Tru-Test XRS2 Setup Manual

XRS2 STICK READER SETUP GUIDE
The alerts feature on your XRS2 Stick Reader (the stick reader) allows you to receive alerts about a particular animal as
its tag is read. There are several steps required to set up alerts:
1. Create an 'alerts file' with animal EIDs (and alert messages – optional) on a PC.
2. Transfer the alerts file to the stick reader using Data Link for PC.
3. Enable the Alerts feature on the stick reader.
After this, you will be ready to scan animals and receive alerts.
Different ways alerts can be used
There are three different ways in which alerts can be used. It is important to understand each of these, before you begin.
Stick Reader issues an alert when a particular EID is scanned
For example, you have four animals in your herd which you'd like to separate from the herd. You want to set up the
stick reader to issue an alert when a particular EID is scanned.
To do this:
1. Create an alerts file containing just the EIDs of the animals you would like to separate.
2. Set up the stick reader to alert you to animals
Stick Reader issues a specific alert when a particular EID is scanned
For example, you have some animals which you want to be seen by the vet and some others which you want to
withhold. You want to set up the stick reader to issue an alert for animals which need to be seen by the vet and a
different alert for animals which need withholding.
To do this:
1. Create an alerts file containing a list of the EIDs of animals which need to be seen by the vet, together with a
message 'Vet' and a list of the EIDs of animals which need withholding, together with a message 'Withhold'.
You can have multiple messages in the same alerts file. See page 2 for examples of different ways to
create an alerts file.
2. Set up the stick reader to alert you to animals
Stick Reader issues an alert for animals not in the list of EIDs
For example, you are loading some animals that you have sold onto a truck and you want to identify animals which do
not belong in the group (stray animals). You want to set up the stick reader to issue an alert for animals which are not
in the list of EIDs.
To do this:
1. Create an alerts file containing just the EIDs of animals in the sold group.
2. Set up the stick reader to alert you to animals
in the alerts file
.
in the alerts file
.
not in the alerts file .
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