Milk Point Controller 8 – User manual
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1. PANAZOO MPC Milk Point Controller software Managment Version 1 0 2015 Codice 30000P 1 Codice 30000P 2 SW Ver Manual Ver Description Checked 1 0 UM Milk Point Controller V6 DP 9 16 27 1 0 MPC Latest revision DP 1 0 Detailed all menus and functions of the MPC GP 1 0 First edition MA PANAZzoo Y Summary EEE E o E 3 PE a E EE NAL o a e E E E E A E T E 3 ZA Resource el oaasscacsnccwnecesavacacancunne sedacscaeeueenaeesqueranauednineseuacsamneadsenmebaausaaancanneantatenesanacecess 6 E Be 7 rg A MAMI ALY AC LOM E 8 Be VE CSS lO EE 9 is VE Wy SU EI ON EE 10 3 1 1 Milk board indication E 11 3 1 2 Milk DlaACe E E TEE 11 SPAN e UY E I E EE E EE E E A E E A EET 12 De Ge MELE EMA MUO TAU A E 12 Peg GENT VST LTT UTC G1 0 i EEE EET E E E E E T 13 3 29 e parlor 6 CUD seoses S E E E EE EN EE EEES 14 RAPA A TE E 15 3 2 5 Feeder system E 16 RE d eren AE E ea E T E E E E RAE 17 3 2 7 Software settings ocrccstcsanses ravedneneesateceauqeucsuaadaneramaxedueneedaeeeenuewevebasanan seni seduedendaecennunesamieneed 18 3 2 8Aktivcow EE 19 De Ales MAA CCU T E AA E A N A A 22 EE 23 SEN AS EEN 24 Ds INCOM EE Set SEENEN 26 e eene 2q SEENEN 28 Di OWS VANCE ee 29 3S COWS E ls erreren ES ENEE TEE NEEE 30 3 6 1 Cow parameters EE 31 3 9 2 Milking E E 32 SAALTA EE 33 SEENEN 34 SE COLON eege Jd De SORE CAG PAA T E E A A A EE EA AE 36 Dell SORE AMM EE E E AE T E AEE 37 1 General description Thi2. 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 Ao Pa APT A zt sc ze se sc S amp S Se SB Se Se Ss S b ee Se Se Se sch zc sch sc sc sc Date 01 10 2009 02 10 2009 02 10 2009 03 10 2009 03 10 2009 04 10 2009 05 10 2009 06 10 2009 06 10 2009 07 10 2009 O7 10 2009 08 10 2009 08 10 2009 09 10 2009 09 10 2009 10 10 2009 10 10 2009 14 10 2009 11 10 2009 12 10 2009 12 10 2009 13 10 2009 13 10 2009 AAPA Description of the available reports Results table 13 39 04 7 51 31 18 52 21 8 01 18 18 27 09 18 20 45 T 42 45 T 2r 02 18 40 33 T 2r 07 18 33 28 8 02 11 18 57 58 8 15 16 18 32 41 2 25 53 18 10 44 7 40 22 13 20 34 T 48 29 19 27 25 2 08 25 13 47 42 mA en 1 Kg 14 06 17 89 0 17 14 0 0 18 36 18 24 0 17 96 0 17 75 0 18 98 o 19 44 0 16 85 0 17 54 2 Kg o 0 13 6 o 14 43 15 2 0 0 14 06 o 13 96 0 13 8 o 14 05 0 13 17 0 13 88 3 Kg E Lm Immm R cece ee cc ces Milk total 14 06 17 89 13 6 17 14 14 43 15 2 13 36 13 24 14 06 17 96 13 96 17 75 13 8 18 98 14 05 19 44 13 17 16 85 13 88 17 54 15 79 17 33 15 51 am tai Milk temp 35 35 5 36 5 35 5 34 5 36 36 35 5 Milk Production by Cowld a report that summarizes all the milking of the cows selected in the Cow ld list box in the selected date range Result table sho
3. attention for high activity is calculated 6 Days no attention after insemination Within these days after insemination no attention is given even if an attention for high activity is calculated 20 Communication C Ndp Smart s ti Milking parlour setup de e oS Milking session Short average Feeder system S Long average Database Factor sensitivity Software settings Minimum length of activity Aktivcow setup Period average Gates managment Ideal delay after heat detection Send lock to milking station b Do not apply setup modifications during milkin Parlour syncronization OK The calculation of the HTC follows precise specifications and algorithm calculation based on the measurement of the number of steps of the animal divided by 15 periods daily Each period lasts for 96 minutes a calculation of total minutes of the day divided by 15 e Short average Number of periods for calculation of the average short period e Long average Number of periods for calculation of the average long period e Factor sensitivity Sensitivity factor value Minimum length of activity Number of alarms which must occur to determine if the animal has actually been HTC state or not e Period average Number of periods to be considered for the calculation of HTC e ideal delay after heat detection Number of hours after which the system isues a visual report through the software and possibly also to the HTC alarm detection card e Send
4. 300 000 scc Delay ISC control 3 300 gr Enable Master Wash Function Master Wash Source ID i Clicking this button you save the parameter on the board node milking station selected Clicking this button it s possible to save the parameter to all the milking stations connected to the CAN network 2 3 8 Cows Manager CowID ISOIDTAG Group Sen ISC Milking lock PGM1 PGM2 PGM3 Cow name Feed per milking 26 30 P1 23 30 Pf P5 P9 SIMENTAL 0648 23 30 Li P5 P9 SIMENTAL ABASI 23 30 P7 P5 P9 HOLSTEIN VICDAN 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL CIGDEM 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL GULSUM 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL DILARA 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL BONCUK 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL YAZGULL 23 30 PT P5 P9 SIMENTAL NURDAN 23 30 P7 P5 P9 HOLSTEIN BENEKLI 23 30 P7 P5 P9 HOLSTEIN 4036 23 30 P7 P5 PS HOLSTEIN GUZGULL 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL SUKRAN 23 30 EN P5 P9 HOLSTEIN SUZI 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL PERVIN 23 30 P7 P5 P9 SIMENTAL CEYLAN 23 30 Er P5 P9 HOLSTEIN GIZEM 23 30 P7 P5 P9 MONTOFON KASTOI 23 30 P7 P5 P9 HOLSTEIN ZARIFE 72 an D7 DA DQ UAI CTEIN CIN CAU d lech d eh ech ech ech ech A et A RD WM IN IN IN lech Lech ech OO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n In cow manager you can handle all your animals database Add modify remove cows add inseminations treatments feeder data etc Double click on a cow in the list for modify the configuration of a cow 3 8 Cows Ma
