LiDAR EasyScan X10 Airborne Measurement System User Manual

LiDAR EasyScan X10 Airborne Measurement System

Product Introduction

Product Overview
The X10 is a laser measurement system that can be used in various fields such as power line inspection, topographic mapping, agricultural and forestry surveys, open-pit mine surveys, disaster monitoring, and other industries. It is designed to meet the data collection requirements of different application scenarios.

Main Technical Parameters
The main technical parameters of the X10 laser measurement system are shown in the table below:

Product Composition

Main Body and Aerial Metric Camera
The X10 system consists of a main body and an aerial metric camera. The main body houses the laser scanning unit and other system components.

Skyport Adaptor
The Skyport adaptor is used for connecting the X10 system to an aircraft.

Antenna Component
The antenna component is used for GPS positioning and data transmission.

High-Capacity USB-Disk
The high-capacity USB disk is used for storing collected data.

Equipment Installation and Disassembly

Preparation Before Installation
Before installing the X10 system, ensure that all the components are present and in good condition.

System Installation and Disassembly

Aerial Metric Camera Installation and Disassembly
Follow the instructions provided to install or disassemble the aerial metric camera.

Skyport Adaptor Installation and Disassembly
Follow the instructions provided to install or disassemble the Skyport adaptor.

High-Capacity USB-Disk Installation
Follow the instructions provided to install the high-capacity USB disk.

Main Body Installation and Disassembly
Follow the instructions provided to install or disassemble the main body of the X10 system.

Antenna Component Installation and Disassembly
Follow the instructions provided to install or disassemble the antenna component.

Equipment Operation

Equipment Start
Follow the instructions provided to start the X10 system.

Main Body Connection
Follow the instructions provided to connect the main body of the X10 system to an aircraft.

Main Body Shutdown
Follow the instructions provided to shut down the main body of the X10 system.

Data Collection

Client Installation
Install the client software as per the instructions provided to collect and store data.

Flight Planning
Plan the flight as per the instructions provided to collect data using the X10 system.

Introduction

Product Overview
EasyScanTM X10 airborne LiDAR measurement system, is a portable 3D laser measurement system independently developed by Wuhan Eleph-Print Tech Co.,Ltd, it integrates LiDAR module, high-precision inertial navigation module and other modules, has the characteristics of high precision, high frequency, multi echo and so on. The weight and volume are extremely lowered, making the overall weight less than 1.15kg(aerial metric camera and other components not included), greatly improving the endurance of the drone. The system is equipped with modular aerial metric camera, which can be flexible matched according to actual needs. SKYPORT and other customized interfaces are available, which are compatible with DJI M300RTK and other customized drones.

LiDAR control is embedded into the UAV control unit, combined with point cloud and image intelligent photogrammetry parameter algorithm, simple flight planning, greatly reducing the threshold of use. Real-time point cloud display, to understand the ground features condition anytime and anywhere, to improve the timeliness of data. Integrated storage design of laser data and orthophoto, efficient combination of image and point cloud, reducing manual intervention and improving data registration accuracy.
X10 could be widely used in the fields like power line inspection, topographic mapping, agricultural and forestry survey, open-pit mine survey, disaster monitoring and other industries, to meet the data collection requirement of different application scenarios.

Main Technical Parameters

Main technical parameters of X10 laser measurement system are shown in the table below:

X10 system’s main technical parameter

| Item| Parameter
---|---|---

X10 System Parameter

| Weight①| 1260±10g
Dimension| ca. L159 W118 D127

（mm）

System Consumption| 25w(typical value)
Power Supply| 10~30VDC
Device Interface| DJI skyport/other interface

available upon request

Data Storage| 256GB U-disk
Operating Temperature| -10℃ to 50℃
Storage Temperature| -30℃ to 60℃
System Accuracy| 5cm

Compatible Platform

| DJI M300
Other UAV models

Laser Scanning Unit

| Scanning Principle| Mechanic Rotation Mirror
Laser Class| Class I
Wavelength| 905nm
Measurement Range| 120m@60% reflectivity

