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Connecting a Leica iCON Robot 50 to

a Leica iCON CC51 using

MicroSurvey Layout and Long Range

Bluetooth

October 22, 2012

John Coldrick

© 2012 MicroSurvey Software Inc. of 30

Connecting an iCON 50 to a CC50 using MicroSurvey Layout

Introduction This guide describes how to connect your Leica iCON 50 robotic

total station to a Leica CC50 data collector using Long Range

Bluetooth.

You will then learn how to create a Leica iCON50 robotic total

station profile in Layout, and connect the two devices via their long

range Bluetooth radios.

You will also learn how to connect your iCON 50 robotic total

station to your CC50 using a serial cable and then using short-range

Bluetooth.

Important Note: You only need to create a particular profile once.

After that Layout will preserve and use this already-created profile.

Current

Version This guide was written using Layout version 1.0.3.3 installed on a

Leica CC50. If you are using a different version, your screens may

look differently than what is displayed in this guide.

Before you begin Have your Leica iCON 50 robotic total station and Leica CC50 data

collector with Layout installed on it close by. You will need them to

complete this guide.

Continued on the following page


Connecting an iCON 50 to a CC50 using MicroSurvey Layout, continued

Turn on your

iCON 50 Robot We must put the iCON 50 robotic total station in the correct long

range Bluetooth state.

Press the red ON/OFF button on your robot to start it.

Then press and hold the ON/OFF button until you see the 3

lights on the display start to cycle.

When the COM (middle) light turns to red, release the

ON/OFF button. This light will remain on while the

instrument is on.

You have just turned off internal Bluetooth, and communication

with the CC50 will now be via the RH16 radio handle.

In other words, this turns on the long range Bluetooth in the

instrument.

You are now ready to start Layout.




Step Action Display

1

Turn on your Leica CC50.

This starts up the Windows Mobile 6.1

operating system, and then starts the

iCON software.

Once iCON has finished loading,

Tap on the Exit icon in the top

right-hand corner of the display.

This takes you to the Exit/Shutdown

screen.

2

In the Exit/Shutdown screen:

Tap on the Exit radio button to

place a circle in it.

Press the green check mark

button.

This closes down iCON and returns you

to the desktop.




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3

From the desktop:

Tap on the Start button.

Select MicroSurvey Layout

from the context menu.

This launches MicroSurvey Layout.

After this splash screen appears, you

will see the Device ID screen.




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4

In the Device ID screen:

Enter your license key in the

Key field.

Press the Apply Key button

when finished.

Important Note: Layout will

remember your key; therefore, you will

only have to enter your key once. Once

a correct key is entered, you will not see

this screen again.

If you don’t have a license key, you can

continue in demo mode for a total of 30

points.

Press the OK button to continue.

This takes us to the Project Manager

screen.


License Keys are provided by our

internet registration portal or your

dealer.

Please contact your dealer for

information on License Keys and

how to register your new software.



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5

In the Project Manager dialog:

Tap on the Project Manager

button.

This takes us to the Project Manager list

dialog.

6

In the Project Manager list dialog:

We now see all of our Layout projects.

Since this was a new installation, the

only project displayed is the default

project that comes with Layout.

Tap on the New button.

This takes us to the Create New Project

dialog.




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In the Create New Project dialog:

Enter a name for your new

project. In this example we will

call our project: Friday Job.

Tap on the OK button.

This takes us to the Unit Settings screen.

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In the Unit Settings screen:

Decide which units you would

your project to be in. For this

example, we will leave the

project in US Survey Feet.

Press the Save As Default

button if you wish to make all

future projects to be in this unit

setting. Important: A project’s

units cannot be changed after

selecting them in this dialog and

pressing the OK button.

Tap on the OK button.

This takes us to the Main Menu screen

of Layout.




So Far So far we have created a new project and set the project’s units.

Now we will connect to the iCON 50 robotic total station via the

RH16 radio handle to the CCD3 Long Range Bluetooth cap on the

CC50.

Step Action Display

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In the Main menu:

Tap on the Connect button.

This opens the Instrument Selection

screen.




Creating an

Instrument

Profile

Instrument profiles contains settings specific to the particular

instrument you are attempting to connect to and use. Once you have

created a profile, you can then select it when creating a new project

and all of that particular instrument’s settings will be used. This

becomes especially useful when you have multiple instruments.

