Pocket CowCard Update - 2020 - 2024

android version v2410251041 (2 0 27 39 rc) build date october 25, 2024 release date october 29, 2024 for android version v2410251041 (2 0 27 39 rc) includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes expand the sections below to learn more important no longer supports android 8 1 devices as we communicated previously, vas no longer supports for android 8 1 (or lower) devices for a full list of devices supported by vas, click here https //vas marketing campaigns com/t/5i4k v9mv 3hy0o1 ncuwz 1/c aspx if you have any questions about your options or if you want to purchase a new compatible device, please contact your support representative ( 1355, 1361) enhancements enter a fresh event on the fresh event is now available in ! you can enter fresh events for your animals directly on the animal's cowcard in simply go to the events tab, tap new event , and tap fresh to enter event details and store the new event see create a fresh event in pcc docid\ bqb5clj1 p3w2hwip6z2c to learn more! (several tickets) created new ability to add new animals during some expert batch routines users can now add new animals during an expert batch routine using a certain workflow if you use an enter\z routine and add an animal that does not exist in your herd, the system adds the animal note that this feature does not support with statements for source farms ( 1420, 1447) regression tested at 100% for test rail cases for android 14 this version was fully tested with android 14 using a moto g24 model and passed all testing please avoid using android 15 ( 1434, 1447) bugs fixed a missing feature in the settings tab we recovered the lost alternative vet check setting where users define which items are shown ( 1438, 1447) resolved a crash issue when users use the in app updater we have fixed the in app updater issue that affected devices running on android 12 or higher use the instructions here to update your app to the latest version need help updating ? click here for installation instructions for android devices! for future versions, you won't have to manually update anymore, as long as you allow all permissions requested by the app to enable the in app updater ( 1436, 1447) android version v2408271644 (2 0 26 376 rc) build date august 27, 2024 release date august 28, 2024 for android version v2408271644 (2 0 26 376 rc) includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes expand the sections below to learn more important support for android 8 1 devices ends on august 31, 2024 as we communicated previously, vas will no longer support for android 8 1 (or lower) devices on august 31, 2024 for a full list of devices supported by vas, click here https //vas marketing campaigns com/t/5i4k v9mv 3hy0o1 ncuwz 1/c aspx if you have any questions about your options or if you want to purchase a new compatible device, please contact your support representative ( 1355, 1361) enhancements turned off in app update messaging and activation for android 8 1 (or lower) devices this is the final version for android 8 1 (or lower) devices the in app updater will handle future updates future versions of will not work with devices running android 8 1 and lower ( 1354, 1423) updated vas address on the about screen we updated the vas address on the about screen to the visalia, california address ( 1363, 1423) completed full regression test on a14 os we did 95% regression testing for the a14 os version on this release ( 1369, 1423) preparing fresh event for field testing in a future release, the fresh event will be available to dairies that can test it in the field and provide feedback if you are interested in testing the fresh event and meet the listed requirements, contact your vas support representative for more details testing is only available for the english version of your devices must be using android 9 (or higher) you can only use items prompted for cows and calves, not source farm ids ( 1196, 1408, 1425, 1423) bugs fixed an issue affecting the ondone command we resolved an issue where the ondone command was applied to animals from active lists that did not have an ondone command this occurred if multiple lists were active and one of its active commands had an ondone command we recommend that you use a combination of ondone and postprocess commands when you apply content that needs sanity checking ( 1415, 1423) resolved an issue that stalled transaction backups we added an improvement so the backups are not stalled if devices are not fully connected to the network when tries to send transactions to dairycomp ( 1412, 1423) fixed the insemination tech number display we resolved an issue where the breeding technician's number was not visible on a cowcard ( 1397, 1423) android version v2407171622 (2 0 26 300 rc) build date july 17, 2024 release date july 17, 2024 for android version 2 0 26 300 includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes important support for android 8 1 devices ends in august 2024 as we communicated previously, vas will no longer support for android 8 1 devices on august 31, 2024 for a full list of devices supported by vas, click here https //vas marketing campaigns com/t/5i4k v9mv 3hy0o1 ncuwz 1/c aspx if you have any questions about your options or if you want to purchase a new compatible device, please contact your support representative ( 1355, 1361) enhancements improved transaction handling we have created a new method for collecting transactions, which prevents data loss caused by crashes or flow interruptions we now store transactions in a database system, which is a more reliable method that helps to protect you from data loss ( 1265, 1361, 1373, 1374, 1376, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1388) now supports an add batch command for identifying animals you can now use the add batch command id=number++ on a scanner to identify an animal by its rfid, so you no longer have to manually enter management id ear tags ( 1306, 1361) added ability to remove add records from the transaction log if you find an error in the transaction log, you can now safely remove any add records by using the new edit feature in the transaction log ( 1331, 1361) bugs fixed an issue affecting the in app updater this version resolves an issue where repeatedly advertised a new update, but would not install the update properly ( 1395) added a fix for a worklist crash this version resolves an issue where crashed if you used the undo feature to move an animal from done back to todo on a worklist ( 1353, 1361) android version v2403211458 (2 0 25 9 rc) build date march 21, 2024 release date april 1, 2024 for android version 2 0 25 9 includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes enhancements dairycomp can now support any items defined by a event entry if you download 2 0 25 9 and dc305 24 3 docid\ ebeqsmccwmoq 6dbm5x7v , dairycomp can now merge event entries from with the existing event commands to support any items defined for that event this occurs even if the content doesn't include an entry prompt, picklist, or a chain of commands for example, if your dry event is ec=11 pen=5 , a dry event from will now support the pen=5 entry ( 1231, 1347) implemented multiple improvements for non english sounds the chinese, german, russian, and spanish language sounds are now embedded in , so you no longer have to manually place the core sounds in your axim/wavs folder we have also converted the files to wav and increased the speed to improve the efficiency of your workflows ( 1315, 1347) improved pen validation process for some commands sent to dairycomp if you initiate an event entry, ondone, or postprocess command, now sends pen validation pen changes to dairycomp before it sends event entry data this updated process prevents instances where an animal is assigned to the wrong pen because the pen validation process interferes with a move event ( 1298, 1347) prevented some sounds from playing if certain items are included in a worklist we now prevent some text to speech sounds or custom sound files from playing if the worklist includes one of the following items item type #21 rem item type #84 rpro item type #85 evt item type #19 sire naab/names ( 1299, 1347) bugs added a fix for a certain firebase crash this version resolves an issue where firebase would crash if the system did not properly initialize storage ( 1330, 1347) android version v2402151852 (2 0 24 05 rc) build date february 15, 2024 release date february 26, 2024 for android version 2 0 24 05 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements refactored text to speech and custom sounds we disabled some default english text to speech sounds to make more user friendly for non english users previously, when the app recognized a phrase in a worklist, the app would play an english text to speech sound if there was no custom sound assigned to the phrase in the latest version of , the system will no longer play the english text to speech sounds listed below instead, the system will play the core sound (needed) if there is no custom sound assigned to the phrase disabled english text to speech sounds abt wav bst wav chck wav conf wav cyst wav frsh wav gbs wav gnrh wav hnpg wav lut wav lut1 wav lut2 wav lut3 wav msht wav noht wav preg wav prgh wav rcon wav repg wav xbrd wav if you want to enable any disabled english text to speech sounds, expand the steps below to reinstall the text to speech sounds reinstall english text to speech sounds download the newest version of dairycomp 305 to get the text to speech sounds from windows explorer, open your dairycomp > axim folder right click the zip file (original english custom tts sounds place in wavs folder zip), then click extract all to extract the files copy and paste the unzipped files you want into your dairycomp > axim > wavs folder ( 1327, 1325) bugs added fixes for certain firebase crashes this version resolves issues where firebase would crash if the system received a null response for a previous lactation or if the check feature was enabled on zebra devices ( 1327, 1309, 1312) android version v2401151625 (2 0 23 13 rc) build date january 15, 2024 release date january 23, 2024 for android version 2 0 23 13 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements improved speed and decompression times for core sound files the latest version of improves the playback speed of the core english sounds used in the app in future updates, we may apply the same updates to sounds in other languages ( 1318, 1308) app now includes latest end user license agreements the app now contains the updated, combined end user license agreements ( 1318, 1283) bugs fixed add batch routines for non source farm herds previously, the system would duplicate add batch content or cause stuck transactions for some herds the latest version of has now fixed the issue ( 1318, 1317) added a fix for certain firebase crashes this version resolves an issue where firebase would crash if you tried to set to night mode and the settings were not properly loaded ( 1318, 1283) android version v2312140949 (2 0 22 21 rc) build date december 14, 2023 release date december 14, 2023 for android version 2 0 22 21 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements removed false error messages from abort events the system incorrectly generated a false error message on every abort event now, only displays the error messages under the correct conditions ( 1310) added new way to display items in vetform worklists in administration > settings , you can now enable the display items from vet worklists option to include more items in your vetform worklist when you enter your command, simply add the items in your worklist command between the server command and any for statements for example, if you want the list to include the animal's id, pen, vetcode (vetc), days in milk (dim), days calf carried (dcc), andtimes bred (tbrd), enter the following command in the command line server id pen vetc dim dcc tbrd for vc>0 \v however, we recommend that you do not include the following items at this time item type #21 (rem), item type #60 (age in months), item type #84 (rpro), and item type #85 (evt) ( 1304, 1206) added new warning if you try to add an abort date earlier than the conception date will no longer let you enter a days carried calf or abort date that is set before the conception date and now displays a warning that you must acknowledge before you can pick a reproduction code ( 1304, 1290) improved process for switching technicians previously, if you changed technicians, would prompt you to confirm the change now, if you have enabled the use faster workflow for vet entry option and switch technicians, no longer requires confirmation ( 1304, 1293) added new warning if you enter an abort date for an animal with cdat>0 and vc=6 after a recent breeding if you try to breed a preg animal (cdat>0) that has an abort vetcode (vc=6), the app now warns you if you pick an abort date that is dated after the most recent breeding this message reminds you to abort the earlier pregnant breeding and to allow a new breeding for a future preg check ( 1304, 1295) you can now configure shortcut buttons for hospital forms on android in android, we added customizable shortcut options so you can quickly add events or expert batch commands when using hospital forms enable and configure this feature in your settings in dairycomp, then use the feature in expand the steps below to enable and configure the shortcut buttons note to use this feature, you must have dairycomp 305 version 23 11 or higher see update dc305 to the latest release docid\ ebeqsmccwmoq 6dbm5x7v to learn how to download the latest version of dairycomp in dairycomp, enter server\3 to open the server configuration screen in the entry tab, navigate to the select event or expert batch for quick pick on hospital forms columns at the bottom left side of the screen each column corresponds to a switch that you can use in your worklist command form1 \hm1 form2 \hm2 form3 \hm3 form4 \hm4 to assign an event or expert batch shortcut to the \hm1 switch, go to the form1 column and double click \<available> to open the select screen select your most used event and click ok repeat the steps for each shortcut you want to quick pick in hospital forms and select your shortcuts by most used to least used you can add up to 8 shortcuts per switch create hospital worklists that implement the switches ( \hm1 to \hm4 ) you just configured zlhosp1 server id dim pn note for pen=99\hm1 zlhosp2 server id dim pn note for pen=99\hm2 zlhosp3 server id dim pn note for pen=99\hm3 zlhosp4 server id dim pn note for pen=99\hm4 in , open a hospital worklist to see your new shortcuts at the bottom of the screen swipe left to right to see all shortcuts ( 1304, 1159) bugs fixed an issue where grid view limited data to five characters in the latest release, we increased the character limit for worklist data when you view the data in grid view ( 1304, 1266) android version v2311090712 (2 0 21 108 rc) build date november 9, 2023 release date november 13, 2023 for android version 2 0 21 108 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues important no longer supports android devices using os version 8 0 or lower as we communicated previously, vas will no longer support for android 7 x or android 8 0 devices now, if you try to install on an unsupported device, you will receive an error message if you access pocket cowcard on an android 7 x or android 8 0 device and downloaded the september 2023 version of , you must upgrade to a newer device by the end of 2024 to continue using for a full list of devices supported by vas, click here https //vas marketing campaigns com/t/5i4k v9mv 3hy0o1 ncuwz 1/c aspx if you have any questions about your options or if you want to purchase a new compatible device, please contact your support representative ( 1287, 1214, 1202, 1201) enhancements use the new text to speech feature to hear the number of days for some vetcode constraints in , you can now enable a text to speech (tts) feature to hear the number of days for some vetcode constraints for example, you can set up a vetcode (preg) and enter its primary time constraint (days since last heat) in dairycomp then, in , you can tap on an animal with a preg vetcode to hear the number of days that have passed since its last heat enable this feature in your settings in dairycomp, then use the feature in expand the steps below to set up the new tts feature note to use this feature, you must have the dairycomp 305 version 23 6 or higher see update dc305 to the latest release docid\ ebeqsmccwmoq 6dbm5x7v to learn how to download the latest version of dairycomp in dairycomp, enter alter\5s to open the vetlist options window open the vet code you want to edit in the vet code's vet list parameters window, check the play speech box and enter the primary time constraint in the cnst 1 field to indicate when the system should play the sound for example, you can enter dslh>33 so plays a sound to let you know how many days have passed since an animal's last heat save your changes in the vetlist options window, the system displays a y in the play speech column to indicate that the system will play a tts sound for the vetcode in , go to the administration > settings tab and check the use "text to speech days" sounds with vet codes box to enable tts note the guidelines below when using this tts feature this feature works best with time constraints that are measured in days when you enable this feature, will say the primary time constraint value, then "days " will say "days" in the supported language you have selected ( 1287, 1012) improved the display for queued animal ids when you use dark mode and open the vetform entry screen, the font color for queued animals is now white instead of magenta ( 1287, 1282) removed support for internal rfid reading devices no longer supports internal rfid reading devices or android devices using os version 8 0 or lower see important no longer supports android 9 devices for more information ( 1287, 1289) added a warning that displays if you enter an abort date before the last preg event if you try to enter an abortion date that is earlier than the last preg event entry, now displays a warning message ( 1287, 1271) bugs fixed the "isneeded" sound when the sound is not available we fixed the core "isneeded" sound on worklists when a custom sound is not available ( 1297) removed extra sounds that play during text to speech we fixed an issue where the system would play extra sounds if you used text to speech (tts) for items that consisted of a single letter or a period we recommend that you do not include periods ( ) when you create task sounds e g p 1, p 22, p p, etc ( 1287, 1280) tested and fixed numerous crash scenarios in the latest release, we implemented additional code to help prevent the app from crashing when no herd is detected or during item entry when pen validation is active ( 1279, 1285) android version v2309190718 (2 0 21 30 rc) build date september 19, 2023 release date september 26, 2023 for android version 2 0 21 30 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues important update if you are using an android device (os version 8 0 or lower) if you are accessing pocket cowcard on an android 7 x or android 8 0 device, please update your app to the september 2023 version immediately to continue using on your device without interruption the september 2023 release version is expected to be available until october 30, 2023 as we communicated previously, vas will no longer support for android 7 x or android 8 0 devices as a temporary solution, update your app to the september release version using the in app updater in however, you must upgrade to a newer device by the end of 2024 to continue using for a full list of devices supported by vas, click here https //vas marketing campaigns com/t/5i4k v9mv 3hy0o1 ncuwz 1/c aspx if you have any questions about your options or if you would like to purchase a new compatible device, please contact your support representative ( 1268, 1214) enhancements now supports item entry in cowcards the app now supports the ability to enter item values directly from the items tab of an animal's cowcard first enable item entry from your settings in dairycomp, then use the feature in expand the steps below to set up item entry in dairycomp in dairycomp, enter server\3 to open the server configuration window open the entry tab in the enabled items for entry column, check the boxes next to the items you want to enable click ok at the top right corner of the screen to save your changes expand the steps below to use item entry in in , open an animal's cowcard and tap the items tab tap item entry at the bottom of the screen in the select item window, choose the item you want to edit from the drop down list in the blank box, enter the item value click accept edited command to save your changes ( 1268, 1152) dry events can no longer be applied to animals that aren't cows the app now warns you if you try to apply a dry event to youngstock animals if you need to apply a treatment protocol from a dry event to a youngstock animal, reach out to your support representative for an alternative treatment protocol option ( 1268, 1241) bugs new herd todo page affected tablet user interface when you open the herd todo tab on a tablet, the upper section of the worklist controls now works correctly ( 1238, 1268) fixed out of bounds error in worklists we fixed an issue that would result in an out of bounds error in worklists previously, if an item in a worklist contained the single letter p , the system would confuse the worklist command with the text to speech sound used for pen moves (the goto item p sound) ( 1268, 1274) tested and fixed numerous crash scenarios in the latest release, we have implemented additional code to help prevent the app from crashing during the following instances checking list activity, using the mark cow process, or when the service is not initialized and the app tries to launch a notification ( 1199, 1256, 1257, 1260, 1261, 1268) android version 2308160910 (2 0 20 25 rc) build date august 16, 2023 release date august 29, 2023 for android version 2 0 20 25 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements vetform entry screen is now available in day or night mode you can now choose between two color themes for the vetform entry screen day mode or night mode in , change your color theme in administration > settings ( 1243, 1226) added bred events to the other event selection screen in vetform on the vetform event entry screen, you can select other to see a list of an events to choose from now, the list of event includes the bred event ( 1243, 1225) added text to speech sounds for goto items the latest version of now plays sounds for goto items with values between p1 to p9999 the system will say the number in the language you selected if the translation is supported the system does not say "pen" in english, german ("grupp"), or spanish ("corral") you can also create your own sound files (wav or mp3) to override the text to speech sounds ( 1243, 1218) added the ability to auto skip vet codes on a vetform worklist we added the ability to automatically skip (mark as done) selected vet codes on a vetform worklist to use this feature, you need to edit the vet code in dairycomp 305 and edit your settings in expand the steps below to set up auto skip! in , go to administration > settings and check the boxes for use faster workflow for vet entry docid 7dpi 4xsl 0jxpasbqox and enable automatic skip for defined vet codes in dairycomp, enter alter\5s to open the list of vet codes double click the vet code that you want the system to automatically skip and mark as done in the vet list parameters window, check the auto skip box for more information, contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 this feature can also be enhanced by using a ondone or postprocess command ( 1243, 0855) bugs fixed the animal order shown in the vet queue now lists animals by oldest id to newest id in the vet queue previously, the system incorrectly listed the newest ids first ( 1243, 1255) android version 2307311846 (2 0 19 11 rc) build date july 31, 2023 release date august 1, 2023 for android version 2 0 19 11 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements added ability to view all animals in the to do tab in the to do tab in worklists, you can now view all animals from all pens tap the all pens button to view all to do animals in the herd this improvement makes it easier and quicker to complete tasks like pen validation if an animal is in the wrong pen, you can still check the animal in the to do tab ( 1232, 1154) added ability to view all animals in the done tab in the done tab in worklists, you can now view all animals from all pens this improvement will make it easier and quicker to make changes for multiple animals in multiple pens at once to view all the done animals in the herd, tap the all button at the top right example quickly complete a preg check for multiple animals across multiple pens! in this scenario, imagine that you need to complete a preg check for 100 animals in the herd out of the 100 animals, 99 animals need to be marked as preg and only one animal needs to be marked as open follow the steps below to quickly complete the preg check in the to do tab, mark all 100 animals as preg go to the done tab and find the one animal that requires a different status tap the animal's recheck button and change the animal's status ( 1232, 1154) added a warning message when duplicate eids are detected if you refresh from dairycomp 305 and the system finds duplicate eids, will now notify you click acknowledge and fix the duplicate eids in dairycomp you can also check for duplicate ids directly in dairycomp in dairycomp, open the server configuration screen by entering server/3 in the command line at the bottom of the server configuration screen, click check for duplicates check the text file to see the list of duplicate eids ( 1232, 0421) bugs fixed an issue where did not import scan date and scan time when you use an add batch command with source farm identifiers, the system now imports scan date (scdat) and scan time (sctim) values correctly ( 1232, 1234) resolved a crash issue caused by duplicate eids no longer crashes if the system finds duplicate eids during an add batch command ( 1232, 1234) android version v2307060017 (2 0 18 63 rc) build date july 5, 2023 release date july 7, 2023 for android version 2 0 18 63 includes a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements added support for type 190 option 7 returns item type 190, option 7 if the semen is sorted as sexed or unsexed (conventional) and is a beef type ( 1222, 1150) added support for sfid sf with add batch commands like for windows mobile, for android now offers full support for the with statement in add batch for source farms based on the journal method for android no longer warns you if a duplicate source farm is entered like for windows mobile, the duplicate entry is discovered by dcserver after the entry ( 1222, 1189) bugs resolved an expert batch crash expert batch no longer crashes when adding a command to a blank simple batch command ( 1222, 1200) resolved a duplicate number issue in the vet queue the same animal is no longer displayed multiple times in the vet queue ( 1222, 1219) resolved a sort by scan filter issue animals added and queued to the vet list are now displayed at the top of the list ( 1222, 1221) resolved a simple batch empty input box issue an empty box no longer displays after tapping on the simple batch command when dairycomp has no items defined for input to fix the issue, now requires item definitions in server\3 before simple batch can be used ( 1222, 1220) resolved a null exception error we fixed a null pointer exception error that was discovered in the june 21, 2023 release this error was fixed in the july 7, 2023 hotfix release (2 0 18 63) ( 1222, 1227) android version v2305161700 (2 0 17 9 rc) build date may 16, 2023 release date may 23, 2023 for android version 2 0 17 9 includes a variety of enhancements and bug fixes enhancements added end of support warning for android 7 and 8 devices after each refresh, users will be notified that devices that are running android version 7 and 8 0 will no