Learning Center

Ditch Assist Learning Center

Set up the system, run every job the app does, and fix problems yourself. Step-by-step guides with annotated screens, written for the cab.

Learn Ditch Assist®.

Set up the system, run every job the app does, and fix problems yourself. Every guide follows the app screen by screen, so you can work through it with the tablet in your hand.

Common searches: Blade won't raise Stuck on RTK Float Blade height Calibrate to a benchmark Wi-Fi keeps dropping Send logs to support

I'm new to Ditch AssistFrom the box to your first finished pass: kit, tablet, app, connection, Pre-Flight Checks, blade height, benchmarks, first job. Something isn't workingStart from what you see on the screen or the machine. No connection, no GPS, RTK Float, blade won't move, grade is off. Learn a workflowDitching, Simple Grading, Land Forming, Tiling, Terracing, Leveling, Levee & Contour and Excavation, step by step.

Which kit do you have?

Most guides apply to every kit. Where a step differs, the guide says so. Start with the page for your kit.

Every workflow in the app

The same cards as the Home screen. Each guide covers survey, design, grading, saving and the problems you can hit.

Everything in the Learning Center

Start hereKnow your kit, get the tablet ready, connect, Pre-Flight Checks, blade height, benchmarks, your first job. Install the hardwarePower harness, valve, control module, hoses, GPS antenna, tablet mount, DIG™ sensors and calibration. GPS and RTKWhat the receiver must send, RTK fix and float, base stations, corrections, receiver setup by brand. Ditch Assist LiteChoose the mode, set up the Reach, connect, activate the receiver, work in Lite mode. WorkflowsEvery job, every step, every option. Maps, LiDAR and filesLiDAR drainage layers, the Drainage Planner, the Geo-Surface™ owner portal, overlays, files. Fix a problemBy symptom, most likely cause first, plus every on-screen message explained. ReferenceEvery screen, badge, button and setting. Full app manualThe manual built into the app, one page per chapter.

Practise before you go to the field

The app has a simulator built in. On any workflow's connect step tap Simulate and the app drives a virtual machine, so you can run a whole job at the kitchen table. No machine, receiver or control module needed.

How to practise with the simulator

Talk to a product specialist

1-833-DITCH-AS · support@ditchassist.com
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Central.

Calling about a problem? Send your app logs first, then have your app version and kit ready (what to have ready).

Did this answer your question?

Still stuck? Talk to a product specialist. 1-833-DITCH-AS · support@ditchassist.com · Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Central.

Calling about a problem? Send your app logs first so support can see what happened.