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1. 15 7 1 Menu Format 15 7 2 Menu Option 17 Sample Format Elements 20 8 1 JobExportstring e eu nanan 20 8 2 Time and date function 20 8 3 Howto create sexagesimal angels 21 8 4 Data iN sequence 21 8 5 Atmospheric corretion block 22 Errors 23 Implemented Export Variables 24 1 Report Format Annex2 GSI Format Annex3 SDRMap 3 Format 1 Introduction The Leica SurveyOffice Format Manager FM is used to create and administrate data output Format Files These Format Files act as an individual data filter and can be uploaded to any instrument of the TPS300 and TPS700 Series A Format File basically consists of headers and v2. CODE 49 General Applications Blocks 3g Code TPS GPS Corrections TPS Fixpoint TPS GPS Job TPS GPS Measurement 5 Orientation Residual TPS Orientation Result TPS Results TPS Station TPS Station Residuals TPS Target Point TPS Export Formatstrings DATA TYPE CODE General The general header section contains a File Header and a File Footer The File Header will be placed at the very beginning of every instrument data output The File Footer will be placed at the very end of every instrument data output Both header and footer will be printed only once in each file Applications Application Headers separate Data Blocks registered within different applications Whenever an application is started the specified application header text will be printed at the beginning of this application Blocks Block Headers e g Code Header are placed at the beginning of a new Data Block A block specifies a unique type of data e g Code Results which can be recorded at any occasion within applications or system measuring 5 2 ExportFormatstring 8 Eie View Format Options Window Help oem 22 5 Sim 90 Header HO General Applications H O Blocks Export Formatstrings lt p Code TPS GPS gt Corrections TPS H Q Fixpoint TPS GPS gt Job TPS GPS lt p Measurement TPS H Q Orientation Measurement TPS FI Orientat
3. 00000000 45 00000000 One may create any kind of GSI formats to meet local requirements e g Fieldprotocols Postprocessing etc We recommend to use always the Standard template for either TPS300 or TPS700 Format Files Since GSI does not have decimal delimiters you need to adjust scales as follows e Menu Options Format gt Scales setting Scales Angular scale Linear scale 1000 00000000 Temperature scale 1 00000000 Pressure scale 1 00000000 Menu Options gt Format gt Unit setting as required e Menu Options gt Format gt Default value setting suggest to set values to 0 EXAMPLE 1 Customized GSI format FM GSI1 FRT e Pointnumber WI11 PointID e Easting coordinate WI81 Target point easting e Northingcoordinate WI82 Target point northing e Code WI41 CodelD 37 38 Example data file 11001 00 1341 81 0 01982820 82 0 00839396 410002 000LYR12 11002 00P 1342 81 0 01985960 82 0 00839542 410003 000LYR12 11003 00P 1343 81 0 01995580 82 0 00839929 410004 000LYR12 11004 00P 1344 81 0 02000563 82 0 00840229 410005 000L YR12 11005 00 1371 81 0 02014448 82 0 00842927 410013 000LYR14 11006 00 137281 0 02008086 82 0 00842610 410014 000L YR 14 11007 00 137381 0 02004931 82 0 00842475 410015 000L YR 14 11008 00 1380 81 0 02001744 82 0 00842324 410016 000LYR15 Step1 Open new format file and browse for datablock type M
4. Format Manager Documentation Reference Guide V1 0 feica MADE TO MEASURE 1 Contents 9 10 Introduction 3 Installing Format Manager 4 Starting Format Manager 6 3 1 Starting Format Manager from the main application 6 3 2 Starting Format Manager as a stand alone application 6 3 3 Format file type Template 7 Format Manager Layout 8 Format File 9 5 1 Header a C ADI E 9 5 2 ExportFormatstring 10 5 3 Default Export String 10 Formating a String e 11 6 1 Settings 11 6 2 Flags 14 Menu Bar
5. nnnnnnnn Hz Angle Alignment right Sign always Length 8 Precision 0 Fill character 0 Manual entry 0 00001100 0 00001100 0 00001100 0 00001100 0 00001100 0 00001400 0 00001400 0 00001400 Step3 Elementname Vertical angle Edit View 22 Hz correction Inputmode GSI Vertical angle Preview 22 xyzrnnnnnnnO String Element 7222 Manuiemy Hz Corr GSI Inputmode GSI Alignment right Units GSI Length 1 nnnnnnnn V Angle Alignment right Sign always Length 8 Precision 0 Fill character 0 Manual entry Step4 Elementname Slope distance Edit View 31 Units GSI Slope distance Preview 31 31 Manualentry x Units GSI Alignment right Length 1 nnnnnnnn Slope Dist Alignment right Sign always Length 9 Precision 0 Fill character 0 Stepb Elementname Reflector height Edit View 87 Units GSI Reflectorheight Preview 87 x nnnnnnnn 86 Manualentry y O Units GSI Alignment right Length 1 hr Alignment right Sign always Length 9 Precision 0 Fill character 0 For 65116 formats extend the length of all measured value variables nnnnnnnn by 8 characters Do not change the length of GSI flags 41 3 SDRMap 3 Format The SDR format is common Sokkia communication device Its architectural design uses a
6. Remote Elevation Stakeout Surveying System Measure OERE gt gt tees In the example above only the onboard application Area was assigned to the exportstring of datablock type Measurement TPS Any measurement recorded within the area application would be output with the specific Exportstring format Any other data measured with the TPS300 700 would only be output if a Default exportstring is defined 15 16 String pool The String Pool works like a format string library Any format string created can be saved to the String Pool All strings in the string pool can be used globally i e in different format files than they were created in There is no relation to the original Format file at all Format string pool Export formatstrings 24 x Select the Data Block Type and Export String in the Tree View Template TPS300_Stendad To save an existing string to the Datablock ype Measurement TP v string pool click the right Mea ement TPS Orientation Measurems mouse button to evoke the Pool content m String Pool menu Enter Remove ae te individual string name The c trio string pool wizard will also Load record the format template and Sites the datablock type in which the String length 80 string was created No of variables 4 String name NH Close To load string from the strin
7. Easting 400267918 555 Intl ft e Unitgon Hz angle 371 7449 gon e Unit decree decimal Hz angle 334 34 13 deg sexa degreesexag Hz angle 334 5704 deg dec Hz angle 5947 9190 mils Hz angle 5 8394 rad Enabling the use system unit button will read instrument unit settings regardless of FM unit settings Be aware that sexagesimal output requires special formatting Creating a format in GON style for example but reading instrument units sexagesimal will output the correct digits but in an unusable format 14 6 2 Flags Flags special attributes assigned to strings and floating point values Depending on the type of variable FM offers the following options Double click on the 5 variable in the EDIT E view to get the Formatting options forexport variable Settings Allow scaling C Suppress rounding Truncate value Allow scaling Floating variables will be multiplied by the entered scalling factor E g scale factor 1000 e flag enabled Easting 140123877 000 flagdisabled Easting 140123 877 Suppress rounding When suppress rounding is enabled the true value will be truncated instead of rounded at the specified precision Disabling the suppress rounding will mathematically round the true value to its specified precision e g 58 e truevalue 122001905 579 suppress rounding Easting 122001905 57 e rounding Easting 122
