Equipment: Total station, Data Collector (Yellow and Grey models work little differently), Tripod, 2 prism

poles with bipods, Tape measure

Steps:

1. Set prism height to 5ft on Back Sight Control point (For yellow groups B; For Orange groups A)
2. Set Total station on Control point (For yellow groups A; For Orange groups B)S
3. Shoot at back sight prism get angle measurement from ANG mode.
4. Press EDM mode, Press F3 (S/A), F1 (Input) and input prism constant “-30mm” then “F4”
(ENTER)
5. Key “F3”(T-P), “F1” (Input), and enter temperature them “F4” (ENTER), “F1” (INPUT) and enter
pressure them “F4” (ENTER).
6. Plug Data collector in to the instrument and turn it on.

Start icon Surveypro Open/new job Job name (team name_day )

(W_BLUE)

Browse

File (Top left)

Select “Spring 2018”

Click green check

Yellow Recon Grey Normad

Next Settings
Azimuth type – ‘North Azimuth’
Units for Distances – ‘US Survey
Feet’
Unit for angles – ‘Degrees’
Make sure ‘Earth curvature &
refraction’ is NOT checked
Next Next
Next
 Enter the co ordinate
for first point (Where
the Total station is)
 Name it 1
 Record in your
fieldbook that point 1 is
Control point A/(In case
of yellow flag it will be
B)
 Enter northing easting
and elevation of point A
(or B for yellow flag)
 Put XCP1 in description
  ‘Finish’ when you are
done.
* it will return you to the home
screen
**Tap outside the data boxes to
hide keyboard. Do not select
return or red ‘x’ sign below the
keyboard.
Setting up Backsight
 Select ‘Survey’  ‘Home
 ‘Station Setup’  ‘Station Setup’

 ‘Known point’ from

dropdown menu
 ‘Occupy point’-select
point 1 (This should be
the only point you have
till now)
 Enter the height of
Instrument at HI
 Review ‘information’
box to check the
information about point
A
 ‘Next’
 Choose ‘BS point’ (Back
sight)
 ‘Create new point’
 Name point ‘2’
 Description ‘BS’
 Choose ‘Points’ for
‘layers’
 Leave ‘default’ settings
feature & pictures
 Select ‘Location’ at the
bottom of the screen

*Make sure that grid is chosen

 Enter Northing, Easting
and elevation for point
B (Point A for yellow
flag)
 Tap green check mark
 Shutter sound indicate
your point has been
saved
  BS azimuth should be
shown on the screen
(record it)

 Select ‘roving target’

 Enter prism height as
‘HR’ (Preferably 5ft)

 “Read circle”  “Set backsight”

 “Send Circle”
 “Finish”
*Station set up is complete
Check error
Data collector would return to  Check your error  After you set up your
home; to check error: Record it in your notebook back sight, data
 Go to “Survey” collector would
 “Check setup” automatically show
 Make sure “By point” is your error
selected
 Choose “Point 2” from
the drop down list
 “Check”
 Error will display as
 “Delta N” for Northing
 “Delta E” for Easting
 “Delta EL” for elevation
 Collecting Data
 “Survey”  “Home”
 Option C  “Traverse/Sideshot”
 “Traverse/Sideshot”
Put Foresight as 100
Put Description “XP”
*Keep Note which one is what.
Put Prism to other points
  “Sideshot” 
 When the beeping
stops
 Tap greenchcek mark