Animals injected with a Digitail™ Tag may be associated to an animal record in Study.
- Pre-requisites in Study:
- Animal record in Study: A Digitail tagged animal may only be associated to an animal record which has an associated cage in Study. To do this access your Study web interface in a browser on your computer and follow the Create animal record and caging an animal process as in your Study User Guide.
- You may also choose to provide an animal with a Visual ID, where applicable, for ease of identification.
- Permission to Access Cage and Update animal record: You may only update an animal record with a Digitail tag if you have permission to update the record based on your rights to a Study or on your role in the organization. User rights are managed in Study by the Study Principle Investigator and Study Creator. User rights based on Role are managed in Study by the Study Administrator.
- Tap the Associate Tag button on the Home Screen or in the Left Navigation Menu on any screen
- Locate the animal record: Tap the enter Cage ID field to use the virtual keyboard to enter the cage in which the animal is being housed.
Figure: Find animal with Cage Id / Name
Tap Spacebar on the virtual keyboard to leave the field blank to view a list of all accessible cages.
- Select the Cage: Tap the Cage ID from the displayed list of Cages.
- To Scroll through a displayed list, swipe up or down on the list
- Select the animal to be Tagged: Tap to select the animal from the displayed list of animals.
To Scroll through a displayed list, swipe up or down on the list- Animals which have associated Digitail tags are indicated with a check mark in the Tagged column
- Animals which do not have Visual Identifiers will be displayed with a blank value in the Visual Identifier column
Figure: List of animals to Associate Tag
- Review the animal Details: The animal Details screen displays the details captured in Study for the selected animal.
Confirm the correct animal has been selected by viewing the animal details and Tap on the Associate tag button to move to the next step of the Associate Tag process
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On Screen Actions (Tap) |
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Back Arrow |
Returns you to the Select animal Screen (Animal List) if you choose to select a different animal to tag |
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2 |
Tabs: General, Genetics, Location, Study |
Additional details of the animal. |
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Associate Tag |
Confirms the selected animal record for tag association and moves to the next step of the Associate Tag process |
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Step Number (Display Only) |
Indicates the Step number of the Associate Tag process |
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Digitail Tag™ |
Displays the Digitail™ tag value (TID) when associated |
Table 4: Associate Tab Screen Actions
Figure: Animal Details in Associate Tag Screen
- Scan the animal (tag) on the Ai.Read
When the screen displays Scan Digitail Tag™ use the connected Ai.Read to Scan the animal (tag). The Reader will capture and transfer tag details to the Connect on detection of the Tag.
Figure: Scan animal (Digitail™) to Associate Tag
On successful scan of the Digitail Tag in the animal the screen will display a Success Screen.
Tap on your preferred action button to move to Complete the Associate Tag process or Tag Another animal
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On Screen Actions (Tap) |
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New animal – same cage |
Takes you to the Select animal Screen (Animal List) of the same cage to select a different animal to tag |
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New animal – different cage |
Takes you to the Find Cage Screen to find and select a different cage and animal to tag |
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Done |
Takes you back to the Home Screen |
Table: On Screen Actions on successful tag association
If Connect detects the scanned animal to be associated with another animal record the user will be shown an Error Screen. Tap OK to return to the Scan Animal Screen and scan another animal without a registered Digitail™ tag.
Figure: Error Notification - Tag already associated
Associating an additional Digitail™ to an animal record
To associate an additional Digitail™ to an animal record, select (Tap) an animal with an existing Digitail™ tag (indicated with a check mark in the Tagged Column)
Tap Yes when prompted to confirm your selection of the animal or No to cancel
Figure: Notification Already Associated