8. Elev 222 222 StringElement Variable Formatting nnnn PointID Alignment left Length 8 or as required Precision 0 Alignment right Sign onlynegative Length 6 or as required Precision 2 or as required TargetEast Alignment right Sign onlynegative Length 8 or as required Precision 3 oras required Target North referto Target East 277 777 Target Elev referto Target East Station 510 Point ID Station hi Instrument height East Station East North Station North Elev Station Elev StlD nnnn hi mm mm East xxx xxx North yyy yyy Elev zzz zzz nnnn StationlD refer to PointlD referto PointID XXX XXX Station East referto Target East Station North referto Target North 277 777 Station Elev referto Target Elevation Step3 Application assignment Before saving a Standard template Format File at least one application has to be assigned to an Exportstring1 2 Please refer to chapter 7 for detailed information You will not need to perform application assignments when using Default exportstrings Step4 Format preview Once having completed a Format File we recommend to perform a format preview The preview function will print an example of each defined export string three times without loading the format to the instrument Finally satisfied with the output data you can load the file to an
9. combination of Headers and Exportstrings Some of the SDR supporting instruments do not provide direct application of PPM and other scaling factors to measurements Since Leica s Total Stations do automatically apply the corresponding factors the measured data does not need to be corrected by any postprocessing software To consider this fact the emulated SDRMap3 format contains neutral but fix scaling values in its header section This example supports limited coding using the first and second code attributes within a code block Example data file OEDSDR2x V03 05K000001 Jan 99 00 00 113121 10NMBLDGA4 WS 13NMSurveyor MM 3519 06NM1 00000000 13CPSea Level crn N 13CPC crn N 13CPAtmos crn N F3TS15 11299 11207 13NMLeica TCR305 640054 01 000000 00000031 0 0000 02TVST 105 771 200 535 500 13 250 50031 O7TVST 105 208 38 67340 38 67340 03NM1 600 O9F1ST 105 2201 8 327 98 33953 58 38285 PIT12 DRY 03NM1 600 09 15 105 2202 8 584 91 08496 55 25052 PIT14 DRY 03NM1 600 09F1ST 105 2203 5 304 85 01375 63 99626 PIT14 03NM1 600 09F1ST 105 2204 5 126 81 36146 79 31152 PIT16 WET 03NM1 600 09F1ST 105 2205 5 183 78 77104 81 29315 PIT16 03 1 600 09 15 105 2206 5 912 7456975 97 783576 lt Step1 Format Structure Use the menu Options gt Format to prepare units scales and default values according your requirements Think
10. create a simple header element in the edit view Any ASCII sign is accepted However headers do no support export variables The same procedure is valid for application and block headers 5 File Footer Step3 Create export format strings EQ Export Formatstiings Click the tree view and highlight the 2 5212 required formatstring In this example Fixpoint 5 8 5 three different export strings will be used Job TPS GPS Job Exportstring D E xportstring MeasurementExportstring Station Exportstring D E Varying from exportstring to exportstring a separate window with corresponding insert variables will appear However you are allowed to browse for variables of different datablock types at any time Insert the variables and additional text as required e g Job Operater etc Job Jobname Jobname Operator Operator Instr Instrument type Instrument No Date Date month Date day Date long year 1998 Jobname xxxxxx Operator yyyyyy Instr zzzzzz nnnnnn Date mm dd yyyy Variable Formatting Jobname Alignment left Length 1 Precision 0 Operator inst Type ength Date month Date day refer to chpt 9 2 Export String Measurement Edit View PtID Point ID Target hr Reflector height East Target East North Target North Elev Target Elev PtlD nnnn hr mm mm East North yyy yyy
11. nnn Refl Height referto StationID aaaaa Station ID referto StationID bbbbb TargetID referto StationID CCC CCC Slope Dist Alignment right Sign only negative Length 8 or as required Precision oras required Hz Angle Alignment right Sign onlynegative Length 8 or as required Precision 4 or as required referto Hz Angle Attribute1 referto StationID Attribute2 referto StationID For closer information to coding attributes and attribute names please refer to the corresponding user manual 46 Notes 47 Illustrations descriptions and technical data not binding be changed Printed in Switzerland Copyright Leica Geosystems AG Heerbrugg Switzerland 1999 714161en XI 99 INT eca Leica Geosystems AG Heinrich Wild Strasse CH 9435 Heerbrugg Switzerland Phone 41 71 727 3131 Fax 41 71 7274702 www leica geosystems com
12. 001905 58 Truncate value Variable values will be truncated from the left to reach the defined string length Our example shows a string truncated at 9 digits disabled Easting 122001905 579 notruncate e enabled Easting 01905 579 truncate 7 Menu Bar There are basically only two menu options specificly related to FM Format and Options All other topics are global windows functions and will not be explained 7 1 Menu Format Ej Format Manager length FRT e Assign Application Ele Vi Opti Wind Hel Onions window String Pool Load Save J Dl cel male Assign Application Export Preview T String pool E Header ss Ger Export Preview Easting Properties H A Appl Easting E O Blocks Properties Assign application Assigning applications limits the output to data recorded in specific applications Various applications can be assigned to each format string At least one application has to be assigned Data measured in non assigned applications will be output in the default exportstring format Therefore it is not possible to assign applications to a DEFAULT exportstring Example Assign application 2l xi Selection filter Datablock T ype Measurement 5 Formatstring Eportstiing 1 z m Assigned to this format string 7 r Available applications Free Station Missing Line
