AfiMilk MPC 3 - Delay of Vacuum at Start; Stimulation Assignment Options; Setting Stimulation Start Options

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Chapter
8
Unique Setup & Configurations
Delay of Vacuum at Start
The Start Delay ( SD ) parameter enables a short delay time between Start key press and
vacuum opening. This feature is used where time to lower clusters is longer than regular.
SD parameter belongs to parameters Group 3 (Production parameters). It may be set in
Afimilk MPC parameters table in afifarm OR directly via the control box.
Stimulation Assignment Options
Four automatic pre-milking stimulation operation options are available in Afimilk MPC.
Each farm chooses one of the following:
o No stimulation at all– Stimulation disabled in parameters
o Stimulation for all of the milked cows– Stimulation enabled in parameters.
o Stimulation for a few specific milked cows– Stimulation activated for cows with a
code assigned with stimulation operator.
o Stimulation for most of the cows - (few selected cows do not receive stimulation)
- Stimulation disabled for cows with a code assigned with stimulation operator.
If all or most of the cows in milk get automatic pre-milking stimulation, the stimulation
function should be set to begin automatically after the start button is pressed.
Otherwise, to initiate stimulation the user must double-click the start button.
Setting Stimulation Start options
As explained above default of stimulation is to start with single press of the Start button.
To for assigning double start to stimulation activation for selected/all the cows, a
stimulation code is selected and Start button behavior is defined for double start
protection (See Security level & Start Button Lock above).
Milking start for all the cows assigned with the stimulation code will start with double
start.
NOTE
If a cow is assigned for stimulation, pressing a second time will disable
stimulation.
If a cow is assigned a high-level health code, there is a “do not milk” command
assigned to her. Pressing a second time will reverse the “do not milk”
command and start milking with stimulation.
If a cow is assigned with high-level health code as well as stimulation the milker
needs to press three times to milk her without stimulation.