Agrident APR350/380/500 Manual
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1. Select the drug being administered using the keypad and press D C Enter the Batch Number using the keypad and press CD Enter the dosage per animal using the keypad and press D Enter the name of the operator using the keypad and press D Enter an comment required using the keypad and press D peg Yar D Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press CE twice farmdoic sonden 3 6 Movements Selection List required is Scanning al LENE Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press C owe G Home Farn Manor Farr Hational Fallen lt Select where moving to using the keypad and press D QUIET Enter an comment required using the keypad and press Sa Fi court A Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press G3 twice farmcato 22 3 7 PD Results Selection List required is PD Results al Mili Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press C BCLEDHLIL a3 Press the D and read the animal s tag If the tag cannot be read wait for the read to finish Press the gt when it says reading failed Press the and when it says Leave Empty press 4 Her Ua Mal You can now enter the management ear no of the cow Press the ESI Hegati2. Her 515 Al You can now enter the management ear no of the cow Press the cD ELI PO stale When the weight has settled on the weighhead click 4 The reader will attempt to read the weight If you get a No Read Message Press the L when it says No Read Press the 9 5 and when it says Leave Empty press QUIET Enter an comment required using the keypad and press fr APT Press D to accept the weight recording Press K to cancel the weighing farmcoic sonden 3 12 Upload from Reader This transfers the information recorded on the APR500 back to the PC As all the necessary detail has been recorded on the APR500 the data is transferred straight in to update the Animal Records without any further input needed Options Upload Histories L 7 Gear Histories L 7 Cear Tags and Actions L 7 Gear Tasks takes up to 20s 1 Upload Histories Click Start to transfer data to records The upload from the Reader was completed successfully ls rt ok to Clear the Reader 7 If you wish to clear the recorded data from the reader click Yes 4 Clear Histories Will clear the recorded data from the reader Take care that you have transferred all the data you need before doing this 5 Clear Tags and Actions Will Clear any animal records and action lists from the reader Download will need to be used to repopulate the reader 6 Clear Tasks Will clear all the task from the reader This can take a little
3. 3 2 IIE 17 3 3 ASU E EE A veaceo nen eneutn ceca oceedeo T 19 3 4 III 20 3 5 FPG a E one sosaeu anys E E E A A A A seuss eenbese E E T 21 3 6 MOVEMENTS nanon EN E E E 22 37 BII 23 3 8 cl TTT 24 3 9 TIE 26 e Ha LY ANGIE DINE rara E mT ee ee SCN ee ee eer ee eer 27 Bel VV CUSTER SC a e esos catvecancinntsngncouaunosecssaninuenasneesadsvonstusabarveuecsenetuat O E 28 3 UPO esl OM T 29 farmoata Cattledata Agrident APR500 The object of this document is to explain the link and operation of the Agrident APR500 and Cattledata It is divided into three sections each explained in a chapter 1 Cattledata Setup 2 APR Classic Mode 3 APR Task Mode It is intended to be a guide to the main procedures you may wish to use with Cattledata For detailed operation of the APR500 reader please use in conjunction with the Agrident manuals These are available at www agrident com Go to Support and Software downloads farmcato Chapter 1 Cattledata Setup When Cattledata has the EID Module enabled the menu options below become available These enable the communication with a range of readers File Utilities Help Sd ey E Manor Fam dec T 2 Animal Records 0 6 jg Import Tag Bucket Disk J Reports The APR500 communicates through a com port This com port has be identified and set in Cattledata To find the com port Pin to Start Manage Map network drive Disconnect network drive Create shortcut
4. Option Hotkey A is now set to record Home Farm Movement on each read B Ho Hotkey mode Action code list search mode eight fron scale Hotkey B has been set to Weight from Scale in the Hotkey Operation This is used to record the weight from a connected Weighhead Press O Read the tag When the weight settles on the scale press The weight will be recorded on the reader Press D to accept the weight farm 2 3 Speed Mode Setup Speed Mode is used to record tags and actions quickly Instead of pressing a Hotkey for each read it uses a permanent read mode to record tags Press Lp er alL L On Feed Mode kace Mode Data Select Speed Mode and press gt Fee gge Lart SFeegd Mode Hew SPOUF HMG T 1 pp Code Action Code Plus Before Starting Soeed Mode some options are available New Group will start a new Batch on the reader POWrF S amp Faralor You can enter a particular name if required or simply use a number AC Auto When a tag is read the action selected from the action code list is used Select the occurrence required and press gt AC Auto Plus adds a value to the above action Enter the value to be added to the value and press cD Select Start Soeed Mode to begin reading Fie court A Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press CE twic
