HDT2

Theodolite

US ER MA N U A L

info@hi-target.com.cn | www.hi-target.com.cn
FO R E W O R D
Thank you for purchasing the Hi-Target Theodolite HDT2. For the best performance of the
instrument, please read this user manual carefully and keep them for future reference.

NOTICE
• For optimum usage, this instrument should be checked and adjusted especially after being stored
for a long time or after being transported.
• Before measuring, please check that the instrument is operating properly.
• Do not store the instrument in high temperatures or set it up under strong sunlight to present the
photosensor from heating up as it may affect the accuracy of the instrument.
• Please use trained staff when operating this measuring instrument.
• Avoid direct sunlight from passing through objective lens and the eyepiece which may cause
interference.
• Please keep the instrument in the case provided during transportation.

2
• Once your work is completed, please clean the instrument and keep it back into the case.
• Do not touch the lens with your fingers. Please clean the surface, buttons, screen and outer layer of
the instrument with a soft cloth. Clean the optical parts only with lens paper.
• Store the instrument in a dry room with consistent temperature.
• If the instrument requires repair, make sure that it is checked and repaired by Hi-Target technicians
or by appointed dealers.

WA R N IN G
• Never observe the sun through the telescope system.
• Please be careful when working around high voltage facilities
• Do not handle staff during thunderstorms.
• Please place the instrument and battery in a dry and cool place.
• Keep the instrument away from flammable and explosive materials.
• The survey should be operated in a safe area.
• Please observe local safety and traffic rules.
• Do not overheat the battery.

3
CON T E N T S 4. Angle Measurement 12
4.1 Measuring Horizontal 12
and Vertical Angle
4.2 Switching Horizontal Angle 14
Right/Left
4.3 Setting Horizontal Angle 15
1. Important Parts and 4.4 Vertical Angle Percent 16
Operation Manual 5 Grade Mode
1.1 Important Parts 5 4.5 Compasses 17
1.2 Display 6 4.6 Remeasuring of 17
1.3 Operation 7 Horizontal Angle

2. Battery 8 5. Distance Measurement through the 19

2.1 Battery Replacement 8 Crossline in the Telescope
2.2 Battery Recharging 8
6. Laser Measurement 21
3. Measurement Preparation 9
3.1 Instrument Setting Up 9 7. Parameter Set-Up 22
3.2 Instrument Leveling 9
3.3 Centering with 10 8. Check and Adjustment 25
Laser Plummet
3.4 Eyepiece Adjustment and 11 9. Technical Index 34
Object Sighting
3.5 Power on 11 10. Packing List 35
3.6 Power off 12

4
1 . I mp o r t a n t Pa rts an d Op erat i o n al Manual
This figure shows the parts of the instrument

1 . 1 I m p o r t a n t Parts
1. Telescope
2. Main Body
3. Left Side Cover
4. Series No.
5. Circular Vail
6. Laser Plummet
7. Leveling Screw
8. Tribrach
9. Tribrach Locking Knob
10. Display 17. Battery
11. Function Key 18. Right Side Cover
12. Late Level 19. Horizontal Motion Claimp
13. Vertical Tangent Screw 20. Horizontal Tangent Screw
14. Vertical Motion Clamp 21. Eyepiece
15. Objective Lens 22. Focusing Knob
16. Handle 23. Handle Screw

5
1 . 2 Di s p l a y

SDHDVD 17-09-18 12:18

VA 90º00’00” %
m
HA L 00º00’00” gon
R

CRN REP HOLD SFT

Display Function Display Function

SD Slope Distance HOLD Holding of horizontal angle

HD Horizontal Distance % Percent Grade
VD Height Difference m Distance Unit
VA Vertical Angle gon Angle
HA Horizontal Angle Left Battery Level
HA Horizontal Angle Right 17-09-18 Date
SFT The Second Function 12:18 Time
REP Repeat the Horizontal Angle Auto Power-off
CRN Tilt Correction
6
1 . 3 Op e r a t i o n
The function of the soft key is different depending on the measurement mode.