5. Feeder system Ferc prod decrease Database Ferc temp alarm Software settings Perc milking length Aktivcow setup Milking days 2 Gates managment Show daily summary at sessions ending Send lock to milking station AN WEE Parlour syncronization OK From here you can set the 4 modes of Aktivcow system operation 1 Smart aktivcow e App Prod Decrease Percentage value of the decline in average milk production beyond which the alarm will signal the animal in heat e App Temp alarm Percentage value of change in average milk temperatures beyond which the alarm will signal the animal in heat e App Milking length Percentage value of change in average milking time beyond which the alarm will signal the animal in heat e Milking days Range of days after the start date of lactation within which the alarm will signal the animal in heat By default this value is 21 with a range of plus or minus 2 days so for example with early lactation on 01 02 2015 the alarm control will start on 19 02 2015 and end on 23 02 2015 e Show daily summary at session ending View a summary screen of the alarms at the end of milking sessions e Send lock to milking station When an alarm for an animal sounds the MPC can send a message to LOCK the milking stall and so alert the operator before the START of milking 2 Ndp Smart In this configuration identification is by means of antennas and the Nedap but the control and calculati
6. lactation Lactation number is automatically increased at every calving e Start first milking date of the current lactation This date can be manually set or automatically by MPC at the first milking of the cow e Feed per milking feed portion This feed is handled directly by the milking station e Milking days an indicator of the current lactation days milking e Keep Open only if the Nedap activity it is enabled the cow with this flag set are checked for activity warning 31 3 8 2 Milking periods Cow ID 33 Total lactation prod Milk temp average Feed portions lact Milk flow Kg min Last 27 sess average PULS MIN PULS MIN PULS MIN RATIO F RATIO F RATIO F RATIO R RATIO R RATIO R PULS MIN PULS MIN PULS MIN RATIO F RATIO F RATIO F RATIO R RATIO R RATIO R Last 10 sess average Milk production Animal sort gate Sort milk Total cows 175 From here it s possible to set 3 custom milking program for the cow The 3 program are automatically applied by the MPC with this method First milking date gt 90 days gt 120 days SS till the end PGM1 PGM2 PGM3 e Clicking this button it s possible to apply the milking program to all the cows stored in database 32 3 8 3 Insemination b Scroll cows i Execute rotes P Execute O6 04 2007F Total lactation prod 29 03 2008 Milk temp average 25 02 2009 Feed portions lact 16 02 2010 02 02 2011 Milk flow Kg m
7. stop milking status grey Position 20 Milk place is in wash If put the mouse pointer over a cow in milk are show the milking information like in picture b it is possible to see alarm presence milking program milk temperature milking time and the milk yeld of the cow 3 2 Software Setup The Software setup menu permit to customize the MPC for the parlor before to start to work the user must configure the application Attention at the first run of the MPC application some warning messages are showed are not important they are showed because the system was not configured Now are describe all the step needed to follow before start with the milk activities This information are important for specialized person that install the Panazoo milking system 3 2 1 Farm information This form need to insert the information of the owner of the parlour Farm name Panazoo Italiana Milking parlour setup Via Copernico 2 Milking session Feeder system Database Software settings Aktivcow setup Gates managment email 12 3 2 2 Communication This form need to select the type of communication board are connected to the PC and if the identification system is with walk true gate or with one antenna for milking place available for the goat system Farm information Can interface selection C USBtoCAN Compact Communication Milking parlour setup Milking session Feeder system re USBtoCAN Il Software settings Akti
8. 6 10 09 2009 12 12 06 10 09 2009 12 15 09 10 09 2009 12 41 13 10 09 2009 14 14 50 11 09 2009 6 46 46 11 09 2009 8 31 04 11 09 2009 8 57 31 11 09 2009 9 31 38 11 09 2009 11 27 50 11 09 2009 12 53 14 11 09 2009 13 01 50 11 09 2009 13 03 22 11 09 2009 17 57 19 11 09 2009 17 59 10 11 09 2009 19 50 11 12 09 2009 6 52 43 12 09 2009 7 00 05 12 09 2009 8 32 02 12 09 2009 8 55 58 12 09 2009 9 36 22 12 09 2009 17 36 34 12 09 2009 19 09 53 12 09 2009 19 12 52 13 09 2009 7 10 49 13 09 2009 8 57 34 13 09 2009 9 24 01 13 09 2009 9 58 56 13 09 2009 17 31 10 SS 8 amp Temperature C Ss amp 00m 15s 00m 28s 00m 05s 00m 23s 07m 49s 00m 19s 00m 07s 00m 20s 00m 18s 00m 10s 00m 24s 00m 38s 00m 18s 00m 20s 07m 01s 16m 59s 07m 02s 00m 14s 00m 30s 03m 12s 00m 27s 00m 14s 01m 07s 07m 04s 01m 15s 00m 23s 07m 03s 17m 00s 07m 03s 00m 55s 05m 43s 02m 47s 00m 18s 07m 01s 17m 00s 07m 02s gt 40 C 16m 11s gt 40 C 14m 51s gt 40 C 16m 05s 24 3 5 Report This function permit to elaborate produce print and export the report of the production there are some filters to select REPORT AND PRODUCTION ANALYSIS Report selection Milk production by CowlD g 5 g g 2 g g g g g g g g 5 9 g g g g 5 g g g IDTAG 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974 139714974
