SurvCE 1.50 Release Notes

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1 SurvCE 1.50 Release Notes SurvCE was released on May 12, The first section of this document outlines the new features that were added to the SurvCE product. The subsequent sections of this document are items that have been added in the maintenance releases that follow. New Features Raw file editor with full audit trail. SurvCE Build May 12, 2004 Virtual keyboard for the Compaq Ipaq and Recon versions. Localization 2 Pt Rotate Only: This option adds the ability to localize to two points. The first point is the fixed point for X,Y,Z and the second point is held for rotation only. Template Stakeout & Template Series: This allows the user to stakeout any point along a road using design files or section files. Slope staking is also allowed from any point on the template or section. Slope Staking (Real Time): The software can now slope stake without defining a target station. MAP: Reverse Polyline. Elevation Difference (DTM Staking) using design road files. Stakeout Line/Arc now allows arcs to be defined by PC, PT and delta angle, degree of curvature, radius or arc length. Also added an option to calculate "Increment station" value, based on number of segments. Import Text/ASCII file now has an option to import SDR POS files. Import Text/ASCII file now has an option to export TDS CR5 Binary Files. The base station position can now be stored from the rover as a local coordinate through the Monitor/REF tab. Added reciprocal calculations for total stations. Under the Configure Reading screen, there will be a setting for Recip Calc (values: Never, Prompted, Always). When set to Prompted or Always, if the user occupies a point previously collected from a situation where he occupied his current backsight point, a new elevation will be calculated on the occupy point.

2 Instrument Recall. Now, when you click on the instrument icon at the top of the screen, you will see a selection of pre-saved instrument configuration sets, in addition to a tab that will allow you to view details about your current configuration as you have seen in the past. The user will be able to save current configurations to a file, rename any existing file or delete any existing file. Switch to any existing instrument configuration by double-clicking on the icon or selecting it with a single click or arrow key and pressing enter. The COGO/Inverse function now has 2D and 3D options at the top of the screen. When set to 2D, the display will be minimalized to show only point information, azimuth/bearing and horizontal distance. When set to 3D, the display will show point data, azimuth/bearing, horizontal distance, slope distance, elevation difference, slope percent and slope ratio. MAP: Field to Finish - Command under tools that will allow the user to redraw linework to reflect coding modified points or codes. MAP: Under File/LandXML, a new command was added, called "Chain to LandXML". This feature allows the user to export linework using the LandXML file format. Added a new routine that will allow the user to customize the description automatically generated by the program in stakeout routines. This setting is found in Job Settings/Stakeout. Users can also turn off the automatic descriptions and the software will retain the last description entered from point to point. Added new options to recover cutsheet data from the raw file. Under Job Settings/Stakeout/Set Cutsheet Format/ per routine there is a button that will extract Cutsheet Data from a selected RAW file and append/overwrite to an ASCII cutsheet file. The routine will use the current Cutsheet Settings to write the data to the file. Added a new option when the user stores an existing point to give them the opportunity to store data to the raw file only, as opposed to both the raw file and the CRD file. Added new options under Road Utilities/Section File Conversion for Geopak and IGRDS file conversions. Points List in Stakeout Points. In the Stakeout Points dialog there is now text that will let the user to know the source of the point. The list of points prepared for stakeout has the same option to display the source of the points. The points or range of points could be from the Control Job or the Current Job. If the user types a point or a range of points in the edit box the routine will use the Job Settings Stakeout settings that define if the points in the Control Job have precedence over the points from Current Job. Some GPS receivers now have the ability to store and recall user defined modem settings providing a simple interface for switching connections to various base stations on a GPS network.

3 New Equipment Leica Older T1600/T2000 Total Stations. Novatel OEM4 GPS. Allen-Osbourne GPS. Topcon RC2 only Robotic Total Station. Support for depth sounders. NavCom 2050 GPS. Sokkia 110M Total Station. Leica 1200 Robotic Total Station (GeoCOM Only) Enhancements File Delete command has been upgraded to allow the user to remove empty directories. The routine will not delete directories that have files or another directory tree within. In Input-Edit GIS Data dialog, added a check box "Save Values" that will allow the user to save the last entered attribute values for the current code in order to be able to use them later, without re-typing them. The program automatically detects if there is no "last entered attribute values" saved for the current code and checks ON by default the check box. In Input-Edit GIS Data dialog, added a button "Last Values" that will allow the user to recall the last entered attribute values. If the user presses this button a dialog will appear and will display the last entered attribute values for review purposes. Added a Check Battery button to Receiver Utilities for the Trimble GPS General equipment type. For the UTM predefined coordinate system, only the WGS84 datum will be supported. For all other datums, the user should select User Defined. Oblique_Mercator is now Oblique_Mercator_83 to be OpenGIS compatible. For the Radian/Radian IS/NovAtel/GRS2600 GPS equipment types, the ability to set the radio baud rate was added for both the base and the rover. The Data directory will be based on the full path of the current coordinate file. This will allow users to consistently select files from different working directories. Added a list of modules and whether they are turned ON or OFF to the About screen.

4 Added support for left/right GPS offsets for both laser and manual inputs. Left/right is specified with respect to the direction of motion. When Configuring GPS Base by Lat/Lon, State Plane Coordinates, Previously Surveyed Point, Local Coordinates and Read from file, SurvCE will take a GPS reading to compare and warn user if off by more than 2 seconds. Show Localization File information in raw file. Added support for the CE.NET platform. Added GPS offset target height feature for laser offsets. Now Input-Edit Template allows the user to review the contents of the tpl file: grades, medians, and curbs. The user will be able to edit/add/remove grades, remove medians, and remove curbs. Added the option that allows the user to run user-defined slope stake from Template Stakeout. The elevation of the pivot can be extrapolated from the road files or can be entered by the user. A vertical offset for the final pivot elevation could also be used. In Input-Edit GIS Data dialog, added accelerators keys (ALT + key) for all the buttons. In stakeout points, store by interval and in any other routines for GPS equipment, the solution status will be displayed only in the top bar screen area. For UTM and 3TM predefined coordinate systems, the correct parameters will now be displayed in the Define window based on the zone last used. In Monitor/Skyplot, show "SATS: used/total" with Leica GPS. In Monitor/Skyplot - SATView graphic, pick on sat to get more information. Added audible tone for loss or gain of GPS lock. Warning if user has scale factor and adds 2nd localization point. Different sound for "GPS connect to receiver" vs "store point". The local coords of the GPS Base station will now show in the Monitor\Ref tab. Made changes in order to avoid the OFF CENTERLINE messages (these messages always have occurred when the current position was before the centerline starts or after the centerline ends). In Surv\Store Points, added new dialog with "Store when Fixed" button to store position as soon as the solution is fixed. Offset routines will prompt the user if they want to store the last reading before exiting if not previously stored.

5 Show number of "SATS:" for GPS while collecting in STORE PNTS graph dialog. Show "Distance:" from last point to current point in AUTO INTVL map dialog. The option to define grades in input-edit template based on delta HD and delta Z. Under Job Settings/Units there is a new combo-box that will allow the user to select the format in which the user wants to have stationing displayed, available options: , , Added improvements to Cross Section Survey that will gather information on as-built sections more thoroughly using an option that allows the user to store a Section File in Geodimeter style format (IGRDS). Added a new button to the Equip menu for GPS only, entitled, Peripherals. This is where the user will be able to set his parameters for lasers, depth sounders and light bars. For all total stations, the backsight rod height and foresight rod height will be recorded separately. Closure was added to the report following a 2-pt Resection for total stations. Show Angle to Turn in stakeout for TS as separate info item from current angle. Report unused points in List Points Details. Applies to Numeric files only. Prompt for starting point ID when creating points in MAP screen. When reading from the GPS for an Average Reading, the Float/Fix status will be displayed along with a Cancel button to allow the user to exit from the Averaged Reading. For GPS offset, a new note will be added to the rw5 file to indicate the original lat/lon/elv read from the receiver. The original x,y,z will be noted as well. The actual lat/lon/elv used in the GPS record will now be the modified value that corresponds to the calculated offset position. For Stakeout, the reference options previously only available in Stakeout Point in Text mode are now available in the graphics (MAP) mode as well. "Configure" is accessible within any graphics (MAP) screen through the Alt + C hotkey. Renamed the Topcon GTS Series to Topcon GTS 3/3B Series. Removed the Topcon 200 Series equipment type and merged this with the Topcon 300/600/700/2000 equipment type, which was renamed to Topcon GTS Series. Added the Azi-Dist display option for all Stakeout methods. For the Topcon GTS Series, added a toggle for Reflectorless Series. If this is not active, the Guide Light and Reflectorless Read Mode options will be disabled.

6 Added a new dialog that could be activated when pressing ALT + V in all MAP screens with the following options: o View/Edit Raw Data o Input/Edit Points o Feature Code List o Input/Edit Point Cutsheet o Input/Edit CL Cutsheet o Input/Edit Slope Stake Cutsheet For the Leica and Sokkia 2-Way instruments, the prism constant that is set in the gun will be recorded as a note in the rw5 file. For all total stations, the option to cancel from a configured reading will be available to the user. The complete list of Alt Hot Keys was added to the online help. When writing a record in the rw5 file, a note will be added if the equipment type, localization file or geoid file have changed. Remote benchmark added option to enter just reference elevation. No longer requires point id from crd file. When modifying a localization file, if existing GPS data is found in the rw5 file, the user will be prompted to reprocess the file. Added support for turning on and off the tracking lights for the Topcon Reflectorless read method for Topcon Reflectorless read method for Leica 1100/1200 Robotic Total Stations. For Leica GPS, the receiver utilities are now available from Store Points/Stakeout through the Configure Reading hotkey. This will allow the user to change modem configuration on-the-fly. Added a note to the rw5 file to record the software version number. This will only be written at the time the file is created. Added a note to the rw5 file to record the number of localization points in use, as well as the one point localization azimuth and multi-point transformation settings. The project scale factor will be noted upon the next addition to the rw5 file if it has changed. Previously, this was only noted with the first record of each session. If the GPS coordinate system or Rover Antenna type has changed, a note will be recorded in the rw5 file.