longer be supported after the august 2023 release ( 1208, 1202) added the ability to use custom sounds you can now use custom sounds docid 9au mkjg941hv93pfypu7 for the "no, not this animal" (buzz sound) and "cha ching" sound files when using add , simple , and expert commands your sound files must be named nonotthisanimal mp3 or wav and chaching mp3 or wav (file name must be all caps) save the mp3 or wav files to the x \dairycomp\axim\wav dairycomp folder ( 1208, 1184) enhanced vet form entry capabilities like for windows mobile, for android now offers a setting that allows you to quickly enter vet check results see the information below to enable faster vet entry docid 7dpi 4xsl 0jxpasbqox and enter vet check results in the mobile app, open the settings menu and check the use faster workflow for vet entry box you can then go to your vet list, tap an animal, and then tap on events vet check reason the reason for the vet check is displayed next to the cow id event and remark tap to pick an event and then set a remark an event must be selected before setting a remark or a tech store tap to store the events and remarks +event tap to add a second or third event to an existing entry ignore tap the back button to ignore and cancel the entry for faster input, stores the previous technician used vas recommends using the same event tech team for the most common vet form events by default, you can add three events to single animal tap +event to add additional events to the same animal now supports all other events command abbreviation content is not available, but we do support protocols that move to a given pen ( 1208, 0624) bugs resolved a pen validation crash for chinese localizations we have fixed an issue from the march 22, 2023 release that caused pen validation to crash while running for android in the chinese language ( 1208, 1195) resolved an issue when adding an animal to a vet list we fixed an issue where adding an animal to a vet list was not working properly when a new animal was added to the vet form list and then queued ( 1208, 1188) resolved an issue with the splash screen we updated the splash screen date in the about tab to make it clear that you are not running an older version ( 1208, 1210) android version v2304181825 (2 0 16 25 rc) build date april 18, 2023 release date april 19, 2023 for android version 2 0 16 25 includes one enhancement, various bug fixes, and information related to known issues enhancements added the simple batch command feature like for windows mobile, you can now use the simple batch feature in for android use the server\3 command in dairycomp to select the items that can be input in dairycomp, enter server\3 in the command line to open the server configuration window, and then follow the steps below to select items for entry select the entry tab select the items to enable for batch entry from click ok in the mobile app, follow the steps below to select the items to enter in batch from on the batch tab in the mobile app, select simple batch command click the lock icon at the top right to unlock the content select the items to enable for batch entry enter the value for the batch item, which is the pen number in the example above, and tap enter tap the lock icon at the top right to confirm the content ( 1153, 1124) bugs resolved an issue when changing an rfid on an existing animal we have fixed the ability to assign a new rfid change for sfid sf identification on selected herds with this fix, the system now accepts the source farm dot id selection when you change the rfid on an existing animal ( 1153, 1190) new production versions now display the correct expiration dates we applied two code fixes to ensure that your current version of displays the correct expiration dates as well as the final expiration of the application with this fix, the system should no longer display expiration dates from older releases ( 1153, 1191, 1185) resolved a problem with add\z and enter\z commands not showing in herds using dclang spanish we applied a code fix for displaying add batch commands in herds using the dclang spa (spanish) file with the command verb named agregar this was not supported in the android app, so we have requested that dairycomp support both english and localized translations for add\z and enter\z in a future release for payload creations ( 1153, 1186) for android version v2303221123 (2 0 15 16 rc) build date march 22, 2023 release date march 22, 2023 for android version 2 0 15 16 includes various enhancements, bug fixes, and information for a known issue related to batch menu entries enhancements added the ability to select an unlisted pen on a worklist by choosing other pen you can now select a pen that isn't listed on the worklist this feature helps you maintain an organized inventory count of any pen while finding animals you may need with all pens selected, tap other to select a new pen assignment the example below displays pen 4 with no animals ( 0708, 1155) automatic pen entry for worklists the new automatic pen entry feature makes it easier to move all animals from one pen to a new pen when enabled, the system displays an option to automatically move all animals a pin code must be entered to enable this feature when the feature is not enabled, the system displays a confirmation message for each animal move ( 1141, 1155) expand the topics below to learn more about using this feature enable automatic pen entry to enable this feature, go to system settings in the enable automatic pen entry field, enter 1983 and check the box to activate this feature when the feature is enabled, a read icon is displayed at the top right corner of the worklist tips for using automatic pen entry the system only displays the automatic pen entry option in worklists it is not available in any other features after you use this feature for a pen, make sure you exit out of the pen and switch to a new pen before using the feature again you will not see this feature if you select all pens this feature only works if you only select one pen to reset the pen validation, simply exit the pen bugs resolved an issue that occurred when using expert batch command previously, the system would prompt you to add new records to dairycomp when cow ids were manually entered during the expert batch process we have fixed the issue ( 1149, 1155) investigated and fixed a firebase crash we applied a code fix to prevent a firebase crash that was occurring in ( 1143, 1155) for android version v2302101132 (2 0 14 6 rc) build date february 10, 2023 release date february 22, 2023 enhancements added the ability to add an animal to the vetform worklist similar to for windows mobile, you can now add an animal to the vetform worklist, then mark it as done in for android tap the red + button to add the animal to the vetform the green + button indicates that the animal id shown under the eye icon is on the list ( 1140, 0198) removed the term "add" from new records created under the expert batch command you can no longer use the expert batch command to add new records you must now use the add batch command to add new records automatically to dairycomp the removal of the add verb allows you to enter information like birth weights and genomic sample barcodes after adding records to a fresh event contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 for more information ( 1140, 1121) new quadrant picker for protocol events that define the affected quadrant when entering an event where the protocol requires you to select the affected quadrant(s), such as the teat for mast or the hoof for lame, you can select the quadrant(s) in the new graphical image show below your selections on this image will then add the quadrant code(s) to the rem field for that event the quadrant codes that are added to the rem field are determined by the abbreviations that are set for your remark prompts in dairycomp under the setup command found under the codes tab (see below) the a4 abbreviation is for all quadrants be aware that the length of the rem item in your cowfile may limit how many quadrants you can select if the rem field is limited to 8 characters, you may not be able to select more than one or two quadrants if your cowfile allows the rem item to include 16 characters, you should be able to multi select quadrants tapping on the animal in the center of the image will select all quadrants, which inserts a rem of a4, which works for rem fields that are both 8 or 16 characters long ( 1140, 0435) note the culture event used with the automast feature of dairycomp has not been modified bugs fixed an issue where new records were being created when scanning from cowcard and worklists we fixed a regression where dairycomp would automatically add new records when scanning from the cowcard tab and all worklists these entries will now be held by the dairycomp server for review ( 1140, 1126) investigated and fixed a firebase crash we applied a code fix to prevent a firebase crash that was occurring in ( 1140, 1142) corrected an unposted data system notification issue the system was notifying users that there was unposted data for a new herd when there wasn't any data available to post we have applied a code fix for this issue ( 1140, 1106) corrected and issue where the list name was not displaying on the cow tab screen the list name was not displaying on the cow tab screen when activating a list from inside of the selected list we have applied a code fix for this issue ( 1140, 1104) for android version v2301101609 (2 0 13 5 rc) build date january 10, 2023 release date january 17, 2023 enhancements added the ability to run the ondone and postprocess commands with vetlists if you enter a command with an ondone and postprocess command, the system lets you automatically enter the same events and remarks for multiple animals to enable this feature, contact vas support http //dc help vas com/default htm#cshid=2000 to create an ondone and postprocess command in dairycomp after successfully setting up an ondone and postprocess command for an ovsynch task, simply open the vetlist on and tap the skip button to process the animals ( 1110, 1105) updated button labels on the screening tool of the breeding grid we've changed the phrasing of the button labels to now display don't breed instead of do not breed to avoid confusion with the terms used for rpro, the reproductive code known as dnb (do not breed) in dairycomp ( 1122, 1134) enhanced the pen validation feature so it works every time a cow is scanned a warning message now displays every time you scan or input an animal's number if the animal is in the wrong pen previously, would not repeat the wrong pen warning if an animal was already entered in the workflow ( 1073, 1134) for android version v2211171444 (2 0 12 17 rc) build date november 17, 2022 release date november 21, 2022 bugs fixed a server\3 settings issue that affected events we fixed an issue where the system would allow event entry for events, even after you updated server\3 settings to not allow event entry for the event ( 1110, 1105) corrected an eid import issue on android 11+ devices electronic ids (eids) now load correctly when using android 11+ devices previously, when android 11+ devices were used to complete an add batch routine and a transaction backup folder was defined, eids did not import correctly ( 1110, 1103) fixed an issue where using the add\z command would sometimes result in eid loss previously, some add batch routines would fail and eids would be lost when using an add\z command this issue has been fixed ( 1110, 1105) now correctly displays daily and weekly milk totals we resolved an issue where was not correctly showing daily milk totals (item type #121) and weekly milk totals weekly milk (wmlk1) the issue is now resolved for herds that milk twice a day (2x) or three times a day (3x) the app does not currently support herds that milk four times a day (4x) ( 1110, 1111, 1105) for android version v2210040705 (2 0 11 7 rc) build date october 4, 2022 release date october 4, 2022 enhancements added ability to add events higher than 63 on v9 cowfiles you can now pick events higher than 63 when using the new cowfile 9 database ( 1101, 1089) optimized expert batch sounds to play faster in this release, we optimized the sounds to play faster like previous versions the sounds included in the september 2022 release were slower than earlier versions ( 1101, 1099) added time since last reboot to the home screen the app now displays how long a device has been running since its last reboot on the home screen and the about screen we recommend that you reboot your device on a daily basis for the best performance ( 1101, 1094, 1088) bugs fixed an issue where animals not needed did not buzz when the cows tab was open previously, animals not needed would not buzz correctly if one or more lists was being used and if the cows tab was opened on one of the lists this issue has been resolved ( 1101, 1098) fixed daily milk totals that didn't match dairycomp 305 daily milk totals we corrected an issue where daily milk totals (item types #120 and #121) shown in were very different from the totals shown in dairycomp 305 we updated the rounding method, so now, the values shown in will be within 2 3 units from the values shown in dairycomp 305 ( 1101, 1071, 970) corrected an issue where the system recognized pending transactions that didn't exist after all transactions were erased and the app was refreshed, the system would still behave as if there were pending transactions even though none were shown this issue has been fixed ( 1101, 1096) identified and fixed a potential transaction batch data loss scenario we discovered a scenario where the transaction log would become unstable if there was a communication interruption when transactions were delivered over wifi or ethernet we have fixed this and hope that it resolves intermittent data loss issues that occur from time to time please follow the best practices when delivering transactions and do not refresh between deliveries to ensure that no transactions are lost see known issues for workaround instructions ( 1101, 1085) for android version v2209131733 (2 0 10 63 rc) build date september 13, 2022 release date september 14, 2022 enhancements support has ended for android 6 x (or lower) devices no longer supports older android os versions (6 x or lower), so please upgrade or replace your device ( 1082, 1004) phase 2 sound improvements (hospital lists and more) now includes improvements to phrases/sounds used in the english version of the app, as well as new sounds for the spoken phrases in chinese, german, russian, and spanish see change the language of sounds to see the full list of sound improvements, which include sounds for hospital lists, and to learn how to implement the updates ( 1047, 1026) added ability to immediately select protocols after you enter an event after you select an event, can immediately display a list of protocols for you to choose from to enable this feature, go to administration > settings and check the immediately select a protocol box / /resources/images/whats new/ aug22 protocols png improved numbered keypad screen on the tap entry screen, we added more space between the number keys to make it easier to use bugs fixed display error when switching between day mode and night mode previously, the system did not display the refresh status bar correctly whenever you switched between day mode and night mode the system now displays the refreshing screen correctly ( 1082, 1054) resolved app crash issue that occurred when viewing a cowcard's item tab previously, the app would crash when users opened a cowcard for an animal with no sire id, then viewed the item tab for item type #190 this issue has been resolved and the app no longer crashes ( 1082, 1084, 1077) fixed filter error that occurred while using expert batch command we fixed an issue where the expert batch command would process any animal even if the animal was on an active filtered list the error only occurred when a transaction was deleted from the transaction log while you were still using the expert batch command ( 1082, 1072) investigated and fixed various firebase crash reports several crash reports were investigated and fixed ( 1082, 1064, 1075, 1080, 1081) fixed instances where expert batch incorrectly configured ++ content we fixed an issue where the order of ++ content affected certain combinations of data input ( 1082, 1086) for android version v2207131730 (2 0 9 29 rc) build date july 13, 2022 release date july 18, 2022 enhancements can now create automatic backups every time you send transactions to dairycomp (android 11+ devices) with this enhancement, creates automatic backups before the system sends the transactions to dairycomp! if you use an android 11+ device, you can enable the allow backup of transactions option in the administration > settings tab to start using this feature ( 1069, 1061) implemented support for most item type #190 options we have added support for item type #190, which displays various types of sire table names (date type 19 item) the following options are now supported name, default, breed, stud code, ai, sexed, and stud name ( 1058, 1046) recommended replacements for item type #128 and #129 we have determined that item type #128 and #129 require a disproportionate amount of mobile support we recommend that you replace the item types if you use them for mobile processes item type #128 use item type #52 (305me) instead item type #129 use item type #49 (relv) instead ( 1069, 1051, 1053) events with protocols now include day 1 details the system now shows day 1 details and detail definitions for events ( 1069, 773) added the version number to the main home screen when you view the main home screen, the system now clearly displays the version number (in orange text) below the dairycomp version number (in yellow text) ( 1069, 1049) updated the erase transactions screen to match the rest of app to improve the consistency of 's screens and make it easier to use, we updated the erase transactions yes/no screen to match the other yes/no screens in ( 1069, 625) bugs fixed an error that affected item type #91 and lact=1 fixed a divide by zero error for the arelv item (item type #91) on the first lactation (lact=1) ( 1069, 467) system now counts events correctly even if an event occurs on the fdat we fixed an error where the system did not count events correctly if an event occurred on the fresh date (fdat) ( 1069, 801) resolved add batch and expert batch journal corruption we have identified and prevented situations where the app would crash and cause journal corruption after 200 add batch or 1000 expert batch transactions ( 1069, 1066) for android version v2206101547 (2 0 8 12 rc) build date june 10, 2022 release date june 14, 2022 enhancements added support for multiple dairycomp item types now supports the following item types ( 