Chapter 2
General Product Information
Trimble S, VX, SPS & RTS Service Manual2 - 2 P/N 57150002, Revision 5.0
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Trimble S3 - Product description & Service Information
Product description
Trimble S3 Total Station — A Total Station with MagDrive™ Technology
The Trimble S3 Total Station is available as Servo, Autolock or Robotic. The S3 Total Station Servo
and Autolock has a fixed control panel. The Trimble S3 Total Station Robotic has no panel attach-
ment and is used together with a hand held controller e.g. Trimble TSC2.
The Trimble® S3 Total Station is based on the Trimble® S6 Total Station
Differences to Trimble S6 Total Station
All models:
• DR EDM based on High Precision /DR Standard EDM
• MagDrive™ servo technology, 85 degrees per second (S6 115 degrees per second)
• Not upgradable
• No SurePoint
• No Face 2 display/panel (Face 2 display/panel available for some markets on Servo/Autolock
models)
• No pressure sensor
• Optical plummet in tribrach
• Yellow center unit and side covers
Servo/Autolock models:
• Fixed control panel
Robotic models:
• Radio range of 300m
• 10mW 2.4GHz radio
• No panel attachment
Service information
The Trimble S3 Total Station is adjusted and tested in the same procedure as the Trimble S6 Total
Station except for the differences described herein.