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4 STANDARD MEASUREMENT MODE
4.2.6 Stake Out (S-O)
The stake out distance is the difference between the measured distance and the preset distance.
Display value = Measured distance -Standard (Preset) distance
The value on the display is the distance in which the rod person must move toward or away from the
instrument. A minus (-) sign appearing before the stake out distance indicates that the rod person
would move away from the instrument to reach the stake out distance. If the stake out distance is
displayed with no sign, indicating positive (+), the rod person toward the instrument to reach the stake
out distance.
l Stake out operation can be accomplished in any distance measuring mode, horizontal distance
(HD), relative elevation (VD), or slope distance (SD).
[Example: Relative elevation]
Operating procedure Operation Display
1 Press [F6](P1) key in the distance measuring
mode to get the function as in page 2.
[F6]
2 Press [F2](S-O) key and press [ENT] key.
3 Enter the relative elevation for stake out, and
press [ENT] key.
The measuring starts.
[F2]
[ENT]
Enter
value
[ENT]
4 Collimate the target (Prism).
The difference between the measured
distance and the standard distance is
displayed.
l To return to normal distance measurement mode, reset the standard distance to “ 0 ” or turn the power
switch off (Resume mode: OFF) once.
V : 90
°10'20"
HR: 120
°30'40" PSM 0.0
HD: PPM 0.0
VD: (m) F.R
MEAS MODE VH SD NEZ P1 ↓
TURN SO MEAN m/ft P2 ↓
SO
HD : 0.000
VD :
EXIT BS
V : 90
°10'20"
HR : 120
°30'40" PSM 0.0
HD : < PPM 0.0
dVD : (m) *F.R
TURN SO MEAN m/ft P2 ↓
V : 90
°10'20"
HR: 120
°30'40" PSM 0.0
HD: 12.345 PPM 0.0
dVD: 0.09 (m) *F.R
TURN SO MEAN m/ft P2 ↓