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Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................... 1
Basic Terminology................................................................................................ 2
Care and maintenance .............................................................................................. 3
Cable connections ............................................................................................... 4
Power and batteries .................................................................................................. 5
Battery charge status ........................................................................................... 5
Low battery warning............................................................................................ 6
Low voltage shutdown ........................................................................................ 6
The Weigh Scale's controls........................................................................................ 7
Soft Keys ............................................................................................................. 7
The Mode select switch - DS5000 ........................................................................ 9
Set up ....................................................................................................................... 10
Selecting a set up option.................................................................................... 10
Set milking start times ....................................................................................... 11
Enter herd names .............................................................................................. 13
Select herd milking order ................................................................................... 14
Setting the time and date .................................................................................. 15
User options ...................................................................................................... 16
Select a country ................................................................................................. 17
Preparing to weigh.................................................................................................. 18
Scale layout ....................................................................................................... 18
Pre-Weigh checklist ........................................................................................... 19
Sessions .................................................................................................................... 20
Session naming formats..................................................................................... 20
Weighing in automatic (walkover) mode .............................................................. 21
View Herd Statistics ........................................................................................... 23
Summary of Herd Weights............................................................................. 23
Weight Distribution Graph............................................................................. 25
Average Weekly Weight Graph...................................................................... 26
Average Weekly Weight Statistics .................................................................. 28
Weighing in manual mode ..................................................................................... 29
Creating a new manual weighing session ...................................................... 29
Weighing animals (Manual mode).................................................................. 30
Viewing statistics of a manual weighing session ............................................. 32
Deleting manual weighing sessions................................................................ 34
