What's New in DairyComp?
DairyComp Update - April 2025
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DairyComp - Version 25.4
Release Date: April 23, 2025
DairyComp version 25.4 contains various bug fixes, customer-requested enhancements, and integration improvements for PULSE and our integration partners, Pocket CowCard, and many other improvements.
Expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release:
- 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.
- Lely: DairyComp has implemented two new updates to ensure that the integration between DairyComp and Lely Horizon is more seamless than ever:
- DairyComp can now detect and resolve animal identification issues used to map animals between DairyComp and Lely Horizon.
- If DairyComp attempts to add or update an animal record in Lely Horizon and the update is not received, DairyComp 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, DairyComp 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.
Fixed a CowCare-related error message at program startup.
- Added a new report designation for Agsource FTECH.
- Implemented some rate changes for Minnesota FTECH.
We finally solved a longstanding problem where, in some cases, animals added on a Pocket CowCard device connected to a DCCLIENT were not properly being added to the cowfile on the server.