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Connecting a Leica 3D Disto to

MicroSurvey Layout

October 30, 2012

John Coldrick

© 2012 MicroSurvey Software Inc. Page 2 of 36

Connecting a Leica 3D Disto to MicroSurvey Layout

Introduction The Leica 3D Disto is a robust, precisely manufactured measuring

instrument. A highly accurate combination of distance and angle

measurements determine the precise position of each point targeted

with the integral camera and captured with the laser beam. In short:

the Leica 3D Disto detects the location and the height of the target

point.

This guide describes how to connect your 3D Disto up to a

Windows 7 device. In this example we will be connecting to an

Algiz 7 Windows 7 tablet computer and we will explore connecting

to the 3D Disto using a Wi-Fi connection and also a cable

connection.

This guide is divided into 2 main sections. The first section

describes what to do when you are told to set up on a point and start

collecting data. In this section you will learn how to set up the 3D

Disto over a point with known coordinates and we will backsight a

direction and then start making measurements. You will then export

the collected data to an ASCII file.

The second section of this guide was written for when you are given

an ASCII file of points and you are told to set up somewhere and

“localize” to the existing coordinates. We will use the Ref Points

routine to make observations to these points with known

coordinates. In the end we will compute a new coordinate for our

3D Disto’s position. In the surveying world, this procedure is called

a Resection.

Current

Version This guide was written using Layout version 1.0.3.4 installed on an

Algiz 7 tablet computer. The Leica 3D Disto software used was

version 2.0.3.0.

If you are using a different version, your screens may look

differently than what is displayed in this guide.

Continued on the following page


Connecting a Leica 3D Disto to MicroSurvey Layout, continued

Before you begin Before we begin, you must have MicroSurvey Layout installed on

your Windows device. You must also have the Leica 3D Disto

Software installed. This guide was written using Leica Software

version 2.0.3.0.

Remember to enter your Leica license key that you received with

your 3D Disto software. The software will not run without it.

Setup your 3D Disto on top of a point that you wish to start

measuring from.

Connection

Methods In the following sections, 2 connection methods are described. The

first method and probably the most common method of connecting

the 3D Disto to your Algiz 7 tablet computer will be using a wireless

Wi-Fi (WLAN) connection.

The second connection method described connecting using a USB

cable.




WLAN

Connection You can connect your Algiz 7 (Leica CC60) tablet computer to your

3D Disto by using a wireless WLAN connection. The huge benefit

of using WLAN is there is no cables. The downside is the initial set

up.

We will go into Control Panel and enter the appropriate networking

information. We will then connect to the 3D Disto using Wi-Fi.

Step Action Display

1

Start your Algiz 7 tablet

computer.

You will need to turn on the Algiz 7’s

internal WI-FI card.

Tap on the Menu button 4 times.

This will open a context menu.

Ensure that Wi-Fi has a check

mark in its check box.

The box will disappear after a few

seconds and you are back at the desktop




Step Action Display

2

From Windows 7 Main Menu:

Open Windows Control Panel

Tap on Network and Sharing

Center.

This opens the Network and Sharing

Center.

Tap on Change Adapter

Settings.

This opens the Network Connections

screen.

Tap on Wireless Network

Connection.

You will now see more buttons

available on the top toolbar.

Tap on the Change Settings to

this connection button.

This opens the Wireless Network

Connection Properties dialog.




Step Action Display

3

From the Wireless Network Connection

Properties dialog:

Tap on Internet Protocol

Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to select

it.

Press the Properties button.

This opens the Internet Protocol Version

4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog.

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In the Internet Protocol Version 4

(TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog:

Tap on the Use the following IP

address radio button to select it.

Enter 192.168.87.82 in the IP

Address field.

The Subnet mask field should

automatically populate itself with

255.255.255.0.

Enter 192.168.87.81 in the

Default Gateway field.

Press the OK button when

finished, and continue to close

screens until you are back to the

desktop.




Step Action Display

5

Start the Leica Geosystems 3D

Disto Software.

The first dialog is the Setup screen.

Since we will be connecting via a Wi-Fi

connection, we will select the second

button in the row.

Tap on the Wi-Fi Connection

button.

You will first see a connecting image

and then a leveling image as the

instrument self-levels itself. Wait until

the process has completed because you

cannot continue until the process has

finished.

