Afikim Afi-lite Plus, User Manual

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February 27, 2003 Afi-lite User Manual
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Operating the Afi-lite Milk Meter
This section contains instructions on the milking process and on displaying cow
information.
Milking with Afi-lite Milk Meters
1. Turn on the milk meters. appears. ( indicates pulsation.)
Then for several seconds the identification number of each milking point
appears:
(for example ), followed by .
The LED in the cleaning mode key glows, indicating that the milk
meter is in cleaning mode.
In stand-alone systems after the identification appears, is
displayed.
2. Press the key of each Afi-lite milk meter. This cancels the
cleaning mode and the milk meter enters into milking mode.
3. Press the key of each milk meter. This shuts off the vacuum
and retracts the cluster.
4. Bring the cows into the milking parlor. As each cow is identified at
her milking point, her cow number is displayed on the control panel
(for example ).
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If the cow at a station is not identified, continues
to flash. (In a stand-alone system continues to be
displayed.)
If a cow number is not displayed, type the number of the cow and
then press .
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If the cow has been assigned a code, such as (“colostrum cow”), the
code will flash alternately with the cow number .
More information on codes and messages is in the following section.
this page updated June 16, 2003