Background
This article walks you through how to set-up the Lely Cloud Interface.
Farm giving access to BoviSync
The farm with the Lely software must give access to BoviSync.
Open the Lely Program.
On the red, left side bar, click on the Manage icon.
Find 'Data Exchange' section and Click on 'Data Exchange'
Click "Add Data Exchange"
Select Choose Third Party
From DropDown, selectBoviSync
You may then need to click into BoviSync row like below:
Select Yes for the Data Exchange option.
Copy the Farm Key. You will use this to set-up the source in BoviSync
Click Apply Changes at the bottom of the screen.
Create a source in BoviSync
Click on 'Add Source'
Fill in the information, similar to the image below:
- Type: Herd Software
- Supplier: Lely Cloud
- Bulk Tanks: Leave blank
- Name: Whatever you choose (Name something you remember)
- Client: Leave as default: No selection
- Click: Add Source
Then, click 'Edit' on your source you just created.
Paste the 'Farm Key' that you copied from your Lely software program into the External Farm ID field.
Click Save.
Note: if you only want to connect the Lely Milk Only Import, you can follow all the steps above, except change the Source information:
- Type: Parlor
- Supplier: Lely Milk Only Import
- Bulk Tanks: Leave blank
- Name: Whatever you choose (Name something you remember)
- Client: Leave as default: No selection
- Click: Add Source
Lely Life ID / Lely API ID
For Milking Weights to go into BoviSync you must have the Lely Life ID entered into BoviSync within the "Lely API ID" field. You can do this easily by exporting a file from Lely and using this method to import the ID's into BoviSync:
Add/Update Animal IDs (Batch entry)