1058) item type #132 department of transportation (dot) id values that can be used for source farm identification ( 1056) item type #133 animal gender, determined by the reproductive codes of both dead and alive records android stores some sold or dead (rc=7) animals in its payload ( 1046) item type #144 tech number ( 1045) item type #145 tech name ( 1050) item type #173 protocol description ( 687) added support for api level 31 and 32 for android the pocket cowcard app now supports google api levels 31 and 32 ( 1058, 1043) for android version v2205111638 (2 0 7 11 rc) build date may 11, 2022 release date may 17, 2022 enhancements added support for item type #54 now supports dairycomp item type #54, substring, which is commonly used to capture event remarks ( 1047, 675) beta testing we've made beta testing more convenient! after you're done testing the app, you can smoothly revert to a production release without having to remove the beta app ( 1047, 1033) phase 1 sound improvements now includes improvements to the four core phrases/sounds used in the english version of the app, as well as new sounds for the spoken phrases in chinese, german, russian, and spanish see change the language of sounds to learn how to implement the sound improvements, including the new spoken phrases note if you don't like the new cowfound sound included in the updates, you can change it to a ping sound see change pcc sounds sounds docid 9au mkjg941hv93pfypu7 to learn more ( 1047, 1026) bug fixes add batch/expert batch an issue that occurred when you used add batch followed by expert batch has been addressed the last animal added no longer shows as a transaction ( 1047, 1024) clear row function in breeding grids the clear row function now works as expected in breeding grids ( 1047, 1025) outdated alert code we removed older messaging code to prevent an alert that was triggered for some users ( 1047, 1044) for android version v2204111607 (2 0 6 20 rc) build date april 11, 2022 release date april 12, 2022 enhancements improved android 11+ performance now installs to and runs from device storage on android 11 or 12 devices this greatly improves app performance and speed on android 11+ devices, including faster worklists and rfid scanning if you are running android 11+, you will be prompted to allow to manage all files on your device be sure to update this system setting to allow access when prompted see manually update pcc on your android device on your android device docid\ is1foioxugol5 divbmro to learn more about updating the app ( ‑999, ‑1029, 1030, 1034) new backup options on android 11+ devices android 11+ devices are now equipped with backup options to make sure your transactions are saved in case your device fails or is damaged to set your recovery options, go to settings and scroll down to the allow backup of transactions checkbox check the box and then tap recovery location to set the folder see backup pcc transactions transactions docid 0f3e2jwtzv1l8jdt z cv to learn more! ( ‑999) one time sync settings option on android 1+ devices supports a one time sync of your settings from the sd card when you upgrade the app on your android 11+ devices after the one time sync, the app retains your settings for future updates automatically tap the sync settings option then tap the copy settings button and yes to confirm a message displays to confirm the sync was successful press and hold the restart option to restart the app note if you attempt to sync the settings a second time, the app will notify you that settings files were not detected this is due to the fact that the files were already transferred from the sd card to device storage ( 1034) bug fixes reboot required after an update a reboot is no longer required after an app update on most devices we're continuing to investigate rare cases where a reboot may still be needed ( ‑1034, 1040) for android version v2203161622 (2 0 5 13 rc) build date march 16, 2022 release date march 22, 2022 enhancements improved batch numeric keypad visibility – ‑1032, ‑1027 the numeric keypad used for batch entries is now easier to see and use in direct sunlight the keypad background is dark and the numbers are white for greater contrast bug fixes pop up message yes/no button size fix – ‑1032, ‑1023, ‑1018 the yes/no buttons on pop up messages now adjust based on the device being used error on scan button for internal rfid readers – ‑1032, ‑1021 addressed issues and errors on devices with internal rfid readers, including the pac 5000 and coppernic c one2 for android version v2202151900 (2 0 4 2 rc) build date february 15, 2022 release date february 22, 2022 enhancements improved home screen navigation – ‑1014, ‑276 navigating the home screen has been improved a pop up message now appears when clicking the back button in the action bar online release note link improved – ‑1014, ‑976 the tab to the changelog has been changed so that now it links to the online release notes (since the changelog has been deprecated on the helpdesk server) you must be connected to the internet to view the online release notes users now being warned about support ending for android 6 devices – ‑1014, ‑998 we have begun the process of notifying users through the in app updater feature in that we will no longer be supporting android 6 (api level 23 or lower) devices after 8/15/2022 for android please upgrade or replace these devices going forward after august 15th, 2022 contact your support specialist for more information bug fixes the "prompt for remark y/n" option in alter\7 for protocols has been fixed – ‑1014, ‑995 the prompt was not working when set to "n" for both cows and heifers this issue has been fixed so that the remark prompt no longer appears when the alter\7 setting is set to "n" for cows or heifers fixed the following error mesage fatal exception java lang numberformatexception for input string "118 " on keypadwidget java line 183" – ‑1014, ‑996 fixed a situation in which someone would tap in a period ( ) after a number on the herd id keypad fixed sorting of the done panel – ‑1014, ‑1017 the done panel was sorting from oldest to newest scan time on worklists, instead of the correct method of sorting from newest to oldest time this issue has been fixed smaller yes no prompt on android 11 devices when using the breeding grid – ‑1014, ‑997 the small box size for this area of the app has been fixed fixed automatic numeric increment and creation of add batch commands – ‑1014, ‑1002, ‑1002 we fixed an incrementing issue for item types that are integer based in expert batch commands and fixed an issue with add batch commands not making transactions the in app updater reported some crash details – ‑1014, ‑1019, ‑1020 some issues reported in firebase from the in app updater have been fixed for android version v2201121734 (2 0 3 38 rc) build date january 12, 2022 release date january 12, 2022 enhancements the in app updater now ensures updates are not installed until unposted transactions are delivered – ‑991, ‑989 we have improved the in app updater process to check for unposted transactions before announcing any updates are available once you have delivered transactions, you will see a notification to apply an update (picture 1) a message appears when you have no pending transactions to deliver (picture 2) picture 1 picture 2 show sire id, short name, reg, and eventually semen sort when picking a sire for bred event and breeding grid – ‑991, ‑307 we have improved the search functionality for selecting sires in the bred event when using the quick pick sire selection, you will see four pieces of information (sire id, short name, iso identification, and semen type) for each service sire when searching, the filter shows the sire information as it is typed; the beginning part of the sire data item is used for the search you can search for sire id, shortname, or iso identification see examples below bug fixes abort entry on vetlist should show grey "accept" button until rpro status is selected – ‑991, ‑986 this issue has been fixed so that you cannot accept an abort event until the rpro status is selected once the rpro status is selected the "accept" button turns green wrong pen unable to pick any pen, only those with animals from the worklist – ‑991, ‑971 the pen choice prompt has been fixed so that you can choose any pen defined in the alter\4 command in dairycomp (except for pen zero) crash report for "mainactivity java line 35" – ‑991, ‑983 we have fixed some crashes reported recently by firebase no warning for hospital events in the future – ‑991, ‑948 we have fixed the app so that it now warns when a protocol event is dated after the setday date used on a refresh the app now plays the following sound warning treatment date is in the future check your systems click here to hear what this message sounds like investigated two crash errors (line 308 and line 1620) – ‑991, ‑988 we have fixed some crashes reported recently by firebase changed color or accept/cancel button font on abort event – ‑991, ‑658 the font color on the abort event has been changed to match the rest of the events item names for sir1, sir2, sir3, as well as the phrase "last sire use the name of item #25" were missing when picking up the breeding sire – ‑991, ‑690 we have fixed the labels for some of the sire items on the bred event form expert batch command form for automatic increment of a value was broken in certain syntaxes – ‑991, ‑993 we fixed the auto increment