TBC Local Site Setup With Given Scale Factor

TBC_Local_Site_Setup_with_Given_Scale.pdf April 21, 2010

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Trimble Business Center Local Site Setup

Using a Given Scale Factor This document illustrates the process of manual data point entry into Trimble Business Center (TBC)

software for a Local Site Setup when using a given scale factor to upload into Survey Controller or

Trimble Access Software.

Trimble Business Center Software Configuration: Once the Trimble Business Center (TBC)

software is open…

• Open the Project menu

• Select Site Settings menu

option

• Enter your Local Site

Ground Scale Factor in the

Local Site Setting window




Adding Points: After TBC has been configured for the local site ground scale, the software is ready to

have point data added…

Entering Point Data

Manually:

• Open the Point menu

• Select Create Point

• Enter Point Information in

the Create Point window

- Point ID

- Layer

- Feature Code

- Coordinates

• Select Add

Preparing Data for Export: Once all desired point data has been entered into TBC, you are now

ready to format your data for upload into either Survey Controller or Trimble Access…

• Open the File menu

• Select Export

• Select the Survey tab, in

the Export window

• Select Survey Controller

(for example) job file

exporter

• Open the Options menu

and choose Select All

• Assign the directory you

want to export your job

file to and change the

name of the file if needed

• Choose the version of Survey Controller/Trimble Access Software loaded on your data collector

• Click Export

User Notes: There are two

ways to add point data to the

map… You can perform an

import of a .CSV file that

contains the coordinates of

your point data or you can

enter in each point

individually…




Uploading Data into Survey Controller/Trimble Access: After the point data has been

formatted into the correct version of Survey Controller or Trimble Access, you are now ready to perform

the upload…

• Open the View menu

• Select Device Pane

• Highlight Survey

Controller in the Devices:

Direct Connection window

• Select Upload

You should now be able to open

the job file you have uploaded

into Survey Controller and head

out to the project site.

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