5. relevant using the keypad and press gt QUIET Enter an comment required using the keypad and press D Fie court Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press CE twice anbe LONLPOL To restart the Speed Loop press CE To stop the Speed Loop gt farmoata 26 3 10 Weighing Selection Lists are not required al Mili Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press E BCLEDHLIL a3 Press the gt and read the animal s tag If the tag cannot be read wait for the read to finish Press the gt when it says reading failed Press the and when it says Leave Empty press LEP visia En Ea E ee You can now enter the management ear no of the animal Press the cep 219 1 0 70 Enter the Animals weight using the keypad and press QUIET Enter an comment required using the keypad and press D fr APT Press Cp to accept the weight recording Press to cancel the weighing farmcato 27 3 11 Weight from Scale Selection Lists are not required Need to be connected to weighhead al Mili Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press C BCLEDHLIL a3 Press the D and read the animal s tag If the tag cannot be read wait for the read to finish Press the gt when it says reading failed Press the and when it says Leave Empty press 4
6. time please be patient Download will need to be used to repopulate the reader MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 29
7. transferred back to Cattledata and used in occurrences to update the animal records 2 1 Download to Reader In Reader Settings set the reader as APR350 Cows Ig Calves Bulls Tag Bucket Animals Breed Official Tag 187 09 02 Female SME UKS43058600029 Electronic 9827000152 A 26 03 03 Female SMX O9 01 11 Female BREX 15 02 12 Male SM 19 02 12 Male SMX 23 02 12 Male SMx 27 02 12 Male SHX 15 03 11 Female LIMK The only option in the occurrences that you may want to use is Weighing All the other options should be selected from the code lists Home Farm Manor Farm National Fallen The Mart The Meat Company URS 43058500063 URSO8042500045 URS43058400503 UK543058500504 URS 43058200508 UK543058500511 URSO1220700515 UK 4 30583005826 UK 4 3055400551 UK 4 3055 50055 5 UK 4 3055 60055 9 Select the actions you wish to use from the options The selected options are remembered Click Ok Select the Animals to be used in options Individual groups of animals can be selected under Type Click Download to send your selection to the Reader farmcata NAGEMENT BN 6 962000151 626250804 Ho0000018 ooo000017 Ho00000006 oo00000006 342000002 382000001 382000001 382000001 382000001 2 2 Hot Key Setup Two hotkeys are available on the APR5OO Cand These keys trigger a tag read and can be set to record in various ways Press T Select Operation
8. which are required for each task is detailed in the relevant sections later in the manual The selections are maintained by the program and can be amended as required Calving Service Castration Weighi Culling j Health Movement PO Results Sale Selected Available Type Aly i 9 0 Official Tag Electronic bi i wll ho Oo Re Oo Bo wW oo Of ea ka co es co in er n an an 3 OF 1p LD ip ip 3 LD K CD S I H fi Bi a 1 Of e lt Pj Co e B on oo iD l he Pj D 2 Once your selections have been made Click Download When Download is complete you may disconnect the reader farmcata MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 15 Task Selection To use a Task on the APR500 Select CE Lip Ser alL L Or Speed Mode 55k Mode kace Mode and press cep Scroll down to Task Mode Calving Zs Castration CUllina and press a Scroll to the task required Fi SSTL SL LD Hen Record Showu Caracits S US A E POWSe alas elZ T Start recording by selecting Other options on this screen Show Capacity Gives an indication of the number of records the machine can record Select Task Returns to the screen with the list of available tasks Browse Datasets Shows the list of records already created in task mode Where you know the number of the Task on your list you can access it directly by holding down that Number on the keypad On the above selection of tasks Cast
