Silent Herdsman 2110012 Silent Herdsman Collar User Manual

Silent Herdsman Limited Silent Herdsman Collar

User Manual

Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland                Silent Herdsman® User Guide                    Version: 2.8
Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 3 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Contents 1 About this Guide ............................................................................................................ 5 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 6 3 Installation ...................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Overview ................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 Silent Herdsman® Management Computer .............................................................. 7 3.3 Management Computer Installation ........................................................................ 9 3.4 Data Gathering Base Station .................................................................................. 9 4 Silent Herdsman Collar .............................................................................................. 10 4.1 Standard Assembly ............................................................................................... 10 4.2 Collar Sensor ........................................................................................................ 10 4.3 Buckle ................................................................................................................... 11 4.4 Weight .................................................................................................................. 11 5 Silent Herdsman® Management Computer ................................................................... 12 5.1 Start Up ................................................................................................................ 12 5.2 Overview ............................................................................................................... 13 5.3 On Screen Keyboard ............................................................................................ 14 6 Activity Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 16 6.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 16 6.2 Oestrus Prediction ................................................................................................ 16 6.3 Oestrus Detection Threshold ................................................................................ 18 6.4 Future Oestrus Events .......................................................................................... 19 6.5 Calving Date Indicator ........................................................................................... 20 6.6 Changing Time Period on Activity Graphs ............................................................. 20 7 Alerts ........................................................................................................................... 23 7.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 23 7.2 Multiple Alerts ....................................................................................................... 24 7.3 System Alerts ........................................................................................................ 25 7.4 Alert Beacon ......................................................................................................... 25 7.5 Alerts and Activity ................................................................................................. 26 7.6 Annotations ........................................................................................................... 28 7.7 Email Alerts........................................................................................................... 29 8 Collars ......................................................................................................................... 30 8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 30 8.2 Attaching Collars to Cows ..................................................................................... 30 8.3 Detaching Collars from Cows ................................................................................ 32
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 4 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  8.4 Finding Collars ...................................................................................................... 34 8.5 Deleting Collar ...................................................................................................... 34 8.6 Saving List of Attached Cows ............................................................................... 34 9 Cow Information Table ................................................................................................. 35 9.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 35 9.2 Importing Herd Information ................................................................................... 36 9.3 Cow Groups .......................................................................................................... 36 10 Settings .................................................................................................................... 37 10.1 Overview ............................................................................................................... 37 10.2 Activity Display ...................................................................................................... 37 10.3 System Settings .................................................................................................... 38 10.4 Group Settings ...................................................................................................... 39 10.5 Data Exchange ..................................................................................................... 40 10.6 Data Backup ......................................................................................................... 43 10.7 Reports ................................................................................................................. 43 11 System Functions ..................................................................................................... 46 11.1 Online User Guide ................................................................................................ 46 11.2 System Power Down ............................................................................................. 46 11.3 Manual Starting of Silent Herdsman ...................................................................... 47 Appendix A – Base Stations ................................................................................................ 48 Appendix B – InterHerd Export Events ................................................................................ 50 Appendix C – Collar Upgrade .............................................................................................. 52 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 52 Upgrading Collars ............................................................................................................ 53 Appendix D – Regulatory Information .................................................................................. 56 Declaration of Conformance ............................................................................................ 56 Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment ........................................................................ 57
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 5 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  1 About this Guide Related Documents  GOT-5120T-830 Series User Manual Abbreviations  SHM  Silent Herdsman Typographical Conventions The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:  Red text indicates a cross-reference to information within the document set you are currently reading. Click the red text to go to the referenced item  Blue underlined text indicates a link to a Web page. Click blue-underlined text to browse the specified Web site.  Italics denotes the following items:  References to other documents  Emphasis in text:  Information, provide addition information to help in better use of system.  Critical warning, high lights actions that could cause damage to the system.  Warning, high lights non critical actions to avoid. Online Resources Website addresses in this document are listed without http:// in front of the address because most current web browsers do not require it. If you use an older web browser, you may have to add http:// in front of the web address.  See www.silentherdsman.com for further information. Copyright and Trademarks ‘Silent Herdsman’ and Embedded Technology Solutions Logo are  registered trademarks of Silent Herdsman Limited.   Other  brands  and  product  names  are  trademarks  or  registered  trademarks  of  their respective holders.  © 2007 - 2014 Silent Herdsman Limited. All rights reserved.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 6 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  2 Introduction  The Silent Herdsman® system is a new generation of technology that improves significantly the capabilities of automated detection and reporting of the oestrus cycle for cows.  The system monitors the herd around the clock to ensure that no oestrus events are missed and the optimal time for fertilisation is alerted to achieve maximum efficiency of the herd for milk production.  Data collection and alerting has been designed to fit in with the normal working routine of the farm by accessing data on the cow while it is in the milking or holding areas. Therefore no additional time is required within the  parlour and alerts are produced by the management computer when a cow requires attention.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 7 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  3 Installation 3.1 Overview The Silent Herdsman system consists of the following equipment   Silent Herdsman® Management Computer  Network router  Silent Herdsman® Data Gathering Base Station  Silent Herdsman® Collar  Figure 1 – Silent Herdsman® System Overview 3.2 Silent Herdsman® Management Computer The management computer is designed with a rugged protection, plastic front bezel with a NEMA4 (IP65) grade of protection. To improve reliability no fans are used for cooling and heat is removed by air vents and conducted through the case.  Desktop or Wall Mounted Screen The management computer has air vents at the rear, therefore liquids or spray must be kept away from the rear of the computer unit.   No liquids or spray should enter the rear of the computer.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 8 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 2 - Silent Herdsman® Management Computer However the front of the Management Computer is IP65 rated which guarantees waterproof and dustproof protection when using the screen, ensuring reliable operation when using the touch screen.   Figure 3 illustrates the location of the I/O on the management computer   Figure 3 – I/O locations on Silent Herdsman® Management Computer Wall Mounted Enclosure For harsher environments, the Silent Herdsman is available with the PC mounted in a IP65 enclosure to provide all round protection to dust and moisture.    Figure 4 - Silent Herdsman® Wall mounted enclosure
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 9 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 5 - I/O locations on Silent Herdsman® Management Computer (Enclosure) Note that the wall mounted enclosure has two USB connectors available at the front. These can be used to connect a keyboard/mouse or USB Drive. 3.3 Management Computer Installation The management computer will be mounted to a secure fixing such as a wall near a power outlet or on a desk stand.   In typical installations, only two connections will be made. These connections are the supply from the mains power socket and the second connection is the network connection which is connected to the network router that communications with the base stations.  The touch screen will be used for both data display and data input.  ‘1 Power switch’ must be pressed to power up computer after power outage. 3.4 Data Gathering Base Station The data gathering base stations provide a wireless connection between the management computer and the collars attached to the cows being monitored. This enables the data to be collected from  the  cows  automatically  without  human  intervention  and ensures  no  delays during the milking process.   In order for the base stations to have an opportunity to retrieve the data stored in the cow’s collar, the cow must be within 30 meters of a base station for at least 20 mins a day.  The ideal location for base stations is above the cow at approximately 3.5 meters, e.g.  on  the  parlour  roof  or  in  an  area  where  the  herd  congregates  such  as  the holding pen.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 10 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  4 Silent Herdsman Collar 4.1 Standard Assembly The collar attached to the cow comprises of 4 different components:  Sensor  Strap  Buckle  Weight 4.2 Collar Sensor Figure  6  illustrates  how  the  strap  is  attached  to  the  collar  sensor  by  running  the  strap through the two openings of the collar sensor.  The uncovered side of the sensor box placed facing away from the cow’s neck. Also the unique number for the sensor box is visible on this front side of the box and on the back side of the box underneath the strap.    Figure 6 – Strap Position on Collar Sensor To ensure maximum performance of the Silent Herdsman, the collar sensor must be placed on the upper part of the neck as illustrated in Figure 7
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 11 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 7 – Location for Collar Sensor on Neck 4.3 Buckle The  buckle  is  used  to  adjust  the  length  of  the  collar  to  ensure  that  it  fits  neatly  and comfortably around the neck. 4.4 Weight The strap is passed through the opening on the weight before the buckle is secured. The weight  ensures  that  the  collar  sensor  remains  in  the  optimum  location  on  the  neck,  see Figure 7.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 12 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  5 Silent Herdsman® Management Computer 5.1 Start Up When the Silent Herdsman management computer is turned on, it will automatically launch the monitoring software with a screen similar to Figure 8.    Figure 8 – Opening Screen of Silent Herdsman Software If the software does not start up automatically or the Silent Herdsman management software has been shutdown, it can be restarted by double clicking the Silent Herdsman icon in the Windows ‘Start’ menu or from the desktop as shown in Figure 9.    Figure 9 – Silent Herdsman Icon – Double Click to Start System
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 13 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  5.2 Overview The Silent Herdsman application is organised with the cow and collar information displayed on the left hand side and the operational information on the cows accessed through a series of Tabs along the top as indicated in Figure 10.   Figure 10: Silent Herdsman Application User Interface The cow information can be ordered according to either the “Local ID” or the “Collar ID” by selecting the appropriate title at the top of the column in the cow list.   Figure 11: Silent Herdsman Application – Sorting Cow List
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 14 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Operational features that are significant such as cows in oestrus (shown red in the above image)  or  a  malfunctioning  collar  are  sorted  to  the  top  of  the  cow  table  by  pressing  the “Prioritise” key.   To select a cow for detailed information, click  on the respective icon for the cow number which will then be  highlighted as shown below in  Figure  12. The Cow ID, Group and the Collar ID will also be displayed in the activity window.    Figure 12: Click on any Cow to Access Information The icons on the left hand side of the display provide a visual cue of important alerts within the Silent Herdsman system, the meaning of each of these icons is given in Table 1   Normal Cow with no pending alerts  Oestrus Detected  Collar working normally  Collar Error Table 1 – Icons used in Silent Herdsman Software 5.3 On Screen Keyboard By  default  the  Silent  Herdsman  system  is  provided  as  a  touch  screen  with  no  physical keyboard  or  mouse attached.  In  order  to  enter  text  into  the  system  a  virtual  keyboard  is provided.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 15 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  The virtual keyboard will appear automatically when input is required from the user, however it can also be forced to appear by pressing the keyboard button as illustrated in Figure 13.   Figure 13: Location of Keyboard Icon When the keyboard button is pressed the keyboard appears as shown in Figure 14 (unless the “Physical keyboard” option is set in the settings tab, see section 10.3 on page 38).   Figure 14: Virtual Keyboard
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 16 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  6 Activity Monitoring 6.1 Overview The main display for reviewing the behaviour and history of a cow is shown after selecting the  ‘Activity’ tab.  This  display is shown  in  Figure 15 with the primary information provided using a time line plot. The collar monitors the cows throughout the day and when in range of a base station the data is analysed and uploaded by the herd monitoring software which is then displayed in the Activity tab.  When the cow is selected from the list of cow Local IDs on the left, the associated activity information is displayed in the graph area as shown in Figure 15. Details of the cow selected is  shown  below  the  graph,  which  displays  the  cow’s  Local  ID,  Herd  ID,  Group  and  Collar number, this is highlighted in the Figure 15.   Figure 15 – Display of Cow Activity  For more information on annotating the activity plot see section 7.6 ‘Annotations’ on page 28. 6.2 Oestrus Prediction The activity plot displays two types of graphs:  Yellow activity graph - provides information on the general activity of the cow.   Red  Oestrus  indication  graph  -  analysed  data  representing  the  likelihood  of  cow being in oestrus. The higher the value of the peak of the red, oestrus indication graph, then the higher the likelihood the cow is in oestrus. When this red graph exceeds the sensitivity threshold an alert is generated and an ‘Oestrus Detected’ annotation will automatically be generated and placed on the graph.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 17 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  The yellow graph provides additional information on the cow and reflects the general activity of  the  cow.  By  observing  the  yellow  activity  graph  this  can  be  used  to  verify  an  oestrus detection as an increase in general activity is typically observed.  In many instances the activity level, yellow graph, may be seen to exhibit a sizeable spike and will be dependent on the general operations of the farm. For example it is common to see a spike in the activity graph at milking times. However, if this is not associated with a red oestrus indication graph then the cow is unlikely to be in oestrus.  Figure 16 highlights the two examples of  oestrus detections where the  large red,  oestrus indication graphs and a coincident large yellow, activity graph can be observed.   Figure 16 – Activity and Oestrus Detection Plots It should be noted that small ‘spikes’ may appear on the red graph; these typically indicate a change of environment for the cow. These spikes are commonly seen when the collar is first attached to  a  cow. Figure  17 illustrates an example of  where a collar has been removed from a cow for a period of time (this is observed where the yellow graph is not visible) and then a collar has been added. For the initial 72 hours after the collar has been placed on a cow the red oestrus indicator graph shows spikes as the collar ‘tunes’ to the activity of the cow, these can been ignored.   The Silent Herdsman collar uses the first 72 hours after been attached to a cow to understand ‘normal’ behaviour for that particular cow. Any alerts and high red oestrus indicator graphs during this period should be ignored.  The Silent Herdsman collar will also generate these spikes when significant changes to  animal  behaviour  are  observed,  i.e.  moving  from  being  housed  over  winter  to grass.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 18 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 17 – Illustration of New Collar Attachment The Silent Herdsman system flags an alert when the oestrus prediction (red graph) crosses a threshold. The threshold for the herd is shown as a red dashed line, see Figure 18.    When the threshold line is displayed in red, this indicates that the herd threshold level is being used. If the threshold line is displayed in green, then a separate threshold level is used for the group that the cow is part of. More details on group thresholds can be found in section 9.3 on page 36 and herd thresholds in section 10.2 on page 37. 6.3 Oestrus Detection Threshold  Figure 18 – Threshold for Oestrus Detection
