baqueano Pro User manual

1. Introduction
Initial setup
2. Establishments
3. Work sessions
4. Readings
5. Animal Profiles
6. Functions on a reading
7. Tasks
8. Work in Sleeves
9. Scanner de código de barras
10. Conexión Bluetooth
Firmware 19.5.5
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Introduction
Keyboard and functions
Battery Recharge
To recharge the battery of the Baqueano reader you should only use the chargers (USB
or 220V) that come in the case.
The USB charger is used to charge the reader from a computer, from a car, or from any
other USB device.
In both cases when the device is charging you will see a red light on the charger. When
the battery charge is complete the light will be green.
Fully charging the battery may take approximately 4 hours.
With a full battery charge you can take approximately 10,000 readings.
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Micro tarjeta SD
Do not remove the SD card from the reader
Safety and maintenance instructions
●Read this manual carefully, it contains all the instructions for the correct
installation and use of the Baqueano Pro and Pro S reader.
●Keep this manual for future reference
●The reader does not need maintenance
●Do not open the equipment. It has no user serviceable parts
●The equipment should not be charged with cables other than the original
ones.
●If a cable is damaged, do not try to repair it, contact us for a
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replacement.
●In the event of any malfunction, contact the Technical Support Service.
Initial setup
1. Power on and off
The reader is turned on and off by pressing the ON/OFF-Cancel
button
When starting the reader for the first time, you must indicate the
language and the country of use
Note: In the Settings menu, the language and country of use can be changed at any
time.
2. Reader Display
When you turn on the equipment, after indicating the language and country of use, the
reader goes to the starting point and you will see the following screen:
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From this starting point you can access:
1. If you press the OK key, you access the reader's
status query.
The display will indicate the following information:
●The Establishment where you are working
(if applicable)
●The current session
●The number of Readings you did in that
Session
3. Reader menu
If you press the 0 key, you access the Reader Menu.
In the menu you will see the following functions:
Readings
Settings
To move between the options you must use the keys 2,4,6,8.
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Reader’s Menu
READINGS
TASKS
New Task / Close Task
Starts a predefined task
in the reader
SESSIONS
New Session
Creates a new session
Re Open Session
Open a session that was
closed
Readings/Session
Shows readings per
session
NOTES
Edit List
Creates de notes
whatever you want
Name List
Name the list whatever
you want
Continuous Mode
Start this reading mode
Manual Inputs
Enter an ID Tag manually
Backup
Backup all your readings
on the SD card
Rows
Activate mode (Settings)
New Row
Creates a new row
Re open
Open a previous row
Readings/Row
Shows readings per row
Disable
It disable row mode
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SETTINGS
BLUETOOTH
Search
Search nearby devices
to connect
Paired devices
Shows the list of devices
that have already been
previously found by the
reader
Delete devices
Open a session that was
closed
ROWS
Activate menu
Enable the Rows menu
in the Readings menu
COUNTRY
Select the country of use
CONTROLS
Country Control
(Country Code number
in ID tag)
YES / NO
Animal Control (Animal
species Code number in
ID tag)
YES / NO
LANGUAGE
Select the Language
SOUND
Turn sound on or off
DATE & TIME
Shows the set date &
time
ABOUT BAQUEANO
Indicates serial number,
firmware version,
hardware components
version
ADMINISTRATOR
Scanner Config
Select different configs
Change Date & Time
Set Date & Time
PIN
1111 - Change and
confirm
RESET
MASTER FACTORY
RESET
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Work sessions
Work sessions with livestock are numbered by default as Session 1,
Session 2, Session 3, etc. It admits up to a maximum of 50, without
downloading the reader. However, they can be named at the time of their
creation, or in the sessions menu.
Once you have selected the Establishment (if applicable) in which you are going to
work, the reader allows reading in different Work Sessions.
"Session 1" is created automatically. All the readings you take will be saved in Session
1, until you select or create a new session.
● New Session
In menu Readings> Session> New Session, you can create Session 2, and so on.
If you have a Task started (see Tasks chapter) when creating a new Session you will
have to start the Task again, so you will be asked if you want to keep the task started
or if you prefer to close it.
● Reopen Sessions
In the menu Reading> Sessions> Reopen session, you can reopen any session that
you have used previously to add new readings to it.
● Naming Sessions
By default the sessions are numbered (1,2,3 ...), but in this option of the
Reading menu> Sessions> Rename you can name them as your wish.
●View readings from a Session
In the menu Readings> Sessions> Readings made, you can see the amount of
readings made in each work session.
You can also see each reading, with all its information.
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Readings
It is not necessary to press and hold the read button (YELLOW BUTTON). By
pressing it once, the reader tries to read a tag for 10 seconds. As it tries, the red light
on the keyboard turns on.
