AllTerra Technical Newsletter – Q3 2022

Technical News from AllTerra – 3rd Quarter Edition 2022

New AllTerra Central Events Calendar
Check out our new Events Calendar that lists everything going on with AllTerra Central. It lists everything AllTerra is sponsoring as well as upcoming webinars, events, power hours, and seminars. Click Events Calendar to see what all is going on!
Trimble Business Center (TBC) Updates:
TBC 5.70 was released June 1st. The updates included, but are not limited to: 
COGO 
–  Creating points using COGO command line commands 
–  Snap to nodes in vector PDFs 
Surfaces – View site balance factors in volume grid properties for a surface 
Point clouds 
–  Filter point clouds by a distance from a line or alignment, radius from a line or alignment, radius from a scan station 
–  Automatically measure overhead line clearance 
–  Perform a scan inspection 
Photogrammetry 
–  Enhanced UAS data import 
–  Support for Microdrones UAS data 
Mobile Mapping 
–  Hide and display referenced images 
–  Register Run to Run from multiple missions 
–  Define a region of interest on a trajectory 
Support 
–  Windows 11 is now fully supported 
–  Installation customization options – easily select program features and tools you want
 to include in the installation 
To see the full list of updates, please review the release notes at: TBC 5.70 Release Notes 
Trimble Retrieve
Trimble Retrieve has been updated with a new look and much better functionality. Quickly pull up videos for different versions of TBC as well as tutorial data. When visiting, be sure to look at the bottom of the first page for more navigation links. To visit Retrieve, go to: Trimble (retrieve.com) 
Trimble Access Updates 
Trimble Access 2022.0 was released at the end of May.   
Updates include but are not limited to:  
General survey 
–  a. Horizontal tilt offset 
–  b. Sync Scheduler 
–  c. Georeference Map files in the field 
Roads – improved interface  
To see the full list of updates you can go to the release notes at Trimble Access 2022.0 release notes, to an overview video at Trimble Access 2022.0 overview, or to the blog post at What’s New: Trimble Access Software Version 2022.00 | Trimble Geospatial. 
TSC5
If you utilized the over the air update to Android 11 update for the TSC5, you must update to Access 2020.0 for full functionality. Please see the Trimble Access 2022.0 release notes for more information
TBC Resources PDF 
Trimble’s TBC team has a pdf presentation that answers all questions TBC. It was updated as of June 22nd and contains the most up to date information. This presentation can be downloaded at Resources PDF 

MX9 and MX50 Mobile Mapping White Paper
Trimble has also released a new white paper comparing and contrasting the MX9 and MX50 mobile mapping systems. It goes into depth describing the differences and advantages of each system. Give it a read to learn more about mobile mapping here
MX9 Mobile Mapping System
We are pleased to announce the improved Trimble MX9 system is now officially released – Trimble MX9, Dual Head, AP60, Spherical +3x12MP. 
New improvements include:
  • State of the art LiDAR technology with new Riegl VUX scanners that produce 3.6 million measurements per second and 500 scan lines per second.
  • At lower scan rates, the range captures data up to 475 M.
  • 12 MP planar cameras for object inspection and mapping.
Please reach out to your local AllTerra Sales Representative to learn more about the new MX9 or mobile mapping in general.
Mobile Mapper Network Router Update (applies to all MX50 users and some new MX9 users). This update provides users with a stability improvement on WiFi connection between mobile mapping system control device and Trimble MX Scan Control Unit.
MGIS
Penmap for Android (April 8, 2022 release)- 
  • Support’s RTK Base/Rover Workflow 
  • Supports External Antenna (Zephyr Model 2/3) for TDC150 
  • GNSS: Stored measurement values are set to largest rms value, min sat number, worst pdop, & worst hdop for average measurements. 
  • Integrated Coordinate System Database 101 
Significant Update to Trimble Mobile Manager Released
Trimble Mobile Manager 3.0 has today been released for iOS on the Apple App store and for Android on the Google Play store.

