The Leica Captivate Experience continues Interviews with our experts

The徕卡上校ivate Experiencecontinues…Several new solutions were announced on May, 2. We have asked Alastair Green, Field SW business director, Bernhard Richter, GNSS business director and Hans-Martin Zogg, TPS business director, to explain what are the new solutions and what are the benefits for the users.

Alastair, what are the new solutions which were launched with the Captivate v2.00 release?

We have released a number of new software and hardware solutions. This includes

徕卡上校ivate v2.00对于所有CS20，CS35，TS16，TS60和MS60。该软件，其中大多数由Bernhard和Hans-Martin描述，包括许多新功能，例如

– support of the new self-learning Leica GS16 with its 555 channels, RTKplus, SmartLink and SmartLink Fill,

– on the Leica MS60: the new dynamic lock and for all TS16, TS60 and MS60, the new orientate to object setup method

- 以及少数其他功能和错误修复。

Leica SmartWorx Viva v6.00对于所有CS10，CS15，TS15，TS50，TM50和MS50。这些控制器和仪器的新软件中主要有错误修复。由于SmartWorx Viva也在GS传感器上运行，因此该版本也应加载到GS10，GS14，GS15和GS25上。

Full details of all new functionality can be found in the release notes which can be downloaded frommy World.

我们从客户那里收到很多愿望和想法，并始终尝试尽可能多地实施。这是一个持续的过程，将在接下来的几年中继续进行 - 因此，请确保将CCP（客户服务软件包）保持最新，以便您始终安装最新版本。

Bernhard, the new self-learning GS16 was already mentioned by Alastair. What does “self-learning” mean?

As most people know, in the last few years the number of signals from increasing satellite constellation (GPS, Glosnass, BeiDou, Galileo) have grown significantly and this will continue in future.

But more signals do not automatically result in better performance. More signals can create more noise.

The intelligent adaptation to changing conditions by selecting the optimal signal combination is the key to deliver the most accurate positions. Therefore a self-learning GNSS sensor adapts to the conditions in which the sensor is being used.

这意味着，无论使用自我学习的GNSS传感器，最佳可用的卫星信号和最佳可用校正数据是自动选择的。无论周围条件如何，这最终都会带来最佳的位置和准确性。

Users do not need to worry about all the satellites constellations – the Leica GS16 does that for them and they can work more efficiently and in more challenging environments than ever before.

Watch the video to find out more

What is SmartLink and how does a user benefit from it?

SmartLink is a subscription service where GNSS correction data is transmitted by augmentation satellites (which are not the same as the GNSS satellites).

It utilises the corrections from geostationary satellites to compute a position with an accuracy of +/-3 cm (2D).

SmartLink is the perfect bridging service for data gaps in any local network such as SmartNet to remain cm positioning with ambiguity resolution. In complete remote areas the same accuracy can be achieved after an initial convergence period typically between 20 to 40 minutes.

因此，用户可以肯定的是，即使丢失了RTK数据流，甚至根本没有RTK校正，他的GS16仍将继续提供CM位置。

让我们看一下MS60多阶段。汉斯·马丁（Hans-Martin），您能解释一下动态锁定功能吗？用户可以从中受益？

Until now the Leica MS60 detected and locked onto a moving prism only when the prism passed the field of view of the telescope which is quite narrow with 1.5°.

With the new dynamic lock, the field of view has been enlarged to a vertical laser fan of +/-20°. The MS60 can lock now onto a prism, as soon as the prism crosses this vertical fan. The instrument will detect and lock to the prism.

The new dynamic lock on the MS60 increases the efficiency of the user in many ways, for example when staking out, on construction sites with many obstacles or when a prism is mounted on a moving construction machine.

Let’s watch the video to see these use cases in detail

What is the new “Orientate to object” method about?

“Orientate to object” is a new additional setup method for total stations and MultiStation which allows to orientate the instrument’s coordinate system into an object coordinate system. The difference between common setup methods is that with “orientate to object” the horizon of the two coordinate systems do not need to be parallel. In other words, the vertical axis of the two coordinate systems do not need to be parallel. Or the z-axis of the object is not in the direction of gravity.

This new setup methods opens up new application areas, such as for instance as-built check of pre-fabricated elements. An example could be a concrete beam fabrication factory. For this use case, the instrument is setup in the factory and is measuring the concrete beams. Each beam has its “own coordinate system”. The beams are not moving and simply need to be measured to check tolerances prior to delivery.