9. Cows deleting from database Reset cows feeder database Belarus syncronization Automatic database backup DW Disabled Feeder system Database Software settings Aktivcow setup Gates managment Ay Do not apply setup modifications during milkin The other control needed for managing the database but attention that old data could be lost so utilize only if you Know what to do Its recommended to create periodically backup of the working database in order to keep light the database for the storing of the milking When you create a backup of the database it s recommended to Clear the milking button Milking deleting In the current database so you can restart with a clean milking database that maintaining all the stored COWS Automatic database backup The MPC software can automatically create a backup copy of the database at the end of daily milking sessions 17 3 2 Software settings This form need to check directly if any update are available for set the language and the measure unit that Farm information Software information Communication Milk Point Controller V 9 16 24 Check upgrade HIE Software activation ki Animal type Milking parlour setup ey type 531B1C6C1364077B Milking session Language cow goat Feeder system UNITED KINGDOM VE O sheep Engineering units Master ID ha Kg 21 Software settings F Ib Database n Webcam setup only for rotary parlour Aktivcow setup p t
10. Double line KR RE kaisieeeesssgisiwee gege eoengaagoeepeeeggeas Milking session amp Rotary Fa Ta H i Software settings furs Ae lf Oe Aktivcow setup C Swingover Keceereeceeugen se IIIi III E Gates managment Sort gate C present The key Parlour Syncronisation allows the alignment of the milking parlour configuration according to the configurations set in the software for the Feeder section and the of milking stations Shift section during automatic identification via RFID tags 14 3 2 4 Milking session This form need to set the number of the milking session for the farm and the typical time of the star sessions The Parlour synchronization push button must be pressed AFTER the first reboot of the application and after the activation code insertion Farm information Communication Milking parlour setup Milking session Feeder system A Quantity Sessions timetable Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Extratime last session minutes End session wait minutes A Milking session valid from 00 00 to 73 59 Do not apply setup modifications during milkin Quantity number of milking sessions 2 or 3 Sessions timetable time period of the sessions End session wait when all the milking station are in IDLE status no milking a minutes counter start If no other milking is registred in the minutes setting the MPC automatically switch to the next session If the current se
11. PC during your loading detects the presence of these switch connected to the Antenna board or G ID board L Other MPC info Current session the number of the current milking session 1 or 2 or 3 depending on your configuration farm setup Farm typology the farm type setting in software setup double line single line swing over etc Minutes to new session from every last STOP milking message received by a global id or other milking station Panazoo the software start a minutes counter If no other START milking message is received from the PC in 2 hours the MPC automatically switch to the next milking session If the previous session was just the last session the MPC lock any other START milking message M farm information detail Farm name and farm address 10 3 1 1 Milk board indication The milk board could be show in two different way 1 Position 19 If the milk place is in line and work on 2 Position 20 If the milk place is out of line or there is problem on the CAN connection 3 1 2 Milk place Cow status The indication of the status of the place could be show in different way PGM Milk temp Milking time Total milk 1 Position 17 If the milk place are free or a cow not identified are in milking 2 Position 18 A cow identified is in milking green M indicates that cow is manually entered not automatically identified Position 19 Acow was in
12. a min Status Milking Last 2 sess average C Dry with lock Dry from 15 07 2014 Last 10 sess average Sen 20 is Group ISO IDTAG HMC 30 Cow parameters Milking periods Milking lock C Lock until e Always locked Insemination Treatments Feeder Lact N 1 Feeder distribution Animal sort gate Start V Feed M 0 Feed 3 0 Sort milk Milking days Feed 2 0 Feed 4 0 Total cows 175 ae wv ch Xx Se B e Cowld automatically calculated by adding 1 to the last cowid detected in database Otherwise you can always change this e Birth date the birth date of the cow e Cow name the name of the cow e Status milking standard status for the cow with no lock dry cow in dry status dry with lock cow in dry status but during the identification the MPC send to the milking station a LOCK that will be visualized on the display of the milking station e Gei value of parameter Get e ISC value of parameter ISC e Group number of the cow lot e ISO IDTAG the idtag number associated to the cow e Milking lock it s possible to set a lock for a cow In this case when the cow will be identified by the antenna the MPC send a COW LOCK message to the milking station and this information is showed on the display of the milking station If you activate lock this can be forever always in lock or with expiry date lock until e Lactation Nr the number of the current
