Sokkia Prolink Software

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ProLink Software

ProLink was last updated in July 2001. Its current freebee replacement is Spectrum Link, or for a maintained product go to the Magnet Office products.

(Open in another window) Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view PDF formatted files. Acrobat Reader is distributed freely by Adobe Systems. Sep 30, 2019  Prolink is used by 22 users of Software Informer. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 1.0 and 1.1. The names of program executable files are ProLINK.exe, akkord.exe, CompelloShipnet.exe, G700.EXE and galaxyP2.exe.

Colt gold cup national match serial numbers 1. The information below is for existing ProLink users, who may continue to use ProLink for its extensive export customisation functionality.

Known issues
Downloading Total Station or SDR datalogger to the PC
'I'm importing an ASCII file and ProLink crashes'
Download version 1.15 of ProLink
'XFM not found' (GPS)
'Not an XFM project .. backed out' (GPS)
Known or unknown Base coordinates - what's the go? (GPS)
Interfacing with third party software - Landmark, Civilcad

Here are a few things to be aware of:

1. ProLink requires Administrator rights when using projects. Each project is stored in a directory of its own.

2. (GPS RTK only) Prolink does not use a geoid model, so be aware you may find height differences between the results from thet work

5. (GPS RTK only). Reducing RTK data in Prolink: Antenna height of second and subsequent base stations in the same file are ignored - so if the second base station has a different antenna height, you'll see incorrect elevations for all points observed using that second base station. This only seems to happen on certain Operating Systems.

6. When re-opening a project, the co-ordinate order reverts to Northing, Easting, even if you set the default to Easting, Northing.

To transfer a file from a Sokkia Total Station you can use the 'receive' function in ProLink. After you have 'received' the file on the PC, you can 'import' it into a ProLink project.

For most Sokkia Total Stations use the SDR33 (SDR) device. You'll need to set the PC ready to receive and then 'send' the job from the Total Station.

If your Total Station or SDR check the following:

  • are you connected to the correct com port? In case of doubt, try all COM ports.
  • are the communication parameters the same on the PC and in the instrument? Check the speed (baud rate) but also the parity, data bits, stop bits. Leave Xon/Xoff unchecked and handshake 'none' for now.
  • is the com port available? Not occupied by Activesync, for instance.

Older models like the SET2Cii and other C series with built-in Sokkia data cards will use the 'SCR2' device (set to 9600 baud regardless of RS232 speed in instrument !) to communicate. Set File Type in the left hand screen to *.SCR. These instruments should be set 'On Line' in the Menu/Card/Comms menu and will receive a *.scr (not SDR) file to the PC.
The same settings apply if you're using an external SCR2 card reader.

If you have (intermittent) communication problems between the SDR33 and the Total Station, the cable attached to the SDR33 is likely to be faulty. Once you have a new cable, make sure not to squash the cable by inserting the SDR33 head first into the carry pouch.

' I'm importing an ASCII file and ProLink crashes '

Have a look (with e.g. Notepad, not MSWord) at thell get an error message if following files are recorded on other zones or did not use an .xfm file.

1. If you do not have known coordinates for the GPS base station, use 'unknown' setting. You can now enter completely arbitrary coordinates. But you must visit a known point with the rover and perform a calibration on the setting - and you don't need to do a calibration. But visit a known point as a check.

'Known' implies that the initial coordinate system will be using the entered known northing and easting as starting point.
'Unknown' implies that the initial coordinate system will use the autonomous GPS coordinates, converted to northing and easting. This should get your job within a few meters.

Similarly to the xfm setting of the first file, it is the setting in the first file which determines whether 'known' or 'unknown' initial coordinates are used in a ProLink project.

3. In case you entered known coordinates for your base station, but left the Base Coord field 'unknown' by accident , and you did not do a calibration, you will find all of your coordinates off by the same amount. To correct this situation, change 'arbitrary' to 'known' in ProLink's field book view, export the field book file as SDR file and import this new file into a NEW project. Or import another file with 'known' setting first ..