User's Manual

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3E3183 Gallagher HR5 Hand Held EID Tag Reader User Manual
Read Tags
When the Reader is powered on, the main menu screen will be
displayed with the Read Tags icon
highlighted.
Press the
OK bu on to start reading tags.
To read a tag
Squeeze the trigger on your Reader and pass the antenna near
the tag. A red light will show on the antenna, when the reader is
a emp ng to read a tag.
A beep will sound, a vibra on felt in the handle and the screen
will update with the Electronic ID tag informa on, indica ng a
successful tag read.
Important: If the Beeper and Vibrator have been turned off
in Se ngs, a successful tag read will be indicated by the tag
informa on changing on the screen only.
The fi elds on the Read Tags screen will vary depending on the
Session se ngs. See Sessions (p.7).
The tag number displayed in the big ID fi eld will vary depending on
your Tag Display se ng. See Tag Display (p.9).
Count or ‘No:’ The counter will increment each  me a tag is read to
show the number of animals in the current session.
The ‘No:’ fi eld on the lower le of the screen, can be selected to
scroll back through the previous animals in the session.
If Record traits = NO If Record traits = YES
Tags counted in
this session
Traits included
in this session
Press so key
below to Delete
tag shown
Press so key
below to Edit
trait values
Press so key
below to view
animal history
No so key
assigned