7 The user s last settings for Export ASCII will now be remembered. The user may now select a destination file in Import ASCII. Previously, points would only be imported to the current job. For Cutsheet reporting, Added a prompt that will ask for additional descriptions if any of the vertical offsets are used. All Sideshot records to the rw5 file for collected data will report the zenith angle as a ZE record. Previously, the record type depended on the zenith angle display type. Reciprocal calculations will now write BD records to the rw5 file as opposed to SP records. The Backsight screen for total stations has been redesigned. This new screen allows the user to set an angle in the instrument, check an angle, check angle and distance, or set the angle and check the angle and distance. There is also a Turn to BS feature for robotic and motorized total stations. The raw file records for backsight check have been enhanced and a point ID is now required for the backsight, even if no coordinates are ever calculated for the BS. This allows the software to record angle only backsight readings. For unregistered copies of SurvCE coming from Carlson Software, the demo will limit each coordinate file to 30 points, vs 50 demo uses. This will allow the user to use the program in demo mode for an unlimited period of time. Changes made to the NavCom interface. They are as follows: Added support for the Navcom Starfire receivers with the DGPS correction types WCT, RTG, and WAAS/EGNOS. Also, added a feature to use the best corrections available, and a quickstart on known position feature to obtain high-accuracy DGPS quicker. Translate/Rotate/Scale will no longer produce SP records in the rw5 file. Only comment records regarding the transformation will be created. This will allow users to process the original raw data if necessary. Comment can be referenced to reproduce the transformation if necessary. If the raw file is re-processed, the transformation will need to be performed again as well. Added the option to store the results from the Cogo/Area function as a comment in the rw5 file. Users will now be warned when they switch their configuration from Base to Rover and vice versa (GPS Only). Changed the default value for Control File has Priority in Stakeout to OFF. In the Monitor REF tab, for some receivers, the distance from the Rover to the Base will be shown. The routine that saves/exports the drawing data into the DXF format will store the points from the CRD into AutoCAD "Point" entities form (layer PNTS).

8 A new method for selecting coordinate systems was added. The user will now see in the Job Settings/GPS screen, only the coordinate systems they wish to see. There is a button on this screen that will allow them to modify this list of projections by adding from a predefined list, adding by user defined, editing existing or deleting existing systems. The default system is currently still USA/NAD83/AL East. The option to view angles as Gons/Grads is now available. Select this feature under File/Job Settings/Units/Angle Unit. Modified the User Defined feature of coordinate system selections to allow loading from a file. Added the Review Individual Reading Data toggle to the Set Collection settings. The had been added to version 1.21 earlier at a customer s request. If the toggle is turned on, the user will be shown results after every reading in set collection and a final results screen at the end. If this setting is off, they will see none of these things. The default value is on. Implemented the toggle Auto Turn in set collection settings. For motorized and robotic instruments, if this setting is turned on, the instrument will change face, move to the next known position, and return to the last foresight point at the end of set collection automatically. The default for this toggle is OFF. For total station raw file records, the LS record will follow the OC record now when applicable. Added an option for Search on Read for the Topcon robotic instruments. Added an OK button to Instrument Setup (for total stations only). If the user does not change his/her occupy or backsight point, they will be able to just hit OK and proceed without taking a backsight reading. This has effectively phased out the need for the Confirm Orientation screen. In Edit/Process Rawfile, renamed the No Adjust button to Process Rawfile. Added a prompt after backsight check to return to the foresight position if the user had turned to the backsight. Added a selection item to the Leica Remote Settings for Insturment Series. Possible choices are TPS1000, TPS1100 and TPS1200. Added "Read Angle" button to Total Station Offset by 2 point. When pressed, it reads the angle from the gun, and uses it to calculate the 2 point offset. This feature is useful for storing building corners that aren't visible. Consolidated raw processor options into one tabbed dialog, and added a number of new options that were in SurvCADD.

9 In the rw5 file, we now write separate records for the GPS Scale and the TS Scale. Scale factors will change automatically when users switch from GPS to TS or TS to GPS. Default values for both on each new job are 1. Added a new option in the reference setup display used for STK to point orientation. The new option will allow the user to have the display info for the case of Azimuth & Distance to the Stakeout point displayed using Horizontal Clock System values rather than Angle values. The routine Stakeout Line defined by points or by point and azimuth now saves the last input values between sessions. When starting a new job, the project scale factor will be reset to 1.0. Previously, the project scale factor from the last job was carried over.

10 SurvCE Build May 26, 2004 COGO Point in Direction: If the OC and BK point ID s were identical, the program was still checking the coincidence of the two points, even for the cases in which the BK point should not have been used. COGO Point in Direction: In the BK edit box of the Point in Direction dialog, the routine was checking to detect if the point ID was empty by calculating the length of the description of the point rather than the actual length of the point name. COGO Point in Direction: The combo boxes that allow the user to select the Horizontal Angle, Vertical Angle, Distance type, did not have a scroll bar to allow user selection. COGO Transformation Rotate: The horizontal angle for rotation was being incorrectly applied. Equip CSI DGPS and Sokkia Axis 3 receivers using Omnistar: The BER value will be shown in the monitor screen to give indication of the strength of corrections received. Equip Sokkia 110M with Remotocatcher: Corrected a setting for the Remotocatcher when accessed using the Settings screen from the Robotics screen. Equip Sokkia 110M with Remotocatcher: If an RC Search is performed, SurvCE will wait longer before timing out and reporting prism not found. Equip Sokkia 110M with Remotocatcher: There are now 2 buttons in the Joystick screen for RC Search: RC Left and RC Right. Left and Right will be determined by the Run Remotely setting. Equip Sokkia G2: Registrations will now be treated as valid SurvCE registrations. All G2 users can now upgrade to SurvCE. Equip Thales/Ashtech: Additional modifications made for the Ashtech Z12 configure base to no incorrectly report errors. Equip Thales/Ashtech: Receivers other than ZMax, the initialization process could fail. Equip Thales/Ashtech: The rod height and description entered into the graphics screen were not being applied to average readings. Equip Thales/Ashtech: The ZSurveyor base was incorrectly reporting DGPS instead of Autonomous. Equip TS: If the target height was modified before storing, a complete OC,LS,BK record set was written to the rw5 file. Only the LS record was necessary and the extra OC and BK were creating conflicts with other software packages. Equip TS: The offset by 2 points routine will now write an SS record in the rw5 file for reprocessing. File Configure Reading Combined Direct and Reverse: SS/TR and Stakeout routines only use this type of reading for vertical angle averaging purposes as there would not be a reverse backsight reading to average horizontal angles against. Only the horizontal angle reading from the Face 1 measurement will be used for calculations. For angle set collection, use the Set Collection routine. File Configure Reading Reference: If the user previously set the reference option using the point method, then deletes the point, the program now defaults the Reference settings to North/South, East/West. In the past the program was using 0,0 as the reference point.

11 File Job Settings Control File: The file names will now be stored to the current job settings file rather than the general settings. In the past, when switching from a job that had a Control Job to another job that also previously had a Control Job, the program was reusing the previously selected Control Job name from last used job. General Automatic Generated Point Description: If the user turns ON any of the Automatic Generated Description flags, the program will not use the previously used description. At any time if the user wants to change the description, they can type a new one and the program will stop updating the descriptions. After storing the point he can continue using the same description or delete the description and the program will re-start to use the Automatic Generated Point Description. To delete the description, the user can put the cursor inside the Description Field in the GRAPHIC screen and hit the Delete key. Cross Section Survey and Slope Staking are using their own settings. General Raw File Records using Control Files: When a point was copied from the control job to the current job in Instrument Setup for total stations, 2 SP records were written to the rw5 file. Now, there will be only one. MAP DXF: The exported file created in SurvCE could fail with the error Invalid APPID at line. This error occurs when the user uses an FCL code file and creates the linework in the field. If the user creates/modifies the drawing using MAP commands the DXF remains valid. An executable is available that could fix any DXF s that failed. Road Road Utilities Section File Conversion: IGRDS to SCT file conversion was corrected. Road Slope Staking: Stakeout reference option for Stake First or Second Offset, when reporting In/Out Fwd/Back for the stakeout point was reporting the IN/OUT value: (bad value). Road Slope Staking: Stakeout reference option In/Out Fwd/Back for the CATCH point was reporting IN/OUT reversed.

12 SurvCE Build June 10, 2004 COGO Process Raw File Direct-Reverse Report: Added support for if there is a BD record to the backsight that is not part of a direct-reverse set (e.g. Backsight). COGO Transformation Rotate: If the user was set to Bearing for angle display, the total rotation was displayed as a bearing, not and angle of rotation. Equip CSI GPS: For CSI DGPS Max, added the ability to set DGPS Max age and elevation mask. Equip CSI GPS: For CSI DGPS Max, SurvCE now shows the age of corrections in Monitor. Equip CSI GPS: For CSI DGPS Max, SurvCE will no longer show the Axis/Axis3 choice in the Configure Rover Screen. Equip Leica GPS: Renamed Leica System 500 GPS to Leica System 500/1200 GPS. GX1200 is not fully supported yet. Equip Localization: If the user added a localization point, but chose not to reprocess his/her rw5 file, the next time they went to any graphics mode, the position graphic on the screen would not be visible. Equip Sokkia GPS: For GSR2650 and NovAtel OEM4 Rreceivers a saveconfig call was added to the end of the initialization process. Equip Topcon FC100: Pop-up keyboard support added. Equip Zeiss TS: For models Elta 2 through 6, a modification was made to the interface to accept a distance in either feet or metric (previously, only metric was allowed). Equip Zeiss TS: Renamed to Zeiss50/Elta Series. Support was added for the Elta 2 through 6 series instruments. File Configure Reading Reference: The style was not being set for GPS or RTS for the option AZIMUTH & DISTANCE. Also the reference arrow was appearing in the MAP screen for the cases in which no reference point was available. General Raw File: A new comment was added to the rw5 file. Either CRD:Numeric or CRD: Alphanumeric will appear near the beginning of the file. General Raw File: In the case of numeric coordinate files, when backsighting an azimuth, 2 sets of OC,BK records were written to the rw5 file. MAP Export SHP File: The routine was incorrectly reading the type of fields from the VTT file in the cases of a real type value. Also added an improvement to that routine that will keep the name of the SHP file selected by the user if the export involves one feature at the time. Surv Stakeout Line/Arc Stakeout Arc: The routine was not re-calculating the length of the arc if the arc data was already entered and the arc direction was changed. Surv Stakeout Line/Arc Stakeout Arc: The routine was not re-setting the starting and ending station so after the user modified the starting station value. The program was calculating an incorrect value for the ending station. These values were not used within the Stakeout CL routine because the program was re-loading the CL and re-calculating the ending station value. Surv Stakeout Points: Now handles lists using control file points that are out of sequence.

