How AgriEID sheep scales work
The bars capture the weight. The indicator sends it by Bluetooth. The app records it. The cloud turns it into weight gain.
Load bars
Two bars sit under your weigh crate or platform. The load cells arrive pre-calibrated, so there is nothing to set up.
Bluetooth indicator
The indicator detects the bars and calibrates itself. Auto-hold locks the reading for a moving animal and sends it to your phone or tablet in real time.
AgriEID Lite app
Free on Apple and Android. Save each weight against a visual or EID tag with medical batches, notes and custom fields, with or without reception.
Cloud software
Upload a session and the cloud works out average daily gain and growth charts for each animal and each mob. 12 months is included, and every session exports as a CSV.
See the load bars and the free app at work
The Bluetooth load bars with the AgriEID Lite app and the cloud platform.
Setting up
Fit. The 600mm bars go under a weighing platform, alleyway or crate. Installation only needs a level surface and a platform. A platform build guide is included for a local welder. The Extreme Duty 1000mm bars are made to bolt under a crush.
Connect. Plug the two 5m cables into the indicator. It detects the bars and calibrates itself, so there is nothing to set up. The bars also plug into most TruTest and Gallagher indicators without calibration.
Power. Run the indicator from its 6V rechargeable battery in the yards, or from the 240V adapter in the shed.
Weigh. Open the free AgriEID Lite app and pair the indicator by Bluetooth. Each weight appears on your phone or tablet, ready to save with a tag, a medical batch and notes. No tag reader is needed: visual tags work, and a reader can be added at any time.
Add a tag reader. Scan the NAIT tag and the weight lands on the right animal with no typing. The BT ProGuard 600mm scales are also sold with the BT Ultra Stick Reader as a Digital Farm System package.
New system versus old scale-head computers
Older more expensive systems have a computer built into the scales monitor to control the load bars and EID reader. Our system uses precision hardware connected via a modern and easy to use app on your mobile device so its much faster with a larger and easier to read colour screen.
You can enter data into our app with precision voice dictation – just click on the microphone on our mobile app and add notes. The older more expensive and cumbersome systems you need to type in data with a tiny physical Qwerty keyboard with your thumbs on poor quality screens you cant view in direct sunshine.
The AgriEID app makes it faster to capture the data and more flexible with the upload of the data to the AgriEID cloud or export as a csv file.
From a weight to a decision
Track the average daily weight gain of your livestock and measure your farm's performance against key industry benchmarks. By identifying poor performing animals you can provide targeted medical treatments, track genetics for continuous improvement of the flock and dose to the actual weight.