Point Information dialog

This dialog appears, if you do one of the following:

• Select the main menu command File > System Properties, set the focus onto the Point information (optical) setting and click the browse button. Use this Point Information dialog to view the list of point data available for the whole Trimble 4D Control Server system, and to edit some of their properties.
• Select the Terrestrial Engine PP module in the Tree view. The categories and settings of the General Settings tab appear in the Properties view. Set the focus onto the Point list setting and click the browse button. Use this Point Information dialog to view the list of point data available in the selected module. If no post-processing result is available yet, no point is a member of the list.
• Select the Data Collector module in the Tree view. Open the Site Setup dialog. Do one of the following:
  • Click Add Points.
  • Go to the Backsights field and click the browse button.

  The list of point data available refers to the mission represented by the selected module. Use this Point Information dialog to specify the backsight point(s).

• Select the Data Receiver module in the Tree view. Open the Site Setup dialog. Go to the Backsights field and click the browse button.

  The list of point data available refers to the mission represented by the selected module. Use this Point Information dialog to specify the backsight point(s).

Adding points

Note - Point information is fed into the system in two ways: It can be imported automatically from JobXML files. (You specify the JobXML file(s) either when importing it into a Data Collector module or in the configuration of a Terrestrial Engine PP module.) In a real-time environment, you can specify point information when setting up the mission-related Data Collector module, either by importing point information from a CSV file or by manually adding new points to the list and editing its properties. When selecting backsight points, neither adding nor removing points is possible.

To add a new point in a real-time environment using the Data Collector module, click New.

Removing points

To delete the selected point(s) from the list of points click Remove.

Note - Points which are currently used in a loaded configuration cannot be deleted. To delete such a point, first unload the respective module making use of the point.

List field

The dialog displays a list of all points, for which currently information is available.

The points appear in alphabetical order, displayed as <Automatically added prefix>_<Point name>. Trimble 4D Control Server always automatically adds one of the following information as prefix to the point name specified as the Point name property:

• The mission name, when adding points for real-time applications (Data Collector module).
• The configuration name, when importing points from JobXML files for post-processing (Terrestrial Engine PP module).

For example, the point with point name 5 established in the Test1 Terrestrial Engine PP module configuration appears as Test1_5, while the point with point name 5 established in a real-time total station setup at the MissionA mission appears as MissionA_5. Thus, points with equal point names in different configurations and setups can be easily distinguished. This is especially helpful, if total station measurements are automatically numbered consecutively (1, 2, 3, and so forth).

The icon indicates a point where the total station has been located.

Point Information category

This category is used for all point information used to identify the point.

Grid Coordinate category

The settings at the Local Coordinate category display the local coordinates of the point. Positions are shown as local grid coordinates Northing, Easting and Elevation based on the selected Coordinate System. If a coordinate has not been measured yet, its value is Unknown. If you want your coordinates to be re-computed by another site setup make sure that the coordinates are set to Unknown.

Tip - Make sure that any imported coordinates are also based on the selected Coordinate System.

Operator Information category

Additional point information include the name of the agency (Agency) and the name of the operator in charge of the point (Observer). The default values are derived from the System Properties dialog.

Multiple selection

Multiple selections let you assign an identical value to all or several items. Use the Ctrl or Shift keyboard keys to select the items in the list field, edit the value that is to be applied to all selected points and click OK. The drop-down field above the Point Information category shows you how many points are selected.