DOL 635 • DOL 639
User Manual
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Water/feed ratio
(with water meter)
This alarm indicates that the water/ feed ratio does not follow the reference
curve. Possible reasons:
1) Defective water system
2) Sick animals
3) Feed inaccuracies
However, note that the water/ feed ratio may be increased in houses without
cooling systems when the outside temperature is high.
The alarm is generated if the water and feed consumption ratio within a given
period of time (
Time for alarm control
) deviates from the value set (
Water/
feed ratio alarm limit
).
Can be disconnected automatically during the first days of a batch (
Begin to
check at day number
).
Choose whether the water is to turn off or not when an alarm is generated.
When all water alarms have been acknowledged, the house controller turns on
the water again.
Silo content
Feed level too low
Based on the feed consumption of the previous day, the production controller
calculates how long it will be until the feed is consumed, and will trigger an
alarm once this time is exceeded
(Feed level too low
).
If the same type of feed is in multiple silos, a total overall level will be calcu-
lated.
Silo content low
The silo content shown is a calculated value. The alarm is generated when the
quantity of feed in a silo is below a set limit.
Silo is empty alarm
The empty silo sensor registers that there is no more feed in the silo and it is
not possible to switch to another silo, possibly due to too low silo content.
6.3.4 Water alarms
These alarms can be disconnected automatically at batch/flock start by setting a
Start alarm day
. In the event of
major changes to the number of animals in the house, at least 26 hours should pass before the house controller
can trigger the alarm.
In order to avoid triggering false alarms, you can indicate how many days should pass before the house con-
troller triggers a water alarm.
Alarm settings | Production | Water alarm
Alarms can be disconnected automatically at batch start by setting a
Start
alarm day
.
Min. and max. water alarm
These alarms are used for monitoring the animals' drinking patterns.
The alarm limits for maximum and minimum water consumption is a set per-
centage of the normal consumption.
The climate controller calculates this normal consumption by comparing the
current 24-hour period with the 24-hour period that is two hours older. At 1 pm,
for example, you look at the period from 11 am on the previous day to 11 am
on the current day.
With water control
These alarms are used for monitoring leakages and stoppages in the water
system.
