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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
Thank you for your first looks at PowerTopoLite by reading this manual. The PowerTopoLite is a user
friendly data collection and calculation program for the PENTAX total station R-200 series.
PowerTopoLite is developed based on PowerTopo, which is known as versatile on-board software for
PENTAX ATS total station series. The optimum combination of PowerTopo and R-200 hardware
makes PowerTopoLite as an easy and useful fieldwork tool.
The icon based main menu offers you the following possibilities.
z FILE MANAGER
z MEASURE
z VIEW AND EDIT
z FREE STATIONING
z STAKE OUT
z CALCULATIONS
z VPM
z RDM
z TRAVERSE
z ROAD DESIGN
z TRANSFER
z PREFERENCE
1.2 Before using the PowerTopoLite manual
z Memories in the instrument
The R-200 series instrument incorporates not only the PowerTopoLite surveying programs as the
Special function but also File manager and Data transfer programs.
The internal memory in the instrument can store the maximum 20000 point’s data.
z Relations between the Memory and each Function
Function Read from the stored data Write to the stored data
Measure SP, BSP SP, BSP, FP (SD)
Stake Out SP, BSP, SOP SP, BSP, SOP, OP
Point to Line SP, BSP, KP1, KP2 SP, BSP, KP1, KP2, OP
Free Stationing Each KP Each KP, SP (CD)
Traverse SP, BSP SP, FP (SD)
VPM SP, BSP, Each KP SP, BSP, Each KP, CP (CD)
Station point: SP Foresight point: FP Backsight point: BSP Stakeout point: SOP
Known point : KP End point : EP Observation point: OP
Conversion point: CP Crossing point: CRP Surveyed data: SD Conversion data: CD
z IH and PH
IH stands for “Instrument Height” and PH stands for “Prism Height”.