Hired-Hand Evolution 4000 Control System - Manual (Page 45)

Part No. 4801-5338 Rev 01-10 Evolution 4000 45 of 86
**FEED CLOCK SETUP**
(1)Feed Cycle Light Override = No
(2)Feed Cycle Light Intensity = 25%
(3)Growout Schedules Used by Ramp = 1-4
(4)Schedule (5)START DAY
1
1
2
7
3
14
4 21
5
28
(1)Feed Schedule: 1
(2)Start Day = 1
(3)Number of On/Off Cycles = 3
(4)Days in Operation = Every Day
(5)Choose Days = SMTWTFS
(6)CYCLE (6)START (7)RUNTIME
1 12:00a 1:30
2 5:00a 1:00
3 12:00p 1:00
7.12 Setup Feed Clocks
The Feed Clock Setup establishes the parameters necessary to enable automatic feed control functions.
(1) Feed Cycle Light Override – Turns the lights
to a set intensity while running the feed
program.
(2) Feed Cycle Light Intensity – Sets the light
intensity percentage to occur during the feed
cycle.
(3) Growout Schedules Used by Ramp - Set the
number of growout schedules up to five.
(4) Schedule – The schedule number will
automatically be set by Evolution.
(5) Start Day - Displays the growout day on which
the selected schedule will start. The Start Day
is settable on the Schedule screen.
7.12.1 Feed Clock Schedules
The Feed Clock Schedules screen contains options for the feeding period daily cycles, skip days and
runtimes.
Select the individual schedules in the Feed Clock Setup screen.
This screen is also available from the Target Conditions screen as described in Section 6.2.
(1) Feed Schedule – The feed schedule selected from the Feed Clock Setup screen will appear here.
(2) Start Day – Set the growout day in which the
specific schedule starts.
(3) Number of On/Off Cycles – Enter the
number of On/Off cycles desired (up to ten).
(4) Days in Operation – This setting is used for
special feeding cycles running the feed only
every other day if set to odd or even days.
Enter the desired Days In Operation option
for operating growout days.
Every Day – No days skipped.
Odd Days Only – Runs the feed cycles ONLY on the ODD growout days (1, 3, 5, 7, etc.).
Even Days Only – Runs the feed cycles ONLY on the EVEN growout days (2, 4, 6, 8, etc.).
Selected Days – Runs the feed cycles only on the selected days chosen in item 5.
Two On / One Off – The controller will feed two days straight starting on Day 1 of the growout then
it will be off for one day. The cycle will then repeat for the entire growout.
One On / Two Off – The controller will feed one day starting on Day 3 of the growout and be off for
the next two days. The cycle will then repeat for the entire growout.
(5) Choose Days – Select the specific days for operation. Used only when Days In Operation item 4 is set
to “Selected Days”.
(6) Cycle – This identifies the feed cycle.
(7) Start – Enter the start time in hours and minutes of the feed schedule cycle.
(8) Runtime – Enter the length of time in hours and minutes for the feeding cycle.