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Страница 3: ...ct Reader 2 0 Manual P N 9440311 Version 2 7 Date Completed June 2016 Afimilk Ltd Kibbutz Afikim 15148 Israel Tel 972 4 6754812 Fax 972 4 6751862 market afimilk co il www afimilk com Federal Communica...
Страница 4: ...k system For a description of the features and usage of the AfiAct II system refer to AfiAct II UM Intended Users This manual is intended forAfimilk authorized technicians experienced in installing el...
Страница 5: ...ate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will...
Страница 6: ...trademarks of their respective holders Software License Terms The software and the system design is the property of Afimilk Ltd It is supplied to the user to be used solely for its stated purposes It...
Страница 7: ...hted in a frame as explained below Environment notice Hints and recommendations for working efficiently Actions requiring special attention to avoid possible damage to equipment or livestock Actions r...
Страница 8: ...950 1 clause 2 5 with an accessible circuit breaker and double isolated from mains Read this manual carefully Proper handling of the equipment is the basis for correct functioning Only technicians who...
Страница 9: ...laced on the power transformer Before conducting work on any Afimilk device make sure power to devices is switched off at the circuit breaker usually placed on the power transformer Remove power from...
Страница 10: ...MS Real Time Setup module RTG Real Time GUI module AfiControl RTC Real Time Station Controller module RPM Revolutions per Minute Opcode Operation Code AP WiFi Access Point antenna WLAN Wireless Local...
Страница 11: ...db backup and restore 2 1 Mar 2014 Correct supported Windows version section 2 4 1 2 2 Mar 2014 Add Japan radio regulation certification preface 2 3 Sep 2014 Add Circuit Breaker warning see Safety in...
Страница 12: ...Processor Memory 14 2 3 2 Network Connections 18 2 3 3 Additional Windows OS Preparations 21 2 3 4 Verify System is Prepared 31 3 Install and Set AfiAct II Software 32 3 1 For existing AfiFarm Manual...
Страница 13: ...tion and Troubleshooting 93 7 1 Reader Connection to AfiControl or Network Fault 94 7 2 Tag Problems 95 7 3 Reader and Tag Communication Faults 96 7 4 Reader s Luci Cannot be Accessed 96 7 5 Back to B...
Страница 14: ...wired communication to a PC based analysis Tags are placed on the cows legs The AfiTag II holds the unique ID of each cow and records its number of steps standing time rest time and bout The tags use...
Страница 15: ...ments For specific part numbers refer to the detailed tables of each element Table 1 1 System Components Picture Name Description PNs see AfiAct II Reader 2 0 including nounting brackets The Reader is...
Страница 16: ...plate PN 5001028 connected to the back for connection to reader bracket arm Bracket arm Bracket with 2 UP stickers indicating installation direction PN 9030050 screws for wall connection not supplied...
Страница 17: ...Table 1 3 Tag Types Picture Description PN AfiTag II Type A 200 KHz SR 916 MHz LR 4009600 AfiTag II Type A 200 KHz SR 916 MHz LR Israel 4009680 AfiTag II Type B 80 KHz SR 868 MHz LR 4009610 AfiTag II...
Страница 18: ...until upgrade complete 3 Power Bi color LED GREEN RED o Power Status OK Green o Startup behavior LED toggle in Green Red If startup is successful LED becomes Green o No tag is identified for over 30...
Страница 19: ...outputs Note when the communication is not in use close the connection using the cap 1 4 3 Reader box Attributes Label On top of the Reader s cable cavity you will find the following label indicating...
Страница 20: ...ations Table 1 5 Power Specifications Item LED Label Voltage Nominal voltage of 24Vac minimum 21 6Vac to maximum 27 5Vac Current AC 0 6A max 50 60Hz DC 1A max Power per unit 16 5 Watts i e a VA rating...
Страница 21: ...g flowchart presents the preparation and installation phases and the responsible party per phase Plan prepare site Set network coverage wired Wi Fi see 2 2 Attach tags to cows see 6 Install and set Af...
Страница 22: ...ystem after the installation 4 Validate AfiAct II PC corresponds with the requirements see 02 3 2 1 Determine Reader Mounting Location Determining optional Reader mounting points is done by the Dealer...
Страница 23: ...ge radius also covering the feeding and water trough areas The Reader should have a line of sight towards cow tags with minimal interference from other sheds poles buildings etc The Reader should have...
