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)
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- 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
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- Transmitter
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- Battery Charger
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- Locating
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- The Target Steering® Function
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- 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
Safety Precautions
and Warnings (Continued)
¾ Before each drilling run, test the DigiTrak Eclipse system to confirm that it is operating properly
and check that it is providing accurate drill head location and heading information and accurate
drill head depth, pitch, and roll information with the transmitter inside the drill head.
¾ During drilling, the depth will not be accurate unless:
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The Eclipse receiver has been properly calibrated and the calibration has been checked for
accuracy so that the receiver shows the correct depth.
The drill head has been located correctly and accurately and the receiver is directly above
and parallel to the transmitter in the tool underground or above the front locate point (FLP).
The receiver height-above-ground or ultrasonic distance has been set correctly.
¾ Interference can cause inaccuracies in the measurement of depth and loss of pitch, roll, or the
transmitter’s location or heading.
Sources of interference include but are not limited to traffic signal loops, invisible dog fences,
cable TV, power lines, fiber-trace lines, metal structures, cathodic protection, telephone lines,
cell phones, transmission towers, conductive earth, salt water, rebar, radio frequencies, and
other unknown sources of interference.
Interference with the operation of the remote display may also occur from other sources
operating nearby on the same frequency, such as car rental agencies using their remote
check-in modules, other directional drilling locating equipment, etc.
¾ Carefully review this Operator’s Manual and be sure you always operate the DigiTrak Eclipse
system properly to obtain accurate depth, pitch, roll, and locate points. If you have any questions
about the operation of the DigiTrak System, please call DCI’s Customer Service Department at
425-251-0559 or 800-288-3610.
REMEMBER
If you are having difficulty on the job, call DCI (425-251-0559 or
800-288-3610) and we’ll attempt to help you solve the problem.
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Operator’s Manual