New features

Trimble Mobile Manager 3.0 supports the following new products:
  1. Trimble TDC650 handheld GNSS receiver
  2. Spectra Geospatial SP30 handheld GNSS receiver
If you have a Trimble Identity and are signed in, you can now manage your account by selecting the Manage Account item from the main menu in Trimble Mobile Manager (iOS only)
For more information, see To manage your account.
Trimble has updated the geodetic library used in the Trimble Mobile Manager software to the latest version, ensuring that customers have the very best positional accuracy available.
For information on new geoids and updated geoids provided in the gedetic library update, refer to this Support Note: Geoids in Trimble Mobile Manager.
The update to the geodetic library includes support for local deformation models to further improve time-based transformations in areas of large tectonic movement within plate boundaries (where such models are available), providing accurate positions no matter where you are collecting data.
As a result of this update, there are some changes in the behavior of Trimble Mobile Manager when:
  1. Using a Custom local GNSS correction source and the GNSS source reference frame field is set to Auto.
  2. GNSS output detection mode is set to Auto.
 
For more information on these changes, refer to this Support Note: Coordinate systems in Trimble Mobile Manager.
Improvements & fixes
  1. When using RTX, Trimble Mobile Manager now falls back from RTX (Internet) to RTX (Satellite) if the Internet connection is lost.
  2. The Trimble Mobile Manager app has a new logo.
  3. Stability and performance improvements.
Update – Crashes with TMM 2.9.5 & 3.0
An update, TMM v3.0.1 has been released that corrects an issue where a crash would occur when upgrading from TMM 2.9.5
ESRI 
Juniper Systems’ Uinta Sofware for Android (June 8th, 2022 release) 
New Features 
– Conditional (attributing) style logic 
– Geopackage Export 
– Dashed line styles 
– GPS coordinate meta-data 
Bug Fixes 
– Better handling of deletion of shared fields 
– Improved license validation  
Juniper Systems Mesa 3 Tablet 
  • Mesa 3 Rugged Tablet with HAZLOC Certification for Oil & Gas Industry!
Juniper Systems Geode GNS3 Best Accessories 
ProStar PointMan Software 
Connecting to PointMan Software in conjunction with Trimble receivers using Trimble Mobile Manager: Click HERE. 
Technical Support Employee Spotlight – MARIO GONZALES
Each newsletter we will be highlighting our technical support representatives.
 
Mario grew up in Corcoran, CA. During his senior year in high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served for 10 years from 2001-2011. That brought him to Texas which is where he has called home since 2007. After the Army, he started working in construction in the surveying department. He continued surveying until May 2022, when he started his career at AllTerra Central. He enjoys learning all the technical aspects of the equipment and looks forward to learning something new every day. Currently he is attending Park University where he is studying for his Bachelor of Science in Construction Management. 
Mario has a 15-year-old son named Damian, an almost 11-year-old American Pit Bull Terrier named Spike, and his fiancé Heather has two kids- Jaxon, 7 and Penelope, 5. The family keeps them pretty busy. Outside of work, Mario enjoys running, kayaking, football (Go Raiders), baseball (Go Giants), trying new vegan restaurants (they are plant based) and taking road trips to National Parks.  
Latest firmware for Trimble S-Series Instruments and GNSS receivers
Keep your gear up to date with the latest firmware. Following are the latest firmware versions.
Trimble SX12 – S2.5.4 
Trimble SX10 – S2.5.6 
Trimble S5, S7, S9 – H2.11.1 
Trimble S6, S8, VX – R12.5.54 
Trimble R12 – 6.15 
Trimble R12i – 6.15
Trimble R10 – 5.55 
Trimble R10-2 – 6.15 
Trimble R750 – 6.15 
Trimble R8s/R8 Model 3 & 4 – 5.55 
Trimble R6 Model 3 & 4 – 5.54 
Trimble R9– 5.55 
Spectra SP60 – 4.22 
Spectra SP80 – 3.46 
Spectra SP85 – 5.20 
Trimble X7 Scanner – R2.4.102
Trimble X12 3D Laser Scanner – 10.0.0.11492