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My colleague Jay Riester has posted a really nice article about an app for finding NGS Control points on his Mapping Blog... Check it out http://seilermapsupport.wordpress.com/

Re-activating the LCD Display on the Trimble TDL 450H Radio Modem As a power saving feature, the LCD display of the Trimble TDL 450H radio modem will “go to sleep” after approximately six minutes of inactivity from the onboard keypad. For the user to be able to re-configure the unit via the faceplate, the LCD [...]

Maximizing the Controller Display and Touchscreen Lifespan Controller displays and touchscreens require proper care to prolong life. To maximize the lifespan of the controller touchscreen, a screen protector must be applied to the touchscreen at all times. A screen protector will protect the controller touchscreen from scratches, dust, condensation, and stylus wear. Trimble recommends that [...]

Dear Trimble Survey customers, On September 14, 2011, it was discovered that the WAVE baseline processor in Trimble Geomatics Office (TGO) and GPSurvey could not process GPS observations collected on or after that date. The failure in the WAVE processor was not anticipated due to the fact that both products had been discontinued (TGO was [...]

On September 6, 2011 NGS's CORS group released revised coordinates for all CORS sites. The new coordinates update both the global frame and the National Spatial Reference Frame as follows. New Frames Previous Frames IGS08 Epoch 2005.00 ITRF00 Epoch 1997.00 NAD 83(2011) Epoch 2010.00 NAD 83(CORS96) Epoch 2002.00 NAD 83(MA11) Epoch 2010.00 NAD 83(MARP00) Epoch [...]

Here is a link to a good article by Gavin Schrock on the Lightsquared controversy. http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/8451/2/

Unwilling to read the manual?  What manual?  Where is it? Here is what the lights do and mean.... Notification LEDs At the top of the unit are three LEDs that provide status information: Left LED Center LED Right LED Colors: amber, green, red Colors: amber, green, red Colors: amber, blue, green Battery Status: Green: fully [...]

  Perform a Clean Boot...This is like a hard reset. WARNING: Application software installed by the customer and some licenses, settings and user data will be cleared if this function is performed! Hold down the Power key until the countdown begins and then release it to show the Power Menu described above. Tap Reset. Upon [...]

If you have Survey Controller job files that you need to convert to Trimble Access format, Trimble has a free cloud based conversion utility to do just that. Type fileconversions.trimbleaccess.com into your browser and hit enter on your computer... This takes you to a website where you can convert your files. You have to download [...]

You know how when you are using a cell phone to access a VRS network and things start to go downhill? First thing most people do is blame the VRS network and sometimes that is the problem.  However, more often it is your cell phone signal...if you do not have a good strong connection, your [...]