Gallagher W810 v2 User manual

Instructions
WEIGH SCALE AND DATA
RECORDER
W810 v2

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PUBLISHEDBY
GallagherGroupLimited
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Hamilton,NewZealand
www.gallagher.co
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WeighScaleandDataRecorderW810v2UserManual
3E2364‐Edition5–September2014
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DISCLAIMER:Whileeveryefforthasbeen
madetoensureaccuracy,neitherGallagherGroup
Limitednoranyemployeeofthecompany,shall
beliableonanygroundwhatsoevertoanyparty
inrespectofdecisionsoractionstheymaymake
asaresultofusingthisinformation.
InaccordancewiththeGallagherpolicyof
continuingdevelopment,designandspecifications
aresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
DevelopedandmanufacturedbyGallagherGroup
Limited,anISO9001:2000CertifiedSupplier.

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TableofContents
Introduction.........................................................................................................................1
Careandmaintenance.........................................................................................................2
First‐timeuse.................................................................................................................................2
Installation..........................................................................................................................3
InstallingtheWeighScalebracket.................................................................................................3
Installingtheloadbars....................................................................................................................4
InstallingtheWeighScale..............................................................................................................4
Powerandbatteries............................................................................................................5
TheWeighScale'scontrols...................................................................................................8
SoftKeys.........................................................................................................................................8
Themodeselectswitch..................................................................................................................9
Setup.................................................................................................................................10
Selectingasetupoption...............................................................................................................11
Draftmenu...................................................................................................................................14
Sessionmenu...............................................................................................................................17
Setthetimeanddate...................................................................................................................23
Useroptions.................................................................................................................................24
Communications..........................................................................................................................28
Selectcountry..............................................................................................................................33
UsingElectronicIDs...........................................................................................................34
Cross‐referencingVisualTagNumbers........................................................................................34
Sessions.............................................................................................................................36
Sessionsoverview........................................................................................................................36
Sessionnamingformats...............................................................................................................38
Storagecapacity...........................................................................................................................39
Sessionstatistics..........................................................................................................................39
Selectingaview............................................................................................................................39
Statisticsscreen............................................................................................................................40
Weightgainscreen.......................................................................................................................42
Weightrecordsscreen.................................................................................................................43
Carcassweightscreen..................................................................................................................45
Preparingtoweigh............................................................................................................46
Weighingmodes..........................................................................................................................46
WeighScalelayout.......................................................................................................................48
ConnectingtheWeighScaletotheloadbars...............................................................................49
Settingthetagprefix....................................................................................................................50
Weighinginastandardsession..........................................................................................51
Creatinganewstandardweighingsession..................................................................................51
Procedureforweighinganimalsinastandardsession................................................................53
Procedureforweighingstaticloadsstandard.............................................................................57
Attheendoftheweighingsession..............................................................................................57
Draftingbyweight........................................................................................................................58