9. 03682 2260582993801235 826012345600016 826024422000724 826024422000718 826012345600006 826012345600002 826012345600002 8260123456000046 826012345600016 226024422000718 826024422000724 i Bo KM KM KA KM KM KM KM KM M A LA LA The Group separates the lots as read on the reader New Group 2z H ma mex maes Occurrence Value EALA eA The recordings are shown in the order in which they were read Groups can be changed by selecting the required animals changing the number in New Group and saving New Tag Tags which are not recognised as already in the system are labelled as New Tag Regardless of which action has been recorded against them they will only be available in the Purchase routines Any errors or unwanted readings can be highlighted and deleted Numbers are removed when they are used in the relevant occurrence farmcata NAGEMENT SYS 12 Using Readings in Occurrences Occurrences recorded on the reader should be imported into the records in the appropriate occurrence routine is Details ren re c rater were Selected Available l nase Gest 5 A Breed Official Tag VET OTM OCD Date Reason 23 11 03 SMX 0ES43058100094 12 06 13 06 04 07 iE SME 0K544312400099 12 06 13 09 11 04 al LIMX URS 43058600146 12 06 13 22 04 07 ma SMx URSS 50 2 970012 6 12 06 13 12 06 04 i JME UKS2 305570012 5 12 06 13 14 10 04 a SME URS 43058500140 12 06 13 23 10 04 EIDE SME UK 4 3055 1 001 43 1
10. 2 06 13 02711704 E 0ES43058300145 12 06 13 23 10 03 P IME UKS2 305530 005 2 12 06 13 a EO O O O R R BO BO EO BE E E BE BE B B L K M K K S A L LA ac A Go into the required occurrence pa Remove meneen et nen Set the Details for this batch pf tags Select Reader in Type In Include you can select a Group from the reader The tags will be shown in the screen Click Select to select all the animals Click on any animals you don t want to record Click Save and the records will be updated farmcata MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 13 Chapter 3 Task Mode Set Reader as APR500 to load Task Mode Task Mode uses pre set routines to capture data These routines are written by Farmdata Up to 9 Tasks can be loaded onto the reader at any one time Cattledata currently has 10 Tasks available Each task requires several data entries to be made These can be manual entries selections from lists or data captured by the reader These entries make up the complete information required to make a full entry of an occurrence in Cattledata On upload from the reader the individual animals records are updated without any further user input 3 1 Download to Reader Select the Animals Occurrences Tasks and Code Selection Lists to put on the reader Cows vice Calves Culli Weight from Scale Bulls Tag Bucket Animals Selected Availabl Type nde A 1 7 G A RR Ta Becerme 000147 14 10 94 L UK5
11. 43058500140 2380030143 0001484 23 10 04 ema lr it UK543058100145 980030143 000149 027 11 04 Female UR543058300145 380030143 200140 23 10 05 emaile Sunt URS 43058300085 380030143 00029 18 09 02 emale PR UK 4 30 59 GRU UU 2 9 982000152 00063 26 03 05 emale SWEL 0E543054500063 38200015 00045 09 01 11 emale PRX THES08042500045 42625080 00503 15 02 12 a CE9 23039 4 UU 502 00000001 UU ROZ 19 02 12 ale it USS 4305850050 4 q00000017 005048 2a 02 12 a it URS42058200568 o0000000 00511 277 02 12 a i DKS43058500F11 0000000 00515 15 04 11 emale LIM URSO1220700515 842000002 S Animal Selection The animal records you are going to work with should be selected under Options If you want to select a particular group or location of animals select Group or Location in Type and then the group or location in Include The Tasks you require should be highlighted in Occurr nces The required Selection Lists should be selected in Code Lists as described below farmcata MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 14 Code List Selection Many of the Tasks require entries to be made from selection lists in cattledata The Health Treatment Task obviously require Drugs and Health options Breeds Colours Calving Cull Drugs Hauliers Health Inseminator gt Dectomax Ivomec Bolus ox sea Bemove l Lea tem For each required list click into the relevant tab and highlight the entries you want to be able to select from on the reader The Lists
12. Delete Rename arne OOOO farmcata MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Right Click on the Computer Icon on the screen or click on the Start button and right click on the Computer Icon Click Properties Click Device Manager Click on Ports Note the Com No of the APR500 gt Memory technology devices gt PL Mice and other pointing devices gt E Monitors gt Network adapters gt fs Other devices a Ports COM amp LPT TT Agrident APR500 COME Print queues B Processors Sensors J Software devices 1 1 Reader Settings Setup Date Time Weigher Mentos Port COME M Baud Rate Reader ID Set Manufacturer as Agrident Set Reader For Classic Mode to use Hotkeys Speed Mode and Race Mode set as APR350 or APR380 For Task Mode set as APR500 Port Select the port from the drop down Baud Rate Set as 9600 Reader ID Not available for the Agrident APR Click Get Item to check the connection 1 The Reader ID was successfully obtained The screen on the right indicates a successful connection Use Date Time to Check and Set the Date and time on the APR Setup Date Time Weigher Date 05 02 2013 w Time 13 44 07 H Once the settings are complete you can use Download to Reader to load the APR f mcato agrident MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 5 Chapter 2 Classic Mode Classic Mode uses the simple system of recording a single action or a single action plus a quantity against a tag This is
