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SESSIONS
AsessionisacollectionofweightrecordsforwhichtheWeighScaledisplays
statistics.
Sessionshaveastartdatebutcanremainopenforaperiodoftime.Each
weighingeventaddsarecordtothecurrentsession.Tokeepweightgain
calculationsaccurate,itisrecommendedthatyoustartanewsessionwhenever
youweighanewgroupofanimals.
Eachtimedataiscollectedarecordiscreated.Thedateonwhichanewrecord
iscreatedisstoredwithinthesessionbutisnotdisplayedontheWeighScale.
ThisdateisusedtocalculatetheweightgainforananimalandiscopiedtoAPS
withthesession.
Note:SessionfilesontheWeighScaleshouldbeclosedregularly‐generallyattheend
ofaweighingsession.Ifsessionsareleftopenforlongerthan2.5yearsthe
oldestrecorddatesmaybecomeinaccurate.
Sessionsoverview
Therearethreetypesofsessions:
StandardSession Thesesessionsallowrecordingofstandardanimal
information(noteandconditionscore).
TraitSession Thesesessionsletyourecorduptoeighttraitsforeach
animal.Thetraitsthatyoucanrecordinthesessionare
definedinAPSandcopiedtothescale,priortothe
session.Upto10traittablescanbedefinedand
copiedtotheScale.WhenaTraitsessioniscreated
youcanselectwhichtraittabletouseasatemplate.
DraftListSession Thesesessionsletyoudraftanimalsaccordingtotheir
ElectronicID.ThedraftlistissetupinAPSandcopied
totheScalepriortothesession.
Inadditiontotherebeingthreetypesofsession,theScalealsoworksinthree
differentmodes:Automatic,ManualandFine.Theothervariablethataffectsthe
operationoftheScaleiswhetherloadbarsareconnected.TheScaleisableto
performdifferentfunctionsdependingonthemixofthesethree
variables.Those
functioncapabilitiesaresummarisedinthefollowingtable: