Inside the Trimble X9: Deep Dive into Trimble X-Drive Technology 5
TheX9simplifieslevelingwiththeautomaticself-levelingprocessshowninthestepsbelow.
Step1:Randompositionof
centerunit
Step2:Centerunitturnsuntil
tiltsensorislevel
Step3:Instrumentrotates
180°aroundHzaxis
Step4:Centerunitturnsuntiltilt
sensorislevelforsecondfacereading
Thesystemachievessurvey-gradetiltcompensationiftheinstrumentissetupwithina
workingrangeupto10°fromeithersideofitsverticalaxisforuprightandupside-downscans.
Scansareleveledwithsurvey-gradeaccuracyof<3"(arcseconds),whichisequivalentto
0.3 mm@20m.Setupwithin10°iseasytoachieve,butanoptiontoenableguidelightsis
availabletoletusersknowifthetripodneedstobeadjusted.Thisprocessisquickinthefield
andrequiresnoexpertise.