Страница 24: ...he office and in the Reader determined mounting point in the cowshed according to the Dealer s technicians In either case the office and Reader network coverage setup must be completed and tested befo...
Страница 25: ...lightning protection design Carrier grade 99 999 service WiFi certification supports 802 11g 802 11n is supported only if it can be set to work with 2 4 GHz bandwidth Encryption method default Prefera...
Страница 26: ...tions comply with the requirements see 2 3 2 Additional Windows OS preparations see 2 3 3 Verify the PC is prepared see 2 3 4 These requirements are detailed in the following sections Verifying that y...
Страница 27: ...g table Table 2 1 Server PC Requirements Operating system Windows7 PRO 64 bit Windows8 1 PRO 64 bit No of animals Up to 1000 1000 5000 More than 5000 RAM GB Min 16 Recommended 32 Min 32 Recommended 32...
Страница 28: ...e Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 15 2 3 1 1 Verify RAM and Processor To verify required RAM and Processor 1 In your system tray click the Start icon and select Control...
Страница 29: ...uisites and Site Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 16 3 Verify the following attributes are in accordance with requirements see 2 3 1 Windows edition Processor System Typ...
Страница 30: ...D Free Space and Type To check your HD free space 1 In your system tray click the Start icon and Double click on computer 2 Check free space on your hard drive If the installation is done in a folder...
Страница 31: ...rk connections must comply with the following conditions The network is supported by Windows The network supports TCP IP The network must be transparent for a UDP broadcast The LAN must have a minimum...
Страница 32: ...Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 19 To verify your system has correct network connections 1 In your system tray click the Start icon and select Control Panel 2 Click Net...
Страница 33: ...II Installation Manual Page 20 3 In the Network and Sharing Center dialog verify that the Network is set to Home 4 If the Network is not set to Home click on the network value The Set Network Location...
Страница 34: ...d Site Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 21 2 3 3 Additional Windows OS Preparations 2 3 3 1 Configure Power Settings 1 In your system tray click the Start icon and selec...
Страница 35: ...Prerequisites and Site Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 22 2 Click Power Options 3 Checkmark Balanced and click Change plan settings Checkmark Click...
Страница 36: ...l Page 23 4 Click Change advanced power settings 5 Expand the Hard disk folder click the sign near the folder Then expand Turn off hard disk after and change to Never 6 Expand Sleep Then expand Sleep...
Страница 37: ...isites and Site Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 24 2 3 3 2 Install Windows Updates 1 In your system tray click the Start icon and select Control Panel 2 Click Windows u...
Страница 38: ...Site Planning Chapter 2 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 25 3 Click Install updates and follow the windows wizard to install all available updates 4 Click Change settings Click to install...
Страница 39: ...Page 26 5 In the displayed dialog choose Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them 6 Click OK to return to Windows update dialog 7 Click View update history 8 Check the...
Страница 40: ...Installation Manual Page 27 2 3 3 3 Set the Time and Synchronization Disable the synchronization with the internet time server and check the time zone settings as follows 1 In your system tray click...
Страница 41: ...on Manual Page 28 3 Click Change time zone 4 Uncheck Automatic adjustment of daylight saving Time 5 Verify that the time zone settings are identical in all the used PCs in a multi PC system in the abo...
Страница 42: ...II Installation Manual Page 29 2 3 3 4 Confirm the File Sharing and Network Discovery Verify proper file sharing setup as follows for a multi PCs system 1 In your system tray click the Start icon and...
Страница 43: ...settings 4 Expand Home or Work click the arrow 5 Verify the following attributes are turned ON Network discovery is ON File and printer sharing is ON Access to read and write files in Public folders...
Страница 44: ...on of the installation process is strongly dependent on the environmental preparations previously performed it is essential at this phase before starting to install the system that the user performs p...
Страница 45: ...tallation phases of the two modules 1 When upgrading an existing system only Backup existing database see 3 1 2 Install AfiFarm5 and the RT Real Time system see 3 2 3 When using a standalone system si...
Страница 46: ...se will be backed up into the server PCs USB connector 2 Click Tools and select Backup from the drop down menu 3 In the Backup dialog that appears select the Full radio button then click the folder ic...
