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related relay for such items as auxiliary
alarms connected to a water pressure sensor if
there is no related relay.
b. Auxiliary Alarm Delay
: you can set a
separate alarm delay for the auxiliary
alarms.
10. Circuit Breaker Alarm:
a. Temperature for Circuit Breaker
Alarm: set the temperature at which a
sensor mounted to the main circuit
breaker should alarm.
Alarm Reset
Use this function for 3 purposes:
1. To clear the alarm relay for all current
alarms. The alarms may remain valid, but
they are no longer signaled. If a new alarm
occurs, or an existing alarm clears and
reoccurs, the alarm relay will signal again
(after any appropriate delays).
2. Restore normal operation after an
emergency pressure incident. If the control
experiences a high pressure alarm for too
long, it enters emergency pressure operation
by opening all known air sources. The
curtains open to preset amounts as set in
Control, Pressure, Help | Set.
3. Restore normal operation after a feed
overrun situation which calls for turning off
the feeding system.
Scale Setting
1. Bird Scale Mode (Sexed or Mixed): the
Sexed option actually means sex is not
significant such as in broilers or pullets.
Mixed means sex is significant, and the
Platinum Plus should determine the sex of
each bird weighed according to its weight.
2. Weight Unit
: Pounds (Lb) or Kilograms
(Kg).
3. Start Time
: set the start hour for weighing
birds each day. You can not set the minutes.
4. End Time
: set the end hour for weighing
birds each day. You can not set the minutes.
5. Tare Sensitivity
: weight changes greater
than this many machine counts, resets the
tare. The scale reads weights to one part in
about 65 thousand.
6. Weighing Sensitivity
: the bird scales weigh
each bird more than once to reduce the
variability due to bird movement. Weights
more than this amount from the current bird
weight are rejected from the current bird’s
weight collection.
Sexed:
1. Upper Range
: to eliminate weighing partial
birds or double birds, the Platinum Plus rejects
weights more than this amount in per cent
above the current reference weight. Factory
default is 30%.
2. Lower Range
: to eliminate weighing partial
birds or double birds, the Platinum Plus rejects
weights more than this amount in per cent
below the current reference weight. Factory
default is 30%.
3. Scale-1 and Scale-2 Reference Weight
: this is
the current working weight , used as the basis of
which bird weights to accept. After 100 fresh
birds are weighed, the current average becomes
the reference weight. If 100 birds are not
weighed in one day, the reference updates to the
current average at midnight. You can manually
edit the reference weight if needed to get the
scales close enough to actual bird weight to start
weighing birds.
Mixed:
1. Curve Selector
: pullet and breeder flocks are
fed according to a preplanned growth rate. You
can select one of three growth curves of
anticipated weights for particular bird ages
entered in Management, Bird Curve. Each curve
has separate Female and Male anticipated
weights. Select the curve here, and edit it in
Management, Bird Curve.
2. Upper Female
: Bird weights up to this amount
above the female curve weight are accepted as
female weights.
3. Lower Female: Bird weights up to this amount
below the female curve weight are accepted as
female weights.
4. Upper Male
: Bird weights up to this amount
above the male curve weight are accepted as
male weights.
5. Lower Male
: Bird weights up to this amount
below the male curve are accepted as male
weights.
Note: In the event that the male and female
acceptance ranges overlap, the male/female decision
is set at the midpoint.
Feed Bin:
1. Minimum Empty Weight
: a reduction in silo
weight of this amount counts as an actual
weight reduction and is entered into the
historical data as actual feed consumption.
2. Minimum Filling Weight
: an increase in silo
weight of this amount triggers recording of a
feed delivery. While the weight keeps
increasing, the Platinum Plus temporarily ceases
feeding the birds.
3. Resume Time
: this is the length of time to wait
after the silo stops increasing in weight to
resume the normal feeding program.
Help | Set Parameters
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