Trimble Business Center

Hi 

I'm having a hard time pushing out TBC v5 for surveyors that uses it for converting files do to that your not able do change the coordinate system. What I've heard from here and there and even on the Beta Group is that you will be able to export and create designs and files for EW. SCS900, Siteworks and GCS900 but as it is right now you can't do non of this do to that you aren't able to change the coordinate system and if you don't have a coordinate system then you cant export the location. 

Fine, that there are functions that has been licensed. But saying that you will be able to export files to machines and other field instruments is NOT completely true because of the coordinate system.

I have posted a similar question in the Beta Group for TBC.

For the moment we are still pushing BC-HCE to surveyors that mostly uses BC to convert files for machines.

Please respond on the action on this?

@Alan Sharp

Phillip

You can drag and drop a Site Cal File from SCS900 / Siteworks / Access or a CFG / DC file from a Machine into the Project, that will set up the coordinate system in the project and then you can send  the project out to the machines.

If the SCS900 / Siteworks software was set up using Projection and Datum only (No Site Cal) you can drag the DC File into TBC and then send the Coordinate System to the machines.

If you need to create a Coordinate System for the project you can use the SCS900 or Siteworks Emulators on a PC to create the project, Define the Projection and Datum and that will create you a DC file in the Project Sync Folder. You can then drag and drop the DC file into your project and "Voila" you will have what you need.

You can also leave BC-HCE v4.12 on your PC and you can use that to also create the project, add the Coordinate System and save the project and then open it in v5 if you need to do that.

Agreed that the Coordinate System Manager is licensed today.in v5. It takes a lot of time every year to maintain the Coordinate System Manager and keep all of the Global Coordinate Systems up to date so that you can run all of your field systems effectively.

Appreciate that this is a change, please support us as we go through this period of change. We are trying to raise the bar on the software part of the CEC Business, appreciate that you are also likely heavily invested in Trimble Field Technologies.

I hope that you can see that we are investing in providing a higher level of support to our end customers through this Forum and through things like the Power Users Group (2x Training in Colorado in 2019 planned), however all of these things come at a cost unfortunately. I appreciate your feedback.

If you need the Coordinate System Manager functionality in TBC v5 it is now licensed to the Field Data Edition I believe

Alan

But in the "Feature Matrix - Trimble Business Center v5.00 Software" from November 2018, it list's Coordinate System Management as included in the Viewer Edition?

Is there a full matrix of licensed features on command-level similar to the ones for BC-HCE? This would be nice to avoid future misunderstandings.

That error on the Feature Matrix has been corrected - Coordinate System

Manager not Coordinate System Management is included in the Free Version of

TBC.

Alan

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 12:51 AM lasse.hanberg@sitech.dk <trimble@jiveon.com>

Thanks for clarifying

Trimble  would be best advised to provide a means of creating and editing calibration files for those sites that are set up with Leica or Topcon survey. We have a sub contractor who wants to use their Cat with Trimble machine control.

Providing them with line and dtm files is easy thanks to file flipper. However they can not use our Leica calibration file and they have not been able to create a calibration file. 

The easy solution is to tell them to bring in a Leica rig. However I would prefer to help them as obviously they have spent a lot of money on a new rig. 

Any heads up on what is the best way to create a. Cal file for them. 

I have the WGS84 and local coordinates. Just need an app that will create the calibration file in a format that will work in their scs9000.