INSTRUCTION MANUAL

ELECTRONIC TOTAL STATION

GTS-220 SERIES
GTS-223
GTS-225
GTS-226
GTS-229
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FOREWORD

Thank you for purchasing the TOPCON Electronic Total Station, GTS-220 series.
For the best performance of the instruments, please carefully read these instruc-
tions and keep them in a convenient location for future reference.

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General Handling Precautions

Before starting work or operation, be sure to check that the instrument is

functioning correctly with normal performance.

Do not submerge the instrument into water.

The instrument can not be submerged underwater.
The instrument is designed based on the International Standard IP66, therefore it is
protected from the normal rainfall.
Setting the instrument on a tripod
When mounting the instrument on a tripod, use a wooden tripod when possible. The
vibrations that may occur when using a metallic tripod can effect the measuring precision.
Installing the tribrach
If the tribrach is installed incorrectly , the measuring precision could be effected.
Occasionally check the adjusting screws on the tribrach. Make sure the base fixing lever is
locked and the base fixing screws are tightened.
Guarding the instrument against shocks
When transporting the instrument, provide some protection to minimize risk of shocks.
Heavy shocks may cause the measurement to be faulty.
Carrying the instrument
Always carry the instrument by its handgrip.
Exposing the instrument to extreme heat.
Do not leave the instrument in extreme heat for longer than necessary. It could adversely
affect its performance.
Sudden changes of temperature
Any sudden change of temperature to the instrument or prism may result in a reduction of
measuring distance range, i.e when taking the instrument out from a heated vehicle. Let
instrument acclimate itself to ambient temperature.
Battery level check
Confirm battery level remaining before operating.
Taking the battery out
It is recommended not to take the battery out during the power is on. All the data stored is
possible gone at that time. So please do your assembling or taking the battery out after the
power is off.

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Display for Safe Use

In order to encourage the safe use of products and prevent any danger to the operator and
others or damage to properties, important warnings are put on the products and inserted in the
instruction manuals.
We suggest that everyone understand the meaning of the following displays and icons before
reading the “Safety Cautions” and text.

Display Meaning

WARNING
Ignoring or disregard of this display may lead to the danger of death or
serious injury.

CAUTION Ignoring or disregard of this display may lead to personal injury or phys-
ical damage.
•Injury refers to hurt, burn, electric shock, etc.
•Physical damage refers to extensive damage to buildings or equipment and furniture.

Safety Cautions
WARNING
•There is a risk of fire, electric shock or physical harm if you attempt to disassemble or
repair the instrument yourself.
This is only to be carried out by TOPCON or an authorized dealer, only!
•Cause eye injury or blindness.
Do not look at the sun through a telescope.
•Laser beams can be dangerous, and can cause eye injury's if used incorrectly.
Never attempt to repair the instrument yourself. (Only for Laser plummet type)
•Cause eye injury or blindness.
Do not stare into beam. (Only for Laser plummet type)
•High temperature may cause fire.
Do not cover the charger while it is charging.
•Risk of fire or electric shock.
Do not use damaged power cable, plug and socket.
•Risk of fire or electric shock.
Do not use a wet battery or charger.
•May ignite explosively.
Never use an instrument near flammable gas, liquid matter, and do not use in a coal mine.
•Battery can cause explosion or injury.
Do not dispose in fire or heat.
•Risk of fire or electric shock.
Do not use any power voltage except the one given on manufacturers instructions.
•Battery can cause outbreak of fire.
Do not use any other type of charger other than the one specified.
•Risk of fire.
Do not use any other power cable other than the one specified.
•The short circuit of a battery can cause a fire.
Do not short circuit battery when storing it.

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CAUTION
•Use of controls or adjustment or performance of procedures other than those specified herein
may result in hazardous radiation exposure. (Only for Laser plummet type)
•Do not connect or disconnect equipment with wet hands, you are at risk of electric shocks if you
do!
•Risk of injury by overturn the carrying case.
Do not stand or sit on the carrying cases.
•Please note that the tips of tripod can be hazardous, be aware of this when setting up or carry-
ing the tripod.
•Risk of injury by falling down the instrument or case.
Do not use a carrying case with a damaged which belts, grips or latches .
•Do not allow skin or clothing to come into contact with acid from the batteries, if this does occur
then wash off with copious amounts of water and seek medical advice.
•A plumb bob can cause an injury to a person if used incorrectly.
•It could be dangerous if the instrument falls over, please ensure you attach a handle battery to
the instrument securely.
•Ensure that you mount the Tribrach correctly, failing to do so may result in injury if the tribrach
were to fall over.
•It could be dangerous if the instrument falls over, please check that you fix the instrument to
the tripod correctly.
•Risk of injury by falling down a tripod and an instrument.
Always check that the screws of tripod are tightened.

User
1)This product is for professional use only!
The user is required to be a qualified surveyor or have a good knowledge of surveying, in order to
understand the user and safety instructions, before operating, inspecting or adjusting.
2)Wear the required protectors (safety shoes, helmet, etc.) when operating.

Exceptions from Responsibility

1)The user of this product is expected to follow all operating instructions and make periodic checks of the
product’s performance.
2)The manufacturer, or its representatives, assumes no responsibility for results of a faulty or intentional
usage or misuse including any direct, indirect, consequential damage, and loss of profits.
3)The manufacturer, or its representatives, assumes no responsibility for consequential damage, and
loss of profits by any disaster, (an earthquake, storms, floods etc.).
A fire, accident, or an act of a third party and/or a usage any other usual conditions.
4)The manufacturer, or its representatives, assumes no responsibility for any damage, and loss of profits
due to a change of data, loss of data, an interruption of business etc., caused by using the product or
an unusable product.
5)The manufacturer, or its representatives, assumes no responsibility for any damage, and loss of profits
caused by usage except for explained in the user manual.
6)The manufacturer, or its representatives, assumes no responsibility for damage caused by wrong
movement, or action due to connecting with other products.

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Safety Standard for Laser Beam

GTS-220 series plumb laser type uses the visible laser beam. The GTS-220 series plumb laser type
are manufactured and sold in accordance with "Performance Standards for Light-Emitting Products"
(FDA/BRH 21 CFR 1040) or "Radiation Safety of Laser Products, Equipment Classification,
Requirements and User`s Guide" (IEC Publication 825) provided on the safety standard for laser beam.
As per the said standard, the GTS-220 series plumb laser type is classified as "Class 2 ( II) Laser
Products".
In case of any failure, do not disassemble the instrument. Contact TOPCON or your TOPCON dealer.

Labels
Find the labels which describes the caution and safety about the laser beam as follows in GTS-220
series.
We request you to replace it one anytime the caution labels are damaged or lost and paste a new one
at the same place. You can get the labels from Topcon or your dealer.

GTS-220 series Laser Plummet type

Warning Label

Explanatory Label
CAUTION
LASER RADIATION-DO NOT
STARE INTO BEAM
WAVE LENGTH 633nm
1mW MAXIMUM OUTPUT
CLASS II LASER PRODUCT
Aperture Label

LASER RADIATION
AVOID EXPOSURE DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM
LASER LIGHT IS EMITTED
Maximum output 1ｍW  Wave length 633nm
FROM THIS APERTURE
CLASS 2 LASER PRODUCT

Beam aperture
Depending on the country where the instrument is sold, either of these labels may be
found on the GTS-220 series laser plummet type.

Symbol mark while the laser is emitting.

The following symbol mark will appear at the right side of the second line.

TILT SENSOR:[XY-ON]
X:-0°00'25" Symbol mark
Y: 0°00'20"
X-ON XY-ON OFF L.PL

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Contents
FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Display for Safe Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Exceptions from Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Safety Standard for Laser Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Symbol mark while the laser is emitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Standard Set Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
1 NOMENCLATURE AND FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.3 Operating Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.4 Function Key (Soft Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.5 Serial signal RS-232C connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2 PREPARATION FOR MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 Setting Instrument Up For Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.3 Power Switch Key ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.4 Battery Power Remaining Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5 Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.6 How to Enter Alphanumeric characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.7 Point Guide (Only for Point Guide type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.8 Laser Plummet ON/OFF (Only for Laser Plummet type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
3 ANGLE MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 Measuring Horizontal Angle Right and Vertical Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Switching Horizontal Angle Right/Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3 Measuring from the Required Horizontal Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3.1 Setting by Holding the Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3.2 Setting a Horizontal Angle from the Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.4 Vertical Angle Percent Grade(%) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.5 Repetition Angle Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.6 Buzzer Sounding for Horizontal Angle 90° Increments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.7 Compasses ( vertical angle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
4 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1 Setting of the Atmospheric Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 Setting of the Correction for Prism Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.3 Distance Measurement (Continuous Measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.4 Distance Measurement (N-time Measurement/Single Measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.5 Fine Mode/Tracking Mode/Coarse Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.6 Stake Out (S.O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.7 Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.7.1 Angle Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.7.2 Distance Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4.7.3 Plane Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
4.7.4 Column Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
5 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 Setting Height of the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.3 Setting Height of Target (Prism Height) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.4 Execution of Coordinate Measuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
6 SPECIAL MODE (Menu Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
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6.1 Application Measurement (PROGRAMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

6.1.1 Remote Elevation measurement (REM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.1.2 Missing Line Measurement (MLM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
6.1.3 Setting Z Coordinate of Occupied Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
6.1.4 Area Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
6.1.5 Point to Line Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
6.2 Setting the GRID FACTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
6.3 Setting Illumination of Display and Cross Hairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
6.4 Setting Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
6.4.1 Setting Minimum Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
6.4.2 Auto Power Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
6.4.3 Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt correction ( Tilt ON/OFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
6.4.4 Systematic Error of Instrument Correction (only for GTS-223/225/226) . . . . . . 6-20
6.4.5 Selecting Battery Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
6.5 Setting Contrast of Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
7 DATA COLLECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
7.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7.1.1 Selecting a File for Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7.1.2 Selecting a Coordinate File for Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7.1.3 Occupied Point and Backsight Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7.2 Operational Procedure of “DATA COLLECT” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
7.3 Data Collect Offset Measurement mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7.3.1 Angle Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7.3.2 Distance Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
7.3.3 Plane Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
7.3.4 Column Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
7.4 NEZ Auto Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
7.5 Editing PCODE Library [PCODE INPUT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
7.6 Setting Parameter of Data Collect [CONFIG.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
8 LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8.1.1 Setting the GRID FACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8.1.2 Selecting Coordinate Data File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
8.1.3 Setting Occupied Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
8.1.4 Setting Backsight Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
8.2 Executing a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
8.3 Setting a New Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
8.3.1 Side Shot Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
8.3.2 Resection Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
9 MEMORY MANAGER MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
9.1 Display Internal Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
9.2 Searching Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.2.1 Measured Data Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.2.2 Coordinate Data Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.2.3 PCODE LIBRARY Searching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
9.3 FILE MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
9.3.1 Rename a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
9.3.2 Searching Data in a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
9.3.3 Deleting a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
9.4 Coordinate Data Direct Key Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
9.5 Delete a Coordinate Data from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
9.6 Editing PCODE Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
9.7 Data Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.7.1 Sending Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.7.2 Loading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
9.7.3 Setting Parameter of Data Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
9.8 Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16

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10 SET AUDIO MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

11 SETTING THE PRISM CONSTANT VALUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
12 SETTING ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
12.1 Calculation of Atmospheric Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
12.2 Setting of Atmospheric Correction Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
13 CORRECTION FOR REFRACTION AND EARTH CURVATURE . . . 13-1
13.1 Distance Calculation Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
14 POWER SOURCE AND CHARGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
14.1 On-board Battery BT-52QA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
15 DETACH/ATTACH OF TRIBRACH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
16 SELECTING MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
16.1 Items of the Selecting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
16.2 How to Set Selecting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-3
17 CHECK AND ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
17.1 Checking and adjusting of instrument constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
17.2 Checking the Optical Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-2
17.3 Checking/Adjusting the Theodolite Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-3
17.3.1 Checking /Adjusting the Plate Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-4
17.3.2 Checking /Adjusting the Circular Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-4
17.3.3 Adjustment of the Vertical Cross-hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-5
17.3.4 Collimation of the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-6
17.3.5 Checking / Adjusting the Optical Plummet Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-7
17.3.6 Checking / Adjusting the Laser Plummet (For Laser Plummet type) . . . . . . . . 17-8
17.3.7 Adjustment of Vertical Angle 0 Datum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-9
17.4 How to Set the Instrument Constant Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-10
17.5 Adjustment of Compensation Systematic Error of Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-11
17.6 Reference frequency check mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-13
18 PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
19 SPECIAL ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
20 BATTERY SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
21 PRISM SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
22 ERROR DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
23 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-1
APPENDIX ..................................................................................... Appendix-1
Dual Axis Compensation ....................................................................................... Appendix-1
Precaution when Charging or Storing Batteries..................................................... Appendix-3

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Standard Set Composition

1) GTS-220 series (with lens cap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each
2) On-board Battery BT-52QA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each
3) Battery charger BC-27BR or BC-27CR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each
4) Tool kit with case [2 rod pins, screwdriver , 2 hexagonal wrench
cleaning brush, silicon cloth] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 set
5) Plastic carrying case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each
6) Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each
7) Plastic rain cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each
8) Instruction manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 each

(Make sure that all of the above items are with the instrument when purchased.)

Remarks:
1) Battery charger BC-27CR is for AC 230V use and BC-27BR is for AC 120V use.
2) Plumb bob set and plumb bob hook are supplied for certain markets.

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1.1 Nomenclature

Handle locking screw

Point guide
(Point guide type only)

Objective lens Instrument

center mark

Display unit
Optical plummet
(Only for GTS-223/225) telescope

Circular level

Adjustment screw
for circular level

Leveling screw

Tribrach fixing lever Base

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Sighting collimator

Battery locking lever

Telescope focusing knob

Telescope grip

On-board battery
BT-52QA

Telescope eyepiece
Instrument
center mark

*Vertical motion clamp

*Vertical tangent screw

Horizontal
tangent screw
Plate level

Horizontal
Display unit motion clamp

Power supply
connector

Serial Signal
connector

*The position of vertical motion clamp and Vertical tangent screw will differ depending on the market.

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1.2 Display
● Display
The display uses a dot matrix LCD which has 4 lines and 20 characters per line. In general, the
upper three lines display measured data, and the bottom line displays the soft key function which
changes with the measuring mode.
● Contrast and Illumination
The contrast and illumination of display window are adjusted. See Chapter 6 “SPECIAL MODE
(Menu Mode)”.
● Example

V : 90°10'20" HR: 120°30'40"

HR: 120°30'40" HD* 65.432 m
VD: 12.345 m
0SET HOLD HSET P1↓ MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
Angle measurement mode Distance measurement mode

V-angle : 90°10’20” Horizontal-angle : 120°30’40”

H-angle : 120°30’40” Horizontal distance : 65.432m
Relative elevation : 12.345m

Feet unit Feet and inch unit

HR: 120°30'40" HR: 120°30'40"
HD* 123.45 ft HD* 123.04.6fi
VD: 12.34 ft VD: 12.03.4fi
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓ MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

Horizontal-angle : 120°30’40” Horizontal-angle : 120°30’40”

Horizontal distance : 123.45ft Horizontal distance : 123ft4in6/8in
Relative elevation : 12.34ft Relative elevation : 12ft3in4/8in

● Display marks

Display Contents Display Content

V V-angle ✻ EDM working

HR H-angle right m Meter unit

HL H-angle left ft Feet unit

HD Horizontal distance fi Feet and inch unit

VD Relative elevation

SD Slope distance

N N coordinate

E E coordinate

Z Z coordinate

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1.3 Operating Key

Keys Name of Key Function

Coordinate
Coordinate measurement mode
meas.key

Distance meas.key Distance measurement mode.

ANG Angle meas.key Angle measurement mode

Switches menu mode and normal mode. To set application
MENU Menu key
measurements and adjust in the menu mode.

● Returning to the measurement mode or previous layer mode from

the mode set.
● To be DATA COLLECTION mode or LAYOUT mode directly from
ESC Escape key the normal measurement mode.
● It is also possible to use as Record key in normal measurement
mode.
To select function of Escape key, see Chapter 16 “SELECTING
MODE” .

POWER Power source key ON/OFF of power source

Soft key
F1–F4 Responds to the message displayed.
( Function key)

1.4 Function Key (Soft Key)

The Soft Key message is displayed at the bottom line of display. The functions are according to the
displayed message.

Angle measurement mode Distance measurement mode

V: 90°10'20" HR:120°30'40"
HR:120°30'40" HD*[r] <<m
VD: m
0SET HOLD HSET P1↓ MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
TILT REP V% P2↓ OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
H-BZ R/L CMPS P3↓ Coordinates measurement mode

N: 123.456 m
[F1] [F2] [F3] [F4] E: 34.567 m
Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
Soft keys R.HT INSHT OCC P2↓
OFSET --- m/f/i P3↓

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Angle measurement
Soft Display
Page Function
key mark
F1 0SET Angle of Horizontal is set to 0°00'00"
F2 HOLD Hold the horizontal angle
1
F3 HSET Sets a required horizontal angle by entering numerals.
F4 P1↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P2).
Setting Tilt Correction
F1 TILT
If ON, the display shows tilt correction value.
2 F2 REP Repetition angle measurement mode
F3 V% Vertical angle percent grade(%) mode
F4 P2↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P3).
F1 H-BZ Sets the buzzer sound for every horizontal angle 90°
F2 R/L Switches R/L rotation of horizontal angle.
3
F3 CMPS Switches the COMPASS ON/OFF of vertical angle.
F4 P3↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P1).

Distance measurement mode

F1 MEAS Start measuring
F2 MODE Sets a measuring mode, Fine/Coarse/Tracking
1
F3 S/A Select set audio mode
F4 P1↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P2).
F1 OFSET Select Off-set measurement mode
F2 S.O Select stake out measurement mode
2
F3 m/f/i Switches meter, feet or feet and inch unit.
F4 P2↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P1).

Coordinate measurement mode

F1 MEAS Start measuring
F2 MODE Sets a measuring mode, Fine/Coarse/Tracking
1
F3 S/A Select set audio mode
F4 P1↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P2).
F1 R.HT Sets a prism height by input values.
F2 INSHT Sets an instrument height by input values.
2
F3 OCC Sets an instrument coordinate point by input values.
F4 P2↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P3).
F1 OFSET Select Off-set measurement mode
3 F3 m/f/i Switches meter, feet or feet and inch unit.
F4 P3↓ The function of soft keys is shown on next page (P1).

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1.5 Serial signal RS-232C connector

The serial signal connector is used for connecting the GTS-220 series with a computer or TOPCON
Data Collector, which enables the computer to receive measured data from the GTS-220 series or to
send preset data of horizontal angle, etc. to it.

● The following data will be output at each mode.

Mode Output

Angle mode ( V,HR or HL) ( V in percent) V,HR (or HL)

Horizontal distance mode (HR, HD, VD) V,HR, HD, VD
Slope distance mode (V, HR,SD) V,HR, SD,HD
Coordinate mode N, E, Z, HR (or V,H,SD,N,E,Z)

● The display and the output at the coarse mode are the same as the contents above.
● Output at the tracking mode is displayed as distance data only.

The details necessary for the connection with the GTS-220 Series are obtained from its Interface
Manual which is optionally available. Please refer to the manual.

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FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
General Handling Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Display for Safe Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Safety Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Exceptions from Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Safety Standard for Laser Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Symbol mark while the laser is emitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Standard Set Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
1 NOMENCLATURE AND FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.3 Operating Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.4 Function Key (Soft Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.5 Serial signal RS-232C connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2 PREPARATION FOR MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 Setting Instrument Up For Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.3 Power Switch Key ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.4 Battery Power Remaining Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5 Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.6 How to Enter Alphanumeric characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.7 Point Guide (Only for Point Guide type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.8 Laser Plummet ON/OFF (Only for Laser Plummet type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
3 ANGLE MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 Measuring Horizontal Angle Right and Vertical Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Switching Horizontal Angle Right/Left. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3 Measuring from the Required Horizontal Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3.1 Setting by Holding the Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3.2 Setting a Horizontal Angle from the Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.4 Vertical Angle Percent Grade(%) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.5 Repetition Angle Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.6 Buzzer Sounding for Horizontal Angle 90° Increments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.7 Compasses ( vertical angle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
4 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1 Setting of the Atmospheric Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 Setting of the Correction for Prism Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.3 Distance Measurement (Continuous Measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.4 Distance Measurement (N-time Measurement/Single Measurement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.5 Fine Mode/Tracking Mode/Coarse Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.6 Stake Out (S.O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.7 Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.7.1 Angle Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.7.2 Distance Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4.7.3 Plane Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
4.7.4 Column Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
5 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 Setting Height of the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.3 Setting Height of Target (Prism Height) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.4 Execution of Coordinate Measuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
6 SPECIAL MODE (Menu Mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.1 Application Measurement (PROGRAMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

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6.1.1 Remote Elevation measurement (REM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

6.1.2 Missing Line Measurement (MLM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
6.1.3 Setting Z Coordinate of Occupied Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
6.1.4 Area Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
6.1.5 Point to Line Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
6.2 Setting the GRID FACTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
6.3 Setting Illumination of Display and Cross Hairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
6.4 Setting Mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
6.4.1 Setting Minimum Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
6.4.2 Auto Power Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
6.4.3 Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt correction ( Tilt ON/OFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
6.4.4 Systematic Error of Instrument Correction (only for GTS-223/225/226) . . . . . . 6-20
6.4.5 Selecting Battery Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
6.5 Setting Contrast of Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
7 DATA COLLECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
7.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7.1.1 Selecting a File for Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7.1.2 Selecting a Coordinate File for Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7.1.3 Occupied Point and Backsight Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7.2 Operational Procedure of “DATA COLLECT” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
7.3 Data Collect Offset Measurement mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7.3.1 Angle Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7.3.2 Distance Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
7.3.3 Plane Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
7.3.4 Column Offset Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
7.4 NEZ Auto Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
7.5 Editing PCODE Library [PCODE INPUT] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
7.6 Setting Parameter of Data Collect [CONFIG.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
8 LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8.1.1 Setting the GRID FACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
8.1.2 Selecting Coordinate Data File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
8.1.3 Setting Occupied Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
8.1.4 Setting Backsight Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
8.2 Executing a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
8.3 Setting a New Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
8.3.1 Side Shot Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
8.3.2 Resection Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
9 MEMORY MANAGER MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
9.1 Display Internal Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
9.2 Searching Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.2.1 Measured Data Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.2.2 Coordinate Data Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.2.3 PCODE LIBRARY Searching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
9.3 FILE MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
9.3.1 Rename a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
9.3.2 Searching Data in a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
9.3.3 Deleting a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
9.4 Coordinate Data Direct Key Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
9.5 Delete a Coordinate Data from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
9.6 Editing PCODE Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
9.7 Data Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.7.1 Sending Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.7.2 Loading Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
9.7.3 Setting Parameter of Data Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
9.8 Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16

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10 SET AUDIO MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

11 SETTING THE PRISM CONSTANT VALUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
12 SETTING ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
12.1 Calculation of Atmospheric Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
12.2 Setting of Atmospheric Correction Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
13 CORRECTION FOR REFRACTION AND EARTH CURVATURE . . . 13-1
13.1 Distance Calculation Formula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
14 POWER SOURCE AND CHARGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
14.1 On-board Battery BT-52QA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
15 DETACH/ATTACH OF TRIBRACH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
16 SELECTING MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
16.1 Items of the Selecting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
16.2 How to Set Selecting Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-3
17 CHECK AND ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
17.1 Checking and adjusting of instrument constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
17.2 Checking the Optical Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-2
17.3 Checking/Adjusting the Theodolite Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-3
17.3.1 Checking /Adjusting the Plate Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-4
17.3.2 Checking /Adjusting the Circular Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-4
17.3.3 Adjustment of the Vertical Cross-hair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-5
17.3.4 Collimation of the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-6
17.3.5 Checking / Adjusting the Optical Plummet Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-7
17.3.6 Checking / Adjusting the Laser Plummet (For Laser Plummet type) . . . . . . . . 17-8
17.3.7 Adjustment of Vertical Angle 0 Datum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-9
17.4 How to Set the Instrument Constant Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-10
17.5 Adjustment of Compensation Systematic Error of Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-11
17.6 Reference frequency check mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-13
18 PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
19 SPECIAL ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
20 BATTERY SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
21 PRISM SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
22 ERROR DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
23 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-1
APPENDIX ..................................................................................... Appendix-1
Dual Axis Compensation ....................................................................................... Appendix-1
Precaution when Charging or Storing Batteries..................................................... Appendix-3

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2.1 Power Connection
(unnecessary if on-board Ni-MH battery BT-52QA is used)

See below for connecting the external battery pack.

● Battery pack BT-3Q
Power cord , PC-5 is used.
● Large capacity battery pack BT-3L
Power cord PC-6 is used.

Connector ends

PC-5
BT-3Q PC-5

PC-6

BT-3L PC-6

Note: BT-32Q on-board (Ni-cd) battery can be also available.

To use BT-32Q (Ni-cd) battery, it is required to change battery type in selecting mode, see
Section 6.4.5 “Selecting Battery Type”.

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2.2 Setting Instrument Up For Measurement

Mount the instrument to the tripod. Level and center the instrument precisely to insure the best
performance. Use tripods with a tripod screw of 5/8 in. diameter and 11 threads per inch, such as the
Type E TOPCON wide- frame wooden tripod.
Reference: Leveling and Centering the Instrument

1. Setting up the Tripod 2 Rotate the instrument 90° (100g) around its
First, extend the extension legs to suitable lengths vertical axis and turn the remaining leveling
and tighten the screws on their midsections. screw or C to center the bubble once more.
2. Attaching the Instrument on the Tripod
Head Leveling screw C
Place the instrument carefully on the tripod head
and slide the instrument by loosening the tripod
screw. If the plumb bob is positioned right over the
center of the point, slightly tighten the tripod 90
screw.
3. Roughly Leveling the Instrument by Using
the Circular Level
1 Turn the leveling screws A and B to move the
90°
bubble in the circular level. The bubble is now
located on a line perpendicular to a line
running through the centers of the two leveling 3 Repeat the procedures 1 and 2 for each 90°
screws being adjusted. (100g) rotation of the instrument and check
Leveling screw C whether the bubble is correctly centered for all
four points.

5. Centering by Using the Optical Plummet

Telescope
Adjust the eyepiece of the optical plummet
telescope to your eyesight.
Slide the instrument by loosening the tripod
screw, place the point on the center mark, and
then tighten the tripod screw. Sliding the
instrument carefully not to rotate that allows you
Leveling
Leveling screw B to get the least dislocation of the bubble.
screw A
Point
2 Turn the leveling screw C to bring the bubble
Center mark
to the center of the circular level.
4. Centering by Using the Plate Level
1 Rotate the instrument horizontally by using
the Horizontal motion/clamp screw and place
the plate level parallel with the line connecting
leveling screws A and B, and then bring the
bubble to the center of the plate level by
turning leveling screws A and B.

6. Completely Leveling the Instrument

Leveling the instrument precisely in a similar way
to 4. Rotate the instrument and check to see that
the bubble is in the center of the plate level
regardless of telescope direction, then tighten the
tripod screw hard.
Leveling
screw A Leveling
screw B

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2.3 Power Switch Key ON

1 Confirm the instrument is leveled.

2 Turn the power switch ON.

Power switch key ON

TOPCON GTS-220

V : 90°10'20"
HR: 0°00'00" Battery Power Remaining Display

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

● Confirm the battery power remaining display. Replace with charged battery or charge when battery
level is low or indicates “Battery empty”. see Section 2.4“Battery Power Remaining Display” .

● Contrast adjustment
You can confirm prism constant value (PSM) , atmospheric correction value (PPM) and you can
also adjust the contrast of the display when the instrument is turned on.
To display this screen, see Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE” ..

CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT

PSM: 0.0 PPM 0.0

↓ ↑ - - - ENTER

This enables you to adjust the brightness by pressing the [F1](↓) or [F2](↑) key.
To memorize the setting value after powering off, press [F4](ENTER) key.

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2.4 Battery Power Remaining Display

Battery power remaining display indicates the power condition.

V : 90°10'20"
HR: 0°00'00" Measurement is possible.

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

The power is poor. The battery

Battery power remaining display
should be recharged or replaced.
Blinking

<Battery empty> Measurement is impossible.

Other displays disappear. Need to recharge or replace
the battery.

Note: 1 The battery operating time will vary depending on the environmental conditions such as
ambient temperature, charging time, the number of times of charging and discharging
etc. It is recommended for safety to charge the battery beforehand or to prepare spare
full charged batteries.
2 For general usage of the battery, see Chapter 14 “POWER SOURCE AND CHARGING”
.
3 The battery power remaining display shows the power level regarding to the
measurement mode now operating.
The safety condition indicated by the battery power remaining display in the angle
measurement mode does not necessarily assure the battery’s ability to be used in the
distance measurement mode.
It may happen that the mode change from the angle mode to the distance mode will stop
the operation because of insufficient battery power for the distance mode which
consumes more power than angle mode.

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2.5 Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt Correction

(GTS-229 has vertical angle tilt correction only.)

When the tilt sensors are activated, automatic correction of vertical and horizontal angle for
mislevelment is displayed.
To ensure a precise angle measurement, tilt sensors must be turned on. The display can also be used
to fine level the instrument. If the (TILT OVER) display appears the instrument is out of automatic
compensation range and must be leveled manually.

Zenith
Zenith
Standing axis
Standing axis Inclination of the standing
Inclination of the standing axis in the Y direction
axis in the X direction

Trunnion axis
Horizontal

● GTS-220 compensates both the vertical angle and the horizontal angle readings due to inclination
of the standing axis in the X and Y directions .
● For more information about dual axis compensation, refer to APPENDIX 1 “Dual Axis
Compensation”.

When the instrument is out of compensation. (TILT OVER)

V : ° ' " V : ° ' " V : ° ' "

HR: ° ' " HR: ° ' " HR: ° ' "

<X TILT OVER> <Y TILT OVER> <XY TILT OVER>

Standing Axis in the X direction Standing Axis in the Y direction Standing Axis in the X and Y
out of range out of range directions out of range

● To set auto tilt correction from the moment that power is on, see Section 6.4.3“Vertical and
Horizontal Angle Tilt correction ( Tilt ON/OFF)” .
● The display of Vertical or Horizontal angle is unstable when instrument is on an unstable stage or a
windy day. You can turn off the auto tilt correction function of V/H angle in this case.

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● Setting Tilt Correction by Soft Key

To enable you to select tilt ON/OFF function. setting is not memorized after power is OFF.
[Example] Setting X,Y Tilt OFF

Operating procedure Option Display

1 Press [F4] key to get the function page 2. [F4] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

TILT REP V% P2↓
2 Press [F1](TILT) key. [F1] TILT SENSOR:[XY-ON]
In case ON is already selected, the display shows X:-0°00'25"
tilt correction value.
Y: 0°00'20"
X-ON XY-ON OFF ---
3 Press [F3](OFF) key. [F3] TILT SENSOR: [OFF]

X-ON XY-ON OFF ---

4 Press [ESC] key. [ESC] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"

TILT REP V% P2↓

● The setting mode performed here will not be memorized after powering OFF. To set TILT correction in
the initialized setting ( it is memorized after powering OFF), see Section 6.4.3“Vertical and Horizontal
Angle Tilt correction ( Tilt ON/OFF)” .

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2.6 How to Enter Alphanumeric characters

This enables you to enter alphanumeric characters such as the instrument height, prism height,
occupied point, backsight point etc..

● How to select a item

[Example setting] Occupied point in the data collection mode.

The arrow indicates a item to enter. PT# →ST-01

ID :
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ
The arrow line moves up or down when the
[ ] key or [ ] key is pressed. PT# :ST-01
[ ] ID →
or INS.HT: 0.000 m
[ ] INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ

PT# :ST-01
ID :
INS.HT→ 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ

● How to enter characters

1 Move the arrow to enter a item using the [ ]
or [ ] key. PT# →
ID :
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ
2 Press the [F1] (INPUT) key.
The arrow changes to the equal (=) . PT# =
ID :
The characters are displayed on the bottom INS.HT: 0.000 m
line. 1234 5678 90.- [ENT]
3 Press the [ ] or [ ] key to select a page.
ABCD EFGH IJKL [ENT]
MNOP QRST UVWX [ENT]
YZ+#[SPC][CLR][ENT]

[F1] [F2] [F3] [F4]

4 Press the soft key to select a group of

characters. PT# =
ID :
Example: [F2](QRST) key is pressed. INS.HT: 0.000 m
(Q) (R) (S) (T)

[F1] [F2] [F3] [F4]

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5 Press soft key to select a character. PT# =T

ID :
INS.HT: 0.000 m
Example: [F4](T) key is pressed.
MNOP QRST UVWX [ENT]

Select next character in the same manner. PT# =TOPCON-1

ID :
INS.HT : 0.000 m
MNOP QRST UVWX [ENT]
6 Press [F4](ENT) key. PT# :TOPCON-1
The arrow moves to next item. ID →
INS.HT : 0.000 m
Select next character in the same manner.
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ
● To correct a character, move the cursor to correct character by pressing [ ] or [ ] key and enter
again.

2.7 Point Guide (Only for Point Guide type)

Fast and simple to use, the Point Guide feature is useful when doing stake out work. The LED’s for the
Point Guide System on the instrument telescope assist the rod person to get on-line. When using the
Point Guide System, the battery life will be approximately 8 hours at +20 °C (+68 °F).
Turning the Point Guide ON and Operation:

Press the [MENU] key twice to turn ON the Point Guide Instrument
LED’s.
Looking at the objective lens of the telescope, the right LED
will blink and the left LED will stay lit.

The Point Guide should be used within a distance of 100

meters (328 feet). The quality of its results will depend on the
weather conditions and the user’s eyesight.
Illuminate Blink
The goal of the rod person is to look at both LED’s on the
instrument and move the prism on-line until both LED’s are
equally bright.

● If the solid LED is brighter, move right. Prism

● If the blinking LED is brighter, move left.

Once you have determined that both of the LED's are equally bright, you are on-line with the
instrument.

Turning the Point Guide OFF:

To turn OFF the Point Guide System, press the [MENU] key twice again.

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2.8 Laser Plummet ON/OFF (Only for Laser Plummet type)

Laser plummet option will help you to center the instrument easily onto the measurement point.
There are two ways to turn on/off of laser plummet option as follows.
● On/Off of laser plummet option by Soft Key in Tilt Correction

Operating procedure Option Display

1 Press the [F4] key to get the function page 2. [F4] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

TILT REP V% P2↓
2 Press the [F1](TILT) key. [F1] TILT SENSOR:[XY-ON]
In case ON is already selected, the display shows X:-0°00'25"
tilt correction value.
Y: 0°00'20"
X-ON XY-ON OFF L.PL
3 Press the [F4](L.PL) key. [F4] TILT SENSOR:[XY-ON]
By pressing the [F4](L.PL) key, the laser plummet X:-0°00'25"
will be turned On / Off alternately.
Y: 0°00'20"
X-ON XY-ON OFF L.PL

● Symbol mark while the laser is emitting.

The following symbol mark will appear at the right side of the second line.
TILT SENSOR:[XY-ON]
X:-0°00'25" Symbol mark
Y: 0°00'20"
X-ON XY-ON OFF L.PL

● On/Off of laser plummet option from MENU mode

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [MENU] key. [MENU] MENU 1/3
F1:DATA COLLECT
F2:LAYOUT
F3:MEMORY MGR. P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key to get the menu on page 2. [F4] MENU 2/3
F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:LASER PLUMMET P↓
3 Press the [F3] key. [F3] LASER PLUMMET [OFF]
F1:ON
F2:OFF

4 Press the [F1] or [F2] key to turn on or off the laser [F1] or[F2] LASER PLUMMET [OFF]
plummet option. F1:ON
F2:OFF

Laser Plummet auto-cut off function

The laser plummet will be turned off automatically after 1 to 99 minutes (Default :3 minutes). It is also
possible to stop the auto-cut off function.
Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE” to change the time or to invalidate the function

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3 ANGLE MEASUREMENT
3.1 Measuring Horizontal Angle Right and Vertical Angle
Make sure the mode is in Angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Collimate the 1st target (A). Collimate A V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

2 Set horizontal angle of target A at 0° 00' 00". [F1] H ANGLE 0 SET
Press the [F1](0 set) key and press the [F3](YES) > OK?
key.
--- --- [YES][NO]
[F3] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 0°00'00"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

3 Collimate the 2nd target (B). Collimate B V : 98°36'20"
The required V/H angle to target B will be HR: 160°40'20"
displayed.
0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

Reference : How to Collimate

1 Point the telescope toward the light. Turn the diopter ring and adjust the diopter so that the cross
hairs are clearly observed.
(Turn the diopter ring toward you first and then backward to focus.)
2 Aim the target at the peak of the triangle mark of the sighting collimator. Allow a certain space
between the sighting collimator and yourself for collimating.
3 Focus the target with the focusing knob.

*If parallax is created between the cross

hairs and the target when viewing Focusing knob
vertically or horizontally while looking
into the telescope, focusing is incorrect Telescope eyepiece (Diopter ring)
or
diopter adjustment is poor. This
adversely
affects precision in measurement or ∞ ∞
survey ∞ ∞
Eliminate the parallax by carefully
focusing
and using diopter adjustment.

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3.2 Switching Horizontal Angle Right/Left

Make sure the mode is Angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key twice to get the function [F4] V : 90°10'20"
on page 3. twice HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

TILT REP V% P2↓
H-BZ R/L CMPS P3↓
2 Press the [F2](R/L) key. [F2] V : 90°10'20"
The mode Horizontal angle Right (HR) HL: 239°29'20"
switches to (HL) mode.
H-BZ R/L CMPS P3↓
3 Measure as HL mode.

● Every time pressing the [F2](R/L) key, HR/HL mode switches.

3.3 Measuring from the Required Horizontal Angle

3.3.1 Setting by Holding the Angle
Make sure the mode is angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Set the required horizontal angle, using Display angle V : 90°10'20"
Horizontal tangent screw HR: 130°40'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

2 Press the [F2](HOLD) key. [F2] H ANGLE HOLD
HR= 130°40'20"
> SET ?
--- --- [YES][NO]
3 Collimate the target. Collimate

4 Press the [F3](YES) key to finish holding the [F3] V : 90°10'20"

horizontal angle.*1) HR: 130°40'20"
The display turns back to normal angle
measurement mode.
0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

*1) To return to the previous mode, press the [F4](NO) key.

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3.3.2 Setting a Horizontal Angle from the Keys

Make sure the mode is Angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Collimate the target. Collimate V : 90°10'20"
HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

2 Press the [F3](HSET) key. [F3] H ANGLE SET
HR:

INPUT --- --- ENTER

1234 5678 90.-[ENT]

3 Input the required horizontal angle by [F1] V : 90°10'20"

using keys. *1) 70.4020 HR: 70°40'20"
[F4]
For example :70°40'20"
0SET HOLD HSET P1↓
When completed, normal measuring from the
required Horizontal angle is possible.

*1) To enter Alphanumeric characters, see Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters” .

3.4 Vertical Angle Percent Grade(%) Mode

Make sure the mode is Angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key to get the function on page 2. [F4] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

TILT REP V% P2↓
2 Press the [F3](V%) key. *1) [F3] V : -0.30 %
HR: 170°30'20"

TILT REP V% P1↓

*1) Every time pressing the [F3](V%) key, the display mode switches.
● When the measurement is carried out over ±45° (±100%) from the horizontal, the display shows
<OVER>.

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3.5 Repetition Angle Measurement

● Repetition angle measurement can be done by horizontal angle right measurement mode.

Make sure the mode is Horizontal Angle Right measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key to get the function on page 2. [F4] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

TILT REP V% P2↓
2 Press the [F2](REP)key. [F2] REPETITION ANGLE
> OK?

--- --- [YES][NO]

3 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] REP-ANGLE COUNT[ 0]
Ht: 0°00'00"
Hm:
0SET V/H REL HOLD
4 Collimate the target A and press the [F1] (0SET) Collimate A REPETITION ANGLE
key. [F1] INITIALIZE
> OK?
--- --- [YES][NO]
5 Press the [F3] (YES) key. [F3] REP-ANGLE COUNT[ 0]
Ht: 0°00'00"
Hm:
0SET V/H REL HOLD
6 Collimate the target B using the horizontal clamp Collimate B REP-ANGLE COUNT[ 1]
and tangent screw. [F4] Ht: 45°10'00"
Press the [F4](HOLD) key.
Hm: 45°10'00"
0SET V/H REL HOLD
7 Recollimate target A using the horizontal clamp Collimate A REP-ANGLE COUNT[ 1]
and tangent screw, and press the [F3](REL)key. [F3] Ht: 45°10'00"
Hm: 45°10'00"
0SET V/H REL HOLD
8 Recollimate target B using the horizontal clamp Collimate B REP-ANGLE COUNT[ 2]
and tangent screw, and press the [F4](HOLD) key. [F4] Ht: 90°20'00"
Hm: 45°10'00"
0SET V/H REL HOLD

9 Repeat 7 to 8 to measure the desired number of REP-ANGLE COUNT[ 4]

repetitions. Ht: 180°40'00"
Hm: 45°10'00"
0SET V/H REL HOLD
[Example] 4 measurement

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10 To return to the normal angle mode, press the [ESC] REPETITION ANGLE
[F2](V/H) key or [ESC] key. or Exit
[F2] > OK?
--- --- [YES][NO]

11 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] V : 90°10'20"

HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

● Horizontal angle can be accumulated up to

(3600°00'00" – minimum reading) (horizontal angle right).
In case of 5 second reading, horizontal angle can be accumulated up to +3599°59'55".
● Error will be displayed when the results differ from first measurement by more than ±30".

3.6 Buzzer Sounding for Horizontal Angle 90° Increments

When the horizontal angle falls in the range of less than ± 1° of 0°, 90°, 180° or 270°, the buzzer
sounds. Buzzer stops only when the horizontal angle is adjusted to 0°00’00”, 90°00’00” , 180°00’00” or
270°00’00”.
This setting is not memorized after powering off. Refer to 16 “SELECTING MODE” to set the initial
setting (memorized after powering off).
Make sure the mode is Angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key twice to get the function [F4] V : 90°10'20"
on page 3. twice HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

H-BZ R/L CMPS P3↓
2 Press the [F1](H-BZ) key. [F1] H-ANGLE BUZZER [OFF]
The data previously set is shown.

[ON] [OFF] --- ENTER

3 Press the [F1](ON) key or [F2](OFF) key to select [F1] or [F2] H-ANGLE BUZZER [ON]
the buzzer ON/OFF.

[ON] [OFF] --- ENTER

4 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] V : 90°10'20"
HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

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3.7 Compasses ( vertical angle)

Vertical angle is displayed as shown below.

+90°

0° 0°

-90°

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key twice to get the function [F4] V : 98°10'20"
on page 3. twice HR: 170°30'20"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

H-BZ R/L CMPS P3↓
2 Press the [F3](CMPS) key. *1) [F3] V : - 8°10'20"
HR: 170°30'20"

H-BZ R/L CMPS P3↓

*1) Every time pressing the [F3](CMPS) key, the display mode switches.

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4.1 Setting of the Atmospheric Correction
When setting the atmospheric correction, obtain the correction value by measuring the temperature
and pressure. Refer to Section 12.2 “Setting of Atmospheric Correction Value”.

4.2 Setting of the Correction for Prism Constant

Topcon’s prism constant value is 0. Set correction for prism at 0. If the prism is of another manufacture,
the appropriate constant shall be set beforehand. Refer to Chapter 11 “SETTING THE PRISM
CONSTANT VALUE”. The setting value is kept in the memory even after power is off.

4.3 Distance Measurement (Continuous Measurement)

Make sure the mode displays angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Collimate the center of prism. Collimate P V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

2 Press the [ ] key. HR: 120°30'40"

[ ]
Distance measurement starts. *1),2) HD*[r] << m
VD: m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

The measured distances are shown. *3)~*5) HR: 120°30'40"

HD* 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

V : 90°10'20"
● Pressing the [ ] key again, the display [ ]
HR: 120°30'40"
changes to horizontal (HR) and vertical (V)angle
and slope distance(SD). *6)
SD* 131.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) When EDM is working, the "✻ " mark appears in the display.
*2) To change mode from Fine to Coarse or Tracking, refer to section 4.5 “Fine Mode/Tracking Mode/
Coarse Mode”.
To set the distance measurement on when the instrument is powered up, refer to Chapter 16
“SELECTING MODE”.
*3) The distance unit indicator "m" (for meter) , "ft" (for feet) or "fi" (for feet inch) appears and disappears
alternatively with buzzer sounds at every renewal of distance data.
*4) Measurement may repeat automatically in the instrument if the result is affected by shimmer etc..
*5) To return to the normal measuring angle mode from a distance measuring mode, press the [ANG] key.
*6) It is possible to choose the display order (HR, HD, VD) or (V, HR, SD) for initial measuring distance
mode. Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

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4.4 Distance Measurement (N-time Measurement/Single Measurement)

When the number of times measurement is preset, the GTS-220 series measures the distance the set
number of times. The average distance will be displayed.
When presetting the number of times as 1, it does not display the average distance, because of single
measurement. Single measurement is set at the factory.

Make sure the mode displays angle measurement.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Collimate the center of prism. V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

2 Press the [ ] key. HR: 120°30'40"

[ ]
Continuous measuring starts.*1) HD*[r] << m
VD: m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
3 Press [F1](MEAS) key while continuous [F1] HR: 120°30'40"
measuring is exceeding. *2) HD*[n] << m
VD: m
The average value is displayed and "*" mark
disappears.
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

● While EDM is working, press [F1](MEAS) key

again, the mode will be changed to continuous HR: 120°30'40"
measuring mode. HD: 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) It is possible to set the measurement mode for N-times measurement mode or continuous
measurement mode when the power is turned on. Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.
*2) For setting the number of times (N-times) in the measurement, refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING
MODE”.

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● Choose meter /feet / feet+inch unit by soft key

It is possible to change the unit for distance measurement mode by soft key.
This setting is not memorized after power off. Refer to 16 “SELECTING MODE” to set at the initial
setting (memorized after power off).

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](P1↓) key to get the function on [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
page 2 HD* 2.000 m
VD: 3.000 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
2 Every time pressing the [F3](m/f/i) key, the display [F3] HR: 120°30'40"
unit will be changed. HD* 6.560 ft
● Every time pressing the [F3](m/f/i) key, the unit
VD: 9.845 ft
mode switches.
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓

4.5 Fine Mode/Tracking Mode/Coarse Mode

This setting is not memorized after power is off. Refer to Chapter 16”SELECTING MODE” to set at the
initial setting (memorized after power is off).
•Fine Mode : This is a normal distance measuring mode.
The unit to be displayed: 0.2mm or 1mm. (0.001ft or 0.005ft)
Measurement time 0.2mm mode: approx. 2.8 sec.
1mm mode: approx. 1.2 sec.
•Tracking Mode : This mode measures in shorter time than in fine mode.
It is very useful when tailing the moving object or carrying out stake-out work.
The unit to be displayed: 10mm
Measuring time: approx. 0.4 sec.
•Coarse Mode : This mode measures in shorter time than in fine mode.
The unit to be displayed: 10mm or 1mm
Measuring time: approx. 0.7 sec.

Operating procedure Operation Display

HR: 120°30'40"
HD* 123.456m
VD: 5.678m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
1 Press the [F2](MODE) key from the distance [F2] HR: 120°30'40"
measuring mode.*1) HD* 123.456m
VD: 5.678m
The initial character (F/T/C) of set mode is
displayed . (F:Fine, T:Tracking, C:Coarse)
FINE TRACK COARSE F
2 Press the [F1](FINE) key, [F2](TRACK) key, or [F1]~[F3] HR: 120°30'40"
[F3](COARSE) key. HD* 123.456m
VD: 5.678m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) To cancel the setting, press the [ESC] key.

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4.6 Stake Out (S.O)

The difference between the measured distance and the input stake out distance is displayed.
Measured distance — Stake out distance = Displayed value
● In stake out operation, you can select either horizontal distance (HD), relative elevation (VD) and
slope distance (SD)

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key in the distance measuring [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
mode to get the function on page 2. HD* 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
2 Press the [F2](S.O) key. [F2] STAKE OUT
HD : 0.000 m
The data previously set is shown.
HD VD SD ---
3 Select the measuring mode by pressing the [F1] to [F1] STAKE OUT
[F3] key. HD : 0.000 m
Example : Horizontal distance
INPUT --- --- ENTER
1234 5678 90.-[ENT]
4 Enter the distance for stake out. *1) [F1]
Enter data STAKE OUT
[F4] HD : 100.000 m

INPUT --- --- ENTER

5 Collimate the target (Prism). Collimate P HR: 120°30'40"

dHD*[r] << m
VD: m
Measuring starts.
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

The difference between the measured distance HR: 120°30'40"

and the stake out distance is displayed.
dHD* 23.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
6 Move the target until the difference becomes 0m.
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) Refer to section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● To return to normal distance measurement mode, stake out distance to "0" m or turn the power off.

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4.7 Offset Measurement

There are four offset measurement modes in the Offset Measurement.
● Angle offset
● Distance offset
● Plane offset
● Column offset
To show the offset measurement menu, press the [OFSET] soft key from distance or coordinate
measurement mode.
Example: Coordinate measurement
Distance measurement

HR: 120°30'40" N: 123.456 m

HD: 123.456 m E: 34.567 m
VD: 5.678 m Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓ MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓ R.HT INSHT OCC P2↓
OFSET --- m/f/i P3↓
Press the [F1](OFSET) key.
Press the [F1](OFSET) key.

Offset Measurement Menu

OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
[F4]
OFFSET 2/2
F1:COLUMN OFFSET

P↓

● Outputting the Measurement Data

The results of offset measurement can be output to external device.
Setting the function of the [ESC] key to (REC), the [F3] soft key which assigned (REC) will appear in
measured result display.
Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE” to set this option.

OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
HR: 120°30'40"
SD: 123.456 m
NEXT --- REC ---

[F3]

● Distance measurement mode of the offset measurement

Offset measurement will be done by N-time fine measurement mode.
For setting measuring times refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

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4.7.1 Angle Offset

This mode is useful when it is difficult to set up the prism directly, for example at the center of a tree.
Place the prism at the same horizontal distance from the instrument as that of point A0 to measure.
To measure the coordinates of the center position, operate the offset measurement after setting the
instrument height/prism height.

When measuring coordinates of ground point A1

:Set the instrument height/prism height.

When measuring coordinates of point A0 : Set

Prism P the instrument height only. (Set the prism height
to 0 ).

Prism height

When sighting to A0, you can select one of two

ways. One is to fix vertical angle to the prism
position even updown the telescope position, and
the other is to gear vertical angle to the updown of
telescope movement. In case following the
vertical angle to the movement of telescope,
SD(Slope Distance) and VD(Vertical Distance)
will be changed according to the movement of
telescope.
To set this option, refer to Chapter 16
Instrument height “SELECTING MODE”.

Occ. Point

● Set the instrument height/prism height before proceeding to the offset measurement mode.
● When setting the coordinate value for the occupied station, refer to Section 5.1 “Setting Coordinate
Values of Occupied Point”.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](P1↓) key from distance measuring [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
mode to get the function on page 2. HD: 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
2 Press the [F1](OFSET) key. [F1] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P1↓
3 Press the [F1](ANG. OFSET) key. [F1] OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
HR: 120°30'40"
HD: m
MEAS --- --- SET
4 Collimate prism P, and press the [F1](MEAS) key. Collimate P OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
[F1] HR: 110°20'30"
HD* << m
MEAS --- --- SET

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The horizontal distance from the instrument to the OFFSET-MEASUREMENT

prism will be measured.
HR: 110°20'30"
HD* 56.789 m
NEXT --- --- SET
5 Press the [F4](SET) key to decide the prism [F4] OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
position. HR: 110°20'30"
HD: 56.789 m
NEXT --- --- ---
6 Collimate point A0 using the horizontal motion Collimate OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
clamp and horizontal tangent screw. A0 HR: 113°30'50"
HD: 56.789 m
NEXT --- --- ---
7 Show the relative elevation of point A0. OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
[ ]
HR: 113°20'30"
VD: 3.456 m
NEXT --- --- ---
8 Show the slope distance of point A0. OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
[ ]
HR: 113°20'30"
● Each time pressing the [ ] key, horizontal SD: 56.894 m
distance, relative elevation and slope distance are NEXT --- --- ---
shown in sequence.
9 Show N coordinate of point A0 or A1. OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
[ ]
HR: 113°20'30"
N : -12.345 m
● Each time pressing [ ] key, N,E and Z NEXT --- --- ---
coordinate are shown in sequence.
● To return to procedure 4, press [F1](NEXT) key.
● To return to the previous mode, press [ESC] key.

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4.7.2 Distance Offset Measurement

Measuring distance and coordinate of the center of a pond or a tree of which the radius is known.
Measuring the distance or coordinate till P0 point, input oHD value as an offset value and measure P1
point showing as following draw in distance offset measurement. The display shows distance or
coordinate value until P0 point.

