SCR Heatime HR User manual

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Revision 2.13.X.X
July 2014

1. Heatime®HR Overview ............................................................................................................ 1
1.1 How Does Heatime®HR Work ......................................................................................... 2
1.2 Heatime®HR Features ..................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Conventions Used in this Manual.................................................................................... 3
2 Heatime®HR System Activation .............................................................................................. 4
2.1 Heatime®HR First Steps,.................................................................................................. 4
2.1.1 Set the Language ..................................................................................................... 4
2.1.2 Setting the Correct Date and Time.......................................................................... 5
2.1.3 Setting the Farm Name............................................................................................ 8
2.1.4 Creating Groups..................................................................................................... 10
2.1.5 Configuring Heatime for your Herd....................................................................... 13
2.1.6 Heatime®LD Configuration.................................................................................... 17
2.2 Confirming Operation.................................................................................................... 19
2.3 Pairing Tags with the Farm ............................................................................................ 20
2.4 Tag Assembly................................................................................................................. 22
2.4.1 Attaching Collars/Tags to Cows............................................................................. 22
2.4.2 Removing Collars/Tags from Cows........................................................................ 28
2.5 Using CSV to Upload Cow and Tag Data........................................................................ 30
2.6 Pairing Cows with Tags.................................................................................................. 34
2.7 Customizing the Message Screen.................................................................................. 36
3 Working with Heatime®HR.................................................................................................... 39
3.1 Daily Tasks ..................................................................................................................... 39
3.1.1 Using the Cows in Heat Report.............................................................................. 40
3.1.2 Using the Health Report ........................................................................................ 49
3.1.3 Using the Distress Report ...................................................................................... 52
3.1.4 Understanding Tech Alerts .................................................................................... 53
3.2 Batch Events .................................................................................................................. 56
3.3 Weekly Tasks ................................................................................................................. 59
3.3.1 Reading the Anestrus Cows Report....................................................................... 60
3.3.2 Reading the Cows with Irregular Heat Report....................................................... 67
3.3.3 Reading the Health History Report........................................................................ 69
3.3.4 Reading the Total Cows Report ............................................................................. 71
3.4 Monthly Tasks................................................................................................................ 72
3.4.1 Reviewing Do Not Breed Cows .............................................................................. 73
3.4.2 Reviewing the Group Status Report ...................................................................... 76
3.4.3 Reviewing the Last ID Report ................................................................................ 77
3.5 Maintenance Tasks........................................................................................................ 79
3.5.1 Heatime®HR Backups ............................................................................................ 79
3.5.2 Updating the Heatime®HR Control Box ................................................................ 84
4 Heatime®Viewer.................................................................................................................... 86
4.1 Installing Heatime®Viewer ............................................................................................ 87

4.1.1 Troubleshooting Heatime® HR Viewer Connectivity.............................................. 92
4.2 Exporting Heat Reports with Heatime®Viewer............................................................. 95
4.2.1 Heatime®HR Message Format............................................................................... 98
4.3 Printing from Heatime®Viewer ..................................................................................... 99
5 Using Heatime®HR Messaging ............................................................................................ 100
5.1 Email Messaging with Heatime® HR............................................................................. 100
5.1.1 Adding Recipients................................................................................................ 102
5.1.2 Adding Times ....................................................................................................... 103
5.1.3 Adding Alerts or Reports ..................................................................................... 104
5.2 Using SMS Messaging with Heatime®.......................................................................... 107
5.2.1 Adding Recipients................................................................................................ 109
5.2.2 Adding Times ....................................................................................................... 110
5.2.3 Adding Alerts or Reports ..................................................................................... 111
6 Heatime®HR Enhancements ............................................................................................... 113
6.1 SCR Sorting Gate and Heatime®HR ............................................................................. 113
6.1.1 Sorting and Do Not Breed Cows .......................................................................... 116
6.1.2 How to Add Reports to the Sorting Gate............................................................. 117
6.1.3 How to View the Sorting Schedule...................................................................... 119
6.1.4 How to Read the Sorting Report ......................................................................... 120
6.1.5 How to Read the Cows to be Sorted Report ....................................................... 120
6.1.6 The Cows in the Sorted Cows area are Different ................................................ 121
6.2 DataWand.................................................................................................................... 122
6.2.1 Creating Sets for the SCR DataWand™................................................................ 124
6.2.2 Loading Sets to the SCR DataWand™.................................................................. 127
7 Registering to HC24 and Connecting Heatime®HR ............................................................. 129
7.1 HC24 Registration........................................................................................................ 130
7.2 Registering Heatime®HR and Herd Management Systems......................................... 132
7.3 Is Heatime®HR Connected to the HC 24 Portal........................................................... 134
8 Heatime®HR Frequently Asked Questions.......................................................................... 135
Appendix A: Adapters.................................................................................................................. 139
Appendix B: 3rd Party RFID Antenna Connections –Pin Outs...................................................... 140
S600/S1200 to DF221 Serial Connections ................................................................................... 140
SR3000 to DF221 Serial Connections .......................................................................................... 141
Appendix C: RS 485 Cable Specification ...................................................................................... 142
Appendix D Current Loop Cable Specification............................................................................. 143
Appendix E FCC Compliance Statement...................................................................................... 144
Appendix F Heatime® HR LD Installation Examples ..................................................................... 145
Appendix G Certifications............................................................................................................ 146