13 Thales GPS Base Station Height Issue SurvCE Build July 09, 2004 When the user configured the base station, the base antenna height was not sent to the receiver properly causing the base position to be computed at the phase center of the antenna instead of the ground. If the user localized and then tried to move the base to a new location using Previously Surveyed Point or Local Coordinates (possibly others), the rover elevation would be off by the amount of the base antenna height. All localization and reference files created with the software that had this issue will need to be recreated. The problem was introduced after SurvCE version but prior to any Fast Survey or SurvCE 1.5 release and has now been corrected in SurvCE This issue is known to affect all Thales/Ashtech receivers, possibly others. Corrections and Enhancements The following are detailed descriptions of items that were added or addressed in this release. COGO Point Projection: When trying locate the center of a Curve element within a CL file, the program was calculating a wrong station. COGO Process Raw File: Added option to the raw processor routine for reciprocal calculations. COGO Transformation: If no scale value was given, it was possible for the program to interpret this as a scale value of 0 with base point 0,0,0. COGO Transformation: Rotate and scale will not be performed if the corresponding base points are not defined. COGO Transformation: The Rotation value written in the rw5 file was in radians, it will now be in dd.mmss format as all other angle values. Equip GPS Scale Factor: If the scale for GPS is determined from the localization, a GPS Scale record of 1.0 and a Localization Scale equal to the calculated scale record will be written in the rw5 file. Equip GPS: For the Ashtech and Topcon receivers (possibly others), when configuring the base station, some base setup routines did not transfer the antenna height to the receiver properly causing the rover to be off by the value of the base antenna height. Known base setup methods that contained this issue were Local Coordinates and Previously Surveyed Point. Equip GPS: In the Job Settings/Units screen, if a scale can be calculated from the localization, this value will be displayed and grayed out. Equip Leica TS: The foresight prism offset was being set in the instrument before a backsight check, not the backsight prism offset. Equip Monitor/Skyplot Ref: In the Monitor GPS/REF tab for the rover, the Store button will be disabled if a base position of 0,0,0 is detected. Equip Navcom GPS using Quickstart : RMS values will be displayed as 0.0 in this case as valid numbers will not be reported from the receiver. Equip NMEA GPS: Added a toggle for Allow Zero RMS Values. If this is checked, the software will not invalidate readings with 0.0 hrms and vrms values. Equip NovAtel/Sokkia Radian/Sokkia Radian IS/Sokkia GSR2600 GPS: The radio baud rate list was extended to include the full range from 1200 to

14 Equip Thales/Ashtech GPS: For the Ashtech GPS, if the rover receiver was fixed, no data was being shown in the REF tab. Equip Topcon FC1000: On the FC100, the taskbar will always be shown while SurvCE is running. Equip Topcon FC1000: The Bluetooth communication was returned to the way it was working in version Equip Topcon GPS: Changes made to the read function for Topcon GPS that should eliminate lock-ups on the data collector. Equip Topcon GPS: For the Topcon GPS, if the receiver type was HiPer+, the antenna was always set to HiPer GD. Now any antenna type may be selected. Equip Topcon TS: Changes were made to the turning function (turn to point and turn to angle) for Topcon robots to reduce unnecessary long waits. Equip Topcon TS: For the Topcon APL and 800 Remote, changed the turning function to prevent the hour glass from appearing much longer than necessary. Equip Topcon TS: For the Topcon GTS instruments, a toggle was added for a Lock on Read function. Equip Topcon TS: For the Topcon robotic total station, if the Lock on Read setting was turned on, the program would attempt to lock onto a prism after every turn command. Equip TS: For robotic total stations, when storing an offset reading after entering the offset screen from the Text mode, the program would start taking automatic readings from the instrument. File Job Settings Units Scale Factor: In the Job Settings screen for GPS, if the scale displayed is the one calculated from the localization (see item above) it will be displayed as the inverse value of what is seen in the Localization screen. This will be consistent with the combined grid scale factor that is normally entered in this screen. General Auto Descriptions: Added upper and lower characters within the AutoFill Description Edit Box. General Average D&R: For total stations using combined Face1/Face2 in SS/TR, when the horizontal or vertical angle tolerance was exceeded, the error message was displayed incorrectly. General DBF: Made the field name for DBF files compatible based on the DBASE spec. General DBF: SurvCE now limits the number of characters stored within the DBF field from General DBF: SurvCE was not preserving the type of fields when exporting data from SurvCE to DBF file. General Instrument Setup Remote Benchmark: If you entered a multi-digit point ID, only one digit was taken into consideration. General Raw Files Comments: Some rw5 file note records were not being recorded as often as they should: i.e. the number of points in the localization file, the name of the geoid separation file. General Sokkia SDR8100: Added support for the SDR8100 (SurvCE Only). General Store Point Function: Added error detection in store point for total stations. If the minutes or seconds of the horizontal or vertical angle values is greater than or equal to 60, the point will be rejected with an error message displayed to the user. General Store Point Function: For conventional total stations, if the user leaves the stakeout screen with a reading in the buffer that has not been stored, they will be prompted to store or discard the reading. This was true for leaving the SS/TR screen only in the past.

15 General Template File Selection: When selecting a template file for use, the file types listed in the pull-down at the top will now say TPL, TSF Files. MAP Export SHP File: Corrected a problem with exporting arcs and polygons created through F2F into SHP files. Road Slope Staking: In Slope Staking the user entered slope ratio was not being held until the user exited and reentered the routine. Surv Auto by Interval: For GPS in Auto by Interval, removed a warning for Hrms/Vrms 0.0. Surv Stakeout Points: When selecting stakeout points from a stakeout list, the target elevation was not properly set.