SDHDVD 17-09-18 12:18

0 SET L/R
VA 81º54’21”
HOLD V/%
HA R 157º33’58”

CRN REP HOLD SFT

Light

Keys Function 1 Function 2

0 SET Set horizontal angle 0 Distance measurement

HOLD Hold horizontal angle Repeat measurement horizontal angle
¤ Press 3s to turn lights on/off Select the second function
R/L Switch horizontal angle right/left Switch SD/HD/VD display
V/% Precent grade of vertical angle Record measurement
Power Switch

7
 Special Function Model
Keys Function

Press “REO” for 3 seconds Open laser point, press again to close
Press Once Open the laser plummet, press again to close
Press V/% + R/L + Open compensator
Press ¤ + R/L Enter to menu, press ¤ again to save and exit

2 . Bat t e r y
2.1 Battery Replacement

1. Insert the battery correctly into the battery holder and slide it into the housing.
2. Remove the battery and replace it with the spare

2.2. Battery Recharging

1. Insert recharger into the battery socket

2. Insert the plug into the 220V AC power supply, once it turns green, it is fully recharged.
3. Turn off the switch and remove the battery from the charger

8
3 . M e a s u re m e n t Prep arat i o n
3.1 Ins trument Setting Up

1. Setting up the tripod, pull out the required length and tighten the screws.
2. Place the instrument onto the tripod head, tighten the central fixing screw of the tripod

3.2 Ins trument Leveling

1. Level the instrument with circular vial

a. Turn the leveling screw A and B
to move the bubble in the circular vail. The bubble is
now located on a line perpendicular to a line running
through the centers of the two leveling screw being adjusted.
b. Turn the leveling screw C to bring the bubble to the
center of the circular vail.

2. Level the instrument with plate vial

a. Rotate the instrument horizontally
by loosening the Horizontal Clamp
Screw and place the plate vial parallel with the line connecting
leveling screw A and B, and then bring the bubble to the center
of the plate vial by turning the leveling screws A and B.
b. Rotate the instrument 90o (100g) around its vertical axis and
turn the remaining leveling screw or leveling C to center the
bubble once more.
9
c. Repeat the procedures 1& 2 for each 90o (100g) rotation of the instrument and check the whether
the bubble is correctly centered for all four points.

3.3 Centering by Laser plummet

Place the INSTRUMENT onto the tripod head,open the laser plummet (reference to the special
function model on section No.1.3)
Slide the instrument by loosening the tripod screw, place the point on the center mark of the laser
plummet.

Slide the instrument carefully not to rotate that allows you to get the least dislocation of the bubble.

Note: Centering by foot screw first and then level it up by tripod.

10
3.4 Eyepiece Adjustment and Object Sighting

1. Sight the telescope to the sky and rotate the eyepiece tube to make the reticle clear

2. Focus the target image with the telescope focusing knob. If it is parallax when the eye moves up,
down, or left or right, it shows that the diopeter of the eyepiece lens or focus is not well adjusted.
This will affect the accuracy, thus the eyepiece tube should be adjusted carefully to eliminate the parallax.

3.5 Power On

1. Leveling Instrument
2. Press the power key (red key). First,
confirm that the battery is full, otherwise,
please replace or recharge the battery before using.

11
3.6 Power Off

Press the power key for 2 seconds (red key).

4. Angle Measurement
4.1 Measuring horizontal angle right and vertical angle

12
How to Collimate (reference)

1. Point the telescope towards the light, turn the diopter ring and adjust it so that the cross hairs
match. (Turn the diopter towards you, then backward to focus).
2. Aim the target at the peak of the triangle mark of the sighting collimator. Allow a certain space between
the sighting collimator and yourself to collimate.
3. Focus the target with the focusing knob. If parallax is created between the cross hairs and the target
when viewing vertically or horizontally while looking into the telescope, focusing is incorrect or diopter
adjustment is poor. This adversely affects precision in measurement or survey; eliminate the parallax by
carefully focusing and using diopter adjustment.
13
4.2 Switching Horizontal Angle Right/Left

14
4.3 Setting Horizontal Angle
Operational Procedure Display

15
4.4 Vertical Angle Percent Grade (%) Mode

16
4.5 Compasses (vertical angle) refer to parameter setting up

Vertical angle is displayed as shown below:

4.6 Remeasuring Horizontal Angle

17
18
5. Distance Measurement through the Crossline in the Telescope

Through the sightline (up/down or left/right) in the telescope to measure the distance between
the target and the instrument. (Accuracy ≤ 0.4%D)

1) Place the instrument at point A, and place the leveling staff at B

2) Read the intercepted distance of the crossline (up/down or left/right) on the leveling staff as “d”

3) The horizontal distance between A and B is D (D= 100 x d)

19
Note: 100 means the Stadia Proportion Constant of the instrument. (But because of such a low
accuracy, it can not be used to measure distance which requires high accuracy.)

20
6. Laser Measurem ent

Attention: Please do not look into the laser directly with your eyes when it is turned on.

6.1 Orientation Measurement

Find out the other points on the line of the two known points, which should be based on the known
two points, which is the laser orientation measurement.

1) Level the instrument first before powering it on

2) Aim at the target through the horizontal tangent and clamp screws.
Turn on the laser. The other points can be found out with a board which can focus the laser.

6.2. Angle Designment

Angle designment is based on the line of two points, then design a horizontal angle according with
the requirement

1) Level the instrument first before powering on. This must be done on a fiducial point.
2) Aim at another fiducial point carefully, and set the horizontal angle as 0°00’00”
3) Move the telescope to make the horizontal angle with the required value.
Turn on the laser and the fiducial line will make up an angle.

21
6.3 Zeith Measurement
Set a point as a standard, the laser will be set up vertically, this is the Zeith Measurement

1) Take away the eyepiece, fit on the diagonal eyepiece and lock it
2) Level the instrument, then power it on. This must be done on a fiducial point.
3) Circumgyrate the telescope to make the vertical angle to 0°00’00”, then power the laser on.
Focus the screw to make the facula minimum, loosen the horizontal clamp screw, move the telescope
geometry center of the facula’s moving track in a vertical direction.

6.4 Level Measurement

1) Level the instrument, then power it on
2) Lock the telescope after it is on the horizontal direction, aim at the target carefully.
Turn on the laser, the red laser line can be used as a level line.

7. Parameter Setting up

7.1 Enter into Setting up Parameter

22
7.2 Setting up the Parameters

23
24
8. Check and Adjustment

8.1 Check and Adjustment of Plate V ial

half of the deflection

Check: Rotate the instrument horizontally by loosening the horizontal clamp screw and plate
vial parallel with the line connecting leveling screw A and B, and then bring the bubble to
the center of the plate vial by turning the leveling screws A and B.

25
Rotate the instrument 180° (200g) around its vertical axis.

Observe the bubble of the plate vial. Follow the steps to adjust it if the bubble is not centered

ADJUSTMENT

If the bubble of the plate vial moves from the center, bring it half way back to the center by adjusting
the leveling screw, which is parallel to the plate vial. Correct the remaining half by adjusting the
screw of plate vial with adjusting pin.

Confirm whether the bubble does is in the center by rotating the instrument 180°.
If not, repeat above step.

Turn the instrument 180° (200g) and adjust the third screw to center the bubble in the vial.

8.1 Check and Adjustment of Plate V ial

CHECK

No adjustment is necessary if the bubble of the circular vial is in the center after
inspection and adjustment of the plate vial.

26
8.2 Check and Adjustment of Plate V ial

CHECK

No adjustment is necessary if the bubble of the circular vial is in the center after
inspection and adjustment of the plate vial.

ADJUSTMENT

If the bubble of the circular vial is not in the center, bring the bubble to the
center by using the adjusting pin to adjust the two bubble-adjusting screws.

8.3
Check and adjustment of optical plummet

27
CHECK

Set the instrument on the tripod and place a piece of white paper with two perpendicular lines,
then intersect them directly under the instrument. Adjust the leveling screws so that the center
mark of the optical plummet coincides with the intersection point of the cross on the paper.

Rotate the instrument around the horizontal axis 180° (200g) observe whether the center mark position
coincides with the intersection point of the cross. If the center mark always coincides with intersection
point, no adjustment is necessary.

Otherwise, follow the adjustment necessary.

ADJUSTMENT

Take off the protective cover of the optical plummet, you may see four adjusting screws.
Adjust four adjusting screws.

Move woodscrew to make the center of optical plummet coincides with ground point.

Rotate the instrument around the vertical axis 180°(200g) observe whether the center mark position
coincides with the intersection point of the cross. If the center mark always coincides with the
intersection point, no adjustment is necessary.

Otherwise, repeat steps above.

28
8.4 Check and Adjustment of Inclination of Reticle

CHECK

Set the instrument on a tripod and level it.

Aim at target A with telescope (One point, 50m away)

Observe point A moves along the vertical line of the

reticle or not by moving telescope up and down.
If so, no adjustment is necessary.

ADJUSTMENT

Remove the eyepiece cover to expose the four reticle screws.

29
Loosen the four reticle adjusting screws uniformly with an adjusting pin. Rotate the reticle around the
sight line and align the vertical line of the reticle with point A.

Tighten the reticle adjusting screws.

Repeat the inspection and adjustment to see if the adjustment is correct.

Note: Remember to check the index of the instrument after adjusting

8.5 Check and adjust the Discrepancy between

Twice Collimation Errors

CHECK

Set the instrument on a tripod and level it

Aim at the cross line of the reticle of the collimator or a target away. Observe left position and
right position.

Calculate the difference after getting horizontal angle reading (left position) HI and (right position) HR
C = (HI - HR ± 180°) /2

If C ≤ 8”, no adjustment is necessary; If C > 8”, follow these steps to adjust it.

30
ADJUSTMENT

Rotate the fine motion screw in the right position and make the reading HR + C

Remove the eyepiece cover to adjust two adjusting screws, which makes reticle coincides with
the cross line of the collimator or one target away.

Repeat and check the adjustment until C ≤ 8”

C = (HI - HR ± 180°) /2

8.6 Check and Adjust the Vertical Index Difference

Inspect the item after finishing the inspection and adjustment of section 8.4 and 8.5

Set the instrument on a tripod and level it

Sight object A in the left position and read the vertical angle value VI.
Rotate the telescope. Sight object B in the right position and read the vertical angle value VR

Calculate, i = (VI + VR - 360°) /2

If i ≤ 10”, no adjustment is necessary. If i > 10”, adjust it.

31
ADJUSTMENT

Please adjust through a software if the

difference between the index is too big

32
8.7 Check and Adjust the Laser Confocal and Coaxial
Finish the inspection of item 8.4 and 8.5

Laser Confocal

Send the laser after aiming at the target, and then check the facula’s diameter. It should be
minimum. If it is not, loose the screw on the laser pedestal, and move it until the facula is small.

Laser Coaxial

The crossline should be in superposition with the facula after aiming at the target. Make the facula in
the center of the crossline through the four screws on the pedestal (as pictured below).

Up, Tighten Screw 1, Loosen Screw 3

Down, Tighten Screw 3, Loosen Screw 1

Left, Tighten Screw 4, Loosen Screw 2

Right, Tighten Screw 2, Loosen Screw 4

33
9 . Te c h n i ca l D a t a
Telescope Display
Image Erect Type Dual Face LCD
Magnification 30x
Effective Aperture 47mm
Resolving Power 3.75” On-board Battery
Field of View 1°30’ (26m/1000m) Power Resource Rechargeable Li-ion battery
Min. Focus 1.5m Voltage DC 7.4V
Stadia Ratio 100 Operation Time BDC 1600 mAh (About 20 hours)
Tube Length 169mm

Laser
Angle Measurement Length of the Wave 635nm
Measuring Method Photoelectric detection by Power 10mW
incremental encoder Effective Range 150m
Diameter 79mm Position Error ≤5”
Min. Reading 1”, 5”, 10” Power DC 3.3V
Measuring Unit 360°, 400gon Working Temperature -10ºC - 45ºC
Vertical Angle 0° Zenith 0°, Hozirontal 0° Operating Temperature -20ºC - 45ºC
Accuracy 2” Dimension 180mm x 166mm x 355mm
Weight 6.5kg

Vial
Plate Vial 30”/2mm
Circular Vial 8’/2mm

Compensator
System Liquid-Electric Detection
Compensation Range ±3’
Resolving Power 6”

34
1 0. P a cki n g L i s t

Instrument 1 Piece
Manual 1 Piece
Carrying Case 1 Piece
Tool Bag 1 Piece
Battery 2 Pieces
Charger 1 Piece

info@hi-target.com.cn | www.hi-target.com.cn