Cheap EID Readers

[Bury the Trash]

Getting your head round the software is the hard bit (I'm not there yet)...

what software have you got/use ?

 

[Nithsdale]

what software have you got/use ?

Whatever comes standard on an Agrident reader (APR600)

 

[Bury the Trash]

Whatever comes standard on an Agrident reader (APR600)

i meant indoors really ...I'll be honest , i struggle with paperwork and also understanding how to use some software types and computers and i have found found it actually upsetting in the past,especially with the money and time thats involved with it all.. but ....uploading to farm matters and then letting it do the recording and medicine book etc...is something that has helped me hugely and that's no overstatement.

 

[DartmoorEwe]

I've got the reader in the photo of the OP. I did a bit of a review of it on here:-

Simplest sheep EID tag reader and thermal printer​

If that's not a ff link then search for the thread. I'm afraid I hijacked someone else's question. It can download a list of eid numbers but there is no way of deleting last time's search so I just scan the dog then start my sheep scanning then scan the dog again to end the scanning. The numbers can then be downloaded to a word document and from there to excel which can be persuaded to highlight duplicates and put the numbers in order. The details are in the thread above. The lcd screen is quite small but easier to read than a bouncing lamb. The memory is not infinite but quite big enough for me.

 

[Highland Mule]

I've got the reader in the photo of the OP. I did a bit of a review of it on here:-

Simplest sheep EID tag reader and thermal printer​

If that's not a ff link then search for the thread. I'm afraid I hijacked someone else's question. It can download a list of eid numbers but there is no way of deleting last time's search so I just scan the dog then start my sheep scanning then scan the dog again to end the scanning. The numbers can then be downloaded to a word document and from there to excel which can be persuaded to highlight duplicates and put the numbers in order. The details are in the thread above. The lcd screen is quite small but easier to read than a bouncing lamb. The memory is not infinite but quite big enough for me.

That’s the thread - I remember contributing to it at the time too.

Worth a read through for anyone planning buying one.

 

[Bury the Trash]

The device liked records up to 7K tags... D/L with BT or a USB port to teh PC/Laptop.

But yes, not super cheap. I suspect it will be the same device as being sold here already by some companies, but with some branding on teh Reader

just to b sure better wipe them down with disinfectant as he might have dribbled 'bat juice' on them in lunch break

btw them agrident ones recharge themselve whilst theyre cable connected up to upload yer stuff 'which is useful ' (didnt another bloke on the fast show say that as well

 

[Cheesehead]

just to b sure better wipe them down with disinfectant as he might have dribbled 'bat juice' on them in lunch break

btw them agrident ones recharge themselve whilst theyre cable connected up to upload yer stuff 'which is useful ' (didnt another bloke on the fast show say that as well

Sorry all I remember is, "This season I shall mostly be wearing nipple clamps."

 

[steveR]

Sorry all I remember is, "This season I shall mostly be wearing nipple clamps."

Yes dear.......

 

[Cheesehead]

Yes dear.......

Suit you sir,

 

[Bury the Trash]

Whatever comes standard on an Agrident reader (APR600)

that will be the AgriLink software

 

[TGM]

An update on agrident software. Agrilink which comes in the box has no capabilities to do any management recording. Download from reader is very very basic. We supply our own AgriDataTransfer software frree of charge with the agrident readers which we supply. This enables the reader to record the full range of management events on the reader. data transfers from reader to pc. Births deaths medicine treatments weights .... reader allows for fully automatic weighing with compatible bt scales. We're testing link to the trutest S3 scale. This should be ready for release within the next 2 to 4 weeks if all goes well. I believe that on completion of this that agrident will be the only reader which will be capable of automated weighing being done directly on an eid reader linked to the trutest scale. Trutest readers for example cannot link to trutest so.

 

[TGM]

Agridatatransfer free on all readers sold by tgm or through any of our distributors. It is available to everyone else on subscription of £5 per month.

 

[steveR]

Hopefully, I will suss out the protocols and transfer systems...

It will depend on teh software people are using I guess.

Well it arrived from downtown Shenzhen in 7 days or so...

Not done anything practical with it, however I have been playing with transfers. Plug the reader into an android phone usb port or Chromebook, and open Google sheets and it will read a group of saved tag numbers in a column order, or when plugged in and reading, it will read as you go and save into the sheet in a column.