Selecting a profile vs. having to enter settings every time

significantly speeds up you day.

We will create an instrument profile for the Leica iCON 50 Robotic

Total Station.

Step Action Display

10

In the Instrument Selection screen:

Tap on the Total Station

instrument type radio button to

place a black circle on it.

Press the Add button.

This takes us to the New Instrument

Profile screen.




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In the New Instrument Profile screen:

Enter a name for your instrument

profile in the Profile Name

field. In this example we will

call it iCON 50 Robot.

Instrument profiles are used to save your

particular instrument’s settings so that

you don’t have to remember them or

have to set them each time you create a

new project or select an instrument to

use.

Press the Save button when

finished.

This returns us to the Instrument

Selection screen.




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In the Instrument Selection screen:

With your newly created instrument

profile name in the Instrument

Profile field, we will now edit that

profile and configure it to the

specific settings necessary for the

iCON 50.

Press the Edit button.

This takes us to the Total Station

Profile screen.

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In the Total Station Profile screen:

Tap on the Model and

Communication button.

Ensure that your iCON 50 is

turned on.

This takes us to the Model and

Communication screen.




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14

In the Model and Communication

screen:

Ensure that the Make field

has Leica selected.

Ensure that the Model field

has iCON Robot 50

selected.

Ensure that the Port field is

set to Radio.


You will see a progress bar as the

CC50 looks for a Bluetooth handle.

This takes us to the Select Radio

Handle screen.




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15

In the Select Radio Handle screen:

After the search, Layout lists the

possible devices. In our example,

our robot is called iCRR55 242855

C2. Your’s will have a slightly

different name.

Note: Don’t be alarmed if the

display on the right is not identical

to your display. Our controller

found devices near us.

Tap on your device’s button.

Important Note: You will not have

to do this search again. After this

initial pairing, Layout will

remember and reconnect to your

iCON robot.

This takes you to the Level

Instrument dialog.



Step Action Display

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In the the Level Instrument dialog:

Level your instrument and

press the Continue button

when finsihed.

This takes you to the Main Menu.

Connecting your

CC50 Via a cable The previous section explained how to connect to your robotic total

station using the internal radios of the iCON 50 and CC50. There

may be times when you will want to work behind the total station in

a non-robotic mode, and connect your data collector to the

instrument via a cable. Skip ahead to page 27 of this guide to learn

how to connect your iCON 50 robot to a CC50 using a serial cable.




Recap Up to now we have created a project, searched for, found, and then

connected our iCON robot. Now let’s setup the instrument on a

point, search for a prism, and make a measurement.

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From the Main Menu:

Notice the display on the right has a

Stakeout Mode button and a As-

Built Mode button.

Use the Stakeout Mode button for

when you want to layout points.

Use the As-Built Mode button for

when you want to make new

measurements, and you do not want

to layout points.

In our example we will measure new

points.

Tap on the As-Built Mode

button.

This takes us to the Map View of

Layout.




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In the Map View of Layout:

The first thing we will want to do is

setup our instrument on a point.

Since this is a new project, it has no

points in it. We will create a new

point and set up our instrument on it.

Tap on the Select Mode

button.

This takes us to the Select Measure

Mode screen.

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In the Select Measure Mode screen:

Tap on the Occupy Point

button.

This takes us to the Orientation

Setup screen.




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In the Orientation Setup screen:

Notice in the Occupy Point

field has the text Click.

Click in that field and a

Layout context menu pops

open.

In the menu, select Point

Select-New.

This opens the Store Point dialog.




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In the Store Point dialog:

We will create a new point. In this

example, I am creating a point with

coordinates displayed on the right.

Question: Why are you using a

significantly different coordinate

value for your easting compared to

your northing?

Answer: To easyily distinguish the

northings from the eastings.

Enter the coordinates for

your instrument occupation

point.

Press the Store Pnt button

when finished.

This returns us to the Orientation

Setup dialog.




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In the Orientation Setup dialog:

We now see our newly created point

1 in the Occupy Point field.

We are now prompted for a

backsight.

In this example we will sight an

arbitrary point that has no

coordinates and call it north.

Select the Backsight

Direction radio button.

Leave the default direction as

o° oo’ oo”.

Press the OK button.

This returns us to Map View.




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In the Map View:

We now see blue text informing us

that we are about to measure a

backsight.

Notice the red unlock icon.

