Robots

[cowcrazy]

You said about unplugging phones and turning them off. I do neither of those things. That was your idea I thought that's what you did.
If that cow has milk fever the chance of her getting from the yard to the robot is minimal and bloody unlucky.

I think you have chosen a bad example for an alarm at night tbh.

So how do you ignore alarms at night then? I am confused

 

[cowcrazy]

So how far away do you go from the robots when on call then? A mile? 10? Or always stay close?

Max is 30 minutes away.

 

[Sid]

So how do you ignore alarms at night then? I am confused

Because I mute the alarm at night check last thing and first thing. Maybe if I wake up for an old man pee I will check.

 

[Sid]

Max is 30 minutes away.

Cow with milk fever could have done herself a lot of damage by then. Do you have a lot of milk fever then?

 

[Bald Rick]

The more free time the robots have the more free time you can have.

But you have just said you turn off phone at night? So your contradicting yourself already?

Anyway so what alarm goes off if a cow does the splits at night? Or gets stuck in a cubicle?
I came out and found one dead sideways in a cubicle one morning. How do you alarm for that for cow welfare?

TBF, I had an alarm for "cow too long in box" once a few years ago. Went out. She was stone dead. Would find it very difficult to ignore an alarm as you just never know.
We do have non critical alarms turned off over night though

 

[Sid]

TBF, I had an alarm for "cow too long in box" once a few years ago. Went out. She was stone dead. Would find it very difficult to ignore an alarm as you just never know.
We do have non critical alarms turned off over night though

How long did it take you to get to the box after the alarm?

 

[Scholsey]

How long did it take you to get to the box after the alarm?

I have agricameras watching both robots which is useful for some alarms, would be handy to have a drone i could fly about to have closer look at things if i get a find teat error etc to prepare me, nothing worse than when you saunter down in your vest and boxers at 1am thinking its just a pipe off or a easy to rectify alarm and you end up preforming major surgery on your robot to get it back going!

 

[Bald Rick]

How long did it take you to get to the box after the alarm?

5 minutes once I found my kecks in the dark.

Didnt do a PM so dont know the exact cause of death. Was a promising heifer too

 

[Foregoneconclusion]

The issue of alarms from robot in the middle of the night is close to my own heart..I deal with the alarms 90 percent of the time..be it 2 am..like this morning or at 7pm when I've just stepped into the shower. We only have 1 bot but we also milk cows through a parlour ( not for much longer I hope) ..I take a fairly philosophical view on alarms in middle of the night ..if there's a problem it needs sorting..I've enough to do in the morning as it is..!
I frequently do alarm checks in my slippers and pjs but if there's a big problem I'll get dressed first. ! Remote viewing of pc -stallview or Merlin view is my friend here..especially when I see that a cow is refusing to leave the bot..access test tools and open gates in front and behind flap them about and ramp up the expeller..works most times. The most annoying are brown outs..this cannot be dealt with remotely as compressor won't restart.
Sometimes it takes longer to find boxers in the dark than actually effect the repair.

When we go fully 'bot next year I will generously share the alarm duties and look forward to untroubled sleep.

Summer afternoons are prime alarm time due to flies winding up the cows and the cows in turn thumping the bot..

Night time in the winter close second when new heifers on the bot..they just love going round and standing at the exit for cake shrapnel..

Last night? Well that was milk pump tripping out capacitor may be failing but been ok since 2am...

 

[surprisefarmer]

Can anybody here with a Delaval VMS give me a dimension. I need to know what the height is from the concrete (not the pit concrete, just what the robot is resting on) to the bottom of the control panel screen.

 

[yin ewe]

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Summer afternoons are prime alarm time due to flies winding up the cows and the cows in turn thumping the bot..

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I've always thought better thumping the bot than thumping my arm.
Always respond to alarms at night as it just keeps waking you up every hour when it rings again, the worst one for me is 'udder care level low' especially when I knew it was low but forgot to top it up. Always seems to happen about 2am

 

[Sid]

Can anybody here with a Delaval VMS give me a dimension. I need to know what the height is from the concrete (not the pit concrete, just what the robot is resting on) to the bottom of the control panel screen.

I'll PM my bacs details and will measure for you upon receipt of £100 English pounds....



Only joking give me half hour I will measure for you

 

[surprisefarmer]

Good man.

Cheers

 

[Sid]

Sorry took longer to get to it than expected

Edit

Second one is from robot floor
1st one is from plinth

 

[surprisefarmer]

That’s great, thank you.

Trying to decide where to dig my pit, but I wanted that keypad at eye level

 

[Sid]

That’s great, thank you.

Trying to decide where to dig my pit, but I wanted that keypad at eye level

Add another 10 cm onto that as I measured from wrong place sorry.
Ours are sat on a 46cm plinth which is De Laval recommended height.
Make eye line level with top of stainless housing ( I am 5ft11) that holds screen. It's ok but dealing with udder e.g. sealing it is a tad low for me.

 

[surprisefarmer]

All those pics have just shown up, is it 29”or 34”to the bottom?

What is the measure,ent from the bottom to the top of the stainless steel frame?

 

[Sid]

All those pics have just shown up, is it 29”or 34”to the bottom?

What is the measure,ent from the bottom to the top of the stainless steel frame?

29 inches from where cow stands floor
34 inches from under robot. Top of concrete plinth.

I went back and measured again as It didn't seem right sorry.

 

[yin ewe]

That’s great, thank you.

Trying to decide where to dig my pit, but I wanted that keypad at eye level

If you'd bought a Lely you could get a sump that is set into the ground and the robot bolted onto it. Simples!!

 

[Sid]

If you'd bought a Lely you could get a sump that is set into the ground and the robot bolted onto it. Simples!!

You can do that with De Laval as well. Just a hell of a lot cheaper to DIY