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 19 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  6.4 Future Oestrus Events The  Silent Herdsman system will provide an  indication  of  when the next  oestrus event is expected,  provided  ‘Calved’,  ‘Served’  or  ‘Heat  Observed’  annotations  have  been  entered into the system, see section 7.6 about annotations. The next expected oestrus event, 17-24 days since last event is highlighted with a graded red bar above the graph and is illustrated in Figure 19.  Figure 19 – Next Oestrus Expected indicator To  aid  in  finding  which  cows  are  due  to  come  in  heat,  pressing  the  ‘Due on  Heat’  button illustrated  in  Figure  20,  only  the  cows  that  are  due  in  heat  based  on  the  annotations  of ‘Calved’, ‘Served’ and ‘Heat Observed’ will be shown in the cow list on the left.    When  the cow is  annotated  with a ‘PD+’ to  indicate pregnancy this will remove  the cow from the ‘Due on Heat’ list until the animal has calved.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 20 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 20 – Shortlist of Cows Due in Heat 6.5 Calving Date Indicator When the dates for services are annotated within Silent Herdsman a graded green bar is displayed  above  the  graph  to  indicate  the  estimated  time  for  calving  and  is  illustrated  in Figure 21.   Figure 21 – Indicator for Calving Date 6.6 Changing Time Period on Activity Graphs The  Silent  Herdsman  software  stores  the  activity  graphs,  oestrus  indicator  graphs  and annotations for the previous 18 months for each cow. All of this data can be displayed in the
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 21 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  ‘Activity’ tab. The time  period and  the  number of days that  are displayed can be selected, Figure 22 show the controls for changing the dates for which data is displayed.   There are 6 levels of zoom on the data which are selected by pressing either the  ‘1’, ‘10’, ‘30’, ‘60’, ‘90’ or ‘120’ buttons:  1 day – Each graph section shows 2 hours o Detailed examination of when oestrus detected  10 days – Each graph section shows 1 day o Activity of cow leading up to oestrus  30 days – Each graph section shows 2 days o Visibility of previous oestrus event  60 days – Each graph section shows 10 days o Visibility of previous 2 oestrus events  90 days – Each graph section shows 10 days o Visibility of previous 3+ oestrus events  120 days – Each graph section shows 15 days. o Visibility of all events from calving  Figure 22 – Changing the Activity Time Period By touching the graph on the touch screen or passing the mouse cursor over the graph, the Silent  Herdsman  system  dynamical  displays  the  current  date  and  time  with  a  dotted  line indicator and text, see Figure 23. This is a useful feature to identify when a particular event occur.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 22 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 23 – Identifying Date and Time on Activity Graph
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 23 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  7 Alerts 7.1 Overview A  detailed  record  of  alerts  is  displayed  in  the  ‘Alerts’  tab.  These  alerts  can  be  accessed either for one specific cow or for the whole herd. To get the alerts for a single cow, select the appropriate cow from the main list on the left hand side, the alerts relevant to the selected cow will be displayed. An example of the ‘Alerts’ tab is shown below in Figure 24.   Figure 24: Cow Alert Table The top section of the Alerts tab displays a list of the currently active  alerts that requires action. Figure 24 shows an Oestrus Detection alert that needs attention. The bottom section contains historical events such as services, collar on/off, treatments etc. All the alerts can also be viewed on the activity tab.  In addition to looking at only the active alerts on a single cow it is possible to display all of the current alerts for the complete herd. This is done by clicking on the ‘Show All’ button as displayed in Figure 25. This will return a complete list of active alerts and the times that they occurred. An example of this is shown below.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 24 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 25: ‘Show All’ Event Summary Display  Pressing the column headings ‘Cow ID’ will sort the alerts based on the cow ID, see Figure 26.   Figure 26 – Alerts Sorted by Cow ID Once an alert has been dealt with the user has the option to delete the alert. This is done by selecting the alert in question and pressing the delete button.  7.2 Multiple Alerts To delete all the displayed alerts, press the ‘Delete All’ button. This can be done for all alerts for the selected cow. To delete all alerts on the system for all cows press the ‘Show All’ first.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 25 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  7.3 System Alerts System  alerts  are  indicated  by  a  flashing  exclamation  mark  on  the  system  alerts  button. These may be generated for example if a base station fails to report or a message is left on the system by a user pressing the ‘Leave Message’ button. The alert will continue to flash until the message is cleared. Pressing the flashing exclamation mark will switch screens to the alerts tab and show all system alerts.    Figure 27 – Flashing ‘System Alerts’ 7.4 Alert Beacon The Silent Herdsman system monitors 24/7 and if an alert arrives in the system when the computer is un-attended, the computer will display the flashing ‘red cow beacon’, see Figure 28.   Figure 28 – Flashing ‘Red Cow Beacon’ Touching the screen will remove the flashing red cow and show the Silent Herdsman screen. This beacon will be triggered every 10 minutes if there is an alert on the system.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 26 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  By default the windows screen saver will come on after 30 minutes of inactivity and will turn the monitor off. The monitor may be started again by pressing the screen. 7.5 Alerts and Activity Alerts can also be examined and managed in the ‘Activity’ tab which displays the alerts on a timeline together with the cow activity.  Figure 29 shows the typical display of the cow activity with Silent Herdsman indicating that an oestrus event has been detected.   Figure 29 – Oestrus Detection Conversion to Served An ‘Oestrus Detected’ alert can be converted to a ‘Served’ event by selecting the ‘Oestrus Detected’  alert  (touch  the  ‘Oestrus  Detected’  text  to  select)  and  then  press  the  ‘Served’ button as shown in Figure 29.   The system will ask for a sire name, enter the name of the sire used. If the sire information does not need to be recorded, press ‘OK’ without entering any text.   Figure 30 – Oestrus Detection Convert to Served Assuming the sire ‘Prize Bull’ is entered, the display will change to that shown in Figure 31 and  switching  to  the  ‘Alerts’  tab,  see  Figure  32,  will  show  the  ‘Served’  event  and  the
