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 Collimation

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 Instrument

First measured point

10

Point Name

As Measured by Moving Instrument

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.