User Manual

Operating Instructions
Summary of Basic Operating Procedure
¾ Setting Up SST Laptop
1. Establish borepath reference line and mark borepath.
¾ 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 and 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.
¾ Setting Reference Heading (Ref Yaw) and Roll Offset
10. Set Ref Yaw and shoot the probe.
11. Set roll offset on remote display (if needed).
12. Set roll offset on receiver.
¾ Calibrating SST Tool and Confirming Proper System Operation
13. Calibrate SST tool to receiver.
14. Measure SST transmitter current draw in housing.
15. Verify pitch readings using digital level.
16. Connect SST equipment to the drill.
¾ Logging Drill Run
17. Log first point and override yaw reading, if needed.
18. Locate, continue to log and override, if needed.
19. Compensate for differences between tool’s logged position data and tracked position.
20. Pull back rods, resteer, and relog.
21. Save bore data occasionally.
22. Log last rod.
23. Save project.
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