Setup and Customise

TPS Settings

The yellow button, third from the left, on the 12d Field instrument control bar opens up the 12d Field - TPS Settings panel. This panel allows the user to control the instruments measurement parameters and settings. The 12d Field - TPS Settings panel is divided into four tabbed sections. Settings Windows Measurements Other The Settings [...]

Target Heights

The first button on the left of the control bar is used to display the current height of target, and when pressed opens up the "12d Field - Target Heights Panel". This panel is used to change the current target height. Target heights can be changed by using one of the three options on this [...]

Instrument Control Bar

Once the instrument has been set and succsessfuly connected to 12d Field, two panels will appear. The "12dField - Current Setup Details" panel is showing the relative information for current setup. 12d Field will remember the setup details from when 12d Field was used last. The other panel is the 12d Field Instrument Control Bar, [...]

Instrument Selection – Available Instruments Toggling

The instruments list is populated by the ‘12dF_INSTRUMENT_SELECTION.4D’ file. This file is created by default in the ‘user’ folder when you first start 12d Field. The ‘user’ folder is C:\12d\14.00\user\ You can change the available instruments by editing this file. Use a text editor to edit the file (Notepad is best – DO NOT USE WordPad [...]

Setup and Configuration

If this is the first time you are a connecting a specific instrument 12d Field, You will need to refer one of the following links, depending on the instrument brand and model, prior to continuing on this page. Visit this Post: Connecting Leica TS15, TS16, MS50 & MS60 to 12d Field or Visit this Post: [...]

HotKeys – Panel Sizing

HotKey panels are set to a default size, usually 80x80 pixels per image. The user(s) may wish to resize the panels to suit their personal preference. This can be done by manually editing the size of the image based buttons. To do this safely, first you will need to copy the images folder from the [...]

HotKeys

Hotkeys are image based button panels, in 12d Field, that are primarily used to control a connected instrument via the tablet. They allow the operator to control/command the connected instrument with ease through the touch of a finger or stylus. To activate the hotkey(s) in 12d Field: Show Options => Settings => Surv GUI => [...]