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FarmTronics 

AUSTRALIA 

 

 

 

Rev:

 

05112021-0.2

 

The

Den,   100 Fox Drive, Dandenong South. Victoria. 3175.   

www.farmtronics.com.au

  

Phone: 0411 479 411

 

ChickenMaster User Guide 

The ChickenMaster™ is a dedicated microprocessor controller specifically designed for use in Mobile 
Chicken Trailers/Caravans or Fixed type Egg Laying sheds. 

The ChickenMaster™ offers the following functions and features: 

 

Automatic Time Switch control for motorised External Doors

 

 

Automatic Time Switch control for motorised Nest Box Gates/Excluders 

 

Automatic Time switch control of the internal LED lighting with two independent modes; 
one for Morning times and one for Evening times 

 

Two line, 16 Character per line LCD backlit display 

 

Battery Voltage Display 

 

Wind Speed Display and Wind Speed monitoring to protect the external doors from  
high wind gusts

 

(When used with the optiona

FarmTronics FT-WS Wind Anemometer

)

 

 

Internal Alarm feature which can be used to monitor water tank levels 

(When used with an optional Float Switch)

 

 

Manual Control Menu allows the user manual control of the External Doors, Nest Box Gates 
and Internal Lights 

 

Easily scroll through multiple STATUS screens showing the status of all programmed outputs 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN HOME SCREEN DISPLAY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 :43 :16    m: AUTO 

 

W :  0KPH    B: 12.8V

 

Current TIME 

MODE Status 

WIND Speed 

Battery Voltage 

Summary of Contents for ChickenMaster

Page 1: ...nternal LED lighting with two independent modes one for Morning times and one for Evening times Two line 16 Character per line LCD backlit display Battery Voltage Display Wind Speed Display and Wind Speed monitoring to protect the external doors from high wind gusts When used with the optional FarmTronics FT WS Wind Anemometer Internal Alarm feature which can be used to monitor water tank levels W...

Page 2: ...ructure each time it is pressed The MODE button allows the user to quickly override all AUTOMATIC functions and is indicated by the AUTO or AUTO OFF led lights HOME Screen Sub Menus 1 of 5 MANUAL CONTROL Page 3 Doors Nest Box Gates Lights SYSTEM CONFIG Set Clock Page 4 Adjust DST DLS Page 4 External Alarm Page 4 WIND SENSOR Page 5 6 Restore Defaults Page 6 Reset Controller Page 7 Unit ID Future De...

Page 3: ... ON cycle then when the next scheduled cycle that requires the lights to come back ON arrives the lights will switch back ON overriding your MANUAL OFF intervention NOTE If you are trying to manually control an item and VOLTAGE LOCKOUT is displayed This means that the Voltage Lockout feature has come into effect and will not allow the user to manually control any functions The voltage lockouts hav...

Page 4: ... HH MM Use the arrow keys to scroll to the correct time then press MENU OK Adjust DST DLS Adjustment for Daylight Saving Time All User AUTO TIME scheduled settings will also move forward or back by either One hour or 30 minutes depending on the values selected External Alarm Default Normally OPEN Contact The External Alarm can be programmed to interact with either a Normally Open or Normally Close...

Page 5: ... Remember to switch it back to the AUTO Mode when you have completed your tasks Mode Default ENABLED Allows the USER to ENABLE or DISABLE the WIND SENSOR Function Speed Lockout Default 25Km per Hour Sets the Wind Speed Trigger point at which the WIND SENSOR would start to close the Automatic External Doors to the programmed Wind Safe Position Lockout Interval Default 15 Minutes LOCKOUT INTERVAL is...

Page 6: ...ors will run if a Wind event is Triggered and the doors are in an already scheduled OPEN state In other words the doors will close to the Wind Safe Position Things to consider 1 Most Linear Actuators have a travel time from fully Closed to fully Open of 50 seconds So if you set the OPEN RUN TIME to 25 Seconds this means that the doors will motor to a 1 2 Open Position 2 If you manually adjust the ...

Page 7: ...er Programmed settings Automatic External Doors Menu The DOORS menu allows the user to program the Auto Times and other parameters for the Automatic External Doors Auto Mode Default ENABLED Allows the USER to ENABLE or DISABLE the Automatic External Doors feature Auto Times Auto Times have two Settings 1 Automatic Doors OPEN Time 2 Automatic Doors CLOSE Time DOORS AUTO TIMES Door Open 05 00 Defaul...

Page 8: ...oes not allow the Automatic External Doors to move once the Voltage Lockout trigger point has been reached The default setting for this is 0 00 Volts so NO VOLTAGE LOCKOUT which gives the doors preference regardless of the battery voltage Nest Box Gates Menu NEST BOX GATES menu allows the user to program the Auto Times and other parameters for the Nest Box Gates Auto Mode Default ENABLED Allows th...

Page 9: ...nterval Default 60 Seconds Time Interval that the Nest Box Gates will run when an AUTO NEST BOX CLOSE event is Triggered Voltage Lockout Default 0 00 Volts NO Lockout VOLTAGE LOCKOUT feature does not allow the Nest Box Gates to move once the Voltage Lockout trigger point has been reached The default setting for this is 0 00 Volts so NO VOLTAGE LOCKOUT which gives the Nest Box Gates preference rega...

Page 10: ...n the morning 3 Lights ON in the evening 4 Lights OFF in the evening LIGHTS AUTO TIMES Lights AM On 05 00 Default Lights AM Off 07 30 Default Lights PM On 17 00 Default Lights PM Off 20 00 Default Voltage Lockout Default 11 0 Volts The VOLTAGE LOCKOUT feature does not allow the Lights to switch ON once the Voltage Lockout trigger point has been reached The default setting is 11 00 Volts when the v...

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