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expand the sections below to learn about new features, enhancements, and bug fixes in the latest dairycomp 305 release! wtf???? cum de pizdetz mergi ma??? \\ \\ {dc305} {{mastervas products dc305 long}} yooo wtf is going on??? dairycomp version 26 3 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and improvements integrations zoetis added support for additional zoetis genomic traits these traits are received through the vas developer api and can be mapped in dairycomp using the platform command for reporting see steps for storing pulse genomic items in dairycomp docid\ koudcbdoevt590myihhyp for instructions item names gzrfi zoetis residual feed intake gzmi zoetis milk methane intensity gzfr zoetis fertility heat resilience gzmr zoetis milk heat resilience gdwph zoetis dairy wellness profit with heat resilience gzrfi zoetis residual feed intake gzmi zoetis milk methane intensity gzfr zoetis fertility heat resilience gzmr zoetis milk heat resilience gdwph zoetis dairy wellness profit with heat resilience expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release cowcare we have fixed an issue that prevented the cowcare purchase report from populating correctly the report now works as expected base program vetlist right column ids are now clickable when the \p switch is used the command events\3 by %190 psirc 7 now displays semen type in the report you can now add your company logo to invoice reports see automate billing reports using invoice docid\ p s1xrdkxpmv29 vogm92 to learn more indicators were added to the connection status docid\ zwdll74naenqiztmlmgvu tab to quickly show if your connections are healthy without having to go to the connection status dashboard integration cards that are hidden do not affect the status in app help links were added for these functions egraph docid\ wz70pt9vc4zc9r0pbk2dm graph docid\ rhzbb3lboeiok rljsku8 alter5 vetlist options docid\ ch1bxt5gulu s0hb wxui in the user manager docid\ wlpuz0mytubqp s7oeipj , cowval was added as a user definable command the events\12a command was added to the erase events function in the user manager docid\ wlpuz0mytubqp s7oeipj now, if erase events is checked for any user level, events\12a is disabled german translations for dairycomp were updated beef calves are now excluded from econ\i and econ\ir reports december 2025 naab proof updates were applied for the us, uk, germany, and canada resolved an issue that caused information to be truncated when hovering over the parlor\w report resolved an issue that occurred when entering beef heifers using the fresh event resolved an issue with the default report view so the report view remains visible resolved an issue where sire cleanup changed the semen type incorrectly for german users new faq visualize test day performance trends with plot we added a new help topic, visualize test day performance trends with plot docid\ gx1ffdo kkcuahzuwlvn9 , that shows you how to graph milk and component trends in dairycomp this topic explains how to plot individual or group test day data, compare groups, and adjust settings for detailed performance insights new faq automate billing reports using invoice we added a new help topic, automate billing reports using invoice docid\ p s1xrdkxpmv29 vogm92 , that shows you how to generate customized invoices in dairycomp it covers creating and managing invoice definition files, running the invoice command, and using options for filtering need help updating dc305? click here to see how it's done! i've installed updates on dc305 before remind me how! open dc305 select help > check for updates from the menu bar this launches the web updater after checking for updates, it shows the available updates by category and lists all of the updates between your current version and the latest version follow the system prompts to navigate through the remaining steps of the update process this may involve accepting vas legal agreements, which is typically only required once per year or when the terms of a policy are updated when the updater finishes, it notifies you that your system is up‑to‑date after 15 seconds, the updater automatically closes and launches dc305 or, you can click finish to immediately launch dc305 i've never updated dc305 show me how! if you're not familiar with the dc305 web updater, you can watch the following video tutorial for instructions on how to check your current dc305 version and then check for updates in the latest version note that the ui may differ between the video and your current dc305 version earlier releases \dairycomp version 25 12\ \ release date \ \january 6, 2026\ dairycomp version 25 12 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release dairycomp 305 version 25 11 release date december 2, 2025 dc305 version 25 11 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program dc305 can now capture event entry dates and times use the following new items to track event entry (version 10 cowfiles only) item type 175 a calculated item that extracts the date the event was entered into dc305 this differs from the actual event date, because events are often recorded on a date that is not the same as when they occurred for the animal item type 176 a calculated item that extracts the time the event was entered into dc305 this is the time the event was entered into dc305, not the time the event occurred for the animal event entry date and time can be see in the event editor for each event on the cowcard this field is read only events that existed prior to this release show the event date and 00 00 for the time dc305 now supports additional item details item type 124 now has a new column that can be used to show total lactation production components (i e , the sum of fat and protein) choose fat+ptn for the column to see total lactation production components item type 125 now has additional operand 2 options that can be used to show total lactation as a days in milk (dim) value for fat, protein, and the sum of fat and protein for example, prt30 with operand 1 30 is the total lactation protein as of dim 30 item type 126 now has additional operand 2 options that can be used to show total lactation at the time of a specific date item for fat, protein, and the sum of fat and protein for example, pocom with item name podat and operand 2 fat+ptn returns the sum of fat and protein at the time of the podat (preg/open date) resolved an issue that caused the dc client task table to be overwritten by the dc server updated the 646 stud code to show as sexed semen russian language vet codes are now supported in the alter\5 docid\ ch1bxt5gulu s0hb wxui function integrated help docid\ w jjxaz219182xtbuhunq has been added to the server button when there are held commands docid\ p uvvkuwcs7u3x4f cfi8 the save\2 option in setup docid\ cti1v3j5goytwlrwxshez now allows you to set the number of backups to keep when the \gg switch is used, item type 54 in the events docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e function now displays the item data for the corresponding event the plot function now sets the minimum y axis value for somatic cell count (scc) charts to 50 (was 0) this improves the visual contrast and readability of stacked multi bar charts involving scc item type 130 in the events docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e function now displays correctly when the \gg switch is used, item type 54 in the events docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e function now displays the item data for the corresponding event a default printer is no longer required the following message now displays printing is disabled because no default printer has been found to stop seeing this message, add a default printer or disable printing add a printer in windows settings, add or select a default printer restart dairycomp and clear the message enter setup in the command line in the printer tab, check the box next to print enabled click ok to save your changes disable printing enter setup in the command line in the printer tab, check the box next to disable all printing click ok to save your changes resolved an issue with the event translation file when it was automatically created resolved an issue with a corrupted dcguide file resolved an issue causing license errors for russian customers integrations jantec updated handling of jantec milkings when a milk shift crosses midnight contact support docid\ erznbnh1ww36p9q6rnppv for assistance if your setup has a milk shift that crosses midnight pocket cowcard pcc android version v2509081615 (2 0 33 7 rc) when you send or receive data from dc305, pcc automatically sends the device name, pcc version, and android os version so you can better log updates and troubleshoot any device issues example log issues s 01 19 pcc 9ca667a077cd2971 gary's s21+ v2507011612 (2 0 30 237 rc) a15 v10 refresh started s 01 19 pcc 9ca667a077cd2971 gary's s21+ v2507011612 (2 0 30 237 rc) a15 v10 refresh completed new help topic alter\3 command abbreviations we added a new help topic, alter\3 command abbreviations docid\ bq rsqlrinixrukczz8rv , that describes how to manage command abbreviations in dc305 the topic covers how to create, edit, delete, and test command abbreviations, as well as options such as printing or exporting your abbreviation list and saving or reading commands from a file new faq visualize item distribution with graph we added a new help topic, visualize item distribution with graph docid\ rhzbb3lboeiok rljsku8 , that shows you how to analyze numeric animal items in dc305 using graphical tools the topic explains how to create bar graphs for frequency distributions and scatter plots for correlations between items this helps you quickly visualize herd data and identify trends or relationships new faq visualize event distribution with egraph we added a new help topic, visualize event distribution with egraph docid\ wz70pt9vc4zc9r0pbk2dm , that provides guidance on graphing herd events in dc305 the topic covers creating bar graphs and scatter plots, customizing parameters, and drilling down into event details to help monitor trends and validate protocols new faq visualize historical measurements with eplot we added a new help topic, visualize historical measurements with eplot docid\ lceecsltprza9pf tuon8 , which explains how to graph trends for body condition score, weight, and height in dc305 the topic covers plotting individual or group measurements over time and customizing settings for accurate analysis dairycomp 305 version 25 10 release date october 29, 2025 dc305 version 25 10 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program added support for the canadian sire file updates in the upcoming december 2025 proofs itrans now ignores the event gap setting when sending events dc305 now includes in app links to the dc305 online help pages for held commands docid\ p uvvkuwcs7u3x4f cfi8 and events docid 8 yopecfyeksw0dkfyism the guide report for "what is the testday estimated bulk tank scc?" now works as expected the dc client update banner now directs users to the dc server when a new version update is available to download support has been added for multiple dnb vet codes the y axis label for egraph \s has been updated added a second prompt for "live female percentage for sexed dairy semen" to econ\ir , as well as updated econ\i report text a getcow issue no longer changes the date format on items improved powerpoint readability by updating the slide title font, so numbers in the title are no longer subscript the econ\id report lact=0 inventory now displays dairy heifers and beef separately to follow cbrd standards in the report, they are listed as lact=0 (dairy) and lact=0 (beef) ireports no longer include unnecessary blank slides the abs global stud code 929 is now accurately labeled as semen type q the assist docid\ hvprxarwltdqtfjrxajai feature now works correctly when russian is the chosen language integrations genomics added support for genomics partners that add breed indexes to the genomics file dairycomp will continue to calculate the breed index if breed index values are not included in the imported genomics file added holstein milking speed to the genomics import file via dng and pulse you can use the command importf\g to map or create an item to populate holstein milking speed pta germany fixed an issue where send\d was missing the calving event if lactations started as a result of an abort lely improved dcsquirrel, so it now ignores an anid assignment if the animal id is null dc305 now checks whether an anid is an eligible item type #32 amelicor increased the id length to 6 digits for the amelicor drpc parlors 9 digit animal ids are now supported in the milking report's wrong pens section lactanet dairytrace when you are reporting a movein record, trace reporting in dairycomp will now warn you if you have a blank edat the record won't be sent until a date is entered dairycomp 305 version 25 9 release date october 7, 2025 dc305 version 25 9 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release new feature assist dc305 now includes assist, a smarter way to use the command line as you type, assist suggests matching items, events, reports and guide questions, making it easier to build commands quickly and accurately see assist docid\ hvprxarwltdqtfjrxajai to learn more! new feature connection status check your integrations at a glance with the new connection status feature! instantly see which systems are connected, when they last synced, and whether any need attention—all from one place in dc305 see connection status docid\ zwdll74naenqiztmlmgvu to learn more new feature find help in dc305 help is now built right into dc305! click the new help icons throughout the program to open the exact help page for the screen you’re on get answers instantly without leaving your workflow see find help in dc305 docid\ w jjxaz219182xtbuhunq to learn more we added a new help topic, find help in dc305 docid\ w jjxaz219182xtbuhunq , which shows how you can get answers faster with the new help icons built into dc305 instead of searching through the full help system, you can now open the exact help page for the screen you’re on, navigate recently viewed topics, and still access the full help library when you need it new feature pen inventory the pens docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc topic now covers pen inventory, a new feature that tracks daily pen counts and trends automatically use it to monitor pen occupancy over time, adjust capacity, and easily export historical data for analysis see view pen inventory docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc to learn more base program a new pen inventory docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc feature has been added, allowing you to track occupancy trends using a historical record of pen counts the pen inventory feature is accessed via the alter\4 command please note the following pen counts began logging in version 25 7 1156 the pen count is logged once per day, just after 12 am pen counts are logged as long as dc305 is running pen=0 pen counts started logging in this release (25 9) pen count data is stored for two years the pen inventory feature's select pens function maintains your last selection when you export the csv file removed beef designation for existing red dane (rd) sires during sire cleanup fixed beef tag series issues the events\2 report (list cows and events) docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e has been enhanced to include etdam and et dam registration for breeding events that include the information in the event details items for last parlor visit data and last parlor visit shift are now auto mapped to the standard items fixed an issue when running a command and the "total number entered" message in dc305 was not displayed updated 595h to report as conventional semen fixed an issue where etbred events were subtracting semen usage from semen inventory fixed an issue where egraph was not respecting the by pn (previous pen) statement (numerous factors can change the pn value, so note that the pn value is the value as of today ) in version 10 of the cowfile, we fixed an issue where the protocol number changed unexpectedly when editing an animal's mastitis event remark on the dc client, specifically when there were more than 255 treatment protocols this occurred when the event was processed on the dc server russian translations in dc305 have been updated for canada, dc305 has been updated with the 2025 naab proof files additional standard items for genomic trait sync with pulse integrations have been added gbdc body size composite gchon chondrodysplasia gfti holstein fertility index gjh2 status for jersey haplotype 2 gsdys spinal dysmyelination integrations lely support has been added for xid between dc305 and lely lely dc305 no longer sends barn names when the animal name field is de selected in integration settings lactanet added support for 6 digit id and chain numbers in the loading in dairycomp for canada jantec fixed issues with loading milk shifts with jantec heiferpro when importing pregnancy results via milk and blood tests when animals already have a current preg status in dc305, if additional reconfirms of pregnancy are in subsequent imports, the import will create a preg event (not an ok event) cowcare the database now refreshes after changing group premises pocket cowcard fixed an issue where dc305 was sending ??????? for dairy name/herdcode new faq resolve held commands we added a new help topic, resolve held commands docid\ p uvvkuwcs7u3x4f cfi8 , which explains what held commands are and how to manage them in dc305 the topic shows how to identify pending held commands and use the held command processor to edit, repost, remap events, relax birthdates, delete, or delay them this helps users resolve transaction errors and keep herd records accurate new help topics events we added three new help topics that explain how events are used in dc305 events docid\ pwt8pwo1fkr9fbx587g g introduces the concept of events, explains how they differ from items, and shows how to view, enter, and manage them on the cowcard event definitions docid\ ypec bncraweojwivylqr serves as a reference guide to all standard and optional events, with descriptions of their use in dc305 events command docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e explains how to analyze historical event data across your herd using both the events options menu and command line, including examples of advanced reports and switches dairycomp 305 version 25 8 release date august 26, 2025 dc305 version 25 8 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program loading tags into eid manager is now faster the abs global 929 stud code has been updated to the sexed male beef semen type dcclient will now reopen after updates are installed dc305 has been updated with the august 2025 naab proof files for the us, uk, and germany integrations scoteid sending births to scoteid now includes sire registration, which means more complete and detailed records neogen we have updated the neogen dnn file import to correctly identify and import data using column names scr we've fixed an issue that caused the duplicate item check report to print automatically when sending data to a partner afi you can now identify and send the custom item for a secondary transponder, ensuring your data is more complete grimmius grimmius can now post sold, died, received, and returned events to dc305 these new settings are located in a new traceability section within the importf\r command to use the new sold event feature, you will need to select a disposal code that will be used for all incoming sold events from grimmius when using the died event integration, please note that grimmius will not provide a reason for the death cowcare improvements have been made to the cowcare drug inventory, ensuring it works as expected for more reliable tracking you now have the ability to remove a premise in cowcare if it is no longer being used, helping you keep your records clean and organized updated help topic edit cowcare settings in the edit cowcare settings docid\ akmlfzky4jidljuuax805 topic, we updated the instructions for the inventory settings docid\ akmlfzky4jidljuuax805 section the revised text now explains how to use the new add and remove buttons to create, update, or delete group premises, replacing the older combine button workflow this makes it clearer how to group or ungroup premises when tracking inventory across multiple locations new help topic alter\2 item definitions we added a new help topic, alter\2 item definitions docid\ elh0 fj ktf5ihc3rhfig , which explains how to view, create, change, delete, and rename items in dc305 the topic also covers advanced options such as mapping the item table, displaying item usage, and printing or exporting item definitions dairycomp 305 version 25 7 release date july 29, 2025 dc305 version 25 7 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program calf ids now follow the correct id pattern for germany herds sire lookup can now properly handle select sires stud 585 sires the red dane (rd) breed is no longer designated as a beef breed the german herde conversion has been updated so all lact=0 animals do not get a dnb event logon for dcteach now opens with “use last logon date” by default in server\3, the reported ip address is now correct dcclient now updates when the only change on the server was an edit to existing commands item type #83 has a new op2 that can be used to show total components, the sum of fat and protein enter 21 for op2 to see total components integrations fusion added support for sending data to fullwood fusion crystal parlors genomics when you remove a mapped selection, it now saves correctly in importf ftech all report options for lactanet ftech users are now available and fixed updated help topic view lely milk production in the view lely milk day production docid\ ykht5f7uru2oo8gwcuajo help topic, we updated the instructions to create additional lely milk data items docid\ ykht5f7uru2oo8gwcuajo when you configure the new items, enter the values listed for value (milking day) in the table to ensure that the milk data items work correctly dairycomp 305 version 25 6 release date june 30, 2025 dc305 version 25 6 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program implemented et bred improvements for embryo transfers entered in dc305 (excluding entries in the embryo transfer module in pulse) to learn more, contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 added econ\ih (heifer inventory) to the command switch gallery fixed the item format in graph when using item type #42 integrations lely you can now view lely milk day production docid\ ykht5f7uru2oo8gwcuajo in dc305 see the help page to learn more dc305 no longer displays the dcsquirrel error that indicated that msxml was not installed boumatic milking parlor an exception error no longer locks up dc305 during msend dairymaster (moomonitor) abort and open events are now included in the data send for dairymaster (moomonitor) germany reduced certain scenarios that produced incorrect alerts with send\v and send\d on german herds dataflow ii (scr) adjusted alert messages that appear in dc305 during the data exchange with dataflow ii (scr) ftech added ftechx def files to dcstartup and web updates new help topic view lely milk production to allow producers to monitor this specific lely calculated performance metric, dc305 now imports and stores lely milk day production values once your dc305 is updated to the relevant build and configured for the lely milk interface , this feature will automatically appear on the lacations tab of cowcards see view lely milk day production docid\ ykht5f7uru2oo8gwcuajo to learn more new help topic analyze dam relative value the dam's relative value (drelv) item in dc305 allows you to evaluate your youngstock more precisely by incorporating the performance of their dams while genomic testing offers genetic insights and parent averages consider pedigree, drelv provides a direct measure of the dam's actual performance within your specific herd environment see analyze dam relative value docid\ uuszh05uidy3sqoujenjf to learn more new help topic address bad pla error have you ever received a bad pla file error message? this error message is related to pulse and prevents pulse from properly updating with your dc305 data see address bad pla error docid\ dnkmmtkodn0og9pzor2ld to learn more dairycomp 305 version 25 5 release date may 28, 2025 dc305 version 25 5 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program fixed a problem where the econ\sdct (selective dry cow therapy) command incorrectly set sdctc for cowfiles that had french translated event names resolved an issue where the setmilk command wouldn't save the selection if a system item was used for transponder type dc305 uses the german ecm formula in german cowfiles fixed a problem on dcclients where entering a fresh event with a prev event would cause held commands at the server resolved an issue where item type #10 was not populating correctly in sum commands updated the send command for dairytrace and simplitrace report names are now properly displayed if the command contains an enter command and then a list command fixed a problem where the rem picklist for the fresh event was not populating for subsequent entries made an improvement so if an item type #190 uses the sexed option, it now