Sheep and Cattle EID Tag Readers, Psion, Agrident, TruTest Weighers, Sheep Software from TGM Software Solutions Ltd

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Electronic Identification Products with which Select Sheepware is compatible.

Select Sheepware is compatible with a range of EID equipment, some of which is shown below.
There are 4 different types of EID equipment

PDA (personal organiser) type such as the Psion WorkAbout Pro and the EditID handheld.
Windows mobile PDAs and Smartphones, linked to an EID wand via Bluetooth
Event recorders such as the Agrident APR350
EID wand or stick reader on its own, not linked to a PDA

We have videos of some of these on our YouTube video page

Types of EID Readers: Summarising the differences:
PDA readers - these allow the maximum level of management recording. They have a full management program running on the reader. You tap the screen, to make selections on the reader in much the same way as you would click a mouse on a computer. The reader allows you not only to record management events, but also to view a complete history of each animal.
The PDAs linked by Bluetooth to an EID wand behave exactly the same as the Psion type readers, except that to record events, you need to work with 2 items - the wand or stick reader and the PDA device.
Event recorders such as the Agrident APR350 have a range of events in a menu from which you can select in order to record management information. You cannot look up information on individual animals and the level of recording is less than on a PDA type reader
EID wands or stick readers only pick up the EID number of the animal. You cannot record any significant level of management information on a stick reader. Such readers are useful for recording batch information such as a medicine treatment to a group of animals, but are not very suitable if you want to record detailed management information such as number of lambs born alive, number dead, lambing ease or difficulty etc.
Types of Bluetooth Electronic Weigh Scales
The Tru-Test XR3000 Bluetooth - is a Bluetooth enabled electronic weigh scale which can communicate wirelessly with an EID reader such as the Psion WorkAbout Pro. Also available are the XR3000 (without Bluetooth) and the ID3000, which can simply use a Bluetooth dongle to communicate wirelessly with a Psion.
The Iconix FX15 is another Bluetooth enabled electronic weigh scale newly compatible with our sheep software and Psion EID reader. If you are interested in using any of these weigh scales please email information@tgmsoftware.com for advice and more information.

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