3-SETUP
WhentheOmniSTAR®HP/XP/G2signalconvergence
iscomplete,anothermessagedisplays:“Switchingto
HP/XP/G2.”
Thismessageonlydisplayswhenthesignalswitchoc-
curs.
Pressthe“OK”buttontoacknowledgeandclearthemes-
sage.
NOTE:TheactualchangetoOmniSTAR®HP/XP/G2
correctionoccurswhenthemessagedisplays.
Thesystemautomaticallyadjustsforanyerrorbetween
thetwomethodswhentheswitchoccurs.
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IftheOmniSTAR®HP/XP/G2signalislostbuttheOm-
niSTAR®VBSsignalisstillavailable,anothermessage
displays:“SwitchingtoVBS.”
Thiswarningonlydisplayswhenthesignalswitchoccurs.
Pressthe“OK”buttontoacknowledgeandclearthemes-
sage.
Thesystemautomaticallyadjustsforanyerrorbetween
thetwomethodswhentheswitchoccurs.
NOTE:Atanytimeyoucanviewwhichmethodofcorrec-
tionisinusebycheckingthe“GPSSetup”screen(Home
>Toolbox>GPS).
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“ConvergeDistance”
Usethe“ConvergeDistance”windowwithOmniSTAR®
HP/XP/G2toreducetheconvergencetimeassociated
withthistechnology.Thesettinginthiswindowaffectsthe
signalaccuracyrequiredforinitialconvergence:thesys-
temcontinuestoconvergetothefullsignalaccuracyof
OmniSTAR®HP/XP/G2technology,butthesystembe-
comesavailableforuseearlier.
ConvergedistanceisthedistancethatOmniSTAR®
HP/XP/G2usestoestablishthelocationofapointwhile
converging.Thesystemdefaultis0.102m(4.0in).
Increasingthedistanceallowsthesystemtobereadyfor
useearlier,butwithlessaccuracy.
Iftheplannedworkdoesnotrequirethehighestlevelof
accuracy,increasetheconvergedistancesothatthesys-
temwillbeavailableforuseearlier.Iftheplannedwork
doesrequiregreataccuracy,setthe“ConvergeDistance”
windowtothedefaultvalueof0.102m(4in).Inboth
cases,thesystemwillultimatelyconvergetothefullac-
curacyofOmniSTAR®HP/XP/G2technology.
NOTE:Donotconfusetheconvergedistancewiththe
accuracyofthetechnology.
Pressthe“ConvergeDistance”windowtoaccessthenu-
merickeypad.
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