DOL 535 • DOL 539
Technical Manual
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Uses the feed weigher
Does not use the feed weigher
Shared signal
0 V. If the second house wishes to
use the weigher, the signal will in-
crease to 10 V for 10 seconds ev-
ery 2 minutes.
The shared signal is 10 V
Signals for shared feed weigher.
In addition, each controller has its own feed demand sensor, cross auger relay, cross auger supply sensor and
silo augers.
Furthermore, a number of silos are installed for each controller.
A shared feed weigher must be calibrated in both controllers (it is possible to copy the calibration value
from one controller to the other).
3.5.4.5.3 Shared silo
The function
Shared silo
can only be used on farms where the production controllers are connected through a
LAN network and where the management program FarmOnline Explorer is used.
A silo that supplies feed to several houses should be regulated and divided by the production controllers in the
different houses.
When a silo is divided between different production controllers in such a way, the consumption/delivery for one
production controller is transferred to the others as a change in the current silo content.
The following common values apply:
1.
Silo content
The production controller automatically reduces the silo content with an amount corresponding
to the animals' feed consumption.
2. The user adds the amount of feed delivered to one of the house controllers manually and the other house
controllers update the silo content automatically. However, the value of the amount of feed delivered is only
available in the delivery log on the house controller it was entered on.
3. Tare. The user can change the current silo content. It can be set to any value, but the function is most often
used to ensure that the production controller records an empty silo as having a silo content of 0.
The production controllers should be on the same LAN network. In the management program FarmOnline Ex-
plorer, the production controller should be a part of the same configuration. This way they get access to data
from each other. See the section
for the setup of the production controllers on a net-
work and see the FarmOnline Explorer Technical Manual for creating a configuration. The workflow is as fol-
lows:
1. Connect the production controllers to the LAN network.
2. Create a configuration in FarmOnline Explorer, where the controllers are included.
3. Create and name the shared silo in one of the controllers.
4. Select the silo in the other controllers.
All silos can be used as shared silo. The setup of silos should be carried out in all the connected controllers.