P1

P0

P1 oHD < 0

oHD >0

In case the measuring point of (P1) is front side than that of requiring
point of (P0), the offset value shall be plus, and if it is rear side, the
offset value shall be minus.

Occ. Point

● When setting the coordinate value for the occupied station, refer to Section 5.1 “Setting Coordinate
Values of Occupied Point”.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](P1↓) key from distance measuring [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
mode to get the function on page 2. HD: 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
2 Press the [F1](OFSET) key. [F1] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F2](DIST. OFFSET) key. [F2] DISTANCE OFFSET
INPUT FORWARD HD
oHD: m
INPUT --- --- ENTER
4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter a offset [F1] DISTANCE OFFSET
value, and press the [F4](ENTER) key. Offset HR: 80°30'40"
value HD: m
[F4] MEAS --- --- ---

5 Collimate prism P1, and press the [F1](MEAS) Collimate DISTANCE OFFSET
key. P1 HR: 80°30'40"
Measuring will start. [F1] HD* [n] << m
>Measuring...

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After measuring, the result added offset value will DISTANCE OFFSET
be shown.
HR: 80°30'40"
HD* 10.000 m
NEXT --- --- ---
6 Show the relative elevation of point P0. DISTANCE OFFSET
● Each time pressing the [ ] key, horizontal [ ]
HR: 80°30'40"
distance, relative elevation and slope distance are
VD: 11.789 m
shown in sequence.
NEXT --- --- ---

DISTANCE OFFSET
HR: 80°30'40"
SD: 11.789 m
NEXT --- --- ---
● Show coordinate of point P0. N : 12.345 m
[ ]
E : 23.345 m
Z : 1.345 m
NEXT --- --- ---

● To return to procedure 4, press [F1](NEXT) key.

● To return to the previous mode, press [ESC] key.

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4.7.3 Plane Offset Measurement

Measuring will be taken for the place where direct measuring can not be done, for example distance or
coordinate measuring for a edge of a plane.
Three random prism points (P1, P2, P3) on a plane will be measured at first in the plane offset
measurement to determine the measured plane. Collimate the measuring target point (P0) then the
instrument calculates and displays coordinate and distance value of cross point between collimation
axis and of the plane.

P (Prism)

P (Point without
prism)

P3 P 2 (Prism)
(Prism)

Prism heights of P1 to P3 is set to zero automatically.

● When setting the coordinate value for the occupied station, refer to Section 5.1 “Setting Coordinate
Values of Occupied Point”.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](P1↓) key from distance measuring [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
mode to get the function on page 2. HD: 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
2 Press the [F1](OFSET) key. [F1] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F3](PLANE OFFSET) key. [F3] PLANE
N001#:
SD: m
MEAS --- --- ---
4 Collimate prism P1, and press the [F1](MEAS) Collimate PLANE
key. P1 N001#:
N-time measuring will start. [F1] SD* [n] << m
After measuring, the display will show the second
point measurement.
>Measuring...

5 Measure the second and third points in the same Collimate PLANE
way. P2 N002#:
[F1] SD: m
MEAS --- --- ---

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Collimate PLANE
P3 N003#:
[F1] SD: m
MEAS --- --- ---

The instrument calculates and displays coordinate HR: 80°30'40"

and distance value of cross point between
collimation axis and of the plane. *1,2
HD: 54.321 m
VD: 10.000 m
EXIT
6 Collimate the edge (P0) of the plane. *3 ,4 Collimate HR: 75°30'40"
P0 HD: 54.600 m
VD: -0.487 m
EXIT

7 To show the slope distance (SD), press the [ ] V : 90°30'40"

key. HR: 75°30'40"
SD: 56.602 m
● Each time pressing the [ ] key, horizontal EXIT
distance, relative elevation and slope distance are
shown in sequence.
● To show coordinate of point P0, press the [ ]
key.
8 To escape the measuring, press the [F1](EXIT)
key. The display returns to the previous mode.

*1) In case the calculation of plane was not successful by the measured three points, error displays. Start
measuring over again from the first point.
*2) Data display is the mode beforehand of offset measurement mode.
*3) Error will be displayed when collimated to the direction which does not cross with the determined plane.
*4) The refrector height of the target point P0 is set to zero automatically

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4.7.4 Column Offset Measurement

If it is possible to measure circumscription point (P1) of column directly, the distance to the center of the
column (P0), coordinate and direction angle can be calculated by measured circumscription points (P2)
and (P3).
The direction angle of the center of the column is 1/2 of total direction angle of circumscription points
(P2) and (P3).

P2 P

P P3

● When setting the coordinate value for the occupied station, refer to Section 5.1 “Setting Coordinate
Values of Occupied Point”.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](P1↓) key from distance measuring [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
mode to get the function on page 2. HD: 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
OFSET S.O m/f/i P2↓
2 Press the [F1](OFSET) key. [F1] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F4](P↓) key. [F4] OFFSET 2/2
F1:COLUMN OFFSET

P↓
4 Press the [F1](COLUMN OFFSET) key. [F1] COLUMN OFFSET
Center
HD: m
MEAS --- --- ---
5 Collimate the center of the column (P1) and press Collimate COLUMN OFFSET
the [F1](MEAS) key. P1 Center
N-time measuring will start. [F1] HD* [n] << m
After the measurement, angle measuring display
of the left side (P2) will be shown.
>Measuring...

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6 Collimate the left side of the column (P2) and Collimate COLUMN OFFSET
press the [F4](SET) key. P2 Left
After the measurement, angle measuring display [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
of the right side (P3) will be shown.
--- --- --- SET

7 Collimate the right side of the column (P3) and Collimate COLUMN OFFSET
press the [F4](SET) key. P3 Right
After the measurement, angle measuring display [F4] HR: 180°30'40"
of the right side (P3) will be shown.
--- --- --- SET

The distance between the instrument and center COLUMN OFFSET

of the column (P0) will be calculated.
HR: 150°30'40"
HD: 43.321 m
NEXT --- --- ---

8 To show the relative elevation (VD), press the COLUMN OFFSET

[ ]
[ ] key. HR: 150°30'40"
VD: 2.321 m
Each time pressing the [ ] key, horizontal NEXT --- --- ---
distance, relative elevation and slope distance are
shown in sequence.
● To show coordinate of point P0, press the [ ]
key.
9 To escape the measuring, press the [ESC] key.
The display returns to the previous mode.

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5 COORDINATE MEASUREMENT
5.1 Setting Coordinate Values of Occupied Point
Set the coordinates of the instrument (occupied point) according to coordinate origin, and the
instrument automatically converts and displays the unknown point (prism point) coordinates following
the origin.
It is possible to retain the coordinates of the occupied point after turning the power off.
Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.
Prism (n,e,z)
N
z
n

Inst.PointC
Origin(0,0,0)
E
e

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key from the coordinate [F4] N: 123.456 m
measurement mode to get the function on page 2.
E: 34.567 m
Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
R.HT INSHT OCC P2↓
2 Press the [F3](OCC) key. [F3] N→ 0.000 m
E: 0.000 m
Z: 0.000 m
INPUT --- --- ENTER
1234 5678 90. –[ENT]
3 Enter N coordinate value. *1 [F1] N: -72.000 m
Enter data E→ 0.000 m
[F4] Z: 0.000 m
INPUT --- --- ENTER
4 Enter E and Z coordinate values in the same N: 51.456 m
manner. E: 34.567 m
Z: 78.912 m
After entering the values, the display returns
coordinate measuring display.
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input range –999999.9990 < N,E,Z < +9999999.9990m
–999999.999 < N,E,Z < +9999999.999 ft.
–999999.11.7 < N,E,Z < +9999999.11.7 ft.+inch

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5.2 Setting Height of the Instrument

It is possible to retain the height of instrument after turning the power off. Refer to Chapter 16
“SELECTING MODE”.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key from the coordinate [F4] N: 123.456 m
measurement mode to get the function on page 2.
E: 34.567 m
Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
R.HT INSHT OCC P2↓
2 Press the [F2](INSHT) key. [F2] INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
The current value is displayed.
INPUT
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
1234 5678 90. –[ENT]
3 Enter the instrument height. *1 [F1] N: 123.456 m
Enter Inst.HT E: 34.567 m
[F4] Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input range –999.9999 < Instrument height < +999.9999 m
–999.999 < Instrument height < +999.999 ft.
–999.11.7 < Instrument height < +999.11.7 ft.+inch

5.3 Setting Height of Target (Prism Height)

This mode can be used to obtain Z coordinate values . It is possible to retain the height of target after
turning the power off. Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F4](↓) key from the coordinate [F4] N: 123.456 m
measurement mode to get the function on page 2.
E: 34.567 m
Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
R.HT INSHT OCC P2↓
2 Press the [F1](R.HT) key. [F1] INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
The current value is displayed.
INPUT
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
1234 5678 90. –[ENT]
3 Enter the prism height. *1 [F1] N: 123.456 m
Enter Inst.HT E: 34.567 m
[F4] Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input range –999.9999 < Prism height < +999.9999 m
–999.999 < Prism height < +999.999 ft.
–999.11.7 < Prism height < +999.11.7 ft.+inch

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5.4 Execution of Coordinate Measuring

Measure the coordinates by entering the instrument height and prism height, coordinates of unknown
point will be measured directly.
● When setting coordinate values of occupied point, see Section 5.1 “Setting Coordinate Values of
Occupied Point”
● When setting the instrument height and prism height, see Section 5.2 “Setting Height of the
Instrument” and 5.3 “Setting Height of Target (Prism Height)”.
● The coordinates of the unknown point are calculated as shown below and displayed:
Coordinates of occupied point : (N0, E0,Z0)
Instrument height : INS.HT
Prism height : R.HT
Vertical distance (Relative elevation) : z (VD)
Coordinates of the center of the prism,
originated from the center point of the instrument : (n,e,z)
Coordinates of unknown point : (N1,E1,Z1)
N1=N0+n
E1=E0+e
Z1=Z0+INS.HT+z - R.HT

Coordinates of the center of the prism, originated from the

center point of the instrument (n, e, z)

Center point of the instrument

R.HT
(No, Eo, Zo+Inst.h)
SD
z(VD)

Unknown point
INS.HT
(N1, E1, Z1)

Occupied point (No, Eo, Zo)

Origin (o, o, o) HD

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Set the direction angle of known point A. *1 Set direction V : 90°10'20"
angle HR: 120°30'40"
2 Collimate target prism. Collimate P 0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

3 Press the [ ] key. N*[r] << m

[ ]
Measuring starts. E: m
Z: m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

N* 123.456 m
The result will be shown. E: 34.567 m
Z: 78.912 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓

*1) Refer to Section 3.3 “Measuring from the Required Horizontal Angle”.
● In case the coordinate of instrument point is not entered, (0,0,0) will be used as the default for the
instrument point.
The instrument height will be calculated as 0 when the instrument height is not entered.
● The prism height will be calculated as 0 when the prism height is not set.

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6 SPECIAL MODE (Menu Mode)

By pressing the [MENU] key, the instrument will be in MENU mode.
In this mode, special measuring , setting and adjustment are possible.

Normal measurement mode

[ESC] [MENU]

MENU 1/3 [ESC] [F1] "DATA COLLECTION MODE"

F1:DATA COLLECT
[ESC] See Chapter 7 “DATA COLLECTION”.
F2:LAYOUT
[F2]
F3:MEMORY MGR. P↓ "LAYOUT MODE"
[F4]
See Chapter 8 “LAYOUT”.
[F3]
"MEMORY MANAGER MODE"
See Chapter 9 “MEMORY MANAGER
MODE”.

Programs
PROGRAMS 1/2
MENU 2/3 F1:REM
[ESC] F1:PROGRAMS [ESC] [F1] F2:MLM
F2:GRID FACTOR F3:Z COORD. P↓
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
[F4] Grid factor
GRID FACTOR
=1.000000
[F2]
>MODIFY? [YES][NO]

Reticle illumination
ILLUMINATION[ON:1]
[F3] F1:ON
F2:OFF
F3:LEVEL

Setting mode 1

MENU 3/3 PARAMETERS 1 1/2

[ESC] [ESC] [F1] F1:MINIMUM READING
F1:PARAMETERS 1
F2:CONTRAST ADJ. F2:AUTO POWER OFF
P↓ F3:TILT P↓

[F4] Display contrast adjustment

CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT
[F2] LEVEL:4

↓ ↑ --- ENTER

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6.1 Application Measurement (PROGRAMS)

6.1.1 Remote Elevation measurement (REM)
To obtain elevation of the point at which setting the target prism is not possible, place the prism at any
point on the vertical line from the target then carry out REM procedure as follows.

Target K

Prism

Prism height

Instrument

1) With prism height (h) input (Example :h=1.5m)

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F1](REM) key. [F1] REM
F1:INPUT R.HT
F2:NO R.HT

4 Press the [F1] key. [F1] REM-1

<STEP-1>
R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
5 Enter prism height. *1 [F1]
1234 5678 90. –[ENT]
Enter R.HT
REM-1
[F4]
<STEP-2>
HD: m
6 Collimate prism. Collimate P MEAS ––– ––– SET

7 Press the [F1](MEAS) key. [F1] REM-1

Measuring starts. <STEP-2>
HD* << m
MEAS ––– ––– SET

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Horizontal distance (HD) between the instrument REM-1

and prism will be shown.
<STEP-2>
HD* 123.456 m
MEAS ––– ––– SET
8 Press the [F4](SET). [F4] REM-1
The prism position will be decided. *2 VD: 1.500 m

––– R.HT HD –––

9 Collimate target K. Collimate K REM-1
Vertical distance (VD) will be shown. *3 VD: 10.456 m

––– R.HT HD –––

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) To return to procedure 5, press the [F2](R.HT) key.
To return to procedure 6, press the [F3](HD) key.
*3) To return to PROGRAMS Menu, press the [ESC] key.

2) Without prism height input

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F1](REM) key. [F1] REM
F1:INPUT R.HT
F2:NO R.HT

4 Press the [F2] key. [F2] REM-2

<STEP-1>
HD: m
MEAS ––– ––– SET
5 Collimate prism. Collimate P

6 Press the [F1](MEAS) key. [F1] REM-2

Measuring starts. <STEP-1>
HD* << m
MEAS ––– ––– SET

Horizontal distance (HD) between the instrument REM-2

and prism will be shown.
<STEP-1>
HD* 123.456 m
MEAS ––– ––– SET

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7 Press the [F4](SET). [F4] REM-2

The prism position will be decided. <STEP-2>
V : 60°45'50"
––– ––– ––– SET

8 Collimate ground point G. Collimate G REM-2

<STEP-2>
V : 123°45'50"
––– ––– ––– SET

9 Press the [F4](SET) key. [F4] REM-2

The position of point G will be decided. *1 VD: 0.000 m

––– V HD –––

10 Collimate target K. Collimate K REM-2

Vertical distance (VD) will be shown. *2 VD: 10.456 m

––– V HD –––

*1) To return to procedure 5, press the [F3](HD) key.

To return to procedure 8, press the [F2](V) key.
*2) To return to PROGRAMS Menu, press the [ESC] key.

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6.1.2 Missing Line Measurement (MLM)

Measurement for horizontal distance (dHD), slope distance (dSD), elevation (dVD) and horizontal
bearing (HR) between two target prisms.
It is possible to enter the coordinate value directly or calculate from coordinate data file.
MLM mode has two modes.
1.MLM-1 (A-B, A-C) :Measurement is A-B, A-C, A-D,......
2.MLM-2 (A-B, B-C) :Measurement is A-B, B-C, C-D,......

Prism A

Prism B
Instrument Prism C

Instrument
Prism A

Prism B

● It is necessary to set the direction angle of the instrument.

[Example] MLM-1 (A-B, A-C)

● Procedure of MLM-2 (A-B, B-C) mode is completely same as MLM-1 mode

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F2](MLM) key. [F2] MLM
F1:USE FILE
F2:DON’T USE

4 Press the [F1] or [F2] key to select using [F2] GRID FACTOR
coordinate file. F1:USE G.F.
[Example:F2 : DON’T USE]
F2:DON’T USE

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5 Press the [F1] or [F2] key to select using [F2] MLM

GRID FACTOR. F1:MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
[Example:F2 : DON’T USE]
F2:MLM-2(A-B, B-C)

6 Press the [F1] key. [F1] MLM-1(A-B, A-C)

<STEP-1>
HD: m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET
7 Collimate prism A, and press the [F1](MEAS) key. Collimate A MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
Horizontal distance (HD) between the instrument [F1] <STEP-1>
and prism A will be shown.
HD* << m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET

MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
<STEP-1>
HD* 123.456 m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET
8 Press the [F4](SET) key. [F4] MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
<STEP-2>
HD: m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET
9 Collimate prism B and press the [F1](MEAS) key. Collimate B MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
Horizontal distance (HD) between the instrument [F1] <STEP-2>
and prism B will be shown.
HD* << m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET

MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
<STEP-2>
HD* 345.678 m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET
10 Press the [F4](SET) key. [F4] MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
The horizontal distance (dHD) and relative dHD : 123.456 m
elevation (dVD) between prism A and B.
dVD : 12.345 m
––– ––– HD –––

11 To show slope distance (dSD) , press [ ] key. MLM-1(A-B, A-C)

[ ]
dSD : 234.567 m
HR : 12°34'40"
––– ––– HD –––
12 To measure the distance between points A and C, [F3] MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
press the [F3](HD). *1) <STEP-2>
HD: m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET
13 Collimate point C (Prism C) and press the Collimate
[F1](MEAS) key. prism C
Horizontal distance (HD) between the instrument [F1]
and prism C will be shown.

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14 Press the [F4](SET) key. The horizontal distance [F4] MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
(dHD) and relative elevation (dVD) between prism dHD : 234.567 m
A and C.
dVD : 23.456 m
––– ––– HD –––
15 To measure the distance between points A and D,
repeat procedure 12 to14. *1)

*1) To return to previous mode, press the [ESC] key.

● How to use coordinate data

It is possible to input coordinate value directly or calculate from coordinate data file

Operating procedure Operation Display

To use coordinate data file, select “USE FILE”
in step 4.
After procedure 6. MLM-1(A-B, A-C)
<STEP-1>
HD: m
MEAS R.HT NEZ SET
1 Press the [F3](NEZ) key. [F3] N> 0.000 m
Direct key input display will be shown. E: 0.000 m
Z: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– PT# ENTER
2 Press the [F3](PT#) key to use coordinate data [F3] MLM-1(A-B,A-C)
file. PT#:__________
Point number input display will be shown.
Pressing the [F3](HD) key, the display will return
INPUT LIST HD ENTER
to procedure 6.

After selecting coordinate input mode by pressing

the [F3](NEZ or PT# or HD) key, press the
[F1](INPUT) key and enter the data.

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6.1.3 Setting Z Coordinate of Occupied Point

Occupied point coordinate data and known point actual measuring data are utilized, z coordinate of
occupied point is calculated and reset again.
Known point data and coordinate data can use the coordinate data file.

1) Setting occupied coordinate

[Example setting] Using coordinate data file.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing [MENU] key, press [F4](P↓) key to [MENU] MENU 2/3
get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F3](Z COORD.) key. [F3] Z COORD.SETTING
F1:USE FILE
F2:DON’T USE

4 Press the [F1](USE FILE) key. [F1] SELECT A FILE

FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the File [F1]
Name. Enter FN
[F4] Z COORD.SETTING
F1:OCC.PT INPUT
F2:REF.MEAS

6 Press the [F1] key. [F1] OCC.PT

PT#:_________

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

7 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the Point [F1] INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
number. Instrument height setting display will be Enter PT# INPUT
shown. [F4] INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
8 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the height. [F1] Z COORD.SETTING
Enter HT F1:OCC.PT INPUT
The display returns to Z coordinate menu. [F4] F2:REF.MEAS

● For more information about data file, see Chapter 9 “MEMORY MANAGER MODE” .

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2) Z Coordinate Calculation from Known Point Measuring Data

[Example setting] Using coordinate data file

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing [MENU] key, press [F4](P↓) key to [MENU] MENU 2/3
get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F3](Z COORD.) key. [F3] Z COORD.SETTING
F1:USE FILE
F2:DON’T USE

4 Press the [F1](USE FILE) key. [F1] SELECT A FILE

FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the File [F1]
Name. Enter FN
[F4] Z COORD.SETTING
F1:OCC.PT INPUT
F2:REF.MEAS

6 Press the [F2] key. [F2] NOO1#

PT#:_________

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

7 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the Point [F1] N: 4.356 m
Number in coordinate data file. Enter PT# E: 16.283 m
[F4] Z: 1.553 m
>OK ? [YES][NO]
8 Press the [F3](YES) key and enter the Point [F3] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
Number in coordinate data file. INPUT
R.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
9 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the height. [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
Enter R. HT INPUT
[F4] R.HT: 0.000 m
>Sight? [YES][NO]
10 Collimate a prism on the point and press the Collimate P HR: 120°30'40"
[F3](YES) key. [F3] HD* << m
Measuring starts. *1
VD: m
>Measuring...

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HR: 120°30'40"
HD: 12.345 m
VD: 23.456 m
NEXT ––– ––– CALC
11 Press the [F4](CALC) key.*2) [F4] Z COORD. SETTING
Z : Z coordinate Z : 1.234 m
dZ: Standard deviation
dZ : 0.002 m
––– ––– BS SET
12 Press the [F4](SET) key. *3) [F4] BACKSIGHT
Z coordinate of the occupied point will be set. HR: 23°20'40"
Bascksight point measuring screen will be shown.
>OK? [YES][NO]
13 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] PROGRAMS 1/2
Horizontal angle will be set. F1:REM
The display returns to Programs 1/2 menu.
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓

*1) Measurement is Fine Single measurement mode.

*2) To measure other points, press the [F1](NEXT) key.
*3) Pressing the [F3] key, the display will be changed alternately.

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6.1.4 Area Calculation

This mode calculate the area of a closed figure.
There are two area calculation methods as follows.
1) Area Calculation from Coordinate data file
2) Area Calculation from Measured data

● Area is not calculated correctly if enclosed lines cross each other.

● It is impossible to calculate what a mix of coordinate file data and measured data.
● If the coordinate data file does not exist, the area calculation from measured data is done
automatically.
● The numbers of points used to calculate are not limited.

1) Area Calculation from Coordinate Data File

Operating procedure Operation Display
1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2/3. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F4](P↓) key to get the PROGRAMS [F4] PROGRAMS 2/2
menu on page 2/2. F1:AREA
F2:POINT TO LINE
P↓
4 Press the [F1](AREA) key. [F1] AREA
F1:FILE DATA
F2:MEASUREMENT

5 Press the [F1](FILE DATA) key. [F1] SELECT A FILE

FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

6 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter the File [F1] AREA 0000
Name. Enter FN m.sq
Initial display will be shown. [F4] NEXT# :DATA-01
PT# LIST UNIT NEXT
7 Press the [F4](NEXT) key. *1),2) [F4] AREA 0001
The top of the file data (DATA-01) will be set and m.sq
the second point number will be shown.
NEXT# :DATA-02
PT# LIST UNIT NEXT
8 Repeat pressing the [F4](NEXT) key to set [F4]
required number of points.

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When 3 or more points are set, the area AREA 0021

surrounded by the points is calculated and the
result will be shown.
123.456 m.sq
NEXT# :DATA-22
PT# LIST UNIT NEXT

*1) To set specify point, press the [F1](PT#) key.

*2) To show the list of the coordinate data in the file, press the [F2](LIST) key.

2) Area Calculation from Measured Data

Operating procedure Operation Display
1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2/3. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F4](P↓) key to get the PROGRAMS [F4] PROGRAMS 2/2
menu on page 2/2. F1:AREA
F2:POINT TO LINE
P↓
4 Press the [F1](AREA) key. [F1] AREA
F1:FILE DATA
F2:MEASUREMENT

5 Press the [F2](MEASUREMENT) key. [F2] AREA

F1:USE G.F.
F2:DON’T USE

6 Press the [F1] or [F2] key to select using GRID [F2] AREA 0000
FACTOR. m.sq
[Example:F2 : DON’T USE]
MEAS ––– UNIT –––
7 Collimate a prism and press the [F1](MEAS) key. Collimate P N* <<< m
Measuring starts. *1) [F1] E: m
Z: m
>Measuring...

AREA 0001
m.sq

MEAS ––– UNIT –––

8 Collimate next point and press the [F1](MEAS) Collimate
key. [F1]

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When 3 or more points are measured, the area AREA 0003

surrounded by the points is calculated and the
result will be shown.
234.567 m.sq

MEAS ––– UNIT –––

*1) Measurement is Fine Single measurement mode.

● To change the display unit

It is possible to change the displayed area unit.

Operating procedure Operation Display

AREA 0003
100.000 m.sq

MEAS ––– UNIT –––

1 Press the [F3](UNIT) key. [F3] AREA 0003
100.000 m.sq

m.sq ha ft.sq acre

2 Select a unit by pressing the [F1] to [F4] key. [F2] AREA 0003
Example: [F2](ha) key. 0.010 ha

MEAS ––– UNIT –––

● m.sq : square meter ha : hectare ft.sq : square feet acre : acre.

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6.1.5 Point to Line Measurement

This mode is used to obtain the coordinate data with the origin point A(0,0,0) and the line AB as N
axis.
Place the 2 prisms at the points A and B on the line, and place the instrument at unknown point C. After
measuring the 2 prisms , the coordinate data and the direction angle of the instrument will be calculated
and restored.

P(n, e, z)

Prism P1 Prism P2

R.HT
Line

INS.HT Instrument Point (Unknown point)

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2/3. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PROGRAMS 1/2
F1:REM
F2:MLM
F3:Z COORD. P↓
3 Press the [F4](P↓) key to get the PROGRAMS [F4] PROGRAMS 2/2
menu on page 2/2. F1:AREA
F2:POINT TO LINE
P↓
4 Press the [F2] key. [F2] INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
INPUT
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter instrument [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
height. Enter INPUT
INS.HT R.HT: 0.000 m
[F4] INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
6 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter reflector [F1] POINT TO LINE
A(P1) height. Enter R.HT MEAS.P1
[F4] HD: m
>Sight? [YES][NO]

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7 Collimate prism P1 (Origin) and press [F3](YES) Collimate POINT TO LINE

key. P1 MEAS.P1
Measuring starts. *1) [F3] HD: << m
>Measuring...

