Allflex Minda Live Protrack Software Owner’s Manual

: June 3, 2024
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Allflex Minda Live Protrack Software Owner’s Manual

Instructions on how to import a group from MINDA® LIVE into Protrack® Draft

These instructions are for Protrack Draft systems that can no longer use MINDApro.

They cover

How to export a group from MINDA® LIVE,
How to extract the files you need, and
How to import the group into your Protrack Draft system.

You will need

MINDA® LIVE login details
A desktop computer with internet access.
These instructions assume you are using your Windows 7 office PC.
A USB flash drive

Instructions

Export a group from MINDA® LIVE

Login to MINDA® at www.minda.co.nz
From the Dashboard, click the Herd Management tile.
Click the Groups tab. A list of all your groups will be displayed.
For the group you wish to export, click on the Actions drop down on the right hand side and then click Export.
A zip file will be downloaded to your computer. The file will be named ‘Group Name_export.zip’ where ‘Group Name’ is the name of the group you exported. For example, ‘2015 Born Animals_export.zip’.
NOTE: The file will usually be downloaded and saved to the Downloads folder on your computer.

Extract the required files
The downloaded zip file contains multiple files that must be extracted and saved to a USB flash drive before the group can be imported into Protrack® Draft.
Locate the zip file you downloaded.
Right click on the file and select Extract All.
The Extract Compressed (Zipped) folders dialog opens. Select the destination, ensure Show extracted files when complete is ticked to and then click Extract.
A new window opens that shows the newly extracted files. The required files are the ones starting with AL1 and AL3. For example, AL1_2015 Born Animals.txt and AL3_2015 Born Animals.txt are shown below.
Copy both the AL1 file and the AL3 file to your USB flash drive. Make sure to copy them to the top level of the USB flash drive, not a sub-folder.
NOTE: Protrack will not be able to import the files if they are in a sub- folder.
Import the files into your Protrack Draft system
Now the AL1 and AL3 files are saved on a USB flash drive they are ready to be imported into Protrack® Draft.
NOTE: The AL3 file should be imported first and then the steps repeated to import the AL1 file.
Insert the USB flash drive that holds the AL1 and AL3 files into your Protrack® Touch PC.
On the Protrack® Touch PC, tap the Menu button on the main screen.
From the menu tap Import AL1 or AL3 format records.
Select Browse, choose the drive that corresponds to your USB flash drive and tap Ok.
Double tap the AL3 file to select it and then tap the Open button.
Tap the Import button.
Once the AL3 file has been imported you will see a confirmation prompt on the screen similar to that shown below.

Added: Cow numbers that did not exist in Protrack were added.
Updated: Cow numbers that already existed in Protrack were updated.

Tap Ok to dismiss the confirmation.
Repeat the above steps to import the AL1 file.
If a warning message is displayed (see below), the file you attempted to import was of the wrong type.

NOTE: If you require any assistance please call 0800 542 288

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