returns a default value of " " if the item it references is blank resolved an issue with pen display that occurred when running parlor pen graph reports fixed a problem where the server\b exception error caused dc305 to lock up updated dcsires with new sire proof data for canada and italy integrations lely fixed access table damage that occurred when entering fresh events under certain conditions in dc305 boumatic milking parlor fixed a problem where animal milk yields with an id number of 9 characters were not loading into dc305 genomics updated the ginb (ginbreeding) item to support negative numbers drpcs added two more health events to the ssf file diarrhea events (diar) and digestion events (dige) heiferpro fixed a problem where the measure event would not save if it was mapped in importf\hp grimmius import resolved an issue where the grimmius import was creating duplicate events on the cowcard cowcare dcclient now properly calculates and displays protocols based on cowcare protocols added the ability to change the cow id in unapproved (open) cowcare transactions see updated help topic reassign or delete open treatments in cowcare! # to learn more updated help topic reassign or delete open treatments in cowcare! sometimes, a cow's id may change, or a treatment might have been mistakenly entered for an incorrect cow id cowcare provides a dedicated tool to manage this situation, allowing you to reassign treatments to a different cow id or disable open treatments entirely see reassign or delete open treatments for a cow id docid\ dnsaose5qrlxod7ric9na to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 25 4 release date april 23, 2025 dc305 version 25 4 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners, pcc, and many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program the server\h command and the server button can now be used on dclients to access the held command dialog starting with this release, new command abbreviations must be two or more characters long previously, command abbreviations with only one character caused issues if commands contained other single character items, like breeds existing command abbreviations with one character can still be used this change only affects new commands we've been increasing the number of sires in the sire files, so we made an improvement to speed up the sire selection list when using the sires command corrected an issue where the setup\s command would change the vc=3 value to 40 if the days at preg exam field was left blank fixed a problem that occurred when the wrong "next calf id" was prompted on dcclients this problem only existed in the german versions of fresh resolved an issue with the ukrainian translation file that caused an error in the milk imports fixed a problem where the events option to remove duplicate events would also offer to delete the event from the table resolved an issue that occurred during getcow/putcow\i transfers where, in some cases, a previous lactation could overwrite the current lactation fixed a problem with incorrect sire name prompting in russian language files updated the sexed sire table to support united sires codes 596 and 796 updated the sire files for the us, uk, and germany with april 2025 proof data integrations lely dc305 has implemented two new updates to ensure that the integration between dc305 and lely horizon is more seamless than ever dc305 can now detect and resolve animal identification issues used to map animals between dc305 and lely horizon if dc305 attempts to add or update an animal record in lely horizon and the update is not received, dc305 now tries to resolve the issue and resend the event data to complete the animal record in lely beco fixed a problem where "no id" cows would not show up on the parlor report germany resolved an issue with the german send command where it would not properly designate calvings that resulted from an embryo transplant afi milk when the afi folder was offline, dc305 would lock up during the msend export this situation is now resolved genomic imports we updated breed index calculations for holstein total performance index (tpi), jersey performance index (jpi), and jersey udder index (jui) milk imports we fixed a problem where the last parlor visit date and times could be incorrectly defined cowcare fixed a cowcare related error message at program startup ftech added a new report designation for agsource ftech implemented some rate changes for minnesota ftech pcc we finally solved a longstanding problem where, in some cases, animals added on a pcc device connected to a dcclient were not properly being added to the cowfile on the server dairycomp 305 version 25 3 release date march 25, 2025 dc305 version 25 3 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program updated the sire files for uk and germany added a safeguard to prevent an issue where animal records could be corrupted if you edited an event and dc305 processed incoming client transactions at the same time fixed a problem where redirected report outputs were not created properly if the option to disable all printing was enabled we increased the number of sires in the usa sire file to support all sires born in the last 20 years, which is now 20,000 proven sires fixed an issue where the sum command was not properly grouping if an item type #133 (gender) item was used integrations gea dairynet added ability to send 4 digit pen numbers to gea dairynet nedap the pulse nedap item for heat time (actim) is now being properly created as an item type #23 (date) item all parlors we now create and store two new items last parlor visit date (lpvd) the date when the cow was last milked last parlor visit shift (lpvs) the milking shift number for that date with these two items, along with the existing start (start time) item, you can now create reports to find cows missed for milking, the percentage of the milking herd that went through the parlor, etc germany fixed a problem where sometimes the test dates were not properly imported for a new herd created from german load files dairycomp 305 version 25 2 release date february 26, 2025 dc305 version 25 2 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program improved how quickly dcclient updates the expiration date after you update dc305 corrected an issue where the bredsum\s command would incorrectly group sires if the main cowfile's shortname setting did not match arc file dc305 now displays a warning message if you try to delete a fresh event from an animal's cowcard when there are other events fixed the average daily gains (adg and adgi) report display in russian fixed an issue where dc305 incorrectly added stud codes 522 and 551 for foreign sires during sire cleanup integrations allflex fixed the pregnant open date (podat) and preg fields in the status file beco fixed an issue where dc305 showed an incorrect m1 milk value boumatic resolved an issue where an exception error would lock up dc305 ftech the ssf import now manages duplicates better dairycomp 305 version 25 1 release date january 29, 2025 dc305 version 25 1 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program released the updated canadian sire file released the updated portuguese language file fixed an uncommon problem where the auto backup process would lock up dc305 if there were antivirus or external backup programs interfering with the backup file creation resolved an issue where the bredsum\\ (by sire sexed type) report incorrectly split the embryo results into separate lines added protective checks to prevent a client refresh from corrupting an animal record during a cowcard event edit integrations delpro delaval fixed a problem where milk weights were not loading properly grimmius resolved an issue where the grimmius weight and measure import would sometimes create duplicate measure events lactanet dairytrace fixed an issue where export records in trace module were not properly implementing foreign and domestic tags lely fixed a problem detecting future transfer dates that affected horizon resolved an issue with lely animal id assignments that occurred when an import was done on a client fixed a problem where, in some cases, the animal group numbers on lely were incorrectly changed by the msend export scr previously, the msend export to scr was in the report browser when duplicate tags (httag) were detected this has been changed to create an alert instead of a report export (uk) made a modification so that the uk receive command can now recognize some occasional format errors in the files provided to dc305 ftech we now allow ids of up to 8 digits for the ftech cow transfers records pocket cowcard modified the logic for handling the default assignable items that can be used in pcc scanning, primarily avoiding the default use of item 4 (usually reg ) for scanning lists sent to pcc added a new option to quickly process pregnancy check vet codes in pcc when you define some vet codes in dc305, you can now check the pcc auto preg event box after you enable the option, you can easily process an animal on some worklists by simply tapping and scanning an animal this feature requires the latest version of pcc dairycomp 305 version 24 12 release date january 8, 2025 dc305 version 24 12 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have implemented numerous improvements related to integrations and traceability systems expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program for customers who order match pair tags directly from vas, dc305 can now automatically reorder new eid tags when it detects that you only have a few eid tags left to enable this feature, enter alter in the command line and open the eid manager, then click enable at the bottom right side of the screen after you set the number of eid tags and click join program , a vas sales representative will contact you whenever your inventory falls below the set number you can edit the settings any time in the eid manager see dairycomp eid tag manager https //vas com/dairycomp eid tag manager/ on the vas website to learn more! fixed an issue where dc305 would incorrectly assign new events to technician teams that were just created corrected a problem where econ\h would sometimes report the wrong gender for calves produced by embryo transfer in the holstein era file export you can no longer use events\8m to erase events in batch this feature is reserved for the vas support team removed the ability to enter a blank date in venter entering a blank date would cause errors in subsequent entries corrected the default withdrawal lengths for the dryclox and spectramast protocols added an option in setup > printer to disable all printing this can be used for server setups where most of the work is done on clients and the server machine is unattended released a new usa sire file with december 2024 proofs fixed an issue where the events\2 event listing report did not display technicians higher than 255 corrected a problem where archive files weren't always refreshing to clients integrations brazil updated the portuguese language file to fix a display issue for test days dairymaster added support for the new version of dairymaster dairyvue360 to enable this, add the \v2 switch for the new version heiferpro we now skip incoming sold/died entries from heiferpro if they were already entered manually in dc305 lactanet fixed a locked file problem that occurred when a lact t export file was written onto a usb drive lactanet dairytrace fixed the foreign indicator for import and export events in dairytrace minnesota dhia made some requested modifications for the ftech lab report headers nedap (velos) extended the allowable id length for the nedap velos integration from 5 to 8 digits send (germany) made requested changes for the german send export command (ads files on test day) uk scoteid traceability the scotmoves send command can now be scheduled in the task scheduler dairycomp 305 version 24 11 release date november 19, 2024 dc305 version 24 11 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program for herds that use sire short name entry, we now display the sexed code (if present) in the sire selection picklist in bred this makes it easier to identify and choose between the sexed and unsexed named sires for example, we show the sexed "troy" as "troy s" to denote its name and its sexed code for animals with a reproduction code (rc) of zero, we used to display a blank space for the rc item we now show "heifer" (translated to the local language) for these animals the setup command can be used to change how rc is shown for your animals updated the bredsum options dialog to support several of the newer switches available in dc305 added a new item type #174 to show embryo transfer pregnancies if the op1 is 0 , dc305 returns a "y" or "n" to show whether the animal is currently pregnant from an embryo transfer implant if op2 is a 1 , it shows the pulse embryo id of that implant (if the embryo transfer was entered in pulse) for the bredsum\\ (bredsum by sexed code) option, we now display embryo implants as a separate category fixed an issue where the egraph event \p was not properly displaying protocol numbers over 255 we now have a secondary sire id available for some regions that do not support naab codes when you define an item type #190 item, you can now select a naab code as a secondary sire id for example, in germany, the dhv codes are the primary sire identification and you can use this new item to show the naab code for that sire note that you need a v10 cowfile to enable this feature in some cases, if dc305 found a change to the sire id during a genomics file import, it would change the sire id to an iso number, such as 84000012345567 we added safeguards to prevent unwanted changes like that additionally, we now check against the global sire reference file (v10 only) for improved sire id checks and corrections when possible integrations afi milk the afi milk import now supports pen numbers over 255 note that not all parlors allow this use caution when creating pen numbers not supported by the partner software! germany handled requested modifications in send\v testday export the mlp ads file for all lkv codes germany you can now run kuhvision export ( send\k ) from an automated scheduled task lely for the past few months, we've been field testing the change to use the lely animal id as the primary id for the lely integration it has been successful, solves multiple problems, and, with this version, it is now the default zoetis genomics updated the formula used for tpi calculations in the zoetis dng/dnd genomics file import zoetis genomics we now allow defining an alternate item to be used as the lookup when importing zoetis genomic dnd files note that this is not needed in most cases (and not in the us), but it was required for some foreign countries ftech mn ftech requested a billing change (% field tech vs association) dairycomp 305 version 24 10 release date october 29, 2024 dc305 version 24 10 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program to speed up client refresh speeds for large herds and those with poor connections, archive files are only refreshed to clients if they have been updated from a cleanup added support for the pct command to display values for item type #145 (tech name) items, e g , pct lact=1 by mtech the alter protocols dialog was adjusted to properly limit maximum values for the protocol withdrawal date fixed an issue where event edits for bred tech completed on dcclient were not always sent correctly to the server resolved an issue where editing combo events was not working properly in some situations the client timeout value was previously limited to 20 seconds on the dc shadow version it was increased to support larger values for large herds and/or poor connections fixed an issue where the average daily gain (adg) at age calculation could return incorrect values for weights in kilos fixed an error message shown in bred when the sir5 (use 5 extra sires) option was enabled integrations lely fixed a problem where animal ids of zero could be sent to lely neogen added a new holstein haplotype, polled mutation trait (ghp), for neogen genomic import lactanet released updated sire file for lactanet zoetis added the ability to use an alternate lookup id when importing zoetis genomic files this is only needed for non us customers universal added the ability to define a different folder for the msend command for universal taupro transfer program cowcare added the ability to duplicate drugs for a new premise fixed a problem that occurred when editing usages pulse resolved an issue where protocol changes completed on pulse were not immediately applied in dc305 dairycomp 305 version 24 9 release date september 24, 2024 dc305 version 24 9 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program we've dramatically improved the speed of the cleanup command whether you use it with the setting to remove duplicate records or you use cleanup\a directly added support for sir5 and sir6 items, which can be used for bred event entry with default recommended service sires, along with the existing sir1 through sir4 items released the august 2024 usa sire proofs file in dc shadow refresh options, you can now increase how long a refresh runs before it times out and fails extra time is sometimes needed for systems with slow internet connections fixed a problem where logon would lock up when a corrupted cowfile existed in the multiherd folder resolved a performance issue where viewing multiple cowcards was getting slow this was caused by an accumulation of a large amount of sensor activity data in order to allow genomic imports in some foreign countries (including argentina) with different government id systems, we now allow changing the default item used to look up the cows from the dng file fixed an issue where the system would not correctly delete a third calf record if you deleted a fresh event with three live calves resolved an issue where fileout did not always export the expected set of items this was a rare condition related to the milking interface in use fixed an issue where the events\3 calf report was not showing all of the expected items integrations nedap now added support for using activity level data received from pulse in the bredsum\j activity summary cow manager added support to send prev events to cow manager in the same way we send preg events jantec milk import we now detect and accommodate for a date bug in the jantec milk file, which caused milking #3 to be missed if it was scheduled after midnight the weights now load as expected protein serum import added support to automatically import protein serum lab result files (dny files) lactanet traceability fixed a problem designating domestic versus foreign exported cows send (germany) we now allow users to set different premises to different emails to differentiate between breeds gea dairynet added support for gea's new dairynet integration cowcare fixed an issue where cowcare would freeze when a very large number of backlogged drug usages were processed expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! new help topic sign up for dc305 training classes interested in brushing up on your general dc305 knowledge or learning more about specific dc305 strengths, like the power of its reproduction analysis tools? vas offers several instructor led and self paced courses! see sign up for dc305 training classes docid\ ntq98io4b23j4eo fal k to learn more dairycomp 305 version 24 8 release date august 20, 2024 dc305 version 24 8 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases one highlight in this release is that you can now view calf information in the previous lactations tab docid 82 ohqnbaj rs9cozmef of any animal's cowcard expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program the cowcard's previous lactations tab docid 82 ohqnbaj rs9cozmef now includes calf information the calf's id, sex, status, and sire these will be automatically backfilled the first time you run dairycomp version 24 8 the usa sire file now contains sires active in the last ten years added translation capability to the econ\ir report header fixed the problem where a client refresh would occasionally erase the local client task table for very large herds with a lot of activity logging, we now properly handle any overflows when the log file gets too large the otf (on the fly) guide items are now always initialized by default for dairycomp consultant users additionally, you can force loading of the otf items by using alter\2o bull stud code 694 is now properly recognized as sexed female semen when a sire is renamed in alter8 sire table, the sire is also renamed in any archive files this improves bredsum by sire on dcclient, the previous release inadvertently removed access to some alter\11 capabilities this has been restored otf items can now be used in events hdr files integrations lactanet added the regid field to the xml file created using econ\lact send (germany) added support for sending ads files for multiple aes (premises) to different email addresses zoetis genomics fixed an issue where dng files from zoetis were not imported correctly because the files were in an unexpected format pulse dc305 now accepts breeding codes entered on pulse even if the breeding codes are not enabled in dc305 resolved an issue where events were sometimes duplicated in dc305 if the event was entered in pulse with lowercase remarks dairycomp 305 version 24 7 release date july 23, 2024 dc305 version 24 7 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases this release had a larger focus on accommodating customer requests expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program the sires\m command, which is used to import sire matings from a file, now supports sir4 and sir5 improved item type #88 to return the number of test days using log scc > \[value] op1 should be set to 97 , and op2 should be set to the cutoff value for log scc for example, if you want the count of test days where the log scc is over four, enter 4 for the op2 value we now only display pens in remarks up to 3 characters unless 4 characters are required in cowfile version 10, we allow up to 9999 pens and we changed the remark of move events to support 4 characters for each pen this caused remark lengths to exceed 8 characters, which reduced readability in some cases added content to the alter routines, which are now visible when using dcclient while they are still read only (except for scheduled tasks), you can now view the pens, sires, vet codes, and events tables added updated sire files for the us, canada, and italy fixed a small issue where reproduction codes were not recalculated properly when a bred was entered on the same day as an abort event the switch manager, which displays all available command switches, can now be accessed from the help menu improved the way dcclient is updated, which fixes some instances where the dcsquirrel utility tool did not update properly fixed a typo in the switch description for logging onto archive and backup files updated the standard event code names for french, italian, german and russian users added speckled park (sk) as a beef breed fixed a problem where car codes defined on the server were not being sent properly to the client due to the variation in how dcsetup files are handled between the server and client, we added a setting in the server configuration message that forces the transfer “send custom carcode+venter keys to clients ” resolved a problem where the system would modify fresh table items when one of the items in the paired tables was deleted improved the client refresh process, which resolves an issue where clients could have lost their local custom task scheduler tables reverted a change that caused an issue where a reproduction code was not sent correctly during the itrans process the change caused a problem with identifying male calves fixed an issue where changes made in the last update could have caused a failure in the lameness manager, depending on your pulse settings integrations lely the latest conductivity values can be imported from lely in the daily milk import to enable, use setmilk\install for lely and click the button to enable and create four teat items cndlf, cndrf, cndlr, and cndrr the items will start being updated in the milk weight loads lactanet added the regid field to the lactanet econ export for eastern canada cattleeye fixed a problem where values sent from pulse were not displayed in the correct user selected format send (germany) fixed an issue with the german send command where move events that involved outside premises were not sent properly dng genomic import added hpp (holstein horn/polled) to items that can be imported from genomic files holstein easy added support for all of the available items in the holstein easy import ( econ\h ) previously, we just supported importing the class item cowcare the cowcare basis drug file has been updated with new drug information; this happens once a year dairycomp 305 version 24 6 release date june 26, 2024 dc305 version 24 6 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases, as well as completed some international requirements the next release will include more base program improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program dc305 lets you customize event names, but sometimes, that makes it difficult for the system to recognize what the customized event name is supposed to represent we implemented