User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety Precautions and Warnings
- Dear Customer:
- Introduction
- F Series Battery Charger System
- Receiver
- General Description
- Standard Receiver Display Screen Symbols
- /Power On
- Power Off
- Automatic Shutdown
- Toggle & Trigger Switches
- Audible Tones
- Main Menu
- /Calibration Menu
- /Height-Above-Ground (HAG) Menu
- /Settings Menu
- Transmitter Selection Menu
- /DigiTrak LWD (Log While Drilling) Menus
- Target Steering Menu
- Using the Keypad
- Display Screens
- Transmitter
- Remote Display
- Locating
- The Target Steering Function
- Appendix A: System Specifications and Maintenance Requirements
- Appendix B: Projected Depth Versus Actual Depth and the Fore/Aft Offset
- Appendix C: Calculating Depth Based on Distance Between FLP and RLP
- Appendix D: Reference Tables
- Appendix E: EU Required Documentation
- LIMITED WARRANTY
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Operator’s Manual 9
Introduction
DigiTrak F5 Locating System
The DigiTrak F5 Locating System is used during horizontal directional drilling operations to locate and
track a transmitter installed in the drill head. The system consists of a handheld receiver, a transmitter, a
remote display with battery and cable power options (not pictured), a battery charger system, and three
rechargeable F Series battery packs for powering the receiver and remote.
There are several transmitter options for use with the F5 system including five frequency options (1.3 kHz,
8.4 kHz, 12 kHz, 18.5 kHz, and 19.2 kHz). See the Transmitter section for more information.
In addition to the basic locating capabilities of directional tracking and depth, the F5 system includes the
advanced features of predicted depth, off-track locating, and Target Steering
to navigate the drill head
easily and accurately even when obstacles prevent walkover tracking.
The DigiTrak LWD (Log While Drilling) feature on the receiver allows you to record data points along the
bore path. The computer software included with the DigiTrak LWD manual allows you to view and print
the logged bores. See the DigiTrak LWD manual for more information.
This manual provides information on each F5 system component—battery charger, receiver, transmitter,
and remote display—in separate sections following this Introduction. These sections are followed by the
Locating section, which explains locating terms and gives step-by-step locating instructions.
FX Transmitter
FXL Transmitter
Battery
Charger
Receiver
Remote Display
Rechargeable
Battery Packs
FS Transmitter