issue for items like usda inputs example 93vas0001++ for android version v2112070820 build date 12/07/21 release date 12/07/21 enhancements new in app update feature to replace current, non working process – ‑978, ‑932 we've created a new method for being notified about and downloading the latest releases, along with a link to the associated release notes other download pathways will be deprecated in the future parity support for scan device id now available – ‑978, ‑686 you can now identify your android device with a number from 0 to 250 in order to mark tasks for animals by the device used this new feature allows you to define the scan device id (scdid) "item name" under the alter\2 and server\3 areas of dairycomp then, on your android app, set a number of 1 to 250 (zero being the default) under the settings screen, as shown below important the ability to use this parity feature requires the upcoming december release of dairycomp, version 21 12 bug fixes entering a bred event from the cowcard within a vet form caused "wrong" data line in journal file – ‑978, ‑847 this issue has been fixed so that herds without defined breeding codes can enter breedings anywhere within the app where breeding entries can take place the previous release did not allow breeding to occur without a breeding code tap feature of bottom status bar unavailable on pen tab when four animals shown – ‑978, ‑920 this issue has been fixed so that the bottom navigation bar allows you to tap in an animal id when the list gets down to four animals app crashed when using vet lists – ‑978, ‑969 we fixed several lines of code related to the crash details reported in firebase please note that we have no easy way to test or replicate these changes we need to wait and see if the crash details stop reporting with the changes that have been made for android version v2111021024 build date 11/02/21 release date 11/02/21 enhancements improved identification process for 15 digit isos – ‑967, ‑966 the user experience for identifying isos that start with 0 (zero) has been enhanced bug fixes improved process for marking animals as died – ‑967, ‑797 the process for marking an animals as died when refreshing the herd with a non current setday has been improved now, users can bypass the acknowledge prompt by clicking outside of it or by using the android back button entering a bred event from the cowcard inside of the vetform caused a "wrong" data line in the journal file – ‑967, ‑847 this issue has been fixed so that herds without defined breeding codes can enter breedings anywhere within the app where breeding entries can take place russian localization issue on pen validation button – ‑967, ‑949 a display issue has been fixed that impacted the settings screen for russian localizations small yes/no button for some android versions – ‑967, ‑944 a modal screen issue has been fixed that resulted in small yes/no buttons on apk for android 11 and some android 10 units added support for item type 121 – ‑967, ‑944 we fixed the app implementation for showing weekly milk totals (wmlk1) for 4x milking schedules worklist column id view crash issue – ‑967, ‑972 an issue caused the app to crash when viewing worklists in the column id view this problem was introduced in version 2110051153 on october 5, 2021 but has now been corrected for android version v2110051153 build date 10/05/21 release date 10/05/21 enhancements improvement to new animal records creation procedure – ‑959, ‑956 the app has been improved to no longer create records of new animals found while rfid scanning in the lists and cows tabs these transactions will now be held in the server cache of dairycomp for review, as is done in the breeding grid area these changes now match more closely how windows mobile handled these types of entries we are allowing expert batch to add them to the herd, because many users have not yet migrated to add\z since that parity was added about two years ago bug fixes scan failed to recognize item #5 when posting data – ‑959, ‑955 an issue has been fixed in which the term "eid" was transmitted instead of the rfid item selected (such as "creg" or reg1") during an add/expert batch routine to add new records app crash when selecting "no" button in the "no read permission" window – ‑959, ‑961 an issue has been fixed related to app startup and the pin code feature introduced a few months ago that caused the app to crash in some instances app crash in firebase service java line 119 – ‑959, ‑958 an area of the app related to some crash recently reported by users has been fixed this area is difficult to test and our hope is that these changes have solved the problem app crash related to large worklists on certain devices running android 11– ‑959, ‑953 the part of this issue that caused the app to crash while waiting for large worklists to synchronize has been fixed previously, the delay might have led users to think that the app was not working a spinner notification now informs users that the app is working while data is being surfaced the first time after a refresh the speed issue will be addressed in a future release for now, the app should no longer crash while data is being surfaced for android version v2108241329 build date 08/24/21 release date 08/24/21 enhancements changed "ping" sound to "horn" sound for found animals – ‑950, ‑947 the "ping" sound used to announce found animals under the cows tab or when using expert batch has been changed to a "horn" sound this was done to make the sound easier to distinguish from sounds made by bt scanner the long term goal is to allow users to place their own sound file preference into the workflow bug fixes iso tags beginning with 0 (zero) failed to record properly in dairycomp – ‑950, ‑925 fixed the iso values that look like an integer of 14 digits to include a 0 at the beginning for example 032123456789012 would store as 32123456789012 and dairycomp would sometimes show it as 320123456789012 scannable rfid items display choices were changed to rfid assignable item choices – ‑950, ‑924 fixed an issue where scannable items choice were displayed instead of the assignable items choice when scanning in the app important users cannot exclude item #5 from being scanned, and it is recommended that users do not select item #4 (when it is a type #31) as an assignable or scannable item in order to maintain genomic import routine mappings and milk meter interfaces best practice is to maintain a match of each item on each side for rfid assignments for android version v2107201313 build date 07/20/2021 release date 07/20/2021 enhancements added support for turning back on pen validation from the settings menu – ‑930, ‑846 the "don't ask me again" selection for pen validation routines has been changed so that the pen validation feature can now be reset from the settings menu bug fixes fixed several issues regarding scan dates, scan times, scan methods, and pen validations when using the expert batch feature and filtering it with lists – ‑930, ‑916, ‑664, ‑765 all animals now receive pen validation prompts and scan item data inputs while scanning or tapping their ids, whether or not they are on the filtered list fixed disappearing "scan" button when dairycomp pin codes module disabled – ‑930, ‑526 an issue has been fixed in which a scan license was unable to scan when pin codes were disabled for the new pin codes feature in dairycomp fixed display of next values for expert batch command – ‑930, ‑549 an issue prevented the next value to display when using item=nnnn++ or item=nnnn on the expert batch command this issue has been fixed so that the next value now shows properly for android version v2106081933 build date 06/08/2021 release date 06/09/2021 enhancements support added for pac 5000 at higher api levels – ‑915, ‑912 with assistance from allflex, support has been added for their pac 5000 model at higher api levels please note that support for this device and its integrated reader will be deprecated in the next 12 months or so, due to the qa and development time required show eula/pp/t\&c (aka "docs") when updated – ‑915, ‑908 updated versions of the end user license agreement, privacy policy, and terms and conditions documents (also known as "docs") now display automatically without neededing to reinstall the app when future changes to these documents occur set up automatic enter key selection for imager scans – ‑915, ‑763 when using devices equipped with a data wedge feature (such as the zebra tc 52), an improvement has been made to automatically select the enter key for export/add batch commands after receiving an imager scan into the batch field for details on how to configure a zebra device to send an enter key, contact eq support the flowchart below shows how this feature is set up on a zebra tc 52 sound added to expert batch/add batch commands – ‑915, ‑913 an improvement has been made so that a "ping" sound is now emitted when a batch field is ready for input upon executing expert/add batch commands this now matches the windows mobile experience this "ping" sound also replaces the "found her" sound played under the batch and cows tabs support added for dairycomp pin codes – ‑915, ‑907, ‑906 with the move to support higher versions of android api levels, the device ids of android devices may change this can cause issues for users that want to control who can refresh their dairycomp at will if you are using “goodwill certificates” with dairycomp, you do not