Ditch Assist Lite

Ditch Assist® Lite runs every workflow in the app: Ditching, Simple Grading, Leveling, Forming, Terracing, Tiling, Levee & Contour, Excavation and LiDAR & Mapping. The tablet reads an Emlid Reach RS3 or RS4 GPS receiver mounted on the implement, over the receiver's own Wi-Fi. You work the blade while the screen shows cut and fill.

What's different from a control-module kit

• One licence per receiver. A one-time unlock code, typed in once. Checking it needs no internet.
• No automation. The app never moves the blade. You get Start and Stop for guidance, and no Raise, Lower or Hold.
• Rock-Hit Detection is off.
• On an excavator, grade is a check between cuts, not live at the bucket tip.

What you need

• An Emlid Reach RS3 or RS4 for each machine
• A mast or pole mount, so the receiver rides up and down with the cutting edge
• RTK corrections: a second Reach as a base, or a data SIM card in the receiver
• An Android tablet with the Ditch Assist app (the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11+ is the one we recommend)
• An unlock code for each receiver, by email from us

Set it up in this order

You do these once. After that, each day takes a minute or two: switch the receiver on, join its Wi-Fi, pick a workflow.

Ditch Assist Lite

• Choose Lite modeSwitch the app to Lite mode, and what changes when you do.
• Get the Reach readyCharge, mount, corrections and position output for the Reach.
• Connect to the ReachJoin the Reach hotspot, tap Emlid Reach, wait for RTK Fixed.
• Activate a receiverRequest code by email, 10-digit unlock code back, once per receiver.
• Working in Ditch Assist LiteStart guidance, follow the Depth Guide, move the blade yourself.
• Ditch Assist Lite on an excavatorReach on the stick: check grade between cuts in a set pose.
• Power the receiverBattery for a day, charge overnight, power bank for long days.

Problems? See Fix Ditch Assist Lite problems.