Controller Manager Options

Site Controllers - This lists the site controllers running SCS that have folders in your data synchronization area.

Machines - This lists the data cards/USB flash drive for machines running GCS, SiteVision, AccuGrade, PCS, and Cat Grade Control (GCG) that have folders in your data synchronization area.

This list allows you to quickly confirm the firmware version used on each site controller and machine control box.

Check this to hide all of the controllers to which the current project's job site has not been assigned.

Click this to open the Create Controller dialog where you can add a new machine by setting the options described in the next section.
Note: Only machine controllers can be added and deleted in this dialog. Site controllers are added when you synchronize them for the first time.

Select a controller from the Machines list, and click this to remove it from the list of available controllers.

Click this to open the Edit Controller dialog where you can modify existing machines by changing the options described in the section below.

Create/Edit Controller Options

Type a unique identifier for the machine.

Select the brand of the machine you are creating.

Select the version of the firmware used on the machine. For notes on functional differences between versions and machine types, see SCS, GCS, PCS Functional Compatibility Chart.

Note: These options are available for GCS machines only, from software versions 11.00 and higher, based on a combination of the software version and the GPS firmware version. See the compatibility chart for details. You can also hover over the icon next to each setting to see the compatible GPS firmware versions.

For GCS versions from 11.00 to 12.50:

• Enable extended coordinate system support - Check this box to configure machines to support additional projections, extended coordinate range, South Azimuth coordinate systems with South and West positive coordinate directions, and additional coordinate systems, such as Icelandic.
• Enable support for embedded geoid sub-grid - Check this box to support exporting a <1 KB sub-grid of a geoid embedded in the coordinate system (.cfg file) to machine controllers. This option is available if the extended coordinate system support (above) is enabled. Use it to embed a subset of a geoid for vertical adjustment (instead of the inclined plane approximation method) when the project coordinate system contains a geoid.

Note: If a geoid is present in the project and this option is not enabled, an inclined plane approximating the geoid is exported to GCS machines.

For GCS versions from 12.60 and above:

• Enable MS990 compatibility - Check this box to stay compatible with coordinate systems used on MS990 receivers (which use only embedded geoid subgrids).

Note: You can still select Project > Export > Construction > Machine...exporter to use these features on an MS992 receiver.
Note: Do not check this box if you are using an MS992 receiver; leaving it unchecked enables support for full grid geoids (in the .cal file), shift grids, and datum grids.

Using GCS version 12.60 on an MS992 Smart Antenna/Receiver:

• You can use shift grids, datum grids, and full size geoid models (no need to create a geoid sub-grid)
• Coordinate systems are written to a .cal file, instead of the previous .cfg file (unless there is no geoid, in which case a .cfg file is written in addition to the .cal file). The .cal file is stored in the design's folder, and files for the geoid, shift grid, and datum grids, are now stored in the GeoData folder.

Check the boxes for each file that you want to export to the machine.

For information on the file types and how to populate the list, see Import GCS Measure-Up and Display Files and Import PCS Display Configuration Files.

Check this box to make the machine available in the Controllers list for the current job site and its job site designs.