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Kestrel® Weather and Environmental Meters are
designed and manufactured in the USA

NIELSEN-KELLERMAN

21 Creek Circle, Boothwyn, PA 19061

319046_0_16.11.17

Summary of Contents for 5000AG

Page 1: ...Agriculture Product Line User Guide Kestrel 5000AG Livestock Environmental Meter Kestrel 5400AG Cattle Heat Stress Tracker ...

Page 2: ...w these guidelines YourKestrelWeather EnvironmentalMetermayprovideoneormoreofthesemeasurementsrelatingtoestimationofdangerofinjuryto peopleoranimalsfromheatorcold HeatStressIndex WindChillIndex WetBulbGlobeTemperature WBGT Temperature Humidity Index THI HeatLoadIndex HLI AccumulatedHeatLoadUnits AHLU Notethatguidancetablesbasedonthesevaluesarebasedon typicalphysiologicalresponse Certainindividuals...

Page 3: ...avigation 10 Getting Started 11 Measuring Air Flow 12 Measuring THI HLI AHLU and WBGT 12 Custom Flag Settings 16 Measuring Direction 16 Altimeter And Barometer 17 Using Min Avg Max 18 Connecting To Devices Using Link 18 Creating Viewing Exporting Data Logs 20 Weather Glossary 22 THI Menu 23 HLI Menu 24 AHLU Menu 25 Impeller Replacement 29 Warranty Certificate 31 ...

Page 4: ...thium batteries out of the reach of children and animals If swallowed immediately seek medical help Have doctor phone 24 hour hotline at 202 625 3333 call collect if necessary Dispose of batteries properly and according to local regulations Do not puncture or burn batteries If the battery compartment does not close securely stop using the product and keep it away from children and animals WARNING ...

Page 5: ... km h kt Volume Air Flow cfm m3 hr m3 m m3 s L s Crosswind mph fpm Bft m s km h kt o Headwind Tailwind mph fpm Bft m s km h kt o Temperature F C Wind Chill F C Relative Humidity Heat Stress Index F C Temperature Humidity Index THI Globe Temperature F C Naturally Aspirated Wet Bulb Temp F C Wet Bulb Globe Temperature WBGT F C Heat Load Index HLI o optional ...

Page 6: ...et Bulb Temp F C Station Pressure inHg hPA psi mb Barometric Pressure inHg hPA psi mb Altitude m ft Density Altitude m ft Delta T F C FEATURES 5000 Environmental 5000AG Livestock 5400 HST 5400AG Cattle LiNK Connectivity Kestrel LiNK Mobile App N A o o o Backlit Display switchable white or Night Vision preserving red N A o optional ...

Page 7: ...nded LANYARD ATTACHMENT PRESSURE SENSOR FRONT OPTIONS EXIT POWER BACKLIGHT SCROLL ADJUST TEMPERATURE SENSOR REPLACEABLE IMPELLER SELECT BATTERY DOOR LATCH HUMIDITY SENSOR BATTERY DOOR IMPELLER COVER CAPTURE SUNLIGHT READABLE DISPLAY BLACK GLOBE SENSOR ZONE ALERT LIGHT Only available on 5400 meters ...

Page 8: ...mbo menus and setting submenus CAPTURE In Weather Mode manually capture all environmental values BACK LIGHT Turn backlight on or off Also turns off automatically after one minute Most system wide and weather setup options are accessed from the main Options menu by pressing the button from any Weather Measurement Screen BLUETOOTH Bluetooth On Off Conct DATA PORT MEMORY OPTIONS Mem Used Auto Store S...

Page 9: ...ess SELECT to enter the Data Log Detail Screen to view logged data points Data Points Screen Press LEFT RIGHT to scroll through data points Press OPTIONS to exit Data Log Details Screen MORE MEASUREMENTS MORE MEASUREMENTS Data Point Time Stamp The UP DOWN buttons navigate between all weather measurements set to On in Options Measurements The LEFT RIGHT buttons scroll between the three display scre...

Page 10: ...es there are additional fields off screen Locked values are either driven by another value or cannot be edited on the current screen Locked values may have submenus which are entered by pressing select Navigation buttons indicate available actions on the current screen AHLU 86 32 MLA Orange AHLU MEASUREMENT SCREEN HLI Upper Limit Threshold AHLU Measurement Selected Guideline Current Zone HLI 79 2 ...