13. al sort gate Sort milk ie x 33 3 8 4 Treatments From here it s possible to handle the treatments of the cow COWS MANAGER n a a Dese Trn Cow ID 33 Refresh Total lactation prod Milk temp average Feed portions lact Milk flow Kg min Last 2 Sess average Last 10 sess average Milking periods Insemination Animal sort gate 7 Total cows 175 db W s Date date of the treatment Treatment description of the treatment Veterinary name the name of the veteri_ Treatment info Cow ID 33 Refresh nary Total lactation prod Milk temp average Notes notes to included to the treatment BEER gemeet Date 05 12 2014 optional Last 2 sess average Last 10 sess average Treatment Treatment test Veterinary name Tom Sortmik lc I 34 3 8 5 Feeder Milk Point Controller provides two types of feeder system e Basic line totally handled by MPC and Panazoo milking stations e Custom line handled by Wasserbauer feeding machine and coordinated by MPC software The feeder typology can be selected in software setup Basic line COWS MANAGER scot con ETAT Cosi H Feed M3_ Food MA o 9 Cow ID 33 Refresh Delete feed Total lactation prod Set same percentage Milk temp average Feed portions lact Feed name Milk flow Kg min geral Last 2 Sess average 17 00 16 00 Last 10 sess average Set for
14. all the cows Feed portionand percentage Cow parameters 16 00 21 00 Milking periods Insemination Treatments aere PANAZzoo Animal sort gate feader svetem Sort milk Use these for all cows 21 00 02 00 Total cows 175 E w xX Sei IB Basic line feeder consist of 4 aliment daily distributed in different periods this means that a cow is enabled to eat only 1 time in a period a day This periods can be subdivided in this way e Once every 5 hours e Once every 1 hour In both case the feeder system work for a total of 20 hours In the remaining 4 hours the feeder system is switched off Start hour and period selection can be set in software setup For each food it s possible to set Food name and Food portion Food portion is automatic distributed in the day according to the Percent set value The default setting of the percent value is 25 for 5 hours period and 5 for 1 hour period distribution Anyway the percent values of every distribution period can be manually modify but the necessary condition is that the total amount of the percent values must be 100 The Grammes display is automatic updated at every change of the food portion according to the setting of the percent value 35 3 8 6 Sort gate COWS MANAGER Scroll cows vd Enable Disable sort gate Cow ID 33 Refresh Total lactation prod Milk temp average Always separate Feed p
15. er Taupro2 v1 0 43 14 01 2012 Reset milking stations after out gate opening Filtered START and STOP signal from milking stations when out gate is open Filtered same IDTAG when input gate is continuosly open and close Graphical improvement in parlour synchronization button Language database modified 30 03 2013 Implemented new customer data synchronization implemented command line for customer syncronization Language database modified 17 02 2012 Implemented Smart aktivcow calculations in cycle period Fixed bug in Month production report Fixed graphic bugs If your MPC working version is older then the last service pack uploaded in Panazoo Service Pack page download it and the install Click next and service pack will be installed on your machine MilkPointController Service Pack v9 16 23 Welcome to the installer of Milk PointController This setup upgrade your MilkPointController to version 9 16 23 it is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing with this installation E you have any other programs running please click Cancel close the programs and run this setup again Otherwise click Next to continue Installation Successful The Milk Point Controller Service Pack 9 16 23 installation is complete Thank you for choosing Milk Point Controller Service Pack Please click Finish to exit this installer 2 3 Preliminary action For the first activation of the system please fol
16. have eaten PT 514 732 138 0 00 2 50 7 29 DT A44 76 FAT 2 OI 3 RAN us a log a 2810 2014 vis anan SUMMARY From the screen viewable only by setting ALL in the Cow Id to search the total food consumed divided by type can be evaluated based on the day set in addition to the number of animals that have or have not eaten Vista FEEDER LOG Feeder database eaten assigned Animals summary have not eaten Summary Dor 2500gr Oar 2500gr Total food 1 Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Ogr 2500gr Total food 2 O On nn amp WN Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr assigned eaten remain Total food 3 Dor 2500gr P Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Ogr 2500gr Total food 4 Dor 2500gr Dor 2500gr Ogr 2500gr eaten 24 Dor 2500gr remain assigned Animals summary 0 have eaten 0 have not eaten 48 V Feeder tog 2810212015 V X Summary The Feeder Log screen displays a period to period log showing how much feed was consumed for the day and for the animal selected 23 3 4 Wash This function permit to show and save the data in the selected period range Chart 24 08 2009 16 22 47 24 08 2009 16 27 47 24 08 2009 16 28 46 24 08 2009 16 34 07 24 08 2009 16 57 59 24 08 2009 17 05 48 24 08 2009 17 16 56 10 09 2009 11 45 33 10 09 2009 11 46 3
