76 Transmitter and animal management
7.1.3 Reading transmitter numbers
When creating new transmitter numbers, it is a good idea to have these read by the feeder. This
saves you from typing in the numbers and eliminates the possibility of typing errors.
You read transmitter numbers in the automatic feeder as follows:
1. Navigate via > Animal management > Transmitters to the New sub-menu.
2. Hold a transmitter next to the identification unit of a feeding box.
The number of the transmitter will be read in and displayed in the line after No. ⱡ . At the
same time, the animal number to be newly assigned will be suggested in the Animal no.
line.
Note: You can affect the suggested animal number by selecting in the No. line automatic
or sequential as the scheme for assigning the animal numbers (see 7.1.5 "Assigning animal
numbers" - 76).
3. Check whether the suggested animal number is correct and if so go to the line accept?
and press .
Note: Make sure that in Station you select the feeding box within which you have located
the transmitter which you have identified.
4. In order to allocate the newly read transmitter number to the displayed animal number, con-
firm the security prompt Create new no. xxx for animal xx? by choosing .
7.1.4 Manually entering transmitter numbers
Instead of reading the transmitters, you can also manually type in the transmitter numbers, if
necessary
You manually enter transmitter numbers as follows:
1. Navigate via > Animal management > Transmitters to the New sub-menu.
2. Enter the transmitter number in the No. ⱡ menu and confirm it by choosing .
3. In the Animal No. menu, check the suggested animal number and confirm it by choosing
.
4. Confirm accept? by choosing .
5. In order to allocate the input transmitter number to the displayed animal number, confirm the
security prompt Create new no. xxx for animal xx? by choosing .
7.1.5 Assigning animal numbers
If the transmitter numbers are automatically read when new numbers are created, an animal
number will be automatically suggested. When doing this, there are two schemes to choose
from for the assignment of numbers.
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