Collimation

Performs an Instrument > Collimation operation

 

Input Arguments

 

0

Collection Instrument ID

Stationary Instrument ID

ID of the stationary instrument

1

Collection Instrument ID

Moving Instrument ID

ID of the instrument to move

2

Point Name

Collimation Point

Name of the collimation point

3

Boolean

Zero Moving Instrument

Used to zero the azimuth of the move instrument in the active instrument control

4

Collimation Type

Collimation Baseline Mode

Choose from Full Collimation or No-Tilt Collima-

tion

5

Collimation Baseline Method

Collimation Baseline Method

Choose from Determined By Value, From Scale, or from Know Point

6

Double

Baseline Distance

Used in “Determined by Value” baseline method

and to define the length of the scale-bar.

7

Point Name

Scale Point 1

First Scale-Bar Point

8

Point Name

Scale Point 2

Second Scale-Bar Point

9

Point Name

Not Measured by Moving Instru- ment

First measured point

10

Point Name

As Measured by Moving Instru-

ment

Second measured point

 

Return Arguments

None.

 

Returned Status

 

SUCCESS

The observation was marked successfully

FAILURE

The point or index could not be found.

 

Remarks

There are 3 baseline methods for this command selected in Argument 5. For more details on operation refer to the Instrument Manual under Measuring with Total Stations.