User's Manual

Operation
ALPRO ver 6.60/ Activity meter system
94118201.pdf2006-11-08
CONTINOUS should be used only for cows
with a low, normal level of the activity
pattern, (e.g. for cows , which are tied up
during parts of day or night).
The sensitivity level can be set between 1
and 5. It refers to how many hours of
activity that should pass before ALPRO
makes an alarm. The value in paranthesis
refer to the system setting in menu 6:1:6:4:1.
No alarms from certain breeding states
FILTER SETTINGS
GIVE HIGH ACT ALARM:
✽
INSEMINATE -> PRG CHK
YES
CALVING -> HEAT YES
HEAT -> INSEMINATE
YES
INSEM
-> PRG CHK2
INSEMINATE ->DRY OFF
DRY OFF ->BUILD UP
BUILD UP -> CALVING
YES
YES
YES
YES
6:1:6:4:3 BREED STATE
If you don't want any high alarms from cows
in certain breeding states, set NO for that
breeding state.
Default value for all states is YES.
To set the activity tags in
appropriate mode
1:2:3 ACTIVITY TAG MODE
To reduce the amount of High Activity
Alarms or No Sendings Alarms it is possible
to put the activity tag in four different
modes: ON, OFF, WATCH and STDBY.
ACTIVITY TAG MODEACTIVITY TAG MODE
COW NO 1 GROUP NO: 1COW NO 1 GROUP NO: 1
TAG NO: 4567TAG NO: 4567
STATUS: ONSTATUS: ON
The ON mode
The tag is set to ON at start up. In this mode
the tag can record sendings and enable the
processor to give alarms.
ACTIVITY TAG MODEACTIVITY TAG MODE
COW NO 1 GROUP NO: 1COW NO 1 GROUP NO: 1
TAG NO: 4567TAG NO: 4567
STATUS: WATCHSTATUS: WATCH
The WATCH mode
The WATCH mode is used when the cows
are on pasture or out of range of the
receiving area. For a tag in this mode the
system will not generate any No RF sending
alarms. When the cow returns to the
receiving area the tag will change to ON
mode when a new sending has been
recorded.
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