Repair of locators and remote displays of DigiTrak and SubSite location systems

In fact, every fourth inquiry on a broken locator ends with the distanced repair after detailed consultations. It’s all a matter of interference, misconfiguration or failure of the transmitter (beacon).

If the locator got drowned in the water or it was squeezed by a bulldozer — it is exactly when you need repair))). In our experience, every fourth call to the company to repair the locator or remote display ends with our detailed tips on its proper setting and understanding of where to look for the cause of incorrect operation of the location system.

• If periodically you lose ALL data on the display of the locator, the first thing you should check is the level of active interference on the drilling track. For example, the value of interference equal to 300 (DigiTrak) will give erratic display of data from the depth of more than five meters.
• If the displayed data is incorrectly shown on DCI company locators, check the regional convergence of the locator or transmitter.
• If the remote display shows no data even near the locator, recheck and reset ALL the settings pairing the locator to the remote display. For example, multifunctional displays often have the function of random reset of frequency region (US is set automatically, rather than UK).
• If you have doubts about the position of front/rear location points (DigiTrak), try any of these points to gently rotate the locator to the full rotation around the vertical axis passing through the center of the antennas (the front part of the «foot» of the locator). If the ball keeps still, the locator is healthy and it is necessary to look for an external reason (passive interference from nearby metal parts or pipelines).
• If, for example, you cannot switch the arrows on SubSite 750/752 (when you click the button to switch on the arrows and the backlight is switched on/off instead), the locator is functioning properly, but failed due to incorrect pressing of buttons. You need to press and hold the down arrow button, and then switch on the locator. After three to four seconds, release the button, the arrows switch mode will come back to normal.
• If at locating with the transmitter even close to the locator the display shows no data and it displays only crosstalk, then either the transmitter is faulty or the frequency of the transmitter is incorrectly set, or the transmitter does not match the type of the locator used.
• If there is a steady signal from the transmitter (the transmitter is near the locator), but the data is not displayed correctly or missing, the transmitter does not match the type or regional affiliation of the used locator, or it is simply faulty.