Topcon AP-L1A robotic advice needed
A friend has given me a Topcon AP-L1A and Husky FS/2 that he dragged out of the closet. Not wanting to see good equipment thrown away, and having another surveyor friend mildly interested in robotics, I decided to dust it off and see if it can be useful for him.
So far I have learned…
1. The the Husky’s batteries are dead, the charger is missing and the battery door is frozen shut.
2. My SurvCE 4.0 on my Allegro MX will not talk to the AP-L1A despite having robotics enabled. The is no option for the AP-L1A and no other Topcon protocol works. (This is a cabled connection). I also understand that Carlson, at some point, stopped putting the AP-L1A equipment settings in SurvCE prior to ver 4.
My questions are
A. Does anyone have a model number on the FS/2 AC adapter and a battery part number? I have found an adapter on Google for $60, but would like to verify the #s before dropping the coin.
B. Will Survey Pro work with the instrument? My friend has the TS license on a Ranger 3 and mentioned possibly upgrading.
C. Can a SurvCE equipment setup be created or made to work? Anyone experience this?
The instrument will turn on, the Satel radios power up and seem to detect the DC connection, but keep getting stuck on the DC connection / settings.
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