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.

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7. Tap into the Time Field.
Use the Arrows to change the time. Remember to set AM or PM as required.
8. Tap OK to save the correct Time and Date.
NOTE
When using Heatime® HR no adjustments are needed for Daylight Savings
Time.
CAUTION
The time on the Heatime® HR device cannot ever be adjusted backwards once
there are cows in the system.

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2.1.3 Setting the Farm Name
The next step in configuring a new Heatime® HR System is to enter the name of the
farm.
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.
4. Tap Parameters, the Parameters menu appears.

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5. Tap Miscellaneous, the Miscellaneous Options menu appears.
6. Tap into the Farm Name Field, the keyboard appears.
Use Back Space to clear the field and enter the name of the Farm.
7. Tap on the green background to clear the keyboard and tap OK to save the Name
of the Farm.

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2.1.4 Creating Groups
After entering the Name of the Farm, Groups are created.
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.
4. Tap Herd Handling, the Herd Handling menu appears.

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5. From the Herd Handling menu tap Groups Management, the Groups
Management Screen appears.
Field Name
Description
Group Name
The name of the group
Heat Threshold
The threshold for elevated
activity that defines what is a
“cow in heat”
W/O ID
Is this group exposed to ID Units.
When a group is not exposed to
ID Units either in the Pens or in
the Milking Parlor tick this box so
the cows are not included in the
Cows W/O ID Report.

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6. Tap into any of the field, the Keyboard appears.
Use the Keyboard to enter the names of the required groups.
7. Tap the Green Background to clear the Keyboard and tap OK to save the Names
of all the Groups.
NOTE
The group General must remain. This is the default group that contains all cows
not yet assigned to a different group.

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2.1.5 Configuring Heatime for your Herd
The next step is to configure Heatime for operation in your herd.
1. From the Main Menu tap Options; the Options.
2. Tap User Options, the Keypad appears.
3. Enter the User Password, 6285 and tap OK, the User Options Menu appears.
4. Tap Parameters, the Parameters Menu appears.

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5. Tap Sensitivity, the Sensitivity Setup menu appears.
Index
Description
Heat Threshold
Cow Activity above this threshold
signals heat
Sick Threshold
Cow Activity below this threshold
signals a possible Health issue
Low Rumination Alert
This signifies the Low Rumination
threshold in Graphs
No ID Alert Hours
Cows not identified for the default of
14 hours are included in the Cows W/O
ID Report
Set Graph Days
The default width of graphs in days
Low Daily Rumination Threshold
Cows that ruminate for less than this
have 10 points deducted from their
Health Index.
Health Index Threshold
Cows with a Health Index of less than
this appear in the Health Report
Calving Alert Sensitivity
Default sensitivity is Normal. High
sensitivity may increase false alerts but
may also improve detection in marginal
cases. Low sensitivity may reduce false
alerts but increase misdetection.

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Index
Description
Minimum Rumination Minutes
The minimum number of minutes of
rumination that must appear in any 2
hour cell. When recorded rumination is
below this threshold the cow is
considered to have no rumination.
Days to Ignore AI Cows
After entering a breeding, this is the
number of days that cows will be left
off of the Heat Report even if they
appear to have elevated activity
NOTE
When installing Heatime® for the first time SCR Strongly recommends leaving
these settings as default. Always consult with your SCR Dealer or SCR
Engineering before making any changes to these settings.
WARNING
If at any point during the installation and initial training the Demo Mode is
used, a hard reset of the Heatime® HR Control Box is required before turning
over the Heatime® HR system for regular operation.

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2.1.5.1 Distress Alerts Overview
The SCR Heatime® HR LD system is able to detect in Real-time cows in distress. Most
cows are in distress a few hours before and after calving. When a cow is in prolonged
distress near her expected calving date this distress can imply, difficult calving, milk
fever or other serious diseases. By monitoring the length of the distress period the
Heatime® HR LD system can send alerts on calving events where the cow is in distress.
This alert is called Prolonged Labor.
Prolonged Labor Alerts are generated:
When Calving is prolonged.
When the cow experiences a difficult calving and her recovery afterward is slow.
In cases like this, the Prolonged Labor Alert may even arrive after the cow has
calved.
The Heatime® HR LD system is configured to provide a very high detection rate of
problematic calvings. However, it is possible that the Prolonged Labor Alert will be
generated for normal calvings as well.
The Prolonged Labor Alert is available in one of three modes:
On the Main Menu of Heatime® HR.
As an Email Message –if Heatime® HR is connected to the Internet.
As an SMS Message –if Heatime® HR is connected to the SCR SMS Modem.
When a Prolonged Labor Alert is received:
Go observe and check the cow.
If the cow is calving then check the presentation and position of the calf and
proceed according to farm protocol.
If the cow is after calving check for calving trauma or serious diseases like milk
fever according to farm protocol.
If the cow is not near calving the check the cow for serious diseases like mastitis
or milk fever according to farm protocol.
CAUTION
The Prolonged Labor Alert is dependent on accurate and timely reporting of
Breedings and Calvings, as well as consistent feeding management, routine
daily feeding and regular feed pushups.