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WeighinginaTraitSession................................................................................................59
Creatinganewtraitweighingsession.........................................................................................59
Procedureforweighinganimalsinatraitsession.......................................................................61
ProcedureforweighingstaticTraitloads....................................................................................65
Attheendoftheweighingsession..............................................................................................65
Weighingwhiledraftingbylist..........................................................................................66
WhatisaDraftList?.....................................................................................................................66
SettinguptheDraftList...............................................................................................................67
Connectingtheequipment..........................................................................................................68
SelectingtheDraftListandsettinggates....................................................................................69
ProcedureforweighinganddraftinganimalsbyDraftList.........................................................71
Draftingbylistwithoutweighing.................................................................................................75
Attheendoftheweighingsession..............................................................................................76
Editingweightrecords.......................................................................................................77
Abouteditingweightrecords......................................................................................................77
EditingaweightrecordinaStandardorDraftListsession.........................................................77
EditingaweightrecordinaTraitsession....................................................................................78
Deletingaweightrecordinthecurrentsession..........................................................................79
Recordinganimalinformationwithoutweighing...............................................................80
AutomaticstoringofElectronicIDs.............................................................................................80
AssigningVisualTagNumberstoElectronicIDs..........................................................................81
Recordingstandardanimalinformation......................................................................................82
Recordinganimaltraits................................................................................................................83
CheckingforduplicateVisualTagNumbers.......................................................................84
EditingaduplicateVisualTagNumber........................................................................................85
AcceptingduplicateVisualTagNumbers.....................................................................................85
UpdatingtheCross‐ReferenceTablewithTagChecking.............................................................86
Additionalfeatures............................................................................................................87
Zerotracking................................................................................................................................87
Memoryfullwarning....................................................................................................................88
Printing.........................................................................................................................................89
InvalidSessionEID's.....................................................................................................................89
Interfacingsoftware:APS..................................................................................................91
Loadbarandplatformoptions...........................................................................................92
GallagherStandardLoadbars.......................................................................................................92
GallagherHeavyDutyLoadbars...................................................................................................92
GallagherSuperHeavyDutyLoadbars.........................................................................................93
GallagherHeavyDutyWeighFeet...............................................................................................93
GallagherSuspensionLoadCell250kg........................................................................................94
GallagherSuspensionLoadCell500kg........................................................................................94
Specifications.....................................................................................................................95
WeighScaleW810v2Dimensions...............................................................................................95
General.........................................................................................................................................95
NotforTrade................................................................................................................................95
Weightincrements.......................................................................................................................96
WasteElectricalandElectronicEquipment........................................................................97

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INTRODUCTION
ThankyouforpurchasingtheGallagherWeighScaleW810v2.
Gallagherhasbeenmakingagriculturalweighingequipmentforover60years.
Inthattimewehaveearnedareputationforthemanufactureofquality
equipmentthatissimple,tough,innovativeandreliable.
TheWeighScalerangeofWeighScalesisspecificallydesignedtoaccurately
weighliveanimals.HowevertheGallagherrangeisalsowellsuitedtoweighing
staticloadsandcanbeusedforthispurposeinindustrialapplications.
Aswellasweighing,WeighScaleW810v2includesthefollowingfeatures;
Youcantypeanimalmanagementinformationinplaintextusingthe
QWERTYkeyboard.
YoucanidentifyanimalsusingElectronicIDsand/orVisualTag
Numbers.
Youcanrecordaconditionscoreornoteforeachanimal,oruptoeight
animaltraits.
Youcanusegraphsasanaidtoanalysingchangesinanimalweightover
time.
Youcandraftupto9wayseitherbyweightorfromalist.
Youcanviewsessionstatistics,analysedbydraftgroupforthecurrent
session.
Youcanviewstatisticsforclosedsessions.
Youcanstoreupto10TraittablesintheWeighScaleandselectthe
requiredtablewhencreatinganewsession.
YoucanedittheVisualTagNumberinthecurrentsession.
Youcaneditthetraitdataonanimalsinthecurrentsession.
Youcanstoredraftinglimitswiththesession.Thesedraftinglimits
aresentbacktoAPSwiththesession.
Youcanstoreasessionnotewithasession.ThisissentbacktoAPS
withthesession.

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CAREANDMAINTENANCE
TheWeighScaleW810v2isatoughandreliableproductdesignedforusein
typicallivestockenvironments.However,propercareandmaintenancecan
extenditslife.
ListedbelowareguidelinesforkeepingtheWeighScaleingoodcondition:
Don'tsubmergetheWeighScaleinanyliquid.
StoretheWeighScaleinacool,dryplace.Avoidstoringitindirectsunlight
Afteruse,cleantheWeighScalewithadampcloth.Takecarenotto
scratchthedisplay.
Fittheconnectorcapstokeeptheconnectionscleananddry.
First‐timeuse
WhenyouopentheWeighScalethefirsttime,youwillfindthatthedisplay
screeniscoveredwithatransparentoverlay.Theoverlayisprintedwiththe
number630andothercharacters.
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RemovethisoverlaybeforestartingtousetheWeighScale.Theoverlayis
easilyremovedafterfirstgraspingthetab.

