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Hello, my name is Phillip Barat and I'm a product Engineer in the Leica Captivate team here in Switzerland. In this video, I will be looking at several changes across the software and how each of them can impact your work, including the support of new hardware, extensions towards Smartpool functionalities, improvements in the integration of our Geo Cloud drive services, plus enhancement to snapping app switching and GS web server. I will start with the refresher of our latest hardware releases compatible with like a Captivate. Earlier this year we released 2 new tablets, the 8 inch C180 and the 10 inch CC 200. Both offer tablet performance and the ruggedized form factor which you can take with you all day long. Alongside these tablets, we have also launched a fantastic new accessory, the GPP 100 Captivate keypad, allowing you to combine tablet performance within convenience and speed of keypad based software, navigation and data entry. Finally we have the. All light tilt enabled like a GSO 5. Our brand new smart antenna. The trigger for us releasing Captivate version 9. Inspired by the size, weight and performance of the GSO 5, we have decided to extend our smartphone functionality in two main ways. Making it easier to make combined TS and GS measurements during a smart pole enabled setup and by introducing a GS search feature to help you total station find the Prism Smart Poll is the concept of combining a GPS sensor. Mounted on the pole together with the prism, allowing integrated measurements with both Total Station and GNSS sensors, this approach can make setting up your Total Station anywhere easy because you add your own GNSS control on the fly wherever you need it. With Captivate version nine, we have simplified this process further by offering a single button to trigger both the GPS and the assessments one after another. To use this function, enter into one of the supported methods. Such as resection or known backside and then access GPS mode. Now simply press F4 once to trigger both measurements automatically. First with the GS and then with the TS. The measurement sequence will then be completed without the need for additional interaction. For many, the more exciting smart policy extension will be the introduction of GST search and Captivate with version 9. When using a smart pole, this new search method enables the total. Station to automatically turn to the GNSS position before searching for the prison. This new search can be configured to happen automatically after a loss of reason lock or to be manually triggered by hotkey or user favorite. The Geo search indicator in the aim and search icon become visible once the search is available. Once triggered, the instrument will automatically turn and point directly below the GNSS sensors position if the GNSS sensor. Has a fixed position. A fine search will then be performed to quickly lock to the prism. However if the GNSS sensor has a code or navigation position then the instrument will perform a cube search instead. With Captivate 8.1 we introduced Geocode Dr. our cloud based data transfer and storage service. Now with version nine we have eased the upload process into the service both for copies of entire jobs and exported data. Firstly a new option. Within the job context menu has been introduced upload the geocoded drive. This function prepares the selected job for upload to the cloud and directly accesses Geo Cloud drive so you can select the destination project. This function is ideal for directly and quickly creating a backup of a job in the cloud. The 2nd place where the upload process has improved is when exporting data from a job and each data export panel and you option upload a copy to Google Drive has been introduced. This new function ensures. That a copy of the exported data is prepared for uploading and the Geo Cloud drive is directly accessed so that you can select the destination project. This reduces the number of steps required to export data from a job and place it into Geo Cloud project, making it easier for you to ensure that other project members have access to your contribution. Next, let's talk about snapping. In Captivate version 8.5, we introduced the ability to snap to specific points of interest and attached cat. And IFC files. Now with version nine, we are enhancing this functionality in two ways. Firstly, the snap to center function, which previously allowed snapping to the center of circles and arcs, now includes the ability to snap to the center of closed Polygon objects. This means that it can be used to snap to the center of regular shapes such as rectangles or hexagons, and also to the center of an IFC rectangular column, allowing us to create a point to then use throughout Captivate. The second snapping enhancement is that the availability of the snapping function has been extended. It is now available in the 3D viewer of more apps, including Setup, Steak Points, Cogo and all other apps were cut. Data was previously selectable in the 3D viewer this means. It is now easier than ever before to extract points of interest from an attached CAT or IFC file directly within an app, allowing you to be more efficient when interpreting and staking out design data in the field. The features I have explained so far are the main highlights of this release, but other smaller improvements exist too, such as if you upgrade your like a G18GS10G16 or GS25 to the latest version 10 the GS web server. Now includes the option to configure the GPS as a simple NTRIP Caster. Once configured, the NTRIP Caster becomes fully functional for up to 10 clients. The functionality opens new possibilities for owners of the supported GPS sensors, particularly in the UAV or drone applications, as several of these products are only able to receive RTK corrections via end trip. And lastly, we have also made an improvement in app switching whilst using a robotic total station. Previously we could configure hotkeys. Or user favorites to easily switch apps. But this could not be used when continuous distance measurements were active. For like a P20 autoball users this meant losing tilt in its realization when switching apps. With version 9 it is now possible to switch between measure stake points, stake DTM stake to line and measure the line whilst continuous distance measurement remain active. Delivering an improved experience especially for AP 20 users. With this all set, I would like to bring this video to. Those and also remind you that for a full explanation of all these features and a few others, you can speak to your local like a Juice Systems representative or check out the version 9 release notes now available on My World.