Input display of reflector B(P2) height will be REFLECTOR HEIGHT

shown. INPUT
R.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
8 Press [F1](INPUT) key and enter reflector B(P2) [F1] POINT TO LINE
height. Enter R. HT MEAS.P2
[F4] HD: m
>Sight? [YES][NO]
9 Collimate prism B (P2)(Origin) and press the Collimate POINT TO LINE
[F3](YES) key. P2 MEAS.P2
Measuring starts. *1) [F3] HD: << m
>Measuring...
The coordinate data and the direction angle of the
instrument are calculated and restored. DIST. (P1-P2) 1/2
The result (The distance between A and B) will be dHD: 10.000 m
displayed. dVD: 0.000 m
dHD: Horizontal distance
dVD:Vertical distance
NEZ S.CO ––– P↓
dSD:Slope distance *2) ,3)
10 Press [F1](NEZ) key to measure other points. [F1] N: 0.000 m
E: 0.000 m
Z: 0.000 m
EXIT ––– HT MEAS
11 Collimate a prism and press [F4](MEAS) key. Collimate P
>Measuring...
Coordinate measurement starts. *4) [F4]
The result will be shown. *5) N: 3.456 m
E: 5.432 m
Z: 0.000 m
EXIT ––– HT MEAS

*1) Measurement is Fine Single measurement mode.

*2) To show dSD, press [F4](P↓) key.
*3) To show the new occupied data, press [F2](S.CO) key.
*4) Measurement is Fine Single measurement mode.
*5) To return to previous mode, press [F1](EXIT) key.

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6.2 Setting the GRID FACTOR

GRID FACTOR can reset in this menu mode.
For more information, refer to Section 8.1.1”Setting the GRID FACTOR”

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F2](GRID FACTOR) key. [F2] GRID FACTOR
=0.998843

>MODIFY? [YES][NO]
3 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] GRID FACTOR
ELEV.→1000 m
SCALE:0.999000
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
4 Press the [F1] (INPUT) key and enter Elevation. [F1]
1234 5678 90. –[ENT]
*1) Press the [F4](ENT) key. Enter ELEV.
[F4]

5 Enter Scale Factor in the same way. [F1] GRID FACTOR

Enter Scale ELEV.:2000 m
[F4] SCALE→1.001000
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
Grid Factor is displayed for 1 to 2 second and GRID FACTOR
display returns to menu.
=1.000686

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input Range :Elevation : –9,999 to +9,999 meter (–32,805 to +3,2805 ft, ft+in)
Scale Factor: 0.990000 to 1.010000

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6.3 Setting Illumination of Display and Cross Hairs

Setting ON/OFF/LEVEL (1 to 9) for illumination of display (LCD) and reticle.
● Setting LEVEL (1 to 9) is only for reticle.
[Example setting] LEVEL:2 and turn on the illumination.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 2/3
key to get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PROGRAMS
F2:GRID FACTOR
F3:ILLUMINATION P↓
2 Press the [F3] key. [F3] ILLUMINATION [OFF:1]
The data previously set is shown. F1:ON
F2:OFF
F3:LEVEL
3 Press the [F3](LEVEL) key. [F3] ILLUMINATION [OFF:1]
[LEVEL MODE]

↓ ↑ ––– ENTER
4 Press the [F2](↑) key, and then press the [F2]
[F4](ENTER) key. [F4] ILLUMINATION [OFF:2]
F1:ON
F2:OFF
F3:LEVEL
5 Press the [F1](ON) key. [F1] ILLUMINATION [ON:2]
F1:ON
F2:OFF
F3:LEVEL

● To return to previous mode, press the [ESC] key.

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6.4 Setting Mode 1

In this mode, the following settings are possible.
1. Setting Minimum Reading
2. Auto Power off
3. Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt Correction (Tilt ON/OFF)
(GTS-229 has vertical angle tilt correction only.).
4. Systematic Error of Instrument Correction
5. Selecting battery type
● This setting is memorized after power off.

6.4.1 Setting Minimum Reading

Select minimum display unit for angle measurement, coarse distance measurement mode.
● To select minimum display for fine measurement mode, see Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE” .
Models Angle Unit Coarse mode
Degree GON MIL Distance unit
GTS-223
GTS-225 5" / 1" 1mgon / 0.2mgon 0.1mil / 0.01mil
GTS-226 10mm (0.02ft)/
1mm(0.005ft)
GTS-229 10" / 5" 2mgon / 1mgon 0.1mil / 0.01mil

[Example] Minimum angle : 5”, Coarse : 1mm

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 3/3
key twice to get the menu on page 3. [F4] F1:PARAMETERS 1
[F4] F2:CONTRAST ADJ.
P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PARAMETERS 1
F1:MINIMUM READING
F2:AUTO POWER OFF
F3:TILT P↓
3 Press the [F1] key. [F1] MINIMUM READING
F1:ANGLE
F2:COARSE

4 Press the [F1] key. [F1] MINIMUM ANGLE

[F1: 1" ]
F2: 5"
ENTER
5 Press the [F2](5") key and press the [F4](ENTER) [F2] MINIMUM READING
key. [F4] F1:ANGLE
F2:COARSE

6 Press the [F2] key. [F2] COARSE READING

F1: 1mm
[F2:10mm]
ENTER

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7 Press the [F1] key and press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F1] MINIMUM READING
[F4] F1:ANGLE
F2:COARSE

● To return to previous mode, press the [ESC] key.

6.4.2 Auto Power Off

If no key operation is given or no process of measurement is performed for more than 30 minutes ( No
change exceeding 30” has occurred during horizontal angle or vertical angle measurement.), the power
turns off automatically. If the instrument is set at distance measurement mode ( No change in distance
exceeding 10cm has occurred during distance measurement), the mode changes to angle
measurement automatically in case that the instrument does not operate for approximately 10 minutes,
and the power turns off after 20 minutes.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 3/3
key twice to get the menu on page 3. [F4] F1:PARAMETERS 1
[F4] F2:CONTRAST ADJ.
P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PARAMETERS 1 1/2
F1:MINIMUM READING
F2:AUTO POWER OFF
F3:TILT P↓
3 Press the [F2] key. [F2] AUTO POWER OFF [OFF]
The data previously set is shown. F1:ON
F2:OFF
ENTER
4 Press the [F1](ON) key or [F2](OFF) key, and [F1] or [F2]
press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4]

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6.4.3 Vertical and Horizontal Angle Tilt correction ( Tilt ON/OFF)

(GTS-229 has vertical angle tilt correction only.)
In case the instrument is used in an unstable situation, constant indexing of vertical and horizontal
angle may be impossible. In this case, the function of tilt correction can be stopped by selecting TILT
OFF. It has been set to X,Y (V/H) TILT ON at the factory.
● This setting is memorized after powering off.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 3/3
key twice to get the menu on page 3. [F4] F1:PARAMETERS 1
[F4] F2:CONTRAST ADJ.
P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PARAMETERS 1 1/2
F1:MINIMUM READING
F2:AUTO POWER OFF
F3:TILT P↓
3 Press the [F3] key. [F3] TILT SENSOR:[XY-ON]
The data previously set is shown. X: 0°02'10"
If already ON, the display shows tilt correction
Y: 0°03'00"
value.
X-ON XY-ON OFF ENTER
4 Press the [F1](X-ON) key or [F2](XY-ON) or [F1]~[F3]
[F3](OFF) key, and press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4]

6.4.4 Systematic Error of Instrument Correction (only for GTS-223/225/226)

Setting ON/OFF for error correction of collimation and horizontal axis for angle measurement.
Note: Perform this item after complete Section 17.5 “Adjustment of Compensation Systematic Error of
Instrument”. .

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 3/3
key twice to get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:PARAMETERS 1
[F4] F2:CONTRAST ADJ.
P↓
2 Press the [F1] key. [F1] PARAMETERS 1 1/2
F1:MINIMUM READING
F2:AUTO POWER OFF
F3:TILT P↓
3 Press the [F4] key. [F4] PARAMETERS 1 2/2
F1:ERROR CORRECTION
F2:BATTERY TYPE
P↓
4 Press the [F1] key. [F1] ERROR CORR. [OFF]
The data previously set is shown. F1:ON
F2:OFF
ENTER
5 Press the [F1](ON) key or [F2](OFF) key, and [F1] or [F2]
press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4]

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6.4.5 Selecting Battery Type

On-board battery BT-32Q can be also available for GTS-220 series. When you use BT-32Q (Ni-Cd)
battery, select [Ni-Cd] type of battery in this parameters 1 menu.
If you select wrong type of battery, the battery remaining display may work incorrectly.

BT-52QA : Ni-MH battery type, BT-32Q : Ni-Cd battery type.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 3/3
key twice to get the menu on page 3/3. [F4] F1:PARAMETERS 1
[F4] F2:CONTRAST ADJ.
P↓
2 Press the [F1] key and press the [F4](P↓) key to [F1] PARAMETERS 1 2/2
get the menu on page 2. [F4] F1:ERROR CORRECTION
F2:BATTERY TYPE
P↓
3 Press the [F2] key. [F2] BATTERY TYPE
[F1:Ni-MH ]
F2:Ni-Cd
ENTER
4 Press the [F2] key to select Ni-Cd battery type. [F2]
Then press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4]

6.5 Setting Contrast of Display

Setting level for contrast of display (LCD)

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 After pressing the [MENU] key, press the [F4](P↓) [MENU] MENU 3/3
key twice to get the menu on page 3. [F4] F1:PARAMETERS 1
[F4] F2:CONTRAST ADJ.
P↓
2 Press the [F2] key. [F2] CONTRAST ADJUSTMENT
LEVEL: 4

↓ ↑ ––– ENTER
3 Press the [F1](↓) key or [F2](↑) key, and press the [F1]or [F2]
[F4](ENTER) key. [F4]

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7 DATA COLLECTION
The GTS-220 is able to store the measured data into the internal memory.
The internal memory is shared by the measured data files and the coordinate data files.
● Measured data
The collected data is memorized into a files.
● The number of measurement points
( In case not using the internal memory in layout mode)

MAX. 8,000 points

Because the internal memory covers both data collection mode and layout mode, the number of
measurement points will be decreased when the layout mode is used.
For the internal memory, refer to Chapter 9 “MEMORY MANAGER MODE”.

1) When turning off the power, ensure that you are in the main menu screen or main angle
measurement mode.
This ensures completion of the memory access process and avoids possible damage to the
stored data.
2) It is recommended for safety to charge the battery (BT-52QA) beforehand and prepare fully
charged spare batteries.

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● Data collect menu operation

By pressing the [MENU] key, the instrument will be in MENU 1/3 mode.
Press the [F1](DATA COLLECT) key, the menu of data collect 1/2 will be shown.

Normal measurement mode

[ESC] [MENU]
MENU 1/3
F1:DATA COLLECT
F2:LAYOUT
F3:MEMORY MGR. P↓
[F1]
SELECT A FILE Selecting data collection file
FN:

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

Set file

DATA COLLECT 1/2

F1:OCC.PT# INPUT [ESC] [F1]
F2:BACKSIGHT OCC.PT# INPUT
F3:FS/SS P↓ Setting occupied point
See Section 7.1.3 “Occupied Point and
DATA COLLECTION MENU 1/2 Backsight Point”.
[F2]
BACK SIGHT
Setting direction angle
See Section 7.1.3 “Occupied Point and
[F4] Backsight Point”.
[F3]
FS/SS
Executing data collection
See section 7.2 “Operational Procedure of
DATA COLLECT 2/2
[ESC] [F1] “DATA COLLECT””
F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:PCODE INPUT SELECT A FILE
F3:CONFIG. P↓ File can be selected for Data collect.
See Section 7.1.1 “Selecting a File for Data
DATA COLLECTION MENU 2/2 Collection”.
[F2]
PCODE INPUT
Editing PCODE library
See Section 7.5 “Editing PCODE Library
[PCODE INPUT]”
[F3]
CONFIG
Setting Parameter of Data Collect
See Section 7.6 “Setting Parameter of Data
Collect [CONFIG.]”.

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7.1 Preparation
7.1.1 Selecting a File for Data Collection
A file used by data collection mode must be selected at first.
Select a file before beginning data collection mode because selection screen of a file is displayed. And
a selection from data collection menu is possible in the mode.

Operating procedure Operation Display

MENU 1/3
F1:DATA COLLECT
F2:LAYOUT
F3:MEMORY MGR. P↓
1 Press [F1](DATA COLLECT) key from menu 1/3. [F1] SELECT A FILE
FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

2 Press [F2](LIST) key to display the list of file. *1) [F2] AMIDATA /M0123
→*HILDATA /M0345
TOPDATA /M0789
––– SRCH ––– ENTER
3 Scroll file list by pressing [ ] or [ ] key and [ ] or [ ] TOPDATA /M0789
select a file to use. *2),3) →RAPDATA /M0564
SATDATA /M0456
––– SRCH ––– ENTER
4 Press [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] DATA COLLECT 1/2
The file will be set and data collect 1/2 menu will F1:OCC.PT# INPUT
be shown.
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:FS/SS P↓

*1) If you want to make a new file or input file name directly, press [F1](INPUT) key and enter a file name.
*2) When a file has been selected already, '*' mark is indicated on left of current file name.
*3) Data in a file shown with arrow can be searched by pressing [F2](SRCH) key.

●It is possible to select a file from DATA COLLECT 2/2 menu in the
DATA COLLECT 2/2 same way.
F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:PCODE INPUT
F3:CONFIG. P↓

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7.1.2 Selecting a Coordinate File for Data Collection

When coordinate data in a coordinate data file are used for occupied point or backsight point, select a
coordinate file from the data collect menu 2/2 beforehand.

Operating procedure Operation Display

DATA COLLECT 2/2

F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:PCODE INPUT
F3:CONFIG. P↓
1 Press the [F1](SELECT A FILE) key from DATA [F1] SELECT A FILE
COLLECT menu 2/2. F1:MEAS.DATA
F2:COORD.DATA

2 Press the [F2](COORD.DATA) key. [F2] SELECT A FILE

FN:

INPUT LIST --- ENTER

3 Select a coordinate file in the same manner as
Section 7.1.1 “Selecting a File for Data Collection”.

7.1.3 Occupied Point and Backsight Point

The occupied point and direction angle in the data collect mode are linked with the occupied point and
direction angle in normal coordinate measurement.
It is possible to set or change the occupied point and direction angle from the data collect mode.

Occupied point can be set by two setting methods as follow.

1) Setting from the coordinate data stored in the internal memory.
2) Direct key input.

The following three setting methods for backsight point can be selected.
1) Setting from the coordinate data stored in the internal memory.
2) Direct key input of coordinate data.
3) Direct key input of setting angle.

Note: See 9.4 “Coordinate Data Direct Key Input” and 9.7.2 “Loading Data” for how to store
coordinate into the internal memory.

● Example for setting the occupied point:

In case of setting occupied point from the coordinate data stored in the internal memory.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F1](OCC.PT# INPUT) key from the [F1] PT# → PT-01
data collect menu 1/2. ID :
The previous data is shown.
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ
2 Press the [F4] (OCNEZ) key. [F4] OCC.PT
PT#:PT-01

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

3 Press the [F1](INPUT) key. [F1] OCC.PT
PT#=PT-01

1234 5678 90.– [ENT]

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4 Enter PT#, press [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# PT# → PT-11
[F4] ID :
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ
5 Enter ID, INS.HT in the same way. *2),3) Enter ID, PT# :PT-11
INS.HT ID :
INS.HT→ 1.335 m
INPUT SRCH REC OCNEZ
6 Press [F3](REC) key. [F3]
>REC ? [YES][NO]

7 Press [F3](YES) key. [F3]

The display returns to the data collect menu 1/2.
DATA COLLECT 1/2
F1:OCC.PT# INPUT
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:FS/SS P↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) ID can be input by inputting a register number linked with PCODE Library.
To show the list of PCODE library, press the [F2](SRCH) key.
*3) Press the [F3](REC) key when you do not input the INS.HT.
● The data recorded in data collect is PT#, ID and INS.HT.
● If point is not found in internal memory "PT# DOES NOT EXIST" is displayed.

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● Example for setting the direction angle:

The following is to memorize the data of the backsight after setting the backsight point from point
number.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F2](BACKSIGHT) key from the data [F2] BS# →
collect menu 1/2. PCODE :
The previous data is shown.
R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT 0SET MEAS BS
2 Press the [F4] (BS) key. *1) [F4] BACKSIGHT
PT#:

INPUT LIST NE/AZ ENT

3 Press the [F1](INPUT) key. [F1] BACKSIGHT
PT#=

1234 5678 90.– [ENT]

4 Enter PT#, press the [F4](ENT) key. *2) Enter PT# BS# → PT-22
[F4] PCODE :
R.HT : 0.000 m
Enter PCODE,R.HT in the same way. *3),4)
INPUT 0SET MEAS BS
5 Press the [F3](MEAS) key. [F3] BS# → PT-22
PCODE :
R.HT : 0.000 m
*VH SD NEZ –––
6 Collimate back sight point. Collimate V : 90°00'00"
Select one of the measuring mode and press the BS HR: 0°00'00"
soft key. [F2] SD*[n] <<< m
EXAMPLE : [F2](Slope Distance) key.
Measuring starts.
> Measuring...
Horizontal circle is set to calculated direction
angle. DATA COLLECT 1/2
Measuring result is memorized and the display F1:OCC.PT# INPUT
returns to the data collect menu 1/2. F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:FS/SS P↓

*1) Pressing each time the [F3] key, the input method changes as Coordinate value, Angle, Coordinate
point name alternatively.
*2) Refer to Chapter 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.
*3) PCODE can be input by inputting a register number linked with PCODE Library.
To show the list of PCODE library, press the [F2](SRCH) key.
*4) Data collect sequence can be set to [EDIT→ MEAS]. Refer to Section 7.6 “Setting Parameter of Data
Collect [CONFIG.]”.

● If point is not found in internal memory " PT# DOES NOT EXIST" is displayed.

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7.2 Operational Procedure of “DATA COLLECT”

Operating procedure Operation Display

DATA COLLECT 1/2

F1:OCC.PT# INPUT
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:FS/SS P↓
1 Press the [F3](FS/SS) key from the data collect [F3] PT# →
menu 1/2. PCODE :
The previous data is shown.
R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
2 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter PT#. [F1] PT# =PT-01
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# PCODE :
[F4] R.HT : 0.000 m
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]

PT# :PT-01
PCODE →
R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
3 Enter PCODE, R.HT in the same way. *2),3) [F1] PT# → PT-01
Enter PCODE :TOPCON
PCODE R.HT : 1.200 m
[F4] INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
[F1]
4 Press the [F3](MEAS) key. EnterR.HT
VH *SD NEZ OFSET
[F4]
5 Collimate the target point. [F3]

Collimate

6 Press one of the [F1] to [F3] key. *4) [F2] V : 90°10'20"

Example: [F2](SD) key.
HR: 120°30'40"
Measuring starts.
SD*[n] < m
> Measuring...
The measuring data is memorized and the display < complete >
changes to the next point. *5)
PT# is automatically incremented. PT# → PT-02
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
7 Enter the next point data and collimate the next Collimate
point.
8 Press [F4](ALL) key. [F4] V : 90°10'20"
Measuring starts in the same measuring mode of
HR: 120°30'40"
the previous point.
Data is recorded.
SD*[n] < m
> Measuring...
< complete >

PT# → PT-03
Continue the measuring in the same way. PCODE :TOPCON
To finish the mode , press [ESC] key. *6)
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

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*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) PCODE can be input by inputting a register number linked with PCODE Library.
To show the list of PCODE library, press the [F2](SRCH) key.
*3) Data collect sequence can be set to [EDIT→MEAS]. See to Section 7.6 “Setting Parameter of Data
Collect [CONFIG.]”.
*4) The mark "*" indicates the previous measuring mode.
*5) You can confirm the measured data as follows. Refer to Section 7.6 “Setting Parameter of Data Collect
[CONFIG.]”.

V : 90°10'20"
HR: 120°30'40"
SD: 98.765 m
> OK ? [YES][NO]

● Searching the recorded data

While executing the DATA COLLECT mode, you can search the recorded data.

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT# → PT-02
PCODE :
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
1 While executing the DATA COLLECT mode, press [F2] SEARCH [TOPCON]
[F2](SRCH) key. *1 F1:FIRST DATA
F2:LAST DATA
The using file name will appear on the top of the
right side of the display.
F3:PT# DATA

2 Select one of three search methods by pressing [F1] to [F3]

[F1] to [F3] key. *2

*1) It is possible to see the PCODE list when the arrow is located beside PCODE or ID.
*2) The operation is same as the "SEARCH" in the MEMORY MANAGER mode.
For more information, refer to Section 9.2 “Searching Data”.

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● Entering PCODE / ID using PCODE Library

While executing the DATA COLLECT mode, you can enter PCODE /ID from PCODE Library.

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT# :PT-02
PCODE →
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
1 Move the arrow to the PCODE or ID in the DATA [F1] PT# :PT-02
COLLECT mode, press the [F1](INPUT) key. PCODE =32
R.HT : 1.200 m
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]
2 Enter a register number linked with PCODE library Enter No PT# :PT-02
and press the [F4](ENT) key. [F4] PCODE :TOPCON
(Example)
R.HT → 1.200 m
Register number, 32 = TOPCON
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

● Entering PCODE / ID from the list of PCODE

You can also enter PCODE / ID from the list of PCODE.

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT# :PT-02
PCODE →
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
1 Move the arrow to the PCODE or ID in the DATA [F2]
COLLECT mode, press the [F2](SRCH) key. → 001:PCODE01
002:PCODE02
EDIT ––– CLR ENTER
2 By pressing the following keys, the register [ ]or[ ] 031:PCODE31
number will increase or decrease. → 032:TOPCON
[ ]or[ ]
[ ]or[ ]:Increasing or Decreasing one by one 033:HILTOP
[ ]or[ ]:By ten Increasing or Decreasing. *1) EDIT ––– CLR ENTER
3 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] PT# :PT-02
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT → 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

*1) To edit the PCODE library, press the [F1](EDIT) key.

To delete the PCODE registered with shown an arrow, press the [F3](CLR) key.
PCODE can be edited in DATA COLLECT menu 2/2 or MEMORY MANAGER menu 2/3.

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7.3 Data Collect Offset Measurement mode

This mode is useful when it is difficult to set up the prism directly, for example at the center of a tree.
Data Collect . Offset Measurement has two measuring methods.
● Angle offset measurement
● Distance offset measurement
● Plane offset measurement
● Column offset measurement

7.3.1 Angle Offset Measurement

Place the prism at the same horizontal distance from the instrument as that of point A0 to measure.

When measuring coordinates of ground point A1 :Set the

instrument height / prism height.

When measuring coordinates of point A0 : Set the

instrument height only. (Set the prism height to 0 ).
Prism P

When sighting to A0, you can select one of two

Prism height ways. One is to fix vertical angle to the prism
position even up down the telescope position, and
the other is to gear vertical angle to the up down
of telescope movement. In case following the
vertical angle to the movement of telescope, SD
(Slope Distance) and VD (Vertical Distance) will
be changed according to the movement of
telescope.
To set this option, refer to Chapter 16
“SELECTING MODE”.
Instrument height

Occ.Point

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEAS) key. [F3] PT# → PT-11
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
VH *SD NEZ OFSET
2 Press the [F4](OFSET) key. [F4] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG. OFFSET
F2:DIST. OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F1] key. [F1] OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
HR: 120°30'40"
HD: m
>Sight ? [YES][NO]
4 Collimate the prism. Collimate P

5 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] OFFSET-MEASUREMENT

Continuous measuring starts. HR: 120°30'40"
HD*[n] < m
>measuring ...

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OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
HR: 120°30'40"
SD* 12.345 m
>OK? [YES][NO]
6 Collimate point A0 using the horizontal motion Collimate A0 OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
clamp and horizontal tangent screw. HR: 123°30'40"
SD: 12.345 m
>OK? [YES][NO]
7 Show the horizontal distance of point A0. OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
[ ]
HR: 123°30'40"
HD: 6.543 m
>OK? [YES][NO]
8 Show the relative elevation of point A0. OFFSET-MEASUREMENT
[ ]
HR: 123°30'40"
● Each time pressing [ ] key, horizontal distance ,
VD: 0.843 m
relative elevation and slope distance are shown in
sequence.
>OK? [YES][NO]

9 Show N coordinate of point A0 or A1. OFFSET-MEASUREMENT

[ ]
HR: 123°30'40"
● Each time pressing [ ] key, N,E and Z
N : –12.345 m
coordinate are shown in sequence.
>OK? [YES][NO]
10 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] PT# → PT-12
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
The data is recorded and the next measuring point
is displayed.
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

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7.3.2 Distance Offset Measurement

The measurement of a place apart from a prism is possible by inputting offset horizontal distance of
front and back / right and left.
Forward HD

oHD sign
A0

A1 RorL HD

Prism height

Prism P

Instrument height

Occ.Point

When measuring coordinates of ground point A1: Set the instrument height / prism height.

When measuring coordinates of point A0: Set the instrument height only.
(Set the prism height to 0 ).

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT# → PT-11
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
1 Press the [F3](MEAS) key. INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
[F3]
VH *SD NEZ OFSET
2 Press the [F4](OFSET) key. [F4] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG. OFFSET
F2:DIST. OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F2] key. [F2] DISTANCE OFFSET
INPUT RorL HD
oHD: m
INPUT ––– SKP ENTER
4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter Right and [F1] DISTANCE OFFSET
Left direction offset value.*1) Enter HD INPUT FORWARD HD
[F4] oHD: m
INPUT ––– SKP ENTER
5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter Forward [F1] PT# :PT-11
direction offset value. *1) Enter HD PCODE : TOPCON
[F4] R.HT : 1.200 m
––– *SD NEZ –––

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6 Collimate the prism. Collimate P

7 Press the [F2] or [F3] key. [F3] N*[n] <<< m

Example:[F3](NEZ) key
E : m
Measuring starts.
Z : m
>measuring ...
>Calculating...

The data is recorded and the next measuring point PT# → PT-12
is displayed. PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

*1) To skip entering, press the [F3](SKP) key.

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7.3.3 Plane Offset Measurement

Measuring will be taken for the place where direct measuring can not be done, for example distance or
coordinate measuring for a edge of a plane.
Three random points (P1, P2, P3) on a plane will be measured at first in the plane offset measurement
to determine the measured plane. Collimate the measuring point (P0) then the instrument calculates
and displays coordinate and distance value of cross point between collimation axis and of the plane..

P (Prism)

P (Point without
prism)

P3 P2
(Prism) (Prism)

Prism heights of P1 to P3 is set to zero automatically.

