TOPCON Monitoring Solutions

MONITORING

Engineering structures, such as buildings, dams, tunnels and bridges, can be affected by
movement caused by excavation, heavy construction, piling placement, harsh weather,
soil movement, change of ground water level or any number of other factors.
The ultimate goal in any project, at any job site, is to secure safety of people and
equipment. Today, around the world, construction projects run around 24 hours and 7
days.
How can we ensure safety at those sites every minute in every day?

increasing Safety and Productivity of

Monitoring Solutions Reduces Risk and Cost
Increase Safety Risk Management
Early detection of deterioration of structurecan prevent damage The continual monitoring of progress of construction work
to infrastructure, injury to people or loss of life. Monitoring allows owner of project or contractors to take proactive
deformation will allow the increase of safety margins without measures before any unpredictable disasters can occur.
giving any negative effects to structures on the job site.

Reduce Costs Increase Productivity

Monitoring deformation cuts down the costs associated with The ability to acquire real-time monitoring data through 24
visual inspections, repairs or replacement based on subjective hours and 7 days from a remote location exponentially
assessments of job site. Also, the monitoring will reduce improve efficiencies and reduces downtime necessary for
short-term and long-term maintenance costs. inspection and repair.
A comprehensive monitoring can decrease costly insurance In open-pit mining, precise data analysis optimizes
premiums resulted by damages caused by unexpected structural productivity as deeper excavation goes without
or terrain failures. compromising safety.
 APPLICATONS

Applications
Building / Viaduct Mining
Over time, ground movement caused by construction In open-pit mining, slope angles are monitored to allow
projects, aging of structures optimal excavation,
and infrastructure and allowing for mining in
general deterioration can deeper slopes, and still
create unsafe conditions maximizing safety for
and cause safety and workers and machinery.
economic concerns.

Tunnel Bridge
Tunnel excavation, by the very nature of the problems of Bridge collapses are seldom predictable. When a bridge
boring through the earth, lends itself to deformation, which collapses, it often leads to loss of life. Weather, traffic loads,
can be accelerated by a number of external forces, including corrosion and other environmental conditions have
affects coming from nearby construction projects. Monitoring deteriorating effects on bridges. Technologically advanced
tunneling projects can monitoring can assist in
ensure the safest possible creating a realistic and
work site conditions during economically feasible
and after the project. timeline for critical
repairs.

Dam Landslide
To prevent from the potential damage to population and Landslides happen unpredictably and can cause extensive
structure inside a flood zone, dam monitoring is critical from injury to people, loss of life and property damage.
initial construction phases throughout the expected life span
of the structure, especially at initial filling of the reservoir.
Also, in its lifetime,
deformation can be caused
by water pressure, loading,
temperature variation or
seismic activity.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW

System Overview
RAPID ADMS (Remote Automatic Precise Intelligent Detector Automatic Deformation Monitoring System) is a
comprehensive system for monitoring the structural health of major infrastructure. It is equipped with the ability to
be customized to meet the exclusive needs of individual projects.
It provides automated real-time and continuous monitoring around 24 hours and 7 days. Data collected,

On-site
For MS Series For PC
RAPID On-Board RAPID PC
For smaller localized projects where Installed on a PC at the local
remote control of the MS Series is not job site, RAPID PC offers full
required, RAPID On-board is the ideal onsite control of the MS Series, scheduling monitoring
solution. epochs and collecting and archiving measurement
• Automatically train prism point data. Core monitoring software for RAPID ADMS
locations using Reflector Pre system.
Scan.
• Takes control of the instrument in entire monitoring
• Import training file and monitor
process.
right away without any PC or data
• Dictates start and end time for monitoring, location and
logger.
method to observe in accordance with user requirement.
• Measured data can be sent to office server for processing
and backup is stored in Site PC.

For Field Controller (Windows® Mobile PDA)

RAPID MOBILE System Requirements
Designed for use on rugged RAPID PC RAPID MOBILE
Windows® Mobile devices such as Operating System Microsoft® Windows Professional or later Microsoft® Windows Mobile 5 or later
Memory 256MB (512MB recommended) 256MB (512MB recommended)
our field controllers, RAPID Hard Drive / Storage 400GB 256MB or greater
Ports At least 1 PCI Comm Port 1 Serial Port
MOBILE takes control of all on site USB 2.0 Port for activation dongle GPRS and WLAN 802.11b/g
Graphics Minimum 800 x 600 3.5“ VGA (480 x 640)
instrument and site (1024 x 768 or higher recommended)
Removable Drive CD-ROM for installation
measurements. -
processed and interpreted, can be remotely accessed via web-based system. An alert system will be
triggered as soon as an anomaly is detected. Early detection of deformations can minimize the impact of
disastrous events by addressing the potential problems immediately.