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 27 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  associate sire’s name, in this case ‘Prize Bull’. If no sire name is entered, only ‘Served’ will be  displayed  for  the  event.  Additionally  a  ‘Heat  Observed’  annotation  will  also  be  placed where the detection of the Oestrus occurred.   Figure 31: Resulting Served Event  Figure 32: Alerts Show Name of Sire This conversion process will change the annotation on the activity chart and also remove the alert from the alert list.   Note the cow icon changes from a red cow to a normal cow.  Note the ‘Served’ annotation is placed at today’s date rather than the original date of the ‘Oestrus Detection’ annotation. ‘Heat Observed’ is placed at the detection date.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 28 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  7.6 Annotations The activity trace can be annotated by accessing the drop down menu and calendar. This allows information  relating  to  the  cows  welfare  to  be  recorded, for  example  treatment  by farm staff on a particular day, vet treatment, observation of illness, or if the cow was served, see Figure 33. Once entered, this information will be tagged to the cow so that it is always displayed as shown in Figure 34. Select the event that you wish to record, select the date and then press ‘Annotate’.    Figure 33 – Selection of Annotation Types  Figure 34 – Annotation Added If an error has been made with an annotation, select the annotated event by touching the text of the desired annotation and pressing the ‘Delete’ button to remove.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 29 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  7.7 Email Alerts The Silent Herdsman system will automatically email alerts to all emails in the farm tab, up to 3 email addresses are available, if the system is connected to the internet.   Complete the information about the farm and enter the email addresses and press ‘Save’. Emails will be sent as alerts are created.   Figure 35 – Add Email for Alerts
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 30 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  8 Collars 8.1 Introduction The ‘Collar Assignments’ tab enables the management of Silent Herdsman collars available on farm. Selecting the ‘Collar Assignments’ tab will display a screen similar to Figure 36.   Figure 36 – Collar Assignments Tab A list of all collars available on farm is displayed where collar numbers with the ‘blue collar’ icon indicate that these collars are not attached to cows. Collar numbers with a cow icon to the left indicate that these collars are attached to cows and are currently monitoring the cow for oestrus. The Local ID of the cow that the collars are attached to is displayed in the ‘Local ID’ column.  The last column, ‘Version’ indicates the version of the Artificial Intelligence software that is running  on  that  specific  collar.  This  is  used  to  identify collars  that  can be  upgraded,  see section Upgrading Collars on page 53 for more details.   Collars can be sorted in different ways by pressing the heading at  the top of each column, the sorting is as follows  ‘O’ – sort by unattached and then attached collars. Unattached at top of list  ‘Collar ID’ – Sort by value of collar ID  ‘Local ID’ – Sort by Local ID of cow. Unattached collars at bottom of list  ‘Version’ – Sort by version of software on collar 8.2 Attaching Collars to Cows In the same way that each cow has a unique ID number, the collars that are attached to the cow, each have their own unique ID number, which is visible on the outside of the collar.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 31 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  The collars will automatically register their IDs with the farm computer within 1.5 hours of the installation. Any additional collars that are purchased after installation will also automatically register.  When a collar is placed on a cow, the monitor software must be updated by assigning the collar ID to the corresponding cow ID.   The collar ID can be found on the outside of the sensor box  A collar  is assigned by first  selecting the ‘Collar Assignments’ tab  at the top of  the screen and the display will change as shown in Figure 37   Figure 37 – Display of Collar Assignments The assignment is then carried out by selecting the appropriate cow ID and selecting the relevant  collar  ID  and  pressing  the  ‘Attach’  button,  which  records  this  attachment  in  the monitor  software  Figure  37  shows  a  collar  and  a  cow  selected  for  attachment.  After  the ‘Attach’ button has been pressed to confirm the assignment the display will change to Figure 38 where it  will be  seen that cow  ID  ‘115’  and  collar  ID  ‘NMR16436’  are  now  paired  and collar ‘NMR16436’ is no longer available for assignment.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 32 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 38: Display of Assigned Collar 8.3 Detaching Collars from Cows If a collar has been removed from a cow, the monitor software must be updated to reflect that the collar have been detached from the cow, otherwise it will continue to try and obtain data from the collar.  To detach a collar in the monitor software, select the ‘Collar Assignments’ tab at the top of the screen to get the display as shown in Figure 39.  The process to detach a collar ID from a cow is to select the appropriate cow ID from the main herd list on the left hand side. The example in Figure 39 has selected cow ID ‘15’.  Pressing the ‘Detach’ button will detach the collar from the cow.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 33 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 39 – Display of Selected Cow The display will be updated,  see  Figure 40,  to  show  that  the  Cow  ID,  ‘15’,  and  collar  ID, ‘SHM25782’, are again available if they need to be attached in the future.   