Stonex R80 Product Review

Stonex R80 is a Motorized Total Station for classic jobs for survey and stakeout and perfect for high precision surveying areas, such as rail traffic monitoring, control of structures, bridges, dams and landslide areas. R80 adopts up to date automatic prism recognition and positioning technology and has a high accuracy of 0.5″-1″. R80 has a distance measurement accuracy of 1 mm + 1 ppm (Prism) and a 1.000 m long range reflectorless distance measurement. This motorized Total Station run Windows CE 7.0 operating system and each user can choose the software that best suits own needs. It supports also SDK and external control protocol for software developing.

HIGH PRECISION SURVEYING

• Angle accuracy of 1″
• Distance accuracy of 1mm + 1ppm
• Max range of 3500 meters with prism
• Windows operating system
• Automatically tracks your prism
• Automatic prism recognition

ONE POLE SOLUTIONS

OnePole Solution combines the millimeter positioning accuracy of a prism measurement with the advantage of measuring points not visible from the TS through the GPS Receiver. A total station needs local control points on which it can be set. These points must be visible from the station and therefore the line of sight has to be free of obstacles. An RTK GPS receiver can determine its position in seconds with centimeter level accuracy using data from satellites. The ability to combine and use both systems simultaneously greatly improves surveying efficiency.

Advantages of the system:
• The OnePole Solution allows you to work simultaneously with TS and GPS
• TS and GPS (and diastimeter) can be simultaneously connected to the controller using Bluetooth
• Change the measurement mode from TS to GPS by one simple tap on the always accessible switch button
• Reduce prism search times through auto aiming to the current GPS position
• Easily setup your TS position by Station On Point and Free Station/Resection programs
• View on Google Maps your TS and GPS surveys

This package includes the R80, its standard packaging as well as:

This Total station can be used for the following applications:

• Surveying
• Deformation
• Earthworks
• Roadworks
• Construction

Depending on your requirements you have the following options:

• Surveying software. Your Total Station provides you with the data you need but you still need surveying software in order to process this information. Which software you need depends on your needs. We recommend keeping it simple and don’t pay for things you don’t need. Having that said, if you do have to do complicated surveying work make sure you get the right software. Some recommended options are  Carlson, Aplitop and FieldGenius. If you need help, feel free to contact us by phone or via the chat below!
• Data collector. You might need a tablet or controller to run your software on. A tablet is however not always needed as some Total stations have onboard software already.  The type of tablet depends on which software you have choosen as some are Android based and some are Windows.
• Prism pole. In order to get the best performance out of your receiver you want to minimise the disturbances around you and give it a clear sight to the satellites above. That why its recommended attaching your receiver on a 2 meter minimum surveying pole. These come in fixed rods and in telescopic rods.
• Mini prism sets. These are useful when high accuracy is needed. Mini prism sets allow you to get as close to the ground as possible, minimising the errors in movement when holding the prism pole. Useful for working on foundations and such
• Tripod and Tribrach. These are needed to setup your Total Station. Recommended for total station use are wooden tripods as these don’t expand when temperatures change. For example when you’re working out in the sun, an aluminum tripod tend to expand a noticeable amount.

Global GPS Systems is currently in the process of independantly testing every single Total Station on the market. In collaboration with an highly recognised surveying company we will be testing all total stations on its performance in increasingly more difficult environments, accuracy claims and more. Want to know more about this? Please Contact us.

Stonex R80 Specification