The mirror will spin rapidly; Keep your fingers and long hair away from the spinning mirror to avoid injury or entanglement.
Trip hazard; Be cautious when moving with the scanner and tripods.
Batteries can catch on fire; Transport them carefully.
Scanning in different environments can be very hazardous; Fall risk when elevated, death or serious injury when working near roadways, enclosed space working environments, or potential injury from violent attack for law enforcement are a sample of dangerous conditions.
Be aware of your environment and move with caution, do not step out into traffic and follow applicable high visibility and safety equipment requirements mandated in your jurisdiction.
Your scanner is an electronic instrument. Some basic rules apply that will ensure users do not damage it. Please read the safety and maintenance materials that were provided with your scanner for detailed instructions.
Do not submerge or bake the scanners in ultra high humidity conditions. Placement of a wet scanner in a sealed box and leaving it in your vehicle on a sunny day must be avoided.
Scanners are IP54 rated and can be operated while working in the rain. Blow any moisture on the enclosed mirror and glass surfaces off and wipe the unit down to remove moisture prior to putting the scanner into the carrying case. Additionally, ensure the lid to the case is closed when working in the rain to keep it dry.
The BLK360 G1 has an exposed mirror and optical glass port. The surface of the rotating mirror is something that requires it be clean since light is reflected off it for all measurement data. Do not use abrasive clothing or cloth to clean it. It is best to treat this surface with care so that it does not get dirty in the first place. When working around construction debris and dusty conditions cover the unit when not operating or moving through dusty areas. Use a can of compressed air to blow particulate matter off the sensitive surfaces.
Take caution to not spray propellant residue from the can of air onto the mirror or glass surfaces. Do not invert, shake the can of air. Start the stream of air while pointed away from sensitive surfaces.
The BLK360 G2 scanner (2022) has an enclosed spinning mirror. Caution should be taken to treat this covered transparent surface carefully and clean it like a camera lens.
Keep them charged so you are ready to scan. The Leica 4 Bay Charger base has the ability to condition batteries. Normal working condition allow the batteries to simply be placed and left on the charger. It is a good idea to routinely run the conditioning function on the batteries. Read the manual to start this discharge maintenance.
In general, there are five rules for scanning and following these will assist in ensuring Cyclone software will auto align the scan data at import.
Follow the five rules used for deciding where to place the scanner and record each location in a scan plan.
Put the scanner close to the small detailed objects.
Open doorways to collect data between segmented areas.
Keep the doorways open and capture data in the area where you just came from.
Doorway scans ensure the segmented spaces can be registered together.
Cover two planar surfaces in one scan by stepping out from the corner of any object and place the scanner off the 45 degree angle from the corner.
Each scanner has internal software running the interface. This Firmware is often updated. Scanner Firmware can be updated when you have valid CCP through the release date of the particular version of Firmware. From your MyWorld account download your scanner's latest firmware.
Scanners are a measurement instrument and need to be calibrated and serviced regularly. There are two locations in the world that service HDS scanners. One is at the factory in Switzerland and the other is in Lawrenceville, Georgia USA.
Scanners are cleaned and serviced then subjected to high and low temperature ranges per their operating range and tested to ensure the unit is operating to published specifications.
When returning a scanner to Leica for calibration or service, contact HDS Support and request a RMA number. Remove all items other than the scanner head and ship to the provided address.
130m Range & 65m Range when in High Density (3 mm)
Low Density = 12 mm & Medium Density = 6mm @ 10 meters
Firmware 6.0 February 2023 -
Forensic workflows provide for hash values to be created by the RTC360. This is an elective security protocol to activate and provides automated data security validation in Register 360 +.
The hash validation is not supported in Cyclone Core import workflows.
ScanStation P50 - 1000m Range
ScanStation P40 - 270m Range
ScanStation P30 - 120m Range
ScanStation P16 - 80m Range
ScanStation P20 - 270m Range (Discontinued)
ScanStation C10 - 300m Range
Note: The ScanStation series have a DAC (Dual Axis Compensator) that is liquid filled supplying live time angular correction to captured data.
For more information: Dr. Gregory Walsh has a white paper in the blog link below on Tilt Compensation along with other technical information about survey grade scanners.
Pxx Simulator - P series ScanStation scanners can be controlled remotely by connection by an eithernet cable or WiFI connection from the windows device to the scanner. The Pxx Simulator is republished every time the Pxx firmware is updated. Download the updated software when updating your ScanStation firmware. The Pxx Simulator can be operated without a scanner attached to train users how to operate the scanner's firmware.
C10 Power Point Simulator - A power point simulator can aid in training on the C10 ScanStation firmware.
PxxDataCopyTool - Scan data can be transferred directly from the ScanStation to a computer using an Ethernet cable connection. The Pxx Data Copy Tool supports a WiFi transfer of data from the scanner. Cable connection is faster.
C10DataCopy Tool - The C10 has a different version of software and allows for transfer of data via an Ethernet cable connection.
In February of 2021 Firmware 3.0 was released supporting Pxx Scanner working with Cyclone Field 360. In order to communicate with Cyclone Field application and transfer a small percentage of the scan data, each ScanStation must calculate Lookup Tables LUT. This is done by connecting the scanner to the PxxDataCopyTool v3.0 with the Ethernet Data Cable.
ScanStations (Pxx C10) are frequently used with external cameras to speed up the image capture and collection of RGB color data to colorize the point cloud. Imaging can be reduced to 30 seconds per setup in day light or provide ambient low light imaging of a scene.
There is a top mounted version that requires a Canon EOS 60D-90D DSLR and Sigma 8mm lens. A software Key is required to allow the DSLR camera to connect via USB cable and transfer the images to the ScanStation's hard drive.
A second type of workflow uses a Nodal Ninja panoramic head and any DSLR camera with a wide angle lens that is placed into the tribrach to capture panoramic images. The images are assembled in PTGui software into a 360 x 180 image and then imported into Cyclone or Cyclone Register 360.
The External Camera Wizard assists in calibrating the camera and lens using a target field that is captured.