Kestrel 5000AG, 5400AG User Manual
Agriculture Product Line
User Guide
Kestrel 5000AG Livestock Environmental Meter
Kestrel 5400AG Cattle Heat Stress Tracker
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CAUTION
!
WARNING
!
Your Kestrel Weather/Environmental Meter is designed to provide accurate
measurement of current conditions only. Depending on your location and
environment, conditions may change rapidly.
Rapid temperature and humidity changes (i.e., moving your meter from indoors to outdoors) may cause inaccurate readings of temperature and humidity as well as all readings that rely on either of these values. Before relying on readings from your Kestrel Meter, be sure to
wait until your unit’s readings have stabilized, indicating it has equilibrated to its new environment. Forcing air over the sensors by waving
or slinging your meter through the air can help speed that process.
To maximize the accuracy and reliability of your readings:
• Ensure that your Kestrel Meter is in good repair and within factory calibration.
• Take readings frequently and carefully according to the guidelines above.
• Allow your meter’s readings to stabilize after signicant changes in temperature or humidity (i.e., changing location from indoors
to outdoors).
• Allow a margin of safety for changing conditions and reading errors (2-3% of reading is recommended).
Use care and good judgment when referring to your Kestrel Meter to make any decisions regarding safety,
health or property protection.
To reduce the risk of injury or death to persons or animals, read and
follow these guidelines!
Your Kestrel Weather/Environmental Meter may provide one or more of these measurements relating to estimation of danger of injury to
people or animals from heat or cold: Heat Stress Index, Wind Chill Index, Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (“WBGT”), Temperature-Humidity
Index (THI), Heat Load Index (HLI), Accumulated Heat Load Units (AHLU). Note that guidance tables based on these values are based on
typical physiological response. Certain individuals/animals may be more susceptible to harm relating to environmental conditions and
require additional precautions. For example, high producing dairy cows; heavier nished cattle; and individuals/animals that are very
young or elderly, with asthma or respiratory conditions, or who have not become acclimatized to hot conditions are likely to be more prone
to heat injury.
• Biological factors (breed, acclimation, heat sensitivity, diet, health, coat color, etc.) can modify an individual animals response to
given environmental conditions with severe and extreme conditions sometimes resulting in death. The use of a Kestrel Meter does
not replace the need for animal observation and monitoring.
• In the case of human heat illness, remember the rule – “Cool rst, transport second.” An inexpensive ice bath can mean the
dierence between life and death.
Be prepared: know yourself and those you are responsible for, know what to do in the event of a heat or cold
injury, and know when to seek guidance of medical professionals.
Your Kestrel Weather/Environmental Meter is not a medical device. It is only one source of information and
must be employed with care and good judgment.
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CONTENTS
Contact .................................................................................. 4
Batteries ................................................................................ 4
Measurements And Features ............................................ 5
Getting To Know Your Kestrel ............................................ 7
Buttons .................................................................................. 8
Kestrel Options Menu ......................................................... 8
Weather Mode Screens ....................................................... 9
Kestrel Menu Navigation ...................................................10
Getting Started .................................................................... 11
Measuring Air Flow .............................................................12
Measuring THI, HLI, AHLU, and WBGT ............................12
Custom Flag Settings .......................................................... 16
Measuring Direction ........................................................... 16
Altimeter And Barometer ...................................................17
Using Min/Avg/Max ............................................................18
Connecting To Devices Using Link ................................... 18
Creating, Viewing, & Exporting Data Logs ...................... 20
Weather Glossary.................................................................22
THI Menu ............................................................................... 23
HLI Menu .............................................................................. 24
AHLU Menu .......................................................................... 25
Impeller Replacement ........................................................29
Warranty Certicate ............................................................31
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We recommend that ONLY Lithium AA batteries
be used in your Kestrel Weather/Environmental
Meter to provide the widest operating
temperature range and to avoid damage caused
by leaking lead-acid batteries. If you must use
conventional AA batteries, please do not store
your Kestrel Meter with the batteries in place.
Damage caused by battery corrosion is not
covered under warranty.
WARNING: Lithium is a toxic substance and
ingestion may cause serious injury or death.
Keep lithium batteries out of the reach of children
and animals. If swallowed, immediately seek
medical help. Have doctor phone 24-hour hotline
at (202) 625-3333, call collect if necessary. Dispose
of batteries properly and according to local
regulations. Do not puncture or burn batteries.
If the battery compartment does not close
securely, stop using the product and keep it away
from children and animals.
WARNING: Utilizing the alert light and buzzer
in your Kestrel Cattle Heat Stress Tracker places
a higher demand on the battery. To ensure the
alert light and buzzer operate when needed,
replace the battery when a third or less of
battery life remains, as indicated on start up.