Page 11: ... to preserve adapted night vision for true dark operations 9 SET DATE AND TIME Scroll to and select System Scroll to and select Time Date Adjust the time and date 10 CALIBRATE THE COMPASS Kestrel 5400AG Cattle Heat Stress Tracker Only GETTING STARTED Scroll to and select System Scroll to and select Compass Cal Follow the on screen instructions Place the base of the Kestrel on a flat surface at lea...

Page 12: ... setting custom zone settings see page 16 5 Light or buzzer alerts are available in the Kestrel 5400AG Cattle Heat Stress Tracker only To receive light or buzzer alerts when HLI or THI is above a zone threshold scroll to and select Alerts in the HLI THI Settings menu You may set Light and Buzzer individually Selecting a zone for Light or Buzzer Kestrel 5000AG Livestock Environmental Meter Only Kes...

Page 13: ...er in the troughs Glossary AHLU Menu Table 5 Set Extra H2O to Yes if extra water troughs are installed during heat events Glossary AHLU Menu Table 6 Set Heat Rations to Yes if your site implements a feeding strategy for heat stress management Glossary AHLU Menu Table 6 Set Manure Clear to Yes if your site implements strategic manure clearing of wet deposition areas during heat events Glossary AHLU...

Page 14: ...ur environment 3 To use the colored WBGT zones also known as Flag Settings scroll to Zones and set to On The zones increase from White to Black in order of severity of risk of heat injury 4 To access one of the pre saved WBGT guidelines scroll to Zones and press select then scroll to Guide and press select Follow the menu options to find your organization s WBGT guidelines If additional workload o...

Page 15: ...alertstofamiliarizeyourself withtheirintensity HOW TO MEASURE WBGT AHLU HLI and THI ACCURATELY Differences in the reflectivity of ground surfaces such as grass or asphalt will impact measurements Be sure to take measurements in the same solar radiant heat environment as the people and animals you are monitoring When changing environments moving from an air conditioned room to outdoors or removing ...

Page 16: ...adjusting the Threshold value 4 The threshold for a zone cannot be greater than the zone above or less than the zone below it 5 Zone thresholds cannot be adjusted if the Status is set to Off 6 If the Status of a zone is set to OFF and the thresholds of the zones above and below are set one tenth of a degree apart the minimum resolution available the Status of the intermediary zone cannot be set to...

Page 17: ...ens allow reference value updates on either screen to automatically update reference values on the other Note YoucannotuseyourKestrelasabarometerandaltimeter simultaneously ALTIMETER AND BAROMETER SETTING REFERENCE VALUES ON BARO MEASUREMENT SCREEN Scroll to the Baro measurement screen and select Settings Adjust either the Altitude or the Barometric Pressure value to a local known value obtained f...

Page 18: ...own as Bluetooth LE which is available in most iOS devices released after 2014 and Android devices released after 2015 as well as in a USB Dongle available from Kestrel that supports connectivity to Windows and Mac OS devices LiNK enabled Kestrel units can connect to mobile devices running Kestrel LiNK to install firmware updates LiNK enabled units can be run wirelessly to computers using the Kest...

Page 19: ...o power it on and put it in pairing mode On the Kestrel open the Options Menu and select Bluetooth Set Bluetooth to On Set Conct to Device Scroll to Name and select New then wait for the list of available devices in range to populate Select a device from the available list Once connected the settings menu for that device will open allowing you to manage the device s settings Exit to the Bluetooth ...

Page 20: ...mory Options sub menu scroll to Overwrite and set to On to allow the data log to wrap once full and Off to stop logging when full When Auto Store is set to On the Kestrel unit will automatically begin logging at the rate set in Store Rate CREATING VIEWING EXPORTING DATA LOGS MANUAL DATA LOGGING Individual data points can be added to the log at any time by pressing the Capture button Manual capture...

Page 21: ...C or Mac computer Install Use one of the following two methods to connect your Kestrel to your computer 1 Connect your LiNK enabled Kestrel Meter to your computer wirelessly Purchase a Kestrel LiNK Dongle and install in your computer s USB port Follow the instructions in the Pairing with a Computer Mobile Phone or Tablet section of this manual along with the Kestrel LiNK program to pair the Kestre...

