The dashboard shows an overview of your farm. Here you can see at a glance how your farm is doing and if applicable, which actions you have to take:
Check and if necessary, adjust your delivery forecast.
View the progress of current deliveries.
View the state of all PorkTuners. This indicates if an action is necessary, for example when the Learning mode is finished.
View the trends for the growth and number of visits of the animals to see if the animals in all locations are doing well. When the trend is going down, it is necessary to find out why.
Check if there are feeding phase switches recommended (optional).
View the progress of current marking actions (optional).
The delivery forecast shows a forecast for the next 4 weeks. Use this information to decide if there are enough animals to deliver. The delivery forecast is based on the total number of animals on the farm. Click the settings icon to change the preferred delivery number or the delivery weight range.
Shows an overview of all current deliveries. The column Locations shows all location numbers that are in use as a location where pigs are selected for delivery. Use this information to see the progress of the deliveries. Click on Go to deliveries to view more details.
Shows an overview of the locations where feeding phase switches are advised now. A switch is advised when the average weight of the animals in the location is higher than the optimal switch moment, but lower than the optimal switch moment + 3kg. Click on Go to feeding overview to change the feed phases or to start the next feeding phase.
The Marking widget shows all current marking actions and the progress. Click on Go to marking overview to view more details of the marking actions.
An overview of non-critical notifications is shown. Immediate action is not necessary, but there is an action that should be done (for example creating a backup or updating the V-pack firmware). Click on the notification to see more information.
Shows an overview of the total number of locations and pigs, and the number of locations with a specific state. Click on Go to farm overview to view more details.
Overview of states
State |
Description |
Required action |
How to |
Empty |
The location is empty. |
Clean location and supply new animals. |
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Learning |
The PorkTuner is in Learning mode. |
No action required |
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Learning finished |
Learning phase 5/5 is finished. |
The status light on the PorkTuner is blinking. Put the fences and the exit doors of the PorkTuner in the Sorting mode. |
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Sorting |
The PorkTuner is sorting. |
No action required. |
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Prepare for delivery |
A new delivery is set up and the PorkTuner is waiting unit the delivery can start. |
Set the fences in the pen in Delivery mode. After that, set the PorkTuner in the Delivery mode by pushing the red button on the PorkTuner 3 times. |
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Delivery |
The PorkTuner is delivering pigs. |
No action required. The PorkTuner is busy with delivering. After delivering the PorkTuner continues in Sorting mode. |
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Unknown |
Something is wrong with the PorkTuner. |
Try to find the cause of the problem and solve it. |
Troubleshooting |
When a unit is blocked, the Dashboard shows this apart from the other states. Push the red button 1 time to release the entrance gate of the PorkTuner. The PorkTuner continues in the same mode as before it was blocked (Learning, Sorting or Delivery).
This graph shows the average growth in gram per day of all animals of PorkTuners in Sorting mode. To view the growth of the animals in a single location, click on the menu option Farm, and select the location in the field Farm overview. The tab Growth shows the growth of the location.
This graph shows the number of visits per day for all animals of PorkTuners in Sorting mode. To view the visits of a single location, go to the location monitor page by selecting the menu option Farm, and in the field Farm overview select the location. The tab Visits per hour shows the number of visits per hour of the location.