（all channel）

Ranging Accuracy②| 0.5cm
Horizontal FoV| 360°
| Vertical FoV| 30°（-15°~ +15°）
---|---|---

Scanning Point Frequency

| Single Echo: 320000pts/s
Dual Echo: 640000pts/s
Echo Mode| Single Echo/Dual Echo

IMU Unit

| GNSS Signal Tracking| BDS，GPS，GLONASS，

Galileo

Positioning Accuracy (post- processing)

| Plane: 1cm
Elevation: 2cm
Position Data Rate| 5HZ

Attitude Accuracy (post- processing)

| heading：0.05°
pitch/roll:0.01°
Attitude Data Rate| 200HZ

Aerial Metric Camera Unit

（modular）

| Effective Pixels| 26MP
Sensor Dimension| 23.5×15.7mm
Image Resolution| 6252×4168
Image Width FoV③| 73°
GSD| 2.3cm@100m flight height

Note

1. Weight: including LiDAR main body, GNSS, high-precision IMU and aerial metric camera;
2. Typical value the average value measured in channels 5-12, within the range of 0.5 to 70m, outdoor ambient temperature 30℃ and the target reflectivity 50%;
3. FoV: FoV in the direction perpendicular to the flight route.

Product Composition

X10 system is mainly composed by main body, aerial metric camera, SKYPORT adaptor, antenna component, high-capacity USB-disk and etc.

Main Body and Aerial Metric Camera
X10 system main body and interfaces are shown in the figure below.

SKYPORT Adaptor

Antenna Component

High-capacity USB-disk
X10 comes standard with a high-capacity USB disk of 256GB.

Installation and Disassembly

Preparation Before Installation
Before installing X10 system, please check if the components are complete according to the equipment packing list.

Equipment Packing List

Equipment

| 1| X10 main body| PCS| 1

2

| Aerial metric camera module(mounted on the main body)|

PCS

|

1

2| SKYPORT adaptor| PCS| 1
3| Antenna component| PCS| 1
4| High-capacity USB-disk| PCS| 1

Others

| 1| Product Manual (e-version)| PCS| 1

2

| Certificate of quality (e- version)|

PCS

|

1

3| Warranty card (e-version)| PCS| 1
4| Carrying case| PCS| 1
5| Dongle| PCS| 1

Note:
The above list in only an example, the actual packing list attached with the equipment shall prevail

X10 System Installation and Disassembly

Warning:

• When installing X10 system, please handle with care to protect equipment;
• During the installation and disassembly of the equipment, please ensure the UAV is switched off to avoid damage to the equipment due to live operation;
• After disassembling the equipment, please put all the parts of the equipment back to the carrying case according to their positions and check whether the parts are complete.

Aerial metric camera installation and disassembly
The aerial metric camera is connected to the LiDAR main body by two hand screws. Step1, align the metal contacts at the bottom of the camera with the connector and place it in the mounting slot; Step2, tighten the hand screws on both ends of the connector by hand and further tighten the screws by a Phillips screwdriver.

Disassembly of the aerial metric camera from the LiDAR main body. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two hand screws on each end of the connector to remove the aerial metric camera.

SKYPORT adaptor installation and disassembly
Installation between the SKYPORT adaptor and the main body. Step1, insert the SKYPORT adaptor to the main body in the direction of the down arrow in the figure, in which a socket is set to avoid reverse insertion; Step2, rotate the fix ring clockwise in the direction of the rotating arrow as shown in the figure to fix and install the SKYPORT and the main body.

Disassembly of the SKYPORT adaptor from the main body. Step1, rotate the fix ring counterclockwise in the direction of the rotating arrow as shown in the figure to separate the SKYPORT from the main body; Step2, pull the SKYPORT adaptor upwards to remove the SKYPORT adaptor.

High-capacity USB-disk installation
As shown in the figure below, align the USB disk with the USB socket and insert the USB-disk into the socket.