16 SurvCE Build July 15, 2004 Equip Topcon TS: Corrected an issue with the GTS Series instruments that was introduced in where these instruments would take excessive time to measure. File Job Settings Stakeout Set Cutsheet Format Create Cutsheet File From Raw File: When GPS notes were present after the regular cutsheet data, the routine was adding the notes to the cutsheet file. File List Points Find: When the user tries to find a point based on a description, they can now use wildcards to match the description (e.g. TREE*). Also, the routine will prompt the user when the search reaches the end of the list and will prompt to begin searching from the top of the list. General Text Mode Stakeout Reference: The drop list for the reference location was not being retained between sessions.

17 Thales GPS Base Station Height Issue SurvCE Build August 20, 2004 Please see updated comments in the section of this document. Leica TPS 1200 Direct Support was added for the Leica 1200 Total Station operating in direct mode using the Leica TPS Series instrument selection. Users must acquire a code from Leica to unlock the instrument so that it can be controlled by SurvCE if PowerSearch, ATR or Motor Turning features are to be utilized. Leica System 1200 GPS Support was added for the Leica System 1200 GPS. Users must acquire a code from Leica to unlock the receiver so that it can be controlled by SurvCE. This interface has some known issues that are currently being researched. Carlson plans to have these issues resolved by a November release. The known issues are as follows: Equip Monitor/Skyplot Ref: This tab does not correctly report the base station information. Cell Modems: This feature is not yet supported. Surv Log Static Data: This feature is not yet supported. Equip Configure Rover Log Baseline Data: This feature is not yet supported. Corrections and Enhancements The following are detailed descriptions of items that were added or addressed in this release. COGO Process Raw File Edit Raw File: Previously, if the user opened an rw5 file in the Editor and saved that file, the number of significant digits used was not consistent with the original number of significant digits used for storing data. COGO Process Raw File Edit Raw File: The maximum line length was increased to prevent cutsheet data from being lost after a save. COGO Process Raw File: When reprocessing total station data the Report Closure setting was being applied in some cases when it shouldn t be (i.e. process by Compass). Equip Configure Base From File: For GPS Configure Base, a message will be displayed after successful configuration from a file. Previously, nothing was displayed to the user. Equip GPS: A recent change (between 1.21 and 1.50) forced a complete initialization of all GPS receivers on program startup. Now this will only be a quick connect. The previous method would force base stations to stop transmitting. Equip Instrument: For Sokkia and Leica total stations, after selecting these instruments from the Equip/Instrument list, the user will be prompted with the Settings dialog before the Comm Setup dialog. This will allow proper selection of model type before selecting the comm. settings.

18 Equip Instrument: Removed Trimble 4700 from the equipment selection list. This choice should not have been displayed. Trimble 4700 users should select Trimble GPS General. Equip Laser Atlanta: When reading from the Laser Atlanta, all non-laser messages will be ignored. This allows for constant NMEA streaming with the T-cable. Equip Leica GPS: Changed the default baud rate for the Leica GPS system GX1200 from to Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica GPS system GX1200, the PC Card memory available will now be read correctly. Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica GX1200 GPS, we are now retrieving the base ID correctly at the rover. Equip Leica GPS: Made changes to the PDL and RFM96W radio channel changing routine to work with the Leica GX1200 receivers. Equip Leica TS: For Leica Remote with ATR turned on, when performing a Set Angle and Read function in backsight check, the ATR correction will be taken into consideration, so that the angle set is relative to the center of the prism, not necessarily the crosshairs of the instrument. The Set Angle and Check Angle functions will still be relative to the crosshairs. Equip Leica TS: For the Leica 1200 direct connection, if the Read Mode selected was Tracking, the instrument was set to Standard. Equip Leica TS: For the Leica 1200 direct connection, the ATR setting will be properly applied. Equip Leica TS: For the Leica robotic instrument, if the user switches to RL mode while the instrument is tracking, the instrument will be put in standby mode to allow use of the tangent screws. Equip Leica TS: For the Leica total stations, the turn to angle function will now use the correct parameters for precise turn vs. normal turn. Equip Leica TS: For the Leica TPS Series, renamed the Series selections to be as follows: TPS 100/300/400, TPS 700/700 Auto, TPS1000/1100 and TPS1200. Equip Localization: Changed State Plane Coordinate to Grid Coordinate in the title bar of the Enter Grid Coordinate screen for the GPS base station. Equip Localization: In Localization for GPS, selecting Enter Lat/Lon for the GPS coordinate would cause the program to crash. Equip Monitor/Skyplot: Minor screen formatting in the Monitor/Lat and REF tabs for GPS. Equip Navcom GPS: Several corrections were made to this interface pertaining to settings and logging static data. Equip Reflectorless Icon: A reflectorless icon was added for Topcon and Leica reflectorless capable total stations. Pressing this button will toggle the instrument in/out of reflectorless mode. This icon only appears in SS/Trav and Stakeout routines (Graphics and Text modes) for direct connection interfaces at this time. Equip Topcon GPS: For the Topcon GPS+ Log Static feature, made sure vertical/slant setting and antenna heights are consistent between rover/base configuration and log static data setting. Equip Topcon GPS: For the Topcon GPS+ Log Static feature, made sure vertical offsets can't be -1. Equip Topcon TS: For the Topcon conventional total stations, it was possible for the program to crash after storing a point in Set Collection. Equip Trimble GPS General Settings: For the Trimble GPS General, the Configure Rover and Configure Base screens in Landscape mode were not formatted properly.

