Pointers on using the Grouping feature.

The grouping feature is accessed through the inventory screen. On the top left of the inventory screen is the grouping control button. You access by pressing the button or sliding the screen to the right. 

From there you can select any group you want to manage. A selected group is highlighted blue. A tool bar will also appear on the bottom of the screen  just above the tab bar. 

You will be able to “Manage” the group or “Service” one or more groups. 

 

Managing a group is the process of selecting which animals will be included in the group. You can add, remove, delete or move selected animals to another group.  You can edit a group or add a new one by pressing the blue arrow. This works much like the animal entry screen.  Any animal can belong to as many groups as needed. So a Dam may be in a Cow/Calf groups and a herd group.

Servicing a group or groups is the process of working with a specified set of animals.  You can tell you are working with a group by the highlighted group button. To stop using the group and go back to the main inventory, press the group control button once. It will change back to the normal non-blue highlight. 

 

There is a you tube video demonstrating the feature on the www.iCattleMgrPro.com web site. 

 

So for herds you would basically select all the animals included in the herd. 

Pairs may be set up by creating a group with a name or ID of the Dam, and you would include the calf(s) as needed. 

You may also want to create a group for the Dam with all its offspring. this will give you a set that may be used to keep track of the Dams productivity over time. 

 

When loading the Gender Reference the app crashes

The Gender reference table seems to have trouble loading.

Here is the work around.

 

1. Goto the Files screen.

2. Select the Gender.csv file

3. Click the delete button

4. Exit iCattleMgr, also clear the application cahe (double click home button) press and hold the iCattleMgr icon

5. Click the x

6. restart iCattleMgr

7. Goto System, Reference, then Press Gender

8 It Should load and have a 10 next to it. 

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The “Add Animal” tab disappeared Help!

When you edit the More tab there are times when screens seem to disappear. Usually they can be found in the “More” tab when you press edit in the upper right of the screen. If you still can’t find it there is an option on the “System” screen that allows you to re-set the tabs.

Just press the “Reset Tabs” button, exit and clear the app from the cache and relaunch.

Demo of the process on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/rageorge22/videos?view=0

Is My Data Secure?

Is My Data Secure?

iCattleMgrPro, iLivestockMgr, iPastureMgr & iCattleMgr use Apple iCloud technology. What this means to you is that…

Data Security

iCloud secures your data by encrypting it when it is sent over the Internet, storing it in an encrypted format when kept the on server (review the table below for detail), and using secure tokens for authentication. This means that your data is protected from unauthorized access both while it is being transmitted to your devices and when it is stored in the cloud. iCloud uses a minimum of 128-bit AES encryption – the same level of security employed by major financial institutions – and never provides encryption keys to any third parties.

Security and iCloud Features

The table below summarizes how your data is secured when using various iCloud features:

	Encryption
Data	In transit	On server	Notes
Calendars	Yes	Yes	A minimum of 128-bit AES encryption
Contacts	Yes	Yes
Bookmarks	Yes	Yes
Reminders	Yes	Yes
Photo Stream	Yes	Yes
Documents in the Cloud	Yes	Yes
Backup	Yes	Yes
Find My iPhone	Yes	Yes
Find My Friends	Yes	Yes
iCloud.com	Yes	N/A	All sessions at iCloud.com are encrypted with SSL. Any data accessed via iCloud.com is encrypted on server as indicated in this table.
Back to My Mac	Yes	N/A	Back to My Mac does not store data on iCloud. Data retrieved from other computers is encrypted with SSL while in transit.
iTunes in the Cloud	Yes	N/A	Purchased or matched music files are not encrypted on server because they do not contain any personal information
Mail and Notes	Yes	No	All traffic between your devices and iCloud Mail and Notes is encrypted with SSL. Consistent with standard industry practice, iCloud does not encrypt data stored on IMAP mail servers. All Apple email clients support optional S/MIME encryption.

What this means is that, security is managed by apple, you don’t need to buy anything like a server or have to trust a third party vendor to secure and host/store it. Its managed the same as ANY Apple application and handled with the same standard as financial information. There is no registration required with iSimpleTypeApp, no password and no account.  The data is yours and no one has access to it unless you choose send it or share your iCloud account.

iLivestockMgr and iCattleMgrPro also use Apple’s core database technology. Through a sophisticated replication process similar to photo stream, your data in its complete form lies only on your devices. Core data, employs logging to  record the transactions (one by one) and then manages sending the logs to each device.

Another feature of the advanced apps (iCattleMgrPro, iLivestockMgr, etc) is the ability to function without the internet, so when there is no internet connectivity out on the ranch you can continue to use the app and when you are back to civilization you automatically catch up. You can add a new device at any time and it will automatically catch up with everything else.

I just got your app and its not syncing. Help!

Just to be sure we are on the same page, we have four applications for livestock management.

1. iCattleMgr  - This app records basic information and animal event data.

2. iCattleMgrPro  – This and iLivestockMgr are much more robust applications, they utilize iCloud to share data across devices in near real time.

3. iLivestockMgr  – The difference between currently is cosmetic, however as the application evolve this one will facilitate multi species data.

4. iPastureMgr  – This in included in iLivestockMgr and iCattleMgrPro as a module, but is offered as a separate module for those that only need pasture management.

If you really want the data replicated you need iCattleMgrPro or iLivestockMgr. If you have purchased iCattleMgr and want iCattleMgrPro, iTunes will issue a refund. See iTunes for details.

Sharing is as simple as setting up iCloud and then installing the software (one at a time) on your devices.

We are using an example of an iPad and an iPhone. But any two devices will do.

See this for instructions on getting iCloud setup http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/ios.html.

1. Every device will need connectivity to the internet, cellular or WiFi is fine.

2. Make sure you turn on Document Sharing the iCloud setup.

3. Each Device will need to use the same iCloud Account.

Note after you get your iPad up and running with the cloud, that message about being in “Fallback Mode” will stop and the import should begin.

Make sure you get the iPad completely setup before moving to the iPhone.

You should be able to do the same with the iPhone (No need to re-migrate the iCattleMgr data if you have done this) and the data will start syncing on both.

Be patient and let everything settle, it may take a minute or two.

Make sure you get the iPad completely setup before moving to the iPhone.

For more information about our products visit http://www.iCattleMgrPro.com and check out the FAQ area.

If iCattleMgr is what you have and wish to use, you can move the database from one device to another, however this requires the devices to be connected to iTunes on your desktop.

See the backup/restore documentation also found on the  www.iCattleMgrPro.com site.