3 Getting Started
42 Spectra Precision Focus 6 5" Total Station User Guide
Instrument keyboard and display
Instrument keyboard
Use the buttons on the instrument keyboard to carry out the following functions::
The functions of the Nivo keys are as follows.
Button Function See ...
Turns the instrument on or off. page 55
(Illumination button)
Provides access to the switch window.
Turns on/off the LCD backlight if held down for one second.
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Displays the MENU screen. page 109
• Changes the input mode between alphanumeric and numeric if pressed
when you are in a PT or CD field.
• Activates Qcode mode if pressed when you are In the Basic Measurement
Screen (BMS).
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Records measured data, moves on to the next screen, or confirms and accepts
the entered data in input mode.
You have the option to record the measurement as a CP record instead of an
SS record, if you hold this key down for one second in the Basic
Measurement Screen (BMS).
The instrument outputs the current measurement data (PT, HA, VA, and SD)
on the COM port if you press this key in the BMS or in a Stakeout observation
screen. (The Data Rec settings must be set to COM.)
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