Dashboard

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:

Delivery forecast

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 https://velos-online-help.azurewebsites.net/en-US/porktuner-webhelp/images/Settings%20icon_613.png to change the preferred delivery number or the delivery weight range.

Deliveries

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.

Feeding phase transition (optional)

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.

Marking (optional)

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.

System notifications

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.

Farm

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.

Supply new animals

Learning

The PorkTuner is in Learning mode.

No action required

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.

Sorting

Sorting

The PorkTuner is sorting.

No action required.

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.

How do I start a delivery in Velos?

Delivery

The PorkTuner is delivering pigs.

No action required. The PorkTuner is busy with delivering. After delivering the PorkTuner continues in Sorting mode.

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).

Growth

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.

#Visits

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.