When finished you will see the display

on the right.

Tap on the OK button.

This closes the Target and Measure

window.

Time Out Important Note: Make sure your 3D Disto is still on. While I was

entering the networking parameters, my 3D Disto turned itself off

after 15 minutes. I tried to connect multiple times before realizing

the Disto was off.




USB Cable

Connection You can also connect your Algiz 7 (Leica CC60) tablet computer to

your 3D Disto by using a USB cable connection. The benefit of

using the USB cable is there is no networking to worry about. The

downside is that the USB cable is not that secure, and could easily

be pulled out of its port by mistake.

Connect your Tablet Computer to your 3D Disto using the supplied

USB cable.

Step Action Display

1

Start the Leica Geosystems 3D

Disto Software.

The first dialog is the Setup screen.

Since we will be connecting via a USB

cable, we will select the first button in

the row.

Tap on the Cable Connection

button in the lower left-hand

corner of the display.

You will first see a connecting image

and then a leveling image as the

instrument self-levels itself. Wait until

the process has finished because you

cannot continue until the process has

finished.

This step continues on the following

page.




Step Action Display

1

This step continues from the previous

page:

When finished you will see the display

on the right.


This closes the Target and Measure

window.




Layout We have finished setting up the 3D Disto. Now we can move over

to MicroSurvey Layout.

Step Action Display

1

Start MicroSurvey Layout.

If this is a brand new installation, you

will see the Device ID screen appear.

In the Device ID screen:

Enter your license key in the

Key field.

Press the Apply Key button

when finished.

Important Note: Layout will

remember your key; therefore, you will

only have to enter your key once. Once

a correct key is entered, you will not see

this screen again.

If you don’t have a license key, you can

continue in demo mode for a total of 30

points.

Press the OK button to continue.

This takes us to the Project screen.


License Keys are provided by our

internet registration portal or your

dealer.

Please contact your dealer for

information on License Keys and

how to register your new software.



Step Action Display

2

In the Project screen:

Tap on the Project Manager

button.

This takes us to the Project Manager list

dialog.

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In the Project Manager list dialog:

We see all of our Layout projects.

Since this was a new installation, the

only project displayed is the default

project that comes with Layout. We

will create a new project.

Tap on the New button.

This takes us to the Create New Project

dialog.




Step Action Display

4

In the Create New Project dialog:

Enter a name for your new

project. In this example we will

call our project: Friday Job.


This takes us to the Unit Settings screen.

5

In the Unit Settings screen:

Decide which units you wish

your project to be in. For this

example, we will leave the

project in US Survey Feet.

Press the Save As Default

button if you wish to make all

future projects to be in this unit

setting. Important: A project’s

units cannot be changed after

selecting them in this dialog and

pressing the OK button.


This takes us to the Main Menu screen

of Layout.




So Far So far we have created a new project and set the project’s units. We

will now connect to the 3D Disto.

Step Action Display

6

In the Main menu:

Tap on the Connect button.

This opens the Instrument Selection

screen.




Instrument

Profiles Instrument profiles contains settings specific to the particular

instrument that you are attempting to connect to and use. Once you

have created a profile, you can then select it when creating a new

project and all of that particular instrument’s settings will be used.

This becomes especially useful when you have multiple instruments.

Selecting a profile vs. having to enter settings every time

significantly speeds up you day.

MicroSurvey has already created a default profile for the 3D Disto

so you won’t have to. Since there is nothing to change with these

parameters, there is no need to adjust any of the settings.

Step Action Display

7

In the Instrument Selection screen:

Tap on the Disto instrument type

radio button to place a black

circle on it.

Notice in the Instrument

Profile field the text 3D-Disto.

This is the default 3D Disto

profile.

Press the Connect button.

This connects Layout to the 3D Disto,

and you are returned to the Main Menu

of Layout.




Stakeout Mode

vs. As-Built Mode To simplify the user experience, we have broken down the two most

common measurement modes and made them user-selectable via a

button.

Use the Stakeout Mode button when you want to layout points.

After selecting this button you will see toolbars on the display open

that are specific for laying out points.

Use the As-Built Mode button when you want to make

measurements on points that have not been surveyed yet. Selecting

this button will open toolbars specific to measuring new points.