some standardization for events to improve event analysis in both dc305 and pulse, especially for the pulse features, healthval https //platform docs vas com/en us/default htm#cshid=2012 and oneview https //platform docs vas com/en us/default htm#cshid=1332 you don't need to change anything, but to improve the system's analyses, we now have an option for every event in the alter events dialog where you can select the standard event description fixed an issue where item type #190 breed item for some 501xd naab codes was not always properly seen as "xd" updated the switch manager docid\ i0uelt2iq6ihct6lh7 mc to include switches for the ssf send command ( send\dnl ) implemented full support for ukrainian language translations, including user defined events and items for international users where sire naab is not available, you can now enter the sexed code and breed for that sire when you enter a bred event and add a new sire guide now properly reloads if you log on to a dairy with a different guide file integrations send (germany) added support for maintaining a description for each premise in the german premise table scr milk load fixed an issue where the system would double up milk weights of a milk load twice for the same milking delpro fixed a problem where a milking time set to midnight might result in an error message ftech (dairyone) added support for ids that are greater than 5 digits in the lab data merge file ftech (minnesota) fixed a minor display issue in billing report cowcare the "drug usage by cow id" cowcare report now allows entry of a list of cow ids to show on the report pcc we recently changed incoming pcc event entries to use the same command as defined in dairycomp however, we fixed an issue where the system did not correctly process items in an event command if the items were listed before ec for example, if you enter a move command, pn=pen ec=9 eday rem , the system now sets the pn item properly before the system processes the move command ( ec=9 ) dairycomp 305 version 24 5 release date may 21, 2024 dc305 version 24 5 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program fixed a problem that occurred when heifer weights imported on a client were sent to the server added ukranian language support updated the field names in econ reports to clarify that the totals shown are total animals in the count column and total cwt in the milk production column restored the ability to add days to protocol details using ranges (like "2 4" for days 2 through 4) the system no longer allows entering dry events for heifers because it creates a misleading reproduction status and causes problems later in the process these instances should be entered as treatments with an optional protocol rather than as dry events released the latest sire files for the uk and germany updated itrans heifer files (iloop dnt transfer files) to automatically exclude the reproduction code item, which resolves problems on the receiving side fixed a problem that occurred when entering sexed sires if the sire's only identification was an iso code, such as in italy fixed item type #73 items for "pen from move event" that broke in a previous release integrations preg results lab import the system now displays an alert and does not import lab generated preg events that occur after an abort event if there are no recorded breeding events since the abort ftech fixed the ftech absorb command, so you can now import milk weights for cows with ids over 5 digits long send (germany) added several requested improvements to the german send command send (italy) implemented the ability to add a designated eid item to the italian send command you can now use invia\x \[itemname] , so in this example, you can use invia\x eid send (uk) by request, northern ireland bulls are now excluded from the uk checksum validation process lactanet traceability modified the display of the entry dialogs as requested by lactanet cowcare added a new drugwatch cow history treatment report to cowcare, which replicates the output from the former drugwatch application to learn more about viewing cowcare reports, see view reports docid\ q fy8az5zgs0f4xw18kj5 pulse dc305 now displays notification bars on the main screen if you need to update dc305 so it can properly synchronize with pulse follow the instructions in update dc305 to the latest release docid\ ebeqsmccwmoq 6dbm5x7v if you see the notification dairycomp 305 version 24 4 release date april 23, 2024 dc305 version 24 4 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program you can now use the switch manager to see all the available switches for all commands in dc305! simply click command? at the left side of the command line to open the switch manager, then browse the list of commands and switches see command line docid\ u nbrveqbf6nzsp1bc9e0 to learn more about using switches in the command line for a comprehensive list of commands and switches you can download, see command line quick reference sheets docid\ bcjoiprw ktwi75hwmjov the april 2024 usa sire file has been released fixed a problem that occurred when displaying cow pictures in the cowcard's picture tab added language support for estonia when you export a report as a csv file, the exported version is now easier to read because it no longer includes the totals line when you use the alter command, you can now enter a new technician number using the keypad integrations lactanet genomics fixed an issue where the lactanet genomics file import changed some sexed sires to their unsexed variant this occurred because the unsexed sire naab was listed in the dnv file send (germany) implemented more requested changes to the german send export format bredsum (italy) fixed an issue where bredsum\m was not properly showing sexed sires with italian stud codes also, in some cases, the command would lock up for some italian v10 cowfiles send (italy) the italian send command now supports electronic ids boumatic msend resolved the error message caused by corrupted files from boumatic morocco morocco can now use short sire names cowcare added a new cowcare report called drugwatch cow history treatment , which replicates the output from the former drugwatch application pulse dc305 now displays notification bars on the main screen if you need to update dc305 so it can properly synchronize with pulse follow the instructions in update dc305 to the latest release docid\ ebeqsmccwmoq 6dbm5x7v if you see the notification pocket cowcard fixed a small problem that occured when merging some pcc expert batch commands into the dc305 event command fixed an issue where the previous device id was still being shown on subsequent transactions in the activity log dairycomp 305 version 24 3 release date march 26, 2024 dc305 version 24 3 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program the academic build (dcteach) has been updated to read cowfile version 10 fixed a problem where, in some cases, if you entered a bred event as an embryo transfer, the cowcard did not properly display etbred in cowfile version 10, the alter dialog can now support up to 512 breeding technicians previously, the alter dialog only supported 250 technicians fixed an issue where the car code table did not refresh properly for shadow clients fixed a problem where the system would incorrectly group the crosstab, bredsum\xc by lctgp , by breeding technician if you enter a bred event for foreign herds that use short sire names instead of naab codes, dc305 now displays the sexed code for the bull additionally, when you add a new sire, you can now enter the bull's sexed code fixed an issue where the protocol remark was being truncated when exporting culture results to qsm files improved the search function for sires so that you can enter or find a sire using either the default name (usually naab code) or the iso tag this works for list and show, as well as sire imports in cowfile version 10, you can now enter up to 2048 protocol details fixed a problem where the system would not accept stud codes over 255 in the sires\8 analysis fixed an issue where the system did not properly update downloaded pedigree (dnz) files you can now limit access for modifying and recalculating the monitor in the user manager integrations uk send fixed an issue where the send for the uk bcms system did not properly default to the latest send date german send implemented requested changes for sending the milking frequency implemented requested changes in the mlp and karind export files when importing the lactanet dnv genomic file, it will update the animal sire and dam registration if the dnv file has different information than the cowfile minnesota dhi implemented requested change for the mndhia ftech billing module lactanet genomics implemented requested changes for move and sold events in the karind export file cowcare updated the default withdrawal period for some drugs in the default protocol list, which is used when adding a new protocol existing protocols defined with those drugs are corrected cowcare now defaults to the latest (version 2) behavior pulse if you enter an invalid fresh event in pulse and send it to dc305, dc305 now creates a held command for the event so you can review and verify the event details for example, dc305 might create a held command for a fresh event if you try to enter it just a few days after the previous fresh date pocket cowcard dc305 now merges event entries from pcc with the existing event commands to support any items defined for that event for example, if your dry event is ec=11 pen=5 , a dry event from pcc will now support the pen=5 entry dairycomp 305 version 24 2 release date february 20, 2024 dc305 version 24 2 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program corrected an issue where the cowcard incorrectly displayed protocols on bullpen events posted the italy sire file with december 2023 proofs fixed v9 issues where protocols above 255 did not work properly in the previous update and high numbered protocols were not transferred correctly from dcclient resolved an issue where filein might not import the last record in a file if the file contained blank values after the last line fixed a bredsum problem where grouping bull studs did not work correctly wherever naab codes are not used, such as italy some users reported missing ids from the chkfile "list unused id numbers " this occurs if the ids are being used in the eid inventory to exclude eid inventory ids from dc305's id check, check the ignore ids in eid file box in parlor reports, we now implement a tolerance value based on parlor size, which reduces the number of false suspect stalls in the report integrations minnesota dhi the ssf send command for minnesota ftech will export health events by default for other dhis, you can add the \h switch ( send\dnlh ) to send health events allflex api fixed a problem where the system could create new items that overlapped existing items during setmilk installation for the allflex api nedap & beco added the ability to use both nedap and beco transponders on a single dcclient system scoteid improved the date prompt and the last send date default in scoteid lactanet receive fixed an issue where system did not convert some of the lactation totals and projections in the canadian receive for herds that use pounds instead of kilos lactanet genomics we now support the import of the canadian format genomics files, dnv files, which are created and distributed by lactanet you can use the command importf\v to import them cowcare fixed an issue where the system did not properly display event technician names in the cowcare usage summary fixed a problem where the system would print the wrong table pulse fixed a problem where the system could might not load animals with a missing previous lactation in the initial pulse load dairycomp 305 version 24 1 release date january 23, 2024 dc305 version 24 1 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners we have also implemented numerous internal improvements, which will become evident in future releases expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program fixed a problem where, in some cases, the system would lose data about the previous lactation if you used restore on a deleted cow you can now configure dcclient to create automatic local backups if you want to enable this feature, open the client configuration menu and check the box next to the option resolved an issue where the system would display an error message ("cannot find cowfile arc") if you ran the bredsum by tech report, then clicked on a technician improved sires\9 so that it can now be used to update sire items for dead cows, as well as live cows (e g sires\9 pl\ pl for id>0 ) fixed an issue where some transactions from chinese dcclients would not process correctly on the server added the holstein muscle weakness trait (ghmw) and brown swiss bh14 haplotype (gbh14) to the genomics import if herds use sire short names as the default, the system now displays semen type of the sire (e g sexed, beef, etc ) in the picklist for bred or seminv commands added the selective dry cow therapy guide tab to the russian guide when eplot was used to load milk weights on a client, the system would show "cow not found" held command errors on the server these have been changed to activity log docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag messages fixed the header column alignment for the bredsum\r report fixed an issue where if you selected help > about from the toolbar while the internet was disconnected, the program could temporarily freeze posted the usa sire file with december 2023 proofs posted the canadian sire file with december 2023 proofs fixed instances where a previously used protocol number was incorrectly used in subsequent enter commands resolved an issue where the system did not properly apply hospital pens to protocols when the pen number was over 999 fixed an issue where the system did not properly input enter spaces in the protocol detail dialog resolved an instance where combo events for v9 included an erroneous event 72 fixed an issue where the previous pen item was not working properly for pens numbered higher than 255 integrations czech republic released a traceability/government reporting system for the czech republic this is in early beta testing at this time heifer pro fixed a problem with sires in the heiferpro import, which was caused by the inclusion of sire names in the export file mn ftech modify the configuration for the mndhi degree of difficulty entry germany send requested a change for send\d commands to properly designate sold and car code usages delpro the "suspect milk deviation" was not being properly set in the setmilk configuration dialog for delpro this has been fixed delpro resolved an issue where the stall numbers displayed in the delpro rotary parlor report were off by one dairy one ftech fixed the send command for dairy one, which did not support more than 32,000 cows in the cowfile jersey genomics updated the formulas for the jersey performance index (jpi) and jersey udder index (jui) calculations scr/allflex removed the alert that was posted if a cow id of zero was in the import file cowcare moved all remaining cowcare version 1 0 customers to cowcare version 2 0 see cowcare docid\ qo5kerminmcteasniiys6 to learn more about using the new version of cowcare! pulse fixed a problem where sold / died events were not properly removed from pulse if a cow was mistakenly sold and then restored in dc305 pocket cowcard resolved an issue where the system did not properly send protocols to pcc for v9 herds in dairycomp version 23 12 we now send more details about source farm names and ids to pcc dairycomp 305 version 23 11 release date november 28, 2023 dc305 version 23 11 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners the majority of our time has been spent on groundwork for new features that will be released over the next two versions expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program fixed an issue where the system wouldn't correctly send fresh technician data to the server added a check so the system does not resend dnc files (from putcow\i ) that are older than 7 days when otf ("on the fly" guide items) are imported, the system now displays a message in the activity log docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag added a new message that warns you if you try to enter a date for a sold or died event that occurs before the date of the latest event removed the extra technician number that sometimes displayed in the activity log for bred events fixed a problem where the expected milk value was displaying the average instead in cowcards and items due to the increasing number of ten character naab codes, we expanded the width of sire item displays so the codes are not truncated integrations agsource ftech fixed an issue where dairies with over 32,000 animals were receiving an error if they entered send\l for ftech scoteid corrected an issue where the scoteid traceability was unexpectedly changing the edat for some cows neogen added a small change to the mail used for neogen genomic submission files uds added some items to support the uds alta/genex integration female index, female rank, and progeny index mndhia we now always send health events in the mn version of the ssf send lactanet dairytrace we no longer remove movein traceability records with errors until they are manually resolved uk send we handled and reported internet connections errors more gracefully mn ftech properly imported the dbrd and cbrd values from pc dart file german send modified \m switch behavior for sending uploaded ads files to german lkvs cowcare fixed an issue where newly created dairies could not override drug quantities added an option to merge drugs together to reduce duplicate usage records pulse we now send the embryo id and embryo code from bred events to pulse so pulse can create the related type 77 items dairycomp 305 version 23 10 release date october 24, 2023 dc305 version 23 10 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for pulse and our integration partners expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program fixed a problem with the french translation of the ok event removed the restriction that blocked client refreshes if held commands were still present on the server added support for some custom mastitis/scc analysis items that are used internally by guide when a protocol is edited in alter\7 , it is now properly logged as an alter note in the activity log docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag we increased the number of items that can be added to the user defined main menu the technician table was adjusted to ensure incorrect technicians are no longer included in alter currency items with item type #101 (item + item) now display properly select sires stud code 585 is now assigned to stud code 14 for sire look up purposes fixed a problem where, in some cases, the system would overwrite the local client task table with the server task table if a client refresh failed the type 190 sexed/breed display now shows an r instead of a p for beef sexed female sires see using sexed sires docid\ xcyasaqbuarogpdhjar3 to learn more improved the display of bredsum\ey for large herds by increasing the column width integrations nedap added support for configuring nedap now alert items for pulse see step 2 in nedap's activate integration topic https //platform docs vas com/content/platformpartners/nedap/nedap integrate htm#step2 in the vas pulse platform online help for item details lely horizon unexpected preg events are no longer sent to lely horizon setmilk the setmilk installer no longer displays shortened field names bmoi fixed an issue where movein events were missing the declaration date for the simplitrace traceability system lactanet traceability additional items are now included in dairytrace movein and moveout events dairycomp 305 version 23 9 release date september 26, 2023 dc305 version 23 9 contains the usual assortment of bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for dairycomp, pulse, and our integration partners this update includes base program improvements such as sexed sire handling, data integrity and validation improvements, as well as continued work on integrations with our vendors and pulse expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program fixed an issue where the system did not properly display sire sexed codes in sire names (for example, gallant s ), especially after milk loads the nightly backups now include the lactanet canada def file used for electronic registrations (when available) when a new program version is used, we now include both the version date and the version number in the activity log docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag message the system now displays a warning message if you attempt to modify the disposal code, car code 6, which is generally used as a died disposal code detected and fixed item tables where days carrying calf/pregnant (dcc) was incorrectly defined the tables were not showing the correct value for dead cow records the system now displays a warning if you enter an abort date that is set before the latest preg event date sires with a pooled semen naab code (such as 200ps1234) are now considered as beef sires for analysis purposes while that is almost always the case, we are aware that a small number of ps bulls may be dairy, which may be addressed in a future release we made an improvement to help prevent the program from locking up when you convert to the new activity log integrations nedap now added support for configuring nedap now alert items for pulse waikato/aic updated the integration name from aic integration to waikato dairy hq ata / other ssf sends previously, you had to add \h to the ssf send command ( send\dnlh ) in order to send health events to the drpc now, this is the default for ata herds and the \h is not required lactanet traceability fixed an issue where movein events were missing the declaration date for the simplitrace traceability system lactanet traceability added a few requested extra items to the dairytrace movein and moveout events cowcare we removed the older alter\7 protocol dialogs and now exclusively use the new cowcare dialogs pulse when protocols were defined on pulse, the protocol event number entered was not properly applied to the protocol added in dc305 we have resolved the issue fixed a problem that occurred during pulse synchronization if you restored an accidentally sold animal and completed a xid id change fixed a problem where pulse did not properly clear the archive date item (ardat) if a sold or died event was removed in pulse pcc added more vetcode details to the pcc refresh dairycomp 305 version 23 8 release date august 29, 2023 dc305 version 23 8 contains the usual assortment of bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for dairycomp, pulse, and our integration partners expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program previously, if you pressed the ditto key ( ) on a move event, the system would incorrectly ask you to enter a pen we have corrected the issue fixed an issue where the previous lact button wouldn't load properly on cowcards updated the usa sire file with august 2023 proofs added some information in setup > logon settings to explain why some buttons are disabled fixed the bottom axis scaling for graphs showing log scc values in fresh, the freemartin status was not being determined properly in the case of triplets containing a male calf added a setup setting that allows you to auto create the otf (on the fly) items at startup without having to enter a guide command fixed how the system shows mast protocols in egraph reports added a new option (9) for item type #77 (bred event info) that indicates whether the breeding is the result of an embryo transfer implant if the bred event is the result of an embryo transfer, the item returns e if the bred event is not the result of an embryo transfer, the item returns n changes to disposal codes (car codes) on the server are now properly sent to dcclients fixed problems with the find and replace feature in the held commands dialog box we updated the list of stud codes that reference sexed semen, and we have set up automation to make the updates run more smoothly the user manager can now control the use of the semen inventory (seminv) module removed the vas community link button integrations interpulse integrated the import of the average milk conductivity data from the milking data yyyymmdd m# csv file into interpulse/dairycomp 305 scoteid fixed an issue where the scoteid link was not sending births correctly uk dairies corrected a problem that occurred when the system showed sire breeds for uk herds smaxtec removed an unnecessary error message from the smaxtec integration has been removed from activity logging cowmanager added support for the sort code item in cowmanager cowcare fixed problems related to adding and deleting drugs from inventory and merging multiple drugs together pulse we continue making improvements for various pulse integrations issues regarding missing animals, as well as various problems with xid and restored fresh events web updater and backend in the about nightly build message, we added an option to preview the changes that are available in the latest nightly build download expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! updated help topic manage drug usage transactions in