13. Iammo ecattlecata Agrident APR350 380 500 Manual Copyright Information 1978 2013 Farmdata Limited Westertown Rothienorman Aberdeenshire AB51 8US The information contained in this manual and the accompanying software program are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Farmdata Ltd Farmdata Ltd reserve the right to make periodic modifications of this product without the obligation to notify any person or entity of such revision Copying duplicating selling or otherwise distributing any part of this product without the prior written consent of an authorised representative of Farmdata Ltd are prohibited Information contained in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Farmdata Ltd The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of this agreement Limitations of Liability In no event will Farmdata Ltd or any other person involved in the creation production or distribution of the Farmdata software be liable to you on account of any claim for any damages including any lost profits lost savings or other special incidental consequential or exemplary damages including but not limited to any damages assessed against or paid by you to any third party arising out of the use inability to use quality or performance of such Farmdata software and user manual even if Farmdata
14. Ltd or any such other person or entity has been advised of the possibility of such damages or for any claim by any other party In addition Farmdata Ltd or any other person involved in the creation production or distribution of Farmdata software shall not be liable for any claim by you or any other party for damages arising out of the use inability to use quality or performance of such Farmdata software and user manual based upon principles of contract warranty negligence strict liability for the negligence of Farmdata Ltd or other tort branch of any statutory duty principles of indemnity or contribution the failure of any remedy to achieve its essential purpose or otherwise This does not affect your statutory rights farmcato Contents G2 A Ta ey te eae A124 Le 1 cal to 0 0 Renee eon ee ee ee eee ee ere 3 Conert CE ew gt ae ae ee ere eee ene eee ee renee eee 4 1 1 Kla L daal 5 Chapter 2 Se ee a nr ee ee eee 6 2 1 OWI AG LO RAGED T 6 2 2 EIO I SD crate A T E E nace te eo E E aioe E E A E T 7 Sle es ON eE E E E E ee en nee ee eee 8 2 3 PE De E 60 E A E eee eran ee eee 9 2 4 Gye fevered ON RE IE es E E 11 Amena Read ANIMAIS onir EE E EE EER EE EE EE O E E EEN 12 Using Readings in Occurrences css eee ee eee eee 13 Canro C 2 9 TT 14 3 1 Downoad TO R Iie e nice reas tanctonvedestaetdestovecupesonendeuie A T E AE E 14 code U to COCON E E E A EAE E IE E E EE A 15 T A os a E A E E A eaanetssactanetiannentare 16
15. and press D gt Hotk es Contig Presets Ho fad mode Hew dr OUS Select Hotkey Config and press D Hoth e Hotk e Select the Hotkey to configure and press D 5 OLK EJ Hotkes mode Action code list search mode le dl From scale Select the Hotkey mode and press ED Feratllori OL Eo m HO Action Code Select the action option required and press D The options are Please refer to Agrident manual for more detailed information No Action Code Simply records the number AC Ask When a tag is read you will get the list of actions which you can select from AC Ask Plus as for AC Ask but a quantity can be added to each read AC Auto When a tag is read the action selected from the action code list is used The action is selected from the Action Code List after selecting this option AC Auto Plus as for AC Auto but you enter a numeric value also Assign Ask This allows you set the Alias for the read tag It can be an alpha numeric format Assign Ask Save as Assign Ask but it auto saves agrident 7 farmcato When Mode nas been selected press D If AC Auto or AC Auto Plus has been selected B HotKey Hotkey mode Hotin cade list search mode Weight from scale Select Action Code List and press lt p Select the action code you want and press ED Press to return out of the menus OO LA Hz 13 Lor HE auto Scale E Horie Fa Scale Read
