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Handling Robot Alarms

Robot Alarms are received on a smart phone using one of the following:

Delaval AMS Notifier (iOS Android)
- Scan the Farm Code (VMS Menu -> System -> Farm Code) on the robot screen to activate
Pushover (iOS Android) ($5 one time cost)

Some alarms can be handled remotely using the following apps:

LogMeIn – remote access when off of the farm – email derick@hillssupply.com for access
- Direct access to both main computer screens. On the second screen, you can control the robots
VNC Viewer (Classic robots only) – remote access when on the farm wifi
- Direct access to either of the robot screens
- RealVNC (iOS Android)
Delaval InControl (v300 robots only) – vms.delaval.com
- Only available on the farm network

Here are some common alarms and their resolution:

TBD

Hoof Trim in Delpro

Delpro can be used to automatically sort milking cows into the trim chute

Move the flush schedule for the feed alley back to mid afternoon
Add cows to be trimmed to the “Hoof Trim” selection – once cows are in this selection they will automatically be sorted to the trim chute
- use CowsToTrimHoofs report to find cows due for routine trimming
- add lame cows
Begin fetching cows from the Hoof Trim selection. Don’t fetch all at once, or the chute will get too full.
As cows are trimmed, remove them from the Hoof Trim selection so that they don’t get sorted into the chute again. The “Cow Traffic” report can be used to see which cows have been sorted into the chute. The filter and date filter are setup like this
Trim events must be added into the AMIS database so that the report can be used in the future (ask Jeff)

Purchased Cow Entry

Procedure

On Delpro, open the Animal List
Click on the New button

Fill out the following fields:

Entry Way: Purchase
Source: Name of farm or auction
Event Date: Purchase Date
Number: Primary ID number – usually ear tag
Name: Not needed, but enter it if you want
Ear Tag Left: Ear Tag number
Birth Date: enter best estimate if not known
Sex: Female
Lactation Number: enter best guess if not known
Group: Milking, Dry, Prefresh, or Heifer
Breed: Jersey (or Crossbreed, or Holstein)
Official Reg. Number: if registered, enter the breed registration number, otherwise leave it the same as Number
Transponder Type: ISO Transponder
ISO Transponder ID: Assign a tag, and enter it here
Sire ORN:

For Heifers (Lactation = 0)

Last Insem Date: only if they have been bred
Is Pregnant: check if tested positive

For Cows (Lactation > 0)

Last Calving Date:
Last Insem Date: only if they have been bred since last calving
Is Pregnant: check if tested positive

If Last Insem Date is entered then:

Insem Method: most will be AI, some will be Natural
Semen: Select the semen used for the last insemination. If bull is not on list either by number or by name, then add new.
Batch Edit AMS Settings
Batch Edit Feed Settings