Definitions and Parts of the SET Total Station

What is Total station. A total station is an electronic/optical instrument used in modern surveying. The total station is an electronic theodolite (transit) integrated with an electronic distance meter (EDM) to read distances from the instrument to a particular point where an assistant staff holds reflector. Robotic total stations allow the operator to control the instrument from a distance via remote control. This eliminates the need for an assistant staff member as the operator holds the reflector and controls the total station from the observed point.

Data collected from total station can be downloaded into computer/laptops for further processing of information. Total stations are mainly used by land surveyors and civil engineers, either to record features as in topographic surveying or to set osut features (such as roads, houses or boundaries). They are also used by archaeologists to record excavations and by police, crime scene investigators, private accident Reconstructionist and insurance companies to take measurements of scenes

Parts of the SET Total Station

1. Handle
2. Handle Securing Screw
3. Instrument height mark
4. Baterry cover
5. Operation panel
6. Tribrach clamp (SET310S/510S/610S : Shifting clamp)
7. Base plate
8. Levelling foot screw
9. Circular level adjusting screws
10. Circular level
11. Display
12. Objective lens
13. Tubular compass slot
14. Beam detector for wireless Keyboard (Not Included on SET610/610S)
15. Optical plummet focussing ring
16. Optical plummet reticle cover
17. Optical plummet eyepiece
18. Horizontal clamp
19. Horizontal fine motion screw
20. Data input/output connector (Beside the operation panel on SET610/610S)
21. External power source connector (Not included on SET610/610S)
22. Plate level
23. Plate level adjusting screw
24. Vertical clamp
25. Vertical fine motion screw
26. Telescope eyepiece
27. Telescope focussing ring
28. Peep sight
29. Instrument center mark

Source

https://www.civilsimplified.com/resources/what-is-total-station