16. c QUIET Enter an comment required using the keypad and press ED PG G court A Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press CE twice SHR LOMLPOL To restart the Speed Loop press amp To stop the Speed Loop gt Fi astratto Hen Record Show Caracity select Task Browse datasets To leave task mode press ve twice farm 19 3 4 Culling Selection Lists required are Cull Location and Haulier Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press ED Select the reason for culling using the keypad and press ED G Home Farn Manor Farr Hational Fallen lt Select where moving to using the keypad and press CD Saul Ler Himal Transreort L OWA Trarnsrort Select the haulier using the keypad and press CD aniele NunDGT Enter the Vehicle Number using the keypad and press gt Enter the price using the keypad and press gt Enter an comment required using the keypad and press CD PG G court Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press ne twice farmdoic sonden 3 5 Health Selection Lists required are Health and Drug Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press ED Select the reason for the treatment using the keypad and press D
17. e agrident 9 farmoata To restart the Speed Loop press To stop the Speed Loop farmcata MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 10 2 4 Upload from Reader This transfers the information recorded on the APR500 back to the PC Upload Histories L 7 Clear Histories O Gear Tags and Actions 1 Upload Histories Click Start to transfer data to records The upload from the Reader was completed successfully ls rt ok to Clear the Reader 7 If you wish to clear the recorded data from the reader click Yes 2 Clear Histories Will clear the recorded data from the reader Take care that you have transferred all the data you need before doing this 3 Clear Tags and Actions Will Clear any animal records and action lists from the reader Download will need to be used to repopulate the reader The recordings are imported into a holding section of the program They stay in this holding section until they are used in an occurrence routine To check or amend the data in the holding section go to Amend Read Animals MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 11 Amend Read Animals Imported reader data can be checked here Details This routine can be used to Change the Group or Gear any Tags and Histories uploaded from the Reader tems Animals Al Type Ay Location All 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 22 02 2012 Electronic Tag 826058299801296 8260561672
18. ration would be No 2 on the list Hold Down Key 2 and you will go directly into the Castration Task farmcato 16 3 2 Calving Selection Lists required are Sire Calving ball LON Press the gt and read the cow s tag If the tag cannot be read wait for the read to finish Press the C when it says reading failed Press the i and when it says Leave Empty press LEP visia IK You can now enter the management ear no of the cow Press the gt Enter the Date of Birth Today s date can be changed Press the gt Select the sire using the keypad and press D gt Lalyingd Score Hormal HSS 1SLe0 Jack Hes1sLe 2 PL Lr Select the calving score using the keypad and press D Select the number of calves born using the keypad and press gt Press GD and scan the first calf s EID Select the first calf s sex using the keypad and press ED farmooto agrident Lit ack ack And White L G l l lue bres E E Enter the first calf s colour using the keypad and press gt 219 A He Enter the first calf s birth weight using the keypad and press gt Repeat the last four stages for each calf After the last calf s detail is entered FIT APT Press c to accept the lambing recording Press CE to cancel the calving farmcato 18 3 3 Castration No Selection Lists are required ale LAR Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press
19. ve after Uet Positive after Vet Select the scan result using the keypad and press gt QUIET Enter any comment required using the keypad and press gt OFT APT Press cD to accept the scan recording Press lt to cancel the scanning farmcato 23 3 8 Sale Selection Lists required are Reason Location and Haulier Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press LT Enter the reason using the keypad and press CD G Home Farn Manor Farr Hational Fallen 45 Select where moved to using the keypad and press CD Saul Ler Himal Transreort L OWA Trarnsrort Select the haulier using the keypad and press ED aniele hunger Enter the Vehicle Number using the keypad and press Enter the Animals weight using the keypad and press E ae Enter the price using the keypad and press D Pate Enter the grade using the keypad and press farmdoto 24 dl Enter any comment required using the keypad and press Speed Loop is now active The Reader is in constant read mode and will record each tag contacted To stop pause the Speed Loop press twice farmcata MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 25 3 9 Service Selection Lists required are Bulls and Inseminators al LENE Today s date is entered change this if necessary and press E Select the service type using the keypad and press gt Select the bull using the keypad and press E Select the Inseminator if
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