cowcare we have updated the cowcare drug usage help topic to include cowcare's major upgrades! use the new instructions to review, edit, and approve your drug usage transactions check out the new toolbar, keyboard shortcuts, and search and filter options that make managing your transactions easier than ever! see manage drug usage transactions docid\ dnsaose5qrlxod7ric9na to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 23 7 release date august 3, 2023 dc305 version 23 7 is primarily a maintenance release, containing various bug fixes and improvements for the base program, integrations, cowcare, and pulse expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program updated the german language file we now prevent the deletion of item type #98 if it used as the barn name lookup item if it is not, we highly recommend that you do not delete item type #98 because it could adversely affect dhi and partner integrations fixed an issue that occurred when the setup option to "auto create a move event when the premise changes" is enabled previously, if the option was enabled and you used the ditto key ( ) during event entry, dc305 would not let you enter a protocol or remark added performance improvements so that it's easier to enable enhanced activity logs to learn more about how you can quickly find and filter the entries you need using enhanced activity logs, see activity logs docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag alta stud code 699 is now correctly designated as sexed female previously, it was designated as sexed male due to a change in the sire data file we receive, some sire breeds were identified as “h” or “j”, while others were “ho” or “je” we addressed this inconsistency and continue to use single character breed codes for the major dairy breeds added support for the ability to upload more than one putcow file within the same minute integrations lely fixed an error message that occurred during the lely milk import cowcare fixed an issue where the system would incorrectly write off drugs if you entered them on dcclient resolved an issue where the drug editing window would not work properly in countries that use commas as numeric separators instead of decimals added support for russian dairies to define premises, which can be used in cowcare pulse fixed an issue where, in some cases, plclient would generate an error that would block the synchronization between dc305 and pulse resolved a problem where using an xid twice would stop the synchronization between dc305 and pulse dairycomp 305 version 23 6 release date june 27, 2023 dc305 version 23 6 contains an assortment of requested improvements, integrations updates, and minor bug fixes we've also made updates to the latest version of cowcare many of our efforts in this release include internal changes in preparation for future features we've also made significant changes to the latest version of cowcare our upcoming efforts include several requested improvements for pcc, pulse reliability, cowfile version 9, and a variety of integrations updates expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program released updated may 2023 sire files for italy and canada resolved an issue where automatic incrementing of beef tags in fresh was not working added a scrollbar to the alter dairy info dialog reduced the size of cowfile backups by removing the old drugwatch files we are now using an improved uploader for nightly backups this reduces some of the issues we've seen with uploading backups for larger herds integrations delpro resolved an issue where eid formats for morocco caused problems with the delpro integration lactanet fixed a problem that occurred when sending moveout events to the canadian simplitrace traceability system lely implemented a workaround for an issue that occurs when sending bname to the lely t4c/horizon integration the integration now has an always send cow names setting that is off by default use the setmilk\install command to turn the always send cow names setting on or off when this setting is off, cow names are only sent to t4c/horizon when the barn names setting is enabled in alter11 if the setting is on, cow names are always sent to t4c/horizon when a cow's name is present, that name is used if a cow's name is missing, dc305 creates the name using a string representation of the cow's id scoteid fixed a problem that occurred when entering destination holdings for the scoteid traceability system zoetis resolved an issue where commands sent from the pulse zoetis genomics integration were being held if the commands were too long aic loading milk weights for aic now ignores input records if "x" is at the start of the transponder code note the import generates an error file (aic err in the dc305 folder) that explains why other import files may have been skipped cowcare added a notification window to alert that the old version of cowcare docid\ qo5kerminmcteasniiys6 will be replaced on september 4, 2023 fixed an editing drug settings issue implemented requested features for the new cowcare added a setting to fail treatments if the druglot date is before the treatment added a setting to filter only the druglots that have quantity cowcare now displays the number of treatments and total drug quantity on the bottom of the grid added the following date fields in audit date of treatment approval and reversal treatment delivery date adding new inventory drug loss date adding new drug loss enter date adjustment of inventory added the ability to report audit reports by either the date of a transaction or date of the record type pulse resolved an issue where backup programs interfered with pulse synchronization and caused animals to be deleted fixed a problem where using an xid twice caused pulse synchronization to stop pcc pocket cowcard resolved an issue where item numbers over 255 were not properly sent to pcc entry lists dairycomp 305 version 23 5 release date may 30, 2023 dc305 version 23 5 contains an assortment of requested improvements, integrations updates, and minor bug fixes we've completed efforts on fully supporting triplets in fresh, including the associated items and reports cowcare continues to improve with multiple requested changes from our partners and customers our upcoming efforts include several requested improvements for pcc, pulse reliability, cowfile version 9, and a variety of integrations updates expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program added support for triplets in the events\3 calf report fixed an error in the connect\a genomics (dng) import that caused dc305 to hang reimplemented the prostaglandin analysis option in bredsum that was removed in version 23 4 you can access the option from the bredsum menu or by using the \pg switch resolved an issue where the alter sires display grid was showing duplicate sires released sire files that contain the april 2023 sire proofs for germany and the uk resolved an issue where the alter items display grid was showing a blank item at the top of the list corrected naab stud codes 602 605 to designate as sexed sires in alter8 and type 190 sire items if a cleanup failure warning is displayed during dc305 startup, you can now run the cleanup command to clear the warning item types 73 and 76 now include the calf detail for a triplet calf to the item result for example, three live triplet females added to the herd are displayed as "fkafkafka " for proper triplet display, ensure convert\rem16 is used to extend the remark field length to 16 characters integrations fullwood some versions of fullwood parlor integrations do not support dc305 sending lactation numbers if an error is generated, add \n to the msend command to disable this value scoteid events that occurred "today" are now included, and a confirmation is displayed after the process is complete scr/allflex setmilk\install no longer creates scrtg when httag is created, it is now a type 32 item crystal fusion by default, animals with a zero transponder are not sent to crystal this can result in duplicates if some heifers are assigned transponders to avoid duplicates, add the \h switch to the crystal fusion msend command to allow all animals, including heifers with zero transponders, to be sent to crystal fusion it may also be necessary to remove the for trans>0 from the msend command lely in a previous release, we implemented a change to resolve issues with barn names in the lely mssend command this caused issues for other lely users, and the change was reverted in this release we continue to work with the lely team to properly send names to the t4c/horizon system cowcare the new version of cowcare highlighted in our 23 2 release notes is now available! the update includes several major cowcare enhancements, including the option to run cowcare and dc305 concurrently, an updated dashboard with quick access to herd statistics, and significant speed/usability improvements see install cowcare docid 0j33mmr0odfeorqvjd2es to learn more about setting up the new cowcare note existing dc305 customers can enable the new cowcare by going to setup > preferences and clicking the turn on new cowcare button resolved an issue where some cowcare protocol usage activities incorrectly displayed the event pen as 1023 if there was no entry of a delivery doc in the original cowcare, the new cowcare would not allow you to edit drug lots you can now edit drug lots if the delivery doc is missing removed the ability to switch treatment from "no treat" back to "pending " updated multi purchase input to remove the user from the audit trail resolved an issue where the sort order on the treatment screen didn't work in the grid when a pc was set to us format and dairycomp was set to eu fixed an issue where cowcare prompted for a password multiple times resolved an issue where cowcare would not switch back to the activity screen when activity occurred in dc305 web updater added error checks to resolve an issue where failed nightly backups caused program hangs pcc pocket cowcard foreign language and english expert batch commands are now both recognized when sending data to pcc for example, " enter\z " and " entrar\z " are both recognized expand the topic below to learn more about new online help content! updated cowcare help topics! with the significant enhancements made to cowcare, we've updated many of our cowcare help topics! see cowcare docid\ qo5kerminmcteasniiys6 to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 23 4 release date april 26, 2023 dc305 version 23 4 contains an assortment of improvements, requested integrations updates, and minor bug fixes we added more improvements to the fresh command, including support for storing calf details for triplets we've also added the option to group by pen of the bred event in bredsum for use in certain genomic items, we expanded the type 42 item to allow a variable number of decimal places additionally, we are working on internal changes to the web update process as we continue to work on cowfile 9 expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program added the "by event pen" option to bredsum, which groups by the pen of the bred event this option can be selected from the menu or by using the \p switch removed the "heat efficiency" and "prostaglandin analysis" options from bredsum added support for storing the calf details (live/dead, kept/sold, male/female) on triplet calves this can be viewed in the fresh event flyover hint in this version, only the first two calves display version 23 5 will display triplet statuses as items for fresh item types 73 and 76 resolved an issue where entering escape from a picklist remark entry did not properly cancel the event entry (for example, a rem=red;green;blue prompt) fixed a problem where a badly defined item locked up alter2 resolved an issue where econ\d posted multiple unwanted alert messages when the entered herd date (edat) was unexpectedly missing expanded item type 42 to allow a selectable number of decimal places the decimal places are specified in the second operator (op2) the example below describes an op2 value of 7654 321 4 default displays as $7654 32 (currency) 1 one decimal 7654 3 2 two decimals 7654 32 3 three decimals 7654 321 move events are now stored with both the original pen and the moved to pen this removes the need to manipulate the remark field pens are available in the cowcard remark flyover hint and are used internally in various places including the cowcard page 6 pen movement chart integrations germany send added requested improvements for the german send\v to allow certain features to work across various lkvs germany send included "causes of impairing performance" (car) codes in the karin ads export file heiferpro resolved a bug where died events were not properly recorded in the heiferpro import ftech fixed the ftech pc dart import to support sire ids longer than 9 characters vms added the registration number to dcmsend iso (item 5 reg1 in europe) to the vms msend this currently requires an ini setting lactanet continued improvements to simplitrace and dairytrace cowcare updated the basis drug file with new drugs expand the topic below to learn more about new online help content! new help topics for tru test srs2 scanner users! does your dairy use tru test srs2 rfid scanners? check out configure a tru test srs2 scanner docid\ wf5nzeykjriuoobmtkr1v for step by step configuration instructions! we've also included some instructions that show you how to delete sessions from the device see delete a tru test srs2 scanner session docid\ kjshde2k418zxpbic pgt to learn how! dairycomp 305 version 23 3 release date april 3, 2023 dc305 version 23 3 contains improvements to cowcare, partner integrations, and a handful of enhancements and bug fixes we continue to make multiple improvements to the fresh command one highly requested improvement is the ability to maintain separate default id and tag sequences for beef calves and crosses on the alter > dairy info page, you can now define beef calf sequences if the calf is determined to be a beef or beef cross, and those fields contain values, then those fields are used for the default calf id and tag entries future versions will include additional updates to the fresh command expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program added the option to designate a default id and tag series for both male and female beef calves this option is used when beef or crossbred beef calves are entered and is available in alter > dairy info in alter > items, dc305 now prevents a second item edit window from opening if one is already open the econ inventory report now properly accounts for user defined sexed sires as well as naab coded sires when counting offspring resolved an issue where deleted cows were displayed when the list \d (dead) or \b switches were used fixed an issue that caused slow performance or system failures when searching for et dams while entering fresh in version 9 cowfiles scheduled tasks were periodically hanging up after an error was produced in the connection to parlor or activity software connection hangups that exceed one hour are now terminated and logged fixed an issue where the selective dry cow therapy module was not installing correctly if the dry event was not fully defined in alter events resolved an issue where the process for moving the maternity technician's name/number item to calves was not functioning fixed a problem with abs sire stud codes 602 605 not properly displaying the sire info when the sire item was clicked the default id sequence on the server pc no longer updates if the use client calf id sequence setting is enabled on the client extended the capability for prompted remark picklists a value can now be prompted if the word prompt is in the picklist in the following example, if prompt is selected, the user is prompted for a remark not on that prompted list ec=42 rem=red;green;prompt;blue note this feature is not supported in pcc or dc mobile integrations fixed a bug where bullpen events were being inadvertently removed the msend command to dairyplan now only uses a bred event (not a heat event) when sending insemination data the system now sends the animal registration number (item #5) through the bmoi integration requested changes have been made to the mndhia ftech billing procedure fixed various issues when sending traceability data to the dairytrace canadian traceability system resolved an issue where the german gdtyp (cause of death) was not properly transferred from dcclient and caused the dcclient entry to be unavailable in events reports cowcare fixed an issue where the premise number was not changed to the new premise when editing a pen number in cowcare usage entries resolved an issue with removing protocols after cows are sold or died a new cowcare drug file for italy has been deployed expand the topic below to learn more about our updated online help content! updated help topic install dc305 on a new computer we've updated the steps for installing dc305 on a new computer this guide can be used if you are completing a fresh install or transferring dc305 data from your old computer to a new one see install dc305 on a new computer docid\ klyuajxjhk6pcdc6tsmxj to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 23 2 release date february 28, 2023 dc305 version 23 2 contains various bug fixes and improvements, with an emphasis on integrations updates improvements also continue to cowcare, the cowfile 9 project, and various other enhancements and bug fixes expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program the implemented a new "constructed id" format for unknown genomic dam ids the new format was causing processing issues in dc305 and drpcs we implemented a fix to prevent against importing this new id format fixed an issue where the show \qat average option was not averaging the type 150 series estimated weight items fixed an issue in events command reports where the report titles were not displaying correctly updated various language translations for dairycomp resolved an issue where the dclaunch tool (used by dcclient to receive updates from the server) was not working properly integrations agsource implemented the new dhi 43 "agsource onfarm" option for agsource integrations the new option fixes an issue where some of the extra dnl items, including 305dm and 305df, were not updated in the receive command the option is primarily used in the western us allflex/scr resolved an issue where, in the most recent releases, dc305 was not properly calculating cows milked twice in the same milking boumatic corrected a format error that occurred when sending the lactation number through the bmoi integration boumatic added the \r switch to the msend command, allowing you to send lactation numbers, preg/open date, and preg status to the boumatic robots lactanet fixed an issue where records marked as "deleted" in traceability logs were still being sent to the national database lely fixed an issue that occurred when sending barn names to t4c/horizon this issue may have been specific to italian systems scoteid addressed and fixed an error where an incorrect url was being directed to the scoteid traceability system zoetis genomics dnd import fixed a problem that occurred when loading the zoetis herdity items usjersey added support for additional trait fields in the us jersey dni file import pta gestation length health trait index pta milk fever pta displaced abomasum pta ketosis pta mastitis pta metritis pta retained placenta cowcare cowcare enhancements are coming your way soon! this release includes several major cowcare enhancements, including the option to run cowcare and dc305 concurrently, an updated dashboard with quick access to herd statistics, and significant speed/usability improvements these new features will be field tested by a select group of users and will be publicly available in a future release fixed a problem that occurred when entering dose values on dcclient systems pulse resolved an issue with duplicate animals with the same platform id web updater/rs2 replacement removed an unwanted cowfile 8 message in the updater the error was displayed to a subset of users with older cowfiles expand the topic below to learn more about our updated online help content! updated help topic activity logs in the 22 8 0 release notes, we added a new enhanced activity logs topic we've since expanded the topic to cover all activity logging see activity logs docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 23 1 release date february 1, 2023 dc305 version 23 1 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for the base program, cowcare, and pulse fixes and enhancements for integrations were a major focus in version 23 1 expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program an issue when using the sires\9 command to import some sire items like pl and pti has been resolved the command not working properly was a result of a change made by naab with the sire file that dc305 imports we fixed an issue where records sent to the new activity logs docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag were being assigned incorrect categories the december 2022 sire files have been created for the uk and germany integrations afikem we added support for importing the "non specific" afi alert in the milk\q alerts import you can now run this import by adding \m to the existing send command for example, send\vm germany send we now allow alternate testing schemes for all lks, not just sachsen you can do this by adding \m to the existing send command for example, send\vm germany send we resolved an issue where animal movements were not properly sent to hit in cowfile version 9 lactanet we resolved an issue where crossreference and tagretired events were not always properly sent to dairytrace lactanet a new sire file containing the decemeber 2022 sire proof data has been posted for canada uk send an issue has been fixed where the send command used in the uk was generating errors when no premises were defined additionally, we clarified the message displayed when escaping the process zoetis importf\d zoetis herdity support was added in version 22 12 0, but it was not properly loading some of the values all assigned herdity is now being imported correctly cowcare we fixed a problem where post fresh withdrawal dates were being set for dry protocols with no withdrawals defined we created and deployed a cowcare drug file for czech republic pulse an issue has been resolved where some reports sent to pulse for foreign languages, including german, did not properly display the "totals" in the report footer and affected the pulse widget display a cowfile error in the dc305 to pulse synchronization process was interfering with pulse uploads this error was not previously displayed but has now been changed to a visible alert pcc pocket cowcard we resolved an issue where some pcc users were receiving incorrect pcc license expiration messages expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! new help topic bredsum reports bredsum in dc305 allows you to examine the effectiveness of your breeding program, including options for generating multiple reproductive statistics and measures this help topic guides you through running a report, describes a report example, details the multiple command switches, and summarizes the syntax used with the command see bredsum reports docid\ xyinqirjavg7x2 1rpyab to learn more! new help topic parlor reports the parlor command generates a report that summarizes daily milk activity data in the parlor report allows you to find meters and machines that are not functioning properly, identify cows milked in the wrong pens, and monitor employee milking performance this data can help guide any necessary changes to your milking processes this help topic walks you through running a parlor report and details the different sections of the report see parlor reports docid\ dkr9a7vnarqrrn2tds69l to learn more! new help topic pcc command did you know you could create new commands for pocket cowcard using dc305? see our new create a new pcc command in dc305 docid\ t7uighphybqolkpp6iodw faq topic to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 22 12 0 release date january 10, 2023 dc305 version 22 12 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for the base program, integrations, and cowcare we continued working on improvements for international traceability projects additionally, we have implemented multiple requests from new integration partners we have also made improvements to our cowfile 9 project, which continues to be field tested on multiple dairies expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program we now properly calculate the dead/sold counts in invoice when events are logged after the died or sold event an issue has been resolved where a cryptic and unnecessary message was displayed in the activity log at startup the message was displayed in herds (primarily non us) with a different setting for list separators including semicolons instead of commas in csv lists, and commas instead of decimal points for numeric decimal values by request, all vet codes (except check and abort) are now cleared prior to the new vet list being generated previously, only the first 16 vet codes were cleared we added a checkbox setting in alter dairy info to control whether the program should search archive files when looking for etdam information in fresh this was slowing down fresh entry in large herds by default, archive