13. 214 644 m Point count e integer value 1 n e applied in AREA application e counts No of recorded points for area calculation Result height difference e floating point variable e g 15 721 m e applied in TIE DISTANCE application e Height difference between measured Point1 and Point 2 Result Point ID1 2 e string value e g Pt102 e applied in TIE DISTANCE application e PointlD of measured points 1 2 Stakeout difference e floating point variables e g 12 442 m East e applied in SETTING OUT application North e difference of measured and calculated Stakeout Elev Coordinates and Elevation dE dN dH Result slope distance e floating point variables e g 412 810 m e applied in TIE DISTANCE application e slope distance of point to point line from P1 to P2 of TIE DISTANCE Result horizontal distance e floating point variables e g 372 527 m e applied in TIE DISTANCE application Horizontal plan distance of point to point line from P1 to P2 of TIE DISTANCE Computed bearing e floating point angle value e g 12 4712 gon e applied in TIE DISTANCE application e calculated bearing from Point1 to Point2 in TIE DISTANCE Computed bearing e refer to computed bearing IDeg Min Sec e refer to Datablock MEASUREMENT 31 2 Station Station variables used in strings other than Station will print the last valid recorded value E g if Station variables are being used in the d
14. 2204 hr 2 1 60 Bast 776 179 North 536 440 Elev 13 920 PtID 2205 hr 1 60 East 776 225 North 536 270 Elev 14 159 REMOTE PtID 2210 hr 2 1 20 Bast 769 776 North 538 583 Elev 13 453 PtID 2210B hr 0 00 East 769 776 North 538 583 Elev 16 456 PtID 2210C hr 0 00 East 769 795 North 538 591 Elev 17 226 MEASURE amp RECORD PtID 2300 hr 2 1 70 Bast 772 581 North 539 017 Elev 14 150 PtID 2301 hr 1 70 East 774 000 North 539 099 Elev 13 243 End of file 33 34 Step1 Format Structure Use the menu Options gt Format to prepare units scales and default values according your requirements Think about the needs of your format and plan a suitable format structure eg e File header SurveyOffice JobExportstring Jobname BLDG4 Instr TCR305 Date 5 OIIZllzs Blockheader Station EW STATION e Station export string StID ST 105 East 771 20 Nor Application header Measure amp Record EASURE amp RECORD Application header Remote Elevation REMOTE ELEVATION Measurement TPS exportstring Q LID 2210 East 769 776 No Step2 Create Block and Application headers Header Open the header section by pressing the B General corresponding signs in the tree view Highlight the general File Header to
15. 69 8461 2 533 AB 1 51 0244 69 8464 2 534 FST1 5 7986 80 8330 3 242 FORMATTING e Set variable length to 1 so that every value takes as much space as it really needs As a separator you may insert a 3 manually Set the precision of angle units to 4 or as you like Set the precision of distance units to 3 or as you like it e When you download data in the above format the Excel import with import wizard will easely recognize your delimiter and put measured values in separte cells 21 22 8 5 Atmospheric correction block TPS300 700 instruments have a built in correction record Any time you change your atmospheric constants or the EDM measuring mode the firmware will record a correction block to inform you of your current settings You may print those settings in a Format File to recall the meteorological conditions at the time you measured in the field Following is an example of these special variables Prism const Prism constant mm Atmos PPM Atmospheric correction PPM ppm Pressure Pressure mmHG Temperature Temperature F Proj PPM Projection scaling total PPM ppm OUTPUT 55 Prism const O mm Atmos PPM 30 ppm Pressure 760 mmHG Temperature 62 F Proj PPM 0 ppm FORMATTING e create a header environment e change units to your local preferences e g mmHG
16. Deg Vertical angle Min Vertical angle Sec Hz count direction Reflector Height refer to Horizontal angle Min refer to Horizontal angle Sec e Text value Left counter clockwise Right clockwise e floating point value e full scaling and formatting options available e g 1 300 m Orientation Measurement Reflector height refer to Measurement Orientation Residuals If more than one target is measured in orientation applications point residuals will be calculated according the least square method Point ID Residual Residual Dist Residual Height Diff Residual Hz Residual Hz Deg Residual Hz Min Residual Hz Sec e Target PointlD for which residual is calculated for e alphanumeric value e refer to PointlD e floating point value e difference of measured and calculated distance to target point e floating point value e difference of measured and calculated height difference of target point e angle value e difference of measured and calculated Hz angle to target point refer to Hz angle Deg refer to Hz angle Min refer to Hz angle Sec 29 30 Orientation Result Orientation results are mathematically calculated values as a result of the multiple target orientation application StdDev Ori correction e standard deviation of calculated orientation angle e floating point value StdDev Ori correction Deg refer to Hz angle Deg StdDev Ori corre
17. Jobname Alignment left Length 1 Precision 0 Line 13NM Operator Alignment left Length 1 Precision 0 Line 06NM Scalefactor f ines 13CP Scalefactors fi Line 1375 Line 01NM 22 02TV Point ID St Stat East Stat North StatElev Instr height Attribute 1 String Element oiv PointlD Alignment left EE Length 8 or as required Precision 0 XXX XXX Station East Alignment right Sign only negative Length 8 oras required Precision oras required Station North refer to Station East Station Elev refer to Station East aa aaa Instr Height Alignment right Sign onlynegative Length 6 or as required Precision oras required bbbbb CodeAttribute1 Alignment Length Precision Export String Orientation 07TV PtID Stat PointlD Target Hz angle Hz angle 07TVnnnnn mmmmm XXX XXXX XXX XXXX String Element Element sd LinelD nmnn PointlD referto StationID Hz Angle Alignment right Sign only negative Length 8 or as required Precision 4 or as required Export String Measurement Edit View O3NM Reflector height O9F1 PtID Stat PtID Target Slope distance V angle Hz angle Attribute 1 Attribute 2 Preview 03NMn nnn 09F1aaaaa bbbbb ccc cccc yyy yyyy ppppp String Element Variable Formatting 03NM LinelD fixed 09F1 LinelD fixed n
18. about the structure of SDR Format Files e g e Fileheader OO0EDSDR2x V03 05K000 JobExportstring 10NMBLDG4 WS 13NMSurveyor 06NM1 00000000 13CPSea Level 13CPC R 13CPAtmos cr 1375 15 11 99 13NMLeica TCR 01NM e StationExportstring 02TVST 1771 200 Orientation Exportstring 07TVST 1020838 673 Measurement TPS exportstring 03NM1 600 09F1ST 122018 327 Step2 Create Block and Application headers The SDR format uses only the first line as a file header This line contains information about the SDR release version and release date All contents are fix and could simply be typed in in the edit view OEDSDR2x V03 05K000001 Jan 99 00 00 113121 You may adaptthe header line according the SDR requirements Step3 Create export format strings Click the tree view and highlight the corresponding formatstring In this example four different export strings will be used Job Exportstring Station Exportstring including coding attribute Orientation Exportstring Measurement Exportstring including coding attribute an2 43 Edit View 10NM Jobname 13NMSurveyor Operator 06NM1 00000000 13CPSea Level crn N 1 13CPAtmos crn N 13TS Date d Date m Date yy Time h Time m 13NMLeica Instrument type Instrument No 01NM 000000 00000031 0 000 String Element Formatting Line 10
