SD Drain Support FAQ

Turn On the Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Feature on Your Android Smartphone or Tablet

1. Go to Settings on your Android phone. You can get there by pressing the menu button on your device when you’re on the home screen, then tapping Settings.
2. At the Settings screen, tap the Wireless & networks option.
3. Click the check mark beside the option for Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to turn on the hotspot, and your phone will start acting like a wireless access point. (You should see a message in the notification bar when it’s activated.)
   1. To adjust and check the settings for the hotspot, tap the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings option. You’ll need to do this if you don’t know the default password that will be created for your hotspot so that you can make a note of it for connecting your other devices.
   2. You can change the default password, security level, router name (SSID), and also manage users connected wirelessly to your phone in the Wi-Fi hotspot settings.

Connect your SD Drain computer to phone Hot Spot or other WiFi network

Swipe in from edge of computer to bring out the Charms Bar

Click on settings in the Charms Bar

Click on the Wireless Bars on the Settings page (it should say “Available”)

Click on the name of your network.  If using a phone it should be listed in the Hot Spot settings.  Most of the time there is only one network listed.

Press the Connect button

If a connection sharing window pops up click “No, don’t turn on sharing or connect devices”

When completed it should say “Connected”

Click on the following links for initital setup of your GPS

• Ag Leader 7500
• Generic GPS
• John Deere 3000/6000
• Rust Sales PX5R and Base Station
• Trimble 262/252/372

Click on the following to adjust communication settings with PX5 Rover or A631 base/rover.

• Radio Channel Change – PX5 Rover
• Radio Channel Change – Rust Sales/A631 Base & A631 Rover
• NMEA Output Change – A631 Rover

Calculate blade to ground

• Make sure you are receiving a good RTK signal.
• Use the calculator function/DO NOT Measure with tape measure (see below).
• Perform calculation with no obstructions (Trees, buildings, etc.)
• Was the blade in the proper position when you performed the blade to ground calculation? If not, recalculate. 

Use calculator for Blade to Ground calculation

1. Are your Up/down cylinders settling as you survey ditch?
2. Are you getting erratic RTK signal from working around obstacles (trees, buildings, etc.)?
3. You can manually change blade to ground setting to cut more precisely.

The default setting on SD Drain® Ditch is to survey downhill, to-the-outlet. You can change that setting and choose to survey to-the-outlet or from-the-outlet. Change the default setting by following these steps:

• Press the Settings button on the lower right hand side of the screen. That button should switch to say Main Screen
• Press the Program button and choose Settings
• Toggle Survey Both Directions Off to Survey Both Directions On

Now, every time you survey, you will have to choose which direction you are surveying: