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Installing Terramodel 10.13

Terramodel 10.13 requires Windows 95, 98, NT 4 Service Pack 4, 2000, Me, XP Home or XP Pro.

Installing Terramodel 10.13

Terramodel 10.13 is available on the Trimble Terramodel 10.13 CD, the Geocomp Systems Terramodel 10.13 CD , and possibly other media.

  • Read the release notes
  • Log in with administrator privileges.
  • Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive.
  • If no menu appears, turn off all other applications (including Terramodel and email) and try inserting the CD again. If that does not work, run \autorun.exe in the root folder of the CD.
  • From the menu, select Install Terramodel 10.13.
  • The Terramodel 10.13 setup program guides you through the rest of the installation.
  • If a previous version of Terramodel 10, such as Terramodel 10.12, has already been installed, this will be upgraded to Terramodel 10.13.
  • The default location for Terramodel 10.13 is C:\Program Files\Trimble\....
  • If you have installed a version prior to 10, such as 9.8, this will typically have been installed to another location such as C:\Trimble\.... As long as Terramodel 10.13 is installed to a different location, you have the option of running either version.
  • Chose a language from English, French, German or Spanish.
  • If you chose English, you will be given the option of US or International English. This principally determines whether your menus use the "color/station" or "colour/chainage" idiom.
  • If you are asked to reboot, choose No until after you have installed the Geocomp Update.
  • At the end of the installation, you may place shortcuts on your desktop to Terramodel and the TML List.
  • Reboot if you were asked to earlier.
  • Log in as a local user.
  • Attach the Terramodel key to a parallel or USB port. If you have any other keys on the same port, place the Terramodel key on last.
  • To see the list of active modules, look under Help... About. If Field Data is the only module listed and there is no Products button, either:
  • In Field-Data-only mode, you can import and export using scripts, use the Raw Data Editor, view, AutoDraft and measure.
  • Once the key is found and activated, other modules will be listed, and the Products button will be shown.
  • Click on the Products button. Your activated modules will be marked with a blue cross or a blue clock. If the Lock Version is 2 or more, your key will support Terramodel 10.13. If you need to upgrade the key, go to www.terramodel.com/LockUpdate/.
  • If you have a previous version of Terramodel, in which you have modified your tmodwin.ini, p3server.ini or alias.ini files, you may want to backup these files and copy them over after installation. Otherwise, start with our defaults. If you do replace tmodwin.ini, restart Terramodel and run SYSTEM command.
  • If you have trouble finding buttons, toolboxes, commands or ini files even though you have checked all the above, there may be remnants of previous installations causing problems. If a TMODWIN= environmental variable has been set, Terramodel may be looking for TMODWIN.INI in the wrong place.
    • To check for and fix this in Windows 95 and 98
      1. Start
        • Run
        • Open SYSEDIT OK
        • In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, remove all lines that start with TMODWIN
        • File... Save... Exit
      2. Restart your computer
    • To check for and fix this in Window 2000 and XP
      1. Start
        • Settings
          • Control Panel
            • System
              • Advanced
                • Environmental
      2. Remove all variables that start with TMODWIN
      3. Restart your computer
    • If that doesn't fix it,
      1. Backup your ..Program Files\Trimble\ folder
      2. Uninstall all versions and updates of Terramodel starting from 10
      3. Delete the ...Program Files\Trimble\Terramodel\ and ...\Program Files\Trimble\Shared\ folders including all files and folders under them
      4. Reinstall Terramodel 10.13
      5. Reinstall Terramodel 10.13 Geocomp Update

Data Collectors

  • Terramodel, since 10.12, includes the Remote Device Manager, Raw Data Editor and AutoDraft. These new tools mean that you can now download and process your survey data within Terramodel without having to use the DOS Data Collector Interface, or attaching the key. Look for your instrument in the Import Script Manager. If it's not there, check with us before you define your own script.
  • However, if you intend to use the DOS Geocomp Data Collector Interface with Terramodel, you will need DOS. DOS is included with all versions of Windows. For Windows 2000, DOS needs to be enabled during the initial Windows installation. Windows Me and XP Home do not support the real-mode component of DOS.
  • Downloading using the DOS interface with data collectors other than Geodimeter, requires the device ANSI.SYS to be loaded.This can be done by editing config files in Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP Pro. See GCIMPORT on our TML List for more details. Since this requires Real-mode DOS, this is practically impossible with Windows Me and XP Home.
  • Some paths are preconfigured for the default Terramodel 10.13 DOS Data Collector Interface installation location C:\Program Files\Trimble\Shared\Geocomp. If you install Terramodel 10.13 to a non-default location, you will need to modify those settings manually, or reinstall with the defaults.
  • To use the data collector interface, you may need to rename data files including extensions. Hiding of file extensions in Windows can be reversed in View.. (or Tools...) Folder Options. For Windows Me, Folder Options may be hidden.
  • If you get error 57 or 76 while downloading or configuring, you may have a problem with your permissions or communications.
  • Spectra Precision Geodimeter Software Tools (SP GST) is not included with Terramodel 10.13. Its functions are largely replaced by the Geodimeter File Editor, Remote Device Manager and the Trimble Data Transfer Utility included with Terramodel.
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