Figure 40: Collar Detached   The  same  button  is  used  for  ‘Attach’  and  ‘Detach’  which  changes  context automatically.  The  button  will  display ‘Detach’ when a  collared cow is selected  and will display ‘Attach’ when an uncollared cow AND unattached collar are both selected.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 34 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  8.4 Finding Collars A search tool is provided to find a particular collar number, this is done by pressing the ‘Find Collar’ button and a window will appear as shown in Figure 41.   Figure 41 – Search Window for Collars Enter the  number of the collar  and press ‘OK’ to search for the  collar in  the  list, when the collar is found, it will appear highlighted. This search function will find a collar whether it is attached to a cow or unattached. 8.5 Deleting Collar If a collar is no longer used on the farm, first select the collar from the list and then press the ‘delete’ button. The Collar will be removed from the system. If the collar was attached to a cow the collar is automatically detached from the cow before deletion.  There is the option to delete all the unattached collars from the system using the ‘Reset…’ button. If  the collars  are  still  available on  the  farm  then  they will automatically re-register themselves on the Silent Herdsman system. 8.6 Saving List of Attached Cows If a record is required of the list of cows which have collars attached, the ‘Save List’ allows an Excel compatible CSV file to be save of the Local ID’s and Collar ID’s.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 35 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  9 Cow Information Table 9.1 Overview Relevant cow information is displayed in the “Cow Information” tab which can be accessed in the event of a collar alert or at any time the farmer chooses to do so.    Figure 42: Cow Information Table If the data for a cow needs to be changed then pressing the ‘Edit’ button will allow the data to be updated. An editing window will appear together with an on screen keyboard to enter text as shown in Figure 43.   Figure 43 – Editing of Cow Information
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 36 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  If a cow is no longer with the herd and the data is no longer required, selecting ‘Delete’ will remove the cow and all associated information from the system. 9.2 Importing Herd Information When the information for a large number of cows needs to be entered, it is possible to import the  data  from  an  external  file.  The  file  needs  to  be  a  CSV  format  and  the  fields  and associated order, is as follows:  Eartag – Ear Tag ID  Cow Number – Local ID  Breed  Date of birth - format yyyy-mm-dd^hh:mm:ss  Last calving date – (youngstock do not have a calving date), format as above  Lactation number – parity Pressing the ‘Import’ button and selecting the appropriate CSV file will then start the import process.  An example of the contents of the CSV file is   UK123456781,10001,SR,01/01/2001 00:00,01/01/2011 00:00,1 UK123456782,10002,SR,02/02/2002 00:00,02/02/2011 00:00,2 UK123456783,10003,SR,03/03/2003 00:00,03/03/2011 00:00,3 9.3 Cow Groups Cows can be placed into separate groups by pressing one of the ‘Select’ buttons shown in Figure 44 to place the cow into that group.   Figure 44: Cow Group Selection
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 37 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  10 Settings 10.1 Overview Silent Herdsman is a flexible and expandable system, the computer enables many features of  the  software  to  be  configured  by  the  user.  The  ‘Settings’  tab  contains the  controls  that allow settings to be change on the computer.   Figure 45: Main Settings Tab 10.2 Activity Display It is possible to change the scale of the activity graphs and the oestrus graphs to effectively magnify or  reduction  the scale  on  the  axis.  Figure  46  shows  the  settings  window for  the activity graph display. Press the ‘+’ or ‘-‘ button to increase or decrease the relevant value, or alternatively type in the number directly.  Pressing the ‘refresh’ button will update the image of the graph to feed back what impact the selected settings will have.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 38 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 46: Activity Graph Settings 10.3 System Settings Customisation of  system  operations  can  be  done  by  pressing  the  ‘Settings’  button  under ‘System Settings’ where the following dialog will appear.   Figure 47: System Configuration Settings  By default the system deletes any active alerts such as  ‘Oestrus Detection’ after 30 days. However this period can be changed by the user with a minimum allowable setting of 3 days. This is set in the ‘Keep alerts for’ value.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 39 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  If  a  physical  keyboard  is  connected  to  the  Silent  Herdsman  computer  then  there  is  no requirement for the on screen keyboard. Switching keyboard mode from ‘Virtual’ to ‘Physical’ by pressing the ‘Keyboard’ button will disable the pop up on screen keyboard.  The ’SIM #’ and ‘Farm ID’ values are for use by Silent Herdsman Limited and should not be changed. 10.4 Group Settings Cows can be placed into one of four groups. Selecting the group settings allows different characteristics to be set up for each group.  Group Labels  Pressing the ‘Rename’ button for a particular group allows the label text for that group to be changed.   Figure 48: Group Settings Out of Range Cows  If cows will be out of range from a base station for more that 1-2 days, the Silent Herdsman system will flag up that there is an error with the collar since it is not able to communicate with it. Pressing the ‘Suppress Report Failure’ toggle button will disable the  error reporting feature which can then be re-enabled when the cows are back in range of the base station.  Group Thresholds  Different cows can exhibit different oestrus behaviour and show different levels of activity. It is possible to set different trigger thresholds for each group of cows in the system. Pressing the ‘Enable Threshold’ toggle button for a group will indicate that the group threshold shall be used rather than the herd threshold.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 40 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  When the group threshold is enabled, the threshold level will be shown in green rather than red in the activity graph for any cow in that group. 10.5 Data Exchange Silent Herdsman  allows  the  exchange  of  event  data  with  systems  that  support  the  Silent Herdsman data exchange format. Event data can be imported to and exported from Silent Herdsman in the event import/export settings page.  Exporting Data Data is exported by selecting the ‘Export Data’ button in the Settings tab, see Figure 49.   Figure 49: Exporting Data A dialog box is displayed requesting the location and file name of where to store the data, this can be on a removal USB drive if the data is to be transferred to another computer.   After pressing ‘Save’ the data is exported and saved to the selected file. Importing Data Data is imported by selecting the ‘Import Data’ button in the Settings tab, see Figure 50.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 41 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 50: Importing Data  A dialog box opens to allow the data file to be selected and this is then imported into Silent Herdsman. Settings for Data Exchange The  event  data to  be  imported  and  exported can  be  configured  by selecting the  ‘Settings’ button shown in Figure 51.   Figure 51: Configuring Data Exchange Settings This will open the dialog box shown in Figure 52. By checking the box for each annotation, this will either enable or disable that annotation. Figure 52 shows the annotations that will be