Страница 47: ...e instructions of the installation wizard The wizard installs both AfiFarm5 and AfiControl RT Real Time modules including the FarmServer Setup Real Time Setup RTMS Real Time GUI RTG Real Time Station...
Страница 48: ...ase operations configurations etc Note In AfiAct II s AfiFarm5 the AfiFarm configuration is done via AfiControl RT System While the main steps for the configuration are described in this manual see Ap...
Страница 49: ...ding to the following steps 1 Insert the provided AfiFarm5 HASP USB key into the USB port of the PC 2 Open AfiFarm5 DVD and double click on the installation file UnifiedSetup 3 The installation wizard...
Страница 50: ...loyment type i e all components are on the same PC Note Custom installations i e user selected components are to be installed on the current computer is not relevant for AfiAct II installations 5 In t...
Страница 51: ...Install and Set AfiAct II Software Chapter 3 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 38 6 The following message appears Click OK...
Страница 52: ...AfiAct II Software Chapter 3 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 39 7 In the following screen select Install 8 Click Next The welcome dialog opens Make sure you close any programs running in...
Страница 53: ...et AfiAct II Software Chapter 3 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 40 9 Click Next The License Agreement dialog opens 10 Select I accept the agreement and click Next The Functionality dialog...
Страница 54: ...click Next The system searches the local network to ensure there are no other servers found When done searching the Next button becomes available 12 Click Next The Drive dialog opens If a server has b...
Страница 55: ...ed This is the hard drive previously prepared where there are at least 100GB of free space available see 2 3 1 2 Click Next The Number dialog opens 14 Select a unique computer number for the computer...
Страница 56: ...t type any value into the boxes To change the password type the new password Then re type your password in the Confirm password box 17 Click Next The Language dialog opens where the default language i...
Страница 57: ...tallation Manual Page 44 19 Click Finish The automatic installation process starts and the following dialog appears and the SQL files are installed This may take a few minutes 20 The system requests p...
Страница 58: ...mes This process may take 10 15 minutes Make sure that the progress indications show slow progress IMPORTANT Do not touch any of the screens shown during the process 22 When the process ends the follo...
Страница 59: ...D then the Reader replies to the sender RT providing its IP address Setting the Reader initial communication includes the following steps 1 Connect the Reader to the wired network see 4 1 2 Configure...
Страница 60: ...cable to the Reader s back panel network connector Connect the other side of the network cable to the PC USB connector 2 Connect to power temporary connection Use the power supply transformer box to p...
Страница 61: ...a DHCP exists and is configured to provide a dynamic IP to the Reader the Reader will automatically obtain an IP If not the Reader will use the factory IP address 172 20 1 1 If the Reader does not sho...
Страница 62: ...tc Logical system definitions reflecting the stations i e AfiAct AfiSort milking parlors sites aggregation of all the stations with the same identification system usually geographically close to each...
Страница 63: ...orting software here AfiAct II Monitoring connections with the defined system sites AfiControl screens are accessed via the AfiControl icon and include the following areas see Appendix C for details T...
Страница 64: ...milking AfiAct II AfiSort etc Sites The group of stations in the same geographical area using the same identification system Sessions The sessions are set to reflect the specific farm s daily schedul...
Страница 65: ...and at least one hour after the preceding milking If the gap time between milking is not long enough configure the beginning time of the sessions to 1 2 an hour after the last cow of the preceding mi...
Страница 66: ...arameters To define the system computers server and system controller 1 Verify that the Station Controller is up and running by checking the icon in the system tray 2 Open the AfiControl system click...
Страница 67: ...4 In the displayed AfiControl main screen under the Settings tab select Configurator from the tab sub options 5 In the displayed Configurator screen right click on New Farm and select the Add New PC b...
Страница 68: ...al Reader Communication Chapter 4 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 55 6 Right click on Controller select Add Add AfiAct II from the displayed roll down site types menu Select Right click S...
Страница 69: ...al Page 56 7 The New Controller for AfiAct II is added Expand the controller to configure its parameters where RF region channel is set to 1 by default and must not be changed Do not change the channe...
Страница 70: ...8 In the Readers area click to add a reader enter the Reader UID as obtained from the label on the Reader see 1 4 3 Then enter a Reader name and click Example Note If the system includes more than a s...