searching for etdam is now disabled unless the checkbox is set we fixed an issue where you couldn't define a sire as "sexed" unless the unsexed variant also existed this only affected dairies not using naab codes, primarily in germany and italy we fixed an issue that occurred when viewing an events report and changing the date range using the options button previously, the generated report would contain the correct data, but the report header would not properly display the newly selected date range integrations allflex/scr when the msend detects problems such as duplicate transponders, the conflicts are now set to an alert instead of being printed uk/scoteid we resolved an issue where changes for scoteid caused failures in the standard uk send the scoteid/scotmoves project is still in field testing and has not been released heiferpro when importing data from the heiferpro import file, it will no longer overwrite existing eid (item #5) items if the import file has a blank value heiferpro we've set the car to "6" for died events imported from heiferpro afi we have added the ability to load afi activity files on dcclient zoetis dairycomp can now save the teat length (tl) genomic value from zoetis import files zoetis you can now import herdity files into dairycomp from zoetis dnd files germany defining alternate test schemes was only available for sachsen lvk we now allow alternate schemes for any lkv if the \m switch is added to the send command lactanet the ability to define sexed sire options in bred for lactanet herds has been removed boumatic lactation number, preg check date, and preg check results have been added to bmoi msend boumatic dairycomp now allows spaces in the univ setup parameter for bmoi integration for example, "c \bm open interface\\" cowcare we fixed a problem that occurred when editing dosage on the usage screen cowcare creates a cdose item used for manual dosages if there was not room to create the item, dairycomp displayed a blocking dialog this has been changed to a less obtrusive log entry we added a setting that will display the actual withdrawal days instead of the calculated days on the inspector report this is only used in some countries you can now change the names of the drugs in cowcare additionally, you can now disable the use of certain drugs in protocols without completely removing the drugs pulse an issue with russian and chinese herds where the calf widget was not displaying properly has been resolved dairycomp 305 version 22 11 0 release date december 6, 2022 dc305 version 22 11 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for the base program, integrations, and cowcare this release also includes an improvement that speeds up commands such as bredsum by as much as 25% work continues on cowfile 9 which continues to be field tested on several dairies additionally, we made some internal changes for the pulse integration, however these updates have no visible effect for the users expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program we fixed the sires command options "analysis sires of cows" and "analysis service sires" to properly show the selected date ranges the background refresh options for http compressed and uncompressed in the server config on dcclient are again operational (the advanced tab is available when using server\m for some time, attempting to use these options on a refresh generated a "server does not support http refreshing" error and the refresh failed ) cowfile version 9 users should use the uncompressed version because the cowfile is already compressed version 9 can use the compressed or uncompressed option overall, the background refresh option solves some issues, especially with large herds and those clients with slow or less reliable connections to their server we were notified that stud 664 jetstream genetics is a sexed female designation, and we made that correction we released an updated portuguese language file we resolved an issue, possibly limited to russian herds, where event tech teams were wrongly added to new events as they were created we now allow spaces in the file names specified in filein definition files used by filein\r integrations uk we fixed the display for item type 134, which is only used in the uk for breed designations scr/allflex we removed the prompting for mtim (milking times) in the setmilk installer for scr, which could cause a "file not found" error in the milk load scr/allflex the commands that are created automatically with the setmilk installer for scr have been fixed scotland we implemented the first release of the scotteid traceability integration for scotland cowcare we are now able to verify that all protocols are accounted for when opening cowcare we fixed an issue where cowcare would accept a drug loss in the inventory page, even if all fields were completed we now allow drug doses between treatments in cowcare we fixed an occasional error when entering purchases into the grid web updater / rs2 replacement installing java is no longer necessary to update dairycomp 305 after this release and the previous 22 9 0 release pcc pocket cowcard we added the pcc device id to the activity log for all entries made on pcc to allow you to see which particular device was used dairycomp 305 version 22 10 0 release date november 8, 2022 dc305 version 22 10 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for the base program, integrations, and cowcare additionally, we've implemented fixes for various milk integrations, imports of genetic indexes, several improvements for lactanet, and some minor improvements for pulse and pcc we continue to field test the new, larger cowfile 9 on several dairies expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program when one of the daily milk weights for today is zero, it now substitutes the weekly average for that milking in the calculation of the total, instead of the previous method of using yesterday's value for that milking we fixed a problem that occurred when the system reloaded the new activity logs after switching between herds we expanded the command entry size for alter commands the system now displays the entire command when entering very long commands we do not allow event remarks with certain characters, such as a backslash (\\), because they cause problems with integrations, including pulse this same logic has now been added when editing event remarks the use of item type #67 (lookup items) in vetlist constraints is now allowed we added a checkbox in alter items to allow displaying either english or foreign item names (use for russian and chinese herds) integrations lactanet the system now automatically updates the fresh table to add the dam's id (regid) to the resulting calves' dam id (dreg) lactanet fixed an issue where the second calf in a set of twins was not getting the correct regid lactanet ftech removed restrictions on changing the items on cowcard page 1 boumatic new nedap interface for boumatic milk weights are in kilos also added a new \c switch to convert pounds, for example milk\t1cn ata index resolved an issue where the index import from ata was incorrectly assigning some items lely fixed a problem with animals not marked as milkable due to life number issues lely fixed a problem with animals being removed from t4c/horizon due to xid usage cowcare dc305 now saves the last entered delivery information as the default when adding new purchases we fixed an error message that occurred at program startup, even when cowcare was not installed we added a new "inventory quantity report" that allows you to list inventory, either entirely, or by premise we added the ability to fail approval if no drug delivery document was added pulse we fixed a problem with duplicate platform ids that could have been caused by animal movements from a heifer grower web updater / rs2 replacement installing java is no longer necessary to update dairycomp 305 after this release and the previous 22 9 0 release pcc pocket cowcard we added the pcc device id to the activity log for all entries made on pcc to allow you to see which particular device was used dairycomp 305 version 22 9 0 release date october 11, 2022 test edits dc305 version 22 9 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for the base program, integrations, and pulse however, in this release much of the focus was targeted towards fixes for cowcare and the lely integration additional improvements were made to activity logging and web updater to support pcc updating a new rfid scanner can now be used to scan your animals with the mobile app dc305 now supports the allflex apr600 rfid scanner for more information, see apr600 support update # expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program activity data sent to dc305 through a pulse integration, such as allflex heattime, was being sent per cow, which cluttered the activity logs if the new activity logs docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag feature is used, these are put into a new "sensors" activity category, which can optionally be turned off in the configuration settings to keep them from the default activity log view alter\8 edit sire window now shows the sexed code status next to breed and stud if either of those entries define a sexed sire for example, the breed an determines that it’s a beef sire this helps minimize confusion when a sexed sire does not have a suffix, and is necessary in countries where naab codes are not used we fixed a small problem in cowval where the caption for lactation numbers was duplicated (1, 2, 2 changed to 1, 2, 3) we resolved an issue where all of the switches were not properly saved when an events\r report was created and then re run 652nr geno ai sires were improperly being coded as sexed male, but they are sexed female this has been resolved if you renamed the milk item to something else, you were not able to rename it back to milk this has been resolved we improved the "there is an update ready" notification at the bottom right corner of the screen in some cases, creating and then canceling a new protocol entry was still creating the protocol this has been resolved integrations lely we fixed a problem with errors caused by duplicated life numbers lely we fixed a problem updating the complete t4c records for new animals added lely we resolved an issue caused by blank barn names any integration setup dialogs that create items will now log those item additions in the activity log for the new activity logs docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag , all integrations (milk loads, milk sends, activity loads) are logged along with the vendor name as integrations cowcare we fixed a problem where custom heifer dosages were not reporting correctly we resolved an issue where delivery document ids were not being assigned in the correct order if the checkbox that says “don’t allow approvals with negative quantities” is checked, the system will now properly stop the approval of any treatments when it gets to zero some treatments were missing from cowcare, which was caused by the user waiting too long (sometimes months) to update cowcare with this change, cowcare is automatically updated on a daily basis when the cowcare database is resotred from backup, duplicate treatments are no longer being added pulse dairycomp and pulse handled blank sires differently (zero vs unknown) in some cases this is now fixed we resolved an issue where deleting a fresh event in pulse was causing an error in dairycomp web updater / rs2 replacement we added support for pcc updating in our new web updater, which makes us close to completing our switch away from java the changes are in this version, but won't take effect until a second web update is run pcc pocket cowcard the activity log now shows eid values entered from pcc add batch commands new! dairycomp 305 now supports the allflex apr600 rfid scanner in addition to the allflex awr300 rfid scanner, dairycomp 305 now also supports the allflex apr600 rfid scanner scanner, allowing you to scan animals with the mobile app the apr600 can be paired to your pocket cowcard for android device see connect an allflex scanner docid\ ixywozwbu3wz aikye9sf to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 22 8 0 release date september 7, 2022 dc305 version 22 8 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for the base program, integrations, and pulse one long‑awaited improvement is the first release of our enhanced activity log we have made it easier for you to filter and find the entries you need! when enabled, activities and entries are grouped into categories you can then view activities and entries by category or date, or hide categories from the log for more information, see new help topic enhanced activity logs # expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program we were receiving reports of technician teams being prompted when the event or protocol did not define a team this issue has now been fixed the updated sire proofs were released as part of version 22 8 we fixed a problem where in some cases the event tech entered on the client was not properly sent to the server we resolved an issue where running the getcow \i command did not find the dnc file that was placed in the dc305 folder, which required manually changing the default folder selecting the file a bug as been fixed where monitor parameters using @mtr (since last monitor was run) were not seeing more than four constraints monitor parameters now recognize all six constraints if present a printer is required to be defined in order to run dairycomp we have improved the detection of a missing printer, which was causing the program to stall if it was unable to detect a printer running certain batch files within dc305 would periodically write an error message to the activity log this was determined to be a false error message and has been removed we fixed a bug where the alter7 protocols command was allowing mapping of the same event to more than one protocol event, or the same item to more than one protocol item integrations we added the jersey neuropathy (jns) trait to the zoetis dng import the scimm (semex calf immunity index value) trait has been added to the semex dng import we added a new dhi type for agsource onfarm herds this is primarily for ftech and used only for agsource herds using this should not be used for typical agsource herds using dc305 that are tested with ftech we fixed a problem where the ftech import for pc dart herds was not properly supporting 2 character breed codes the stature (gtsa) trait has been added to the zoetis dng import we fixed various problems with foreign language event names in the dairymaster integration we improved the rounding of dairy milk weights imported from the scr integration pulse the number of days for saving past worklists sent to pulse has been reduced this will free up disk space on customer computers a bug has been fixed where some combinations of xid were not being sent properly to pulse which blocked further updates web updater / rs2 replacement we've made various improvements to both the web updater and the rs3 zof downloader at this time, we are unable to go completely java free however, the dc305 team continues its work with the pcc team on downloading the necessary updates, which is being developed for dc305 version 22 9 new help topic enhanced activity logs when you enable the enhanced activity log, you can quickly filter and find the entries you need! activities and entries are grouped into categories, which can be selected by category, by date, or made visible or invisible in the log to enable this feature, enter the setup command in the command line and go to the preferences tab toggle on enhanced logging when you first enable the new activity logs, it might take a few minutes to create the activity log database using your existing log files the system will continue to update the default text log files even if you enable or disabled in the enhanced activity log additionally, we're saving more details for each entry in upcoming releases, we plan to add more activity logging features see activity logs docid\ stccjtezhsrgpxyxsgqag to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 22 7 0 release date august 4, 2022 dairycomp version 22 7 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for cowcare, integrations, and the base program this release also includes ongoing fixes and improvements for pulse integrations and new update process several bug fixes and requests from our customers and partners have also been addressed as we proceed, we continue to work on the upcoming cowfile version 9 with expanded data storage, as well as an enhanced version of activity logging, which will be available in a future release expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release base program we fixed a problem where the system would not properly show "b" for beef sires that didn't have a naab code this change fixes type #190 items, as well as bredsum\\ (bredsum by sexed code) we removed the econ income over feed cost option, which was not being used we deployed a new german language translation file supplied by the german support team due to an error at the council of dairy cattle breeding (cdcb), a new usa sire file was received the correct version has been deployed to customers by request, we added a button in alter8 sire table so you can directly go to the semen inventory some customers wanted to remove the ability to enter fresh if a cow is not pregnant to achieve this, enter setup in the command line, go to the parameters tab, and set the minimum dcc to allow fresh option to a nonzero value note that this blocks fresh, unlike the existing dc305 option, which is just a warning that can be bypassed when the events\2 command was used to list events, the system only displayed the tech for bred events the system now properly shows the event tech used for each event listed resolved an "out of bounds exception" error in dc305 that occurred when the system ran the save or status command for some herds this was traced to a corrupted temporary file used by cowcare cowcare the system was not setting the milk withdrawal date (mkdat) correctly if you used dry protocols in cowcare and if the protocol was set to add a number of days to the fresh date when the fresh event occurred this has been corrected the cowcare module was inadvertently being activated whenever the alter7 protocols configuration was entered, even if you didn't want to use cowcare this has been fixed, and this will also clear any accidental cowcare databases that may have been created integrations you can now set the time on your reports to show either 24 hour time (14 30) or 12 hour time (2 30 pm) to change the setting, enter setup in the command line, go to the printer tab, and update the show time on reports option we fixed a problem for some dairies where loading allflex heatime data would cause the system to lock up dc305 with an "out of bounds" error message we fixed a problem with the canadian traceability process on dcclient if births were entered on the client and a different pen/premise was used, the system did not record premise changes properly on the server traceability system we fixed a mistake where the system would send the wrong ear tag when users entered the german version of the send command we fixed a problem with the uk british cattle movement service (bcms)'s send command where it incorrectly identified wagyu crossbred calves web updater the system now updates language (dclang) files whenever translations are modified, even if the files are updated between dc305 releases there have been several improvements in the web updater to increase reliability and provide an improved experience expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! new support faq check the dc305 and pulse connection did you know you can check the connection status between dairycomp and pulse directly in dc305? check out our new faq to learn how to check the connection and solve your connectivity issues! see check the dc305 and pulse connection docid\ vcyxkec91hwk24fbvirau to learn more! new help topic adjust the hold date (hldat) need to adjust the hold date (hldat) for an animal? if you want to schedule a vet check for your animal earlier or later than the current hold date allows, see adjust the hold date (hldat) docid\ gz q1qy0ngjj5h4ezxuyj to learn how! new help topic determine why dnb cows are on a vet list is there a do not breed (dnb) animal on your vet list? see why are dnb cows on my vet list? docid\ dbf7ar2sbngsyey3ohcju to learn what might have happened and how to fix it dairycomp 305 version 22 6 0 release date july 6, 2022 dairycomp version 22 6 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for pulse, cowcare, integrations, and the base program this release also includes ongoing fixes and improvements for pulse integrations and new update process several bug fixes and requests from our customers and partners have also been addressed improvements continue for expanding storage for cowfiles, enhancing activity logging, and improving the web updater, as well as migrating users to the non java version as we proceed, we continue to work on the upcoming cowfile version 9 with expanded data storage, as well as an enhanced version of activity logging, which will be available in a future release one long‑awaited improvement in this version is enhanced support for sexed sires for customers who do not use naab codes see enhanced support for sexed sires # below for details! expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release enhanced support for sexed sires customers who do not use naab codes can now use the enhanced sexed sire feature in dc305 to designate a sire as sexed female, sexed male, and sexed and unsexed beef sires for us customers, sexed sires are handled well already, as they are based on naab stud codes in the sire names but naab codes are not typically available for our international customers, especially in europe to meet the needs of customers who do not use naab codes, dc305 now allows you to designate a sire as sexed female, sexed male, and sexed and unsexed beef sires the simplest method is to add s to any sire name to designate it as sexed when entering it into dc305 for example 12345 is not sexed and 12345 s is sexed the command for the sexed sire would look like this enter sid=12345 s the more advanced method is to edit the sire in the alter 8 sires configuration window to designate a sire as sexed without relying on a naab code, you can use the new sire code suffix field on the sire record to select the various sire sexed types (a straw, specifically) see using sexed sires docid\ xcyasaqbuarogpdhjar3 for a more thorough explanation of this new feature, as well as detailed instructions! base program the monitor report would display some values as negative numbers this overflow was seen in very large herds, and has been fixed the system was not showing the correct calculation for item type #110 (item divided by item) this is now resolved, however, some divided items may contain values that the system won't include in the report for example, milk weights stored to half unit values updates for dcsquirrel exe have been added to all download channels, not just pulse channels vas monitors the naab stud code list to keep track of any changes, including sexed sire stud codes this update contains some of these additions, including added support for designating any bull as sexed semen without using naab codes) # the xid command was not accepting ids that had more than 9 digits this has been fixed an issue where the sires importer would occasionally import sire items over critical system items, such as bdat or fdat, has been fixed cowcare previously, users could only collect treatments data from the previous 15 days now, users can go back 180 days to collect treatments data added the technician name to the inspector report removed some prompts that were not applicable in certain countries in some cowcare instances, the system was not showing dates in the user selected format i e in day/month/year or month/day/year format this is now fixed integrations fixed a problem in the heiferpro import where some health events were incorrectly imported as preg when only using milk import files, it can be dificult to quickly determine whether a parlor is rotary or not to force the setting, we added the \r switch support to the parlor command \r0 means that the parlor is not a rotary \r1 means that the parlor is a rotary fixed an incorrect caption on the setup screen for the scr integration in some countries (including morocco), the system now sends fully numeric iso codes to delpro completed more work for the lactanet integration pulse fixed some errors found in the ppk platform id import from pulse, in response to changes in the pulse api fixed some issues for cows missing the correct pulse ids expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! new help topic! using sexed sires customers who do not use naab codes can now use the enhanced sexed sire feature in dc305 to designate a sire as sexed female, sexed male, and sexed and unsexed beef sires see our new using sexed sires docid\ xcyasaqbuarogpdhjar3 topic for help designating any sire as sexed, without relying on naab codes! dairycomp 305 version 22 5 0 release date may 31, 2022 dairycomp version 22 5 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for pulse, cowcare, integrations, pocket cowcard, and various web