Digi-Star SW4600EID User Manual
HELLO
SW4600EID
Operators Manual
D3740-US REV C August 14, 2014
Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin USA
Digi-Star International
Pannigen, The Netherlands
www.digi-star.com
SW4600EID
Table of Contents
INDICATOR OVERVIEW ......................................................................... 5
ALLFLEX EID STICK READER, ELECTRONIC ID & VISUAL ID
(OPTIONAL) ...................................................................................... 7
WEIGH SCREEN ............................................................................... 8
STATS SCREEN ............................................................................... 9
OPERATION .......................................................................................... 10
TURN ON INDICATOR .................................................................... 10
GROUP/PREMISE NUMBERS ........................................................ 10
DATA FIELDS .................................................................................. 11
QUICK DATA FIELDS ..................................................................... 11
ZERO BALANCE SCALE ................................................................ 12
READING EARTAGS AND WEIGHING ANIMALS .......................... 12
RECHECK LOCK ON WEIGHT ....................................................... 15
LOW BATTERY INDICATION ......................................................... 15
SELF TEST ...................................................................................... 15
OPTIONAL SETTINGS .......................................................................... 16
CHANGE SETUP AND CALIBRATION ........................................... 16
CHANGING OPTIONS .................................................................... 17
SETTING OPTIONS ........................................................................ 18
MENU 1 .................................................................................................. 18
MENU 2 .................................................................................................. 24
MENU 3 .................................................................................................. 25
MENU 4 .................................................................................................. 26
CALIBRATION ....................................................................................... 26
STOCKWEIGH LINK™ PC SOFTWARE ............................................... 27
GETTING STARTED ....................................................................... 27
READ SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT .................................. 27
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................... 27
INSTALLING STOCKWEIGH LINK™ PC SOFTWARE ................... 27
RECEIVING DATA........................................................................... 28
CLEARING THE INDICATOR .......................................................... 28
QUICK NOTES ................................................................................ 29
REPORT GENERATOR: ................................................................. 31
EID READER – OPTIONAL ................................................................... 32
RE-CONFIGURING ALLFLEX STICK READER ............................. 33
WEIGH METHODS ................................................................................ 34
GENERAL WEIGH METHOD #1 ..................................................... 34
SLOW WEIGH METHOD #2 ............................................................ 34
FAST WEIGH METHOD #3 ............................................................. 34
LOCK-ON WEIGH METHOD #4 ...................................................... 34
EID DATA FORMATS ............................................................................ 35
LSTORE DATA FORMATS ............................................................. 35
EID PRINT FORMAT ....................................................................... 37
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SCOREBOARD METHODS .................................................................. 39
WEIGHING ERRORS ............................................................................ 40
OVRCAP ......................................................................................... 40
+RANGE ......................................................................................... 40
-RANGE .......................................................................................... 40
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT................................................... 41
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................... 43
INSTALLATION ..................................................................................... 44
INDICATOR MOUNTING ................................................................ 44
CABLE CONNECTION.................................................................... 45
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rrors be detected, Digi-Star would greatly app rec iate be ing
Copyright 2014 Digi-Star, Fort Atkinson (U.S.A.).
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-Star can assume no responsibility for errors
SW4600EID
Disconnect
Charging Battery Or Welding
all cords
Important Precaution
Important: Disconnect all indicator leads before charging battery or
welding equipment. Damage may occur to indicator and load cells.
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Note: See page 44 for insta llatio n instruct ions
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INDICATOR OVERVIEW
– Press to toggle between GROUP/PREMIS (See page 10) and
QUICK NOTE (See page 11) screens. Press and hold for LONG
FORM set up screen (See page 17).
– Press to toggle between WEIGHT (See page 8) and GROUP
STATISTICS screen (See page 9).
Pre-Alarm Light – Starts flashing and alarm sounds when weight is
within preset limit.
– Press to break indicator lock-on weight and reweigh. Press and
hold, then press to enter short form calibration (See page 26).
– Press in manual mode to record data to indicator memory.
– Press to print displayed weight and EID data.
– Press indicator on. Press while on and in the record or stats
screen to run self test.
– Press indicator off.
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Upper Display Window – Displays current act ions .
Lower Display Window – Displays data for EID, VID, CODE, ADWG
(See page 7).
– Press to accept change or proceed to nex t item.
Directional Arrows – Left or right arrows move cursor inside data field.
Up and down arrows mone to previous or next data field.
Keyboard – Press to input letters.
– Press to undo data field or get out of long form set-up.
Keypad – Press to input numbers.
– performs task displayed by select.
– toggle to determine which operation the function key performs.
Options: QuickD, Menu, Setup, Help, Dimmer
– Press for additional inform ation.
– Press to del et e o ne character . P ress and ho ld t o de let e e ntire line
or field on weigh s cree n.
