Installation manual
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6. Make any necessary repairs and adjustments, and then repeat the washing cycle.
7. Check that the antennas are in communication with the AfiFree155i milk meters
by bringing a spare tag into antenna rang of each antenna, and verifying that the
display responds.
NOTE
If the tag is not assigned to an animal identification number in
AfiSheep/AfiGoat, the display shows
8. Before performing a milking session, check that the AfiFree155i milk meters
respond to the buttons by doing the following:
a. Press the Start/Stop button twice as if to start milking; verify that the shut-off
valve on the long milk line opens.
b. Press the Start/Stop button for less than four seconds to stop milking; verify
that the ACR (if installed) operates.
9. Perform a milking session
a. Verify that cluster removal in all AfiFree155i milk meters is functioning.
b. Verify that each AfiFree155i milk meter responds to all the button presses.
c. Verify that all AfiFree155i milk meters send data to the computer.
d. Verify that the data sent from the AfiFree155i milk meter is reasonable, with
no unusually high or low volumes.
e. Verify that the correct parameters have been loaded.
10. Make all the required corrections and repeat the procedure.
Configuring
AfiFree 155i
Parameters
The value of the G parameter must be calculated and set to suit the characteristics of
the parlor—see Calculating and Setting the G Parameter, page 81.
The AfiFree 155i parameters are detailed in Introduction to the AfiFree 155i
Parameters (below).
Introduction to the
AfiFree 155i
Parameters
Table 19 shows the parameters for AfiFree 155i and their default values.
Table 19: Terminal 155i parameters
Paramet
er
Paramete
r
Parameter
description
Key
combi
nation
Display view
example
Min.
Value
Max.
Value
Step
Units
Default
value
F1
Minimum
Milking Time
Minimum Milking
Time
"F"+"1"
20
250
10
sec
90
MFR
Minimum
Flow
Flow for end of
milking
"F"+"2"
20
1000
10
g/min
70