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
Computer Instructions
The SST Steering Tool software contains a sample data file (Demo V2.6.std) that you can use to famil-
iarize yourself with what the data looks like while drilling. You may want to open the sample data file and
use it for an example as we discuss the software in this section.
Menu Bar
Under each menu on the menu bar (File, Edit, Port, and Help) are commands for running the Steering
Tool program. Many of the commands are similar to those used in other Windows programs. This is
particularly true for the File and Help menu commands. The menu commands are summarized below.
File Menu Commands
¾ New – Creates a new blank project screen.
¾ Open – Opens an existing project.
NOTE: Before you open a new or existing project file by selecting
File | New or File | Open, you must save the project file that
is currently open. If you do not save the currently open file,
it will not automatically be saved but will revert to the last
saved version.
¾ Save – Saves an opened project using the same file name. If the pro-
ject has not yet been saved and named, then the file will automatical-
ly save to the default file name Untitled.std in the default file location of C:\Program Files\Digital
Control Incorporated\Steering Tool\Drill Data (see “Saving Project Files” later in this section).
¾ Save As – Saves an opened project to a specified file name and folder.
¾ Print – Prints a project.
¾ Print Preview – Displays the project on the screen as it would appear printed.
¾ Print Setup – Selects a printer and printer connection.
¾ Exit – Exits Eclipse Steering Tool program.
NOTE: DCI recommends saving your SST data regularly and with different names.
Edit Menu Commands
¾ Drill Information – Allows entry or editing of data in the Drill Informa-
tion field, which includes job, customer, and contractor data. The Drill
Information dialog box is also where measurement units are specified. If
units are not specified here, the SST system will use the default units of
English (feet) for distance, percent for pitch, and Fahrenheit for
temperature.
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