17. iguration are Get ISC and Feeder only for swing over parlor Only for Swing Over parlour feeder Multiply feed 1 Save contig to all cows een eer 3 8 Cows Manager V i f i Pressing this button a window let you choose to print one of this report u Pi Po PY DW Print complete cows list DW Confirmed inseminations DW Not confirmed inseminations e Print single cow list print a PDF report of the single cow selected in cow list This report contain all the settings and information about the selected cow e Print complete cow list print a PDF report containing the list of all the cows stored in database e Confirmed inseminations print a PDF containing a list of the confirmed cows insemination e Not confirmed inseminations print a PDF containing a list of the NOT confirmed cows inseminations e Dry cows print a PDF containing a list of the actually dry cows 30 3 8 1 Cow parameters ver Clicking this button you can add a cow in the database with the user interface For each cow in database it s possible to set custom milking parameters cow data info feeder and many other parameters Field with symbol are obligatory for the correct storing of the cow Ka Scroll cows gt Refresh Birth date Cow ID 843 gt Keep open for Aktivcow NDP Total lactation prod Cow name Cow ID 843 Milk temp average Feed portions lact Milk flow K
18. imal based on 3 criteria 1 Separate always the milk product will always separated 2 Separate up to the milk will be separated until the day set 3 Separate once the milk will be separated only once after which the milk separation for that animal will be disabled COWS MANAGER JS Cow ID 71 Refresh Total lactation prod Milk temp average Always separate Feed portions lact Milk flow Kg min Separate until 29 03 2015 Last 2 Sess average Last 10 sess average Separate one time Cow parameters Milking periods Insemination Treatments Feeder Animal sort gate Sort milk So es 37 Warranties PANAZOO Innovation in Milking System Panazoo Italia S r l will replace at no charge for 1 year period from the date of purchase any part which results defective in terms of material or workmanship after checking the part on our premises in Binasco MI Italy the buyer will bear all transport costs for shipping the detective materials for substitution within the terms of this warranty The removal of the identification label on the electronic card will invalidate the warranty conditions PANAzoo Italia SrL Via N Copernico 2 4 20082 Binasco Mi Tel 39 02 9054833 Fax 39 02 90091 860 e mail info panazoo it web www panazoo it Automations in Milking system 38
19. in 17 03 2011 20 05 2011 06 04 2012 05 03 2013 16 04 2014 10 07 2014 30 09 2014 Milking periods 5 01 11 2014 Insemination es 22 11 2014 Animal sort gate Sort milk Last 2 sess average 1 2 3 A E 6 T H g 0 Last 10 sess average Cow parameters 02 02 2008 03 01 2009 02 12 2009 25 11 2010 24 02 2012 11 01 2013 10 12 2013 Estimated calvi Birth Bull name judd B 27 01 2008 judd 01 01 2009 EVERET 1 30 11 2009 DEANN 16 11 2010 TOY STORY BOUTLAND CORY 21 02 2012 CORY 3 05 01 2013 TOY STORY 12 12 2013 SUPER MINK BALTAR JACEY T CASA T CASA Total cows 175 From here it s possible to handle the cow inseminations Clicking Add new MPC show you this form where you can store the insemination data Execute date of the insemination Days after ins days past after insemination date Bull name name of the bull Forecast birth date of the forecast birth This date Is calculated adding 280 days to the Execute Insemination date Calf born date of the calf birth Confirmed status of the insemination Cow ID 33 Total lactation prod Milk temp average Feed portions lact Milk flow Kg min Last 2 sess average Last 10 sess average Refresh Execute 1 2 1 1 Insemination info Days after ins Bull name Estimated calving Cow parameters Actual calving date Milking periods Treatments Confirmed Feeder Anim
20. king status in the farm Every cow is detailed with Post Nr Cowld and realtime milking production With button it s possible to switch visualization to Chart In this modality is show a bar chart of every cow in milking status C Milk production The total of the daily milk production divided by the number of milking sessions set in software setup D Dry cows A list of all the dry cows A cow can be in dry status because of a manual setting in dry status in Cow Manager form or because are past 220 days after insemination date E Production info View a summary of production data daily monthly and annually To optimize the execution processes and workloads of the database this data is updated only manually by pressing the refresh F Feeder log This pane shows an event log of animals for which the feed is distributed by the automatic system managed by the software 3 View description G Wash Information about wash session last wash session date time maximum water temperature minimum water temperature and length of the wash session Wash data are constantly saved in database and are summarized in table Wash data that is linked in main menu H menu Main menu button explained in chapter 3 1 3 Left Gate NOT PRESENT I gate switch connection info For example in a Double Line parlour are 2 gate switch one for the left side and one for the right side M
21. lock to milking station Possiblity to send an alarm signal to the milking stations so that the operator is alerted before the milking START 21 3 2 9 Gates Management In this section it s possible to set the options for the input and output gates Farm information Out gates presence ff Communication Milking parlour setup 8 Gates for miking station Reset Input gates Output gates Milking session Gates handle enablin Feeder system 3 d Database Input gate Not retentive Retentive Software settings Out gate Not retentive Aktivcow setup Retentive AUX gate Not retentive Retentive Gates managment AY Do not apply setup modifications during milkin Parlour syncronization OK Out gates presence Gates for milking station Reset da qui possibile decider se utilizzare le porte di ingresso o di uscita come reset di mungitura per le schede Enabling gates This feature must be enabled if you want to control the movement of the entry exit and rotation gates directly from milking keyboards cards in the parlour For each gate you can select the operating modes Not Retentive The gate moves or remains in the active position as long as the operator keeps the milking tab button pressed When released the gate stops or returns to an inactive position This mode is typically used in systems where for safety reasons a quick exit mechanism rotates as long as the button is pressed for the