Main body installation and disassembly
The white circular mark on the main body corresponds to the red circular mark on the UAV rack. After stuck, rotate the main body counterclockwise in the direction of the rotating arrow shown in the figure. The red circular mark on the SKYPORT adaptor corresponds to the red circular mark on the UAV rack, if a “click” is heard and the equipment can’t be twisted, it means the installation is successful.

The red circular mark on the main body corresponds to the circular mark on the UAV rack. Press the button indicated by the arrow shown in the figure, and rotate the equipment clockwise as in the direction of the rotating arrow in the figure, when the white circular mark on the SKYPORT adaptor aligned to the circular mark on the UAV rack, the equipment can be removed to finish the disassembly.

Antenna component installation and disassembly
After the equipment is mounted on the UAV, insert the GPS antenna component to the SKYPORT adaptor in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, then twist the fixing buckle in the direction of the rotating arrow to lock it. The installation is complete.

Firstly loose the fixing buckle in the direction of the rotating arrow in the figure, then pull out the antenna component upwards to finish the disassembly.

Equipment Operation

Equipment Start
After the equipment installation is completed according to the steps described in Section 3.2, the X10 system can be used. Turn on the UAV, wait for 2 seconds, then press the power button of the X10 main body, the indicator lights up, the equipment starts; After the indicator turned to green from the red flashing status, the equipment connection succeeded, the system starts normally.

Note:
Since it takes time (usually 2 min) to initialize the equipment after startup, please wait patiently during the initialization period of the equipment.

Main Body Connection
X10 system has embedded the equipment control to the UAV control unit. Use the UAV control unit, open the X10 control software, enter a project to be executed or a new flight project, wait for about 10 seconds in the control interface, in the upper left part of the control software interface, the status bar will indicates the equipment is successfully connected.

Main Body Shutdown
After the system stopped data collection and finished the data transmission, click “Power Off” button on control software client to shut down the equipment. After the status indicator of X10 main body is off, shut down the UAV to finish the equipment main body shutdown.

Warning:

• Please don’t cut off power supply directly when the main body is not completely shut down to prevent equipment damage.
• Please don’t plug and unplug the equipment and USB-disk with power to prevent equipment damage.

Data Collection

Client Installation

Method 1:
insert the TF card into the M300 remote control, read the control software installation package “EasyPilotAccess” in the TF card and click to install.

Method 2:
download the W series product control software installation package from the download interface on the official website, connect M300 remote control to PC via data cable, copy the downloaded installation package “EasyPilotAccess” to remote control storage. Find the installation package on the remote control operation interface, click to install.

In the pop-up permission dialog box, authorize the required permission for the software, if not, the software may not be installed successfully. Click Continue to install and wait for the software installation to complete.

Flight Planning

Click icon to open the control software. Two modes of “Create Flight” and “Import KML” can be chosen.

Create flight mode

Under Create Flight mode, there are three task modes can be selected, “Waypoint Flight”, “Mapping by aerial photography” and “Strip Flight”.

“Waypoint Flight”

The waypoint flight mode operation is as follows:
Manually click the map to add waypoint, the UAV will fly according to the connection sequence of the waypoints. Click a waypoint to select it, and long press the waypoint to drag its position. After setting the flight, open the menu bar on the right side, the arrow key at the bottom can also be used to fine-tune the waypoint position. Select the corresponding LiDAR model on the menu bar interface (If the equipment is connected, APP will automatically identify the equipment model). Set flight height, flight speed, emit frequency, scanning angle, actions after completing the flight according to the requirements.

In the detailed menu interface, ground reflectivity and single waypoint parameters can also be set. After the ground reflectivity is set, the flight height will be limited. If the set flight height exceeds the maximum flight height of the current ground reflectivity, the number of flight height options will turn yellow.

• Click on the left side to save the flight.

“Mapping by aerial photography”
The Mapping of aerial photography operation is as follows:

Select a task area manually on the map, long press the corner point to drag the point and modify the location of the area boundary. Click the “+” symbol between the two corner points to add a new corner point between the two corners to adjust the task area. After setting the task area, open the menu bar on the right side, select your LiDAR model (If the equipment is connected, APP will automatically identify the equipment model). Set flight speed and flight height. The required point cloud and image overlap can be set in advanced settings.

