User's Manual

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IGITAL CONTROL INCORPORATED
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Table of Contents (Cont.)
REMOTE DISPLAY SYSTEM ........................................................................................................25
On/Off and Setting the Channel
........................................................................................26
Transmitter Temperature and Battery
Status....................................................................26
Remote Steering
................................................................................................................27
Finding Firmware Vers
ion..................................................................................................28
DataLog Capability ............................................................................................................28
BATTERY CHARGE
R....................................................................................................................29
Charging a Battery
.............................................................................................................30
Conditioning a Battery in t
he Charger ...............................................................................31
Conditioning a Battery Manually........................................................................................
31
Indicator Lights and Meani
ngs...........................................................................................31
SYSTEM OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
......................................................................................33
Start-up Procedure
............................................................................................................33
Shutdown Procedure
.........................................................................................................33
Moisture and Temperature Avoidance
..............................................................................33
Optimal Operating Temperatures
......................................................................................34
General Maintenance ........................................................................................................
34
SIGNAL INTERFERE
NCE .............................................................................................................35
Electrical Interference/Back
ground Noise Check..............................................................35
Suggestions for Dealing with Interference
.........................................................................36
OPERATIONAL TESTS
.................................................................................................................37
Self-Test for Mark III Rec
eivers.........................................................................................37
Receiver Balance Check
...................................................................................................37
Receiver Gain Test............................................................................................................38
Transmitter Tes
ts...............................................................................................................38
Transmitter Salt Water Range Tes
t...................................................................................40
Transmitter Battery Tests ..................................................................................................41
LOCATING
.....................................................................................................................................43
Locate Points (FNLP & RNLP) and Locate Line (PLL)
.....................................................43
Handling the Rec
eiver .......................................................................................................44
Distance Between FNLP and RNLP Due to Depth, Pitch, and Topography
.....................44
Using Plus/Minus Indicators
for Locating ..........................................................................45
Locating the Transmitter from the Drill ..............................................................................
45
Finding the Rear Negative Locate Point (RNLP)
........................................................45
Finding the Positive Loc
ate Line (PLL) .......................................................................46
Finding the Front Negative Loc
ate Point (FNLP)........................................................47
Finding the Transmitter and Its
Depth.........................................................................48
Locating the Transmitter from the Front
............................................................................49
Method for Confirming Position
.........................................................................................49
Locating on the Fly ............................................................................................................50
Off-Track Locating
.............................................................................................................50
Splitting the Front and Rear Negative Locate Points
........................................................51
Four Turn Tec
hnique.........................................................................................................51
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