Installation procedures for ICAR certified meters
Afiflo 2000
Version July 2018
Installation manula for Afiflo 2000 mik meter - Page 9 of 33.
4.1
The Start-up Sequence
Afiflo 2000 milk meters are usually installed so that the display panels turn on when power
to the milking parlor is switched on.
During installation, each milking point is assigned an identification number.
Immediately after power to the milk meters is switched on, the following occurs:
a.
For several seconds, the milking point’s identification number—
Id##
— appears in
the milk yield field. For example, for milk meter number one,
Id01
appears. The
identification number is replaced with 00.0 indicating the beginning of normal start-
up or
00.0L
if set to work in Pounds.
b.
In the cow number field, two zeros flash.
The Afiflo 2000 milk meter starts-up in Cleaning Mode. The red indicator of the Cleaning
Mode key indicates that the milk meter is in Cleaning Mode.
Press
on each meter to alternate from Cleaning Mode to Milking Mode.
When the red LED goes off, the milk meter is in Milking Mode.
4.2
The Primary Fields
Once a cow arrives at the milking point and
before
the start of milking, The control panel
receives important information from the computer. This information is displayed in two of
the four fields pictured below; the milk yield of the present milking is shown in the third field.
This chapter describes these three fields. The fourth field, the pulsation and strip field, is
explained in a following chapter.
Two LCD (liquid crystal display) fields display milk expectations, messages, and a choice of
DIM (days in milk), fertility or, in the future, feed data. The LCD fields are explained in a
following chapter.
4.3
Cow Number Field
Upon entering the milking point, the cow is identified. Following identification, the cow's
number appears in the cow number field. If the cow is not identified, two zeroes flash. A cow
might not be identified if:
a.
The tag has fallen off.
b.
Either the tag or the receiver is faulty.
