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APCD-500, rev10

APCD-500

Common Auger — If independent Slave Chain

Disk Systems are enabled above, specify if

all Chain Disk Systems have their own bin

auger or if they share a common auger. *This

parameter is available if at least 1 independent slave

Chain Disk System is enabled above.

Use Common auger

Yes

Independent

Bin Augers

Common

Bin Auger

Proxy Switch — Select “Yes” if proximity

sensors are used to detect the presence of

feed in the system.

Use Proxy

Switch? Yes

Proxy Switch Status — Choose the normal

contact status of all proximity sensors in use:

Normally Opened (NO) or Normally Closed

(NC). *This parameter is available if proximity

sensors are enabled.

Proxy Switch

Normally Open

Feed Sensor Bypass — When a feed cycle

starts, some feed leftovers from the previous

cycle are likely to remain. The “Feed Sensor

Bypass Delay” allows ignoring the presence

of these leftovers at the beginning of a feed

cycle. Set this delay separately for each

Chain Disk System in use: Mstr = Master

Chain Disk System, S1,= Slave 1, S2,=

Slave 2, etc. It ranges from 0 to 30 minutes.

* This parameter is available if a proximity sensor

is enabled above and if the system does not use the

common bin auger.

Feed Sensor Mstr

Bypass 0:30m:s

Continuous Feeding / Timed Feeding — Se-

lect “Yes” to use the continuous feeding

mode; select “No” to use timed feed distribu-

tion (see sec. 4.3). *The controller automatically

enables the proximity sensor when the continuous

feeding mode is enabled.

Continuous

Feeding? No

Proxy Switch in Drop Tube ? — This parame-

ter tells where the proximity sensor is located

when using the continuous feed distribution

mode. Select “Yes” if it is mounted in the

last drop tube to be filled in each Chain Disk

System or select “No” if it is located on the

Chain Disk System line after the last drop

and before the fill hopper. * This parameter

is available if the “Continuous feeding” and “Use

Proxy” options are enabled.

Prox Switch in

drop tube? No

Continuous Feeding Delay — This delay is ex-

clusively used in the continuous feeding mode.

Depending on the location of the proximity

sensor, this delay takes a different meaning

(see below). * This parameter is available if the

continuous feeding mode is enabled above.

1. If the proximity sensor is mounted in the

last drop tube to be filled in each Chain Disk

System, the “Continuous Feeding Delay” tells

when to start a feed cycle from the moment

the drop tube is empty (no feed is detected

in the last drop).

2. If the proximity sensor is mounted on the

Chain Disk System line after the last drop and

before the fill hopper, the “Continuous Feeding

Delay” is an estimation of time it will take for

the animals to eat the feed.

The main difference between both

possibilities is that in the first case,

the system is considered as being

empty when the proximity sensor

stops detecting feed; in the second

Brand	GSi
Model	Chain Disk APCD-500
Category	Controller
Language	English

GSi Chain Disk APCD-500 User Manual

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GSi Chain Disk APCD-500 Specifications