Your Ditch Assist Lite, start to finish

1. 1Know your kit

   1. 1Know your kitIdentify your kit from the machine and the tablet, and find your pages.
   2. 2Ditch Assist Lite: overviewGuidance from an Emlid Reach on the blade. Set up, activate, work.

2. 2Get the tablet and app ready

   1. 3Install the appDownload from the website, allow the install, update over the top.
   2. 4Set up the tabletFile access, Location, Wi-Fi that stays put, screen, power, updates.
   3. 5First launchFile access, the manual reminder, the safety warning, Home, blade height.
   4. 6App tourHome, sidebar, Settings, Manual, and the Survey and Grade screens at a glance.
   5. 7Practise with the simulatorA guided practice session: survey, design and grade a pretend ditch, one tap at a time.

3. 3Get the Reach working

   1. 8Choose Lite modeSwitch the app to Lite mode, and what changes when you do.
   2. 9Get the Reach readyCharge, mount, corrections and position output for the Reach.
   3. 10Power the receiverBattery for a day, charge overnight, power bank for long days.
   4. 11Connect to the ReachJoin the Reach hotspot, tap Emlid Reach, wait for RTK Fixed.
   5. 12Activate a receiverRequest code by email, 10-digit unlock code back, once per receiver.

4. 4Your first day in the field

   1. 13Working in Ditch Assist LiteStart guidance, follow the Depth Guide, move the blade yourself.
   2. 14Pre-flight checksRead the Pre-Flight Checks panel row by row and test raise and lower.
   3. 15Blade heightCutting edge to ground, implement raised. Measure it, enter it, check it.
   4. 16Benchmarks and calibrationSame day, same base: just grade. Coming back: calibrate on the field's benchmark.
   5. 17Your first jobChecklist to finished pass: a whole Ditching job, in order.

Download this whole list as one PDF manual (PDF, 252 pages, 18.5 MB). Same steps, same pictures, for printing or for a tablet without signal.

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