This tells us that the instument is not

locked onto a prism. Let’s search

for a prism. Make sure you have a

prism available that your instrument

will find.

Tap on the red unlock icon.

This starts the prism search routine

and you should see your instrument

spinning to find a prism.

This step continues on the following

page.




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This step continues from the

previous page:

When the instrument has finished its

search, and locked onto the prism,

you will see the red no lock icon

change to a green lock icon.

Press the Measure button.

The instument will make a

measurement.

When finished you are taken to the

Orientation Results dialog.

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In the Orientation Results dialog:

Here you have an opportunity to

review your backsight results before

storing them. Since we are pleased

with our backsight, we will press the

Accept button.

Press the Accept button.

This takes us to the Total Station

Orientation dialog.




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In the Total Station Orientation

dialog.:

Since we measured a direction and

distance to our backsight point, we

are given an opportunity to store this

point. Let’s do so.

Press the Yes button.

This takes us to the Store Backsight

Point screen.

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In the Store Backsight Point screen:

Press the Store Pnt. button.

This stores your backsight point and

returns you to the Map View to start

measuring.




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27

In the Map View:

You are ready to continue

measuring.




Cable Connection In the previous steps we connected the CC50 to the iCON robot

using the RH16 radio handle and long range Bluetooth.

Now we will connect the CC50 to the robot via a serial cable.

As we did above,

turn on your

iCON 50 Robot

We must put the iCON 50 robotic total station in the correct serial

cable state.




When the COM (middle) light turns OFF, release the

ON/OFF button. This light will remain off while the

instrument is on. This puts the instrument into serial cable

mode.





Step Action Display

14a

Follow the steps in this guide

starting at Step 1 and continuing

through to Step 13.

When you get to the Model and

Communication dialog,

Enter the setting in the image

on the right.

Press the Connect button

when done.

This makes a connection to the

instrument. When done you will see

the Level Instrument screen and you

can continue using this guide from

Step 16 onward.




Short-Range

Bluetooth

Connection

In the previous steps we connected the CC50 to the iCON robot

using the RH16 radio handle and long range Bluetooth. In the

previous section we learned how to create a cable connection.

Now we will connect the CC50 to the robot via the robot’s internal

short-range Bluetooth radio.

As we did above,

turn on your

iCON 50 Robot

We must put the iCON 50 robotic total station in the correct

Bluetooth state.




When the COM (middle) light turns Green, release the

ON/OFF button. This light will remain on and green while

the instrument is on. This puts the instrument into short-

range Bluetooth mode.


Short-rangeContinued on the following page



Step Action Display

14b

Follow the steps in this guide

starting at Step 1 and continuing

through to Step 13.

When you get to the Model and

Communication dialog,

Set the Port field to

Bluetooth.

Press the Bluetooth Search

button.

This starts a Bluetooth device search

for the instrument and takes you to

the Select Bluetooth Device screen.

15b

In the Select Bluetooth Device

screen:

After the Bluetooth device search

has finished, a list of found devices

is presented. If your device does not

appear in the list, press the Refresh

List button to start a new search.

Note: Don’t be alarmed if your

search does not find the devices

listed on the right.

Tap on the button that

matches your devive name.

In our example the device is

the iCRR55_242855.

This takes us to the Bluetooth

screen.




Step Action Display

15c

In the Bluetooth screen:

If your instrument has a Bluetooth

PIN, enter it in this field. If you are

unaware if your instrument has a

Bluetooth PIN, try leaving this field

empty.

If that doesn’t work, try using the

PIN of four zeros (0000).

Press the OK button when

finished.

This returns us to the Model and

Communication screen.

15d

In the Model and Communication

screen:

We now see our newly found

Bluetooth device listed under the

Bluetooth Search button.


Note the colur of the middle green

light on the robot has changed to

Blue.

This makes a connction with the

instrument and takes you to the

Level Instrument screen. You can

now continue from Step 16 above.




Congratulations You have successfully created a project in Layout.

You set your instrument to be in the correct Radio Handle Bluetooth

(and then serial and short-range Bluetooth connection) mode.

You then connected your CC50 to the iCON 50 robot.

You setup your instrument over a point and took a backsight

measurement. You stored this point.

You are ready to continue measuring.

Remember, Layout will preserve these settings in your instrument

profile. You only have to create this profile once. In other words,

you don’t have to follow these steps each and every time you want

to survey using this total station and data collector.

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