Amberg Applications makes surveying tasks in tunnel construction faster and simpler. At the same time, the user gets the flexibility to react to changing requirements.
Amberg Applications is the powerful on-board application for Leica Viva and Captivate total stations. A seamless workflow is guaranteed by using the Amberg Profile module. This ensures trouble-free data transfer of project data and measurements from the tunnel to the office.
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It measures or stakes out points in tunnel and shaft headings with a tachymeter. The software controls the instrument, evaluates the data and displays correction values to the tunnel design.
Amberg ProScan plus (fully automatic reflectorless profile and point measurement), Amberg SetOut (automatic stakeout of interval points) and Amberg SetUp (absolute instrument positioning without entering point IDs).
Copy AmbergApplications.axx to the \SYSTEM folder of the memory card or USB stick, insert it and load the app like other Leica on-board software. With a CS25/CS35 remote, install it there too with the same licence keys.
The project export from Amberg Tunnel (a single .at2aa file) goes into a \TMS folder; control points go into the \DBX folder. The .at2aa files must never be edited manually, or warranty and support are lost.
Only the Leica Nova models below; other Leica instruments are not supported.
| Model | Status | Limitation |
|---|---|---|
| TS13 | Supported | No PowerSearch in some TS configurations |
| TS16 M | Limited | No PowerSearch, no ATR, no lock mode |
| TS16 A | Limited | No PowerSearch |
| TS16 P | Supported | None |
| TS16 I | Supported | None |
| TS20 | Supported | None |
| TS60 | Supported | None |
| MS60 | Supported | None |
They can be used, but tasks that need those functions cannot run, e.g. SetUp automatic (needs PowerSearch) or prism tracking with a tunnel disk in ProScan plus (needs Lock mode).
Each module is unlocked with a licence key entered via F6: Licence. Keys stay on the instrument after updates. Installing or updating requires a valid Maintenance & Support contract, verified by its own licence key.
In "Position and measure" there are two methods. Leica Setup calls the standard Leica Captivate setup program from within Amberg Applications. Amberg SetUp measures 3 to 8 target points from the selected control job and computes a Helmert resection; very regularly spaced targets can make it ambiguous or wrong, so verify the displayed stationing and check point.
String mode (manual point strings with pole or tunnel disk), Profile mode and Horizontal profile mode (automatic, with step angle or step distance between points).
The fully defined design goes out as one .at2aa file, and the measured profiles come back as a Leica DBX job.