BoviSync Stall Indexing

BoviSync Stall Indexing

What is BoviSync Stall Indexing?

Dairies perform hospital treatments, selective dry therapy, milk testing, repro shots, and pen sorting in parlors or working pens. BoviSync Stall Indexing (BSI) allows animals to be scanned into a stall when there is a chore to complete using the BoviSync mobile app. The stall number precedes all animals in the chore queue. Stall numbers save time and eliminate mistakes, especially when ear tags are not visible.

For example, when selectively drying cows off, the BSI feature allows technicians to utilize parlor stall numbers to find cows for specific treatments after scanning. The chore list queue will enable technicians to use stall numbers to complete chores. The chore is completed when the stall and eartag number is clicked, and any prompts appear automatically.

BSI works where multiple stalls are used for management. BSI is beneficial when there are additional steps to be completed when completing a chore and there are headlocks or chutes with stall assignments. BSI will work immediately on chore lists after completing an import of RFID numbers on stalls. For more instructions on creating the import file contact support or reference this article: BoviSync Stall Import (bovisync.com)

How BoviSync Stall Indexing Works

While working in a chore list, BSI mode is activated as soon as a stall EID is scanned.

In order for a cow with a chore to be assigned a stall in the chore list, we need to have the following scenario scanned. The basic scanning pattern that we look for is: stall, cow, stall, cow. This ensures that we assign the correct stall to the correct animal.

Scenario 1 (Ideal)
Scan Stall 1
Scan Cow 19
--> BV app: Cow 19 goes to chore queue
Scan Stall 2
Scan Cow 12
--> BV app: Cow 19 is assigned Stall 1 in chore queue
--> BV app: Cow 12 is added to the chore queue

Here’s a screenshot of what this looks like after the scans:


The following scenarios are more likely to occur in a rotary parlor, where scanning occurs continuously.

Scenario 2 (Two cows scanned in a row)
If there are two cows scanned in a row, neither of these cows will have a stall assigned to them. This is to prevent an animal from being assigned the wrong stall. In the picture below, cows 12 and 16 were scanned in a row (without scanning a stall in between), so neither of them is assigned a stall. This might happen when a cow reaches her head over, and we don’t want to assume which cow belongs in which stall.
 

Scenario 3 (Empty stall)
If there is an empty stall in the parlor, you will see a special icon added to the queue that means ‘no cow in stall’ or ‘empty stall’. (This means that two stalls were scanned in a row.) Below is an image of what this looks like. To make this icon disappear, you can tap or swipe it.
 

Scenario 4 (Reverse parlor)
There may be times when a rotary parlor goes in reverse. In this case, a previous stall gets scanned twice. When this happens, the app will start to assign parlor stalls again to cows after 24 total scans have occurred including both stalls and cows.

Detail Data
While in parlor stall scanning mode, Detail Data will display the first animal in the chore queue instead of the last scanned animal. This is so you can have the detailed chore and animal data for the animal that is up next in the chore queue.



Video showing stall indexing





When not in a chore list but rather the homepage of the app, when the parlor stall EID is scanned, you will get a warning of ‘EID not found’.
When scanning in a chore list, when the parlor stall EID gets scanned, there will be no audio response from the app. This is different than what you are used to hearing when an animal EID is being scanned like in a pen.

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