System 1200 Smart Coding

The following guide outlines the Configuration, Use and Saving of Smart Coding

Note: This guide assumes the use of System 1200 firmware version 5.6

Smart Coding is a new concept brought to System 1200 to increase efficiency whilst
surveying. It allows the user to set up a table of codes from which the point can be coded and
recorded with the press of one button, or by a single tap of the active screen in the field.
There is no need to scroll through the code library every time the code needs to be changed.
Simply select the button on the screen that displays the code you want. Lying behind the
Smart Code screen is the same customised code library that System 1200 users are familiar
with.

Step Instruction Screenshots

Smart codes can be configured

before a survey is started or at any
point during a survey. This can be
done by pressing F2 (Conf) from the
Survey Begin screen or by selecting
Shift + F2 (Conf) at any point during
1
the survey. You will be presented
with a screen as shown.

Initially to select whether to use

Smart Codes toggle the Use Scodes
option from No to Yes.

Show Info refers to a line of data that can be

added to the Smart codes screen by the user.
This is not just a display but can be edited too.
This means that the user does not need to
continually toggle between displays using F6
to edit this information. Options available for
this field are numerous. For total station work it
may be advisable to use Reflector height as
this is something that is most likely to change
during a survey. For GPS work with a fixed
antenna height you may want to keep an eye
on your 3DCQ values.

Measure Point is a Yes / No toggle to

determine whether by clicking on the code on
the screen you want to simply select that code
or Select the code and measure the point.

2 String Attrib is to help the user control line

work within the survey. If String features such
a BB have an attribute to determine which BB
string a point belongs to, this can be linked
from the background code library into Smart
Codes. It is very often the case that the string
attribute is attribute 1 within the code library.

Method comes into play if you wish to use the

Smart Codes screen to assist with surveying
cross sections of a road or similar repetitive
group of features.

If Not Used is selected then the highlighted

code on the Smart Code screen remains the
same as previously selected after the point is
recorded.
 Same Direction will mean that the cross
section will be surveyed in the same direction
at each intersection of the feature.

Zig-Zag will mean that the direction of survey

will reverse for alternate cross-sections.

The Direction of the survey determines which

way through the smart codes the software will
run, Forward or Backward.

2 No. Elements determines how many codes

will be displayed on the on the screen at any
one time. The number displayed will be the
number included in the cross section before it
returns to the beginning or starts its reversal
through the codes. This can be anything
between 1 and 9.

Once finished with the Configuration

of Smart Codes press F1 to continue
with the setup or survey.

When the survey is started the

3 standard survey Screen will appear.
In the background you will see that
there is a tab called SCode. To
access this use F6 to Page across

The Code Block is the umbrella title

to a group of up to 9 codes. Any
number of Code Blocks can be
created. To create a new Code
Block, highlight the Code Block name
and press Enter. Press F2 (New)
4 and give a name to the new Code
block. Pressing F1 twice will store
and select that Code Block. When
two or more code blocks exist the
arrow keys can be used to scroll
through them.
Step Instruction Screenshots

To populate a Code Block highlight

the individual code button using the
arrow keys. Then press the F3
5 (Codes) button. This gives access
to the underlying code library.

Select the code required, then press

6 F1 to Continue.

Use the arrow keys to move to the

7 next code button and populate with
a code.

If the code selected from the code

library has a string attribute the F4
and F5 buttons will have a + and
8 assigned to them respectively. This
will allow for the string number to
increased or decreased.
Step Instruction Screenshots

The example shown is of a basic

road cross section. Using the Zig-
Zag method the survey can be
carried out crossing the road one
way and then the other as progress
9 is made along the road.

NB: Scroll down to display the

reflector height. This can be edited
from this screen display

Surveying with Smart Codes

To survey with Smart Codes

Simply press the All key whilst the required code is highlighted. Remember if one of
the Cross section methods is selected the highlighted code will move through the
window in order after each point is recorded. The point number will increment as
normal.

Touch the Active Screen on the button of the code required. This will select and
observe and record that point.

When one string ends and another starts use F4 (+) to increase or F5 (-) to decrease
the string number.

Mandatory attributes will behave in the same way as they would if codes were
selected from the library in the traditional way.

TRK, FAST or STD methods of EDM measurement all work with Smart Codes

Saving Smart Codes

Code Blocks are set up and saved to the job that they are created in. To be able to access
them from future jobs you must resave the Code library from the job overwriting the original.

To do this, escape to the main menu.

3 Management

1 Jobs

Highlight the Job and press F3 (Edit)

Use F6 to Page to the Codes tab

Press Shift + F2 (Export)

Highlight the Code Library you wish to overwrite or press F2 (new) to create a new
one.

You will receive a message that 0 codes have been copied. Ignore this message, the
Code Blocks will have been created in that code library.