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INSTALLATION
InstallingtheWeighScalebracket
Thebracketcanbemountedonaflatverticalsurface,oronaroundpost.
Tomountthebracketona
flatverticalsurface,for
exampleasquarepostor
board,usetheouterholes.
Tomountthebracketona
roundpost,usetheinner
holes.
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Don'tmounttheWeighScalebracketontheweighingcrateorchute.

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Installingtheloadbars
Toinstalltheloadbars,followthesesteps:
Note:Fittheloadbarsasperthemanufacturer'sinstructions.
1. Bolttheplatformtotheloadbars.
2. Ensuretheplatformisplacedonaflatandlevelsurface.Makesureitisnot
touchinganyrailsorgates.
3. Eitherbolttheloadbarstotheconcretepadorlocatethemonstudssetinto
theconcrete.Thiswillpreventtheplatformfrommovingduringthe
weighingsession.
4. ConnecttheloadbarcablestotheWeighScale.
Note:IfyouareusingnonGallagher,loadbarsensuretheloadbarsarecorrectly
calibrated.
InstallingtheWeighScale
TheWeighScalecanbeplacedonatabletopormountedontheWeighScale
bracketsupplied.
PositiontheWeighScale:
clearoftheplatformtoensureitdoesnotinterferewiththeflowof
animalsduringtheweighingcycle
withineasyreachoftheloadbarleads
withineasyreachoftheoperator(formanualweighing),and
inawell‐litarea

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POWERANDBATTERIES
Duringaweighingsession,theWeighScalecanbepoweredbyitsinternal
batteryaloneorbyitsinternalbatteryandeitherthebatterychargeroran
external12voltbattery.
ThebatterychargerconnectsbetweenanACoutletandtheWeighScale.
Ifeitherthebatterychargeroranexternal12voltbatteryisconnectedtothe
WeighScale,theWeighScale'sinternalbatterywillbechargedwhiletheWeigh
Scaleisinuse.
Foroptimumperformance,switchofftheWeighScaleandchargeitsinternal
batteryovernight.Whenfullycharged,theinternalbatteryonitsownwill
powertheWeighScalecontinuouslyforaminimumofeighthours.
BatterylifemaybereducediftheWeighScaleisbeingusedtopoweran
ElectronicIDreader.
Chargingthebattery
ThebatteryintheWeighScalecanberechargedusingeitherabatterychargeror
anexternal12voltbattery.
Rechargingthebatterywilltakeuptosixteenhoursdependingonthelevelof
chargealreadyinthebattery.TheWeighScalecanbeinuseorcanbeswitched
offwhilethebatteryisbeingcharged.
Usingthebatterycharger
Tochargethebatteryusingthebatterycharger,followthesesteps:
1. ConnecttheleadbetweenthebatterychargerandtheWeighScale.
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2. PlugthebatterychargerintoanACoutletandswitchon.
3. OpentheWeighScalecaseandmakesurethebatterychargeicon
onthemainscreenisflashing.Thisindicatesthatthebatteryischargingand
willbedisplayedwhethertheWeighScaleisturnedonoroff.