19. and degree Fahrenheit e setlength of variables to e g 8 precision 0 e you may define separate scaling factors for either pressure or temperature e PPM values are fix no modifications possible e typetheunits manually behind the variable inserted to avoid confusion 9 Errors Format Error Format Error might occur when editing or loading a Format String from the String Pool The message appears when the Format string is saved to the Format File after selecting a different Format String Correct the Format String either by changing the length or removing variables Dialog Data Validation Error A Dialog Data Validation Error occurs when the field entry is not valid and OK is selected The expected range will be displayed Modify the field input so that it is included in the input range Format Template Error A Format Template Error occurs when the Format Template File is corrupted Reinstall the Format Manager from the installation media If the Error still occurs contact Leica for support Profile Error A Profile Error occurs when the profile file is corrupted Reinstall the Format Manager from the installation media If the Error still occurs contact Leica for support Invalid Format File Error An Invalid Format File Error occurs when for some reason the Format file is corrupt Delete the corrupted Format file and create a new Format File with the same contents 23 24 10 Implemented Export Variables This sect
20. ariable strings The various types of available variables are described in an instrument specific format template which is exclusively provided by Leica Geosystems A defined format must be saved as a Format File FRT to be recognized by TPS 300 700 Insruments Any format file can be modified and uploaded to an instrument using the LSO Data Manager As a new feature the FM supports more than one active window at the same time thus various Format Files can be compared Each Format is displayed in a separate window with a caption All format windows are divided into three sections a Tree View an Edit View and a Format String Preview Be aware that the FM can only handle Format Files created with FM It is not possible to create files for the previous TPS100 series TC600 800 TC605 805 905 nor to edit files created with TCFORM Existing Format Files for the TPS100 series must be rewritten to be used on the new TPS300 series The goal of this documentation is to help anybody creating customer oriented format Files for TPS300 700 instruments This documentation consists of various parts of the Format Manager ONLINE help and is therefore an overall document This guide considers all necessary steps to successfully create any kind of formats Starting with the installation process then proceeding with explanations to FM s functionality and settings and finally closing with useful examples in the Annex this guide is covering basic to inte
21. atablock type Measurement the system will return the last valid station data recorded in the memory If no valid station is set e g after reinitializing mem the specified default value will be printed Target Point Manually entered coordinates or fixpoints recorded in memory used as target points for applications e g SET ORIENTATION STAKEOUT or FREE STATON For further information please refer to Datablock Type MEASUREMENT 1 Report format Report formats are often used as measurement and data protocols or documents The purpose is to visualize recorded data readable format As a first exercise this example guides you trough the necessary steps of creating a report format This Format File consists of a combination of headers and output strings and will therefore cover a lot of FM s functionality Example data file SurveyOffice FM V1 1 Report FRT Jobname BLDG4 WST Operator MM 3519 Instr TCR305 640054 Date 11 15 1999 NEW StID ST 105 hi 1 500 East 771 200 North 535 500 Elev 13 250 MEASURE amp RECORD PtID 2201 hr 1 60 East 778 216 North 539 819 Elev 11 942 PtID 2202 hr 3 1 60 Bast 778 251 North 540 392 Elev 12 987 PtID 2203 hr 2 1 60 Bast 775 949 North 537 817 Elev 13 611 PtID
22. ck Infrared prism mode tracking Fixpoint Variables of the datablock type Fixpoint will read manually entered coordinates or data retrieved from the onboard fixpoint Data memory without valid coordinates will be printed with DEFAULT values Point ID Target Target point number e g 11001 Target East Easting coordinate of measured point e g 5401 220 Target North Northing coordinate of measured point e g 3701 951 Target Elevation Elevation of measured point e g 654 000 Point description Point description assigned to target PointID Point class GPS only Job Job Comment1 2 Additional text lines for up to 16 alphanumeric characters Time Date Jobname Operator Instrument Type each Job comments can only be entered onboard the instrument and are not allowed to edit Time variables read the actual clock time from the instrument s system Time Seconds 1 60 Time Minutes 1 60 Time hours 24 1 24 Date variables read the actual date form the instrument s sytem Date day 1 31 Date month 1 12 Date short year 99 0 99 Date long year 1999 0 9999 Reads the jobname of the active job Reads the operator OPER value of the active job at the time the corresponding string has been recorded Reads the instrument type from the system This is a fixed value depending the type of instrument you are using e g TCR305 Instrument No Reads the instrume
23. ction Min refer to Hz angle Min StdDev Ori correction Sec refer to Hz angle Sec Orientation correction e floating point value e refer to Hz angle Orientation correction Deg refer to Hz angle Deg Orientation correction Min refer to Hz angle Min Orientation correction Sec refer to Hz angle Sec Orientation Hz Angle e floating point value e refer to Hz angle Orientation Hz Angle Deg refer to Hz angle Deg Orientation Hz Angle Min refer to Hz angle Min Orientation Hz Angle Sec refer to Hz angle Sec Orientation Face e floating point value I Face Left Hz fine drive on the right hand side II Face Right Hz fine drive on the left hand side Point count e incrementing integer value e counts no of orientation target points max 5 allowed Ori Pt ID Result refer to Point ID Point ID Residual referto Point ID Results Result variables are calculated values from specific onboard functions or applications e g AREA Results in a measurement will for example always read the last valid values form the previously recorded result block StdDev e floating point coordinate values e applied in FREE STATION application e represents position error of station point e applied formula 6 E s Dev e floating point value e fixed units e applied in AREA application e g 4756 490 m2 Circumference e floating point value e fixed units e applied in AREA application e g
