created from the coordinate file The AS As Staked file includes point deviation between the actual point and the staked point Delta X Delta Y amp Delta Z Elevation It also stores Point ID and Point Description This feature is used to ensure that points are staked within accepted tolerances Simply press the Store Point button on the Stakeout screen toolbar and the information will be automatically stored in the Data Folder Shutting down Grade Supervisor To shut down Grade Supervisor 1 Tools button on toolbar 2 Exit or Shutdown select shutdown if you wish for the computer to power down 3 YES to confirm your selection Power off your GPS receiver by pressing the RED power button for 2 seconds and releasing
3. red a point that is used daily to check in on For example you could store a point in a Coordinate file called Site Check near the office on a concrete slab that is easy to access each morning ur Coordinate File Small job points gpt ic ie Point From Coordinate File pE y Localization Point a 2Y Coordinate Pa Pick From Sereen x Cancel e Coordinate File From here you can create a new coordinate file or load an existing file to be used See below for more details on loading a coordinate file e All Design Points Brings you to the stakeout screen with all points in the coordinate file shown and will target the closest point to your position Point From Coordinate File Allows you to pick the point to stakeout from a list Localization Point Brings up the loaded Localization point file list to pick a point from Coordinate Enter a coordinate point manually Pick From Screen Allows you to pick point from screen to stakeout Find Rover This feature is only available in Carlson Connected Jobsite applications By selecting this you will be instructed on how to navigate to a particular machine For example a fuel truck needing to locate machines to service them NOTE Localization points will be displayed with a different symbol Every option you choose will put a bulls eye on the point of interest The bulls eye will begin to spin when your vehicle type or rover pole is within the set distance tolerance unde
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