BATTERIES
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MEASUREMENTS Icon 5000
Environmental
5000AG
Livestock
5400
HST
5400AG
Cattle
Wind Direction (Cardinal Points, Degrees)
o •
Wind Speed | Air Speed
(mph | fpm | Bft | m/s | km/h | kt)
• • • •
Volume Air Flow (cfm, m/hr, m/m, m/s, L/s)
•
Crosswind
(mph | fpm | Bft | m/s | km/h | kt)
o •
Headwind | Tailwind
(mph | fpm | Bft | m/s | km/h | kt)
o •
Temperature (˚F | ˚C)
• • • •
Wind Chill (˚F | ˚C)
• • • •
Relative Humidity (%)
• • • •
Heat Stress Index (˚F | ˚C)
• • • •
Temperature-Humidity Index (THI)
• •
Globe Temperature (˚F | ˚C)
• •
Naturally Aspirated Wet Bulb Temp (˚F | ˚C)
• •
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) (˚F | ˚C)
• •
Heat Load Index (HLI)
•
o
optional
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MEASUREMENTS
Icon 5000
Environmental
5000AG
Livestock
5400
HST
5400AG
Cattle
Accumulated Heat Load Units (AHLU)
•
Dewpoint Temp (˚F | ˚C)
• • • •
Wet Bulb Temp (˚F | ˚C)
• • • •
Station Pressure (inHg | hPA | psi | mb)
• • • •
Barometric Pressure (inHg | hPA | psi | mb)
• • • •
Altitude(m | ft )
• • • •
Density Altitude (m | ft)
• • • •
Delta T (˚F | ˚C)
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FEATURES
5000
Environmental
5000AG
Livestock
5400
HST
5400AG
Cattle
LiNK Connectivity & Kestrel LiNK Mobile App
N/A
o o o
•
Backlit Display switchable white or
Night-Vision preserving red
N/A
• • • •
o optional
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR KESTREL
BACK
DATA TRANSFER
PORT
SERIAL NUMBER
AA BATTERY (1)
(Lithium recommended)
LANYARD
ATTACHMENT
PRESSURE
SENSOR
FRONT
OPTIONS/EXIT
POWER
BACKLIGHT
SCROLL/ADJUST
TEMPERATURE
SENSOR
REPLACEABLE
IMPELLER
SELECT
BATTERY DOOR LATCH
HUMIDITY SENSOR
BATTERY DOOR
IMPELLER COVER
CAPTURE
SUNLIGHT
READABLE
DISPLAY
BLACK GLOBE
SENSOR*
ZONE ALERT
LIGHT*
*Only available on 5400 meters
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BUTTONS
Button Name Function
POWER Turns Kestrel on and o.
Press for on, hold for two
seconds to turn o.
OPTIONS/
EXIT
Enter the main Options
menu or exit a menu.
SELECT Access Settings on any
measurement screen or
select a menu option to
enter its submenu or conrm
a task.
UP/DOWN Scroll up and down through
measurement screens or
menus. Adjust values when
entering text in name
menus.
LEFT/
RIGHT
Scroll options left and
right. Adjust values in
combo menus and setting
submenus.
CAPTURE In Weather Mode, manually
capture all environmental
values.
BACKLIGHT
Turn backlight on or o.
(Also turns o automatically
after one minute.)
Most system-wide and weather setup options are accessed
from the main Options menu by pressing the
button
from any Weather Measurement Screen.
BLUETOOTH
» Bluetooth On/O
» Conct
• DATA PORT
• MEMORY OPTIONS
» Mem Used
» Auto Store
» Store Rate
» Overwrite
» Clear Log
• GRAPH SCALE
• DISPLAY
» Auto Shutdown
» Contrast
» Backlight
» Alerts
• SYSTEM
» Time & Date
» Compass Cal
» Measurements
» Units
» Lang
» Batt
» Factory Restore
• ABOUT
» Version
» Legal
KESTREL OPTIONS MENU
Note! Not all features listed available on all units.
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Measurement
& Icon Units
WEATHER MODE SCREENS
Graph of Stored Data Log
Data Point Value
Data Point Scroll Bar
Current Measurement Screen
Press
SELECT to enter settings
menu for that measurement.
Min Ave Max Screen
Press
SELECT to start, stop
and clear the Min/Avg/Max
tracking.
Data Graph Screen
Press
SELECT to enter
the Data Log Detail Screen to
view logged data points.
Data Points Screen
Press LEFT/RIGHT to scroll through
data points. Press OPTIONS to exit
Data Log Details Screen.
MORE MEASUREMENTS
MORE MEASUREMENTS
Data Point Time Stamp
» The UP/DOWN buttons navigate between all weather
measurements set to “On” in Options|Measurements.
» The
LEFT/RIGHT buttons scroll between the three
display screens for the measurement.
» The
OPTIONS button exits the settings submenu
and Data Log Detail Screen.
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KESTREL MENU NAVIGATION
TYPES OF MENU ITEMS
» Tasks are executed by highlighting the eld and pressing Select.
» The presence of a submenu is indicated by a “…” following a eld.
» Highlight the eld and press Select to enter a submenu.
» Adjust the value of a Combo Field by pressing left or right.
» Enter the Combo Field sub menu by pressing select.
» Adjust a setting by pressing left or right.
» An arrow indicates there are additional elds o screen.
» Locked values are either driven by another value or cannot be edited on
the current screen.
» Locked values may have submenus which are entered by pressing select.
» Navigation buttons indicate available actions on the current screen.
AHLU-86
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MLA: Orange
AHLU MEASUREMENT SCREEN
» HLI Upper Limit Threshold
» AHLU Measurement
» Selected Guideline: Current Zone
HLI
79.2
MLA:Orange
HLI MEASUREMENT SCREEN
» HLI Measurement
» Selected Guideline: Current Zone
Note! While HLI and THI are measured in Fahrenheit and Celisius, the scale of
both values is not comparable to standard temperature readings.
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