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MONITORING FUNCTIONS
7.1 Animal Inventory / Starting
a New Batch
The animal inventory allows keeping track
of the number of animals in the barn. If
drops are controlled individually (without
actuator), the number of animals is moni-
tored separately for each drop.
Select
5. Animal Inventory
•
Select Drop #
If the drops are controlled individually
(without actuator), the animal inventory is
monitored separately for each one of them.
Select a drop then adjust the following
parameters.
Accessible if drops are controlled individually
(actuator is disabled in section 5.3).
If the drops are controlled indi-
vidually (without actuator), the
following parameters must be
set separately for each drop.
Animal inventory
Exit: Press BACK
Change: Press Modify
Press to Select an item
Select Drop #
1
Start new batch ?
No
New Entered
0
New Mortality
0
New Delivered
0
Entered
5
Mortality
2
Delivered
10
Total Entered
105
Total Mortality
2
Total Delivered
10
Remaining
93
•
Start New Batch ?
When a new batch starts, the controller
clears all histories of the previous batch
and resets the animal age. Select “Yes”
to start a new batch.
•
New entered:
Enter the initial number of animals. In ad-
dition, if new animals are added in the
course of the batch, you must specify the
number of new animals in this menu. Once
a value is posted to this menu, it automati-
cally returns to “0” after a few seconds.
It is then transferred to the
Entered
menu
and is added to the
Total Entered
and
Re-
maining
menus.
•
New Mortality / New Delivered:
Post up the number of mortalities and the
number of shipped animals as it occurs.
Once a value is posted to this menu, it au-
tomatically returns to “0” after a few sec-
onds. The value is then transferred to the
proper inventory menus.
•
Entered / Mortality / Delivered:
These menus show today’s animal entries,
mortalities and deliveries (for consultation
only).
•
Total Entered / Total Mortality /
Total Delivered:
These menus show the total number of
animal entries, mortalities and deliveries
since the beginning of the batch (for con-
sultation only).
•
Remaining Count:
This menu displays the number of remain-
ing animals (for consultation only). The re-
maining count is calculated as follows:
To-
tal Entered - Total Mortality - Total Deliv-
ered.
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5.3
Installation Setup
The following section shows how to cus-
tomize the controller for your particular
application. Normally, this setup needs to
be done only once.
Select:
11. Installation *
1. Settings
*
Accessible by the installer only (sec. 5.2).
•
Number of rations:
Select the number of feed rations in use.
This number usually corresponds to the
number of bins in use. It can be adjusted
from 1 to 8 rations.
•
Use actuator:
Select “Yes” if the drops are controlled by
an actuator; select “No” if they are con-
trolled individually (1 relay per drop).
•
Number of ration curves:
Select the number of ration curves in use
(0 to 4 curves).
* Accessible if more than 1 ration is used and if
drops are controlled individually (the actuator is
disabled above).
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
•
Number of drops:
Select the total number of drops in use (1
to 96 drops).
* Accessible if drops are controlled individually
(the actuator is disabled above).
•
Number of feed cycle(s) / day:
Select the highest number of feed cycles
that can be performed in a day. Adjust-
able from 1 to 8 cycles.
•
Active feed cycles in curves ?
Select “Yes” to get an automatic selection
of the active feed cycles over time; select
“No” to always use same feed cycles.
* Available if the ration curve is enabled above.
•
Number of Time Clocks:
Select the number of time clock outputs.
Adjustable from 0 to 8 outputs.
•
Use Proxy Switch?
Select "Yes" if one or many proximity sen-
sors are used to detect the presence of
feed in the feed line.
•
Use Proxy Switch module ?
Select “Yes” if there is more than one prox-
imity sensor on the feeder. The Proxy
switch module allows using up to 8 prox-
imity sensors.
•
Prox Switch Off Delay:
Specify after how many seconds of con-
tinuous feed detection the feeder motor
must stop.
Accessible if a proximity sensor is enabled above.
•
Prox Switch Bypass Delay:
When a feeding cycle ends, a certain
amount of feed is likely to remain in the
line. Proximity sensors will ignore the pres-
ence of these leftovers during this period
of time at the beginning of each cycle. Set
the bypass delay to the desired value (from
0 to 30 minutes).
Accessible if a proximity sensor is enabled above.