updater fixes we also addressed several bug fixes and requests from our customers and partners we continue to work on expanding storage for cowfiles, enhancing activity logging, and improving the web updater, as well as migrating users to the non java version expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release pulse fixed a squirrel error message that was caused by a partial, incomplete pulse install protections were put in place to resolve this error fixed an issue in initial export to pulse that had a corrupted archive file continuous improvements are being made to integrations between pulse and dairycomp for entries made on either system cowcare fixed an issue where protocols using the same drug multiple times were not calculating correctly the order of assigning the delivery doc to the treatment has been changed cowcare backup files are now included in the daily backup and save\f commands fixed an issue where the inventory was not displaying properly for some customers cowcare dry protocols were updated to set correct withdrawal dates to begin when the cow freshens integrations the squirrel companion program, which is used for integrations including lely and smartbow, is now automatically updated on client computers when dc305 is updated the uk send file now includes the dam's eartag number pocket cowcard applied a hotfix to version 22 4 to address a missing prompt for id in some pcc worklists you can now use mp3 and wav files for sounds in pcc support for these files is also offered in dc305 web updater fixed failing pconnect nightly backups to pulse on older, windows 7 computers web updater includes several notable enhancements, including an improved ability to determine if updates are available, and better handling of language and sire files general enhancements and changes fixed an issue with event entry using the numeric keypad posted an updated german sire file with recent changes to the dhv numbers fixed an error in the russian translation file fixed a problem where the import eids manager option was not reading cow ids exceeding eight digits sires options 7 and 8 for analysis now display correct date ranges in the last release, we updated the formula for ecm in this release, we also added the updated formula to be used in the type 129 projected ecm and relative value ecm items the ftech send summary report now displays ids longer than six digits expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! new help topic milk production over time! need to see your milk production over a period of time? our new help topic illustrates how dairycomp displays charts and graphs to help you better understand and visualize milk production over time see milk production over time docid\ csvlgkazdbpx7quqbe88u to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 22 4 0 release date april 27, 2022 dairycomp version 22 4 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for pulse, cowcare, integrations and various web updater fixes we also addressed several bug fixes and requests from our customers and partners we continue to work on expanding storage for cowfiles, enhancing activity logging, and improving the web updater, as well as migrating users to the non java version expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release pulse we continue to work on issues related to sending complete previous lactation records to pulse fixed an issue where the system would display a "duplicates not allowed" message and block some widget from generating cowcare we fixed an issue with cowcare reports opening without immediately displaying the animal list the system now displays the animal list as expected when starting a shipment in cowcare, the default shipment value is now set to zero in rare cases, cowcare would freeze when cowcare shipments were saved without a quantity this only occurred when cowcare was force closed during shipment entry added the ability to adjust the standard drug dosage when entering a protocol you can now set up the protocol to allow these changes, and the dosage details are then transferred to cowcare integrations lely solved an ongoing problem that affected sending preg/open statuses and prev events to the lely t4c system added support for canada's secondary traceability system called simplitrace it is primarily used for western canadian dairies and is similar to the existing dairytrace our lactanet partners are now reviewing our support development added a requested field to the german send command (send\w and send\dw) that indicates whether the calving was a result of an embryo transfer breeding web updater we started updating the back end destination of the nightly backups you may notice background messages referring to this change, but the update does not affect your backups implemented some minor display changes in the web updater process general enhancements and changes updated stud 516 to a sexed female stud code, in compliance with the global ag alliance's classification this affects the type 190 sire sex item (%190 sid 7) for this stud, which is now "s " fixed an issue where the energy correct milk item (ecm, type 85 with op 1 of 2) was calculated improperly when either of the component values (pctf and pctp) were set to zero while investigating that, we discovered and implemented newer formula for ecm the new formula will have a small but statistically significant change on the values reported the formula is ecm = (0 327 milkpounds) + (12 95 fatpounds) + (7 2 proteinpounds) when you update your program, the system will automatically download updated sire files (dcsires xxx) for the usa, germany, uk, and italy the new files include information from the newly released april 2022 sire proofs removed the vas community button for international users you can now configure client computers to perform automatic backups to enable this feature, enter the server\m command or go the advanced settings tab and check the new “enable client backup task” box addressed an issue where the system would enable user manager after it was disabled now, when you disable user manager, a system message prompts you to keep the existing user list while still setting it to disabled fixed an issue where the system would resend an event's previous changes this occurred on dcclient if the user started entering edits for an event, but closed the edits before completing them fixed the cowcard page5 prevlact display for russian herds fixed the type 122 week 1 milk average item previously, it would incorrectly return the second week's value log searches in the activity log are now sorted from oldest to newest a previous activity log update had changed how log searches were sorted previously, we created etbred events to indicate when an embryo transfer breeding occurred in a few herds, the system identified some breedings as etbred even though no embryo transfer had occurred we fixed one cause, which occurred whenever an et flag was incorrectly set during some breedings this can also occur if users misuse the etdam item do not use the etdam item for anything other than an actual donor id for embryo transfer breeding it is a system item and dairycomp uses it for that specific purpose in the previous release, we improved the activity log to distinguish between external entries made in dairycomp, pulse, or itrans in this release, the pocket cowcard label is now available the entries now include the following labels d dairycomp p pulse n itrans m pocket cowcard expand the topics below to learn more about new online help content! new support faq update pcc on your android device the pcc app is updated on a regular basis and often includes key enhancements and bug fixes that improve app performance and usability most versions of pcc have an in app updater that automatically installs the latest version of pcc onto your device if your version of pcc does not automatically download the latest version of pcc, manually download the latest version of pcc before initiating any update, ensure all pending transactions have been delivered to dairycomp please note that your pcc device must be charged to at least 20% before you can download the latest version of pcc see manually update pcc on your android device docid\ is1foioxugol5 divbmro to learn more! new support faq backup pcc transactions on android 11+ devices pcc offers the option to backup transactions, which comes in handy while your device is offline and unable to send transactions to dc305 use this feature if your connection is unstable or if your device is failing or crashing for unknown reasons see backup pcc transactions docid 0f3e2jwtzv1l8jdt z cv to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 22 3 0 release date march 30, 2022 dairycomp version 22 3 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for pulse, cowcare, lely, and various web updater fixes we also addressed several bug fixes and additions requested by customers and partner support we continue to work on expanding storage for cowfiles, enhancing activity logging, and improving the web updater, as well as migrating users to the non java version expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release pulse corrected an error that occurred when a user removed a fresh event from an animal an error would display in an animal's data on pulse if the system could not restore the animal's previous records added standard item numbers and updated the user interface for sir3 and sir4 to support the pulse genetic planning tool added the platform command, which allows users to access all of the dc305 pulse item links redirected zof uploads from iloop to pulse for 10% of all herds (herdcodes that end in "9") the zofs will still go to iloop at this time this update may slow nightly backups improved the plclient sires tables to ensure that sire names are updated in both dc305 and pulse if sires are renamed in dc305 fixed an issue where dc305 would not work correctly when a file containing pulse ids included values from bad eids corrected an issue where some users would receive an access violation error when they opened plclient cowcare changed the system's default settings so users can't add treatments without drugs or treatments without protocols you can enable the option to add treatments without drugs or protocols in cowcare > settings > inventory integrations lely corrected the way we send aborts data to lely's t4c management system to match the way lely's t4c management system maintains pregnancy statuses web updater fixed a problem where switching between different cowfiles caused an incorrect expiration message improved dcupdater so the system now skips some curtis steps if curtis is unresponsive the system will alert the user if any steps were missed however, issues must be reported internally to dcupdater because fetchupdates will not make any calls to curtis when this occurs corrected an issue where the background web downloader window would display in front of the dc305 window properly handled eula documents in the web updater general enhancements and changes fixed an issue where the selective dry cow therapy install module was failing for russian herds the user manager can now assign permissions to specific alter features, not just the alter command overall these permissions can be found in a new tab in the user manager feature previously, when users created a fresh event by entering a command on dcclient, the system would not recognize any portion of the command that preceded the fresh event now, the system will support all parts of the fresh command for example, if a user wrote cod1=99 ec=1 eday , the system would not recognize the item ( cod1=99 ) because it precedes the fresh event ( ec=1 ) now, the system will properly recognize the item even if it precedes the fresh event corrected an issue where in some cases, the itrans download would cause duplicate events when the event already existed in dc305, but had a protocol fixed an error where users with very large herds would see an out of memory error if they attempted to search the activity logs the system now records changes made using the alter9 command (event codes) in the activity log corrected a translation file error that occurred when users tried to add new items to the testdays tab on an animal's cowcard improved the export to excel option now, users can check the improve excel export box in setup to speed up the process fixed an issue where stf load incorrectly read stf "tobull" events as bred events this issue affected subsequent preg events dairycomp 305 version 22 2 0 release date march 9, 2022 dairycomp version 22 2 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for pulse, cowcare, lely, and various web updater fixes we also addressed over a dozen changes and additions requested by customers and partner support expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release pulse fixed a problem related to sending change ids (xid) resolved an issue where duplicate fresh events caused unwanted calf id changes fixed a problem where plclient failed to send updates to pulse when a user logged on to different cowfiles added activity log labels for incoming pulse commands expand activity logging # to learn more added new safeguards to prevent accidental animal deletion in pulse added a pulse standard item stoc (semen type of choice) to support the pulse genetic planning tool cowcare added the option to enter and define a drug dosage for protocols when entering protocol events activity logging improved the activity log to distinguish between external entries made in dairycomp, pulse, itrans, or pcc previously, the entries were labeled with a “v” the entries now include the following labels d dairycomp p pulse n itrans m pcc note this feature is not available in pcc, but it will be available in the next pcc update so, for example, if you see a breeding event in the activity log labeled as “p”, it was entered on pulse integrations interpuls resolved an issue where blank values were occasionally included in the interpuls milk import lely fixed problems related to duplicate life numbers lely updated the way we send abort data to better match the way lely's system resolves open and preg statuses pcc created a simple method to reimport lost pcc transactions contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 for more information general enhancements and changes added a warning when a sold or died event is entered before the animal's last event fixed a problem where heiferpro preg events were incorrectly labeled as prev events the loading time for the scr and smartbow sensor data pages has been significantly improved resolved an issue where the check vet code would not clear when a check event was erased fixed a problem related to the tech remap function added functionality to support some dhi sends on dc305 computers fixed a problem in dclaunch where the dc305 client did not always update correctly after the dc305 server was updated fixed an expiration date problem that occasionally affected subscriptions that were temporarily extended expand the topic below to learn more about the new online help content! new support faq connect an awr300 scanner need to connect an allflex awr300 rfid scanner to an android device for use with the pocket cowcard app? see connect an allflex scanner docid\ ixywozwbu3wz aikye9sf to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 22 1 0 release date february 4, 2022 dairycomp version 22 1 0 contains various bug fixes and improvements, including changes for pulse, cowcare, lely, and various dhi related fixes we also addressed over a dozen changes and additions requested by customers and partner support expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release cowcare fixed a problem in which protocols lost drug mapping after remapping using the alter\7s command fixed a problem with deleting unused inventory records made another significant improvement in cowcare speed pulse fixed a problem where the wrong animals were showing as deleted when a dnc file of imported animals was imported twice the pulse dairy id is now displayed for reference purposes in the platform command window various other work was performed to improve data integrity between pulse and dairycomp integrations beco fixed flow rates in beco parlor reports made improvement in sending fresh information to lely/t4c standardized the international id format sent to lely/t4c nedap fixed heat time and activity items to make gap items work properly parlorboss eid items are now always standardized to numeric scotmoves fixed various issues with the scotmoves api lactanet fixed regression in lactanet traceability lactanet fixed incorrect calf sex for stillborn calves web updater dc squirrel now properly closes before running the java updater on non platform enabled herds the new (non java) updater is the default updater from now on (except for hardlocked versions) general enhancements and changes allow setday as a command that can be controlled with the user manager handle duplicate bred problems caused by the user of sire short names in itrans fixed selective dry cow install module for russian herds fixed german dgtyp item duplication when foreign dcitems file is in use log all changes made in the alter\4 pens window fixed previous problem in which ftech caused an error message upon exiting allow technician event teams to be deleted through right clicking on the teams selector box properly export decimal values in the save to excel option properly save the pen in abort events that start a new lactation expand these additional topics to browse new online help content! new support faq troubleshoot start up errors have you ever had a problem launching dairycomp? check out our new faq for answers to the most common dairycomp start up problems! see troubleshoot start up errors docid\ vgbj50jaznjobzq i 5sj to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 21 12 0 release date january 4, 2022 this update is primarily a maintenance release we've continued to update cowcare and various vendor integrations and improve pulse integration we've also made miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes in the main program we are completing the final work on the new non java web updater, which is supported in this version (but is not yet the default) in the upcoming quarter we will continue to improve the lely integration, and cowfile 9 will undergo a thorough beta testing phase we will also continue to handle various requests from customers and support expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release cowcare cowcare properly removes usages after a sold or died event pcc added support for scanner device id item pulse fixed deletion of fresh event when etdam is not found in cowfile fixed memory overflow of platform id import in large herds integrations beco added support for taurus format for beco nedap revised the pregnancy check result value for nedap based on nedap requests lactanet fixed calving ease format with lactanet xml export lactanet ensured regid item is updated properly in receive added support for scotland scotmoves traceability export avoid potential hanging if delpro milk import fails fixed correcting milk weights (including 4x) in herds when some pens use robot milkers genomics dnd import—import cholesterol deficiency (ghcd) values import jersey jnsc values general enhancements and changes support more items for "events\3 by " (e g , calf technicians) fixed moving technicians between event and breeding teams when they have long names fixed display cutoff issue in events lame\50 reset rpro if deleting dnb event on heifers deployed new december 2021 usa and alta sire files fixed a problem using absorb on some cowfiles expand these additional topics to browse new online help content! new support faq find unused animal id numbers did you know you can search the dairycomp database for id numbers you're not currently using? you can even search across multiple number ranges and print the results in a report see find unused animal id numbers docid\ vq73cdrobrwmwsfwfjshq to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 21 11 0 release date 12/14/21 this update contains some continuing work on cowcare, embryo transfers, and miscellaneous changes and bug fixes as always, we continue to work on pulse integration issues as they arise finally, we’ve spent a lot of time completing the final work on the new non java web updater which is being tested in this version expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release cowcare fixed a problem on the protocols page where protocols would not display after exiting cowcare introduced a drop down/auto populate vet in the documents tab fixed the date display format to dd/mm/yy in some reports and views pcc included support for scanner device id pulse reduced the size of plclient backup files to save disk space limited the plclient to only send to pulse from a specific cowfile (to avoid potential problems with logon use) sires fixed a problem with some sires getting changed from conventional 200 to sexed 777 in seminv updated the italy sire file usa sire file will be released on 12/15 general enhancements and changes lely/dc fixed savepregnancy to update the event in lely, even if out of sequence lactanet revised 'tagreplaced' in dairycomp traceability fixed client task tables from being changed in dc client when the client task table option is enabled removed old and outdated vet reminders from the vetlist fixed a problem with the online help menu option selecting the tab links to the old reference guide fixed a problem with improperly importing tech tables in absorb fixed missing remark/calf info when a cow is sold on fresh date fixed a problem where connect would not automatically import newly downloaded genomics dng files fixed a problem where having an etdam in the archive file could leave the program logged into that archive file expand these additional topics to browse new online help content! new! get started help content information stored in dc305 is comprehensive and easily accessible in moments, you can determine whether an animal is fresh or dry, when they changed pens last, and if they're due for a check up with a veterinarian our new get started! section is a great resource for new and experienced users alike see getting started with dairycomp docid\ t9u5gkf8xfm 4lmgchx3n to learn more! new! vet procedures help content our new help topic explains all you need to know about vet codes, generating vet lists, and entering vet exam results see veterinary procedures docid 9yzlvgfm707c0w8ntstzm to get started! new support faq remove dnb event need to know how to remove a do not breed (dnb) event from a cowcard see remove a do not breed (dnb) event docid\ pqqvqfrfo4comojji cfd to find out! new support faq view energy corrected milk values did you know that energy corrected milk (ecm) is a value that can help you evaluate your herd's productivity and efficiency? our new faq explains this helpful calculation and how you can view it in your reports see view energy corrected milk (ecm) values docid\ stmnxzejp59pwvf1 y5mu to learn more! new support faq common terms and commands the dairycomp online help now includes a quick reference page for commonly used terms and commands the page also includes handy, downloadable pdfs see common terms and commands docid 104p0qpfwlxfqbgwzkwqg to check it out dairycomp 305 version 21 10 0 release date 11/10/21 for this update, the focus was on making continued improvements to cowcare, embryo transfer handling, and importing the genomics files and while we continue to work on pulse integration, we've also been working hard to make updating to new releases of dairycomp easier in the future finally, we fixed some bugs and added features requested by customers in our next release, we’ll have a long awaited replacement for the aging java web updater cowcare added the ability to import protocols not associated with an event (such as ovsynch) deployed new and updated drug files fixed a bug in the inventory adding process handled a problem maintaining proper premise id as pens change fixed adding drugs to protocols by going through alter\7 fixed inventory counts for protocols with multiple drugs embryo transfer we investigated how parentage is assigned to calves based on embryo transfers, whether recorded in dairycomp or in pulse based on that, we fixed a few things and added internal coding of et breedings as well as better logging for these breedings fixed setting mgdid and mgsid on calves resulted from embryo fixed wrongly setting did to zero on calves if the donor is not an active record in the cowfile properly assign donor info to calf if the donor was sold prior to calf being born we now log etbred breedings as such in the activity log pulse fixed a bug where the pulse syncing would stop due to an error we are working on improvements for handling event edits and deletes made on pulse this is still in progress awaiting pulse improvements support importing fresh table changes made on pulse general enhancements and changes fixed problem with some variations of the sires\m command to import mating recommendations finished work on the “type of death” item used in germany support sending dnb to lely we now expose the setting for disabling id changes in genomic imports, in the genomics import command this allows skipping any id changes (eartags, eids, and dam info) from being made by the import allow transferring protocol details along with protocols in alter\7i