User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Operator’s Manual
- Digital
- Control
- Incorporated
- Safety Precautions and Warnings
- Introduction
- System Components
- Startup and Operating Instructions
- SST Operating Procedure
- Setting Up SST Laptop
- Setting Up Equipment and Site
- 2. Establish Borepath Reference Line and Mark Borepath
- 3. Assemble and Torque-up Non-Magnetic Housing to Non-Mag Tool
- 4. Align Drill to Marked Borepath
- 5. Position & Align Non-mag Tooling Assembly onto Marked Borepath
- 6. Stage SST Equipment and Power Sources Adjacent to Tooling Assembly
- 7. Power Up Eclipse SST Equipment
- 8. Measure SST Transmitter Current Draw
- 9. Install SST Transmitter into Aligned Non-mag Tooling Assembly
- Setting Reference Heading (Ref Yaw) and Roll Offset
- Calibrating SST Tool and Confirming Proper System Operation
- Logging Drill Run
- Summary of Basic Operating Procedure
- SST Operating Procedure
- Computer Software Instructions
- Inputting and Changing Drill Data
- APPENDIXImporting Topography, Drill Plan, and Planned Deviation from Excel File
- LIMITED WARRANTY
Operating Instructions
7. Power Up Eclipse SST Equipment
1. Receiver – Install a DCI NiCad battery pack and click the trigger to power up the receiver. Select
Steering from the main menu screen.
2. Remote display – Insert DCI power supply into the back of the remote display. Do not power up
the remote at this time; you will connect the SST to the power supply before powering up the
remote.
3. SST transmitter – Connect the SST transmitter’s wire to the power supply’s white wire. Connect
the black wire (in the gray cable from the power supply) to the negative terminal on the power
source, and connect the red wire to the positive terminal on the power source.
4. Ground the SST transmitter – Connect the power source’s negative terminal to the SST
transmitter’s metal end cap.
5. Power the remote display by pressing the execute button. To view data, select Steering from the
main menu screen and press the execute button.
Verify that you see data on the remote display and the receiver.
Drill
SST
Transmitter
At Least 30 ft (9 m)
from Transmitter
to Drill
Battery
(12V or
DCI NiCad)
SST
Receiver
SST Remote
Display with
Power Supply
Amp
Meter
White Wire
Gray Cable
Black Wire
Red Wire
Ground
Wire
Power Up SST Transmitter and Take Amp Reading
20 Eclipse
®
SST
®
Operator’s Manual