GrassMate User Manual
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1. GRASS User Manual v2 1 1 Updated July 2012 Click here for Contents www armmates c mn Top Farmers Have Top Mates ls A ee eee a ad 11 12 13 14 Title Contents Quick Start Guide Glossary amp Data storage home Paddock List Walk Entry Walk Data Import DM Graph Farm Setup Calculators Applications Effluent Grazing Entry GRASSO Click on the subject to get detailed information Register the Mate app with Farmmates com Log In Setup your paddocks sizes and effluent areas Start entering grazing dates Enter farm walks Start recording effluent irrigator movements Record fertiliser applications Ensure you export your farm to Farmmates com for backu O a Se eS eS YS DM Drymatter Pad Paddock Ha Hectares CM Centimetres Pre DM Pre Grazing Drymatter Post DM Post Grazing DM or Residual Eff Effluent PIC Person in charge M 79 Last upload 03 34 08 PM Barlow _Grazed Days Export uploads to farmmates com overwrites server copy Tap the Import downloads from farmmates com Overwrites phone copy sy to export or import Team members phone Same username amp password GRASSO GrassMate is downloaded from the web and installs on your phone It then stores it s data that you enter on your phone in an area protected from other apps The industry calls this protection2. Sandboxing Using GrassMate is the only way of seeing this data and if you didn t backup your data you would lose it if when you lost your phone The Mate apps have an Export Import feature where your data is exported to www farmmates com as backup The farmmates com server will keep your data for one month after your registration is expired From here you can retrieve your data onto another device or have other members of your team retrieve the data for use on the farm You will need to use the same login ID amp password each time You are paying for a registration not the app on your device so you are free to use that on as many devices as you wish e g if you have a large farm with 10 staff then they will all have access to the data with that registration With this in mind it is recommended that your password is not a personal password but a team appropriate password Retrieving data will overwrite ALL the data on your phone with the data on the farm mates com server It is recommended that staff or viewers of your data check the Import on startup option so they always have the latest version of your data If you are the per son in charge then take care importing if you are unsure which user has last backed up the data You can use the Undo Import option if the Imported data is not what you were ex pecting Mate Apps although have small files will use mobile data allowance Exporting and Im porting If you have Mobile
3. 29 07 12 sort table uill Telecom NZ 384PM Tap the number of the highlighted paddock to automati ed it you can Import it here cally go to the Grazing Entry screen If Default values are set with auto entry amp exit GrassMate will do all the work 24 07 12 8 Greyed out DM value indicates the paddock has 14 07 12 18 been grazed since the DM reading so the DM is 18 07 12 14 now historical If you enter a residual with the 22 07 12 10 D PAC OCR NNGICArC a ole 19 07 12 ange yellow golden highlight grazing the residual DM will display here o 20 07 12 21 07 12 1874 16 07 12 1685 17 07 12 Eo 1 4 M2822 28 07 12 4 4 N27 1 75 2475 28 07 12 They are also sorted to the bottom Total effective hectares of the farm when sorting by Days Average farm cover in DM Ha NNQN NAATA 9 Round v 18 Effluent paddocks are highlighted Goes to the walk entry screen Last Entry 01 08 12 green Goes to the DM graph screen Average of the days since grazing of 5 paddocks grazed the earliest Goes to the farm setup screen Last grazing entered Round calculator or DM calculator a Goes to effluent irrigator Goes to the fertiliser applications Goes to the grazing entry screen records screen screen The back button returns you to the paddock list and gives you an option to Write Walk file A Walk File is a record of all the paddocks DM kept as a
4. and copy to phone s Palette winery OU Papeete Cate from the email you sent to your clipboard phone in Pad Ha DM format 5 In GrassMate s Import Walk screen paste the copied data into the box labled Paste import walk data here 6 Convert the data if necessary See note opposite Convert paddock data from 3 lines to 1 ine _ If your data ends up in a vertical 1 Data separator Comma Tab format eg 12 3421 2 1 1584 Veri you can convert it to linear format 11 2 3421 2 2 1 1584 Select whether your data is sepa 7 Press Verify to check all is OK Ifnot try changing the Data Separa tor The space between data may be a tab etc 8 Press Import if data is correct A place in your computer s memory used to temporarily hold information Once your data is verified you will see it ap pear here in the verified grid rated by a comma space or a tab If your data verifies OK and it looks good in the verified grid press Import to import Press Verify to check your data and display it in the verified grid in the bottom left SECIS MIO ME Shear tie Wen dock if it does not exist Usually only the first time you import GRASSO View current DM and historical walk Saved with Write file Mi when exiting walk entry screen in graphical DM order or table order Toggle between graph view and table view Table view has the option of de