import we added a setting in setup to have a move event created for any pen change, not just move events besides seeing the pen changes on the cowcards, this helps with some of the heifer ranch needs allow academic versions to access parlor data file we added configuration of a “scan device id” item for the pcc refresh, so pcc can send back custom scan ids (will require future pcc support) fixed bug in selective dry cow therapy installer fixed erroneous "duplicate item" message in alter\2 caused by deleted items fixed previous lactation page display in russian cowcards store russian cowfile folder files dcitems and dcevents in backups we removed the extraneous and repetitive activity log message for failed internet connections new reports help! the dc305 online help has been updated with new information to help you generate and work with reports, both in the command line and the dc305 menu see reports docid\ htjsqn0tlfixvwx2cnmrk and command line docid\ u nbrveqbf6nzsp1bc9e0 to find out more! new faq add a treatment protocol need to add treatment protocols to dairycomp? see add a treatment protocol docid\ btcxlpsyhck moupn3p0j to learn more! new faq toggle auto print want to toggle the dairycomp auto print feature on and off? see toggle auto print docid\ jgxcagj5blkjgmgtmixwx to learn more! new faq assign tech team to events did you know you can assign an event to a specific technician (or a group of technicians)? see assign technician teams to events docid\ eyuaaembkq r8yqurq2bg to learn more! dairycomp 305 version 21 9 0 release date 10/13/21 this release contains many changes across the program, with numerous improvements and bug fixes a lot of work was also done with cowcare for pulse platform, issues were fixed regarding the fresh date, as well as some car code improvements also, we continue to work with the pulse platform team to improve the dairycomp to pulse platform integration some things with the genomics imports have been fixed and enhanced, including setting (or sometimes not setting) did, mgsid, and other items based on the incoming data, and we made it easier to see these changes also, we are working on improving the embryo transfer process, addressing needs for both dairycomp and pulse platform finally, as always, we've made many improvements and bug fixes based on requests from customers and the support team cowcare enhancements and changes the multi premises cowcare problem has been addressed so that cowcare now uses the correct premises when there are multiple premises and premise by event type fixed the display of the delivery document in the usage screen users now always see the same delivery documents in the same order changed cowcare so it no longer gets the event/protocol records from the cowfile the old process was very slow for larger dairies now when a user creates an event in dairycomp, a record is created so that cowcare can see the changes without looking into the cowfile this process, which previously took upwards of 10 minutes, now takes 15 seconds fixed "drug lot" selection on the inspector report the inspector report was showing the wrong drug lot and delivery document in some instances also fixed the universal id on the report pulse platform changes fixed a minor issue sending car code changes to and from pulse platform fixed a problem that occurred when changing the fresh date in pulse platform genomics changes several improvements have been made to genomics imports these include properly setting (or not setting) the dam id, dam reg, maternal grand sire, and sire identifications when the import file says the parentage has changed also, logging has been improved and simplified so that now it's easier to see what's been changed by the import, and changes are listed in a separate importresults txt file for later review the optional \x switch now allows disabling any parentage changes while still allowing import of the genomic results pocket cowcard changes a problem has been fixed regarding argentinian and other eids starting with zero (0) a potential problem has been addressed in which using setday prior to a pcc refresh might have caused the automatic date changes from occurring before the refresh completed general enhancements and changes the us, canadian, uk, and german sires have been updated with new proofs germany entering a died event now prompts for type of death and sends this to the hit russia commands now properly change when an item name is changed fixed a problem in some european countries where the breeding technicians could not be changed when an eid (eid, reg1, creg, etc ) is changed in enter, the previous eid is no longer put back into the eid manager improvements have been made for items shared between dairycomp and pulse platform for smaxtec and scr fixed the import of scale weights (trutest and others) when run on a client sire item type 190 with an op2 of 11 now shows the stud name (alta, abs, etc ) a minor improvement has been made to the display showing errors or conflicts with items in alter the ssf send (agsource, drms, ameliocor, ata, canada, etc ) now designates embryo transfer breedings, to allow the drpcs and cdcb to better track them through the system we improved the putcow\i command (the dnc cow transfer) to better detect an internet connection failure now it will continue attempting to upload the data until the connection is back up for multi herd users, we fixed the backup file creation to include the proper setup files from the cowfile folder the filein\c command has been improved to properly handle quoted fields in csv files in the previous release we showed the car code description in the cowcard event display for sold and died that should have been done for sold only, as died car codes are not always supported this has now been corrected fixed a problem in the alter items command where type 173 did not prompt for all necessary information depending on the event, type 173 can show a protocol description, a culture result, or the disposal reason (car) new faq find your dairycomp account and serial numbers need to locate your dairycomp account number and serial number? see find your dairycomp account and serial numbers docid\ bcqcqcyhlzg3ircsbi0mm to learn more! new help topic cowcards the cowcard is an animal's record in dairycomp and the cornerstone feature of the program; cowcards tell us a great deal about the animal's birth date, sire identification, breeding status, overall health, and much, much more all at a glance need some help navigating the many tools and tabs associated with cowcards? see the new cowcards docid 4flckrzg9sh1pczt0xy74 reference page to learn more! new faq clear check status need to know how to clear the check status from an animal and remove it from a vet list? let our new faq show you how! see clear check (chck) status from an animal docid\ jdzug mesmmd pjw 2rgs to learn more dairycomp 305 version 21 8 0 release date 08/31/21 this release includes significant improvements to cowcare and the pulse platform integration, hooks for future embryo transfer capabilities, and overall program performance enhancements this release also contains several integrations, dozens of bug fixes, and features based on customer requests cowcare enhancements and changes significantly improved inventory entering fixed the handling of shipments vs druglots vs deliverydoc fixed the process for editing drug units and route fixed and simplified (with a checkbox) the cowcare automatic purchase generation cultures enhancements item type 173 (remark detail) has been updated to display the culture name (such as "s agalct") when defined with the culture event as the item op1 embryo transfer enhancements a field is now set in bred events for embryo implant breedings for embryos that come from pulse or from dairycomp, the breeding includes an etdam, which is displayed as "etbred " the ssf send will recognize this and flag the breeding as an embryo transfer in the send file to the drpc pulse platform changes fixed an identification problem in pulse platform that occurred when using the putcow command fixed a problem sending changes to pulse platform that occurred when some alter tables were modified pocket cowcard enhancements the refresh cache setting (used to speed up pcc refreshes in large herds) is now accessible in the server settings window integrations enhancements and changes made various improvements for the lactanet xml export process fixed the long lag time in cowcard browsing for scr activity herds fixed a problem with beco milk import caused by a change in the expected beco file path fixed a milk import problem for lely herds using russian formats fixed sending submittal data to zoetis general enhancements and changes allow defining of the default folder for the getcow\i command the august sire proofs for the us have been released and are included in this update a new genomic trait named grfi (genomic residual feed intake) has been added to the dng file added various foreign translations the program version number now shows in the window when using the status command events entered with the same event date but with a different protocol are no longer rejected as a duplicate entry russian herdcodes are now allowable for itrans improved econ\ir projected heifer counts when sexed or male beef semen is used english description car codes (e g , "low production") now display for cowcard sold events, instead of just numeric car codes new help topic reproduction codes every animal in dairycomp has a reproduction code (rc), but do you know their purpose? did you know than an animal with an rc value of 4 (rc=4) has been bred but does not qualify as "open" or pregnant? see the new reproductive codes docid\ zbilgijf5jc7u39hwi4hs reference page to learn more! new faq set animal breed want to know how to set the breed of the animals on your dairy? check out our new faq docid\ bi0xllfz efewrhfgevb4 to learn about the cbrd item, including how to get dc305 to prompt for the breed of new calves during fresh events dairycomp 305 version 21 7 0 release date 07/28/21 this release concentrates on bug fixes and feature requests that had been backing up, as well as some important improvements in cowcare, pulse platform integration, and speeding up dairycomp overall performance enhancements working toward the new version 9 cowfile involved changes that caused dairycomp's performance to slow down this version of dairycomp addresses that issue so that now dairycomp performs as quickly as it ever did in the past additionally, we have sped up the device refreshes to pocket cowcard, resulting in a noticeable improvement a further improvement is currently being tested which can speed it up even more, especially for large herds refreshing multiple devices if you want to test this improvement for yourself, please ask the support team to set this up on your dairycomp system data integrity and pulse platform continued improvements have been made in the synchronization to pulse platform, fixing some internal ids so they correctly synch after xid and restores are performed a problem with car codes and vet shortcuts for multi herd setups has been fixed some missing activity logging of commands entered in pulse platform has been fixed fixed incoming pulse platform entries for countries where commas are the decimal separator—for example, allowing both "3 8" and "3,8" as needed added allflex items support for ai flag (ht4ai) added an option to clear all technicians from the techs table ( alter\14m ) work continues with agsource to integrate mydc on pulse and dairycomp cowcare enhancements added the ability to reconcile inventory quantity values in cowcare fixed a bug in which cowcare was not properly saving settings after they were changed an issue with the low inventory highlight has been fixed the setting for using auto generated purchases has been changed fixed reports to show the proper drug lot and delivery document more translations for foreign users have been added an updated master drug file is being released in this version, which also fixes the option for viewing drug labels other fixes and improvements a bug introduced in the last release involving remarks in commands (e g , automast commands) and for remarks that present a menu selection has been fixed support has been added for the smartiso requirement for argentina afi msend now allows for longer ids for the group and tag fields in cow2 upda dat a backend change caused some disruptions to the iloop file transfer process this issue has been resolved an issue caused vetcodes in the alter command to fail if there was a blank constraint this issue has been fixed the default eid item can once again be used as a milk transponder item fixed allowing bred technician numbers over 128 in events command listings, the pen now shows the pen as of the event date, not the pen the animal is currently in support has been added for the following new fields in the agritech dni index files ptat pta type udc udder composite flc feet and legs composite regst registration status rhpct rha percent li lineage class classification scores added support for beta casein a2 (bca2) test results in jersey's dni file an issue caused the connect\iu command (i e , the nightly backup) to add multiple tasks to the task scheduler when connections failed this issue has been fixed when a calf is born as a result of an et breeding, the etdam item on the calf is automatically set to the donor id an option called set etdam to dam on et calves has been added to the alter dairy info command for customers who want to turn it off improved automatic adding of items for the dry cow therapy option removed the ability to accidentally assign a system item (like fdat or cdat) to a pcc scan item dairycomp 305 version 21 6 0 release date 06/28/21 this release primarily addresses several maintenance issues involved in synchronizing dc305 with the pulse platform significant improvements have been made in keeping data between dc305 and pulse platform properly matched these improvements and fixes are listed below dc305 base program changes an unexpected expiration message has been removed from plclient do not breed (dnb) events are now properly written to the activity log when selected in abort a problem has been fixed that occurred when clicking the notification icon that appears when a new version is ready to be installed an issue has been fixed that caused iso ids from morocco to display improperly the conflict display of culture result between mold and gram+ bacillus has been fixed bred sire selection when using sir5 (last 5 sires) has been fixed animal updates in lely have been fixed a problem with beef withdrawal dates being erroneously set for archived animals has been fixed pulse platform changes identification problems caused by using the change id (xid) event to change primary ids has been fixed problems caused by deleting mistaken sold and died events have been fixed problems caused by erasing mistaken fresh entries have been fixed the movement of cows between cowfiles using getcow and putcow commands is now being properly handled the process of applying changes to protocols and other items changed within pulse platform has been improved cowcare enhancements an issue that caused the inventory button to disappear has been fixed the delay that occurred when selecting a protocol has been removed an issue with cowcare inventory duplicates has been fixed the speed of the cowcare search process has been significantly improved an issue with subtracting drug lot quantities from the correct drug lot has been fixed users can now choose both the lot document and the delivery document (instead of just the lot document) text input has been added to drug lots to allow users to update the delivery document at any point, rather than just when a shipment is recorded the method by which users choose drug lots has been improved now, a multi field drop down is used to help users make a better choice when modifying shipments and/or drug losses, users can define both the drug lot and delivery document (instead of just the drug lot) reports have been changed to use the drug lots delivery document instead of the shipment delivery document now, the field from drug lots is the one that gets used and updated the shipment delivery document is only updated once (upon creation) the following reports were updated inspector report drug usage by delivery document purchase/shipment history new! cowval help content the dc305 reference guide now includes complete online help content for cowval, a powerful tool for estimating the value of each adult animal in your herd our new comprehensive online help will teach you everything you need to know to get started! see cowval (cow value) docid\ af fqkvufisw1shezi2x8 to learn more new! cowcare help content full online help for cowcare has now been added to the dc305 reference guide cowcare is a dedicated veterinary tool for managing the drugs and treatment protocols for your herd to check out our easy to use instructions, click cowcare docid\ qo5kerminmcteasniiys6 ! new faq manage disposal codes the disposal codes you assign to sold animals can easily be updated as needed see our new faq docid\ qegyl3wxkrxtjvphgaz7y for all you need to know about changing and adding disposal codes! new faq fix client/server communication problems having trouble establishing communications between your dc305 client or pocket cowcard and the dairycomp server? our new faq has some simple steps you can take to try and solve the problem see fix client/server communication problems docid 4wbxald6gs3pwkefi8l51 to learn more new faq fix a fresh event have you mistakenly entered a fresh event and want to know how to remove it? let our new faq show you the right way to correct this common problem! see fix a fresh event docid\ vpzqqzy3nvq5h8ygr3kwo to learn more new help topic customize the menu we've answered some of your most frequently asked questions about customizing your menu in dairycomp 305! you can add commands to the menu, edit existing commands, or rearrange commands to best fit your dairy's needs see the new menu customization docid\ wsfmh1dmbjhol9mrx wsx reference page to learn more! new help topic generate reports find the answers to your most asked questions about reports docid\ frajbceebug5ctnqcfdcy in one, convenient location the new reports docid\ htjsqn0tlfixvwx2cnmrk reference page! visit the new page to learn how to run a report in the command line, run a report from the menu, or some command line basics! dairycomp 305 version 21 5 0 release date 05/25/21 general enhancements new user management security lockout the ability to block the invoice command to user levels has been added to the user management feature (dc‑3057, dcsd 643) improved sorting of event technicians users can now control the order in which event technicians are prompted for selection (dc‑3004, dc 1075) increased command length limit commands entered into dc305 can now exceed 255 characters this is helpful when additional characters are needed, such as in itrans commands (dc‑2897, dcsd 808) new genomic trait added a new genomic evaluation trait, item name gjns, has been added to be imported from the dng file the description for this trait is "jersey neuropathy with splayed forelimbs " (dc‑2824) pulse platform enhancements issue involving archives animals an error occurred in which archived animals were listed as active in the pulse platform this issue has been addressed (dc‑3065) deletion issue an issue has been corrected that caused problems deleting from pulse platform (dc‑3042) data synchronization improvements various improvements have been made in synchronizing data between dc305 and pulse platform (dc 3013, dc 2989, dc 2986, dc 2985) fix for damaged pla/plb files separate users reported damaged pla/plb files due to power outages these issues were investigated and solutions implemented to increase security going forward (dc‑2995, dcsd 902, dc 2990, dcsd 899) data clean up a user reported unusual special characters being sent to pulse platform the data required clean up and this issue has been resolved (dc‑2987, dcsd 891) duplicate animal records an issue has been addressed involving duplicate animal records on the initial load (dc‑2969, dcsd 880) cowcare enhancements cowcare timeout setting added a new setting has been added that allows users to close cowcare after a specified period of inactivity (dc‑3053) inventory adjustment issue it was reported that entering certain purchases and drug losses erroneously affected inventory for that drug this issue has been addressed (dc‑3056, dcsd 946) check past usages button removed the check past usages button has been removed from the drug usage window (dc‑3051) delivery document now editable users now have the option to change the delivery document and drug lot from the drug usage window (dc‑3025) prescription numbers on drug history reports a new prescription field has been added to allows users to add prescription numbers to drug history reports (dc‑3024, dc 3018) additions made to inspector reports prescription numbers and delivery document numbers can now be added to inspector reports (dc‑3023, dc 3022) prescription numbers added for new purchases users now have the option of including a prescription number when adding a new purchase (dc‑2919, dcsd 827) inventory start up issue an issue has been resolved that caused cowcare inventory to start up slowly (dc‑3002) protocols window change the accept the withdrawal values checkbox now only appears in the protocols window when cowcare is enabled (dc‑2922) drug inventory issue addressed it was reported that a drug loss added to the system did not deduct properly from the drug inventory this issue has been addressed (dc‑3021, dcsd 926) new purchase issue addressed an issue was reported in which new purchases of a specific drug failed to process correctly this issue has been addressed (dc‑3019, dcsd 924) protocol editing issue an issue has been corrected that caused difficulty in editing protocols (dc‑3017, dcsd 919) issue viewing newly added drug lots a user reported trouble viewing a newly added drug lot the issue was investigated and addressed to the user's satisfaction (dc‑2838, dcsd 760) integrations enhancements lely api enhancement synchronization with the lely api has been improved (dc‑3060) allflex item mapping enhancement the item heat alert breeding window (hthai) has been added to the allflex configuration settings (dc‑3047) hoof supervisor fixed for italian herds a fix has been made to allow hoof supervisor data to be imported into italian herds (dc‑3043) pocket cowcard enhancements pcc pin code validation dc305 now supports the entry of numeric pin codes to control who can refresh their devices this change only applies to pcc android users and does not affect windows mobile users to see this option, enter server\3 in the command line to open the server configuration window and then select the pcc pin codes tab look for updates about this feature in the pcc release notes docid bsuf5gpzs5epnftawtpn to learn more you can also view a video about this feature here https //vimeo com/553394789 (dc‑2902, dcsd 422, pcc 880) bug fixes fixed graphing error an error caused protocols to fail to display in egraph this error has been fixed (dc‑3067, dcsd 956) corrected technician selection issue an issue has been fixed that caused problems when trying to choose and move technicians in the technicians and breeding codes window (dc‑3052, dcsd 945) fixed manual entry of automast culture results issue an issue caused the wrong treatment protocol to be assigned to animals when manually entering automast culture results this issue has been fixed (dc‑3048, dcsd 944) addressed bred hour display problem an issue has been fixed that caused bred hour to fail to display in the activity log (dc‑3039, dcsd 921) fixed gzabt trait loading error an issue caused the gzabt trait to follow to update when the dnd file was loaded from vas iloop this issue has been addressed (dc‑3028, dcsd 930) fixed milk units update issue an issue has been corrected that caused milk units to fail to update correctly (dc‑3026, dc 2984) corrected item description save problem an issue caused item descriptions to fail to save in a cowfile version 5 this issue has been corrected (dc‑3016, dcsd 928) addressed issue in lame graph an issue has been fixed in which the lame graph failed to properly show protocols (dc‑3007, dcsd 914) new help topic pen management we've answered some of your most frequently asked questions docid\ dbauxr4vctt0rgs3omjws about working with pens in dairycomp 305! you can add, modify, and delete pens, set up pen capacity, and even move an entire pen of animals to another pen see the new manage pens docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc reference page to learn more! new faq add test day data do you need help loading the test day data for your dairy into dc305? our new faq provides an overview of the process and walks you through the different options available see add test day data docid\ cz a7omncp08zkycbw5dc to learn more! new faq managing dc305 user accounts if you need help adding, editing, or removing your user accounts, or if you're not sure how to define user access levels, check out this new faq set up and manage users docid\ wlpuz0mytubqp s7oeipj new faq load eids into the eid manager do you have a list of electronic ids (eids) that you want to add to dairycomp? see the new faq to find out how to add your eids to your eid manager load