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Usinganexternal12voltbattery
TochargetheWeighScale'sinternalbatteryusinganexternal12voltbattery,
followthesesteps:
1. ConnectthesuppliedblackandredbatteryleadstotheWeighScale.
2. Connecttheotherendofthebatteryleadstothe12voltbattery.
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ConnecttheRedcliptothePositiveterminal.
ConnecttheBlackcliptotheNegativeterminal.
3. OpentheWeighScalecaseandmakesurethebatterychargeicon 
onthemainscreenisflashing.Thisindicatesthatthebatteryischargingand
willbedisplayedwhethertheWeighScaleisturnedonoroff.
Batterychargestatus
ThebatteryicondisplaysinthebottomleftcorneroftheWeighScale'supper
screen.
Itisimportanttonotethatthebatteryiconwillonlyevershowtheactual
amountofchargeleftinthebatterywhentheWeighScaleisturnedonand
disconnectedfromexternalpower.
FullyChargedBatteryIconbarsarealldisplayedconstantly.
Partially
Charged
BatteryIconshowsfirstfourbarsconstantly.
BatteryFlatNoBatteryIconbarsaredisplayed.
WhentheWeighScaleisconnectedtotheexternalpowersupplythebattery
iconwilldisplaythechargingstatus.
ChargingBatteryIconshowsallthebarsconstantlyfilling
andthendisappearing.
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Lowbatterywarning
Whenthechargeremaininginthebatterydropstoaverylowlevel,thebattery
chargeiconontheWeighScalewillstarttoflashandfourbeepswillsoundevery
30seconds.Afterabout15minutes,theWeighScalewillshutdown.

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Lowvoltageshutdown
Whenthebatterychargedropstoacriticallevel,theWeighScalewillshutdown.
Atthisstageitisnecessarytorechargethebattery.
Batteryvoltagewarning
IfthevoltagesuppliedfromthechargertotheWeighScaleisnotwithinthe
requiredrange(10.5V‐15V)orthebatterytemperaturerisesabove50°Cthe
WeighScalewillbeepandthebatterychargeiconwillstarttoflash.Itis
importantthatyouremovethechargerfromtheWeighScaleimmediately.
Batteryconditioning
WhentheWeighScaledetectsthebatteryvoltageisverylow,itwillperforma
batteryconditioningchargeprocess.Thisprocesswillprotectthebatteryby
limitingtheamountofcurrentthatisusedtorechargethebatterycells.Dueto
thecurrentlimitation,thechargecyclewilltake16hourstocomplete.By
performingafullconditioningcharge,thelifeofthebatterywillbegreatly
extended.
TheWeighScalecanbeusedwhilethebatteryconditioningisinprogress.The
remainingchargetimewillbedisplayedonthelowerscreenwhentheWeigh
Scaleisswitchedoff.
Note:Ifthechargecycleisinterrupted,theWeighScalewillattemptaconditioning
cyclethenexttimeitispluggedintoacharger.
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THEWEIGHSCALE'SCONTROLS
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SoftKeys
Fivesoftkeysarearrangedalongthebottomofthelowerscreen.Thefunction
ofthesesoftkeyschangesdependingonwhatthelowerscreendisplays.For
anygivenscreen,notallsoftkeyshaveafunction.Thosethatdoarelabelledin
thescreen.
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Buttonslike ,  and  allow
movementverticallyupanddownthescreen.
Buttonslike and  allowmovementhorizontally
acrossthescreen.
Thefunctionofotherbuttonsisdescribedelsewhereinthisusermanual.

