Step 5: Set Up Your Pocket CowCard Scanner

Before you can start using the scanner, you must first create the following commands in DairyComp:

1. In DC305, enter ALTER Command entered to "alter" content or settings in DairyComp. Example: ALTER\7\3 in the command line to open the Commands Definitions list.
2. Click Add [Ins] on the left side of the window to add the following commands:

Abbreviation	Content	Title
ZGSAMP	ENTER\Z GSDAT=SCDAT Last scan date GSAMP=?	Pocket CowCard genomic sample batch entry
ZTOTSU	SERVER ID Identifier GSAMP FOR LACT Lactation number=0 GSAMP="-"	Pocket CowCard list of animals to sample

1. Download the herd database from DC305.
2. Pair the Bluetooth RFID scanner to Pocket CowCard.
3. Pair the built-in QR scanner to Pocket CowCard.
4. Navigate to Batch Command Entry in the Pocket CowCard app using your handheld mobile device.
5. Select the batch command for entering samples: ZGSAMP.
6. In the For Cows in List drop-down list, select ZTOTSU.

1. On your Pocket CowCard handheld device, enter the date.
2. Scan the first animal's RFID tag to identify the animal.
3. Pocket CowCard will ask you to enter the sample ID. Manually enter the sample ID or scan the sample's QR code using the 2D scanner.
4. After you record all the samples, post all transactions in the batch command.
5. On the home screen of the Pocket CowCard app, select Send Changes to update DC305 with the new sample assignments.

After the changes are posted in DC305, PULSE will automatically synchronize with DC305 and the sample data will be available in PULSE.