24. ditionally enable fill character 0 or for single digit values e separation characters e g or manually 8 3 How to create sexagesimal angles Sexagesimal angles require a special format handling Instead of a single variable e g for gons FM supports 3 different sexagesimal variables for degrees minutes and seconds INPUT Hz Horizontal angle Deg Horizontal angle Min Horizontal angle Sec V Vertical angle Deg Vertical angle Min Vertical angle Sec OUTPUT Has 12512 FORMATTING e Insert sexagesimal degrees minutes and seconds variables from the data blocktype Measurement Setthe length to for sexagesimal degrees 2 for minutes and seconds Select spaces as fill characters e Setalignmentto right e Insert sexagesimal unit symbols manually e g 8 4 Data sequence FM allows you to create an endless number of ASCII formats One of the most common formats is the sign delimited data in sequence format Sign delimited Format Files can easely be imported into almost any windows application e g EXCEL WORD etc INPUT Point ID Target Horizontal angle Vertical angle Slope distance OUTPUT PtNr HZ V SD DFBO3 41 7433 94 7544 3 151 DFBO4 60 8726 71 8583 4 030 DFBO5 37 4635 341 3971 2 706 1 51 0244 69 8460 2 535 O 51 0248 69 6462 2 533 1 51 0243
25. ds until FM is completely initialized and a Format File Type will appear 3 3 Format file type The LSO Format Manager basically provides three different types of format file templates One is dedicated to GPS500 which supports GPS related format functionality the others are designed to work with TPS300 700 e GPS500 GPS500_Standard The GPS500_Standard Format File contains GPS specific headers and export strings Be aware that GPS format files will not work successfully on Total Stations e TPS300 700 Basic or Standard The difference between Basic and Standard is simply a difference of some single headers or strings The functionality of both is equal The standard format allows additional headers and strings for Orientation Measurement TPS Station Residuals TPS as well as an additional Default Exportstring We recommend to use the 5300 Standard FormatFiletypeto meet any requirements Choose TPS300 700 Basic or Standard to open a new Format File or press CANCEL to abort You will be able to open or create different files without closing the active sheet Use the icons in the menu bar to open save and create new or existing titles 4 Format Manager Layout Each Format File will be displayed in a separate Window A Format Window consists of a caption a Tree View an Edit View and a Format String Preview Format Manager 01 Eile View Format Op
26. easurement TPS in the tree view Use the Exportstring1 to limit the data ouput to specific applications or use the Default Exportstring to output all recorded measurement see also assign applications For purpose of easier understanding we will explain each word index element separately although all indices would be in sequence in the edit view Step2 Elementname Pointnumber Edit View 11 Blocknumber GSI Point ID Target iew 11 nnnnnnnn Manualentry po Blocknumber Alignment right Sign only Length 4 Fill character 0 Mawaeny nnnnnnnn PointlD Alignment right Sign only negative Length 8 Precision 0 Step3 Elementname Easting coordinate Edit View 81 Units GSI Target East Preview 81 nnnnnnnn Sting Element Element Manual Manualentry x Units GSI Bu right Length 1 nnnnnnnn Target East Alignment right Sign always Length 9 Precision 0 Fill character 0 Step4 Elementname Northing coordinate Edit View 82 Units GSI Target North Preview 82 82 x Units GSI Alignment Length nnnnnnnn Target North Alignment right Sign always Length 9 Precision 0 Fill character 0 Stepb Elementname Code Edit View 41 Blocknumber GSI CodeID Preview 41xxxx nnnnnnnn Formatting XX Units GSI Alignment right Length 1 nnnnnnnn C
27. ection PPM e calculated PPM value from atmosperic data dialoge e Precision fixed Scaling NOT possible e g output 23 ppm Pressure e calculated air pressure from atmospheric data dialogue e Instrument supports integer values only e g 1013 mbar e separate scaling possible option pressure scale Temperature e manually entered temperature in atmospheric data dialogue e Instrument supports integer values only e g 12 PC e separate scaling possible option temperature scale Projection Height Offset central meridian on request Projection scaling total PPM Projection scaling PPM Height reduction PPM on reques Relative humidity e refer to the manual for further information Refraction coefficient e fixed instrument value 0 130 Elevation above mean sea level e e g output 605 500 m e scaling possible using option Linear Scale Scale factor central meridian e fixed output 1 e scaling possibe using option Linear Scale EDM type e fixed text value RL Reflectorless IR Infrared 25 26 EDM measure mode e fixed text value User Round GPR1 mm 0 Mini GMP101 mm 17 5 360 GMP74 23 1 e fixed text value RL_Short Red Laser reflectorless RL_Prism Red Laser Prism mode RL_Track Red Laser Reflectorless tracking IR_Fine Infrared prism mode high accuracy IR_Fas Infrared prism mode IR_Tra
28. es are implemented in TPS300 700 Series instruments to support this function Alternate Format is therefore disabled Length Defines the minimum output lenght including decimal point or fill characters for either floating point or string variables Note that 0 is an invalid variable length Maximum lenght is limited to 20 Always 12345678901234567890 Length 10 Easting 140123 877 Length 15 Easting 140123 877 Length 20 Easting 140123 877 Precision a Float variables Precision defines the number of decimals e Length 15 precision 5 Easting 000140123 87700 precision 3 Easting 00000140123 877 b String variables Precision defines the maximum string length If Length is larger than precision the remaining space will be used with fill characters Precision set to 0 will not set string length limitation e Length8 precision 3 PtNr 00000PFL precision 0 PtNr OOPFL100 Fill Character Fill characters are used to extend strings with fewer characters than its length is defined as Either spaces or 0 can be selected as fill characters e fill character 0 Easting 0000000000140123 877 e fill character _ Easting 140123 877 Unit Referencing specific units to certain variables will output the corresponding values in the specified unit no matter which unit is set on the instrument e Unitmeter Easting 122001905 579 m e Unit US Feet Easting 400268719 700 us ft e Unit Intl Feet
