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
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6 DigiTrak
®
F5™ Operator’s Manual
Safety Precautions
and Warnings
Important Note: All operators must read and understand the following Safety Precautions and
Warnings and must review this operator’s manual before using the DigiTrak
®
F5™ Locating System.
Serious injury and death can result if underground drilling equipment makes contact with
an underground utility such as a high-voltage electrical cable or a natural gas line.
Substantial property damage and liability can result if underground drilling equipment
makes contact with an underground utility such as a telephone, cable TV, fiber-optic,
water, or sewer line.
Work slowdowns and cost overruns can occur if drilling operators do not use the drilling
or locating equipment correctly to obtain proper performance.
DCI equipment is not explosion-proof and should never be used near flammable or
explosive substances.
Directional drilling operators MUST at all times:
• Understand the safe and proper operation of drilling and locating equipment, including the use of
ground mats and proper grounding procedures.
• Ensure that all underground utilities have been located, exposed, and marked accurately prior to
drilling.
• Wear protective safety clothing such as dielectric boots, gloves, hard-hats, high-visibility vests,
and safety glasses.
• Locate and track the transmitter in the drill head accurately and correctly during drilling.
• Maintain a minimum distance of 8 in. (20 cm) from the front of the receiver to the user’s torso to
ensure compliance with FCC requirements.
• Comply with federal, state, and local governmental regulations (e.g., OSHA).
• Follow all other safety procedures.
The DigiTrak F5 system cannot be used to locate utilities.
In the event of electrostatic shock, the display screen may go blank. No data loss will occur. Click the
trigger to reset the receiver; toggle down to reset the remote display.
Continued exposure of the transmitter to heat, due to frictional heating of the drill head, can cause
inaccurate information to be displayed and may permanently damage the transmitter. For more infor-
mation see the Transmitter section of this manual.
CAUTION: Hot surfaces can occur on the FC, ECP, and SST cable transmitters
if housing requirements are not met. Always ensure that the transmitter is
installed properly in the housing during use.