The absence of instruction, or the inadequate imparting of instruction, can lead to incorrect or adverse use, and can give rise to accidents with far-reaching human, material, financial and environmental consequences.
Precautions:
All users must follow the safety directions given by the manufacturer and the directions of the person responsible for the product.
Watch out for erroneous measurement results if the product has been dropped or has been misused, modified, stored for long periods or transported.
Precautions:
Periodically carry out test measurements and perform the field adjustments indicated in the user manual, particularly after the product has been subjected to abnormal use and before and after important measurements.
Because of the risk of electrocution, it is very dangerous to use poles, masts and extensions in the vicinity of electrical installations such as power cables or electrical railways.
Precautions:
Keep at a safe distance from electrical installations. If it is essential to work in this environment, first contact the safety authorities responsible for the electrical installations and follow their instructions.
With the remote control of products, it is possible that extraneous targets will be picked out and measured.
Precautions:
When measuring in remote control mode, always check your results for plausibility.
If the product is used with accessories, for example masts, staffs, poles, you may increase the risk of being struck by lightning.
Precautions:
Do not use the product in a thunderstorm.
Be careful when pointing the product towards the sun, because the telescope functions as a magnifying glass and can injure your eyes and/or cause damage inside the product.
Precautions:
Do not point the product directly at the sun.
During dynamic applications, for example stakeout procedures there is a danger of accidents occurring if the user does not pay attention to the environmental conditions around, for example obstacles, excavations or traffic.
Precautions:
The person responsible for the product must make all users fully aware of the existing dangers.
Inadequate securing of the working site can lead to dangerous situations, for example in traffic, on building sites, and at industrial installations.
Precautions:
Always ensure that the working site is adequately secured. Adhere to the regulations governing safety and accident prevention and road traffic.
Only Leica Geosystems authorised service workshops are entitled to repair these products.
If computers intended for use indoors are used in the field there is a danger of electric shock.
Precautions:
Adhere to the instructions given by the computer manufacturer with regard to field use in conjunction with Leica Geosystems products.
If the accessories used with the product are not properly secured and the product is subjected to mechanical shock, for example blows or falling, the product may be damaged or people may sustain injury.
Precautions:
When setting-up the product, make sure that the accessories are correctly adapted, fitted, secured, and locked in position. Avoid subjecting the product to mechanical stress.
During the transport, shipping or disposal of batteries it is possible for inappropriate mechanical influences to constitute a fire hazard.
Precautions:
Before shipping the product or disposing of it, discharge the batteries by running the product until they are flat. When transporting or shipping batteries, the person in charge of the product must
ensure that the applicable national and international rules and regulations are observed. Before transportation or shipping contact your local passenger or freight transport company.
If charged or discharged, batteries not recommended by Leica Geosystems may be damaged. They may burn and explode.
Precautions:
Only charge and discharge batteries recommended by Leica Geosystems.
Using a battery charger not recommended by Leica Geosystems can destroy the batteries. This can cause fire or explosions.
Precautions:
Only use chargers recommended by Leica Geosystems to charge the batteries.
High mechanical stress, high ambient temperatures or immersion into fluids can cause leakage, fire or explosions of the batteries.
Precautions:
Protect the batteries from mechanical influences and high ambient temperatures. Do not drop or immerse batteries into fluids.
If battery terminals come in contact with jewellery, keys, metallised paper or other metals, short circuited battery terminals can overheat and cause injury or fire, for example by storing or transporting in pockets.
Precautions:
Make sure that the battery terminals do not come into contact with metallic objects.
During the operation of the product there is a hazard of squeezing extremities or entanglement of hairs and/or clothes by moving parts.
Precautions:
Keep a safe distance of the moving parts.
Installing near mechanically moving machine components may damage the product.
Precautions:
Deflect the mechanically moving machine components as far as possible and define a safe installation zone.
Beware of inadequate steering if machine is defective like after a crash or other damaging events or alterations to the machine.
Precautions:
Periodically perform control measurements and field adjustments on the machine as specified in the User Manual. While working, construction and grading should be checked by appropriate means, for example spirit level, tachymeter, before and after important measuring tasks.
While steering or navigating the machine accidents can occur due:
• the operator not paying attention to the surroundings (persons, ditches, traffic, etc.), or
• malfunctions of a system component, interference etc.
Precautions:
The operator assures that the machine is operated, guided and monitored by a qualified user (e.g. driver). The user hast to be able to take emergency measures, for example an emergency stop.
For the AC-Adapters
The following must be obtained for handling of AC-Adapters:
If you open the product, either of the following actions may cause you to receive an electric shock:
• touching live components, or
• using the product after incorrect attempts were made to carry out repairs.
Precautions:
Do not open the product. Only Leica Geosystems authorised service workshops are entitled to repair these products.
Units equipped with a ground connector
The following refers to units, which are equipped with a ground connector:
If unit is not connected to ground, death or serious injury can occur.
Precautions:
To avoid electric shock power cable and power outlet must be grounded.
For the AC-Adapters and Chargers
The following must be obtained for handling with AC-Adapters and Chargers:
The product is not designed for use under wet and severe conditions. If unit becomes wet it may cause you to receive an electric shock.
Precautions:
Use the product only in dry environments, for example in buildings or vehicles. Protect the product against humidity. If the product becomes humid, it must not be used!
If the product is improperly disposed of, the following can happen:
• If polymer parts are burnt, poisonous gases are produced which may impair health.
• If batteries are damaged or are heated strongly, they can explode and cause poisoning, burning, corrosion or environmental contamination.
• By disposing of the product irresponsibly you may enable unauthorised persons to use it in contravention of the regulations, exposing themselves and third parties to the risk of severe injury and rendering the environment liable to contamination.
• Improper disposal of silicone oil may cause environmental contamination.
Precautions:
