Leica Captivate–Release of v2.00 with a whole bunch of exciting new additions

Last week, Leica Captivate v2.00 was released. With this release came new GS sensors, new total station and MultiStation functionaty and a host of new features in the software.

在这个博客中,阿拉斯泰尔•绿色机载软件e business director at Leica Geosystems explains a ttle more about the Captivate release…

Alastair - 请简要说明新功能

Well yes, it has to be brief – there is a lot in this release!

Firstly are the new Leica Viva GS16 GNSS sensors. The development of this new sensor has already been explained in this blog but basically, this new GNSS sensor with RTKplus, Smartnk, 555 channels and new RTK algorithms will allow users to work in locations where it has never previously been possible.

关于Leica Nova MS60多站，我们引入了Dynamic Lock - 这是一个奇妙的时光和节省货币！基本上，不再需要站立并等待仪器在杆上找到并锁定到目标 - MS60在目标移动时将定位并锁定在目标上。

There’s big savings for Machine Control too, such as staking points (where the pole is often laid down), and in any busy location where there may be a lot of obstructions. This blog will give you more information.

Also for the MS60 and for TS16 instruments we have improved the performance of all instruments in rainy/foggy conditions.

In addition, we have a new setup method called “orientate to object” – this is perfect for measuring objects with their own coordinate system (such as a large concrete beam, see below)

或在移动平台上工作时（例如船舶）（见下文）。

图片显示针对现实的隧道设计

All sounds great! Alastair – what else is there?

我们还介绍了许多其他功能：

- 扫描或测量道路表面或隧道对准并将现实与设计的能力

图片显示反对现实的道路设计

– A long-range Bluetooth stick for our Leica CS35 tablet,

– The ability to search for a job in the Home screen,

– And a whole lot more.

What is the best way to find out about all the new features?

所有功能在发行说明中都充分描述。Leica Captivatev2 Release Notes_EN

How do you decide which features to include in a release?

好问题！

Of course there are always many more features being requested than we can implement. It simply is not possible to implement everything for everybody. There are lots of criteria which govern which features are implemented. For example:

- 大多数人都要求哪些功能

- 支持新硬件需要哪些功能（例如GS16）

- 哪些功能将提供最大的生产率提高

——我们有特别项目的某个时候must implement new features

What do you do now?

We work on the next release of course! I cannot yet say exactly when this will be, but we hope to bring some exciting new features very soon. Typically we have one major release each year, but we are now hoping to also introduce smaller releases at shorter intervals. We are aware our customers like to have new features as soon as possible – and we are trying our hardest to do this.

Thanks Alastair!

没问题。我的荣幸。

阿拉斯泰尔·格林（Alastair Green）
机上软件业务总监
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