System Software Testing of Laser Tracker Leica AT401

Authors

  • Filip Dvořáček Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Thákurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/gi.13.6

Keywords:

laser tracker, absolute distance measurement, Leica AT401, system software er- ror, group refractive index of air

Abstract

The article introduces a group of instruments called laser trackers and specificallyfocuses on one of them - Leica AT401. At the Research Institute of Geodesy, To-pography and Cartography the instrument has been tested both in laboratory andoutdoor conditions. Several significant errors in the instrument’s system softwarehave been found, mostly due to the creation of user-programmed controlling appli-cation called ATControl. The errors are related to a selection, a computation andan evaluation procedure of the refractive index of air. Finally, notes of the newmeasurement modes of Leica AT40x are given and a range of distance measure-ment is discussed.

Author Biography

  • Filip Dvořáček, Department of Special Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Thákurova 7, 166 29 Prague 6, Czech Republic
    http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4336-056X

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2014-12-21

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