When the reader identifies a tag, the red light turns off and the green light turns on
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● Continuous reading
The reader has a continuous reading mode, in which tags can be read without pressing
the read button.
Continuous reading is activated by pressing the yellow read button and then the OK
key.
On the screen, you will see the message “Continuous reading started”.
The red and keypad light will remain blinking. Every time a tag is read, the green light
will come on.
To disable continuous reading, press the Cancel button.
You will see the message “Continuous reading stopped” on the display.
Note: To download readings install the Readings Manager - Check on our
Youtube Channel
● Manual EID entry
In case the animal does not have electronic tags, or it is not possible to read it, the ID
number registration function can be used using the reader's numeric keypad (manual
ID input function).
Procedure:
1) Press the Manual Read Entry key (key 1)
2) Enter the identification number (ID) of the tag with the numeric keypad
3) Press OK
4) You will see in the reader's viewer the number entered with an M next to it (indicating
that it was read manually)
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Functions on a reading
If you press OK when a reading is being shown on the display, you access the
Information Detail of that reading:
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With the down arrow you can navigate to see all the information pages that the
reading has.
If you press OK again (on the Detail of the reading), you access a menu of functions on
it:
1. Task Actions
To see this you must have a Task started.
By selecting this option you can choose any of the actions of the Task, to repeat the
action, and thus modify the record of a characteristic, or make a query again, for
example.
2. Enter Notes/Attributes
The notes/attributes are descriptions that you want to give the animal or a treatment
that is done to it.
Attribute lists must be created in the reader.
Within this option you can register up to 3 attributes to the selected animal.
3. Enter Observation
As a Reading Observation, you can write whatever you want, in a maximum of 14
characters.
4. Delete reading
Selecting this option with OK, the reading is deleted. A deleted reading is not
recoverable, therefore it requires a confirmation, and it is not possible to delete multiple
readings either.
5. Reading Backup
The Backup Readings function, in the Readings> Backup menu, consists of moving
the readings of all the Sessions, from the reader's working memory to the micro SD
card.
After making the backup, a new Session is created.
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Readings backed up on the SD card will not be accessible from the reader. It will
no longer appear on the display.
You will only be able to see them after downloading them with the Reading
Manager in your PC
Note: The purpose of backing up readings is to free up space in the reader's
internal memory. If the limit of the internal storage capacity (5,000 readings) is
reached, it is advisable to back up the readings on the micro SD card (allows to
store more than 1,000,000 readings). It is also a way to protect the readings for
the download process to the PC against possible power outages or unexpected
changes in the electrical voltage.
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Tasks
Default Tasks are sequences of actions (registration, consultation, alarm) that
the Pro and Pro S reader can do automatically after reading the tag of each
animal. Tasks are already predefined in the reader.
Default Tasks
There are 4 Tasks that are included in all Baqueano Readers models named Send EID,
WEIGHING (KG), Kg + ATTRIBUTE, USE ATTRIBUTES. This will always be available
in the reader, in addition to other default tasks depending on the model, and the ones
you might configured in the Tero system (as long as you have a Tero account).
The Send EID Task involves sending the information of each tag instantly after reading
it, via bluetooth, to a scale, cell phone application or PC.
The WEIGHING Task (KG) involves recording the weight (whether it is entered by
keyboard or by bluetooth, from a scale) after reading the caravan.
The Kg + ATTRIBUTE Task implies the weight record + the possibility of adding
characteristics to the animal.
The USE ATTRIBUTES Task involves registering up to 3 attributes per animal by using
the attributes lists.
● Start a Task
When carrying out a session with animals, one of the tasks described in the previous
item can be carried out; it can be programmed in Tero or the predefined tasks that the
reader has.
To perform a Task you have to Start the Task in the menu:
Readings> Tasks> Start task, selecting the Task you want to start with OK.
Once a Task is started, after reading a tag, the reader will automatically execute the
Task actions.
After finishing the activity with the animals, you can simply turn off the reader with the
red button. It is not necessary to finish the Task.
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● Attribute Creation
To create or edit Attributes it is necessary that the SD card is inserted
The attributes are descriptions that you want to give the animal or a treatment that is
done, for example:
- body condition
- reproductive status (pregnant, empty)
- dosage of a medical device
- or any other feature that the user needs.
Attribute lists must be created in the reader.
You can create up to 3 Attribute lists (each with 24 characteristics).
In the menu Readings / Attributes / you will see the following image:
With OK you enter each of the lists and with the reader's keyboard you can edit the
name’s list or the value for each attribute. By default it will be catalogue as A, B, C, D,
etc.