Behaves much the same as a scanner reading barcodes, so I'll have a play with my ag software next week, as it will accept data from a spreadsheet...

 

[Tourmak]

shearwell stick reader doesnt do anything other than read and send and it will break , the end that screws on is a weak point if youre not very careful how you screw it on when changing the batteries.
as the batteries have to be taken out to charge as there's no port.
also in comparison those Agrident readers are modern lithium type batteries which last longer and are lighter .

one of those i mentioned above will ( in continuous read) , read as fast as you can get to those ears, and shove back in your pocket as quick as youre thinking where to put the stick reader one while you open gates etc.

Having a handpiece that will at least link births to ewes there and then is an must have i reckon, and if it can record weights with auto input from a weigh head than it will be at least three times more useful to most breeding flock keepers than just a basic chip reader.
medicine use on a task option is particularly good for a 'one off' ab use, as said above with the reader in your pocket as you jab, and after record , job done.
up load to computer indoors for record book etc , like the bloke said on the fast show get this modern stuff right and .... "its brilliant"

shearwell stick reader doesnt do anything other than read and send and it will break , the end that screws on is a weak point if youre not very careful how you screw it on when changing the batteries.
as the batteries have to be taken out to charge as there's no port.
also in comparison those Agrident readers are modern lithium type batteries which last longer and are lighter .

one of those i mentioned above will ( in continuous read) , read as fast as you can get to those ears, and shove back in your pocket as quick as youre thinking where to put the stick reader one while you open gates etc.

Having a handpiece that will at least link births to ewes there and then is an must have i reckon, and if it can record weights with auto input from a weigh head than it will be at least three times more useful to most breeding flock keepers than just a basic chip reader.
medicine use on a task option is particularly good for a 'one off' ab use, as said above with the reader in your pocket as you jab, and after record , job done.
up load to computer indoors for record book etc , like the bloke said on the fast show get this modern stuff right and .... "its brilliant"

Are you using farm management software to store the EID data for the medicines or just a spreadsheet?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Are you using farm management software to store the EID data for the medicines or just a spreadsheet?

Proper farm management software.

 

[Jerry]

shearwell stick reader doesnt do anything other than read and send and it will break , the end that screws on is a weak point if youre not very careful how you screw it on when changing the batteries.
as the batteries have to be taken out to charge as there's no port.
also in comparison those Agrident readers are modern lithium type batteries which last longer and are lighter .

one of those i mentioned above will ( in continuous read) , read as fast as you can get to those ears, and shove back in your pocket as quick as youre thinking where to put the stick reader one while you open gates etc.

Having a handpiece that will at least link births to ewes there and then is an must have i reckon, and if it can record weights with auto input from a weigh head than it will be at least three times more useful to most breeding flock keepers than just a basic chip reader.
medicine use on a task option is particularly good for a 'one off' ab use, as said above with the reader in your pocket as you jab, and after record , job done.
up load to computer indoors for record book etc , like the bloke said on the fast show get this modern stuff right and .... "its brilliant"

Daughter has scanned literally 100,000’s tags with a shearwell stick. Sometimes 6k tags in a day.

On her advise I steered away from a shearwell stick and bought an agrident.

As soon as she picked up my stick she pretty much fell in love with it compared to the shearwell.

 

[TGM]

We supply proper farm management software, butwe also supply AgriDataTransfer which is more than a simple spreadsheet system and less than a proper farm management system. AgriDataTransfer is free when users purchase from TGM or one of our distibvutors. You can't get AgriDataTransfer anywhere else. From a medicine perspective, it will record all that is necessary fro inspections, incuding illness, medicine, quantity, who treated etc. All selectable on the creen of the reader, imported to AgriDataTransfer and presented in correct format for inspections. Select Sheepware, our properl farm management package has exactly the same recording options on the reader, but much more detail within the software, including a full animal history card for every animal past and present.

 

[TGM]

Price increase on the way January 2022 but we have good stock of all 4 agrident models and will stand over current 2021 prices until 10th January 2022. Software prices remain the same but readers going up by at least £70 for top of range model.

 

[glasshouse]

Price increase on the way January 2022 but we have good stock of all 4 agrident models and will stand over current 2021 prices until 10th January 2022. Software prices remain the same but readers going up by at least £70 for top of range model.

How much for a reader?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

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