Office PC or Server
RAPID DATACHECKER
Office-based components installed in office
RAPID PROCESSOR
environment designed to check and filter
• Installs on Office PC / Server
incoming data, and to process raw data and • Process data using Least Squares
compute any positional displacement. • Calculate displacement of each point

RAPID STARPRO RAPID STARPRO LITE

• Tabulate measurement data into graphical view. • Allows a user to view the Data collected by the
• Trigger alarm if any data point value exceed RAPID On-Board Application.
pre-defined trigger levels. • Generates three kinds of report for Data
• Send notification to nominated recipients via e-mail / (Daily Profile, Cycle Profile and History Reports).
sms. • Reports generates list of the displacement.

WEB
RAPID WEBPRO
RAPID WEBPRO allows the subscriber to download processed data, print reports and view data
graphically. With a RAPID WEBPRO internet service subscription, the user does not require
RAPID DATACHECKER, RAPID STARPRO and RAPID PROCESSOR modules. Only the site-based
modules are required. RAPID WEBPRO services include monitoring data analysis, customized
report generation and technical support for RAPID ADMS Software via e-mail.
All alerts will be sent to any nominated recipients if any displacement values exceed
pre-defined trigger levels.

*RAPID ADMS is a product of Monitoring Solution Providers Pte.Ltd.

FEATURES

Key Features of MS Series for

Monitoring Solutions
Effectively performs displacement and deformation monitoring using the most advanced automated
measurement technology available.

Superior Auto-Pointing Accuracy

The auto-pointing accuracy with the standard prism is 1” (1mm@200m)*, and 1mm@50m with a reflective sheet.
* Auto-Pointing accuracy is verified using the methods specified by ISO 17123-3.

Advanced Auto-Pointing Algorithm* for multiple prisms

The MS Series incorporated an advanced auto-pointing algorithm* optimized for monitoring applications. The MS Series
automatically sight the prism closest to the telescope center regardless of the distance from the instrument. This works
even if multiple prisms or other reflective objects are in the field of view.
This feature dramatically enhances the reliability of periodic monitoring with predetermined prism locations.
* With a regular auto-pointing algorithm, the instrument sights the nearest target with the strongest reflection.
Matrix Detection* for Monitoring Setup
This function for structural monitoring applications makes initial setup easy and fast. The MS Series automatically search within the
predetermined area to quickly locate the approximate positions of reflectors. This function works even in low light or dark conditions
where the reflectors cannot be seen by the
human eye.
The approximate reflector positions obtained
with this function greatly increase efficiency in
reflector search for precise pointing.

Prism

Rapid 2D Monitoring*
This rapid 2D Monitoring function is specifically developed to reduce measuring time in real-time, two-dimensional monitoring
applications.
Ideal for monitoring subsidence, displacement, or deformation where vertical or horizontal movements may be caused.
The MS Series quickly obtain vertical and horizontal angles, enabling faster recognition of 2D (vertical and horizontal) displacement
(dY and dX in the drawing).
Employing advanced image processing technology, the MS Series measures the vertical
and horizontal angles to the reflectors located within the telescope’s field of view. This
function requires neither precise pointing to the reflector nor distance measurement,
dY
therefore, significantly increasing measurement speed.
dX
* "Matrix Detection" and "Rapid 2D Monitoring" are available on RAPID On-Board software for the MS Series
or through the command operation from an external PC , or other devices.
 Specifications
Model MS05AX MS1AX
Angle measurement
Accuracy (ISO 17123-3) 0.5" (0.15mgon) 1" (0.3mgon)
Resolution 0.1" / 0.5" (0.02 / 0.1mgon)
Distance measurement
Maximum range Reflectorless 100m (328ft.) 400m (1,310ft.)
Reflective sheet 200m (656ft.) 300m (984ft.)
1 prism 3,500m (11,480ft.) 3,500m (11,480ft.)
Accuracy Reflectorless 1mm + 1ppm 2mm + 1ppm*1
(ISO 17123-4) Reflective sheet 0.5mm + 1ppm 1mm + 1ppm
Prism 0.8mm + 1ppm 1mm + 1ppm
Resolution 0.01 / 0.1mm 0.1 / 1mm
Auto-Pointing
Range AP prism 1.3 to 1,000m (4.3 to 3,280ft.)
Reflective sheet 5 to 50m (16.4 to 164ft.)
Accuracy*2 AP prism 1” (0.3mgon) (1mm@200m)
Reflective sheet 1mm@50m
*1 Up to 200m (656ft.) range.
*2 Auto-Pointing accuracy is verified using the methods specified by ISO 17123-3.
*For more detail of the MS Series, please refer to the MS Series leaflet.

Our Solution Partner

MSP (Monitoring Solution Providers) provides a full software suite enabling a
comprehensive and automated deformation monitoring system based on our
ultra-high precision MS Series automated 3D station.

Your local Authorized Topcon dealer is:

www.topcon.co.jp
TOPCON CORPORATION
75-1 Hasunuma-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-8580, Japan
Phone: (+81)3-3558-2527/2521 Fax: (+81)3-3960-4214

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