Page 22: ...environmental heat stress on cattle WEATHER GLOSSARY and other livestock It has been used for over 4 decades to manage heat stress in both dairy and beef cattle GLOBE TEMP Globe Temperature is defined as the temperature measured inside a 6 inch copper globe painted black On the Kestrel HST the temperature inside the 1 inch 25 mm globe is converted to the equivalent temperature for a standard globe...

Page 23: ...nd the dry bulb temperature and is used to assess spraying conditions Your Kestrel Meter offers 2 accepted THI calculations The NRC THI equation is defined as THI 1 8 X Tdb 32 55 0055 X RH X 1 8 X Tdb 26 National Research Council 1971 where Tdb is dry bulb temperature in C and RH is relative humidity expressed as a This is the equation referenced by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural A...

Page 24: ...efined as relative humidity expressed as WS is defined as Wind Speed in m s The blending function is defined as S BGT 1 1 exp BGT 25 2 25 HLIHI and HLILO are defined as if BGT is below 25 then HLILO 1 3 x BGT 0 28 x RH WS 10 66 else HLIHI 1 55 x BGT 0 38 x RH 0 5 x WS exp 2 4 WS 8 62 Where exp is the exponentiation function and the HLI value was taken as either HLIHI or HLILO depending on the BGT ...

Page 25: ...t Users can modify pen and cattle characteristics by varying parameters within the 3 AHLU screens Information provided from http chlt katestone com au help risk analysis program rap AHLU MENU Parameter Value Cattle type Bos taurus Coat Color Black Health status Healthy Days on feed 80 130 Shade provision No shade Trough water temperature 20 30 C Manure management class Class 1 Extra water troughs ...

Page 26: ...s 1 Class 1 Best Mgt Practices Class 2 Class 3 4 Pen Foundation Preparation Compacted base with uniform slope built in Compacted base with uniform slope built in Strip topsoil and grade to a durable uniform surface Pen Slope 2 5 4 away from feeding area 2 5 4 away from feeding area 2 6 away from feeding area Stocking Density a measure of stocking intensity expressed in terms of m2 SCU 10 15 20 10 ...

Page 27: ...Shade 2m2 SCU 3m 2 SCU or 21ft2 SCU 32 ft2 SCU 5 Shade 3m2 SCU 5m2 SCU or 32 ft2 SCU 54 ft2 SCU 7 SCU A Standard Cattle Unit SCU is equivalent to an animal with a liveweight of 600 kg 1 323 lbs Trough Water Temperature HLI Adjustment Temperature of water in troughs 15 20 C 59 68 F 1 Temperature of water in troughs 20 30 C 68 86 F 0 Temperature of water in troughs 30 35 C 86 95 F 1 Temperature of w...

Page 28: ...7 Bos Indicus Cross 75 8 Bos Indicus Genotypes 10 Wagyu 4 European Genotypes 3 Coat Color HLI Adjustment Black Coat Color 0 Red Coat Color 1 White Coat Color 3 Days on Feed HLI Adjustment Days on Feed 0 80 2 Days on Feed 80 130 0 Days on Feed 130 3 Health Status HLI Adjustment Healthy 0 Sick Recovering Unacclimatised 5 Table 9 Days Table 10 Health Manual Offset The Manual Offset function allows us...

Page 29: ... FIRMLY on the impeller module to remove it Insert the new impeller so the side that has the small triangle close to the perimeter faces the front of the Kestrel when installed Figure1 IMPELLER REPLACEMENT Orient one arm of the module straight up Figure 2 The impeller can be pushed in from either side Figure2 ...

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Page 31: ...nce date of manufacture If no warranty registration or proof of purchase is provided the warranty period will be measured from the meter s date of manufacture Except for the warranties set forth herein NK disclaims all other warranties expressed implied or statutory including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Any implied warranties tha...

Page 32: ...Kestrel Weather and Environmental Meters are designed and manufactured in the USA By NIELSEN KELLERMAN 21 Creek Circle Boothwyn PA 19061 319046_0_16 11 17EM ...

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