After setting the overlap, adjust the flight height, APP will automatically calculate the flight interval to generate flight according to the set overlap. Entry point “A,B,C,D” can be selected according to the takeoff position.

If Terrain Follow is selected, the “Elevation Mode Select” menu will pop up, select online elevation model or local DEM file (Local DEM file name must contain “DEM.tif”, and be placed under the remote control Download folder to be recognized)

Input the survey area information in the Terrain setting menu, APP will automatically calculate the highest point and lowest point according to your flight, so as to judge if the lowest point and highest point could meet the project requirements.

• Click icon on the left to save flight.

“Strip Flight”
For Strip Flight, the selected points on map can be used to create a centerline, or KML file imported can be used to generate the centerline .

Select Import Coordinate Point, find the path where KML file is placed in the internal storage of the remote control, select corresponding KML file, select the points to me imported, select the elevation definition of the points, import.

Select appropriate flight speed and required single-side expansion width.

Choose to keep the centerline or not.
When obtaining the altitude of the takeoff point, the local DEM should be placed under the Download folder, and the remote control can be networked to obtain the aircraft position.

Same as “Mapping by aerial photography”, “Strip flight” can also select A/B/C/D positions to start flight. If the dynamic alignment flight is too close to the building, “Reverse Z” can be selected to change the alignment flight direction.

Import KML

Before using “Import KML” mode to create new flight, copy KML file to M300 remote control: local storage – 0 – Download path.

Open APP, click “Import KML”, APP will recognize KML file in the directory. Check the required KML file, click “Import”.

APP will automatically generate flight according to the imported KML file.

Equipment Control

Software interface

Base interface

1. UAV Status
2. Number of LiDAR Satellites
3. Remaining Storage Capacity
4. Number of UAV Satellites, Remote Control Signal Strength, Image Transmission Strength, UAV Battery Power
5. POS Collection Status, LiDAR Internal Motor Rotation Status, Point Cloud Data Collection Status
6. Setting Menu
7. Photo Button(used to trial photo shooting on the ground)
8. One-click Start/Stop Point Cloud Project
9. Flight Parameters and Implementation
10. UAV FPV lens
11. Project Information: POS data size, point cloud data size, number of photos
12. Information of Satellites received by LiDAR: number of satellites shows the current satellite searching quality and positioning system used; PDOP is the 3D(spatial) position precision factor.
13. Real-time Point Cloud Preview

Setting Menu Interface

1. UAV Setting
2. UAV Obstacle Avoidance System Setting
3. UAV Battery Warning Setting
4. UAV RTK Positioning Setting
5. LiDAR Setting
6. Other Setting
7. LiDAR Equipment Information
8. LiDAR Carrier Configuration File Selection
9. Laser Scanner Setting: include real-time point cloud and LiDAR protection function setting
10. Camera Parameter Setting
11. Turn Off LiDAR

Equipment Information Interface

Camera Setting Interface

Data collection

Flight planning
Use Flight Planning function or Import KML to generate flight

Select flight

Select a planned task

Start project

1. Select the corresponding actions of flight completion and remote control disconnection, and click to upload flight.
2. After the flight upload is completed, personnel should stay away from the UAV and ensure the area is free of obstacles, then click to start execution.

End project

After the flight execution is completed, click “   ”button to end the project, the system will pop up a confirm window, click “Stop Collection” in the confirmation window as shown in the figure below, then the equipment will stop data record and automatically perform dynamic alignment to end project.

Appendix

Routine Maintenance

• Please handle the equipment with care to avoid collision;
• After the data collection of LiDAR, the laser protective cover should be installed to prevent the LiDAR to be scratched;
• LiDAR should be protected in daily use to avoid scratches on its appearance, if there is dust, please use non-dust cloth dipped in water to gently wipe it clean;
• After using the equipment, it is necessary to remove the accessories from the main body, and put the main body and all the accessories in the carrying case.

FCC Statement Caution

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body.

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