19 File Data Transfer: When importing points through data transfer, the user will now have the option to Overwrite All or Cancel All when a point that already exists is found. File Feature Code List Special Codes Store GIS Line Data to Vertices: Added the option to store GIS data usually associated with an ARC or POLYGON entity to all VERTICES. File Feature Code List Special Codes Use FCL Path to Store *.GIS: Added the option to define the location of the CSGIS folder used to store the GIS files. The user will be able to store the GIS files under a folder that has the same level as the FCL file, rather than the old scenario in which the CSGIS folder was located at the same level as the CRD job file. File Import ASCII CR5: Point Ids greater than were being skipped when importing a CR5 file into SurvCE. General Backsight: For Manual total station, the Set Angle & Read button will no longer prompt for a second reading. General Import/Export LandXML Files: The routine was failing on files written in the UNIX format. General Input Box Controls Calculator: Added the option to call the Calculator routine by keying in a question mark from within the Stakeout Points dialog, Point by Direction, Distance input box. This option is available in virtually all input boxes. General Input Box Controls: Input boxes now accept CM for Centimeters. General Input Box Controls: Input boxes now accept F as abbreviation for US Survey Feet. (Example: 10f would result in 10 feet) General Input Box Controls: Input boxes now accept IN for Inches. General Interface: The AR values in the graphic screen did not show the seconds for any angle over 100 degrees. General Message Boxes: SurvCE was not displaying the entire word if the length of it was larger than the size of the MessageBox dialog. Usually this case occurred when the program was giving a warning to the user that had a file path in it. Now the program forces the display of an abbreviated file path. E.g. c:\\disk\\ \\Maysville\\road.crd will be converted to: c:\\ \\maysville\\road.crd. General Point Protection GPS Averaging: Added the ability to average multiple GPS measurements at the same point taken at different times. The point protection dialog will present the option to average all previous measurements found in the RW5 file with the current reading. General Report Format: The format is now written in a compatible form required by some third party software to generate Cutsheets Reports. MAP Polyline to Points: This routine now allows the user to select more than one polyline entity for processing. MAP Traverse or Sideshot: If the user only selected the OP (occupied point), the program was asking for a BS (backsight point) for quadrant and azimuth backsights. Now only Angle Left or Angle Right methods will require a BS (backsight point). MAP Traverse or Sideshot: If the user only selected the OP (occupied point) and exited, the next time either one of the above mentioned commands was selected, the graphic was not displaying the pen-symbol to show the location of the occupied point on the MAP. Road Road Utilities Centerline Conversion SDMS: Added the ability to convert a centerline from SDMS software.

20 Road Road Utilities Section File Conversion ISPOL: The routine that converts an ISPOL section file was not converting and saving the description code stored in the SC1 file to the Section (SCT) file. Road Road Utilities Section File Conversion LandXML: Files will now use the SUBGRADE or FINISH GRADE descriptions based on the user s settings. In the Import dialog the user can select the type of the imported surface. For example, if the user decides to import a SUBGRADE surface and changes the type of the surface to FINISH GRADE the program will preserve the original description. In the past the program was adding the SUBGRADE suffix to the description and did not allow the user to import DESIGN or EXISTING surfaces from LandXML files in a way that they could be later used inside the Template Stakeout, Elevation Difference or Slope Staking routines. Road Road Utilities Section File Conversion Terramodel: Added the ability to convert a section file from Terramodel software. Road Template Stakeout Negative Offsets: The value of the setback offset gets saved for future use even if the actual value has a negative sign. In the past the program was saving the absolute value and the user had to re-type the negative sign. Road Template Stakeout: Added a new option in Template Stakeout that will allow the user to define the road template based on a set of alignments (CL/PRO that could be files, selected polylines or a sequence of points). The user must enter the alignments and name them using descriptions for the left and the right side of the road, starting from CENTER. Surv Log Static Data Leica GPS: Corrected interface problems with the Leica GPS post processing routines. Surv Offset Stakeout: The EL icon was not showing the proper elevation after the first store. Surv Resection: Several changes were made to the resection routine for total stations. o Number of control points has been increased from 10 to 20. (If you want to do more than a single D/R to a control point you still have to shoot the same control point a second time.) o There is a new configuration screen that allows the user to define standard errors for distances (ppm and constant), angles (pointing and reading) and setup (Resect pt. and control point). These settings allow the user to take advantage of least squares and weighting. After the resection is calculated the results of the resection are displayed. o The input data is now displayed in a list structure and the user has the option to turn certain measurements ON/OFF and recalculate the solution. The user can edit point numbers, hi's,rods, angles and distances. o Additional statistical information is displayed including angle and distance residuals, N & E standard deviation, distance and angle RMS. Once the user is satisfied with any edits and solutions they can store the results of the resection. Surv Stakeout Line/Arc: Changed the title bar from Point on Line to Define Line for the line definition. SurvCE Build March 2, 2005 COGO Calculator In the Scientific Calculator, SurvCE was displaying 60 seconds as the result of conversion from 25d50'00" to decimal degree and back to DMS.

