User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Operator’s Manual
- Digital
- Control
- Incorporated
- DCI Headquarters 19625 62nd Ave. S., Suite B-103 Kent, Washington 98032 USA Tel 425 251 0559 / 800 288 3610 Fax 253 395 2800 E-mail DCI@digital-control.com www.digitrak.com
- Important Notice
- Safety Precautions and Warnings
- Safety Precautions and Warnings (Continued)
- _
- Introduction
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- Receiver
- Power On
- Toggle and Trigger Switches
- Speaker and Audible Tones
- Adjusting Screen Contrast
- Main Menu
- Locate Menu
- Set US Menu
- Low Fre/High Fre Menu
- Configure Menu
- Changing the Telemetry Channel
- 1-Point Calibration
- 2-Point Calibration (In-ground Calibration)
- Changing the Grade Mode
- Changing the Depth Measurement Mode
- Cold Screen / Normal Screen
- Tele Option A/B
- Locator DL / No Locator DL (Enabling and Disabling DataLog Menus)
- Set Roll / Unset Roll (Enabling and Disabling Roll Offset Function)
- Remote Display
- _
- Transmitter
- _
- Battery Charger
- _
- Locating
- _
- The Target Steering® Function
- _
- Cable System
- Cable System Components
- Non-DCI Supplies Required for Operating the Cable System
- Connecting Power Supply to Power Source and Cable Transmitter
- Grounding the Cable Transmitter
- Cable Transmitter On/Off
- Calibrating the Cable Transmitter
- Enabling the Roll Offset Function on the Remote Display
- Locating Using the Cable System
- Viewing Transmitter Depth or Predicted Depth
- Viewing Status of Cable System Power Source
- Target Steering Function Using the Cable System
- Troubleshooting
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- Appendix
- Depth Increase in Inches (Centimeters) per 6-foot (1.8 meter) Rod
- Depth Increase in Inches (Centimeters) per 10-foot (3-meter) Rod
- Depth Increase in Inches (Centimeters) per 15-foot (4.6-meter) Rod
- Percent of Grade to Degree Conversions (0.1% Pitch Transmitters or Sensitive Pitch)
- Degree to Percent of Grade Conversions (0.1% Pitch Transmitters)
- Calculating Depth Based on Distance Between FLP and RLP
- LIMITED WARRANTY
DIGITAL CONTROL INCORPORATED
3-1100-00-K (English)
© 2000-2008 by Digital Control Incorporated. All rights reserved. September 2008 edition.
Trademarks
The DCI logo, CableLink
®
, DataLog
®
, DigiTrak
®
, Eclipse
®
, iGPS
®
, Intuitive
®
, look-ahead
®
, SST
®
, target-in-
the-box
®
, Target Steering
®
, and TensiTrak
®
are U.S. registered trademarks and DucTrak™, FasTrak™,
L
T
™, SuperCell™, and TeleLock™ are trademarks of Digital Control Incorporated.
Patents
The DigiTrak
®
Eclipse
®
Locating System is covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents:
5,337,002; 5,633,589; 5,698,981; 5,757,190; 5,764,062; 5,767,678; 5,878,824; 5,914,602; 5,926,025;
5,933,008; 5,990,682; 5,990,683; 6,002,258; 6,005,532; 6,008,651; 6,014,026; 6,035,951; 6,047,783;
6,057,687; 6,079,506; 6,095,260; 6,160,401; 6,232,780; 6,250,402; 6,396,275; 6,417,666; 6,454,023;
6,457,537; 6,496,008; 6,525,538; 6,559,646; 6,653,837; 6,677,768; 6,693,429; 6,756,783; 6,756,784;
6,768,307; 6,838,882; 6,924,645; 6,954,073; 7,015,697; 7,049,820; 7,061,244. Sale of a DigiTrak
®
Eclipse
®
Receiver does not convey a license under any patents covering the DigiTrak
®
Eclipse
®
Trans-
mitter or underground drill housing. Other patents pending.
Limited Warranty
All products manufactured and sold by DCI are subject to the terms of a Limited Warranty. A copy of the
Limited Warranty is included with this manual along with your DigiTrak
®
Eclipse
®
Locating System; it can
also be obtained by contacting DCI Customer Service, 800-288-3610 or 425-251-0559, or by connecting
to DCI's web site,
www.digitrak.com.
Important Notice
All statements, technical information, and recommendations related to the products of Digital Control
Incorporated (DCI) are based on information believed to be reliable, but the accuracy or completeness
thereof is not warranted. Before utilizing any DCI product, the user should determine the suitability of the
product for its intended use. All statements herein refer to DCI products as delivered by DCI and do not
apply to any user customizations not authorized by DCI nor to any third-party products. Nothing herein
shall constitute any warranty by DCI nor will anything herein be deemed to modify the terms of DCI’s
existing Limited Warranty applicable to all DCI products.
FCC Compliance Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant
to Part 15 of the Rules of the Federal Communications Commission. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a horizontal directional drilling installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications or inaccurate
readings on your DCI locating equipment. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur
in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recep-
tion, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
¾ Reorient or relocate the DigiTrak
®
Eclipse
®
Receiver.
¾ Increase the separation between the problematic equipment and the DigiTrak
®
Eclipse
®
Receiver.
¾ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a different circuit.
¾ Consult the dealer for help.
Changes or modifications to the DCI equipment not expressly approved and carried out by DCI will void
the user’s Limited Warranty and the FCC’s authorization to operate the equipment.
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®
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®
Operator’s Manual