User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety Precautions and Warnings
- Dear Customer:
- Introduction
- Receiver
- General Description
- Toggle and Trigger Switches
- Audible Tones
- Installing and Removing the Battery Pack
- Power On
- Power Off
- Main Menu
- Locate Mode
- Calibration Menu
- Height-Above-Ground (HAG) Menu
- Settings Menu
- Transmitter Selection Menu
- Drill DataLog Menu
- Pressure-Tension DataLog Menu
- Using the Keypad
- Display Screens
- Standard Receiver Display Screen Symbols
- Transmitter
- Remote Display
- Battery Charger
- System Setup
- 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
- LIMITED WARRANTY
Receiver
DigiTrak
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F5™ Operator’s Manual 27
When a fluid pressure transmitter is used, the locate mode screen has an additional data field and
recording symbol, as shown below.
Locate Mode Screen with Fluid Pressure Data (Trigger Out)
When a TensiTrak monitoring system is used during the pullback process, the locate mode screen
displays the annular mud pressure, the pullback force, and the number of data points that have been
recorded. See the DigiTrak F5 TensiTrak Pullback and Pressure Monitoring System Operator’s Manual
for complete instructions on using the TensiTrak system and its main display screens.
Depth Mode Display Screen
The depth mode screen displays when the trigger is held in with the receiver at the locate line (LL). See
the Locating section for information on how to position the receiver at the locate line.
Receiver Depth Mode Screen at LL with HAG On (Trigger In)
When the HAG setting is disabled, the receiver is shown on the ground and must be placed on the
ground during depth readings.
Height-above-ground
(HAG) setting
Locate line (LL)
Transmitter depth
Transmitter pitch
Bird's-eye view
Transmitter battery
status and approximate
orientation (will point
up with positive pitch or
be level with 0 pitch)
Reference lock
indicator
Fluid pressure on
transmitter (displays
in bars when using
metric units)
Recording symbol
indicates that P-T data
is being recorded