INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4-5

FUNCTION OF SWITCHES...................................................................................................................... 4-5

POWER ON/OFF AND MENU SWITCH ............................................................................................ 4-5

ZOOM IN SWITCH............................................................................................................................. 4-5

ZOOM OUT SWITCH......................................................................................................................... 4-5

TOGGLE MAIN VIEW SWITCH ......................................................................................................... 4-6

BRIGHTNESS AND VOLUME CONTROL ................................................................................................ 4-7

LED INDICATOR....................................................................................................................................... 4-7

KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 4-9

METHOD FOR INPUTTING WITH ALPHANUMERIC KEYBOARD ................................................. 4-10

METHOD FOR INPUTTING WITH NUMERIC KEYBOARD..............................................................4-11

METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MAIN MENU............................................................................................. 4-12

FILE MENU.................................................................................................................................................... 4-13

PROJECT FILES .................................................................................................................................... 4-13

METHOD FOR IMPORTING AND SETTING PROJECT FILES ....................................................... 4-13

METHOD FOR CREATING A PROJECT FILE................................................................................. 4-14

METHOD FOR EXPORTING A PROJECT FILE .............................................................................. 4-15

CONTROL POINT FILES........................................................................................................................ 4-17

METHOD FOR IMPORTING CONTROL POINT FILES ................................................................... 4-17

LAYERS.................................................................................................................................................. 4-20

METHOD FOR IMPORTING LAYERS ............................................................................................. 4-20

POINT DATA ........................................................................................................................................... 4-22

METHOD FOR REGISTERING POINT DATA .................................................................................. 4-22

SURFACE FILE ...................................................................................................................................... 4-23

METHOD FOR IMPORTING SURFACE FILES ............................................................................... 4-23

METHOD FOR CREATING FLAT SURFACE FILES ........................................................................ 4-25

METHOD FOR CREATING SLOPING SURFACE FILES................................................................. 4-28

METHOD FOR CREATING CROWN ROAD SURFACE FILES........................................................ 4-30

METHOD FOR CREATING TRIANGULATED SURFACES FROM A TOPO SURVEY FILE ............ 4-32

METHOD FOR CREATING SURFACE FILES AFTER REFLECTING RAISE OR LOWER AMOUNT OF

AN EXISTING SURFACE ............................................................................................................. 4-33

METHOD FOR CREATING ALIGNMENT FILE OF SUBGRADE OF ACTIVE ALIGNMENT ............ 4-34

ACTIVE FILE .......................................................................................................................................... 4-36

METHOD FOR SELECTING AN ACTIVE SURFACE FILE .............................................................. 4-36

METHOD FOR SELECTING AN ACTIVE ALIGNMENT FILE .......................................................... 4-36

METHOD FOR SELECTING AN ACTIVE AS-BUILT VIEW.............................................................. 4-37

EXIT 3DMC............................................................................................................................................. 4-37

METHOD FOR EXITING 3DMC....................................................................................................... 4-37

CONTROL MENU .......................................................................................................................................... 4-38

MACHINE SETTING ............................................................................................................................... 4-38

SET FOR CONNECTING TO MACHINE ......................................................................................... 4-38

METHOD FOR SETTING AS-BUILT CONTROL OPTIONS.................................................................... 4-40

METHOD FOR ADDING AND SETTING AS-BUILT SURFACE DISPLAY........................................ 4-41

METHOD FOR DELETING AS-BUILT SURFACE DISPLAY ............................................................ 4-42

BLADE CONTROL.................................................................................................................................. 4-44

METHOD FOR SETTING AUTOMATIC BEST-FIT BLADE CONTROL............................................ 4-44

METHOD FOR SETTING SINGLE POINT BLADE CONTROL ........................................................ 4-44

STEER INDICATION OPTIONS.............................................................................................................. 4-46

METHOD FOR SETTING STEER INDICATION OPTIONS.............................................................. 4-46

ADJUST WEAR AMOUNT ...................................................................................................................... 4-47

DOZING CONTROL................................................................................................................................ 4-47

ADJUST BLADE ELEVATION ................................................................................................................. 4-47

CALIBRATE BLADE POSITION.............................................................................................................. 4-47

TOOLS MENU ............................................................................................................................................... 4-48

RADIO DEVICE SETTINGS.................................................................................................................... 4-48

POSITION SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................ 4-48

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