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Internet Base Station Service version 2 upgrade scheduled on July 5th

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 2 days ago
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Overview The Trimble Internet Base Station Service (IBSS) is being moved to a new technology stack — IBSS v2 . This shift will decouple IBSS from outdated cloud infrastructure and make the service more reliable and scalable. Furthermore, this upgrade uses common infrastructure with the Geospatial IBSS. This transition will occur on 5th July 2025 and applies only to customers WHO DON’T use shared bases/ rovers. F or customers using shared bases/ rovers, Trimble will be available to assist dealers in facilitating customer transitions to IBSS V2 at a convenient/ preferred time. For any questions/ concerns/ assistance around this transition, ...
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Design Preview Background Map - New enhancement

By Guillaume Clin posted 03-31-2025
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Preview a Design on a Background Map When viewing a design, it's crucial to understand its context on the actual construction site. The design preview background map feature provides this real-world information. In the Info pane for a selected design, you can see a map tile showing the design in the geographic context of the job site and the world. You can zoom, pan, and toggle between terrain and satellite imagery view modes in the preview. For more detail, you can open the preview in full-screen mode, where you can also orbit the default ‘bird’s-eye’ view and choose between orthographic and perspective modes. Prerequisites: an imported ...
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File Explorer

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 02-05-2025
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We presume you liked the file explorer feature we released for the Siteworks, and Groundworks. We are happy to inform you that we are extending the feature to Earthworks as well. Now, w hen you select any E arthworks device from Account > Devices page, t he workflow starts with the ' Machine Data' folder . T his mimics the TCC file/ folder structure . You can then access the Project Library filespace from here. However, since TCC filespace is common for all machines, it shows up project s data across all machines in the account (and not specific to the ...
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WorksManager Remote Access for Earthworks Operator Screen

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 10-02-2024
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Today, for Earthworks machines, remote access is available only to the technician web user interface. Introducing remote access to Earthworks operator screen. This is now available for Trimble TD540, TD520 and TD510 displays. To access the feature, Install ScreenView app from App Central in the TD display Open ScreenView app, and grant device permissions in ‘Setup and Configuration’ section to enable remote view, and control ‘View permission’ to allow device to share its screen remotely ‘Remote control’ to allow device to be taken control of remotely ‘Keyboard control’ to allow remote keyboards to provide input ...
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WorksManager Remote Assist for Android Data Collectors

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 10-02-2024
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Today, remote assist is available for Windows data collectors. Introducing remote assist for Android data collectors. This functionality is available for any Trimble Android compatible data collectors (Trimble® TSC5 Controller, Trimble TDC6 Handheld Data Collector and Trimble TDC600 Handheld) and Android BYOD devices. To access the feature, Launch Trimble Installation Manager (TIM) and select Trimble Screen View. This is available for Trimble Siteworks Software v1.73 Open ScreenView app, and grant device permissions to enable remote view, and control ‘Allow notifications’ to allow device to send notifications ‘Allow ...
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Publish background images to data collectors

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 08-12-2024
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[Update 02/13] We are happy to inform that you can now download background images, either as single files or in bulk. With this enhancement, you can now add, view, edit, delete, download background images to data collectors, both as single as well as in bulk :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Update 12/19] We are happy to inform that we now support adding background images in bulk from WorksManager :) You can delete the images in bulk as well. Note that the bulk limit is capped ...
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Enhanced communications with field systems

By Josh Nimmo posted 10-12-2023
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Summary WorksManager and Trimble Earthworks 2.14 supports new enhanced communication channels. This new functionality uses bidirectional real time communication to deliver project settings and designs to devices, and enables the device to transmit the status back to the office. Having a bidirectional communication channel enables users of WorksManager to view the status of project settings and designs for supported devices, without having to contact the operator. Benefits Earthworks devices are now notified of relevant project settings and designs from WorksManager in real time rather than having to wait for timed check in. This allows for delivery ...
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Share devices with partner accounts

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 09-16-2023
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Background - Today, there is no easy way to work with devices from a different account in your project. You have to either add the devices to your account, which would consume additional device licenses (or) create copies of the same project in different accounts, and manage each account devices separately, which would be very inefficient Introducing ‘shared devices’ feature - You can now invite devices from different accounts into a single project. Workflow - This workflow involves 3 basic steps Invite a partner account Share devices with the partner account Assign shared devices into project From here on, ...
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Auto-archive all older design versions

