Knowledge Base

This is in regards to connecting a USB Flash Drive to a Carlson Surveyor or Surveyor+ data collector.

***Below is the steps you can use with a USB flash memory stick to transfer data from a Surveyor+ to a desktop or laptop computer:

1) Create a folder in your USB Flash Memory drive such as "USB Data" while its connected to your computer

2) Insert the USB thumbdrive into the Surveyor+ data collector

3) Open the Job that you are working on in SurvCE

4) Tap File / Data Transfer

5) Tap "Set Folder"

6) Navigate to the "Hard Disk" and "USB Data" folder you created

7) Tap the Green Check to set this as your destination folder

8) Now you can tap "Copy Current job to Folder" and it will transfer all the necessary CRD / RW5 and all other job files to the USB thumb drive

9)  Plug in your USB flash drive to your laptop or desktop computer

10) Copy the files from the "USB Data" folder on the flash memory drive into a folder on your computer

***These are the steps for transferring Points into the Data Collector:
  1) Create a comma separated Ascii Text file and copy it to your USB Thumb Drive

  2) Connect the USB Thumb Drive to your Surveyor+ and Run SurvCE

  3) Open the Job or start a new Job where you want the points loaded into

  4) Then tap File / Import_Export / Import Ascii File

  5) Tap "Select File" in the top left

  6) Tap the "Up Folder" icon in the top middle a few times until you see "Hard Disk" listed as a folder

  7) Double-tap "Hard Disk" then tap on the Text file you created in Step #1 and tap the Green Check twice to import the points into your Current CRD coordinate file




***This is a manual method for transferring files outside of SurvCE:

1)  Exit SurvCE

2)  Plug in your USB flash drive to the top of the Surveyor+ USB slot {the large one} 

3)  Tap Start / Programs / File Explorer and tap on whatever it says in the upper left corner just below "File Explorer" then tap on "Hard Disk" to open the USB drive

4) Once you see the "Hard Disk" listed you can tap on "Hard Disk" again in the upper left corner and then tap "My Device" and navigate into "Program Files" / SurvCE / Data to copy files by highlighting them then using Menu / Edit / Copy

5) Change to the Hard Disk by tapping in the upper left then tapping "Hard Disk" now use Menu / Edit / Paste


Note: This information is provided as a reference and does not imply that Carlson Software will provide full support for the use of any specific third-party hardware or software with a Carlson product.

***Recommended USB Flash Drives***
The following USB Flash Drives (USB Mass Storage drives, pen drives, thumb drives, jumpdrives, stick drives, microvaults, etc.) have been found to be compatible with the USB Host port of the Carlson Surveyor+ data collector running Microsoft Windows Mobile.

These are listed in order with the best performing makes and models at the top of the list:

Kodak (Lexar)
RiData Consumer model
Corsair Voyagermini
Lexar JumpDrive
Sony Microvault
Kingston Datatraveler
PQI Traveling Disk
HP
Patriot XPorter XT
Verbatim
PNY Technologies Attache
SanDisk Contour
Avixe Pen Drive
SimpleTech Bonzai Xpress
M-Systems mDrive (formerly DiskOnKey)
SanDisk Cruzer Mini (does not use U3 drivers)


***Some models of the following USB Flash Drives have been found to not work with the Carlson Surveyor data collector:
Transcend JetFlash
SanDisk Cruzer (uses U3 drivers)
Crucial, Inc. Gizmo!