Gallagher HR5, Instructions Manual

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3E3183 Gallagher HR5 Hand Held EID Tag Reader User Manual

Sort Lists  

A sort list contains a list of  animal ID’s, each with a sor  ng 
assignment. This assignment may be used to separate animals into 
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The Sort Lists screen shows all the sor  ng lists available on the 
reader. These lists are imported from APS.

To view a sort list

1.  From the Main Menu, select 

Sort Lists

 and 

press 

OK

. The sort lists available on the HR5 will be displayed.

2.  To view the contents of a sort list, select a list and press 

OK

.

3.  A list of animal ID’s (VID or EID as set in the Tag Display screen) 

with a numeric sort group assigned, will be displayed. Press 
the 

Return

 key once to go back to the sort list and again to 

return to the Main menu.

Note:

 The sort list ‘Empty List’ is the factory default and contains 

no  animals. This can be used to assign sort groups to each animal 
as it is scanned, rather than from a prede

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 ned list.

Sort lists are compiled or edited in APS then downloaded to the 
reader. Changes made to a list, will be e

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 ec  ve for all sessions that 

use the list a  er the change is made.

Traits  

The Traits screen, lists all the traits available on the reader, which 
have been imported from APS or are the factory default traits. 
These traits can be assigned to an animal in a session.

To view a list of values for a trait

1.  From the Main Menu, select Traits and 

press 

OK

. A list of the traits  available on 

the HR5 will be displayed.

2.  To view the trait values, select a trait and 

press 

OK

.

3. Press 

the 

Return

 key once to go back to 

the trait list and again to return to the 
Main menu.

Note:

 A trait can only be deleted if it is not used in any session on 

the reader, by pressing the 

Delete

 so   key. A pop up message will 

either ask you to con

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 rm the dele  on or advise which session the 

trait is s  ll in use. 

See 

APS User Guide

 for more informa  on about impor  ng traits.