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT# → PT-11
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
1 Press the [F3](MEAS) key. INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
[F3]
VH *HD NEZ OFSET
2 Press the [F4](OFSET) key. [F4] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F3](PLANE OFFSET) key. [F3] PLANE
N001#:
SD: m
MEAS --- --- ---
4 Collimate prism P1, and press the [F1](MEAS) Collimate PLANE
key. P1 N001#:
Measuring will start. [F1] SD* [n] << m
After measuring, the display will show the second
point measurement.
>Measuring...

5 Measure the second and third points in the same Collimate PLANE
way. P2 N002#:
[F1] SD: m
MEAS --- --- ---

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Collimate PLANE
P3 N003#:
[F1] SD: m
MEAS --- --- ---

The display changes to PT# input in the plane

offset measurement.
PLANE
Input point number if necessary. PT# → PT-11
PCODE :TOPCON
INPUT SRCH --- MEAS
6 Press the [F4](MEAS) key. [F4] HR: 80°30'40"
The instrument calculates and displays coordinate HD: 54.321 m
and distance value of cross point between
VD: 10.000 m
collimation axis and of the plane. *2
>OK? [YES][NO]
7 Collimate the edge (P0) of the plane. *3, 4 Collimate HR: 75°30'40"
P0 HD: 54.600 m
VD: -0.487 m
>OK? [YES][NO]

8 To show the slope distance (SD), press the [ ] V : 90°30'40"

key. HR: 75°30'40"
● Each time pressing the [ ] key, horizontal SD: 54.602 m
distance, relative elevation and slope distance are >OK? [YES][NO]
shown in sequence.
● To show coordinate value of point P0, press the
[ ] key.
9 Press the [F3](YES) key. Next offset point number [F3] PLANE
will be displayed. PT# → PT-12
PCODE :TOPCON
INPUT SRCH --- MEAS
10 To escape the measuring, press the [ESC] key. [ESC] PT# → PT-12
The display returns to the next point number in PCODE :TOPCON
data collect mode. R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

*1) In case the calculation of plane was not successful by the measured three points, errordisplays. Start
measuring over again from the first point.
*2) Data display is the mode beforehand of offset measurement mode.
*3) Error will be displayed when collimated to the direction which does not cross with the determined plane.
*4) The refrector height of the target point P0 is set to zero automatically

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7.3.4 Column Offset Measurement

If it is possible to measure circumscription point (P1) of column directly, the distance to the center of the
column (P0), coordinate and direction angle can be calculated by measured circumscription points (P2)
and (P3).
The direction angle of the center of the column is 1/2 of total direction angle of circumscription points
(P2) and (P3)..

P2 P

P P3

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT# → PT-11
PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
1 Press the [F3](MEAS) key. INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL
[F3]
VH *SD NEZ OFSET
2 Press the [F4](OFSET) key. [F4] OFFSET 1/2
F1:ANG.OFFSET
F2:DIST.OFFSET
F3:PLANE OFFSET P↓
3 Press the [F4](P1↓) key. [F4] OFFSET 2/2
F1:COLUMN OFFSET

P↓
4 Press the [F1](COLUMN OFFSET) key. [F1] COLUMN OFFSET
Center
HD: m
MEAS --- --- ---
5 Collimate the center of the column (P1) and press Collimate COLUMN OFFSET
the [F1](MEAS) key. P1 Center
Measuring will start. [F1] HD* [n] << m
After the measurement, angle measuring display
of the left side (P2) will be shown.
>Measuring...

6 Collimate the left side of the column (P2) and Collimate COLUMN OFFSET
press the [F4](SET) key. P2 Left
After the measurement, angle measuring display [F4] HR: 120°30'40"
of the right side (P3) will be shown.
--- --- --- SET

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7 Collimate the right side of the column (P3) and Collimate COLUMN OFFSET
press the [F4](SET) key. P3 Right
[F4] HR: 180°30'40"
--- --- --- SET

The distance between the instrument and center COLUMN OFFSET

of the column (P0) will be calculated.
HR: 150°30'40"
HD: 43.321 m
>OK? [YES][NO]

To show the relative elevation (VD), press the COLUMN OFFSET

[ ]
[ ] key. HR: 150°30'40"
VD: 2.321 m
Each time pressing the [ ] key, horizontal
>OK? [YES][NO]
distance, relative elevation and slope distance are
shown in sequence.
To show coordinate of point P0, press the [ ]
key.
8 Press the [F3](YES) key. The display returns to the [F3] PT# → PT-12
next point number in data collect mode. PCODE :TOPCON
R.HT : 1.200 m
INPUT SRCH MEAS ALL

7.4 NEZ Auto Calculation

As measured data is collected, coordinates are calculated and stored for traverse or topo collection.
Automatic making out function of coordinate data sets up in CONFIG of data collect. Refer to Section
7.6 “Setting Parameter of Data Collect [CONFIG.]”.
As a default, coordinate data calculated will be saved in a file of the same name as the measurement
data file.
When the coordinate data file of the same name as the measurement data file does not exist, it will be
generated automatically.
It is possible to change a file for saving coordinate data in the DATA COLLECT Menu 2/2 (F1:SELECT
A FILE).
To calculate a coordinate data, it is necessary to add a point number in Data Collect execution.
When a coordinate data of the same point number exist already, it can be replaced with the new data by
confirming display.

● Coordinates will be calculated using the grid factor.

To set the grid factor, see Section 6.2“Setting the GRID FACTOR” .

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7.5 Editing PCODE Library [PCODE INPUT]

PCODE data can be entered into PCODE Library in this mode.
A PCODE is liked with a number of 1 to 50.
PCODE can be also edited in MEMORY MANAGER menu 2/3 in the same way.

Operating procedure Operation Display

DATA COLLECT 2/2

F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:PCODE INPUT
F3:CONFIG. P↓
1 Press the [F2](PCODE INPUT) key from Data [F2]
Collect menu 2/2. → 001:TOPCON
002:TOKYO
EDIT ––– CLR –––
2 By pressing the following keys, the list will increase [ ]or[ ] 011:URAH
or decrease. → 012:AMIDAT
[ ]or[ ]
[ ] or[ ] : Increasing or Decreasing one by one 013:HILLTO
[ ]or[ ] : By ten Increasing or Decreasing. EDIT ––– CLR –––
3 Press the [F1](EDIT) key. [F1] 011:URAH
→ 012=AMIDAT
013:HILLTO
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]
4 Enter PCODE and press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter 011:URAH
PCODE → 012:AMISUN
[F4] 013:HILLTO
EDIT ––– CLR –––

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

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7.6 Setting Parameter of Data Collect [CONFIG.]

In this mode, the following settings of data collect mode are possible.
● Setting Items

Menu Selecting Item Contents

Select Fine /Coarse(1) /Coarse(10) mode in distance

measurement mode.
FINE / CRS(1) / The unit to be displayed is as follows.
F1:DIST MODE
CRS(10) Fine mode: 1mm (0.2mm)
Coarse (1) mode: 1mm
Coarse (10) mode: 10mm
Select the distance measurement mode Horizontal
F2:HD/SD HD/SD
Distance or Slope distance.

N-TIMES / Select to set measurement mode for distance

F3:MEAS. SEQ.
SINGLE / REPEAT measurement.
It is possible to confirm the result of measuring data
F1:DATA CONFIRM YES/NO
before the data is recorded.
Select the procedure of data collection.
[EDIT→MEAS] :Measurement is carried out after
[EDIT→MEAS] /
F2:COLLECT SEQ. entering other data.
[MEAS→EDIT]
[MEAS→EDIT] :Measurement is carried out before
entering other data.
It is possible to calculate coordinate value of data collected
F3:NEZ AUTO. CALC ON/OFF
and store it into coordinate data file in every data collection.

● How to Set Items

Example Setting: DATA CONFIRM : YES

Operating procedure Operation Display

DATA COLLECT 2/2

F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:PCODE INPUT
F3:CONFIG. P↓
1 Press the [F3] (CONFIG.) key from the data collect [F3] CONFIG. 1/2
menu 2/2. F1:DIST MODE
The CONFIG menu 1/2 is shown.
F2:HD/SD
F3:MEAS. SEQ. P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key to display the CONFIG [F4] CONFIG. 2/2
menu 2/2. F1:DATA CONFIRM
F2:COLLECT SEQ.
F3:NEZ AUTO. CALC P↓
3 Press the [F1] (DATA CONFIRM) key. [F1] DATA CONFIRM
[ ] indicates the current setting. F1:YES
[F2:NO ]
ENTER
4 Press the [F1] (YES) key. [F1] DATA CONFIRM
[F1:YES]
F2:NO
ENTER
5 Press the [F4] (ENTER) key. [F4]

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8 LAYOUT
LAYOUT mode has two functions which are setting of layout points and setting new points using
coordinate data in the internal memory.
Also, if the coordinate data is not stored in the internal memory, this can be input from key board.
The coordinate data is loaded from PC to the internal memory via RS-232C.
● The coordinate data
The coordinate data is memorized into a file.
For the internal memory, refer to Chapter 9 “MEMORY MANAGER MODE”.

The GTS-220 is able to store the coordinate data into the internal memory.
The internal memory is shared by the measured data and the coordinate data for layout.
Maximum 30 files can be generated.
● The number of coordinate data
( In case not using the internal memory in the data collect mode)

MAX. 16,000 points

Because the internal memory covers both data collection mode and layout mode, the number of
coordinate data will be decreased when the data collection mode is used.

1) When turning off the power, ensure that you are in the main menu screen or main angle
measurement mode.
This ensures completion of the memory access process and avoids possible damage to
the stored data.
2) It is recommended for safety to charge the battery (BT-52QA) beforehand and prepare fully
charged spare batteries.
3) When recording new point data, remember to consider the amount of internal memory
available.

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● Layout menu operation

By pressing the [MENU] key, the instrument will be in MENU 1/3 mode.
Press the [F2](LAYOUT) key, the menu of layout 1/2 will be shown.

Normal measurement mode

[ESC] [MENU]
MENU 1/3
F1:DATA COLLECT
F2:LAYOUT
F3:MEMORY MGR. P↓
[F2]
SELECT A FILE Selecting a file for LAYOUT
FN:_________ [F1](INPUT) : Input a new file name.
[F2](LIST) : Seek for a file.
[F3](SKP) : If you do not want to create or reselect a file.
INPUT LIST SKP ENTER [F4](ENTER) : To select display file.

[F3]/[F4] OCC.PT INPUT

LAYOUT 1/2 OCC.PT
F1:OCC.PT INPUT [ESC] [F1] PT#:__________
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:LAYOUT P↓ INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER
LAYOUT MENU 1/2 BACKSIGHT
BACKSIGHT
[F2] PT#:__________

INPUT LIST NE/AZ ENT

DATA INPUT
[F4]
LAYOUT
[F3] PT#:__________

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

SELECT A FILE
LAYOUT 2/2 SELECT A FILE
F1:SELECT A FILE [ESC] [F1] FN:__________
F2:NEW POINT
F3:GRID FACTOR P↓ INPUT LIST ––– ENTER
LAYOUT MENU 2/2 NEW POINT
NEW POINT
[F2] F1:SIDE SHOT
F2:RESECTION

GRID FACTOR
GRID FACTOR
[F3] =1.000000

>MODIFY? [YES][NO]

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8.1 Preparation
8.1.1 Setting the GRID FACTOR
● Calculation Formula
1) Elevation Factor
R R : The average radius of the earth
Elevation Factor =
R+ELEV. ELEV. : The elevation above mean sea level
2) Scale Factor
Scale Factor : Scale Factor at the surveying station
3) Grid Factor
Grid Factor = Elevation Factor × Scale Factor

Distance Calculation
1) Grid Distance
HDg : Grid distance
HDg = HD × Grid Factor HD : Ground distance
2) Ground Distance
HDg
HD =
Grid Factor

● How to Set Grid Factor

Operating procedure Operation Display

LAYOUT 2/2
F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:NEW POINT
F3:GRID FACTOR P↓
1 Press the [F3](GRID FACTOR) key from the [F3] GRID FACTOR
Layout menu 2/2. =0.998843

>MODIFY? [YES][NO]
2 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] GRID FACTOR
ELEV.→1000 m
SCALE:0.999000
3 Press the [F1] (INPUT) key and enter Elevation. INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
[F1]
*1) Press the [F4](ENT) key. Enter ELEV.
1234 5678 90.–[ENT]
[F4]

4 Enter Scale Factor in the same way. [F1] GRID FACTOR

Enter Scale ELEV.:2000 m
[F4] SCALE→1.001000
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

Grid Factor is displayed for 1 to 2 second and GRID FACTOR

display returns to Layout menu 2/2. =1.000686

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input Range :Elevation : –9,999 to +9,999 meter (–32,805 to +3,2805 ft, ft+in)
Scale Factor : 0.990000 to 1.010000

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8.1.2 Selecting Coordinate Data File

You can execute a Layout from selected coordinate data file, also you can record New point measured
data into the selected coordinate data file.
● The only coordinate data file existing can be selected and you can not make a new file in this mode.
For more information about File, refer to Chapter 9 “MEMORY MANAGER MODE”.
● When LAYOUT MODE is begun, a file can be selected in the same way.

Operating procedure Operation Display

LAYOUT 2/2
F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:NEW POINT
F3:GRID FACTOR P↓
1 Press the [F1](SELECT A FILE) key from the [F1] SELECT A FILE
Layout menu 2/2. FN:

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

2 Press the [F2](LIST) key to display the list of [F2] COORDDATA /C0123
coordinate data file.*1) →*TOKBDATA /C0345
TOPCDATA /C0789
––– SRCH ––– ENTER
3 Scroll file list by pressing the [ ]or[ ] key and [ ]or[ ] *TOKBDATA /C0345
select a file to use. *2),3) → TOPCDATA /C0789
SATIDATA /C0456
––– SRCH ––– ENTER
4 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] LAYOUT 2/2
The file will be set . F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:NEW POINT
F3:GRID FACTOR P↓

*1) If you want to input file name directly, press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter a file name.
*2) When a file has been selected already, ‘*’ mark is indicated on left of current file name.
For the file discrimination mark (*, @, &), refer to Section 9.3 “FILE MAINTENANCE”.
*3) Data in a file shown with arrow can be searched by pressing the [F2](SRCH) key.

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8.1.3 Setting Occupied Point

Occupied point can be set by two setting methods as follow.
1) Setting from the coordinate data stored in the internal memory.
2) Direct key input of coordinate data.

● Example setting :Setting the occupied point from the internal coordinate data file

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F1](OCC.PT INPUT) key from the [F1] OCC.PT
Layout menu 1/2. PT#:
The previous data is shown.
INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER
2 Press the [F1] (INPUT) key. [F1] OCC.PT
PT#=PT-01

1234 5678 90.– [ENT]

3 Enter PT#, press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
[F4] INPUT
INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– [ENT]
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]
4 Enter INS.HT in the same way. [F1] LAYOUT 1/2
Enter F1:OCC.PT INPUT
INS.HT F2:BACKSIGHT
The display returns to layout menu 1/2. [F4] F3:LAYOUT P↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

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● Example setting :Setting Instrument point coordinates directly

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F1](OCC.PT INPUT) key from the [F1] OCC.PT
Layout menu 1/2. PT#:
The previous data is shown.
INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER
2 Press the [F3] (NEZ) key. [F3] N→ 0.000 m
E: 0.000 m
Z: 0.000 m
INPUT --- PT# ENTER
3 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter [F1] COORD.DATA INPUT
coordinate value. Enter coord. PT#:
press the [F4](ENT) key. *1),2) [F4]
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]
4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter PT#. [F1] INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *2) Enter PT# INPUT
[F4] INS.HT: 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]
5 Enter Instrument Height in the same way. [F1] LAYOUT 1/2
Enter F1:OCC.PT INPUT
INS.HT F2:BACKSIGHT
The display returns to layout menu 1/2. [F4] F3:LAYOUT P↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) It is possible to record the coordinate value. Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

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8.1.4 Setting Backsight Point

The following three setting methods for Backsight point can be selected.
1) Setting from the coordinate data file stored in the internal memory.
2) Direct key input of coordinate data.
3) Direct key input of setting angle.

● Example setting :Setting the backsight point from the internal coordinate data file

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F2](BACKSIGHT) key from the Layout [F2] BACKSIGHT
menu 1/2. PT#:

INPUT LIST NE/AZ ENT

2 Press the [F1] (INPUT) key. [F1] BACKSIGHT
PT#=BK-01

1234 5678 90.– [ENT]

3 Enter PT#, press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# BACKSIGHT
[F4] H(B)= 0°00'00"

>Sight ? [YES][NO]
4 Sight the backsight point and press the [F3](YES) Sight BK
key. [F3]
The display returns to the layout menu 1/2.

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 "How to enter alphanumeric characters".

● With each pressing of [F3] key,

method of inputting backsight BACKSIGHT
is changed. PT#:

INPUT LIST NE/AZ ENT

[F3](NE/AZ)

N → 0.000 m
E : 0.000 m

INPUT ––– AZ ENTER

[F3](AZ)
BACKSIGHT
HR:

INPUT ––– PT# ENTER

[F3](PT#)

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● Example setting: Setting the backsight point coordinates directly

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F2](BACKSIGHT) key from the Layout [F2] BACKSIGHT
menu 1/2. PT#:
The previous data is shown.
INPUT LIST NE/AZ ENT
2 Press the [F3] (NE/AZ) key. [F3] N→ 0.000 m
E: 0.000 m

INPUT ––– AZ ENTER

3 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter coordinate [F1] BACKSIGHT
value. Enter coord. H(B)= 0°00'00"
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) , 2) [F4]
>Sight ? [YES][NO]
4 Sight the backsight point. Sight BK

5 Press the [F3](YES) key. [F3] LAYOUT 1/2

F1:OCC.PT INPUT
The display returns to the layout menu 1/2.
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:LAYOUT P↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) It is possible to record the coordinate value. Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

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8.2 Executing a Layout

The following methods can be selected for executing a Layout:
1) Recalling points from internal memory by point number.
2) Direct key input of coordinate values.
Example setting : Recalling point from internal memory.

Operating procedure Operation Display

LAYOUT 1/2
F1:OCC.PT INPUT
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:LAYOUT P↓
1 Press the [F3](LAYOUT) key from the layout menu [F3] LAYOUT
1/2. PT#:

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

2 Press the [F1](INPUT) key, and enter PT#. *1 [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *2 Enter PT# INPUT
[F4] R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
3 Enter reflector height in the same way. [F1] CALCULATED
Enter R.HT HR= 90°10'20"
When the layout point is set, the instrument will [F4] HD= 123.456 m
start layout calculation.
HR: Calculated horizontal angle of the layout point
ANGLE DIST ––– –––
HD: Calculated horizontal distance from the
instrument to the layout point
4 Collimate the prism, and press the [F1](ANGLE) Collimate P PT#: LP-100
key. [F1] HR: 6°20'40"
PT#: Layout point
dHR: 23°40'20"
HR: Measured (Actual) horizontal angle.
dHR: Horizontal angle to be turned to the layout
DIST ––– NEZ –––
point = Actual horizontal angle - Calculated
horizontal angle.
Correct direction when dHR = 0°00'00"
5 Press the [F1](DIST) key. [F1] HD*[r] < m
HD: Measuring (Actual) horizontal distance dHD: m
dHD: Horizontal distance to be turned to the
dZ: m
layout point = Actual horizontal distance –
Calculated horizontal distance.
MODE ANGLE NEZ NEXT
dZ: Vertical distance to be turned to the layout
point = Actual vertical distance – Calculated HD* 143.840 m
vertical distance. dHD: –13.34 m
dZ: –0.05 m
MODE ANGLE NEZ NEXT
6 Press the [F1](MODE) key. [F1] HD*[r] < m
The fine mode measuring starts. dHD: m
dZ: m
MODE ANGLE NEZ NEXT

HD* 156.835 m
dHD: –3.327 m
dZ: –0.046 m
MODE ANGLE NEZ NEXT

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7 When the display value dHR, dHD and dZ are

equal to 0, the layout point is established.*3
8 Press the [F3](NEZ) key. [F3] N * 100.000 m
The coordinate data is shown. E : 100.000 m
Z : 1.015 m
MODE ANGLE ––– NEXT
9 Press the [F4](NEXT) key to set next layout point . [F4] LAYOUT
PT# is automatically incremented. PT#: LP-101

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) Point number could not be entered when data to comply with the coordinate value does not exist in the
file.
*3) Cut & Fill displaying function is available . Refer to Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

● Point Guide Function (Only for Point Guide type)

The point guide function can be used while executing a Layout.

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT#:P1003
HR: 6°20'40"
dHR: 23°40'20"
DIST --- NEZ ---
1 After measuring Angle, Distance or Coordinate, [MENU] POINTGUIDE [OFF]
press the [MENU] key.

––– ––– [ON][OFF]

2 Press the [F3](ON) or [MENU] key. [F3] POINTGUIDE [ON]
or
[MENU]
––– ––– [ON][OFF]
3 Press the [ESC] key to return to the previous [ESC] PT#:P1003
display. HR: 6°20'40"
dHR: 23°40'20"
DIST --- NEZ ---

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8.3 Setting a New Point

New point is required for example when a layout point cannot be sighted from existing control points.

8.3.1 Side Shot Method

Set up the instrument at a known point, and measure the coordinate of the new points by the side shot
method

N
Known Point B

New Point

Known Point A
(Instrument)

Operating procedure Operation Display

LAYOUT 1/2
F1:OCC.PT INPUT
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:LAYOUT P↓
1 Press the [F4](↓) key from the layout menu 1/2 to [F4] LAYOUT 2/2
get the layout menu 2/2. F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:NEW POINT
F3:GRID FACTOR P↓
2 Press the [F2](NEW POINT). [F2] NEW POINT
F1:SIDE SHOT
F2:RESECTION

3 Press the [F1](SIDE SHOT) key. [F1] SELECT A FILE

FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––––ENTER

4 Press the [F2](LIST) key to display the list of [F2] COORDDATA /C0123
coordinate data file. *1) →*TOKBDATA /C0345
TOPCDATA /C0789
––– SRCH ––– ENTER
5 Scroll file list by pressing [ ]or[ ] key and select [ ]or[ ] *TOKBDATA /C0345
a file to use. *2),3) → TOPCDATA /C0789
SATIDATA /C0456
––– SRCH ––– ENTER

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6 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] SIDE SHOT

The file will be set . PT#:

INPUT SRCH ––– ENTER

7 Press the [F1](INPUT) key, and enter the new [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
point name. *4) Enter PT# INPUT
Press the [F4](ENT) key. [F4] R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
8 Enter reflector height in the same way. [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
Enter R.HT INPUT
[F4] R.HT : 1.235 m
>Sight ? [YES][NO]
9 Collimate the new point, and press the [F3](YES) Collimate HR: 123°40'20"
key. [F3] HD* < m
Distance measuring starts.
VD: m
> Measuring...
< complete >

N : 1234.567 m
E : 123.456 m
Z : 1.234 m
>REC ? [YES][NO]
10 Press the [F3](YES) key.*5) [F3] SIDE SHOT
The name and coordinate value are stored into PT#:NP-101
COORD.DATA.
The input menu for next new point is displayed.
PT# is automatically incremented.
INPUT SRCH ––– ENTER

*1) If you want to input file name directly, press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter a file name.
*2) When a file has been selected already, ‘*’ mark is indicated on left of current file name.
For the file discrimination mark (*, @, &), refer to Chapter 9.3 “FILE MAINTENANCE”.
*3) Data in a file shown with arrow can be searched by pressing [F2](SRCH) key.
*4) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.
*5) An error will be displayed when the internal memory is full.

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8.3.2 Resection Method

Set up the instrument at a new point, and calculate the coordinate of the new point using the coordinate
data of maximum seven known points and the measurements made to these points.
By following observation, resection is possible.
• Resection by distance measurement:2 or more points must be measured
• Resection by angle measurement only:3 or more points must be measured
An occupied point coordinate value will be calculated by the method of least squares.
(In case that 3 known points are measured by angle measurement only, the value would not be
calculated by the method of least squares. )

Known Point A

New Point
(Instrument)

Known Point B Max. 7 points

Known Point C

Operating procedure Operation Display

LAYOUT 1/2
F1:OCC.PT INPUT
F2:BACKSIGHT
F3:LAYOUT P↓
1 Press the [F4](↓) key from the layout menu 1/2 to [F4] LAYOUT 2/2
get the layout menu 2/2. F1:SELECT A FILE
F2:NEW POINT
F3:GRID FACTOR P↓
2 Press the [F2](NEW POINT). [F2] NEW POINT
F1:SIDE SHOT
F2:RESECTION

3 Press the [F2](RESECTION) key. [F2] NEW POINT

PT#:

INPUT SRCH SKP ENTER

4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key, and enter the new [F1]
point name. *1) ,2) Enter PT#
Press the [F4](ENT) key. [F4]

INSTRUMENT HEIGHT
INPUT
INS.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

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5 Enter instrument height in the same way. [F1] NO01#

Enter PT#:
INS.HT
[F4] INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER
6 Enter the known point A number. *3) [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
Enter PT# INPUT
[F4] R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
7 Enter reflector height. [F1] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
Enter R.HT INPUT
[F4] R.HT : 1.235 m
>Sight ? ANG DIST
8 Collimate the known point A, and press the Collimate A HR: 123°40'20"
[F3](ANG) or [F4](DIST) key. [F4] HD* < m
Example:[F4](DIST)
Distance measuring starts.
VD: m
> Measuring...
< complete >

Known point B entering display will be shown. NO02#

PT#:

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

9 Same as procedure 6 to 8 proceed to the known
point B. SELECT GRID FACTOR
F1:USE LAST DATA
When two points have been measured by the F2:CALC MEAS.DATA
[F4](DIST) key, the RESIDUAL ERROR will be
calculated. *4)
10 Select GRID FACTOR for calculation of [F1] RESIDUAL ERROR
RESIDUAL ERROR by pressing [F1] or [F2] dHD= 0.015 m
key. *5)
dZ = 0.005 m
Example: [F1]
NEXT ––– G.F CALC
11 Press the [F1](NEXT) key to measure other points. [F1] NO03#
Maximum seven points can be measured. PT#:

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

12 Same as procedure 6 to 8 proceed to the known HR: 123°40'20"

point C.
HD* < m
VD: m
> Measuring...
< complete >

HR: 123°40'20"
HD: 123.456 m
VD: 1.234 m
NEXT ––– ––– CALC

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13 Press the [F4](CALC) key. *6) [F4] Standard Deviation

Standard Deviation will be shown. = 1.23 sec.
Unit : (sec.) or (mGON) or (mMIL)
––– ↓ ––– NEZ
14 Press the [F2](↓) key. [F2] SD(n) : 1.23 mm
Standard Deviations of each coordinate will be SD(e) : 1.23 mm
shown.
SD(z) : 1.23 mm
Unit : (mm) or (inch)
The display will be changed alternately by
––– ↑ ––– NEZ
pressing [F2](↓) or (↑) key.
15 Press the [F4](NEZ) key. [F4] N : 65.432 m
Coordinate data of the new point will be shown. E : 876.543 m
Z : 1.234 m
>REC ? [YES][NO]
16 Press the [F3](YES) key. *7) [F3] NEW POINT
The new point data will be stored into the F1:SIDE SHOT
coordinate data file and the value of occupied
F2:RESECTION
coordinate data will change to that of the
calculated NEW POINT.