Страница 71: ...lt 255 RF Region determines the transmission region e g USA Europe with its relevant frequency range When clicked a corresponding frequency channel table opens allowing the user to select a different...
Страница 72: ...ne 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 59 10 Select your RF Region and relevant working channel In the example below the Europe channels are shown Frequencies 868 8 and 869 must not be used for Eu...
Страница 73: ...acking sessions and tracked animals for the defined station 11 Under the Settings Configurator tab select the Tracks radio button The displayed screen shows the following main areas Track management a...
Страница 74: ...r 4 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 61 12 Set the required track attributes as follows Select the type of animals to be tracked Milk cows or Heifers Enter a meaningful name to the track N...
Страница 75: ...fined track corresponding to the farm schedule Heifers will usually require only one or two sessions as follows In the station definition area select the station to be updated in this example Act on T...
Страница 76: ...15 When done updating click Commit A confirmation window appears 16 Click Yes to approve changes Then wait a few seconds while AfiFarm restarts and until all the processes are up and running When done...
Страница 77: ...AfiAct 17 Open the Station Controller manager by clicking the icon in the system tray The following dialog appears 18 Click settings The following Station Controller Settings dialog appears Note you m...
Страница 78: ...tion is now installed and the above settings window is auto closed 22 In the Station Controller manager if not already open re open by clicking the icon in the system tray The following monitoring inf...
Страница 79: ...u may perform a manual backup via the AfiControl Tools tab Backup sub option Verify that the newly defined site appears as an icon in the AfiControl System view Click on the System view tab Click on t...
Страница 80: ...been successful 1 If not already open open AfiControl click the icon 2 Click on the System view tab Click on the AfiAct site to verify that it is connected if the site is connected the Reader name an...
Страница 81: ...uses credentials detailed in section 2 2 also listed below therefore it is recommended that if possible the Access Point wireless settings are set according to these defaults In this setup the Reader...
Страница 82: ...set the Reader Wi Fi credentials not as in default via LUCI interface 1 Open your PC browser and access the Reader interface by typing in the browser s navigation bar the IP address obtained from the...
Страница 83: ...lt wwan interface as follows Scroll to the row and click the 5 Under the Network tab sub options select Wi Fi and click the OR button at the bottom of the page to obtain the list of available Wi Fi ne...
Страница 84: ...for the user to enter the protocol used and the password Type the Wi Fi Network password in the correct place It is the user s responsibility to verify that the correct password had been entered Enter...
Страница 85: ...fiAct II Installation Manual Page 72 8 Click at the button to submit the new configuration 9 In the displayed screen all the details that will be sent to the device are displayed Roll down and click S...
Страница 86: ...from the beginning 12 After connecting to the wireless network disconnect the network cable and re start the Reader a Use the transformer power button to turn the device off b Disconnect the network...
Страница 87: ...uring the Reader mount the Reader and its power elements in the location determined previously see 2 1 2 2 after verifying that there is both tag and network coverage in the cowshed Wi Fi or cable as...
Страница 88: ...ly to fit the pole Use the electric screwdriver to screw the bracket to the pole 2 Connect the transformer box Open the electricity box and screw it to the pole preferably close above the power box us...
Страница 89: ...iously removed from the reader s cable 5 For AC power connection Identify the blue and brown conductors exposed from the Reader s power cable s free end Insert the exposed blue and brown cable ends in...
Страница 90: ...Mount the Reader Chapter 5 June 2016 AfiAct II Installation Manual Page 77 6 If the cable has loose ends secure the cable to the power box using cable ties 7 Close the electrical connection box...
Страница 91: ...ll to ensure long lasting connection of the arm to the pole a Verify that the mounting location complies with all the requirements height stability etc b Ensure that the bracket elements with the stic...
Страница 92: ...th by pulling the inner extension arm in and out from the bracket Max length 300 mm from the end of the larger profile Then Rotate the Reader to its required angle Then tighten the M8 clamping bolt us...
Страница 93: ...t two stable Wi Fi Signal Strength LEDs i e Low and Medium are ON indicating strong signal see 1 4 1 Note If the 2nd Medium strength LED is not lit steadily i e blinking it is not good enough For trou...
Страница 94: ...installation wait to see that the Activity Log Report is being updated with tag messages Note You may set the Reader s transmission interval via AfiControl configurator to 5 minutes see 4 2 3 so that...