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1. Heatime®HR Overview
Heatime® HR is an advanced, electronic, dairy cow monitoring system. Heatime® HR
provides Dairy Producers with three essential functions:
Cow Identification
Activity Monitoring
Rumination Monitoring
The functionality available depends on the type of neck tag fitted to the cow. The Green
H® Tag provides Activity Monitoring and Identification while the Black HR® Tag provides
Rumination and Activity Monitoring as well as Identification.
Tag Type
LD
Identification
Identification
Activity
Monitoring
Rumination
Monitoring
HR LD Tag
+
+
+
HR Tag
+
+
+
H LD Tag
+
+
H Tag
+
+
-
Green H™Tag Black HR™Tag
The Black Heatime® HR™Tag detects individual animals in heat as well as checks their
welfare and behavior continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The Green Heatime® H™Tag gives dairy producers a powerful tool to help them with
increasing efficiency and profitability by improving the breeding program and reducing
treatment expenses.

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1.1 How Does Heatime®HR Work
Heatime® HR is continuously monitoring cow activity, rumination, and identifies changes
from normal levels. These changes identify patterns related to heat, estrus, and illness.
Activity and rumination are monitored using collar mounted tags that record cow’s
movement and intensity, as well as rumination, in two-hour blocks.
When cows pass under an ID unit, their collar mounted tags are triggered, and then they
send the collected data to the Heatime® HR Control Box. The Heatime® HR Control Box
has a touch screen that enables the user to retrieve and view the information. Individual
cow data is stored in the database for up to a year. Each time new data is received at
the control unit, that data is compared to the cow's historical data, to detect any
changes in activity or rumination.
If changes in activity or rumination levels are detected, the system alerts the user. When
a sorting gate is installed, cows can be diverted automatically to a treatment yard.
1.2 Heatime®HR Features
Heatime® HR has these features:
Maximum of 400 tags supported
LD Data Collection and Cow Monitoring
Distress Alerts
One year of data storage
Report and graph display options
Comprehensive cow card
Multi-language support
Alerts by SMS and E-mail
Optional PC Viewer
Up to four 2 or 3 way sorting gates supported
Supports multiple herd groups
Daily automatic back-up
USB connection
DataWand™Support

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1.3 Conventions Used in this Manual
This manual is written to help users and technicians install and use Heatime® HR. The
following conventions are used throughout:
NOTE
Note identifies information that is of interest or is important.
CAUTION
Caution identifies an item or items that may cause harm to equipment or data.
WARNING
Warning identifies an item or items that may cause personal injury or loss of
data.
The FCC Wants You to Know
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference; in this case the user will be required to correct the interference at
his/her own expense.
CAUTION
Heatime® HR uses a 3.3V Lithium battery as a backup for the real-time clock.
There is a risk of explosion if this battery is replaced with an incorrect type.
Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.
FCC Warning
Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user
authority to operate the equipment under FCC rules.

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2 Heatime®HR System Activation
After the physical assembly of the components is complete and they are all wired
together, Heatime® HR can be connected to the power supply and activated for the first
time.
2.1 Heatime®HR First Steps,
There are five tasks that must be done in any new Heatime® HR installation before
adding any cows.
2.1.1 Set the Language
The first step is to set the Language.
1. Tap the SCR Logo in the bottom left of the screen, a dialog box appears.
2. Tap the Down Arrow on the list box and the list of available languages appears.
3. Choose the Language required from the list.
4. Tap the Green Check Mark to save the choice and set the operation language.
The Keypad appears.
5. Enter the Technician Password, 1239, and tap OK. The Interface language is
changed.

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2.1.2 Setting the Correct Date and Time
The next step is to set the correct Date and Time.
1. From the Main Menu tap Options, the Options Menu appears.
2. Tap User Options, the Keypad appears.
3. Enter the User Password, 6285, the User Options Menu appears.

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4. Tap Parameters, the System Parameters menu appears.
5. Tap Date and Time, the System Date and Time menu appears.
6. Tap into the Change Date Field, a calendar appears.
Choose the correct date from the Calendar and tap OK.