The display returns to new point menu.

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) When there is no need to memorize the new point data, press the [F3](SKP) key.
*3) To enter the known point coordinate data by direct key inputting, press the [F3](NEZ) key.
*4) RESIDUAL ERROR;
dHD (Horizontal distance between two known points) =Measured value – Calculated value
dZ=(Z coordinate of the new point calculated from known point A) – (Z coordinate of the new point
calculated from known point B)
*5) [F1:USE LAST DATA]; RESIDUAL ERROR is calculated with GRID FACTOR already set.
[F2:CALC MEAS.DATA]; RESIDUAL ERROR is calculated without GRID FACTOR already set. In this
case, new GRID FACTOR is calculated from measured data and reset."
•To see the GRID FACTOR value, press the [F3](G.F.) key.
*6) In case that the all points are measured by angle measurement only, the following display will be shown.
You can select Z coordinate calculation.

CALC. Z COORD.
F1:YES
F2:NO

F1(YES) : :N,E,Z coordinates will be calculated with measured angle data.

F2(NO) : :N and E coordinates will be calculated with measured horizontal angle data. Z coordinate
would not be calculated.
(Z coordinate value =0.000m)

When the distance measurement is done even one point, Z coordinate will be calculated as a mean
value of relative distance (vertical distance data).

*7) The display shows ">SET ?" when [F3](SKP) key pressed in step 4. In this case, the new point data is
not stored into the coordinate data file, only the value of occupied coordinate data changes to that of the
calculated NEW POINT.

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● Viewing PT# LIST

You can see the PT# List and enter the data from the List, also you can see coordinate data of a point.
[Example: Executing Layout Mode]

Operating procedure Operation Display

LAYOUT
PT#:

INPUT LIST NEZ ENTER

1 While executing the LAYOUT mode, press the [F2] [TOPCON ]
[F2](LIST) key. → DATA-01
The arrow(→) indicates selected data. DATA-02
VIEW SRCH ––– ENTER
2 By pressing the following keys, the list will increase [ ]or[ ], DATA-49
or decrease. → DATA-50
[ ]or[ ]
[ ]or[ ]: Increasing or Decreasing one by DATA-51
one. VIEW SRCH ––– ENTER
[ ]or[ ] :By ten Increasing or Decreasing.
3 To show the coordinate of the selected data, press [F1] PT#DATA-50
the [F1](VIEW) key. N 100.234 m
E 12.345 m
It is still possible to scroll the PT# data by pressing
Z 1.678 m
[[ ]or[ ] key.
4 Press the [ESC] key. [ESC] DATA-49
The display returns to the List. → DATA-50
DATA-51
VIEW SRCH ––– ENTER
5 Press the [F4] (ENTER) key. [F4] REFLECTOR HEIGHT
The selected point number is set as PT#. INPUT
R.HT : 0.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

● The operation of [F2]( SRCH) is same as the "SEARCH" in the MEMORY MANAGER MODE.
For more information, refer to Chapter 9 “MEMORY MANAGER MODE”.

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The following items for internal memory are available in this mode.
1) FILE STATUS : Checking the number of stored data / Remaining internal memory
capacity.
2) SEARCH : Searching the recorded data.
3) FILE MAINTAN. : Deleting files / Editing file name
4) COORD. INPUT : Inputting coordinate data into Coord. data file.
5) DELETE COORD. : Deleting coordinate data from Coord. data file.
6) PCODE INPUT : Inputting PCODE DATA into PCODE Library
7) DATA TRANSFER : Sending measured data or coordinate data or PCODE Library data /
Uploading coordinate data or PCODE Library data / Setting
communication parameters
8) INITIALIZE : Initializing internal memory.

● Memory manager menu operation

By pressing the [MENU] key, the instrument will be in MENU 1/3 mode.
Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR. ) key, the menu of MEMORY MGR. 1/3 will be shown.

Normal measurement mode

[ESC] [MENU]

MENU 1/3
F1:DATA COLLECT
F2:LAYOUT
F3:MEMORY MGR. P↓

[F3]

MEMORY MGR. 1/3 MEMORY MGR. MENU 1/3

F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN.P↓

[F4]

MEMORY MGR. 2/3 MEMORY MGR. MENU 2/3

F1:COORD. INPUT
F2:DELETE COORD
F3:PCODE INPUT P↓

[F4]

MEMORY MGR. 3/3 MEMORY MGR. MENU 3/3

F1:DATA TRANSFER
F2:INITIALIZE
P↓
[F4]

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9.1 Display Internal Memory Status

This mode is used to check the internal memory status.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR. ) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F1](FILE STATUS) key. [F1] FILE STATUS 1/2
MEAS. FILE : 3
The total number of stored measured data files
COORD. FILE: 6
and coordinate l files are shown.
[...........] P↓

Remaining memory capacity

3 Press the [F4](P↓) key. [F4] DATA STATUS 2/2
The total number of stored measured data and MEAS. DATA :0100
coordinate data in all files are shown.*1)
COORD. DATA:0050
[...........] P↓

*1) Each coordinate file has one extra data for working area.
● The FILE/DATA STATUS display will change alternately by pressing [F4]( P↓) key.
● To return to MEMORY MGR. menu press the [ESC] key.

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9.2 Searching Data

This mode is used to search the recorded file data in the DATA COLLECT or LAYOUT mode.
The following 3 search methods in each type of files can be selected.
1: First data search
2: Last data search
3: Point number search(MEAS.DATA, COORD.DATA)
Number search (PCODE LIB.)
MEAS. DATA : Measured data in the data collect mode.
COORD. DATA : Coordinate data for layout, control points and new point data measured in the
layout mode.
PCODE LIB. : The data which was registered with a number from 1 to 50 in Point code library.
Point name (PT#, BS#) , ID, PCODE and Height data (INS.HT, R.HT) can be corrected in the searching
mode.
Measured value can not be corrected.

9.2.1 Measured Data Searching

Example :Point number searching

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F2](SEARCH) key. [F2] SEARCH
F1:MEAS. DATA
F2:COORD. DATA
F3:PCODE LIB.
3 Press the [F1](MEAS. DATA) key. [F1] SELECT A FILE
FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter File Name. [F1] MEAS. DATA SEARCH
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1),2) Enter FN F1:FIRST DATA
[F4] F2:LAST DATA
F3:PT# DATA
5 Press the [F3](PT# DATA) key. [F3] PT# DATA SEARCH
PT#:_________

INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

6 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter PT#. [F1] PT#TOP-104 1/2
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# V  98°36'20"
[F4] HR 160°40'20"
TILT 0°00'00" ↓

7 Press the [F4](↓) key to scroll data for selected [F4] PT#TOP-104 1/2
point. PCODE
R.HT 1.200 m
EDIT ↓

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 "How to enter alphanumeric characters".

*2) To show the file list, press the [F2](LIST) key.
● " " represents data shown on the display is the stored data.
● Press the [ ]or[ ] key to scroll to next or previous point.
● To search MEAS. DATA of the same point number, press[ ]or[ ] key.

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● To edit the data in searching mode

Point name (PT#, BS#) , ID, PCODE and Height data (INS.HT, R.HT) can be corrected in the searching
mode.
Measured value can not be corrected.

Operating procedure Operation Display

PT#TOP-104 2/2
PCODE
R.HT 1.000 m
EDIT ↓

1 Press the [F1](EDIT) key from last page of [F1] PT# →TOP-104
displayed data. PCODE :
R.HT : 1.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
2 Select the item to correct by pressing [ ]or[ ] [ ]or[ ] PT# :TOP-104
key. PCODE :
R.HT → 1.000 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
3 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter data. *1 [F1] PT# →TOP-104
Press the [F4](ENT) key. Enter Data PCODE :
[F4] R.HT : 1.200 m
4 Press the [F4](ENTTER) key. [F4] >SAVE? [YES][NO]
5 Press the [F3](YES) key . [F3] PT#TOP-104 2/2
PCODE
R.HT 1.200 m
EDIT

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● When editing, ID and PCODE are not linked with PCODE LIBRARY.
● Even though the height data (INS.HT, R.HT) are corrected, the measured value can not be corrected.

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9.2.2 Coordinate Data Searching

Example searching :Point number searching

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F2](SEARCH) key. [F2] SEARCH
F1:MEAS. DATA
F2:COORD. DATA
F3:PCODE LIB.
3 Press the [F2](COORD. DATA) key. [F2] SELECT A FILE
FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter File Name. [F1] COORD. DATA SEARCH
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter FN F1:FIRST DATA
[F4] F2:LAST DATA
F3:PT# DATA
5 Press the [F3](PT# DATA) key. [F3] PT# DATA SEARCH
PT#:_________

INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

6 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter PT#. [F1] PT#TOP-104
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# N  100.234 m
[F4] E  12.345 m
Z  1.678 m

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● " " represents data shown on the display is the stored data.
● Press the [ ] or [ ] key to scroll to next or previous point.
● To search COORD. DATA of the same point number, press the [ ]or[ ] key.

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9.2.3 PCODE LIBRARY Searching

Example searching :Number searching

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F2](SEARCH) key. [F2] SEARCH
F1:MEAS. DATA
F2:COORD. DATA
F3:PCODE LIB.
3 Press the [F3](PCODE LIB.) key. [F3] PCODE DATA SEARCH
F1:FIRST DATA
F2:LAST DATA
F3:No. SEARCH
4 Press the [F3](No. SEARCH) key. [F3] PCODE No. SEARCH
No.:

INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter [F1] 011:NAKADAI
number.Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# →012:HILLTOP
[F4] 013:ITABASH
The number and linked data will be shown. *2)
EDIT ––– CLR –––

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Press the [ ] or [ ] key to scroll to next or PCODE data.
*2) To correct the PCODE data , press the [F1](EDIT) key.
To delete the PCODE data, press the [F3](CLR) key.

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9.3 FILE MAINTENANCE

In this mode, the following items are available.
Renaming file name / Searching data in a file / Deleting files
● FILE MAINTAN. menu

MEMORY MGR. 1/3

F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN. P↓
[F3] [ESC]

@AMIDAT /C0123
→ *MEASD1 /M0123
&COORD1 /C0056
REN SRCH DEL –––

Deleting file
Searching data in a file

Renaming file name

Pressing [F3](FILE MAINTAN.) key from MEMORY MANAGER menu 1/3, file list will be shown.

• File discrimination mark (*,@,&)

File discrimination mark (*,@,&) placed before file name indicates the file status.
For measured data file
“ * ” :selected file for DATA COLLECT mode.
For coordinate data file
“ * ” :selected file for LAYOUT mode.
“ @ ” :selected coordinate file for DATA COLLECT mode.
“ & ” :selected coordinate file for both LAYOUT and DATA COLLECT mode.
• Data discrimination character (M, C)
Data discrimination character (M, C) placed before four figures indicates the type of data.
“ M ” :Measured data
“ C ” :Coordinate data.
• Four figures means the total number of data in the file.
(Coordinate data file has an extra data for working.)
Press the [ ] or [ ] key to scroll to next file.

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9.3.1 Rename a File

An existing file in internal memory can be renamed.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](FILE MAINTAN.) key from the [F3]
Memory manager menu 1/3. →MEASD1 /M0123
COORD1 /C0056
REN SRCH DEL –––
2 Select a file by pressing [ ]or[ ] key. [ ]or[ ] MEASD1 /M0123
→COORD1 /C0056
COORD2 /C0098
REN SRCH DEL –––
3 Press the [F1](REN) key. [F1] MEASD1 /M0123
=COORD1 /C0056
COORD1 /C0098
1234 5678 90.– [ENT]
4 Enter new file name. Enter FN MEASD1 /M0123
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) [F4] →COORD5 /C0056
COORD1 /C0098
REN SRCH DEL –––

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

Existing file name can not be available.
To return to the FILE MAINTAN. Menu , press the [ESC] key.

9.3.2 Searching Data in a File

An existing file in internal memory can be searched.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](FILE MAINTAN.) key from the [F3]
Memory manager menu 1/3. →MEASD1 /M0123
COORD1 /C0056
REN SRCH DEL –––
2 Select a file to search by pressing [ ]or[ ] key. [ ]or[ ] MEASD1 /M0123
→COORD1 /C0056
COORD2 /C0098
REN SRCH DEL –––
3 Press the [F2](SRCH) key. [F2] SEARCH [COORD1 ]
F1:FIRST DATA
F2:LAST DATA
F3:PT# DATA
4 Select searching method by pressing the [F1] to [F1] to [F3]
[F3] key. *1)

*1) Because procedures from next are same as procedures of Section 9.2 "Searching Data", refer to
Section 9.2 “Searching Data”
To return to the FILE MAINTAN. Menu , press the [ESC] key.

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9.3.3 Deleting a File

This mode erases a file from internal memory. Only one file can be erased at a time.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](FILE MAINTAN.) key from the [F3]
Memory manager menu 1/3. →MEASD1 /M0123
COORD1 /C0056
REN SRCH DEL –––
2 Select a file to delete by pressing [ ]or[ ] key. [ ]or[ ] MEASD1 /M0123
→COORD1 /C0056
COORD2 /C0098
REN SRCH DEL –––
3 Press the [F3](DEL) key. [F3] MEASD1 /M0123
→COORD1 /C0056
COORD2 /C0098
>DELETE? [NO][YES]
4 Confirm the deleting, and press the [F4](YES) key. [F4] MEASD1 /M0123
→COORD2 /C0098
COORD3 /C0321
REN SRCH DEL –––

● To return to the FILE MAINTAN. Menu , press the [ESC] key.

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9.4 Coordinate Data Direct Key Input

Coordinate data for the layout point or control point can be input directly from the keyboard. This data
can be stored into a file in the internal memory.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 2/3
F1:COORD. INPUT
F2:DELETE COORD.
F3:PCODE INPUT P↓
3 Press the [F1](COORD. INPUT) key. [F1] SELECT A FILE
FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter File Name [F1] COORD. DATA INPUT
you want to input. Enter FN PT#:_________
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) [F4]
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter PT#. [F1] N→ 100.234 m
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# E: 12.345 m
[F4] Z: 1.678 m
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
6 Enter coordinate data in the same way. [F1] COORD. DATA INPUT
Enter COORD. PT#:TOPCON-102
Next input display is shown, point number (PT#) is [F4]
automatically incremented.
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

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9.5 Delete a Coordinate Data from a File

Coordinate data in a file can be erased.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 2/3
F1:COORD. INPUT
F2:DELETE COORD.
F3:PCODE INPUT P↓
3 Press the [F2](DELETE COORD.) key. [F2] SELECT A FILE
FN:_________

INPUT LIST ––– ENTER

4 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter File Name. [F1] DELETE COORD.
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter FN PT#:_________
[F4]
INPUT LIST ––– ENTER
5 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter PT#. [F1] N: 100.234 m
Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PT# E: 12.345 m
[F4] Z: 1.678 m
>DELETE? [YES][NO]
6 Confirm the data and press the [F3](YES) key. [F3]
Deleting starts.
The display will return to the previous display.

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

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9.6 Editing PCODE Library

PCODE data can be entered into PCODE Library in this mode.
A PCODE is linked with a number of 1 to 50
PCODE can be also edited in DATA COLLECT menu 2/3 in the same way.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR. ) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN. P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 2/3
F1:COORD. INPUT
F2:DELETE COORD.
F3:PCODE INPUT P↓
3 Press the [F3](PCODE INPUT) key. [F3]
→001:TOPCON
002:TOKYO
EDIT ––– CLR –––
4 By pressing the following keys, the list will increase [ ]or[ ], 011:URAH
or decrease. → 012=AMIDAT
[ ]or[ ]
[ ]or[ ] :Increasing or Decreasing one by one 013:HILLTO
[ ]or[ ] :By ten Increasing or Decreasing. EDIT ––– CLR –––
5 Press the [F1](EDIT) key. [F1] 011:URAH
→ 012:AMIDAT
013:HILLTO
1234 5678 90.- [ENT]
6 Enter PCODE and press the [F4](ENT) key. *1) Enter PCODE 011:URAH
[F4] → 012:AMISUN
013:HILLTO
EDIT ––– CLR –––

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

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9.7 Data Communications

You can send a data file stored in the internal memory to a computer directly. Also, you can directly load
a coordinate data file and PCODE Library data to the internal memory from the computer.

9.7.1 Sending Data

Example: Sending a Measured data file

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key twice. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 3/3
[F4] F1:DATA TRANSFER
F2:INITIALIZE
P↓
3 Press the [F1](DATA TRANSFER) key . [F1] DATA TRANSFER
F1:SEND DATA
F2:LOAD DATA
F3:COMM. PARAMETERS
4 Press the [F1] key. [F1] SEND DATA
F1:MEAS. DATA
F2:COORD. DATA
F3:PCODE DATA
5 Select the type of data to send by pressing [F1]- [F1] SELECT A FILE
[F3] key. FN:_________
Example : [F1](MEAS. DATA)
INPUT LIST ––– ENTER
6 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter File Name [F1] SEND MEAS. DATA
you want to send. Press the [F4](ENT) key. *1),2) Enter FN
[F4] >OK ?
––– ––– [YES][NO]
7 Press the [F3](YES) key .*3) [F3] SEND MEAS. DATA
The sending starts.
The display will return to menu.
< Sending Data!>
STOP

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) To scroll the data, press the [ ]or[ ] key.
● To show the file list, press the [F2](LIST) key.
*3) To cancel the sending, press the [F4](STOP) key.

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9.7.2 Loading Data

Coordinate data files and PCODE Library data can be loaded from PC.
Example: Loading a coordinate data file

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key twice. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 3/3
[F4] F1:DATA TRANSFER
F2:INITIALIZE
P↓
3 Press the [F1](DATA TRANSFER) key . [F1] DATA TRANSFER
F1:SEND DATA
F2:LOAD DATA
F3:COMM. PARAMETERS
4 Press the [F2] key. [F2] LOAD DATA
F1:COORD. DATA
F2:PCODE DATA

5 Select the type of data to load by pressing [F1] COORD. FILE NAME
[F1] or [F2] key. FN:_________
Example : [F1](COORD. DATA)
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
6 Press the [F1](INPUT) key and enter New File [F1] LOAD COORD. DATA
Name you want to receive. Press the [F4](ENT) Enter FN
key. *1) [F4] >OK ?
––– ––– [YES][NO]
7 Press the [F3](YES) key.*2) [F3] LOAD COORD. DATA
The loading starts.
The display will return to menu.
< Loading Data!>
STOP

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) To cancel the loading, press the [F4](STOP) key.

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9.7.3 Setting Parameter of Data Communications

● Items of the Parameter

Item Selecting Item Contents

[ACK/NAK], Setting Protocol

F1: Protocol
[ONE WAY] [ACK/NAK] or [ONE WAY] communication

300, 600, 1200, 2400, Setting transfer speed

F2: Baud rate
4800, 9600 300/600/1200/2400/4800/9600 baud rate

[7/EVEN], [7/ODD], Setting data length and parity.

F3: Char. / Parity
[8/NON] [7bit, even], [7bit, odd], [8bit,none]
F1: Stop Bits 1, 2 Setting Stop 1 bit or 2bits

● Example Setting Baud rate : 4800

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key twice. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 3/3
[F4] F1:DATA TRANSFER
F2:INITIALIZE
P↓
3 Press the [F1](DATA TRANSFER) key . [F1] DATA TRANSFER
F1:SEND DATA
F2:LOAD DATA
F3:COMM. PARAMETERS
4 Press the [F3](COMM. PARAMETERS) key. [F3] COMM. PARAMETERS 1/2
F1:PROTOCOL
F2:BAUD RATE
F3:CHAR./PARITY P↓
5 Press the [F2](BAUD RATE) key. [F2] BAUD RATE
[ ] indicates present setting. [ 300] 600 1200
2400 4800 9600
ENTER
6 Select the items by pressing [ ]or[ ],[ ]
[ ] BAUD RATE
and [ ] keys. *1) [ ] 300 600 1200
2400 [4800] 9600
ENTER
7 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] COMM. PARAMETERS 1/2
F1:PROTOCOL
F2:BAUD RATE
F3:CHAR./PARITY P↓

*1) To cancel setting, press the [ESC] key.

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9.8 Initialization
This mode is used to initialize the internal memory.
Following data can be initialized.
FILE DATA :All files of measuring data and coordinate data
PCODE DATA: PCODE LIST
ALL DATA: FILE DATA and PCODE DATA
Note that the following data are not initialized even if initialization is executed.
: Coordinates of the instrument, Instrument height and Reflector height.

Example Initialization: ALL DATA ( FILE data and PCODE data)

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](MEMORY MGR.) key from the [F3] MEMORY MGR. 1/3
menu 1/3. F1:FILE STATUS
F2:SEARCH
F3:FILE MAINTAN. P↓
2 Press the [F4](P↓) key twice. [F4] MEMORY MGR. 3/3
[F4] F1:DATA TRANSFER
F2:INITIALIZE
P↓
3 Press the [F2](INITIALIZE) key. [F2] INITIALIZE
F1:FILE AREA
F2:PCODE LIST
F3:ALL DATA
4 Select the data to initialize by pressing one of the [F3] INITIALIZE DATA
[F1] to [F3] key. ERASE ALL DATA !
Example : [F3](ALL DATA)
>OK ? [NO][YES]
5 Confirm the erase data, press the [F4](YES) key. [F4] INITIALIZE DATA
Initializing will start.
<Initializing!>
The display returns to menu.

MEMORY MGR. 3/3

F1:DATA TRANSFER
F2:INITIALIZE
P↓

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10 SET AUDIO MODE

The light acceptance quantity level for the EDM (SIGNAL), the atmospheric correction value (PPM) and
correction value of prism constant (PSM) are displayed in this mode.
When reflected light from the prism is received a buzzer sounds. This function is good for easy
collimation when the target is difficult to find.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Make sure the mode is in the distance measuring HR: 120°30'40"
mode on page 1. HD* 123.456 m
VD: 5.678 m
MEAS MODE S/A P1↓
2 Pressing the [F3](S/A) key, mode changes to set [F3] SET AUDIO MODE
audio mode. PSM:0.0 PPM 0.0
SIGNAL:[❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙]
The display indicates correction value of prism
constant (PSM), atmospheric correction (PPM)
PRISM PPM T-P –––
and reflection light level (SIGNAL).
● When receiving reflected light, buzzer sounds.
It is possible to stop the sound, see Chapter 16 “SELECTING MODE” .
● The [F1] to [F3] keys are used for setting atmospheric correction and prism constant.
● To return to normal measuring mode, press the [ESC] key.

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11 SETTING THE PRISM CONSTANT VALUE

The prism constant value of Topcon is set to zero. When using prisms other than Topcon’s, it is
necessary to set the prism constant correction value of that specific prism.
Once you set the correction value for prism constant, it is retained after power is OFF.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](S/A) key from distance measuring [F3] SET AUDIO MODE
or coordinates measuring mode. PSM:0.0 PPM 0.0
SIGNAL:[❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙]
PRISM PPM T-P –––
2 Press the [F1](PRISM) key. [F1] PRISM CONST. SET
PRISM :0.0 mm

INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

3 Input the Prism constant correction value. *1) [F1] SET AUDIO MODE
The display returns to set audio mode. Enter data PSM:14.0 PPM 0.0
[F4] SIGNAL:[❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙]
PRISM PPM T-P –––

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input range : –99.9mm to +99.9mm,0.1mm step

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12 SETTING ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION

The velocity of light through air is not constant and depends on the atmospheric temperature and
pressure. The atmospheric correction system of this instrument corrects automatically when the
correction value is set. 15°C/59°F, and 1013.25hPa / 760mmHg / 29.9 inHg is as a standard value for
0ppm in this instrument. The values are kept in the memory even after power is OFF.

12.1 Calculation of Atmospheric Correction

The followings are the correction formulas.
Unit; meter
Ka: Atmospheric correction value
Ka =  279.67 – 79.535
 ×P  –6
-------------------------------  × 10 P : Ambient atmospheric pressure (hPa)
 273.15 + t  t : Ambient Atmospheric temperature (°C)
The distance L (m) after atmospheric correction is obtained as follow.
L = l (1+Ka) l :Measured distance when atmospheric
correction is not set.

Example : In case Temperature +20°C, Air pressure 847hPa, l =1000 m

Ka =  279.67 – 79.535 × 847

  –6
----------------------------------------  × 10
 273.15 + 20 

+ 50×10-6 (50 ppm)

L = 1000 (1+50×10-6) = 1000.050 m

12.2 Setting of Atmospheric Correction Value

● How to Set Temperature and Pressure Value Directly
Measure the temperature and air pressure surrounding the instrument beforehand.
Example : Temperature: +26°C, Pressure:1017 hPa

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](S/A) key to set Set Audio Mode [F3] SET AUDIO MODE
from distance or coordinate measurement mode. PSM:0.0 PPM 0.0
SIGNAL:[❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙]
PRISM PPM T-P –––
2 Press the [F3](T-P) key. [F3] TEMP. & PRES. SET
TEMP. → 15.0 °C
PRES. : 1013.2 hPa
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
3 Input Temp.value and Pressure value.*1) Enter Temp. TEMP. & PRES. SET
Mode returns to Set Audio mode. Enter Pres. TEMP. : 26.0 °C
PRES. : 1017.0 hPa
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Range : Temp. –30 to +60°C (0.1°C step) or –22 to +140°F (0.1°F step)
Pres. 560 to 1066.0hPa (0.1hPa step) ,420 to 800mmHg (0.1mmHg step) or
16.5 to 31.5inHg (0.1inHg step)
● When the atmospheric correction value which is calculated from the input temperature and pressure
values exceeds the range ± 999.9ppm, the operating procedure returns to step 3 automatically. Input
values again.