22. low this step 1 Connect the USB card to the PC 2 Start Milk Point Controller and activate the software with your license key number supplied with Ixxat Can Interface At the first loading the MPC show you the license activation form Insert all information and copy the license key in the Software activation key field 3 Configuring your farm following the configuration information in chapter 3 2 3 View description In this section are described all window of the application and the action that user can performed Main view The main window show the status of the parlour in the top there is a rappresentation of the parlour with the exact number of milk place the status of the gate and the status of the cow Ax jee ee li meat 23 52 13 Database connected PostN CowlD Total 23 52 13 Error init DLLErrNo 34 23 52 13 Launch sessions of day 12 02 2015 Session 1 ko mm lt a 0 00 Kg Cow ID 647 Dry Cow ID 786 Dry Cow ID 806 Dry Cow ID 883 Dry Cow ID 902 Dry Cow ID 1031 Dry Session 2 Status Date Total cows Today milk production Month milk production Length Left Gate Right Gate Current session 1 Panazoo Italiana NOT PRESENT HOT PRESENT No milking from 0 min Binasco i PANAZooJ Y A Event list A log of all the MPC and milking station activities B Currently milking A list of all the cow in Mil
23. nager COWS MANAGER Scroll cows Cow ID 183 Refresh Total lactation prod Milk temp average Feed portions lact Milk flow Kg min Last 2 sess average Last 10 sess average Cow parameters Milking periods Insemination Treatments Feeder Animal sort gate cowio mm mS for Akti NDP Birth date EE re Cow name DE 053 461 783 5 f Milking C Dry with lock Dry from 15 07 2014 ISOIDTAG 22222578 HMC e Always locked Lact N Feeder distribution Start 16108 2014 Feed M 0 Feed3 o Milking days Feed 2 Feed 4 lO i x ire In the top of the window there is a search bar from which is possible to search a specific animal in the database The search can be by Cow Id or by Id Tag In the left fo the window there is a summary cow info from which it s possible to view the Total lactation period total milking amount in the current lactation Milk temp average Milking length average and Milking flow calculated by Total Milk Milking Length In the bottom left there is an indication of the total cows stored in the MPC database In the bottom right there there are buttons functions eer di Multiple cows configuration saving Pressing this button MPC shows a window like this Save config to all cows Here it s possible to set some configuration automatically to all the cows stored in the database This common conf
24. on of aktivecow runs on the same software systems as the previous point and configuration parameters remain the same 19 3 Ndp Aktiv Farm information ooo ee Communication C Ndp Smart Milking parlour setup Milking session Number of succedin riods increased Feeder system S Minimum level of an increased period Database e Average factor of increased periods Software settings a i Calendar match Aktivcow setup Days no attention after calvin Gates managment Ge g Days no attention after insemination Ay Do not apply setup modifications during milkin Parlour syncronization OR 1 Number of succeeding periods increased Only one increased period is not enough for an attention there has to be a number of succeeding periods which are increased 2 Minimum level of an increased period In order to call a period as increased the factor X has to be equal to or higher then this level 3 Average factor of increased periods The average of the factors X of the increased periods has to equal or exceed this value 4 Calendar match To determine whether a specific period has a calendar match calculate the time between this period and the insemination date or heat date of the cow The period has a calendar match if this time is between 18 and 24 days gt 18 and lt 24 or between 39 and 45 days gt 39 and lt 45 5 Days no attention after calving Within these days after calving no attention is given even if an
25. only ry pastour Disabled device format Gates managment Shift system Automatic software reboot s Enable Disable Shift Disabled bg Do not apply setup modifications during milkin Parlour syncronization OK Language Select an available language for the MPC If MPC is not available for your language or if you want to apply s some modifies to your language click the button se This will run a tool Language Editor from which you can modify or create a new MPC language Engineering units Setting of the measurements units used in the software and in the reports Webcam configuration If you want to use a webcam to monitoring farm status after you have installed all the necessary drivers to the correct working of the webcam select it for using in the MPC After a reboot of the software you can enabling the visualization of the webcam from the main menu button Webcam Shift system lt is possible also set the webcam presence and enabling the Shift functionality PAY ATTENTION This setting MUST BE THE SAME OF THE MILKING BOARD Automatic software reboot At the end of daily milking sessions setting this option will auto reboot software in order to reset and realign any errors or communication codes between the software and the milking records 18 3 2 8Aktivcow Setup Farm information he ee Communication C Ndp Smart WO y Ndp Aktiv Milking parlour setup 2 C HTC Milking session