5. Data turned off you can export import using your home Wi Fi network once in range This will use your home phone line data allowance most people have spare and not your mobile data allowance Export Exports entire farm records to Farmmates com Import The Import option imports everything and overwrites whatever is on your phone Import on Startup If you put info into your phone it automatically sends it to farmmates com when connect ed then as soon as you restart GrassMate on any phone and sign in it looks for the back up copy on server and automatically imports it So if a team member does a farm walk with their phone then that automatically is sent to the server Then when you start GrassMate it downloads the new farm info to your phone Check out which version of Grass Mate you are running ill Telecom NZ 12 19 PM Grass Mate Enter your farm login ID Bestfarmerever Password Auto login on startup You can log in here as a guest to sacar try out GrassMate before you are registered No data can be saved ER Register Register button will take you to the registration screen where you can enter you details Press Login once you have entered your login ID and password GrassMate will verify your registration then take you to the paddock list screen If no internet access is available you will then have 15 days to use GrassMate before a Login online is required This enab
6. diary entry and is used for comparison in the DM Graph Write the file once all data has been entered If you do not write the file your DM data will be lost the next time you enter DM GrassMate will export farm to farm mates com Important When writing the file it looks for all entries on the date selected All other entries are ignored Walk date Important Ensure this is set BE FORE you start entering data Changing this date mid walk will only change the date for subsequent entries Currently selected paddock Select from the paddock grid CM Enter DM here Next DM Enter CM here Toggle between entering DM or CM Formula to calculate DM from CM skull Telecom NZ amp 12 20 PM 87 mak X 120 500 Crop GRASSO Walk Entry screen is used to enter the DM readings of your Py farm Import your walk data from an electronic pasture meter See next page Paddock list showing DM from a Walk Entry Kaea 3 ES 35 2380 previous walk in grey or current in black Walk Date 01 08 2012 Co o Select a paddock and use these arrow keys to change the paddocks walk order Keypad for entering numbers Gypeeaneoe Save the DM entered for the pad dock selected and go to the next paddock in the walk order Skip this paddock for now Enter paddock as currently in crop Import Walk Instructions 1 Export your data from your PC software Either csv or xl
7. move the blue DM Cow Round days highlighted cell Grazing information Enter paddock as currently in crop History Defau Enter Grazing history screen where you can select a paddock If Exit is checked then once you tap enter or a grazing is automati to view all the grazings recorded to the paddock cally entered then GrassMate will return to the Paddock List One tap grazing entry It is possible with correct settings to single tap Set the default values to enter automatically when a paddock is se the paddock number in the paddock list GrassMate can automati lected If you select Auto the grazing is entered into the paddock list cally enter default values Today s date and exit again back to pad automatically If Display is selected the values are displayed for you dock list to check and enter
8. les you to use GrassMate when you need it even if there is no internet access GRASS When you first enter GrassMate you are presented with the Home Screen Here you can register with farmmates com try out GrassMate as a Guest or sign in to use your own details E Guest Login Your login ID is entered here You choose this in the Register screen Case sensitive Your password is entered here You choose this in the Register screen also Case sensitive Select Auto login to skip through this screen automatically next time you enter GrassMate If Import on startup is checked then each time you enter Grass Mate it will look on the web for a backup copy of your farm data This is good for staff who always need the latest data from the per son in charge of grass manage ment Your login ID Import Export Message GRASSO Once logged in the Paddock list is displayed showing your the Home screen farm data sorted by whatever you had sorted previously The 7 icons at the bottom act like a menu for going to differ ent screens The Home button returns you to Farm data displaying Paddock hectares latest DM last graze date and days since last Export Import your data from graze farmmates com If a team member has changed the data and export 79 al Last upload 03 34 08 PM GrassMate Barlow DM Grazed Days Select either Pad DM or Days to 3
9. leting a walk The back button returns you to the paddock list uill Telecom NZ 12 21 PM Q 87 m Individual paddock DM results in DM descending order Black line shows the graph results of the previously view graph Paddock Avg Avg Co 2 642 Growth O amp Back Walk date Average farm cover for the walk 7 r 07 May 2012 verage growth recorded for the walk at the time the file was written Back button to Paddock list Select walks from a list of all available written walk files The back button returns you to the paddock list GRASS Setup your farms paddock sizes and enter whether they are A effluent paddocks or not mill Telecom NZ 12 21 PM___ 87 femal NZ 12 21 PM OQ 87 E maassa number Farm setup a Paddock 1 E Ha 1 5 Type in the Ha of the paddock Enter Effluent n7 e Enter the Ha Check here if the paddock has Enter 0 in the last row to delete a paddo effluent spread in it regularly Total Ha 60 35 N os Type in 0 and hit enter on the last row to delete a paddock il i Ww lt lt DM O ot Ta tq MD an f oO o a i Pad 1 eimi 80 cma WO mAT 16 mr id Total area entered in Ha The back button returns Goto DM calculator GRASSO you to the paddock list 3 calculators A spring rotation planner DM demand and a g DM calc
