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3E3183 Gallagher HR5 Hand Held EID Tag Reader User Manual
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Reading a tag with Mothering selected
To select Mothering, see How to start a new session (p. 8)
When in a mothering session, fi rst scan the Dam’s electronic tag,
or use ‘Find Animal’ (press
More > Find Animal) to search for
the Dam based on its visual tag.
You will be asked to specify this animal as a Dam, (press
OK) and
you can then record data against its ID in the usual manner.
Next scan the off spring and select the off spring op on from
the pop-up menu. The Dam’s ID will be automa cally recorded
against this animal, along with any other manual data that may
be desired.
Mul ple off spring can be recorded in this manner without having
to re-scan the mother repeatedly.
Enter a VID manually
On a tag read, if an EID does not have a corresponding VID
number, this can be manually entered to create an EID/VID cross
reference for the animal.
1. Read the EID tag.
2. Press the
Edit so key.
3. Using the arrow keys, select
No VID fi eld (above the Big ID
box) and press OK.
4. Press the
ABC so key to select le ers or numbers for the VID.
5. Use the keypad to enter the VID and press
OK.
6. Press
Done.
Enter an EID manually
When reading a tag, if there is no EID tag present on an animal
i.e. the tag has been lost or fallen out, a new tag can be manually
entered or replaced to create a new EID/VID cross reference.
1. Use ‘Find animal’ (press
More > Find Animal) to search for
the animal based on its visual tag.
2. Press the
Edit so key.
3. Using the arrow keys, select
No EID fi eld (beneath the Big ID
box) and press OK.
Note: If a tag has been lost, select the exis ng EID fi eld and
press
OK.
4. Scan a new EID tag and press
Confi rm.
5. Press
Done.