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● How to Set the Atmospheric Correction Value Directly

Measure the temperature and air pressure to find atmospheric correction value (PPM) from the chart or
correction formula.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Press the [F3](S/A) key to set Set Audio Mode [F3] SET AUDIO MODE
from distance or coordinate measurement mode. PSM:0.0 PPM 0.0
SIGNAL:[❙ ❙ ❙ ❙ ❙]
PRISM PPM T-P –––
2 Press the [F2](PPM) key. [F2] PPM SET
Current setting value is displayed. PPM : 0.0 ppm

INPUT ––– ––– ENTER

3 Enter atmospheric correction value. *1) [F1]
Enter Data
Mode returns to Set Audio mode. [F4]

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

● Input range : –999.9ppm to +999.9ppm,0.1ppm step

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Atmospheric Correction Chart (For your reference)

The atmospheric correction value is obtained easily with the atmospheric correction chart. Find the
measured temperature in horizontal, and pressure in vertical on the chart.
Read the value from the diagonal line, which represents the required atmospheric correction value.

Example:
The measured temperature is +26°C
The measured pressure is 1013 hPa
There fore,
The correction value is +10ppm

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13 CORRECTION FOR REFRACTION AND EARTH

CURVATURE
The instrument measures distance, taking into account correction for refraction and earth curvature.

13.1 Distance Calculation Formula

Distance Calculation Formula; with correction for refraction and earth curvature taken into account.
Follow the Formula below for converting horizontal and vertical distances.

Horizontal distance D = AC(α) or BE(β)

Vertical distance Z =BC(α) or EA(β)
D = L{cosα–(2θ – γ ) sinα}
Z = L{sinα+(θ – γ ) cosα}
θ = L.cosα/2R........... Earth curvature
correcting item
γ =K•Lcosα/2R....... Atmospheric
refraction
correcting item
K =0.14 or 0.2.......... Coefficient of
refraction
R =6372km.............. Radius of earth
α ( or β)................... Altitude angle
L .............................. Slope distance

Radius of earth
R＝6372Km

● The conversion formula for horizontal and vertical distances is as follows when correction for
refraction and earth curvature is not applied.
D=L•cosα
Z=L•sinα

Note: The coefficient of the instrument has been set at 0.14 before shipment (K=0.14).
if the "K" value is to be changed, refer to 16 “SELECTING MODE”.

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14 POWER SOURCE AND CHARGING

14.1 On-board Battery BT-52QA
● To remove
1 Push the battery locking lever and pull out the BT-52QA on-board battery as shown below.

● To charge

BT-52QA

BC-27BR/CR

1 Plug the charger into the outlet.

2 Connect the charger connector to the battery, then charging will start.
Preparatory charging will start. (The red lamp of the charger will blink.)
When the preparatory charging is completed, the charging status will be switched to quick charging
automatically. (The red lamp of the charger will light.)
3 Charging will take approximately 1.8 hours. (The green lamp will illuminate.)
4 After charging, remove the battery from the charger.
5 Remove the charger from the outlet.
● To refresh
Press the refresh switch after starting charging above steps (1, 2 ), then discharging will start. Confirm
the yellow lamp illuminates.
After discharging is finished , charging will start automatically.
Time discharging battery charged fully is approximately 8 hours.
● For refreshing
Rechargeable battery can be used repeatedly by charging. If charging is repeated by the state that
capacity of the battery still left, operating time of the battery may shorten. In this case, the voltage of the
battery will be recovered by refreshing and operating time can be improved.
● About Preparatory charging
Before quick charging, the battery is charged using small amount current to measure its temperature
and voltage.
When the temperature and voltage is within a range, the charging status will change to quick charging.
The lamp of charger
Red blinking : Preparatory charging /Waiting until internal temperature falls
Red ON : Charging
Red lamp will illuminate during charging.
Green ON : Charging completed
Green lamp will illuminate after completely charging.
Yellow ON : Discharging
Yellow lamp will illuminate and discharging will start by pressing the refresh
(discharge) switch.
Red quick flashing : Abnormal outbreaks
Red lamp will flash when the battery life is over or the battery is broken down.
Replace the battery to new one.

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● To install
1 Place the base of the on-board battery into the GTS-220 series, push the on-board battery toward
the instrument side till the battery clicks into position.

● Do not charge or discharge continuously, otherwise the battery and the charger may be
deteriorated. If charging or discharging is necessary, use the charger after stopping charge for
approximately 30 minutes.
● Do not charge the battery or discharge the battery in right after the battery is charged, it causes
deterioration of the battery in rare cases.
● The charger may develop heat while charging, there is no problem of it.

Note: 1 Recharging should take place in a room with an ambient temperature range of 10°C to
40°C (50°F to 104°F).
2 If charging is done at high temperature, charging time of the battery may take longer.
3 Exceeding the specified charging time may shorten the life of the battery and should be
avoided if possible.
4 The battery source will discharge when stored and should be checked before using with
instrument .
5 Be sure to charge as stored battery source every 3 or 4 months and store in a place at
30°C and below when it will not used for a long period.
If you allow the battery to be completely discharged, it will have an effect on the overall
performance for proper charging in the future.
Keep batteries charged at all times.
6 For further information, see APPENDIX 2 “Precaution when Charging or Storing Batteries”.

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15 DETACH/ATTACH OF TRIBRACH
The instrument is easily detached or attached to the tribrach, with a tribrach locking lever loosened or
tightened for this purpose.

● Detachment
1) Loosen the tribrach locking lever, by revolving it 180° or 200g in the counterclockwise direction
(which will point the triangle mark upwards).
2) Grip the carrying handle firmly with one hand while holding the tribrach with the other. Then lift the
instrument straight upwards and off.

● Attachment
1) Hold the instrument by the carrying handle, with one hand, and carefully lower it on top of the
tribrach while, at the same time, coinciding the alignment piece with the tribrach alignment groove
on the instrument and tribrach respectively.
2) When fully seated, revolve the tribrach locking lever 180° or 200g clockwise ( which will point the
triangle mark downwards again).

Alignment piece

Alignment groove

Securing screw
Tribrach locking lever

● Locking the Tribrach Locking Lever

The tribrach locking lever can be locked, to prevent it be accidentally removed, especially if the upper
instrument section is not being detached very often. Simply tighten the securing screw on the locking
lever with the accessory screwdriver, found in the case.

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16 SELECTING MODE
16.1 Items of the Selecting Mode
The following modes are available.

Menu Items Selecting item Display

1: TEMP. & °C / °F Select the unit of temperature for atmospheric
UNIT SET PRES. hPa / mmHg / correction. Select the unit of air pressure for
inHg atmospheric correction .
ANGLE DEG(360°) / Choose degree, gon or mil unit for measuring
GON(400G) / angle.
MIL(6400M)
DISTANCE METER / FEET / Choose measuring unit for distance meter , feet
FEET and inch or feet and inch
FEET US SURVEY / Select the meter / feet conversion factor.
INTERNATIONAL US SURVEY feet
1m=3.280833333333333 ft.
INTERNATIONAL feet
1m=3.280839895013123 ft.
2: POWER ON ANGLE MEAS./ Select to set the measurement mode for angle or
MODE MODE DISTANCE MEAS. distance when the power is turned on.
SET FINE/CRS/ FINE / COARSE / Select Fine /Coarse / Tracking mode in distance
TRK TRACK measurement mode, when the power is turned
on.
HD&VD/SD HD&VD /SD Specify which is displayed first, horizontal and
vertical distance or slope distance, when the
power is turned on.
V ANGLE Zenith 0 / Choose the vertical angle reading from zenith or
Z0/H0 Horizontal 0 from level.
N-TIMES / N-TIMES / Select the measurement mode for distance
REPEAT REPEAT when the power is turned on.
TIMES OF 0~99 Set N (number of times) for times of distance
MEAS. measurement. When setting number of times as
1, it is single measurement.
NEZ / ENZ NEZ / ENZ Select a coordinate displaying order either NEZ
or ENZ.
HA ON / OFF Horizontal angle set can be retained after the
MEMORY power is turned off.
ESC KEY DATA COLLECT / You can select a function of the [ESC] key.
MODE LAYOUT / REC / DATA COLLECT / LAYOUT: It is possible to
OFF enter data input mode (in DATA COLLECT) or
Layout Menu from normal measuring mode
directly.
REC: While executing normal or offset
measuring, the measuring data can be output.
OFF: Returns to normal function.

COORD. ON / OFF Select coordinate displaying ON or OFF when

CHECK setting a point.

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EDM OFF 0-99 The time when EDM is cut off from distance
TIME measurement is completed can be changed.
This function is effective for shortening the first
time measuring time when distance
measurement is started from distance
measurement completing state.
(Default:3minutes)
0 :After completing distance measurement,
EDM is cut off immediately.
1-98 :EDM is cut off after 1~98 minutes.
99 :EDM is always switched ON.
FINE 0.2/1mm Select 1mm or 0.2mm for the minimum reading
READING unit in the distance mode (FINE mode).
OFFSET V FREE / HOLD Select Vertical angle setting in the Angle Offset
ANG measurement mode.
FREE: Vertical angle varies by the angle of the
telescope.
HOLD: Vertical angle is fixed even if the angle of
the telescope changes.
L.PL OFF 1 -99 Laser plummet function can be turned off
TIME automatically.
(Only for Laser 1-98 : Laser Plummet is cut off after 1 to 98
plummet type) minutes.
99 : Manual
3: H-ANGLE ON / OFF Specify whether the buzzer sounds or not for
OTHERS BUZZER every horizontal angle 90°.
SET S/A BUZZER ON / OFF Specify whether the buzzer sounds or not in the
set audio mode.
W- OFF / K=0.14 / Set correction for refraction and earth curvature,
CORRECTI K=0.20 coefficient of refraction as ; K=0.14, K=0.20 or no
ON correction.

NEZ ON / OFF It is possible to retain the coordinate of

MEMORY instrument point, the instrument height and prism
height after power off.
REC TYPE REC-A / REC-B Select REC-A or REC-B for data output.
REC-A :The measurement is made again and
this new data is output.
REC-B : The data being displayed is output.
CR,LF ON / OFF It is possible to output the data with carriage
return and line feed.
NEZ REC STANDARD / Select to record coordinates in standard or 11
FORM with RAW digits with raw data.

MANUAL ON/ OFF In the layout mode or data collect mode, it is

NEZ REC possible to record coordinates entered directly
from the keyboard.
LANGUAGE * ENGLISH/ Select the displaying language.
OTHER *
ACK MODE STANDARD / Set the procedure of the communication with
OMITTED external device.
STANDARD:Normal procedure
OMITTED:Even though the [ACK] is omitted
from the external device, the data is
not sent again.
GRID USE G.F. / Select using GRID FACTOR in calculation of
FACTOR DON’T USE measurement data.

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CUT & FILL STANDARD / In the layout mode, CUT & FILL can be
CUT&FILL displayed instead of dZ.
ECHO BACK ON / OFF It is possible to output the data of echo back
type.
CONTRAST ON / OFF When the instrument is turned ON, it is possible
MENU to display the screen which you can adjust
contrast of the display and confirm the prism
constant (PSM) and atmospheric correction
value (PPM).

*LANGUAGE selection is different in different countries.

16.2 How to Set Selecting Mode

<Example> : Setting unit in hPa, °F, NEZ MEMORY:ON

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 While pressing [F2] key, turn power ON. [F2] PARAMETERS 2
+ F1:UNIT SET
Power ON F2:MODE SET
F3:OTHERS SET
2 Press [F1](UNIT SET ) key. [F1] UNIT SET 1/2
F1:TEMP. & PRES.
F2:ANGLE
F3:DISTANCE P↓
3 Press [F1](TEMP. & PRES.) key. [F1] TEMP. & PRES. UNIT
TEMP. = °C
PRES. = mmHg
°C °F ––– ENTER
4 Press [F2](°F) key, and press [F2] TEMP. & PRES. UNIT
[F4](ENTER) key. [F4] TEMP. = °F
PRES. = mmHg
hPa mmHg inHg ENTER
5 Press [F1](hPa) key, and press [F4] (ENTER) key. [F1] UNIT SET 1/2
Returns to unit set menu. [F4] F1:TEMP. & PRES.
F2:ANGLE
F3:DISTANCE
6 Press [ESC] key. [ESC] PARAMETERS 2
Returns to PARAMETERS 2 menu. F1:UNIT SET
F2:MODE SET
F3:OTHERS SET
7 Press [F3](OTHERS SET) key. [F3] OTHERS SET 1/5
F1:H-ANGLE BUZZER
F2:S/A BUZZER
F3:W-CORRECTION P↓
8 Press [F4](P↓) key, to get the function in page 2 . [F4] OTHERS SET 2/5
F1:NEZ MEMORY
F2:REC TYPE
F3:CR,LF P↓

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9 Press [F1] key. [F1] NEZ MEMORY [OFF]

[ON] [OFF] ––– ENTER

10 Press [F1](ON) key, and press [F4] (ENTER) key. [F1] OTHERS SET 2/5
Returns to OTHERS SET menu. [F4] F1:NEZ MEMORY
F2:REC TYPE
F3:CR,LF P↓

11 Power off Power OFF

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17.1 Checking and adjusting of instrument constant
Normally, the instrument constant does not have discrepancy. It is recommended you measure and
compare with an accurately measured distance at a location where the precision is specifically
monitored on a consistent basis. If such a location is not available, establish your own base line over
20m (when purchasing the instrument) and compare the data measured with the newly purchased
instrument.
In both cases note that the setup displacement of the instrument position over the point, the prism,
baseline precision, poor collimation, atmospheric correction, and correction for refraction and earth
curvature determine the inspection precision. Please keep in mind these points.
Also, when providing a base line in a building, please note that differences in temperature greatly affect
the length measured.
If a difference of 5mm or over is the result from the comparative measurement, the following procedure
as shown below could be used to change the instrument constant.

1) Provide point C on a straight line, connecting straight line AB which is almost level and about 100m
long. Measure straight lines AB, AC and BC.

A B
C

2) Obtain the instrument constant by repeating 1) above several times.

Instrument constant = AC+BC–AB
3) When there is error between written instrument constant value and calculated value, review
Section 17.4 “How to Set the Instrument Constant Value”
4) Once again, measure at a calibrated baseline and compare results.
5) If using above procedure and no difference is found from the instrument constant at the factory or a
difference of over 5mm is found, contact TOPCON or your TOPCON dealer.

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17.2 Checking the Optical Axis

To check if the optical axis of EDM and theodolite are matched, follow the procedure below. It is
especially important to check after adjustment of the eyepiece reticle is carried out.
1) Position the Instrument and prism with about 2m apart and face them at each other.
(At this time, the power is ON. )

Prism

about 2m

2) Sight through the eyepiece and focus to the prism. Then center the prism on the cross hairs.

Prism
3) Set to the measure mode to distance measurement or set audio.
4) Sight through the eyepiece and focus the (blinking) red light spot by turning the focusing knob in the
direction of infinity (clockwise). If displacement of the reticle cross hairs is within one-fifth of the
diameter of the round red light spot both vertically and horizontally, adjustment will not be required.

Note: If displacement is more than one-fifth in the above case, and still remains so after rechecking
the original line of sight, the instrument must be adjusted by competent technicians. Please
contact TOPCON or your TOPCON dealer to adjust the instrument.

Red light spot

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17.3 Checking/Adjusting the Theodolite Functions

● Pointers on the Adjustment
1) Adjust the eyepiece of the telescope properly prior to any checking operation which involves
sighting through the telescope.
Remember to focus properly, with parallax completely eliminated.

2) Carry out the adjustments in the order of item numbers, as the adjustments are dependent one
upon another. Adjustments carried out in the wrong sequence may even nullify previous
adjustment.
3) Always conclude adjustments by tightening the adjustment screws securely (but do not tighten them
more than necessary, as you may strip the threads, twist off the screw or place undue stress on the
parts).
Furthermore, always tighten by revolving in the direction of tightening tension.
4) The attachment screws must also be tightened sufficiently, upon completion of adjustments.
5) Always repeat checking operations after adjustments are made, in order to confirm results.

● Notes on the Tribrach

Note that the angle measuring precision may be effected directly if the tribrach has not been installed
firmly.
1) If any leveling screw becomes loose and slack or if collimation is unstable due to the looseness of
leveling screws, adjust by tightening the adjusting screws (in 2 places) installed over each leveling
screw with a screwdriver
2) If there is any slack between the leveling screws and the base, loosen the set screw of the holding
ring and tighten the holding ring with adjusting pin, until it is properly adjusted. Re-tighten the set
screw on completing the adjustment.

Adjustment screw Adjustment screw

Leveling screw Holding ring Set screw

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17.3.1Checking /Adjusting the Plate Level

Adjustment is required if the axis of the plate level is not perpendicular to the vertical axis.
● Check
1) Place the plate level parallel to a line running through the centers of two leveling screws, say, A and
B. Use these two leveling screws only and place the bubble in the center of the plate level.
2) Rotate the instrument 180° or 200g around the vertical axis and check bubble movement of the
plate level. If the bubble has been displaced, then proceed with the following adjustment.

Plate level

Leveling screw Leveling screw B

● Adjustment
1) Adjust the level adjustment capstan screw, with the accessory adjusting pin and return the bubble
towards the center of the plate level. Correct only one-half of the displacement by this method.
2) Correct the remaining amount of the bubble displacement with the leveling screws.
3) Rotate the instrument 180° or 200g around the vertical axis once more and check bubble
movement. If the bubble is still displaced, then repeat the adjustment.

Level adjustment
capstan screw
Half amount of displacement

17.3.2Checking /Adjusting the Circular Level

Adjustment is required if the axis of the circular level is also not perpendicular to the vertical axis.
● Check
1) Carefully level the instrument with the plate level only. If the bubble of the circular level is centered
properly, adjustment is not required. Otherwise, proceed with the following adjustment.
● Adjustment
1) Shift the bubble to the center of the circular level, by adjusting three capstan adjustment screws on
the bottom surface of the circular level, with the accessory adjusting pin.

Capstan adjustment
screws

Bottom of the base

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17.3.3Adjustment of the Vertical Cross-hair

Adjustment is required if the vertical cross-hair is not in a place perpendicular to the horizontal axis of
the telescope ( since it must be possible to use any point on the hair for measuring horizontal angles or
running lines).
● Check
1) Set the instrument up the tripod and carefully level it.
2) Sight the cross-hairs on a well defined Point A at a distance of, at least, 50 meters (160ft.) and
clamp horizontal motion.
3) Next swing the telescope vertically using the vertical tangent screw, and check whether the point
travels along the length of the vertical cross-hair.
4) If the point appears to move continuously on the hair, the vertical cross-hair lies in a plane
perpendicular to the horizontal axis ( and adjustment is not required ).
5) However, if the point appears to be displaced from the vertical cross-hair, as the telescope is
swung vertically, then proceed with the following adjustment.

● Adjustment
1) Unscrew the cross-hair adjustment section cover, by revolving it in the counterclockwise direction,
and take it off. This will expose four eyepiece section attachment screws.

Eyepiece section
Eyepiece section attachment screws
attachment screws

Eyepiece

2) Loosen all four attachment screws slightly with the accessory screw-drive (while taking note of the
number of revolutions).
Then revolve the eyepiece section so that the vertical cross-hair coincides to Point A’.
Finally, re-tighten the four screws by the amount that they were loosened.
3) Check once more and if the point travels the entire length of the vertical cross-hair, further
adjustment is not required.

Note: Perform following adjustment after completing the above adjustment .

Section 17.3.4 “Collimation of the Instrument”, Section 17.3.7 “Adjustment of Vertical Angle 0
Datum”.

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17.3.4Collimation of the Instrument

Collimation is required to make the line of sight of the telescope perpendicular to the horizontal axis of
the instrument, otherwise, it will not be possible to extend a straight line by direct means.
● Check Eyepiece
1) Set the instrument up with clear
sights of about 50 to 60meters
(160 to 200 ft.) on both sides of the
instrument.
2) Level the instrument properly with the 50ｍ
plate level.
3) Sight Point A at approximately 50
meters (160 ft.) distance.
Telescope
4) Loosen the vertical motion clamp
only, and rotate the telescope 180° or
200g around the horizontal axis, so
50ｍ
that the telescope is pointed in the
opposite direction.
5) Sight Point B, at equal distance as
Point A and tighten the vertical
motion clamp.

6) Loosen the horizontal motion clamp

and rotate the instrument 180° or
50ｍ
200g around the vertical axis. Fix a
sight on Point A once more and
tighten the horizontal motion clamp.

7) Loosen the vertical motion clamp

only and rotate the telescope 180°
or 200g around the horizontal axis
once more and fix a sight on Point C,
which should coincide with previous 50ｍ
Point B.
8) If Points B and C do not coincide,
adjust in the following manner.

● Adjustment
1) Unscrew the cross-hair adjustment section cover.
2) Find Point D at a point between Points C and B, which should
be equal to 1/4th the distance between Points B and C and
measured from Point C. This is because the apparent error
between Points B and C is four times the actual error since
the telescope has been reversed twice during the checking
operation.

3)Shift the vertical cross-hair line and coincide it with

Point D, by revolving the left and right capstan
adjustment screws with the adjusting pin.Upon
Capstan completing the adjustment, repeat the checking
adjustment operation once more.
screws If Points B and C coincide, further adjustment is not
required. Otherwise , repeat the adjustment.

Capstan Eyepiece
adjustment
screws

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Note: 1 First, loosen the capstan adjustment screw on the side to which the vertical cross-hair
line must be moved. Then tighten the adjustment screw on the opposite side by an equal
amount which will leave the tension of the adjustment screws unchanged.
Revolve in the counterclockwise direction to loosen and in the clockwise direction to
tighten, but revolve as little as possible.
2 Perform following adjustment after completing above adjustment . Section 17.3.7
“Adjustment of Vertical Angle 0 Datum”, Section 17.2 “Checking the Optical Axis”.

17.3.5Checking / Adjusting the Optical Plummet Telescope

Adjustment is required to make the line of sight of the optical plummet telescope coincide with the
vertical axis ( otherwise the vertical axis will not be in the true vertical when the instrument is optically
plumbed).
● Check
1) Coincide the center mark and the point. (See Chapter 2 “PREPARATION FOR MEASUREMENT”.)
2) Rotate the instrument 180° or 200g around the vertical axis and check the center mark.
If the point is properly centered in the center mark, adjustment is not required. Otherwise, adjust in
the following manner.

● Adjustment
1) Take off the adjustment section cover of the optical plummet telescope eyepiece. This will expose
four capstan adjustment screws which should be adjusted with the accessory adjusting pin to shift
the center mark to the point. However, correct only one-half of the displacement in this manner.
Capstan
adjustment
screws

1/2 of displacement

Capstan
Eyepiece
adjustment
screws
Plummet telescope

2) Use the leveling screws and coincide the point and center mark.
3) Rotate the instrument 180° or 200g around the vertical axis once more and check the center mark.
If it is coincided to the point, then further adjustment is not required. Otherwise, repeat the
adjustment.

Note: First, loosen the capstan adjustment screw on the side to which the center mark must be
moved. Then tighten the adjustment screw on the opposite side by an equal amount which
will leave the tension of the adjustment screws unchanged.
Revolve in the counterclockwise direction to loosen and in the clockwise direction to tighten,
but revolve as little as possible.

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17.3.6Checking / Adjusting the Laser Plummet (For Laser Plummet type)

● Check
1) Turn on the laser plummet and coincide the center of the laser with a measuring point.
2) Rotate the instrument 180° or 200g around the vertical axis and check the measuring point.
If the laser is properly centered in the measuring point, adjustment is not required. Otherwise,
adjust in the following manner.

● Adjustment
1) Turn the cap located on the left side cornerof the
instrument counterclockwise and remove it.
This will expose four adjustment screws which
should be adjusted with the accessory hexagonal
wrench. Cap
2) Shift the laser to the measuring point. However,
correct only one-half of the displacement in this
manner.

Adjustment 1/2 of displacement

screws Laser

Adjustment screws
Measuring point

3) Use the leveling screws and coincide the center of the laser and the point.
4) Rotate the instrument 180° or 200g around the vertical axis once more and check the point and the
laser. If the laser is coincided to the measuring point, then further adjustment is not required.
Otherwise, repeat the adjustment.
Note: Note:First, loosen the adjustment screw to move the laser. Then tighten the adjustment screw on
the opposite side by an equal amount which will leave the tension of the adjustment screws
unchanged.
Revolve in the counterclockwise direction to loosen and in the clockwise direction to tighten, but
revolve as little as possible.

Reference
The laser can be moved by turning the adjustment screws clockwise as follows.
Laser is moved down. Laser beam

Laser is moved left.

Laser is moved right.

Laser is moved up.

Top of view of the measuring point
Adjustment screws

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17.3.7Adjustment of Vertical Angle 0 Datum

If when measuring the vertical angle of target A at telescope position normal (direct) and reverse
settings, the amount of normal and reverse measurements combined is other than 360° (ZENITH-0),
half of the difference from 360° is the error amount from corrected 0 setting. Carry out adjustment. As
adjustment for vertical angle 0 setting is the criteria for determining instrument coordinate origin, use
special care for adjustment.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Level the instrument properly with the
plate level.
2 While pressing the [F1]key, turn power switch ON. [F1] ADJUSTMENT MODE 1/2
+ F1:V ANGLE 0 POINT
Power ON F2:INST. CONSTANT
F3:V0 AXIS P↓
3 Press the [F1] key. [F1] V0 ADJUSTMENT
<STEP-1> FRONT
V: 90°00'00"
ENTER
4 Collimate target A from the telescope properly in Collimate A
normal setting. (Normal)

5 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4] V0 ADJUSTMENT

<STEP-2> REVERSE
6 Collimate target A in reverse telescope setting. Collimate A V: 270°00'00"
(Reverse) ENTER
7 Press the [F4](ENTER) key. [F4]
Measured value is set and carry out normal angle
measurement.
<SET!>

V : 270°00'00"
HR: 120°30'40"

0SET HOLD HSET P1↓

8 Check that the total amount of normal and reverse

angular travel is 360° collimating the target A by
normal and reverse positions.