As-Built Mode

Exercise In this next exercise we will setup the 3D Disto over a point with

arbitrary coordinates and we will orient the 3D Disto to another

point. We will arbitrarily call the direction between the setup point

and the backsight point due north.

We will then start measuring new points based on that set up.

Step Action Display

8

From the Main Menu of Layout:

We see our job name at the top right

hand side of the screen.

We also see that the Connect button has

changed to become a Disconnect

button.

Tap on the As-Built Mode

button.

This takes us to the Map View.




Step Action Display

9

In the Map View:

Press the Select Mode

button.

This takes us to the Select Measure

Mode screen.

10

In the Select Measure Mode screen

screen:

Tap on the Occupy Point

button.

This takes us to the Orientation

Setup dialog.




Step Action Display

11

In the Orientation Setup dialog:

In this example we will create a new

point and store it.

Tap in the Occupy Point

field (where it says [Click]).

You will see a popup menu.

Tap on the Point Select-New

menu choice.

This takes us to the Store Point

screen.

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In the Store Point screen:

We can enter coordinates for our

instrument’s point. In this example,

we will enter the values displayed on

the right.

Enter the coordinates of your

new point in the Northing,

Easting, and Elevation

fields.

Press the Store Pnt button

when finished.

This closes the Store Point dialog

and returns us to the Orientation

Setup dialog.




Step Action Display

13

In the Orientation Setup dialog:

We see our newly created

occupation point in the Occupy

Point field.

In this example we will be

backsighting a point with no known

coordinates.

Select the Backsight

Direction radio button.

Leave the default direction of

0°00’00”.


finished.

This returns us to the Map View.

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In the Map View:

We see blue text informing us that

we need to measure a backsight. To

measure the backsight, we must first

point the 3D Disto at our reference

point.

Tap on the Activate 3D

Disto button.

This switches us over to Leica’s 3D

Disto software.



Tapping and

Dragging Across

the Display

In the Viewfinder display of Leica’s 3D Disto software, the touch

screen has additional functionality. If you tap and hold in the middle

of the display and then start to drag across the screen, you will see a

red arrow appear and the 3D Disto will turn according to how you

tap and drag on the display.

If you merely just tap on the display, the 3D Disto will turn and

point to that point.

Step Action Display

15

In Leica’s3D Disto software:

Tap on the Viewfinder

button.

This changes the display and you

can now see what the 3D Disto is

seeing.

Tap and drag the centre cross

hairs of the display towards

your backsight point.

You will immediaetly see a red

arrow pointing in the direction you

are dragging, and the 3D Dsto will

move accordingly and you can

follow the red laser dot that the 3D

Disto projects.

Use dragging and tapping to

make the 3D Disto point

directly at your backsight

point.

Now go back to your Layout

software and we are ready to make

our backsight measurement.


Note: Don’t be alarmed if your

display is significantly different

from the one displayed above. This

exercise was created in my office

and you are seeing my office’s

ceiling tiles.



Step Action Display

16

From the Map View of Layout:

Tap on the Measure button.

This takes us to the Orientation

Result screen.

17

In the Orientation Result screen:

For our example, this screen is not

that much use to us so we will just

accept the results and move on.

Tap on the Accept button.

This closes this screen and takes us

to the Store Backsight dialog.

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In the Store Backsight dialog:

You are given the option of storing

this point. Since we sighted on it and

made a measurement to it, we might

as well store it so that we can use it

again later.

Tap on the Yes button

This takes us to the Store Backsight

Point screen.




Step Action Display

19

In the Store Backsight Point screen:

We see our new backsight point and

its coordinates.

Tap on the Store Point

button.

This returns us to the Map View

where we can start to measure

points.




Step Action Display

20

In the Map View of Layout:

We now see the measure mode of

Measure and Store displayed.

We are ready to take some

measurements.

Use the Leica 3D Disto

software to point the 3D

Disto towards your next

point to measure.

Switch back to Layout.

Press the Measure button

when ready.

Measure 4 more points.

So far So far we have created a new project in Layout. We then connected

to the 3D Disto. We told Layout that we will be setting up over a

point and this point has specific coordinates. We pointed at our

backsight and made a backsight measurement and stored it. We then

measured a few more points.

