Leica TC Series

Leica TC Series Instrument Setup
On the instrument, make sure that the communication settings have CR/LF for the terminator.

Remote Mode

1. Turn on Leica

2. Connect Leica to rover radio, and connect the radio to the larger battery.

3. Connect the base radio to Carlson Field, and the smaller battery.

4. In the Field menu go to Configure Field, and under equipment type put Leica TC

5. To make sure the baud rate matches, under the Field menu go to Configure Field and click on Communication Settings and check if the baud rate is 19200. When Leica is turned on under Main Menu enter 5 for "Configuration", and 2 for "Communication Mode", then enter 1 for "Gsi parameters", and check if the baud rate is also set 19200.

6. Line Terminator in "Gsi parameters" should be set to CR/LF

7. Press [F1] for "cont" when done.

8. When back in Communication Mode screen enter 5 for "RCS (Remote) ON/OFF" and make sure it's NOT set for remote mode.

9. In Main Menu press [F6] for "meas" when ready to measure.

10. In the Field menu go to Equipment Setup and for Connection Mode check remote.

11. When done click on OK.

To put Leica in Tracking: On Gun press "FNC" then ATR+ and LOCK+

TCA 1800

1. Turn on Leica

2. Connect Leica to Carlson Field

3. In Field go to Configure Field, and under equipment type put Leica TC

4. To make sure the baud rate matches, under the Field menu go to Configure Field and click on Communication Settings and check the baud rate. When Leica is turned on press [F3] for "conf", then enter 3. The baud rate can be changed by pressing [F6] for "list", when done enter [CONT]. In addition to baud rate parity, char length, and stop bits should also match.

Note: Default in Carlson Field is not the same as default in Leica.

Leica 1100

To set up the Leica 1100 total station select the following commands on the instrument: Main Menu>Configuration>communication mode> GSI parameters. In the GSI parameters command copy the following settings: (baud=to Carlson Field's, protocol=GSI, parity=to Carlson Field's, Terminator=CR/LF, Data Bits=to Carlson Field's, Stop Bit=1), Geocom Param (baud=Field's) RCS Param (baud=Field's). Also, make sure RCS mode is OFF.

Leica 700

To set communication settings for Leica 705s, go Shift key then Prog (Menu) key and then to All Settings and last to PC Comm.