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 12-15-2022
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Background : Today, in WorksManager, you can archive/unarchive designs & design versions manually anytime. In addition, the system auto-archives when there are more than 3 design versions, retaining the last three versions and archiving the rest. However, there have been requests to be able to auto-archive all older versions and retain just the latest version. Introducing ‘auto-archive all older design versions’ option in project settings - You can now apply ‘auto-archive all older design versions’ settings in WorksManager by selecting the Project > Settings page. For existing projects, this remains unchecked by default. You can go to the settings ...
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Add Custom Devices

By Badraveni Panneerselvam posted 11-23-2022
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You can now add Custom Device Model (like TCU, GeoXR, MPS865, NetR9 etc.) from Add Account Device page, so that you can add a device of that model into WorksManager to receive corrections in the field. Add Custom Model: You can add the custom device model from the Add Account Device page (My Accounts > Select account > Account Devices > click Add > click 'Add Custom Model' link on the Add New Account Device page). Create a new custom device model by entering the name and description. Add Custom Device: You can add new custom device by selecting the Custom Model in the Device Model dropdown list. Once custom device is added, the ...
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View, & Download In Field Designs for Earthworks

By Badraveni Panneerselvam posted 10-21-2022
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You can now View, & Download ‘In Field Designs’ for Earthworks to manage your machines from the office. View In Field Designs: You can view the In Field Designs for Earthworks machine from the Field Data page (My Projects > Select project > Project Devices > select Earthworks machine > click View Field Data > select 'In Field Designs' from the Type drop down). Download In Field Designs: You can download the In Field Design of Earthworks machine to your desktop by selecting the file/any files and clicking the ‘Download’ button.
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Add, Edit, & Delete RECEIVER Model Devices

By Badraveni Panneerselvam posted 09-02-2022
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You can now add, edit, and delete a receiver model device (SPS855, SPS985, SPS852, SPS851, SPS850, SPS986, SPS585, R750) to the account, and configure it as a base in the field to send corrections via IBSS Add: You can add the device via the regular 'Add Account Device' workflow (My Accounts > select account > Devices > Add) - browse for RECEIVERS section or search by typing SPS. Edit/ delete device: You can edit/ delete an existing receiver device (Devices > select device > edit/ delete from summary panel) .
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View, Download, Upload, Delete, & Search Machine Data for GCS, and Earthworks

By Badraveni Panneerselvam posted 08-12-2022
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You can now View, Download, Upload, Delete, & Search ‘Machine Data’ for GCS/Earthworks machines to manage your machines from the office. View Machine Data: You can view the Machine Data for any GCS/Earthworks machine from the Account Device page (My Accounts > Select account > Account Devices > select GCS/Earthworks machine > click View Machine Data folder icon). Download Machine Data: You can download the GCS/Earthworks machine data to your desktop by selecting the file/any files and clicking the ‘Download’ button. Upload Machine Data: You can upload the machine data to any GCS/Earthworks machines from WorksManager ...
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View & Download Field Control Points

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 04-21-2022
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You can now View & Download ‘Field Control Points’ measured in the field with any data collector from Worksmanager. View field control points: You can view the field control points for any data collector by selecting ‘Field Control Points’ from the drop down list on the ‘Field Data’ page (Project Devices -> Select data collector device -> Field Data - View -> Field Control Points). Download field control points: You can download the field control points to your desktop by selecting the file and clicking the ‘Download’ button. #trimbleworksmanager #fielddata
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Project short name - prefix for designs to legacy machine control devices

By Vijay Raghunathan posted 02-18-2022
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Background : Legacy machine control devices (CB4x0 running GCS900) do not have the construct of projects inside the Machine Control Data folder (unlike Earthworks/ Siteworks/ Groundworks). Hence, designs of all projects exist together inside the parent folder. In an attempt to bring the project context, when we introduced WorksManager for GCS, we prefixed the project name before the design name. While this was valuable, it resulted in longer design names in the control box, with the operator struggling to find the right design/ version (as the entire design name was not visible). We need a way to give project context to GCS designs, while keeping the design ...
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