26. ortions lact Milk flow Kg min Separate until Last 2 Sess average Last 10 sess average 0 Separate one time Separate by alarms Cow parameters Separate by milk temperature alarm Milking periods Separate by Smart aktiv Insemination Treatments Separate by H M C alarm Feeder Separate cow in Animal sort gate Boxi Sort milk O Box2 Total cows 175 Sort gate it s a physical gate installed in the farm from which it s possible to separate specific cows This separation can be enabled disabled in this tab that is the last setting of the cow manager There are 3 methods to separate a cow Always separated the cow will be always separated with no conditions Separate until the cow will be separated until the setting date Separate one time the cow will be separated just one time after that this setting will be resetted Separate by alarms o Separate by milk temperature alarm during a milking session if the milking station detect a temperature alarm this cow will be separated o Separate by smart aktiv when the software calculation of the Smart Aktiv produces an alarm the cow will be separated o Separate by HMC alarm during a milking session if the milking station detect a conductivity alarm this cow wil be separated A cow can be separated in 2 different destination box 36 3 2 Sort milk lt is possible to separate the milk produced by a certain an
27. rt Cortrofer to C Program Files 86 MikPontControter_v Change Space required 77 1 MB Space avaiable on selected dive 14 22GB Waiting for the complete installation of the software E Milk Point Controller Setup Installing Milk Point Controller Please wait Installing Files C Program Files 86 Milk PointController_v6 Language Editor exe CTT Copyright 2015 Panazoo Italiana s r l All rights reserved http www panazoo it If you using a Wasserbauer Feeder machine connected to MPC the MPC installation provides all the necessary drivers for the correct communication If you don t use this feeder system you can bypass this drivers installation and click Exit setup InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Importants Message ou already Installed driver to select one of items to operate it Re install Upgrade C Uninstaller driver InstallShield Cancel Now MPC must install all the Ixxat Can drivers for the correct communication to the G ID or other Panazoo Milking station Click next and Welcome to the VCI Setup Wizard This will install the Virtual CAN InterfaceVCI 3 4 1 3080 64bit The Virtual CAN Interface VCI is a system extensi intended Ee re dee eene EE IXMAT Interfaces It is recommended that you dose all other Applications before Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup At the end of the I
28. s manual describe functionality of the application Milk Point Controller MPC abbreviation and the information for his utilize 2 Software installation For the installation of the MPC insert the MPC CD in the CD drive and run the setup exe application follow the indication of the Setup Wizard If an old version of the MPC was instolled on the PC please BEFORE install a new version uninstall old MPC and from Windows Control Panel remove all IXXAT software reboot PC and run VClclean exe application select scan amp delete option and select the drive of your PC where the MPC application was installed Milk Point Controller Setup Milk Point Controller Mik Port Controler use CanOpen protocol and reeds XXAT Can ktegacg diverto work The setup wl retal a Can liteenes and di for the comect worn of the software ta gy recommended that you ext al Windows pograns before continuing wath thes instalation F you have ary other pogans running please cick Cancel Close the programs snd sun tus setup sgan Otherwise click Next to continue Preefectuad nights and opt ane property of PANAzo0 tata si Selection of the MPC installation folder B Milk Point Controller Setup installation Folder e Where would you ike Mik Poirt Controler to be installed gt y x The software wil be inetalied in the fokier isted below To ele a Geet location ether type n e new path or chck Change to browse for an menting folder instal Mik Po
29. security of staff and animals Retentive In this case each time the button on the milking stations is pressed the gate changes state position This mode is typically used for entry and exit gates where there is the need for the gates to remain open or closed until a new command 22 3 3 Feeder This function show all feed dispensed divided for cow in the bottom it is possible select one cow or all cow Vista SUMMARY Feeder database Cow ID Cow name Feed HI Feed M2 Feed M3 Feed M4 Tot Eated DSS nL 373 439 818 2 00 2 50 80 48 DE 034 959 8120 2 50 2 50 100 Total food 1 70 DE 035 102 341 3 3 50 2 50 140 assigned DE 035 092 217 1 4 00 2 50 DE 035 110 766 6 1 50 2 50 60 DE 035 110 765 3 2 00 2 50 80 remain DE 035141 079 2 1 70 2 50 68 DE 035 189 194 5 4 50 2 50 Total food 2 DE 035 211 200 4 4 50 2 50 assigned DE 053 461 783 5 3 40 2 50 DE 035 082 198 7 2 00 2 50 DE 035 120 804 9 0 00 2 50 7 remain DE 035 051 085 3 0 00 2 50 PT 813 794 343 0 00 2 50 V Total food 3 PT 413 822 055 2 40 2 50 PT 013 822 052 0 00 2 50 PT 413 842 294 3 50 2 50 a eaten PT 713 872 346 3 00 2 50 BEER PT 313 889 636 1 00 2 50 PT 613 889 682 1 00 2 50 y Total food 4 PT 813 889 988 5 00 2 50 PT 013 889 987 0 70 2 50 EES PT 913 922 613 0 00 2 50 i eaten PT 013 922 981 0 30 2 50 De PT 513 922 974 3 00 2 50 PT 514 038 308 0 00 2 50 PT 114 066 841 0 00 2 50 PT 114 732 135 0 00 2 50 7 100