Now we will export these points out of Layout and into an ASCII

file.




Step Action Display

21

Continuing from the Map View:

Tap on the Blue left arrow

button.

This returns us to the Main menu.

22

In the Main menu of Layout:

Tap on the Project button.

This takes us to the Project dialog.

23

In the Project dialog:

Tap on the Transfer button.

This takes us to the Transfer screen.




Step Action Display

24

In the Transfer screen:

Tap on the ASCII

Coordinate File Export button.

This takes us to the Export

Coordinate File dialog.

25

In the Export Coordinate File dialog:

Leave the fields as displayed

on the right.

Press the Export button.

This opens another export dialog

and you can select the path and file

name of exported ASCII file

Enter a name for your ASCII

file in the Save As Filename

field. In this example we will

call it FridayPoints.

Press the Save File button

when finished.

This takes us to an export report

screen.




Step Action Display

26

In the export report screen:

We see how many points were

exported.


You are returned to the Main Menu.

Congratulations You have successfully created a project in Layout and set its units.

You created a point and gave it the arbitrary coordinates of N1000,

E2000, H10.

You setup your instrument over this point and took a backsight

measurement. You stored this new backsight point.

You measured some more points.

You then exported these points to an ASCII file.

Now we will create a new project, import these points into Layout,

connect to the 3D Disto, and then we will use the Ref Points routine

to do a resection into our measured points. The purpose of this is to

demonstrate how to set up your 3D Disto on top of an unknown

point, make measurements to other known points, and be able to

compute a new coordinate for the point that the 3D Disto occupies.

Since the following exercise continues from the previous one, do not

move your 3D Disto as we will see how well we can determine its

coordinates.




Ref Points In the previous section we created a point and setup our 3D Disto

over it. We gave the point arbitrary coordinates and backsighted an

arbitrary direction.

In this example we have been handed an ASCII file of points. We

want to set up somewhere on our job site where all of these points

can be seen. We will them make measurements to these points and

calculate a new coordinate for our instrument point. So the

procedure we will follow is we will import the ASCII file into a new

project. We will them make measurements to these points and we

will eventually determine a coordinate for our instrument point and

carry on measuring.

Remember: To follow along with this exercise, it is best that you

do not move the 3D Disto from its original position in the previous

section of this guide. All will not be lost if you do move the 3D

Disto but it just helps if you leave it where it currently sits.

Step Action Display

1

From the Main Menu:

Tap on the Project button.

This opens the next project screen.

2

Continuing in the next project screen:

Tap on the Project Manager

button.

This takes us to the Project Manager

dialog.




Step Action Display

3

In the Project Manager dialog:

Tap on the New button.

This opens the Create New Project

screen.

4

In the Create New Project screen:

Enter a name in the Enter

project name field. In this

example we are calling this new

project Friday2.


finished.

This takes us to the Unit Settings screen




Step Action Display

5

In the Unit Settings screen:

Leave the unit settings as

displayed on the right.


This takes us to the Main Menu screen

of Layout.

6

In the Main Menu screen of Layout:

Tap on the Project button again.

This returns us to the next screen of the

project menu.




Step Action Display

7

In the next screen of the project menu:

Tap on the Transfer button.

This takes us to the Transfer dialog.

8

In the Transfer dialog:

Tap on the ASCII Coordinate

File Import button.

This opens the Import Coordinate File

screen.

9

In the Import Coordinate File screen:

Use the Browse for File…

button to navigate to where you

stored your ASCII file.

Use the same setting as

displayed in the fields on the

right.

Press the Import button when

finished.

Press OK to the Import

Coordinate File dialog.

This returns you to the Main Menu.




Step Action Display

10

From the Main Menu:

Tap on the Stakeout Mode

button.

This takes us to the Map View.

11

In the Map View:

We see a different toolbar at the bottom

of the screen compared to As-Built

mode.

Tap on the Select Mode button.

This opens the Select Measure Mode

screen.

12

In the Select Measure Mode screen:

Tap on the Ref Points button.

This starts the Ref Points routine and

takes us back to the Map View.




