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For Technicians | AfiPass II Installation Guide
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Introduction
AfiPass II™ is an ISO (Passive) identification system integrated into the AfiFarm herd management
system. AfiPass II is based on the principle of radio frequency identification (RFID) and refers to
automatic identification of animals using ISO 11874/5 compatible passive ID tags (without batteries).
AfiPass II supports a per stall ID system and walk through ID systems per the configurations officially
released by Afimilk. AfiPass II supports the following setups:
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Parlor stall ID - per the defined models of:
Herringbone,
Parallel.
Note: Sort gates based on AfiPass II will be released soon.
Note: Until specifically announced, AfiPass II may NOT be installed in Rotary Parlors.
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Principle and Flow of Operation
The AfiPass II system communication steps are:
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The AfiPass II Controller sends an ID request signal via an antenna.
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The ID request signal energizes a transponder in an identification tag.
3.
The identification tag responds with a unique ID number back to the antenna.
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The antenna receives the tag transmission and relays it back to the AfiPass II Controller.
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The AfiPass II Controller relays the tag ID number to the AfiFarm herd management system.
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AfiFarm uses the ID number for controlling AfiFarm stations and for data collection - herd
management.