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 42 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  imported, if there  is a  tick  in  the  selection box then  the corresponding event  data  will be imported and displayed on the activity graph and in the alert event history in the ‘Alerts’ tab.   Figure 52: Import Settings Silent Herdsman provides separate control for the events that are exported. The events to be exported are controlled by selecting the ‘Export’ tab in the dialog box and again checking the appropriate selection boxes for the events to be exported, see Figure 53.   Figure 53: Export Settings
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 43 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  10.6 Data Backup It is recommended to back up data regularly to a USB drive. To carry out a backup, insert the USB drive in one of the USB slots located on the lower edge of the computer.  Go  to  the  ‘Settings’  tab  and  press  the  ‘Save  Backup’  button,  a  request  to  select  the  file location for saving the data is given, when selected a backup will be made.    Figure 54: Data Backup  TIP – If a USB stick is left in the computer, the system will automatically create a nightly backup onto the USB stick. 10.7 Reports A  number  of  reports  can  be  generated  by  the  Silent  Herdsman  system  by  pressing  the ‘Reports…’ button and selecting the desired option.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 44 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 55: Print List When the ‘Reports…’ button is pressed the following dialog box appears.    Figure 56:  Report Selection The user can select a from the following report types:   Service history: last 3 services, calving date and predicted oestrus date  Pregnancy  Information:  Pregnancy  diagnosis  date,  last  service  data,  parity  and predicted calving date  PD session: Lists animals last served 30-85 days ago and possibly pregnant  Insemination session: Details cows currently flagged on heat.  Collar and Cow Report: Lists the cows on farm and which if any collar is attached
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 45 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Cows not served in 30-85 days: Lists the cows which have not been annotated as served  for  more  than  30  days  since  calving  and  less  than  85  days  since  the  last service. The  user  can  also  choose  which  cow  groups  to  include  in  the  report  by  pressing  the appropriate  group  button  and  toggling  it  to  include  or  exclude  the  group.  By  default  all groups are selected.  Press the ‘Show’ button to view the selected report.   Figure 57:  Sample Service Report
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 46 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  11 System Functions 11.1 Online User Guide This user guide is available on the computer. To access the user manual, go to the ‘About’ tab, which will give the display shown in Figure 58.   Figure 58 – Accessing the Online User Guide 11.2 System Power Down If  the  electricity  supply  to  the  farm  computer  is  to  be  removed,  the  computer  must  be shutdown first. This is done by going to the ‘About’ tab and pressing the ‘Shutdown’ button, see Figure 59,  to  go  to  the  windows  screen.  From  here,  select  the  ‘Start’  menu  and  then Shutdown to power down the computer.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 47 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 59 – Shutting Down Computer 11.3 Manual Starting of Silent Herdsman Should the monitoring software be shutdown, double-click the Silent Herdsman logo on the desktop.   Figure 60 – Manual Starting of Silent Herdsman Monitoring Software
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 48 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Appendix A – Base Stations Base stations are used to bridge the communications between the collars on the cows and the Farm computer.  Base stations will automatically register with the computer when installed. The date of the last received communications from the collars is also displayed on this screen.   Figure 61 – Display of Base Station on Farm It  is  possible  to  edit  the  info  for  the  base  stations,  with  specific  information,  such  as  the location of the base station and a user friendly name of the base station.   Figure 62 – Editing Base Station Info
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 49 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  To  delete  a  base  station  from  the list; select it  from  the  list  and  press  the  ‘Delete’  button, similarly  to  test  that  communications is  operationally  between the  management  computer and  the  base  station,  select  the  base  station  and  press  the  ‘Refresh’  button,  the  status should show that it is connected.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 50 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Appendix B – InterHerd Export Events To  export  recent  events from InterHerd and generate a  valid file  to  import  into the  Silent Herdsman, select the “Data Links…” option from the File menu.   Figure 63 – InterHerd Data Links Selection Select Synchronise -> Export latest events   Figure 64 – InterHerd Export Latest Events This loads the following dialogue box:
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 51 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 65 – InterHerd Export Date Select  the  date  from  which  events  are  to  be  exported  and  press  “Begin”.  At  the  prompt select  the  location  to  store  the  file  with  the  exported  data.  The  resultant  file  can  be transferred to the Silent Herdsman computer.   Figure 66 – InterHerd Export File Selection