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Themodeselectswitch
TheWeighScalecanoperateinthreeweighingmodesandasetupmode.
ThemodeselectswitchislocatedonthelefthandsideoftheWeighScale.
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Themodeselectswitchhasfivepositions:  ,A,M,FandS.Immediately
afteryouturntheswitchtoanypositionexcept,explanatoryinformationwill
displayonthelowerofthetwoWeighScalescreens.Theexplanatory
informationwilldisplayonlyforafewseconds;afteritdisappears,thescreen
displaysinformationrelevanttotheselectedoption.
ThispositionturnstheWeighScaleoff.
AThispositionselectsweighinginAutomaticmode.
YoucanalsostoreElectronicIDsandupdatetheWeighScale's
cross‐referencetablewhentherearenoloadbarsconnected.
MThispositionselectsweighinginManualmode.
Youcanalsorecordanimalinformation,withoutweighing,whenthere
arenoloadbarsconnected.
FThispositionselectsweighinginFinemode.Itisdesignedfor
static‐loadweighing..
SThispositionaccessesthesetupoptions.
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SETUP
ToaccesstheSetupmenu,turnthemodeselectswitchtoS.
ThesetupmenudisplaysonthelowerofthetwoscreensontheWeighScale.In
setupmode,themainscreennormallydisplaysthetimein24hourformat.Every
minutethemainscreenmomentarilydisplaysthedate,thenautomatically
revertstodisplayingthetimeagain.
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Thesetupmenucontainssixoptions:
1. DRAFTMENU‐selectthedraftingmodeandspecifythedraftinglimit(s).
2. SESSIONMENU‐selectasessionandview,printordeletethesession.
3. SETTIMEANDDATE‐setthecurrenttimeanddate.
4. USEROPTIONS‐selectweightunits,turnVisualTagNumbercheckingonor
off,turnliveprintingonoroff,turnADGdisplayonoroff.
5. COMMUNICATIONS‐setupaconnectiontoacomputer,printer,Electronic
IDreaderorotherexternaldeviceandenabledraftingviatheautoDrafter.
6. SELECTCOUNTRY‐foraspecificcountry,selectsalanguageand
country‐specificterminologyandweightunit.

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Selectingasetupoption
WhenyouturnthemodeselectswitchtoS,oneofthesetupmenuoptionsis
displayed.
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ToselectanoptionfromtheSetupmenu:
1. Pressthe orsoftkeytodisplaytherequired
menuoption.
2. Press.
Alternatively,usingthekeypad,youcanpressthenumberofthemenuitemthat
youwanttoselect.
Forexample:
toselecttheSessionMenu,press2,
toselectCommunications,press5.
Tochangethescreencontrast:
Thecontrastonthescreenmayneedtobemadelighterordarkerforeaseof
viewing.
1. Press  once.
2. Followtheon‐screeninstructionstoalterthecontrast.
3. Pressagaintochangethebacklighting.SeeBacklighting(p12)
forfurtherdetails.
4. PressathirdtimetoreturntotheSetupmenu.
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Formoreinformationabouteachofthesetupmenuitems,referto:
DraftMenu(p14)
SessionMenu(p17)
SettheTimeandDate(p23)
UserOptions(p24)
Communications(p28)
SelectCountry(p33)

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Backlighting
ThedefaultsettingforthisoptionisOFF.Whenbacklightingisturnedon,both
theupperandlowerLCDscreensarebacklitforaddedvisibility.
Usingbacklighting:
1. FromaSetupmenuoption,press  twice.
2. Press repeatedlytoscrollthroughthelistuntilyoufindthe
backlightoptionyourequire.
3. Press  againtoreturntotheSetupmenu.
Theoptionsforbacklightingareasfollows:
OptionsDescription
Backlightingisswitchedoff.
Thebacklightingwillautomaticallyturnoff
after30secondsofinactivity.Thebacklight
willswitchbackonintheeventoffurther
activity.
Thebacklightingwillautomaticallyturnoff
after1minuteofinactivity.Thebacklightwill
switchbackonintheeventoffurtheractivity.
Thebacklightingwillautomaticallyturnoff
after2minutesofinactivity.Thebacklightwill
switchbackonintheeventoffurtheractivity.
Thebacklightingwillautomaticallyturnoff
after5minutesofinactivity.Thebacklightwill
switchbackonintheeventoffurtheractivity.
IfthebacklightoptionisswitchedtoAlways
On,andtheWeighScaleisusinganexternal
powersupply,theback‐lightingwillstayon
until;
theWeighScaleisswitchedoff,or
thebacklightoptionischangedtoOFF,
or
theWeighScalechangestobattery
power,followedby5minutesof
inactivity.
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Note:Useractivityisdeterminedas:
Userinputonkeyboard,pushbuttonsorrotarydial
AnyElectronicIDdatareceivedfromRS232orBluetoothports
Aweightchangegreaterthan5kgor11lb.

