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3E3183 Gallagher HR5 Hand Held EID Tag Reader User Manual
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Read Tags
When the Reader is powered on, the main menu screen will be
displayed with the Read Tags icon highlighted.
Press the
OK bu on to start reading tags.
To read a tag
Squeeze the trigger on your Reader and pass the antenna near
the tag. A red light will show on the antenna, when the reader is
a emp ng to read a tag.
A beep will sound, a vibra on felt in the handle and the screen
will update with the Electronic ID tag informa on, indica ng a
successful tag read.
Important: If the Beeper and Vibrator have been turned off
in Se ngs, a successful tag read will be indicated by the tag
informa on changing on the screen only.
The fi elds on the Read Tags screen will vary depending on the
Session se ngs. See Sessions (p.7).
Note: Animal details can be printed to a Bluetooth connected ASCII
or barcode printer.
The tag number displayed in the big ID fi eld will vary depending on
your Tag Display se ng. See Tag Display (p.9).
Note: If using sor ng for the session, and group colours are
assigned in APS, the sort group colour will appear behind the read
tag in the Big ID fi eld.
Count or ‘No:’ The counter will increment each me a tag is read to
show the number of animals in the current session.
The ‘No:’ fi eld on the lower le of the screen, can be selected to
scroll back through the previous animals in the session.
If Record traits = NO If Record traits = YES
Tags counted
in this
session
Traits included
in this session
Press so key
below to Delete
tag shown
Press so key
below to Edit
trait values and
animal’s ID
Press so key
below to view
locate and create
animal data.
Press so key
below to Edit
the animal’s ID