30. ssion is the last no other milking will be stored in database 15 3 2 5 Feeder system This form need to setup the type of the feeder system if it is present It is possible to select 1 In Parlour feed If no external feed system are present and the only feeder system is the Feed in parlour with Global ID Feed device 2 Out parlour feedThe Basic Feed if the are in the farm some feed station for this modality it is possible the interval for dispence the feed the time for start the feeding lt is also possible to activate the feed in parlour systems with the auto dispenser syncronised with the closing of the milking gate Milking parlour setup e In parlour feed Automatic feed distribution C ON OFF Portion unit gr ee Appetitiser KS ER Qut parlour feed UsbToCan II only Milking session Feeder start time Software settings Aktivcow setup Gates managment A Do nota Feeder distribution interval C1 hour step f 5 hours step Missed feed ration Maximum distributable portion 3 2 6 Database This form need to select the file of the database of the milking data if it is the first activation set the file C ProgramData Panazoo MilkPointController_V6 MilkDB mdb that is the default Farm information Currently database path Communication Milking parlour setup Milking session C Users oerardo Desktop MikDb mdb Select working database Create a database backup Milkings deleting from database
31. vcow setup Gates managment Antenna type selection Co individual e Walk through C Single place ly setup modifications during All the CAN communication interfaces are provided by Ixxat www ixxat com Drivers are fully supplied and installed by Milk Point Controller in the application setup With UsbToCan Compact it s possible to connect up to 32 can nodes so 30 milking station and 2 antenna boards With UsbToCan II it s possible to connect up to 127 can nodes for each of the two Can Line lt is possible to select three different types for antennas depending on the type of installation Individual individual identification system for goats applicable to systems in the milking parlour or carousels install an antenna for each milking stall Walk through identification made at the entrance gates of the milking parlour applicable for milking parlours and carousels Single place individual identification for cattle applicable for systems in the milking parlour 13 3 2 3 Milk parlor setup This form need to set the type of parlor present the number to insert in the cow standing is the number of the milking place and not the number of the milking board this two number are different only for swing over systems from here it is also possible select the sort gate system is presence Farm information Parlour type Communication Cow standings wm Iw Se Treen rere il arlour setu TU ULI E
32. ws result sorted by Cow Id gt Date gt Time 25 3 6 Curves This function permit to show the curves of production temperature ISC and milking time for the last 31 days of activity 14 01 2010 13 01 2010 12 01 2010 11 01 2010 10 01 2010 09 01 2010 08 01 2010 07 01 2010 06 01 2010 05 01 2010 04 01 2010 03 01 2010 02 01 2010 01 01 2010 31 12 2009 30 12 2009 29 12 2009 28 12 2009 27 12 2009 26 12 2009 25 12 2009 24 12 2009 23 12 2009 22 12 2009 21 12 2009 20 12 2009 19 12 2009 18 12 2009 17 12 2009 16 12 2009 15 12 2009 ae DS Se P E ey Ep 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 E pea With Y axis min and Y axis max controls its possible to set the Y axis range values for the visualization Auto scale button automatically set this values 26 Fi l 3 7 Board Setting This function is accessible from the men and with double click on the milking boards simbols with this panel is possible to modify some parameters of the milking boards from the remote station BOARDS SETTINGS Parameter list Step CONTRAST LANGUAGE PWM_TYFPE PROGRAM LOCK MEASURE UNIT ENABLE Ia EDGE_ISC DELAY ISG MCMD MCID Descr Set contrast value of LCD display 0 10 English 0 Italian 1 Francaise 2 Power Supply type AC or DC 0 DC 1 AC Lock the milking programm in the print European 0 U S Type 1 Enable the conductivity control 2 Level Conductivity from 0 to 60 30
33. xxat Can drivers setup the MPC installation is completed and you must reboot your system After reboot PC you must connect your Ixxat USB device and let the PC automatically installing the device T Mik on Conte Sep TE Installation Successful Milk Point Controller 6 installation is complete Thank you for choosing Milk Point Controller 6 Please click Finish to exit this installer 2 1 Resource requirement For install and run the MPC application please verify your PC and operating system characteristics 1 Operating system supported Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista 32 64bit Windows 7 32 64 bit Windows 8 32 64 bit 2 Number 1 USB portavailable 3 2 Gbyte of RAM minimun 4 CPU Pentium or highest 2 2 Update For a better functionality of the Milk Point Controller software please check on the Panazoo web site hitp Awww panazoo it Mpc if there are service pack available if there are download the file and run on your PC Panazoo MPC service pack page lt gt Sa Milk Point Controller User manual DOWNLOAD Milk Point Controller Service Pack Version Date Description o 15 12 2010 Last MPC version before VCI upgrade 03 09 2011 Improvement in Aktivcow NDP graphics Download Improvement in exit gates Language database modified ees Fixed bug during identification right side 21 11 2011 Improvement in Smart Aktivcow improvement in Basic Line Feeder System improvement in Uniform data transf
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