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Draftmenu
TheDraftmenuletsyouset:
thedraftingmode,
thedraftinglimits,
thedraftinggatenumber(ifyouhavesetupautodrafting),and
adraftinggateforwhendraftlimitsareturnedoff.
Draftingcanbecompleted:
Manually
FormanualdraftingtheWeighScaledisplaystheappropriatedraftinggate
toopen.
Automatically
Usinganautodrafter.
Aboutdrafters
AdrafterusestheweightoftheanimaloraDraftlist(requiringEIDtagson
animals)ontheWeighScaletodeterminewhichdraftgatetoopenforthe
animal.FormanualdraftingtheWeighScaledisplaystheappropriatedraft
gate.ForautodraftingtheScalesendsthedraftinggatenumbertothedrafter
controllerwhichopensthecorrectgateorgates.
DependingonthedrafterusedtheWeighScalecancontrolupto9drafting
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Manual&Automaticdrafting
TosetuptheWeighScaleformanualorautodrafting,completethefollowing:
1. ManualDrafting:Ensurethatnoportissetfordrafting.
ForfurtherdetailsseeCommunications(p28).
AutomaticDrafting:ConfiguretheconnectionbetweentheWeighScaleand
theDrafter.ForfurtherdetailsseeCommunications(p28).
2. Settherequireddraftmode.
a) TurnthemodeselectionswitchtoS.
b) Select1.DRAFT/SORTMENUandpressthe  softkey.
Thecurrentmodedisplaysatthetopofthescreen.
c) Pressthesoftkeyuntiltherequireddraftingmodeis
displayed.
ThedraftingmodecyclesbetweenDraftingOffandDraftingfrom2‐way
upto9‐way.
3. Settherequireddraftlimitsandgatenumber.
a) Pressthesoftkeytoselectthedraftlimityouwishto
change.
Tochangeagatenumber:
Note:IfnodrafterisenabledintheCommunicationsmenu(Manual
drafting),thengatenumbersarenotdisplayed.
Press todeletetheexistinggatenumber.
Usethekeypadtoenterthenewgatenumber(0to9).
Tochangeadraftlimit:
Press todeletetheexistingdraftlimit.
Usethekeypadtoenterthenewdraftlimit.
Draftlimitscanbesetusingonedecimalplaceupto999.9kg.
Note:
Setupthedraftlimitssothatthesmallestisatthetopandthelargestis
atthebottom.Ifyouenterthedraftlimitsoutoforder,theWeighScale
reordersthemonceyoupress.
b) Repeatstepsforallrequiredchanges.
4. Press  tosavethechangesandreturntotheSETUPmenu.
Notes:
Toselectadefaultdraftinggatewhendraftlimitshavebeenturnedoff:
a) PresstheOFFsoftkey.
b) PressCHANGEtoscrollthroughtheoptionseitherselectingOFFora
gatenumberforanimalstobedraftedto,ifadrafterisconnectedwhen
draftingisturnedoff.
Onthe2WAYDRAFTINGscreen,gatenumbersareshownagainsttheH
GatesandLGateslabels.

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HGatessetsthegatenumberforanimalsthatweighanythingHigher
thantheDraftLimit.
LGatessetsthegatenumberforanimalsthatweightheDraftLimitor
anythingLowerthantheDraftLimit.
Onthe3WAYDRAFTINGscreen,gatenumbersareshownagainsttheH
Gates,CGatesandLGateslabels.
HGatessetsthegatenumberforanimalsthatweighanythingHigher
thantheUpperLimit.
CGatessetsthegatenumberforanimalsthatweighanythinghigher
thantheLowerLimitandinclusiveoftheUpperLimit.
LGatessetsthegatenumberforanimalsthatweightheLowerLimitor
anythingLowerthantheLowerLimit.
Onthe4WAYormoreDRAFTINGscreen,gatenumbersareshownas
numbers,withgate1asthelowestlimit.