29. eyboard The number of characters allowed is defined in the Format Template In the Edit View some characters have a special meaning Variable delimiters Tabulator 8 spaces space 5 Format File Each Format File consists of headers and strings This chapter will inform you about the possibilities and limitations of both while formatting options will be discussed later 5 1 Header The Header section in the Tree View contains three different types of headers General Applications and Blocks Expanding the header section is either possible by clicking the or double clicking on Header To view or edit a header highlight it with a mouse click and type in the contents in the office view A header can only contain static text Ei Format Manager report1_FRT 33 Eile View Format Options Window Help oela ea Header General File Footer Applications Blocks Export Formatstrings EL Format Manager report1_ FRT Eile View Format Options Window Help ele 3 v Header General Applications PROG AREA APPLICATION Free Station Missing Line Remote Elevation Stakeout Surveying System Measure Blocks El Export Formatstrings Format Manager 1 File View Format Options Window Help Sive E Header DAT TYPE E
30. g pool library press your right mouse button and perform String pool gt Load Since the string pool is a global provider you may use the selectionfilter to preselect the template and datablock type to find your string faster Loading a string from the string pool will replace the current string Therefore ensure that you really want to delete the current string or that the exportstring is empty Export preview Once you have created an output format string FM allows you to preview the complete string with dummy data A separate preview window will appear and show you each string tree time in sequence Press E to perform an export preview Imi Export Preview reportl FRT x PROG MEASURE and RECORD DATA FIXPOINT 123 98 140123 8770000000 5123333 5650000004 1000 2230000000 PP123 98 4140123 8770000000 5123333 5650000004 1000 2230000000 PP123 98 140123 8770000000 5123333 5650000004 1000 2230000000 PROG AREA APPLICATION The Export Preview will not updated if you make changes in the Format File Therefore you must perform a new preview to view the modified Format File To print an Export Preview the Export Preview window must be active Properties Properties of report Lix All common windows applications provide MT C special properties window to specify author and other file specific information Filling in Ve roo properties will make it ea
31. hort year 99 Date long year 1999 General GSI Block information 27 28 Blocknumber GSI Counter Cnt V Index GSI Hz Correction GSI Inputmode GSI Units GSI For detailed Leica GSI format information please refer to our document WILD ONLINE GUIDE Art No GZ 366 GSI Block information Example 21 012 124 04510 Pos 1 2 Word index e g 21 for Hz Angle Pos 3 6 Block number GSI for WI11 blocks Pos 4 Compensator flag Pos 5 GSI flag Pos 6 Unit flag Pos 7 Sign Pos8 15 Data Pos 16 blank separating character Incrementing block number used GSI output to count measurement and coding records Block No 1 signalizes the first block e single digit integer value Any recorded block gets a continuously incremented number no matter wether a new job was created or not e vertical index operation flag e single digit integer value e pos 5 Hz correction operation flag e single digit integer value e pos 5 e GSI input mode flag e single digit integer value e pos 5 e g 0 2 measured value e GSI unit flag e single digit integer value e pos 6 e g 2 2 gon Horizontal Angle Deg e integer value e range 0 359 e g 153 degree Horizontal angle Min e integer value e range 0 59 e g 45 minutes Horizontal angle Sec e integer value e range 0 59 e g 13 seconds Vertical angle Deg refer to Horizontal angle
32. ica SurveyOffice 4 DO yx with the corresponding icon on your desktop or by calling MAIN exe in the C LSO folder Leica Toos gt TENENTEM 2 Clickthe ellipse External TPS300 Tools gt Format Manager TPS Setup E Tools 3 Choose the option 5300 Tools and 4 select Format Manager Leica SurveyOffice Version 1 12 3 2 Starting Format Manager as a stand alone application Coordinate Editor It is also possible to run FM as a stand alone application To create and test Format Files successfully you only need to run FM and later the DXM for the file transfer and final testing Double click FM exe Browse for the corresponding file with your windows explorer or other browser Double click the file FM exe which you may find in the default directory D ProgramFiles LeicaGeosystems SurveyOffice UserTools FormatiVianagenFIVi exe Install a FM icon Click the right mouse button while beeing on the active windows desktop and choose option NEW gt SHORTCUT The automatically evoked windows wizard will guide you through the process Browse again for the FM directory D ProgramFiles LeicaGeosystems SurveyOffice UserTools FormatiVianagenFIVi exe and choose FM exe Select or retype a name for your shortcut icon Windows will create a special icon to run Format Manager as stand alone application Once you have started FM it will take a couple of secon
33. instrument and make a real life test Go and collect any data in your office or in the field and check what your file creates Improve any of the above steps until the Format File is doing exactly what your aim was at the beginning 2 GSI Format GSI output formats consist of basically any sequence of measured values lead by a specific word index WI The example below is a typical standard mask output containing pointnumber WI11 horizontal angel WI21 vertical angle WI22 slope distance WI31 combined PPM and prism constant values WI51 reflector height WI87 and instrument height WI88 For further information on GSI formatting options please refer to the Wild ONLINE guide Example GSI data file 110001 00P 1340 21 002 29459500 22 002 10576550 31 0 00041307 51 87 88 110002 00 1341 21 002 29375900 22 002 10522500 31 0 00032847 51 etc 110003 00 1342 21 002 29341150 22 0024 10451100 31 0 00029673 51 etc 110004 00 1343 21 002 29147250 22 002 10321850 31 0 00020025 51 etc 1100054 00P 1344 21 0024 28991450 22 0024 10201550 31 0 00015033 51 etc 110006 00 1345 21 002 28679850 22 002 10068700 31 0 00010586 51 etc Additionally to above data blocks it is possible to output codes and up to 8 code informations in the standard GSI format 410018 000LYR15 42 400A_OP12 43 00000000 44 000000G4 45 00000000 410025 000LYR18 42 00A_OP12 43 00000000 44
34. ion Residual TPS gt Orientation Result TPS H Q Results TPS H Q Station TPS lt gt Station Residuals TPS H Q Target Point TPS Data Block A Data Block is a data record generated by an onboard instrument application The output data depends basically on the Data Block type The number of available Data Blocks and their names for example Measurement Orientation are defined by a Format Template which varies for different series of instruments Export String An export string is basically a sequence of variables A variable represents a specific data item within the instrument e g Hz angels Code ID etc The maximum number of variables per string depends on the used template All TPS templates are at the time limited to 30 variables A Format String may contain text and variables At least one application must be assigned to every defined Exportstring It will be used to generate all data output by the assigned application 5 3 Default Export String The purpose of designing a default string is to assign a default format to any variable which was not individually formatted Any newly inserted variable will be formatted according to the default settings if no individual changes were made However the settings of a variable can be edited at any time The default format window is accessible from the menu bar Options gt Defaults Default settings for variables x Export Flags Formatting optio
35. ion basically presents a reference list All available variables are listed with a short explanation of their functionality Many of the variables exist in more than one datablock type and will therefore be explained only once Code For detailled coding information please refer to the corresponding user manual ATTRIBUTE ENTRY Code Infoi Info2 Info3 Info4 T T Attribute Name Attribute CodelD Alphanumeric value with a maximum length of 8 characters e g CodelD TREE Code description Additional information line for up to 30 characters Availability of code description on the instrument depends on layout version LSO fully supports the code description functionality Attributes Up to 8 attributes allowed Attributes are additional information text limited to 16 characters per line e g Infot CONCRETE PYLON Attribute names Attribute names define a group of attributes The length of attribute names is basically limited by the corresponding TPS layout However LSO supports a maximum of 10 characters e g Info1 is an attribute name Corrections Correction blocks are recorded to the internal memory any time the EDM settings have changed Prism constant onboard recording range 0 999mm e variable output in m e g 0 035 for prism constant 35mm e set scale factor to 1000 to get mm e set precision to 3 to show all decimals Atmospheric corr
36. n We recommend this option if none of LSO s components have been installed previously Compact Program will be installed with a minimum of required options e g for Notebook installations Be aware that this option will NOT install Format Manager Custom This option is recommended if LSO has been installed previously but not TPS300 Tools including FM You may also use the Custom option for installation of other components Select Components x Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Components Leica SurveyOffice TPS300 Tools TPS1000 Tools TPS1100 Tools Leica Tools Description TPS300 series utility programs Space Required Space Available 1 Window SETUP Type choose CUSTOM 2 Press NEXT button 3 Enable TPS300 Tools in the components selection window to install FM 4 Press NEXT button Format Manager must be installed together with Leica Survey Office It is not possible to run Format Manager as a stand alone application 3 Starting Format Manager According to Microsoft Windows policy applications are either being started by clicking the corresponding exe file or creating a shortcut icon on your desktop or in a specified folder We recommend to place the main LSO icon on your desktop 3 1 Starting Format Manager from the main application To run the FM please follow the steps below 1 Start Le
37. ns Alignment 7 Length o Representation Normal Precision 10 Sign negative zl Fill characte 5 Altemate format Yes Validity Use for every new format Cancel 6 Formatting a String Double click any variable in the EDIT view to get to the Formatting window 6 1 Settings Formatting options for export variable Alignment The alignment defines the string orientation within a defined string length Example LEFT RIGHT alignment e AlignmentRIGHT Angle Hz AlignmentLEFT Angle Hz 321 1111 11 12 Representation The type of representation can be defined for float variables You may choose between decimal and exponential representation e Normal Slope Dist 609 173 e Exp basise Slope Dist 6 092e 02 e Exp basisE Slope Dist 6 092 02 Sign The sign output can be defined for float and integer variables If only negative is selected the sign will be output out for negative values only If always is selected the sign will be output for both positive and negative values Onlynegative Easting 140123 877 for positive values Easting 140123 877 for negative values e Always Easting 140123 877 for positive values Easting 140123 877 for negative values Alternate Format The option Alternate Format is a formatting functionality based on PrintF C function However none of the specified variabl
38. nt s serial number which is also a fixed value e g 640054 which is a TCR305 Measurement Variables of datablock type measurement read out the corresponding values from the last recorded measurement block For any block not containing the request variables the format will read the last valid values Point ID Target refer to Fixpoint Horizontal Angle Reads the recorded Hz angle value from the instrument Variables allows unlimited scaling and formatting Make sure your output string matches the specific angle units format options e g gon gt sexagesimal Example 243 5891 gon Vertical Angle Reads the recorded vertical angle from the instrument Example 101 4763 gon Slope distance Reads the recorded slope distance value If the distance is invalid e g only angles recorded in the last measurement block the variable will read the specified default value which can be edited in the menu OPTION gt FORMAT gt Default values Example 1522 143 m Horizontal Distance Reads the computed horizontal distance value which is calculated with the originally measured angle and distance value Height Difference Reads the computed height difference to the target point which is calculated with the originally measured angle and distance value Target East Target North Target Elevation Time Seconds Time Minutes Time hours 24 refer to Fixpoint Date day Date month Date s
39. ode ID Alignment right Sign only negative Length 9 Precision 0 Fill character 0 39 40 EXAMPLE 2 Customized GSI format FM GSI2 FRT Pointnumber WI11 e Horizontal Angle WI21 e Vertical Angle WI22 SlopeDistance WI31 e ReflectorHeight WI87 Example data file 110001 00 1340 21 012 29459490 22 312 10576560 31 0 00041307 87 110002 00 1341 21 012 29375900 22 312 10522510 31 0 00032847 87 110003 00 1342 21 012 29341130 22 312 10451090 31 0 00029673 87 110004 00P 1343 21 012 29147260 22 312 10321830 31 0 00020025 87 110005 00 1344 21 012 28991430 22 312 10201560 31 0 00015033 87 110006 00 1371 21 012 32103170 22 312 04621580 31 0 00001517 87 110007 00 1372 21 012 30008950 22 312 09571500 31 0 00007331 87 110008 00 1373 21 012 29923800 22 312 09961660 31 0 00010470 87 Step1 Elementname Pointnumber Edit View 11 Blocknumber GSI Point ID Target Preview 11xxxx nnnnnnnn String Element m XXXX Blocknumber right Sign only negative Length 4 Fill EN 0 Manual entry nnnnnnnn Point ID B right Sign only negative Length 8 Precision 0 Fill character 0 Step2 Elementname Horizontal angle Edit View 21 V Index GSI Inputmode GSI Horizontal angle Preview 21 xyz nnnnnnnO String Element Variable Formatting Manual entry 21 Hz Corr GSI Inputmode GSI Alignment right Units GSI Length 1