Recap Just so that we are clear on what we are attempting to do, I will

recap. We imported a file of points with coordinates into a new

project. We have our 3D Disto set up and ready to measure to these

points. We already know the location of these points because we can

see them from where we have the 3D Disto located (i.e. they are all

in view). We will pretend that we do not know the coordinates of the

point the 3D Disto is occupying and we will measure points in order

for Layout to compute these 3D Disto’s position coordinates.

Normally if we had the coordinates of the set up point there would

be no need to use the Ref Points routine but for this exercise we will

continue as if we didn’t know these coordinates.

Step Action Display

13

From the Map View:

We see red text informing us that we

need to select a point and make a

measurement to it.

Tap on your first point in the

map to select it. In our example

I will tap on point 6 first.

We see our point number in the

Observed Point field. We also see our

selected point with a red dot on it in the

map.

Tap on the Activate 3D Disto

button.

This takes us to Leica’s 3D Disto

software.




Step Action Display

14

From the Viewfinder in the 3D Disto

software:

Remember to put the software in

Viewfinder mode by tapping on

the Viewfinder button.

Use the tap and drag method you

learned in the previous section to

direct the 3D Disto’s laser

pointer to your first point.

Switch back to Layout when you

have finished.

This returns us to the Map View and

Layout is ready for the first

measurement.

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In the Map View:

Press the Measure button.

Layout will make the measurement and

record it. You are now prompted for the

next shot.

Tap on your next point to

measure. In this example it will

be point 2.

This step continues on the following

page.




Step Action Display

15

This step continues from the previous

page:

We now see two arrows emanating out

from the instrument’s possible location.

We also see standard deviation values

for the computed instrument’s

coordinates.

Let’s take more measurements.

Tap on your next point.

Point your 3D Disto at it.

Press the Measure button.

Continue this step until you have

run out of points.

Note: If you make a mistake, you can

remove a measurement from the

solution but tapping on the Info button

and unchecking the point.

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Continuing in the Ref Points Routine:

We see from the green Standard

Deviation text that our values are very

small (this is what we want). The

smaller these values are, the better are

our results.

Tap on the Store Point button.

This takes us to the Store Point screen.




Step Action Display

17

In the Store Point screen:

We now see our newly computed

coordinates for our unknown 3D Disto

set up location.

Remember back in Step 13 of the first

section of this guide, we had created

point 1 (our 3D Disto’s set up

coordinates were N1000, E2000, H10).

We can see that going through this

routine we were able to come up with

coordinates that were very close to our

original (only 1/8th

of an inch off).

I wanted us to go through this routine to

show how accurately you can achieve

instrument location coordinates using

the Ref Points routine.

Tap on the Store Pnt button.

This closes the Store Point dialog and

takes you to the Orientation Result

screen.


Question: Why are the

coordinates not the same between

our computed position and the

original known coordinates?

Answer: As you can see, we got

very close to the true coordinates

of this point. Most likely the

reason the solution is not 100%

correct was due to my ability to

accurately target the known

points. We will always want to

get the best results but in this

case, being off 1/8th

of an inch in

easting and perfect on the

northing coordinate was

acceptable for this project.



Step Action Display

18

In the Orientation Result screen:

We remember this dialog from the first

section of this guide in Step 18.

Press the Accept button.

This closes this dialog and returns you

to Map View where you are ready to

start laying out points.




Congratulations You completed 2 separate exercises using Layout and your 3D

Disto.

In the first exercise we proceeded as if we had just been told to set

up our 3D Disto on a job site and use an arbitrary coordinate as your

instrument location, and measure points in the project area.

Based on this you successfully created a project in Layout and set

the project’s units. You then connected Layout to your 3D Disto.

You set your 3D Disto on an arbitrary point and gave the point the

coordinates of

N1000

E2000

H 10.0

You then made a backsight measurement towards an arbitrary

direction, and stored that new point.

You then continued to make measurements using Layout and the 3D

Disto.

When you finished measuring, you exported the collected points to

an ASCII file.

In the second exercise we acted as if we had been handed an ASCII

file of points, told to go setup in the middle of the project area and

‘localize’ to the provided coordinates.

You created a new project and imported the ASCII file of points.

You then used the Ref Points routine to establish instrument

coordinates by measuring to these known points. In surveying, we

call this a resection. You then evaluated the results and decided to

store the new instrument point, and continue laying out points.

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