Setting up the Reach

You do this once per receiver. The same three steps are in the app under Settings → Ditch Assist Lite → Setup guide, and the guide opens by itself each time you switch to Lite.

1. On the Reach (Emlid Flow app)

1. Connect your phone to the receiver in Emlid Flow.
2. Go to Settings → Position output and choose an output slot.
3. Set it to TCP, role Server, port 9001, format NMEA.
4. Enable only GGA at 5 Hz and VTG at 5 Hz — turn the other NMEA messages off.
5. For a machine mount, turn tilt compensation off.

The Reach must be broadcasting its own Wi-Fi hotspot — the network is named reach:XX:XX unless you renamed it.

2. On this tablet

1. Open the tablet's Wi-Fi settings and join the Reach hotspot. The password is emlidreach.
2. If Android warns that the network has no internet, choose Always stay connected (or the equivalent on your tablet). Every Ditch Assist hotspot has no internet — that is normal.
3. On a Samsung tablet, also open Wi-Fi → Intelligent Wi-Fi and turn OFF Switch to better Wi-Fi networks. Left on, the tablet walks away from the Reach hotspot every few minutes and your guidance drops with it.

3. In Ditch Assist

1. On Home, tap a workflow card.
2. In the connect step, tap Emlid Reach.
3. The first time on each receiver, tap Activate and follow Activating a receiver.