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17.4 How to Set the Instrument Constant Value

To set the Instrument constant which is obtained in Section 17.1 “Check and adjusting of instrument
constant”, follow as below.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 While pressing the [F1] key, turn power switch [F1] ADJUSTMENT MODE 1/2
ON. + F1:V ANGLE 0 POINT
POWER ON F2:INST. CONSTANT
F3:V0 AXIS P↓
2 Press the [F2] key. [F2] INST. CONSTANT SET
INST. CONSTANT
: - 0.6 mm
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
1234 5678 90.- [ENT]
3 Enter the constant value. *1),2) [F1] INST. CONSTANT SET
Enter value INST. CONSTANT
[F4] : - 0.7 mm
INPUT ––– ––– ENTER
4 Turn power switch OFF. Power OFF

*1) Refer to Section 2.6 “How to Enter Alphanumeric characters”.

*2) To cancel the setting, press the [ESC] key.

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17.5 Adjustment of Compensation Systematic Error of Instrument

(Only for GTS-223/225/226)

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 Level the instrument properly with the [F1] ADJUSTMENT MODE 1/2
plate level. + F1:V ANGLE 0 POINT
Power ON F2:INST. CONSTANT
2 While pressing the [F1] key, turn power switch ON. F3:V0 AXIS P↓
3 Press the [F3] key. [F3] AV0 AXIS
F1:MEASUREMENT
F2:CONSTANT LIST

4 Press the [F1] key. [F1]

V0/AXIS ADJUSTMENTS

ERROR CORRECTION
(A)COLLIMATION
(B)H AXIS

5 Collimate target A (around 0° in horizontal within Collimate FRONT FACE1 /0

±3°) in normal telescope setting (FACE (1)). A V: 89°55'50"
(Normal) LEVEL ±0
SKIP SET
6 Press the [F4](SET) key. *1) [F4]
The sample display shows that the measurement
is made 5 times in FACE 1.
7 Turn the telescope in reverse telescope setting Turn REVERSE FACE2 /5
(FACE (2)). telescope V: 270°04'20"
LEVEL ±0
SET
8 Collimate target A.
9 Press the [F4](SET) key. [F4]
Repeat the procedures in step 8 and 9 so that the (B)HORIZONTAL AXIS
count of measured times matches to the one in
FACE(1). *2),3),4)

The title display will be shown automatically.

10 Collimate target B (more than ±10° from the level) Collimate REVERSE FACE 2 /0
in reverse telescope setting B V: 270°04'20"
(FACE(2)). *5) (Reverse) LEVEL ±10°
SET
11 Press the [F4](SET) key. *5) [F4]

12 Turn the telescope in normal telescope setting Turn FRONT FACE 1 /5

(FACE(1)). telescope V: 89°55'50"
LEVEL ±10°
SKIP SET
13 Collimate target B. [F4]

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14 Press the [F4](SET) key. Repeat the procedures in

step 13 and 14 so that the count of measured COMPLETE
times matches to the one in FACE(2).
Then the display returns to main menu.

● To show the constant list of systematic error of ADJUSTMENT MODE 1/2

instrument
F1:V ANGLE 0 POINT
F2:INST. CONSTANT
F3:V0 AXIS P↓
1 Press the [F3] key from Adjustment Mode menu 1/ [F3] V0 AXIS
2. F1:MEASUREMENT
F2:CONSTANT LIST

2 Press the [F2] key. [F2] VCo: -1°57'12"

Correction values are displayed. HCo: -0°00'20"
HAx: -0°00'20"
EXIT
3 Press the [F1] key. [F1]
The display returns to previous menu.

*1) It is able to get the average value from 1 to 10 measurements. To get the average, repeat the
procedures in steps 5, 6 or 10, 11. The measured times is counted in the second line of display.
*2) The compensation values of 1) Error of vertical axis (X,Y tilt sensor offset), 2) Collimation error, and 3)
Error of vertical angle 0datum will be set and memorized internally.
*3) The operating procedure steps to set compensation value of 4) Error of horizontal axis.
*4) Pressing the [F1](SKIP) key enables to set next step without changing the last compensated value.
*5) Pressing the [F1](SKIP) key makes end of setting without changing compensation value.

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17.6 Reference frequency check mode

The beam modulated by the reference frequency of EDM is emitted continuously.
This mode is used for frequency test mainly.

Operating procedure Operation Display

1 While pressing the [F1] key, turn power switch [F1] ADJUSTMENT MODE 1/2
ON. + F1:V ANGLE 0 POINT
POWER ON F2:INST. CONSTANT
F3:V0 AXIS P↓
2 F4](P↓) key to get the function as in page 2. [F4] ADJUSTMENT MODE 2/2
F1:FRQ CHECK MODE

P↓
3 Press the [F1](FRQ CHECK MODE) key. [F1] FRQ CHECK MODE

EXIT
4 Press the [F1](EXIT) key. [F1] ADJUSTMENT MODE 2/2
The display will return to Adjustment mode F1:FRQ CHECK MODE
menu 2/2.
P↓

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18 PRECAUTIONS
1) For transportation, hold by the handle or yoke of the instrument. Never hold by the lens barrel as it
can affect the fixing bracket inside and reduce the accuracy of the instrument.

2) Never expose the instrument without a filter to direct sunlight. It may damage the components
inside the instrument.

3) Never leave the instrument unprotected in high temperature. The temperature inside instrument
may easily reach up to 70°C or above and will reduce the service life.

4) The instrument should be stored in the room temperature range of minus 30°C to plus 60°C.

5) When a high degree of precision is required for measurement, provide shade against direct sunlight
for the instrument and tripod.

6) Any sudden change of temperature to the instrument or prism may result in a reduction of
measuring distance range, i.e. when taking the instrument out from a heated vehicle.

7) When opening the carrying case and taking out the instrument, place the case horizontally, then
open the case.

8) When returning the instrument to its case, be sure to match the white positioning marks provided
with the case and place the instrument with the eyepiece upward.

9) For transportation, provide dampening or a cushion appropriately to avoid sudden shock or

vibration.

10) For cleaning the instrument after use, remove dust using a cleaning brush, then wipe off with a
cloth.

11) For cleaning the lens surface, use a cleaning brush to remove the dust, then use a clean lintless
cotton cloth. Moisten it with alcohol ( or mixture with ether ) to wipe gently in a rotational motion
from the center out.

12) Even if any abnormality occurs, never attempt to disassemble or lubricate the instrument yourself.
Always consult with TOPCON or your dealer.

13) To remove the dust on the case, never use thinner or benzine. Use a clean cloth moistened with
neutral detergent.

14) Check each part of the tripod after extended use. Parts (screws or clamps) may work themselves
free.

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19 SPECIAL ACCESSORIES

MENU

ANG BS

ESC

ENT

Data entry keyboard DK-7 Large capacity battery pack BT-3L

Occupied point, coordinate data and other data can be ● Output voltage : DC 8.4V
input from DK-7. It is also possible to control GTS-220 ● Capacity: 6AH
series from DK-7. ● Service life per charging: Approx. 24 hour
● External dimensions:
190(L) × 106(W) × 74(H) mm
● Weight:2.8kg

Quick battery charger BC-5 (for BT-3Q) Battery charger BC-6 (for BT-3L)
● Input voltage:100, 120, 220, 240V ● Input voltage:100, 120, 220, 240V
AC:±10% 50/60 Hz AC: ±10% 50/60 Hz
● Power consumption: 40VA approx. ● Power consumption: 15VA approx.
● Charging time: ● Charging time:
approx. 1 hour (+20°C) to charge BT-3Q approx. 15 hour (+20°C) to charge BT-3L
● Operation temperature range: ● Operation temperature range:
+10°C to +40°C (+50 to +104°F) +10°C to +40°C (+50 to +104°F)
● External dimensions: ● External dimensions:
181(L) × 97(W) × 78(H) mm 142(L) × 96(W) × 64(H) mm
● Weight:1.5kg ● Weight:1.0kg

Battery pack BT-3Q Power cord PC-5

● Output voltage :DC 8.4V (For BT-3Q and TOPCON FC series Data collector)
● Capacity: 1.8AH ● L-shape plug provided
● Service life per charging: Approx. 7 hour ● Cord length: 2m approx.
● External dimensions:
225(L) × 62(W) × 33(H) mm
● Weight:0.7kg

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Power cord PC-6 (For BT-3L)

Power cord PC-3 (For AC-5) ● L-shape plug provided
● L-shape plug provided ● Cord length: 2m approx.
● Cord length: 2m approx.

Auto converter AC-5 Cigarette battery charger BC-9 (for BT-3Q)

● Input voltage:12V DC ● Input voltage:13.8V to 16V
● Output voltage :DC 8.4V ● Power consumption: 40VA approx.
● Cable length:3m approx. ● Charging time:
● External dimensions: approx. 2 hour (+20oC) to charge BT-3Q
100(L)×53(W)×47(H) mm ● Operation temperature range:
● Weight:0.3kg +10°C to +40°C (+50 to +104°F)
● External dimensions:
116(L)×60(W)×50(H) mm
● Weight:0.3kg

Trough compass, Model 6 Solar reticle, Model 6

Shock proof construction. No clamp is necessary when A reticle designed for collimation of the sun.
carrying the instrument. Can be used together with Solar Filter.
When using this compass , use the handle battery BT-
24QW.

Diagonal eyepiece, Model 10 Solar filter, Model 6

Observation in an easy posture will be provided up to A filter designed exclusively for direct collimation of
the zenith position the sun.
Solar filter of flap-up type.

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Optical plummet tribrach

Mini prism This is detachable tribrach having built-in optical
The mini prism (25.4mm) is made from precision plummet telescope.
ground glass and mounted in high impact plastic (Compatible with Wild)
housings.
● The mini has the unique capability of being
positioned either at a "0" or "–30" with the same
prism
Prism sets
See the description on Chapter 21 "PRISM SYSTEM"

Gadget case, Model 1

A case to store and carry accessories.
● External dimensions:
Back pack, Model 2 300(L)×145(W)×220(H) mm
Convenient for use in mountainous terrain. ● Weight:1.4kg

Prism unit case, Model 3

This is the plastic case to store and carry various sets
of prisms. Prism unit case, Model 6
The case covers one of the following prism sets: Fixed 9 prisms unit or tilting 3 prisms unit can be
● Tilt single prism set stored in this case. Especially, this is a very easy
● Tilt single prism set with a target plate case to carry. Soft material is used.
● Fixed triple prism unit ● External dimensions:
● Fixed triple prism unit with a target plate 250(L)×120(W)×400(H) mm
● External dimensions: Weight:0.5kg
427(L)×254(W)×242(H) mm
● Weight:3.1kg Prism unit case, Model 5
1 prisms unit or fixed 3 prisms unit can be stored in
this case. Especially, this is a very easy case to
carry. Soft material is used.
● External dimensions:
200(L)×200(W)×350(H) mm
● Weight:0.5kg

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Wide-frame extension leg tripod, Type E (Wood)

Aluminum extension leg tripod, Type E
● Flat head 5/8" × 11 threads with adjustable legs.
● Flat head 5/8" × 11 threads with adjustable legs.

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20 BATTERY SYSTEM

In case of On-board battery In case of External battery Pack BT-3Q

BT-52QA
PC-5

BT-3L
PC-6

PC-3
PC-5
PC-6
Car battery

AC-5
GTS-220 series GTS-220 series

Charging Charging time

Quick
BC-27BR/CR BC-27BR for AC 120V use
BC-27CR for AC 230V use
Approx. 1.8h

BT-52QA

BC-19BR/CR Quick
BC-19BR for AC 120V use
Approx. 1.5h BC-19CR for AC 230V use

BT-32Q

Normal
BC-10B for AC 120V use
Approx.15h BC-10B BC-10C for AC 230V use
BC-10C

Approx.1h
Quick
BT-3Q BC-5 for AC 100V / 120V / 220V
/ 240V use

Approx.2h

BC-9 Quick
for DC 13.8 to 16V use

Approx.15h BC-6 Normal

for AC 100V / 120V / 220V
/ 240V use
BT-3L

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21 PRISM SYSTEM
Arrangement according to your needs is possible.

Target pole-2
(not used with 9 prisms)

Prism-2

Tilting prism Tilting prism Single prism Triple prism Tilting triple
holder-2 holder-3 holder-2 holder-2 prism holder-1 9 prism
with target holder-2
plate-2

Tribrach Tribrach
adaptor-2 adaptor-S2
Pole adaptor- A

Pole adaptor- F2 Tribrach Optical plummet tribrach

It is possible to change the combination according purpose.

Tilt single prism unit Fixed 3 prisms unit Fixed 9 prisms unit

Tripod

Use the above prisms after setting them at the same height as the instruments. To adjust the height of
prism set, change the position of 4 fixing screws.

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22 ERROR DISPLAYS
Error code Description Countermeasures
When area calculating, there are less Confirm the file data and calculate
3 points
than 3 points coordinate data in again.
required
selected file.

CALC Calculation is impossible from the Confirm the input data.

ERROR data input.

DELETE When deleting coordinate data, it can not Confirm the data and delete again.
ERROR be done successful.
Displayed when REM measurement Operate in the range out of ± 6° from the
E35 carried out to the range from zenith or zenith or nadir.
nadir ±6°.
Any abnormality occurs with EDM (distance Repair is required.
E60’s
measuring system).
Displayed when vertical angle 0 position is Confirm the procedure and readjust.
E71
set with incorrect procedure.
Displayed when Vertical angle -position is Repair is required.
E72
adjusted in wrong position.
The instrument was not leveled when Vertical Level the instrument then carry the
E73
angle 0-position is adjusted. adjustment work.
Mainly at the time data transmission Confirm operation procedure is correct or the
E80’s between GTS-220 series and external connection cables are correct.
instrument.
Abnormality in internal memory Repair is required.
E90’s
system.

FILE The same file name exists. Use another file name.
EXISTS

FULL When making a file, 30 files already exist. If necessary, send or delete files.
FILES

FAILED Initializing can not be done successful. Confirm initializing data and try to
INITIALIZE initialize again.

LIMIT Limit of input data exceeded. Input again.

OVER

MEMORY Any abnormality occurs with internal Initialize the internal memory.
ERROR memory.

MEMORY Shortage of capacity of the internal Download data from internal memory
POOR memory. to PC.
The data is not found in the search Confirm the data and search again.
NO DATA
mode
NO FILE There is no file in internal memory. If necessary, make files.

FILE NOT When using a file, no file is selected. Confirm the file and select a file.
SELECTED

P1-P2 When in point to line measurement, the The horizontal distance between first
distance horizontal distance between first point and point and second point must be more
too short second point is within 1m. than 1m.

CIRCULAR Known points and occupied point are on the

Take the different point.
ERROR same circle at the resection mode.

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Same new point name is already memorized Confirm the new point name and input
PT# EXIST
in the memory. again.

PT# DOES When you enter incorrect name or PT# does Enter the correct name or enter point in the
NOT EXIST not exist in the internal memory. internal memory.

RANGE When setting a new point, calculation is Measure again.

ERROR impossible from the measured data.
Instrument tilts over more than Level the instrument properly.
Tilt Over
3 minutes.
V ANGLE
ERROR

H ANGLE If this error code continues to display, repair is

Abnormality in angle measuring system.
ERROR required.
VH ANGLE
ERROR

● If error still persist after attempting to clear them, contact your local Topcon dealer or Topcon head
office.

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23 SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Length : 150mm
Objective lens : 45mm (EDM 50mm)
Magnification : 30×
Image : Erect
Field of view : 1°30'
Resolving power : 2.5"
Minimum focus : 1.3m
Reticle illumination : Provided

Distance measurement
Measurement range

Atmospheric conditions
Model Prism
Condition 1 Condition 2

Mini prism 1,000m (3,300ft) ----

GTS-223 1 prism 3,000m (9,900ft) 3,500m (11,500ft)
GTS-225
GTS-226 3 prisms 4,000m (13,200ft) 4,700m (15,400ft)
9 prisms 5,000m (16,400ft) 5,800m (19,000ft)
Mini prism 900m (3,000ft) ----
1 prism 2,000m (6,600ft) 2,300m (7,500ft)
GTS-229
3 prisms 2,700m (8,900ft) 3,100m (10,200ft)
9 prisms 3,400m (11,200ft) 4,000m (13,200ft)

Condition 1: Sight haze with visibility about 20km (12.5miles) moderate sunlight with light heat
shimmer.
Condition 2: No haze with visibility about 40km(25 miles), overcast with no heat shimmer.

Measurement accuracy
GTS-223/225/226 : ±(2mm +2ppm × D) m.s.e.
GTS-229 : ±(3mm +3ppm × D) m.s.e.
D:Measuring distance (mm)

Least Count in Measurement

Fine measurement mode : 1mm (0.005ft.) / 0.2mm (0.001ft.)
Coarse measurement mode : 10mm (0.02ft.) / 1mm (0.005ft.)
Tracking measurement mode : 10mm (0.02ft.)
Measurement Display : 11 digits : max. display 9999999.9999

Measurement Time
Fine measurement mode : 1mm : 1.2sec. (Initial 4 sec.)
0.2mm : 2.8sec. (Initial 5 sec.)
Coarse measurement mode : 0.7sec. (Initial 3 sec.)
Tracking measurement mode : 0.4sec. (Initial 3 sec.)
(The initial time will be different by a condition and
setting EDM off time. )
Atmospheric Correction Range : –999.9 ppm to +999.9 ppm , in 0.1 ppm increments
Prism Constant Correction Range : –99.9 mm to +99.9 mm , in 0.1 mm increments
Coefficient Factor : Meter / Feet
International feet 1meter = 3.2808398501 ft.
US SURVEY feet 1meter = 3.2808333333 ft.

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Electronic Angle Measurement

Method : Absolute reading
Detecting system:
Horizontal angle
GTS-223/225 : 2 sides
GTS-226/229 : 1 side
Vertical angle : 1 side
Minimum reading
GTS-223/225/226 : 5" / 1" (1mgon / 0.2mgon) reading
GTS-229 : 10" / 5" (2mgon / 1mgon) reading
Accuracy(Standard deviation based on DIN 18723 )
GTS-223 : 3"(1mgon )
GTS-225 : 5"(1.5mgon )
GTS-226 : 6"(1.8mgon )
GTS-229 : 9"(2.7mgon )
Measuring time : Less than 0.3 sec.
Diameter of circle : 71 mm

Tilt Correction (Automatic index)

Tilt sensor
GTS-223/225/226 : Automatic vertical and horizontal compensator
GTS-229 : Automatic vertical compensator

Method : Liquid type

Compensating Range : ±3'
Correction unit : 1" (0.1mgon)

Others
Instrument height : 176mm (6.93in) Base unit detachable
(Height from the tribrach dish to the center of
telescope)
Level sensitivity
Circular level : 10'/2mm
Plate level
GTS-223/225 : 30"/2 mm
GTS-226/229 : 40"/2 mm

Optical Plummet Telescope

Magnification : 3×
Focusing range : 0.5m to infinity
Image : Erect
Field of view : 5°(ø114mm/1.3m)

Laser Plummet (only for Laser plummet type)

Light source : L.D (Visible laser)
Wave length : 633nm
Out put : 1mW maximum
Laser class : CLASS 2 (ll) laser product

Dimension : 336(H)×184(W)×150(L) mm
(13.2(H)×7.2(W)×5.9(L) in)
Weight
Instrument
(with battery) : 4.9kg ( 10.8 lbs)
(without battery) : 4.6kg ( 10.1 lbs)
Plastic carrying case : 3.2kg ( 7.1 lbs)
(Weight of the carrying case may be slightly different
due to specific market.)
Durability
Protection against water and dust : IP66 (with BT-52QA)
(Based on the standard IEC60529)
Ambient Temperature Range : –20°C to +50°C (–4°F to +122°F)

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Battery BT-52QA (This battery does not contain mercury.)

Out put voltage : 7.2 V
Capacity : 2.7 AH (Ni-MH)
Maximum operating time (when fully recharged) at +20°C (+68°F)
Including distance measurement : 10hours (12,000 points)
Angle measurement only : 45hours
Weight : 0.3kg ( 0.7 lbs)

Battery Charger BC-27BR / BC-27CR

Input voltage : AC 120V(BC-27BR), AC 230V(BC-27CR)
Frequency : 50/60Hz
Recharging time (at +20°C /+68°F)
Battery BT-52QA : 1.8 hours
Discharging time (at +20°C /+68°F)
Battery BT-52QA : 8 hours (in case of full charge)
Operating temperature : +10°C to +40°C ( +50°F to 104°F)
Charging signal : Red lamp illumination
Refreshing signal : Yellow lamp illumination
Finishing signal : Green lamp illumination
Weight : 0.5kg (1.1 lbs)

● Battery using time will vary depending on environmental conditions and operations done with GTS-
220 series.

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APPENDIX
1 Dual Axis Compensation
Inclination of the vertical axis with respect to true vertical will result in incorrectly measured horizontal
angles. The extent of the error in horizontal angle measurement due to axis tilt depends on three
factors :

● the amount of the tilt of axis

● the elevation of the target
● the horizontal angle between the direction of till of the vertical axis and the target.

These factors are related by the following formula :

Hzerr = V•sinα • tanh

where v = tilt of axis in arcseconds

α = azimuth angle between vert. axis direction and target
h = elevation of target
Hzerr = error in horizontal angle

Example: When the vertical axis is tilted by 30 arcseconds, the target is 10° above the horizon and
rotated 90 in azimuth from the direction of the vertical axis error.

Hzerr = 30" • sinα • tan10°

Hzerr = 30" • 1 • 0 .176326=5.29"

From the above example it can be seen that horizontal angle errors will increase with steeper vertical
sights (tangent will increase as vertical angle increases) and will be at a maximum when the target is at
right angles (sin 90°=1) to the direction of the vertical axis error. Errors will be at a minimum when the
sights are nearly horizontal (h=0, tan0=0) and in the same direction as the vertical axis error (α =0,
sin0=0). Please refer to the table below to see the relationship between axis tilt (v) and elevation (h) and
the error in horizontal angles which results from these factors.

h 0° 1° 5° 10° 30° 45°

V

0" 0" 0" 0" 0" 0" 0"

5" 0" 0.09" 0.44" 0.88" 2.89" 5"

10" 0" 0.17" 0.87" 1.76" 5.77" 10"

15 0" 0.26" 1.31" 2.64" 8.66" 15"

30" 0" 0.52" 2.62" 5.29" 17.32" 30"

1' 0" 1.05" 5.25" 10.58" 34.64" 1'

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It is clear from the table that dual axis compensation has the most benefit when the elevation
of the target is greater then 30° and the axis is tilted more than 10". The entries indicated in
bold in the table show, in fact, that for many common surveying applications i.e. target elevation
<30° and axis error <10", virtually no correction would be required. Dual axis compensation is
especially suited then for applications where the sights are very steep.

Even though the compensators can correct horizontal angles for vertical axis errors,
it is still important to use care in setting up the instrument.
Centering error, for instance, cannot be corrected by the compensators. If the vertical axis is
tilted by 1’ with the instrument 1.4meters above the ground, a centering error of approx. 0.4mm
will result. The maximum effect of this error at 10m is about 8" of horizontal angle error.

In order to maintain the increased accuracy possible through dual axis compensation, it is
necessary to keep the compensators in proper adjustment.The compensators must agree with
the actual level condition of the instrument. Through various environmental stresses, the
agreement between the level condition sensed by the compensators and the true level condition
of the instrument may be disturbed. In order to reestablish the correct relationship between the
compensator and the true level condition of the instrument, it is necessary to carry out the
vertical indexing procedure listed on chapter 14.3.6 "Adjustment of vertical Angle 0 Datum". This
adjustment will both reset the vertical index (cause a direct + indirect zenith reading to the same
elevation to equal 360°) and zero the level reference for the horizontal compensator. While
correct vertical angles can be obtained by averaging direct and indirect reading even when the
index is improperly adjusted, the same is not true for horizontal angles. Since the vertical axis
error is fixed for a given setup, its effect cannot be removed by averaging two readings.
For this reason, it is extremely important to maintain the vertical indexing adjustment to
insure proper correction of the horizontal angles.

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2 Precaution when Charging or Storing Batteries

The capacity of battery will be affected and its service life shortened in any of the following cases while
it is recharged, dischrged or stored.
1) Recharging
Fig. 1 shows how ambient temperature at recharging is related to charging efficiency or as affecting
discharge capacity. As seen from the figure, charging at normal temperature is best, and the
efficiency decreases as the temperature rises. It is best, therefore, to always recharge the battery at
normal temperature to obtain full use of battery capacity and enjoy maximum operation per charge.
And the service life of your battery will be shortened if it is frequently overcharged or recharged at
high temperature.

Note: 0.1C charge means that the battery is recharged with 0.1 -time current as against its
capacity.

2) Discharge
Fig. 2 shows discharge temperature characteristics. Discharge characteristics at high temperature
are the same as those at normal temperatures. The battery is likely to have reduced discharge
capacity as well as lower discharged voltage when discharged at low temperature. And the service
life of your battery will be shortened if it is greatly overcharged.

Note: 1C discharge means one with 1 -time current over battery capacity.

3) Storage
See Fig. 3 for how storing period at different temperature levels is related to the remaining capacity.
The battery will lose its capacity as storage temperature rises and the storage period increases.
This does not mean, however , that the battery performance is damaged when the battery is stored.
The battery, reduced in capacity, will be restored once it is recharged. Always recharge your battery
before use. And recharge and discharge the battery 3 or 4 times to restore its capacity if it has been
stored for a long period or at high temperature. Storing at high temperature can adversely affect the
service life of your battery.
Your battery has been fully charged before leaving the factory, but its capacity may be affected
considerably when it takes several months to reach you, if it is stored at high temperature area or
passes through a high-temperature region. Then, the battery must be recharged and discharged
3~4 times to fully restore its capacity.
And the battery should always be stored at normal temperature or lower if it will not be used for any
long period. This helps your battery have a longer service life.

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120

Charging efficiency (discharge capacity(%))

100

0.1C charge
80

60

Discharge : 0.2, E.V.=1.0V

40 Temperature at
discharge : 20℃

20

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Ambient temperature when charging（℃）
Fig.1 Recharging

120

100
0.2C discharge
Discharge capacity（％）

80
1C discharge

60
Charging : 0.1C×16hours
Charging temperature : 20℃
40

20

0
-20 0 20 40 60
Ambient temperature（℃）

Fig. 2 Discharge

100
Remaining capacity ratio（％）

0℃

80
20℃

60

40

20 Charging : 0.1C×16hours
Discharge : 0.2 C, E.V.=1.0V

60℃ 45℃
0
0 1 2 3
Storing period (month)

Fig. 3 Storage

APPENDIX-4
 ELECTRONIC TOTAL STATION

GTS-220 series

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