Example:
List 1 - Reproduction List 2 - Sanitary
a - Pregnant a - Brucelosis
b - Empty b - Aftosa
c - Cycling c - Minerals
This will create 2 of the 3 lists that you can edit.
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When starting the Use Attributes Task, the reader will behave as follows:
It will show you on the screen the 3 lists created, and you will have to choose which of
the 3 lists are going to be used (you can select 1, 2 or the 3 lists).
You must do it in the order that you are going to use them.
Once the lists have been chosen (let's continue with the previous example), in this
case we choose only the List 1 that we call Reproduction and List 2 that we call
Sanitary, so we will not use the List 3.
Every time you read an animal, the reader will show you on the screen (automatically),
first the characteristics of List 1 to let you choose the correct attribute for the occasion.
Thus, the animal read will be left with the following record:
Pregnant cow
Aftosa vaccine applied.
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● Recognition
This function is used to recognize or separate previously selected tags.
It is used a lot to separate animals either to sell them, to give them a specific
treatment, for stock control, etc.
To operate in the Recognition Task, you can send to the reader different lists with ID
numbers that you want to recognize using the Readings Manager on your PC.
Once those lists have been sent you should begin the Recognition Task in the reader
by the menu: Readings / Task / Start Task / Recognition.
When you read a previously loaded animal the reader will sound and vibrate different
and you will see in the display the message "Found in list X"
When the reader is working in the Recognition Task, you will still be able to read tags
that have not been previously loaded.
This “New” reading will be read and saved as a normal reading but marked as a new
one, separeted from those that has been recognized.
When these readings are downloaded to the Manager you will see a complete report of
your Recognition Task, which means, those found, those still missing, and those that
are new animals in relation to the list used (see GLB manual).
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Work in Rows
When doing an activity with animals, you can choose to work in Rows Mode. It
consists of making groups of animals called sleeves, where each animal is in a
correlative fixed position. (Dairy farms)
We recommend using this mode when working with the Reader Pro S, in dairy farms,
milking parlors, or in pens where animals cannot be moved, and for performing dairy
and / or bleeding control tasks.
Working in rows allows you to make some records in a more practical way:
1. You can make registrations alternately. You can read all the animals in the Row and
then indicate one of them by its order number, to identify it and associate the sample
while ignoring the others, thus being able to alternately associate the samples for
control.
2. You can make sequential registrations. You will be able to read all the tags and then
surround the animals to take the sample from the back, without having to read again,
to make it more comfortable. To access this type of record, it is necessary to activate
the sequential mode in the advanced options of the tasks, in the programming of them
in the Tero. (See the Tero manual).
Up to 256 Rows can be made and in each Row you can have up to 99 animals.
In the reader you will see up to 2 Rows. You will always have access only to the last 2
activated Rows. The previous ones, once they are closed, will be saved on the mini SD
memory card.
The operation is as follows:
1. If you have a PRO reader, you must activate the Rows menu in Settings> Rows (or
Mangas) Menu> Enable. If you have a PRO S reader, the menu is enabled by default.
2. Next, go to the Readings Menu> Rows> Activate Row
3. This will display a new menu with the options:
New Row
Reopen prior
Readings / Row
Disable Row
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4. Select the New Row option. From here all the readings you do will be included in
this Row, remember the limit is 99 animals for each one.
5. Select the task to be executed with these animals (optional: we recommend that
the task be started at this time, but it can be started before opening the Row or after
closing it).
6. Begin to read the animals, each one will be assigned a correlative number
according to the position in which it was read, starting with 01, then 02, 03 and so on.
7. After you finish reading the animals, press the "6" button on the keyboard to
close the Row.
8. Begin the task of your choice (point 5).
9. The viewer will ask you to indicate the animal number (consecutive order) for
which the information will be recorded.
10. Enter the number of the desired animal (01, 02, 03, etc.) on the keyboard.
11. Enter the information for this animal.
12. After the successful registration notice, you can insert a new animal number by
repeating the process.
13. To finish the job, press the "Cancel" key (red "X").
Here's more on sequential operation
It is useful to work in this mode on certain occasions, such as in Dairy Control
activities, for example.
In dairy control, 2 characteristics are recorded:
1. Bar code of the milk sample of each cow
2. The milk production of each cow in litres
The barcodes of each milk sample, can be sequentially engraved on the cows in a
Row, from first to last, by digitizing the barcode on the label of each sample tube, one
after the other.
The procedure would be as follows:
Start the task DAIRY SAMPLING in Readings/Tasks/Start Task/ Dairy Sampling
Open a New Row.
Read all the tags of the cows in line and complete (close) the row.
Start the sampling registration by reading the barcodes of the bottles of the
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