electronic ids (eid) docid\ l0ohz6fvl3ztiojd8f n8 new faq change font in printed reports did you know you can customize the font for your normal and compressed reports? see the new faq to find out how to change your font settings, and learn the difference between normal and compressed reports change font in printed reports docid\ wtyclhirnvx1r 87xceay dairycomp 305 version 21 4 0 release date 04/08/21 general enhancements send\x command update the send\x command now generates a standard set of batch files, regardless of herdcode these batch files are now correct for uploading to the regional anagraphical system (bdr) for all regions of italy (dc‑2949, dcsd 847) improved client/server integration between 2x and 3x systems an improvement has been made to allow dairycomp to more seamlessly interact when sending milk weight data from clients to servers with different time in milk settings (i e , 2x vs 3x) (dc‑2945, dcsd 838) improved italian treatment book reports reports provided in the italian treatment book have been modified to improve the accuracy and readability of data (dc‑2920) bug fixes corrected problem of duplicate commands an issue caused duplicate commands to be uploaded to vas pulse platform this issue has been resolved (dc‑2974, dcsd 881) fixed getcow issue addressed an issue that caused an error when using the getcow command to retrieve an animal from the archive (dc‑2970, dcsd 851) fixed events error a problem has been fixed in which an error message displayed when issuing an events command (dc‑2968, dcsd 868) addressed ftech issue an issue involving milking times with ftech has been addressed (dc‑2965, dc 2913) corrected lactation data error an issue caused incorrect lactation data from dairycomp to be uploaded to vas pulse platform this issue has been corrected (dc‑2958) fixed items anomaly an issue caused items on cowcards to display intermittently this issue has been fixed (dc‑2957, dcsd 855) fixed pta calculation issue an issue with pta calculation caused sires to not be in the database this issue has been resolved (dc‑2956, dcsd 248) repaired twin animal id issue an issue has been corrected in which a previously deleted animal id in dairycomp resulted in a vas pulse platform error (dc‑2935, dcsd 832) fixed cowcare inventory problem an issue caused cowcare inventory functionality to become disabled this issue has been fixed (dc‑2876, dcsd 777) fixed cowcare not ready message an issue has been fixed that caused a "cowcare not ready" message to display when working with dc305 protocols (dc‑2809, dcsd 724) corrected lactation number issue an issue has been fixed involving the editing of double digit lactation numbers (dc‑2808, dcsd 724) fixed cowcare inventory totals an issue has been corrected that caused incorrect inventory totals to display in cowcare (dc‑2575, dcsd 616) new faq how to run a report from the menu you may know how to run reports in the command line docid 3jlksrsmd3iimosqdwemc , but did you know that you can also run reports directly from the menu, too? see the new run report from menu docid\ rilu8ffwv 2yfgrru ea2 faq to find out how! new faq working with backups have you ever wondered how you can manually save a backup, schedule an automatic backup, or even create a backup file in the first place? then visit the new working with backups docid\ otwvlzaexgbi oq7cn ol topic to find the answers! new faq edit sire info did you know you can edit your sire information in your cowcards? see the new faq to find out how to enable editing edit sire info docid 7 rhbdjcz0w9gozbymy4a ! dairycomp 305 version 21 3 0 release date 03/15/21 general enhancements improved dnl data loading between lactations for lactanet herds loading a new dnl file for a lactanet herd now clears the data from the previous lactation, removing the need to do so manually (dc‑2708, dcsd 483) updated podat logic the logic involved when uploading the preg/open date (podat) when a cow is aborted in bullpen has been updated (dc‑2709, dcsd 396) improved communication with lely integration the synchronization of data when saving an animal has been improved when using the lely integration, eliminating the need to first "transfer out" the animal (dc‑2678) cowcare enhancements cowcare failed to show all premises it was reported that cowcare failed to show all available premises for a dairy the issue was traced to a windows setting and has been resolved (dc‑2857, dcsd 764) lot numbers and sorting on the drug usage page, sorting for the event column has been improved, and the lot id can now be edited (dc‑2801, dcsd 596) cowcare drug manufacturer field added when adding a drug to cowcare, users can now select the drug's manufacturer from a new drop down menu this improvement will speed up and improve data entry (dc‑2634, dcsd 617) pulse platform enhancements missing records in vas pulse platform an error occurred when attempting to restore sold/died animals after reloading herdfiles on vas pulse platform, leading to missing animal records the system has been updated to address this issue (dc‑2862, dcsd 771) vas pulse platform worklists failed to generate dairycomp failed to properly generate worklists containing animals with platform ids that were incorrectly loaded from vas pulse platform (dc‑2861, dcsd 774) bug fixes corrected problem viewing trace records an issue has been resolved that caused the review traceabilty tab of the trace module to not show current records to be reported (dc‑2870, dcsd 751) corrected wrong registration value suggestion a problem has been fixed in which dairycomp suggested the wrong registration value when entering new calf data (dc‑2867, dcsd 779) fixed printing errors related to paper sizes addressed an issue in which the last version of the dcwin exe file caused intermittent paper size issues when printing (dc‑2827, dcsd 756) corrected error displaying different breeding technician names resolved an inconsistency in the names of breeding technicians displayed by the system between the latest version and previous versions (dc‑2770, dcsd 723) repaired incorrect trace module event dates an issue has been fixed that caused animals entered into dairycomp using the add command to be recorded in the trace module with the wrong event date (dc‑2778, dcsd 732) fixed incorrect milk weights for 2x cows in 3x herd incorrect milk weights were reported for cows being milked 2 times daily in a herd where other cows were milked 3 times daily this calculation error has been fixed (dc‑2783, dcsd 658) fixed incorrectly reported milk weights a calculation error caused milk weights to be reported incorrectly for herds in germany this calculation error has been fixed (dc‑2784, dcsd 548) repaired cleanup command data errors running the cleanup command on dairycomp v7 cowfiles caused errors in some alter data elements the problem was traced to a particular cowfile sorting method and has now been repaired (dc‑2894) new faq how to add commands to the menu did you know your dc305 menu is highly customizable? you can add your most commonly run commands and reports to it so that anyone in your dairy can run them quickly and easily with a couple of mouse clicks! see the new add commands to the menu docid 3rmzz2pebnx2upl7aw9z6 faq for instructions! new faq how to add new events to dc305 dairycomp 305 allows you to create and save custom events that are specific to your dairy see the define custom events in dc305 docid\ q9yss98zknvmyy8hdehfy faq to learn how! new faq how to set up pen capacity this is a common task that is easy to perform! see the new faq for instructions new faq how to refresh a dairycomp client has your dairycomp client stopped communicating with your dairycomp 305 server? vas support is often asked for help with this issue! check out the solution in the new refresh a client docid\ oqucjb3zzny cpcf7jnke faq! new faq confirm that dairycomp is backing up to the cloud do you know whether your dc305 data is scheduled for regular back up? the vas support team has some quick steps you can take to be sure! see this new faq for more information about this solution, as well as other answers for your most asked questions about backups backups faq docid\ sy3bwpn1jq4q1teo1mlpt ! dairycomp 305 version 21 2 0 release date 01/27/21 general enhancements improved sire name display in bredsum report we expanded the width of the sire names column in the bredsum report so that it does not truncate the names (dc‑2735, dcsd‑701) highlight on current dc305 date when you set the dc305 current date to any day other than today, that date is now highlighted in yellow at the bottom left of the screen as a visual warning that it is not the current date (dc‑2735, dcsd‑701) expanded the number of lines in an invoice to accommodate larger herds and multiple sites, we updated dc305 invoices to include more lines in one invoice (dc‑2665, dcsd‑671) adjusted sum column width we have adjusted the 1st column of the sum report to fit the full width of the contents (rather than truncating it) (dc‑2642, dcsd‑356) added cleanup command switch for died/sold animals you can now type cleanup\e in the command line to clean your archived died/sold animal records this is a shortcut to running the cleanup command and then clicking the fix missing sold/died cows button in the cleanup dialog box (dc‑2604, dcsd‑356) guide now available in french a french translation for the guide is now available (dc‑2604, dcsd‑294) cowcare enhancement usability improvement for editing protocols when you are editing a cowcare protocol, you can now find the accept the withdrawal values checkbox at the top of the page, directly below the save button lely integration enhancements revised processing for transferred animals in t4c we have updated the system to ensure that animals that are set as "transferred" but are still on the farm are able to be saved via the save animal command (dc‑2604, isd‑180) communication with taurus prevented for lely api users if your dairy has converted to using the lely api, dc305 will no longer send data to lely through taurus if you want to revert back to sending through taurus, you can change the setting in setmilk\install (dc‑2172) enhancements for bull records updates for adding bulls to events if a user attempts to add a reproductive event to a bull when it only applies to a female animal (preg, fresh, heat, etc ), the system now displays a warning prompt that prevents the add bulls can still be added to other events that do not impact reproductive status (dc‑2144, dcsd‑321) we have updated the system to preserve the rc of an animal when it is added to a dnb event this ensures that bulls are not mistakenly converted to a heifer in the system if the animal is sold and restored (dc‑2142, dcsd‑313) updates for restoring bull records when restoring the record for a bull that was previously set as sold, the system now checks for whether the animal is rc=8 (indicating that it's a bull), and if so, it preserves that setting rather than restoring the animal to rc=0 (indicating that it is a female restored to the herd) (dc‑2033, dcsd‑269) updates for restoring freemartin records when restoring the record for a freemartin that was previously set as sold, the system now retains the animal's rc=1 setting (no bred) instead of converting her to rc=0, which indicates that she can be bred (dc‑1717, dc‑1884) new faq how to delete a test date vas support is often asked how delete a specific test date from an animal's record check out the new delete a test date docid 1 mobst8jyjlgosp4vrud faq for instructions! bug fixes corrected cowval heifer count repaired an issue that caused bulls to be included in the cowval heifer count (dc‑2742, dcsd‑682) repaired chkfile report format repaired an issue that caused data to display in the wrong columns when adding attributes to the chkfile report (dc‑2706, dcsd‑699) corrected egraph display when double‑clicking to view details when you double‑click on the values in an egraph report, the system now displays the correct detailed data (dc‑2539, dcsd‑584) repaired report time format the system now displays the report time in 12‑hour am/pm format this fix applies only if you use the setup option to show the time on your reports (dc‑2573) repaired date format in the alter 6 grid updated the alter 6 grid to display dates in the standard dairycomp format, with no leading zeros for example, january 3, 2021 is now displayed as 1 / 3 /21 rather than 01 / 03 /21 (dc‑2688, dcsd‑680) dairycomp 305 version 20 11 0 release date 01/04/21 genomics enhancements updated and calculations for dng file import dc305 has been updated to support the current jpi and jui formulas important you must reload your genomics to apply the correct values from these calculations support for , , and genomic trait imports we updated dc305 to import the new hlv (heifer livability), fs (feed saved), and msp (milking speed) genomic evaluation traits that the is adding to the dng file in december 2020 bug fixes repaired cowcare inventory duplication the system no longer creates a new inventory item when you create a new protocol (dc‑2630, dcsd‑655) repaired "no internet" message the system no longer displays an incorrect error message saying that the user is offline (dc‑2616, dcsd‑652) restored check for milkweights with unsuccessful milkings (lely integration) dc305 now properly checks to see if there are milkweights in unsuccessful milkings so that they are not skipped (dc‑2612, isd‑172) fixed lactation card printing issue when printing lactation cards with exam\7, the system no longer prints the previous cow’s lactation graph on the 2nd cow’s card (dc‑2594, dcsd‑613) updated the egraph legend improve the ability to the legend that describes the colors and items in an egraph now shows proper names when graphing item type 65 (dc‑2538, dcsd‑599) repaired display of tech name in events if a technician's name is defined in the dc305 technician table, the tech's name is now properly displayed in events instead of the tech number (dc‑2505, dcsd‑590) repaired bullpen date for bulls when a bull is placed into a bullpen, that animal no longer gets an hdat assigned to it (dc‑2143, dcsd‑306) removed unnecessary send\x prompts (for italian herds only) we repaired the send\x command to prevent additional prompts (dc‑2640, dcsd‑666) updated system logic for sending twin data to the platform dc305 now sends all data for twin animals to vas pulse platform, rather than dismissing additional twin animals as duplicates (dc‑2578, dcsd‑628) new faq how do i restore the record for a sold or died animal? learn how to restore a record for a sold or died animal vas support is often asked how to restore the record for an animal that is still on your dairy but has been marked as sold or died check out the new restore an animal record docid\ hr1tgbzsgtpsoiuvjqcqx faq for instructions! dairycomp 305 version 20 10 0 release date 11/11/20 cowcare enhancements the cowcare inventory module was updated in the following areas cowcare inventory totals now round to the nearest tenth (dc‑2530, dcsd‑578) repaired an issue that caused the system to hang when changing inventory values if you receive an error message when changing inventory values, the system now allows you to close out of the message and accept your updates (dc‑2554 , dcsd‑605, dcsd‑627) repaired processing error when approving pending changes when you open cowcare protocols, approve pending changes, and then exit cowcare, the system no longer gets stuck in a processing loop it processes your changes and closes properly (dc‑2523, dcsd‑594) repaired the lot id field the drop‑down menu in the lot id is now displayed properly again (dc‑2580, dc‑2583, dcsd‑631) ability to designate an alternate item type for the animal's permanent id number to accommodate herds that do not always use item type 5 (eid) to define an animal's id, we added the ability to specify the animal's permanent id value as either eid , reg , or reg1 (dc 2581) repaired server to client sync on the protocol table repaired an issue that prevented dc305 client machines from receiving server updates on the cowcare protocol table (dc‑2575, dcsd‑616) restored the ability to add drugs to an ad‑hoc protocol when you attempt to add a drug to a user‑defined protocol in the protocols table, the system no longer triggers an error message that prevents you from proceeding (dc‑2555, dcsd‑608) other enhancements new prompt when a dc305 update is required to support updates in the vas pulse platform we have improved the message that dc305 displays when an update is required to support the latest vas pulse platform (see below) we have also updated the system to automatically proceed with the update when you select yes client updates remain in sync with server updates we updated the dc305 client updater (dclaunch exe) to ensure that dc305 client versions are updated when the dc305 server is updated to a new version (dc‑2482, dcsd‑563) increased the number of milking schedules in ftech ftech now allows 12 milking schedules instead of 6 (dc 1668) expanded the lactanet receive command the receive command for lactanet cowfiles (cowfile type =14) now imports the following additional data (dc‑2378, dcsd‑483) mefat current 305 me fat mepro current 305 me protein stdm last test day standard milk (kg\d) dpd dollars per day of life m365 current 365 day milk (kg) f365 current 365 day fat (kg) p365 current 365 day protein (kg) mval current lactation milk value bug fixes repaired the ability to edit incorrect premises id resolved an issue that prevented users from editing incorrect premises id for canadian herds (dc‑2582, dcsd‑630) repaired afi msend the system has been updated to support 3 digit pen numbers when executing an msend \h command for the afimilk integration the system response no longer deletes the last digit from the abort date (dc‑2532) repaired sum command for item type 145 when you run a sum by command for item type 145, the system now correctly displays the associated technician (dc‑2494, dcsd‑574) added support for alternate decimal symbols in the smartbow/dc305 integration updated the system to support regional data values that use alternate decimal formats (for instance, a comma "," instead of a decimal " " symbol) (dc‑2525, isd‑160) new dc305 online help! welcome! browse the sections below to learn more about dairycomp 305, as well as what's new in dc305, pocket cowcard, and feedwatch (on premise)! see the topics below to learn more! what's new in dc305 and pcc (this topic) check here for the latest dc305 and pcc release notes dc305 support faqs docid\ f386bhmgzngkp3ok hgfx check out the most frequently asked questions (faqs) from the vas support team! new dc305 reference guide docid\ qomttmb59wxco1uqhe783 we'll use this page to post reference topics for commonly used dc305 features check out the first one here command line docid\ u nbrveqbf6nzsp1bc9e0 ! dairycomp 305 version 20 9 0 release date 10/08/20 enhancements ability to pass decimal dosages to cowcare when you enter a drug dosage as a decimal in the remark (rem) of an event, cowcare can now receive that value from the dc305 event remark previously, cowcare could only receive drug dosages as whole numbers (dc 2464, dcsd 558) ability to calculate bredsum and egraph before the edat by default, bredsum and egraph only calculate events that were recorded on an animal's record after its enrollment date (edat) you can now use the new \k switch for egraph and the \h switch for bredsum to include data from before the edat (dc 2407, dcsd 476) sdct tab added to guide for users who have sdct (selective dry cow therapy) enabled, you will now see a sdct tab in the guide (dc 2267) dairytrace reporting for canadian dairies dc305 now allows reporting to the dairytrace database (dc 2245, dcsd 387) dc305 event edits now synchronize with the platform we improved system logic to allow events changed in on premise dc305 to be updated in the platform (dc 1930, dc 1931, dc 1932, dcsd 233, dcsd 234, dcsd 240) lely/dc305 integration updated to prevent setmilk date change for lely api integrations with dc305, a new \s switch is now available in the milk command to address the situation where an additional parlor's milk integration imports milk weights the \s switch prevents milk weights from being imported with today's date until the final shift of the milk parlor for yesterday is completed (dc 2391, isd 141) bug fixes repaired econ\h item mapping when you run econ\h and proceed with option 4 (import easy registration file), the item mapping selections (reg, sreg, dreg, etc ) are now visible again (dc 2501, dcsd 591) repaired ability to edit a protocol description restored the ability to edit a protocol description for that protocols that are in use (dc 2481, dcsd 562) repaired monitor\c printing repaired a bug that prevented the monitor report from printing correctly in compressed format (dc 2472, dcsd 535) repaired missing dc305 ids in platform improved the dc305 to platform initial load to ensure that all dc305 ids are properly uploaded to the platform (dc 2462, dcsd 560) repaired uk sire names repaired an issue that caused some incorrect sire names in the uk sires file (dc 2452, dcsd 550) repaired a trace data bug dc305 now correctly receives trace data for animals that are entered through a fresh event on the client (dc 1618) repaired an issue for the boumatic integration specific to dairies with 4 milking cycles dc305 now properly loads milk for the 4th milking from boumatic robots (dc 2496, isd 153) repaired sendpar to afi repaired an issue that caused sendpar to cause an error in the afi when animals that were xided had the same previous id (dc‑2490, isd‑577) repaired dc/ice cow alert (send to cow alert was unsuccessful) repaired an issue that caused all sending in the ice interface to fail (dc‑2477, isd‑151) dc305 version 20 8 0 release date 09/08/20 new feature! cowval 1 5 this dc305 update delivers some exciting enhancements to the cowval feature! for herds that are cross bred or that contain multiple breeds, we are aware that it was difficult to base a cowval score on quantity alone with the cowval 1 5 update, you'll continue to see details on the quantity of the milk produced, but now when you run cowval\f, you'll also receive information on milk fat and milk protein adjusting the current cowval formula to include protein and fat benefits farms that would like to use cowval to set a score on their cows, as these components are key values in the milk check read below to learn what changed # and how to set up cowval 1 5 # what changed? cowval 1 5 takes into account the animal's contribution of milk fat and milk protein as you can see in the example to the right, we have added the protein price and fat price to give a value of the components that the animal is contributing we also have added fields for lactation fat and lactation protein values to serve as defaults if a cow doesn’t have test day data the mature equivalent values are based off of data from your herd; with the use of this formula, we can better compare animals in a multi breed herd how to set up cowval 1 5 to use the new cowval 1 5 feature, enter the command cowval\f and then select edit parameters to access the updated table the items used are still cwval and pgval and will be populated with the new formula to schedule the recalculation of these items, you can use the command cowval\fg enhancement ability to change cowcare drug names added the ability to change a drug's name in the cowcare inventory (dc‑2350, dcsd‑469) bug fixes getcow\i protocols importing incorrectly repaired an issue to ensure that protocol numbers import correctly with getcow\i (dc 2380, dcsd 375) chinese item list from alter\2 fixed item name issues when an item is edited in chinese (dc 2352, dcsd 475) dcteach protocols do not allow editing and not all features are there enabled cowcare on dcteach and repaired an issue to ensure that protocols can be edited (dc 2351, dcsd 479) inventories not matching between pulse platform and on premise dc305 fixed several issues that were allowing for additional cow records in the pulse platform because previous lactations were being flagged as a separate cow (dc 1934, dc 2357, dcsd 231) platform fresh entry posting duplicates and xids to dc305 repaired an issue that caused xids and duplicate calf ids when entering a fresh event on the platform (dc 2444, dcsd 514) cowcare modify contacts error repaired a bug that caused an incorrect warning message and sometimes prevented the use of cowcare printer and page header issues several printing issues were resolved (dc 2346, dc 2369, dc 2364, dcsd 488, dcsd 489, dcsd 491) for release notes prior to august 2020, please see the following pages on the vas website dairycomp 305 release notes archive https //web vas com/blog/category/updates/dairy comp/ pocket cowcard release notes archive https //web vas com/blog/category/updates/pocket cow card updates/ most of the work we have done this release cycle has been in the development of our new cowfile 9 version this contains more space for cow items, and events, and we have expanded the allowable number of event codes, protocols, commands, and most of the alter options progress has been good, and we've made many improvements based on our early feedback we are starting to release it for early preview to a subset of our customers pocket cowcard we now log entries made on pcc separate from typical transactions they are no longer defined as "v" transactions now, pcc entries are tagged with an "m" for "mobile" in the default activity logs