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 52 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Appendix C – Collar Upgrade Introduction The Silent Herdsman system is a scalable and upgradeable system that not only allows the upgrading  of  the  software  on  the  Silent  Herdsman  management  computer  but  also upgrading of the software on the collars also.  If a newer version of software for the collars is available, this can be applied by using the upgrade  capability  within  the  Silent  Herdsman  user  interface.  This  upgrader  is  access through the  ‘Collar Assignments’ tab  as  shown in  Figure 67 and  selecting the  ‘Upgrade…’ button.   Figure 67 – Collar Assignments Tab When ‘Upgrade…’ is pressed a screen similar to Figure 68 is displayed which displays the version that the collars will be upgraded to.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 53 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 68 – Collar Upgrade Version Upgrading Collars Due to the large amount of  data transferred during upgrading between the collar  and  the management computer, a maximum of 5 collars can be upgraded simultaneously to ensure that oestrus detection continues normally.  Collars must be detached from cows before they are available in the upgrade list and during upgrade the collars must remain within approximately 5 meters of the base station to ensure good communications.  As an estimate, upgrading 5 collars can take from 3 – 24 hours, depending on the number of collars on farm and distance from base station.  To pick collars for upgrading, select the collar from the Available collars list and press the ‘>>>’ button. This will transfer the collar to the Selected collar list.  If an error is made in the selection, select the collar in error from the Selected list and press the ‘<<<’ button to return it to the Available collars.  To find a specific collar from a large list, type the collar number into the ‘Find Collar’ box and the Available collar list will be limited to the collars that match the value entered.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 54 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland   Figure 69 – Selecting Collars are Upgrading When the collars have been selected for upgrade, press the ‘Upgrade’ button to begin the upgrade process. A message box will appear with a reminder to keep the collars near the base station. Pressing ‘OK’ will display the collar upgrade status window, Figure 70.   Figure 70 – Collar Upgrade Status Pressing  ‘Close’  will  close  the  status  window  and  return  to  the  normal  Silent  Herdsman screen to enable normal operation of the system. The collar upgrades will continue in the background.  Pressing  the  ‘Upgrade…’  button  in  the  ‘Collar  Assignments’  tab  will  return  to  the  collar upgrade status window while upgrades are in progress.
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 55 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  When  the  upgrade  has  finished  successfully  the  status  window  will  show  ‘Completed’ against the collar, see Figure 71 and the new version number. The collars are now ready for attaching to a cow. Pressing ‘Continue’ will close the status window and return to the collar selection window for upgrading further collars   Figure 71 – Collar Upgrade Completed If an upgrade fails to complete a screen similar to Figure 72 is displayed showing the collar that has failed to complete. Selecting ‘Continue’ will return to the collar selection window.  The  failed  collar  can  be  re-selected  and  the  upgrade  tried  again.  If  the  issue  continues, contact your supplier.   Figure 72 – Collar Upgrade Failed
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 56 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Appendix D – Regulatory Information Declaration of Conformance EC Declaration of Conformity to R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC  Manufacturer:     Silent Herdsman Ltd, Unit 9000, Academy Park,  Glasgow, G51 1PR    Product / Apparatus:  Silent Herdsman Type Number:     ETSFANSB Variants include:     All country variations  Declaration  I  declare  that  above  product  is  in  conformity  with  the  essential  requirements  and  other relevant requirements of the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC). The product is in conformity with the following standards and/or other normative documents:  Article 3.1a:   (Standard(s))  used  to  show  compliance  with  LVD,  2006/95/EC:  EN60950-1;2006  Article 3.1b:   (Standard(s))  used  to  show  compliance  with  EMC  Directive,  2004/108/EC: EN301 489-17 V2.1.1,  EN301 489-1 V1.8.1 Article 3.2:   Standard(s) used to show compliance: EN300 328 V1.7.1 (2006-10)   Signature:   ......................................................................  Name:   Ivan Andonovic Title:    Chief Technology Officer Date:     29th August 2011
Silent Herdsman® User Guide   June 2014 57 Version: 2.8 Silent Herdsman Limited is a limited company registered in Scotland. Company Registration No: SC333487 Registered Offices: Unit 9000, Academy Park, 51 Gower Street, Glasgow, G51 1PR, Scotland  Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment  User  Information  for  Consumer  Products  Covered  by  EU  Directive  2002/96/EC  on Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)  This document contains important information for users with regards to the proper disposal and  recycling  of  Silent  Herdsman  products.  Consumers  are  required  to  comply  with  this notice for all electronic products bearing the following symbol:      European  Directive  2002/96/EC  requires  that  the  equipment  bearing  this  symbol  on  the product and/or its packaging must not be disposed of with unsorted municipal waste. The symbol indicates that this product should be disposed of separately from regular household waste streams. It is your responsibility to dispose of this and other electric and electronic equipment  via  designated  collection  facilities  appointed  by  the  government  or  local authorities. Correct disposal and recycling will help prevent potential negative consequences to the environment and human health. For more detailed information about the disposal of your old equipment, please contact your local authorities, waste disposal service, or supplier of the product.  FCC warning statement:   Devices, FCC ID 2ABHT2110002, 2ABHT2110012, complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This  device  must  accept  any  interference  received,  including  interference  that may cause undesired operation.  This  equipment  complies  with  FCC  radiation  exposure  limits  set  forth  for  an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for  satisfying  RF  exposure  compliance. This  transmitter must  not  be  co-located  or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.  Changes  or  modifications  not  expressly  approved  by  the  party  responsible  for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

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