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6.3
Feeding Schedule
The feeding schedule is composed of many
feed cycles; up to 8 of these can be per-
formed every day. Refer to section 5.3. to
enable the proper number of cycles.
The following procedure shows how to
adjust the feed cycles. Note that these
cycles operate differently depending if the
drops are controlled by an actuator or not:
Drops that are controlled by an actuator:
If drops are controlled by an actuator, you
must define which ration must be deliv-
ered during each cycle.
Drops that are controlled individually (with-
out actuator):
If drops are controlled individually, you
must specify during which cycles feed is
being delivered to each drop (refer to the
previous section to assign feed cycles to
the drops). In addition, the controller can
automatically adjust the number of active
feed cycles as the animals grow up. Refer
to section 6.1 for further information about
this Ration Curve function.
Only one cycle can operate at a
time. If many cycles simulta-
neously ask for feed, the con-
troller finishes the ongoing cycle
before stepping to the next.
Feeding Schedule
Select Cycle #
1
Status
On
Start time
12:00 A
Use Ration #1 ?
Yes
Use Ration #2 ?
No
...
Select:
4. Feeding Schedule
•
Select Cycle #:
Select the desired feed
cycle. All following parameters are related
to the chosen cycle:
Status:
Select “Yes” to enable the chosen
feed cycle; select “No” to stop using it.
Start Time:
Set the time at which the feed
cycle starts.
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Cycles must be activated fol-
lowing the numerical order,
starting with feed cycle #1, fol-
lowed by cycle #2, etc.
Use Ration #X:
Select which rations are
distributed during the selected feed cycle.
Accessible if drops are controlled by an actuator.
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Feed Gap Delay:
Proximity sensors can be used to stop
the cleanout period when the feed line
becomes empty (instead of having to
wait for the end of the Cleanout pe-
riod). If this option is used, select after
how many time the cleanout period can
end when no feed is detected. This de-
lay ranges from 0 to 30 minutes.
Note that if the controller uses many
proximity sensors, the proximity sen-
sor used to monitor the Feed Gap De-
lay is the one associated with the cur-
rent ration.
Accessible if a proximity sensor and the Feed
Gap option are enabled above.
Flow Rate (weight/min)
If the feed consumption history is en-
abled above, you must specify the flow
rate of the ration auger. This value is
expressed as an amount of feed per
minute. Set the flow rate to the desired
value.
Accessible if the consumption history is en-
abled above.
Use proxy switch?
Assign a proximity sensor to each ra-
tion.
Accessible if the proximity sensor module is
enabled above.
•
Maximum Current
Select the maximum allowable current that
can be consumed by the feeder motor.
Adjustable from 1 to 14 Amp.
•
Window Size
The auger motor restarts at
: Max Current
- Window Size.
The window size can be
adjusted from 0.5 to 3.0 Amp.
•
Actual Current:
This reading indicates the current that is
presently consumed by the feeder motor.
•
Over Current Delay
An alarm is set off when the current con-
sumption of the feeder motor exceeds the
Maximum Current
limit for this delay. The
Over Current Delay
can be adjusted from
30 seconds to 15 minutes.
•
Time Display
AM/PM or 24 hours.
•
Time of reset
The time of reset should normally be set
to 11h59PM. It represents the time at
which the animal age is increased by 1 day;
the controller also logs the fill auger run
times in the histories at that time.
Installation
Exit: Press BACK
Change: Press Modify
Press to Select an item
# of ration:
3
Use actuator ?
No
# ration curves:
2
# of drops
10
Number of feed cycles/day
6
Active feed cycles in curves ? Yes
# of time clocks
8
Use Proxy switch?
Yes
use Proxy switch module?
Yes
Prox switch off delay
1:00 (m:s)
Prox switch bypass delay 1:00 (m:s)
Use feed gap delay?
Yes
Proxy switch contact type
N.O.
Ration History
Consumpt.
Weight units:
lbs
Ration #1-8
Rest period:
1:00 (h:m)
Use cleanout auger?
Yes
Cleanout time:
1:00 (h:m)
Max run time:
1:00 (h:m)
Feed gap delay:
1:00 (h:m)
Flow Rate weight/min: 100 lbs
Use proxy switch: 1
Max current 9.5 A
Window size 2.0 A
Actual current 0.0 A
Over-current delay
3:00 (m:s)
Fill auger start delay:
0:05 (m:s)
Time display
AM/PM
Time of Reset
11:59P