B.

STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE IN SETTING-UP

1. SETTING UP FOR A TOTAL STATION SURVEY

FIRST, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE YOUR EQUIPMENT READY.
ESTABLISH A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR YOUR PROJECT BY MARKING A POINT
WITH A STAKE OR NAIL.

2. SECURING THE TOTAL STATION TO THE TRIPOD

ONCE THE TRIPOD IS OVER THE POINT, PULL OUT THE TOTAL
STATION AND PLACE IT RIGHT ON TOP OF THE TRIPOD. SECURE THE TRIPOD BY
TIGHTEN IT BELOW, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTRUMENT IS SET UP RIGHT
OVER TO THE SURVEY POINT.

3. POSITION OVER YOUR POINT

THE TANGENT LOCK ALLOWS US TO LOOK DOWN ON THE BOTTOM
AND SEE WHERE THE INSTRUMENT IS DIRECTLY OVER THE SURVEY POINT. TO
LEVEL THE INSTRUMENT, TAKE TWO LEGS OF THE TRIPOD IN BOTH OF YOUR
HANDS AND LOOK INTO THE SIGHT, LIFT THE TRIPOD AND KEEP ONE LEG ON
THE GROUND. ONCE DOING SO, BRING THE INSTRUMENT BACKWARD AND
FORWARD UNTIL YOU FIND THE POINT. ONCE YOU FIND IT, SET IT DOWN
GENTLY. ONCE YOU FOUND THE POINT, STEP ON THE LEGS AND EMBED THE
TRIPOD INTO THE GROUND. THEN YOU WILL FIND THAT THERE IS A BUBBLE
RIGHT HERE AND THAT WILL HELP YOU LEVEL OUT THE INSTRUMENT TO
CLOSER PRECISION.

4. BUBBLING THE TOTAL STATION

STEP ON THE LEG SO THAT IT DOESN’T GO ANYWHERE. LOOSEN THE
LEG AND RAISE THE INSTRUMENT JUST A BIT SO THAT IT'S MORE LEVEL. ONCE
YOU ARE SATISFIED, TIGHTEN UP THE LEG. IT WILL MAKE YOUR TOTAL
STATION BIT MORE CENTER AND CREATING A BETTER FOUNDATION. NOW,
THAT THE TOTAL STATION IS LEVELED, WHERE IT'S RELATIVELY FLAT WITH
THE TRIPOD. WE TURN IT ON BY PRESSING THE POWER BUTTON. AND THE
DIGITAL LEVEL SCREEN WILL POPS UP. THERE ARE THREE KNOBS ON THE
BOTTOM TO HELP LEVEL OUT THE INSTRUMENT. THE KNOBS MAKE THE
INSTRUMENT MOVE LEFT AND RIGHT, AND MOVE THE INSTRUMENT UP AND
DOWN. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DIGITAL LEVEL SCREEN, IT ENABLES US
TO SEE WHICH DIRECTION THE BUBBLE IS GOING. ADJUST THE FOOT LEVEL
SCREWS TO EXACTLY CENTER THE ELECTRONIC “BUBBLE".

5. READJUST POSITION AND FINALIZE LEVELING

LOOK THROUGH TO THE VIEWFINDER TO SEE THE POINT BELOW
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXACTLY OVER OUR POINT OF INTEREST.
LOOSEN UP THE SCREW SO THAT IT CAN MOVE THE INSTRUMENT SLIGHTLY.
POINT TELESCOPE TO TARGET AND ADJUST THE FOCUS RING UNTIL IT IS
FOCUSED. MOVE YOUR HEAD FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE TO TEST FOR IMAGE SHIFT.
REPEAT THE RETICLE FOCUS STEP IF PARALLAX IS SIGNIFICANT. THEN LOCK
THE SCREW BACK UP AND READJUST AGAIN THE DIGITAL SCREEN TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS PERFECTLY LEVELED.

D. NOTE:
I'VE LEARNED THAT SETTING UP THE TOTAL STATION IS NO JOKE, IT
NEEDS PATIENCE AND PRECISION, AND ANY SMALL ADJUSTMENT COULD
AFFECT THE LEVELING. ALSO HAVING THIS INSTRUMENT CAN HELP US
MEASURE AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.