Table of Contents
1 SenseHub™.............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Safety First....................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Conventions Used in this Manual.................................................................................... 2
2 SenseHub™ System Components and Installation.................................................................. 3
2.1 Required Components..................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Required Tools and Materials ......................................................................................... 4
2.3 Installing the SenseHub™ Controller............................................................................... 5
2.4 Site Survey....................................................................................................................... 5
2.4.1 SenseHub™ System Installation Best Practices....................................................... 7
2.5 Installing the SenseHub™ Controller............................................................................... 8
2.5.1 Controller Installation.............................................................................................. 9
2.5.2 Installing with an additional SenseHub™ Antenna................................................ 12
2.5.3 Installing the SenseHub Server.............................................................................. 16
2.5.4 Installing the Controller or Antenna, a distance from the Router ........................ 22
2.5.5 Connecting to the SenseHub Sorting Gate Controller........................................... 25
2.5.6 Additional Configurations...................................................................................... 27
2.6 Installing the Panel PC (Optional).................................................................................. 28
2.7 SenseHub™ Controller LEDs .......................................................................................... 30
2.8 FAQ/Troubleshooting the Installation........................................................................... 31
3 SenseHub™ Setup Guide ....................................................................................................... 32
3.1 Neck Tag Flex Tag Placement ........................................................................................ 32
3.1.1 Attaching Neck Tag Flex Tags to Cows .................................................................. 32
3.1.2 Removing Neck Tag Flex Tags from Cows ............................................................. 36
3.1.3 Attaching Ear Tag Flex Tags to Cows ..................................................................... 37
3.1.4 How to Place Ear Tag Flex Tags on Cows as a Second Tag .................................... 39
3.1.5 How to Place Ear Tag Flex Tags on Young Stock.................................................... 40
3.1.6 How to Remove Ear Tag Flex Tags......................................................................... 41
3.2 SenseHub™ Basic Configuration.................................................................................... 42
3.3 SenseHub™ Registration................................................................................................ 47
3.4 SenseHub™ Mobile Application .................................................................................... 51
3.5 Minimum Requirements ............................................................................................... 51
3.6 Using the SenseHub™Tools Installer ............................................................................ 52
3.7 Creating Groups............................................................................................................. 54
3.8 First Time Animal Entry using SenseHub™.................................................................... 56
3.8.1 Required Data when Entering Heifers/Cows......................................................... 56
3.9 Entering Heifers in SenseHub™..................................................................................... 57
3.10 Entering Cows in SenseHub™........................................................................................ 60
3.11 Pairing Cows with Monitoring Neck Tags/Ear Tags....................................................... 63
3.12 SenseHub™ Cow Card.................................................................................................... 64
3.12.1 Timeline................................................................................................................. 65