- Press and release. Then press to enter a comma in data.
- Press after pressing to make a comma.
- - Press to backspace. Press and hold to backspace faster.
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Load Cell – Port for load cell cord.
Load Cell – Port for load cell cord.
Power – Port for Power Cord.
Serial/Printer – Port, if installe d, can be used to communicate with
computer and other digital input/outp ut device s such as a printer.
Remote – EID reader port.
Serial Number Plate – Serial Number of your Indicator.
Allflex EID Stick Reader, Electronic ID & Visual ID
(Optional)
Electronic ID (EID) for Allflex® Wand Reader, unique to animal. (Opt.)
Visual ID (VID) for Allflex® Wand Reader, may be duplicated. (Opt.)
EID Stick Reader for Allflex® Electronic ID (EID). (Opt.)
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=15lbs ADWG
Vid code
Weigh Screen
Press until weigh scrolls then 0 is displayed.
Eid adwg 0.00
EID – Electronic ID Number.
VID – Visual ID Description enter by user.
ADWG – Displays Average Daily Weight Gain.
Calculates using difference in current weight and last weight in
memory for that animal, divides sum by number of days since last
saved weight, equals Average Daily Weight Gain.
Example:
Current weight-Last saved weight = weight change
4500 - 4200 = 300
Weight change 300
Days passed 20
CODE – Enter by user.
QUICK DATA – Note can be added up to 26 characters. See page 11.
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Group pin
Av- lo
hi
Cnt tot
Stats Screen
Displays statistic information for animal records stored with the same group
and premise numbers for today’s date.
Press until stats flashes then 0 is displayed.
GROUP – Assigned group number (alpha/numeric title for group of
animals to be weighed).
PIN – Assigned premise number (may be government issued, unique
number given to farm).
AV – Average weight of the day.
LO – Low weight of the day.
HI – High weight of the day.
CNT – Number of records stored of the day.
TOT – Total weight of the day.
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Digi-s tar
Inventory system
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group
Group xxxxxx pin xxx
Enter group and
Values to cont inue
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See page 44 for installat ion instructions.
OPERATION
Turn on Indicator
1. Press . .
**** Animal eid ****
Group/Premise Numbers
premises
If set to ON (see page 24) ID
numbers will need to be entered at
start up of indicator.
1. Press twice to accept
current numbers or enter group
number with keypad, press .
Repeat for premise number.
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Data 1
Data1
Data2
Data3
0
Eid adwg 0.00
Vid
1
2
3
1
0
Eid
Vid
2
3
1
2
3
Data Fields
Notes can be added to records
using the Data Field.
Display must be on weigh screen.
1. With cursor in data field, enter
note using keypad
or
code
adwg 0.00
code
Quick Data Fields
There are 20 spaces available for
Quick Data Fields. They can be set
up on indicator or computer (see
page), then transferred to indicator.
2. T o enter a Quick Data Field (see
below) press until quickd is
displayed, press , 0 will flash
in upper display.
3. Enter number of desired data
field, press to save (can
also press or to scroll
through list then press to
save).
Note: For a list of existing Quick
Data Fields press until you
are on the data screen and
press or to scroll
through list.
1. To setup Quick Data fields on
Indicator press until data#
is in top line of display This data
field currently being edited.
2. Enter desired note on keypad.
3. Press or to edit other
fields when they are displayed in
top line of display.
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Eid
0
1
No eid
l
Eid adwg 0.00
Vid
Zero Balance Scale
adwg 0.00
Reading Eartags and Weighing Animals
Indicator must be on the weigh or
stats screen to record animal
weights.
code
1. Press and hold zero
balances scale.
Animal on platform.
1. Indicator “Locks On” animal’s
weight, “L” appears in upper left of
display. Display alternates
between “no eid” and weight.
2. If EID Stick Reader is not being
used release animal. Weight and
EID data stored.
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Visual ID
EID Stick Reader
Electronic ID (EID)
*XXXX*
Eid adwg 0.00
2
Stored
Eid adwg 0.00
1
(VID)
EID Stick Reader
1. Press button on Stick Reader with
end in range of EID. Stick Reader
beeps, LED indicator turns from
red to green momentarily.
2. Tag may be read any time. Last
four digits of tag displayed
(flanked by –) before data stored.
3. Release animal. Weight and EID
data stored.
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- XXXX-
Eid adwg 0.00
1
Notes: Each time pressed, one line of data is stored. Multiple
entries made of same tag by pressing more than once
(results in multiple beeping). Data stored manually for animal, will
not be stored when animal steps off scale. Automatic mode will
resume for next animal.
Stick Reader can read data from other devices such as car keys.
Such devices can cause confusion.
No print device necessary for operation of indicator when weighing
animals.
4. Once stored data flanked by *.
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