40. rmediate topics Marco Mueller Business Area TPS 2 Installing Format Manager Some of you may not have installed 00 Tools already which includes the Format Manager Some may not even have installed Leica SurveyOffice LSO yet All you need to know about complete or additional installation follows Before running the LSO installation wizard we recommend to close all running windows applications Place your CD Rom TPS Series Art No 713765 in your PC s CD slot and browse for the following path OSWSofficeV YOUR Language Disk1V Setup exe Setup starts The installation wizard will guide you through the whole installation process The default path for WinNT platforms is set to D ProgramFiles LeicaGeosystems SurveyOffice The default path for Win98 platforms is set to C ProgramFiles LeicaGeosystems SurveyOffice The default path may vary if any of LSO s components where previously installed in a different path or drive We recommend to confirm our suggested path because any further Leica Application e g TPS CAD Fieldlink etc would be installed at the same location If LSO has already been installed on your PC or Laptop you don t need to perform a complete LSO package installation Choose the preferred SETUP type according your requirements Typical To perform a complete installation of LSO including the necessary Format Manager please choose the Typical installation optio
41. sier to administer or find formats Company JleicaGeosystemsAG Creation date Dienstag August 17 1999 Instrument class Format type Export format Comment Manager 1 0 teen 7 2 Option Format Manager length FRT File View Format Window Help Das a Format e Defaults 5 gt Header Defaults BH General Format The Settings for the currently opened Format File can be defined When a new Format File is created the default Format Settings will be assigned automatically To view or modify the Format File settings select Format from the Options menu and then select the property page you want to view or modify Easting Scales Scale factors can be defined for all unit types FM will multiply all float variables with its specific scale factor before outputting them 17 Scales Hz Angle 321 1111 Angular scale Slope Dist 609 173 Linear scale 1 00000000 Temperatur 12 000 Temperature scale 1 00000000 Pressure i 760 000 Pressure scale 1 00000000 Scales Hz Angle 321 1111 Angular scale Slope Dist 609173 000 Linear scale 1000 00000000 T emperatur 12 000 Temperature scale 1 00000000 Pressure 0 076 Pressure scale 0 00010000 Linear scaling be used to convert data from meter to millimeter or to convert pressure from mBar to Bar Uni
42. tions Window oela E49 Header Point ID Target Horizontal angle Vertical angl 5 4 General H O Applications H Blocks 5 gt Export Formatstrings H Q Code TPS GPS Corrections TPS lt gt Fixpoint TPS GPS lt gt Orientation Measurem Orientation Residual 1 lt gt Orientation Result TP Caption PP123 98321 111100000088 1313000000609 173000000C H Q Results FormatStrin lt gt Station TPS 9 Qp Station Residuals TP Preview lt gt Target Point TPS 4 gt For Help press F1 TPS300 Standard NUM Z Caption The Format name e g REPORT1 FRT is displayed as the Format Window caption The template name e g TPS300 standard is displayed in the status bar Tree View All Format String categories Datablock types and Format Strings of the active Format File are listed in the Tree View This allows an easy access to all headers and export format strings within a Format File Tree View items can easily be extended by clicking the 1 or double clicking the corresponding item Edit View A Format String will be displayed in the Edit View once it has been selected in the Tree View The Edit View works similarly to any text editor An additional dialog appears that enables you to insert and edit export variables Similar to an editor additional text may be entered or edited using the k
43. ts Any combination of angular linear temperature and pressure units can be selected FM will convert the measured values into the selected units regardless of the einstrument settings Scales Units Default values m Units Angular unit Gon X Linear unit Meter E Temperature unit Degrees Celsius hd Pressure unit Validity Use for every new format Use instrument units Angular units Radians Gons degrees sexagesimal degrees decimal mils Linear units meter Intl feet US feet Temperatureunits Degrees celsius Kelvin Fahrenheit Pressure units mm mmHG InchHG Hectopascal Default Values FM allows to set Default values for either floating point integer or string variables For example a customer needs to protocol data with a customized fieldbook format containing angle distance and coordinate information Any measurement recorded without valid distances when pressing REC only would lead to invalid coordinates because of missing distance measurement In such a case default values allows to define special coordinate values e g to visualize the use of specific recording technique in the r Values Floating Point default value Integer default value NEN String default value r Validity Use for every new format 19 20 8 Sample Format Elements Formats often consist of standardized elements Rather than explaining a comple
44. x format at the beginning This chapter focusses focussing on sample elements which can play a key part in any particular output format 8 1 JobExportstring At the beginning of a job it can be useful to have Qy Job TPS GPS a general information header considering job Exportstring and operators name or the instrument used 2 Measurement TPS Since this data may vary from job to job we use p Orientation Residual TPS corresponding variables to record data from the instrument EDIT VIEW INPUT Project Jobname Job Comment 1 Operator Operator Instr S No Instrument type Instrument No Project BLDG EASTO1 FACTORY Operator JohnDoe Instr S No TCR305 640054 e Alltext strings Alignment LEFT e Length set to 1 Every string will take as much space as needed Limit length of instrument No gt gt to 6 8 2 Timeand date function Time and date functions are often used to identify a sequence of measurements FM provides full date and time functionality INPUT Time Time hours 24 Time Minutes Time Seconds Date Date day Date month Date long year 1998 OUTPUT Time 17 13 17 Date 2 07 1998 e Createinformation text eg Time e Insert time and data variables as requested Browse datablock type Station or Measurement fortime and data variables e Change variable length to 2 except for long year variables e Ad
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