21 COGO Calculator: If the user was configure as the Leica TPS Series instrument and went straight to Calculator from the Main Menu after launching the program, the software would crash when the Calculator was closed. COGO Calculator: When converting Grid System Coordinates to WGS84, the geoid separation file was not applied. It was applied when calculating from WGS84 to Grid System Coordinates. COGO Process Raw Data: Added additional checks for when backsight readings are taken to unknown points and when the user defines the backsight azimuth with or without taking a reading. COGO Transformation: Cogo/Transformation/Scale - The flag Ignore Elevation was not used if it was set before entering the scale factor and origin point ID. COGO Transformation: This command was using limited precision when applying TRANSLATE/ROTATE/SCALE transformations. (Only four digits were used). Also, the routine in the case of creating new points was applying ROTATE/SCALE to the selected range of points and independently TRANSLATE to the same initial range of points rather than applying TRANSLATE to the newly created points. Also, if the user wanted to create new points and picked a larger than available range of points from the CRD, the routine was processing not only the initial existing points from the CRD but also the newly created points. Added the option Overwrite All, Cancel All for the case of point protect. Equip All TS: Added an hourglass cursor before the Backsight dialog is displayed to let the user know the program is busy while the read mode and prism offsets are being sent to the instrument. For most instruments, this hourglass will instantaneously appear and disappear because they do not support these instrument settings. Equip All TS: For all total station instruments, before going into SS/TR or any Stakeout routine, if the default next point to store has the same ID as the backsight point, the default next point will be incremented. Equip Carlson Explorer and Jett: Added sounds. Equip Carlson Explorer: Modified the Explorer install to include FileCopy.f2c. This is identical to FileCopy.txt. Firmware versions of the Explorer before will recognize FileCopy.txt, while all versions and beyond will recognize FileCopy.f2c. Equip DAP 5320X: The software now retrieves the display color capabilities and also Hides/Un-Hides the Task Bar. Equip FC2000: A new version was added for the Topcon FC2000 data collector. Equip Geodimeter and Trimble 5600 TS: Often setting the backsight angle to the instrument would result in an error in SurvCE, saying HZ Ang not Set. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble 12 Channels: Added support for 12 radio channels in the Geodimeter/Trimble instruments. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble Autolock: For Geodimeter/Trimble Robotic, instrument will attempt to autolock before searching to make search more effecient. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble Diode Backsight: Added toggle under settings for Geodimeter/Trimble GeoRadio and Direct Robotic called "Diode Backsight". When selected, this option will force a fine aim when the "Turn tobacksight" button in pressed. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble DR Series: Geodimeter "DR Series" check box setting is now written to the CNF file - previously this setting was not being stored. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble No Data: Made modifications to the Geodimeter/Trimble measurement routine to refresh the COM port in the event the radio communication locks up. This is to resolve the No Data... status lock that previously required the radios to be re-initialized.

22 Equip Geodimeter/Trimble On/Off: When using the Carlson Explorer/JettCE, SurvCE would not properly turn on the Geodimeter/Trimble GeoRadio. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble Radios Off: Modified "Turn Off Instrument" for Geodimeter/Trimble to turn off the radios remotely. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble Return from Face 2: For Geodimeter/Trimble Robotic, instrument will autolock after chaning face. Equip Geodimeter/Trimble Tracking: Made modifications to the Geodimeter/Trimble measurement routine pausing for the case of tracking configured reads. This delay is not required for other read modes, but was causing frequent errors when in tracking mode. The impact on the overall time to measure is negligible. Equip HydroTrac: Modified the reading message for the HydroTrac depth sound to support the Echotrac message. Equip HydroTrac: More changes made to the HydroTrac depth sounder interface to allow parsing of the ET message. Equip Impulse Laser: For the Impulse Laser, further corrections were made to properly convert the inclination to zenith angle. Previously, the inclination was converted to a vertical angle. Equip Impulse Laser: The inclination was being incorrectly processed as a zenith angle. Equip Instrument: When changing instrument types to/from Trimble GPS General, Topcon APL1/APL1A or Leica TPS Series, the default model type was not set properly, causing the default to be an older model than originally intended. Equip Leica 1200 GPS: For the Leica GX1200, Log Static Data will now work as it does with the System 500. Equip Leica GPS Log Static Data Delete: For Leica GPS in the Log Static feature, when deleting a file from the PC Card, it was possible for the software to lock up, requiring the data collector to be rebooted. Equip Leica GPS Log Static Data File Name: For the Leica GPS, the file manager for static logging was incorrectly cutting filenames off at 10 characters instead of 30 characters. This caused SurvCE to lock up when deleting files from the System Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica 500 and 1200 Series GPS, added checks for position and radio latency to ensure that no out-of-date positions will be allowed and status will be downgraded to Autonomous when radio link is lost. Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica GPS, if the user hit Cancel from Receiver Utilities or Configure Reading, if the station type was Rover and the unit had not been powered down, the Receiver would be reinitialized. The receiver should only be reinitialized if the user presses OK while the Receiver Utilities tab is active. This re-initialization also caused the stakeout reference to switch to North/South because the base position could not be read during this time. Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica GX1200 GPS, when the user first creates a User Modem, the default Modem configuration from the receiver will be used as a template. This increased the possible message lengths for sending modem configurations to the receiver to allow for longer AT commands. Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica GX1200 series (GPS), modified the way that rod heights are handled to match changes from the System 500 to the GX1200 series. Previously, only rw5 file elevations were correct, requiring the data be reprocessed for elevation accuracy. Equip Leica GPS: For the Leica GX1200 Series firmware version 1.52 and higher, we can now display and store the base position from the rover.