Instrument controls in the Video screen

You can control the instrument from the Video screen using:

• Tap‑and‑move – tap in the video screen to turn the instrument to that location.
• the arrow keys in the directional pad on the controller. See Joystick. Using the directional pad always moves the instrument, even if the software focus is in the form alongside the Video feed. Press an arrow key once to turn the instrument one pixel. Press and hold an arrow key to keep turning the instrument.

To use the arrow keys in the software form, for example to move through some text to edit it, you may need to press Ctrl + the left or right arrow key to enter the edit field mode. Subsequent arrow presses will move the cursor to the left or right, or press the up or down arrow to move to a different field.

SX10/SX12 on screen controls

When the connected instrument is a Trimble SX10 or SX12 scanning total station, by default the Video screen displays the following controls.

Zoom indicator

The Zoom indicator in the top left of the Video screen indicates the current level of zoom. Tap the bar of the Zoom indicator to quickly change the zoom level.

There are 6 optical zoom levels. Zoom levels 7 and 8 are digital zoom.

When the laser pointer is enabled on the SX12, the maximum zoom level is level 6.

Joystick controls

Use the Joystick controls to turn the instrument.

Tap an arrow key to turn the instrument one pixel. Tap and hold an arrow key to keep turning the instrument.

Turn buttons

Use the Turn buttons to turn the instrument horizontally 90° to the right or left, or 180°.

To hide some or all of these controls from the Video screen, tap / Settings.