have to do anything more with the may 2021 release of dairycomp (version 21 5), android can now be set to use pin code permissions set in dairycomp pin codes will not affect windows mobile users; those users still need to be managed as usual to locate this feature in dairycomp, enter server\3 in the command line and select the pin codes tab you can set up various users with a numerical pin code of 1 to 999999 you can be granular to each device or not dairycomp pro users that visit your site should be given a pin code to use across several sites, as pin codes are saved per device be sure to select the option to require pin codes for using android if you want to control which users of android can refresh more information on setting up pin codes for android devices is included below in the release notes there are three levels of access for users (assuming they are on the current releases for both dairycomp and android), as well as a level for blocking access read/write user has full features, can scan with rfid, and enter data read only user can see animal data but cannot enter or send data pocket breeder user is limited to the breeding grid under the batch tab, has no access to lists, and can enter a subset of events blocked a way to stop access by a user without deleting their credentials user will be unable to refresh, and users without a matching pin code will also be unable to refresh for more information on setting pin codes, see this video https //vimeo com/553394789 input and store pin codes on refresh (for dairycomp unlimited users) – ‑915, ‑906, ‑907 dairycomp unlimited users can now control who refreshes from the dairycomp server, using a pin code in the app that's set up under the settings menu additional notes pro android users that update will need to get permission from a customer that chooses to use this feature only one pin code is stored, so users of multiple sites need to coordinate a unique 6 digit pin code that can be used at each location they visit pin code activation does not affect users of windows mobile or older versions of android those apk versions will eventually expire by default, the pin code is set to zero (0) one cannot refresh with a dairycomp server that has a pin code activated if the device pin code is set to zero (0) bug fixes fixed issue with displaying newly added breeding techs – ‑915, ‑910 an issue has been fixed in which newly added breeding technicians failed to display within the breeding grid unless the app was deleted and then reinstalled fixed issue with movement of animals between todo and done tabs – ‑915, ‑899 an issue has been fixed in which tapping an animal id within a worklist failed to move the animal from the todo tab to the done tab for android version v2105031251 build date 05/03/21 release date 05/03/21 enhancements warning for android 5 x users – ‑905, ‑874 users who install the app from an unofficial source (i e , "sideload") onto an android version 5 x device will receive a "parse error" warning message that their device is no longer supported updated end user license agreement, terms and conditions, and privacy policy – ‑905, ‑889 when installing the app, please review the latest updates to the legal documentation related to its use new pin code feature coming (for dc unlimited) – ‑905, ‑880, ‑885 a new pin code feature is being developed to allow users to control refreshes from their dairycomp server additional information about this feature will be provided in the near future for now, you can view this upcoming feature in the settings menu to use this feature with the current version of , users must have a goodwill certificate established on the vas licensing server (curtis) for their dairycomp unlimited license additional notes this feature works with the current and future version of for android, but will not function until the upcoming version of dairycomp is released (in approximately 4 6 weeks) windows mobile devices are still supported via the demo certificate pro android users that update will need to get permission from a customer that chooses to use this feature pin codes trump pro android users only one pin code is stored, so users of multiple sites need to coordinate a unique 6 digit pin code that can be used at each location they visit updated target api level for android – ‑905, ‑873, ‑898, ‑881 the api level of the app is being upgraded to support the release of the app in the google play store in the near future, this method will be used to install and support the app the previous method will be deprecated due to inefficient notifications and server instability during downloads this version of the app must be allowed access to the areas shown in the example below note that the following screen may be presented after updating the app, showing the permission allowances in this case, select continue to proceed you can review these permissions under the settings menu of your device as shown in the example below, these settings can be enabled post install note during testing, no changes were observed to the device's id on android 9 or 10 systems this may not be the case depending on the model of your device or once the app is live on the google play store bug fixes repaired crashing issue on administration screen – ‑905, ‑898 an issue caused the app to crash when tapping the about tab on the administration screen this issue was traced back to the use of pin codes in the settings and has been resolved for android version v2103191053 build date 03/19/21 release date 03/24/21 enhancements improved display of protocols on event entry – ‑887, ‑541 during event entry, protocols are now shown by display order instead of protocol number order added support for longer protocol remarks – ‑887, ‑873 you can now enter protocol remarks as long as 16 characters the previous limit was 8 characters bug fixes repaired use of multiple worklists – ‑887, ‑541 users can scan animals across multiple open worklists while not focused on the cow tab this provides a "short term" way to combine worklist actions into a single worklist for the long term note that this method is considered experimental and may not be sustainable for future versions of the app or for dairycomp mobile corrected error when scanning with an open prompt – ‑887, ‑861 an error occurred within the breeding grid when rfid scanning while a system prompt was open this issue has been resolved however, it is still best practice to not scan while a system prompt is open or when inputting data for android version v2102091450 build date 02/09/21 release date 02/09/21 enhancements improved animal scanning speed with worklists – 878, 868 the time it takes to process an animal in a worklist has once again been improved (down from 100 to 35 milliseconds), allowing you to scan more animals in less time with fewer app crashes updated version of firebase in the app – ‑878, ‑859 the version of firebase used by the app has been updated from a version previously deprecated by google updated end user license agreement (eula) for the app – ‑878, ‑866 a revision has been made to the eula as of january 11th, 2021 show all "day details" on the hospital form – ‑878, ‑464 the "day" field on the hospital form now shows details on event protocols that have designated day details defined after the treatment days of a protocol are complete pocket cowcard app file available through dairycomp web updater – ‑871 users who are downloading/installing the app from an unofficial source (i e , "sideloading") can find the latest version of the app after performing an update to dairycomp from the web updater the file name is android apk and is located in the dairycomp\axim or dc\axim folder see update dc305 to the latest release docid\ ebeqsmccwmoq 6dbm5x7v to learn more for android version 2012231001 build date 12/23/20 release date 01/05/21 enhancements end of life for android 5 x devices coming in march! – 862, 848 support for android 5 x devices will end on march 19th, 2021, and this release includes a notification that your devices should be running android operating system 7 x to 11 x before that date be sure to upgrade or replace your devices before march 19th! improved scanning speed with worklists – ‑862, ‑856 the app now processes scans more quickly (down to 100ms from 300ms), allowing you scan more animals in less time and with fewer app crashes increased battery life with worklists – ‑862, ‑860 the app now requires less battery power while processing worklists as part of our effort to improve scanning speeds, we also made code enhancements that increase battery life and boost app stability bug fixes scanning issues with unanswered pen validation prompt – ‑862, ‑853 repaired unexpected crashes that occurred when continuing to scan animals while the “wrong pen” prompt remained unanswered vas recommends responding to any screen prompts before proceeding to the next rfid scan for android version 2011161600 build date 11/16/20 release date 11/17/20 enhancements android 11 support – ‑845, ‑852 android now supports devices running the android 11 operating system bug fixes scanning issues in latest version – ‑840, ‑852 repaired unexpected crashes that occurred while scanning animals in the previous android app version released on october 6th, 2020 (v2010021354) for release notes prior to august 2020, please see the pocket cowcard release notes archive https //web vas com/blog/category/updates/pocket cow card updates/ on the vas website