10. lready paddocks that are outside the window in the Can t column and paddocks in the application window in the Can column Hit the Done arrow to record an application with the rate and date set at the bottom of the screen When Can amp Can t columns are empty you have finished the application Skip paddocks Moves to Done column but records no date or rate Paddock inside application window Paddock outside application window Paddock data GRASSO Use this screen to determine which paddocks are suitable for applying fertiliser soray or any round dependant application The back button returns you to the paddock list aif Telecom NZ 12 24 PM 86 tab Applications Magic stuff Aug 2012 Application window Apply fert Application created 0 Aug 2042 T PEE spray on paddocks grazed be Applicatio Day 0 through 15 window tween these days Can t 7 4 15 All paddocks done or skipped a 24 Paddock done button 33 38 Paddock not done yet button 2 d 27 07 12 Date Days since 5 Rate ATER Select a paddock in the Done col Application BN 4108 2012 Bate so umn to see the date and rate it was applied Rate to use for paddocks as they are Done Date to use for paddocks as they are Done Use arrow keys to change Use this screen to record effluent irrigator movements ap plications and the PIC person in charge Looking for a paddock f
11. or the irrigator This button finds effluent paddocks in the paddock list grazed within x days The back button returns you to the paddock list Date of the effluent application aif Telecom NZ 12 24 PM Effluent Date 0J Paddock where the irrigator is Run number of the current run of the irri gator in the paddock Initials of the PIC person in charge of the irrigator and run that day Toggles between paddock number cycling with Next paddock due for effluent 38 arrow keys through effluent paddocks only or all nin Suggested next paddock based on date paddocks The back button returns you to the paddock list and GRASSO Grazing Entry screen is used to enter the paddock grazing attempts to Export to farmmates com dates Default values and auto exit make entering grazings very fast Read more Grazing date Highlighted cell Mob name Use arrow keys to cycle through Milkers Milkers 1 Milkers 2 Auil Telecom NZ 12 24 PM O 86 tab Paddock list showing last grazing Grazing Entry Paddock 15 11 12 13 14 BE t6 27 27 31 30 23 BER 29 wul Jul Jul Jul Jul mE Jul Date OA Wednesday Today Day name of the grazing date Cows 355 Paddock DM pre amp post grazing Pre DM 2 380 Breaks Days in the paddock Breaks o date Springers Dries 9 Keypad for entering numbers llo ic Use arrow keys to
12. s file type GRASS This screen imports data from your PC The data is Copied 2 Open the file in Excel Select highlight the cells containing from an email sent to your phone containing data exported N from your PC Pad Ha DM columns and copy Ctrl C or Ctrl Ins this to the clip WARNING This is a complex operation and will need a de gree of computer literacy to understand what you are achieving here but once mastered is very easy and quick board Columns may need to be moved if your software does not export in Pad Ha DM order Please do not email farmmates support for NON The back button ifi Telecom NZ 1 23 PM farmmates software help You may send your data email and can verify if it is correct or not 81 3 In your email program paste Ctrl V or Shift Ins the copied data Brief reminder of instructions See Import Walk 8 01 2012 from the clipboard into a new email message and send it to opposite an email address your phone can view Note You can send an Pasturemeter data import instructions 1 Export Pasturemeter data to a xls file 2 Open that file in Excel or similar spreadsheet 3 Select amp Copy all Paddock Ha amp DM cells only 4 Paste that data into a new email 5 Send the email to this phone email to yourself if your phone checks your email 4 In your phone s email from the message you sent yourself select all the data long press on iPhone
13. ulator mii Telecom NZ 12 21 PM 87 Round Calc DM a0 Goto Round calculator i Tap the screen to move the day the i i 7 Type in the paddock or Ha a Telecom NZ 5 59 PM Q 64 E intersecting lines i to calculate DM Calculator Round are on 3 Enter Pre grazing DM and Post TESOCOK lt 5 58 L4 ai DM Residual DM Ha 2 300 Residual 1 200 Bo a 01 06 06 07 10 08 15 09 4 Grass re es F DM cow FEN nse Type either DM Cow up Date WIJF 15 09 12 ound 90 20 g l or days in the Ha a__ Telecom NZ 5 59 PM OQ 64 fa GrassMate will calcu Demand Calc late the other cell Ha Day 1 02 Back Grass amp Supplement DM Cow Back Demand Ha Day that is grazed at Total DM Cow currently selected round Calves length Type in total DM day for the feed or DM To Demand calculator Cow GrassMate will calculate Type in Mob Start amp finish round info You Back to paddock list name size and DM cow Day can use the arrow keys to change date and days Type in available the other cell Demand DM Ha Day _ 40 72 Ha to calculate demand ha day Back How to use Applications screen Create a New application with a recognisable name eg Urea Jul 12 or Pasture Kleen Jun 12 Select the application window eg You may want fert on all paddocks grazed between day 0 and 25 if on a 40 day round GrassMate will display the paddocks that have been done a
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