The per-nozzle grade: a DB5 at every position, cycles that can be changed remotely, and a history of what each nozzle actually did.
TargetSoak Advanced replaces the DB3 line with DB5 Precision Soakers, one per nozzle position, and keeps the Mini-C Plus above them. Each DB5 runs its own cycle and reports its own status, so the system stops reasoning about a feed alley and starts reasoning about a nozzle.
That resolution changes what can be tuned. A single cycle can be adjusted remotely without walking the rail, a nozzle that under-delivers shows up as a nozzle rather than as a wet patch, and operating history is held per unit — which is also how a blocked filter is found before the cows find it.
It is an upgrade, not a rebuild. Going from Standard means replacing DB3 with DB5; the Mini-C Plus, the wiring concept, the cameras and the vision recognition all stay. The two systems can still alternate with FanPilot, and the climate inputs still gate the line.
And because each nozzle now has a coverage area of its own, vision control can be applied inside that area once LyingLogix and cameras are added — the only soaking grade where the vision layer can act at nozzle resolution.
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The controller and the rail stay. The field units change from one DB3 per 1.5 m to one DB5 per nozzle, which is where the extra resolution comes from.
The controller at the centre of this grade. It holds the ventilation strategy for every zone, reads the environmental inputs and coordinates the fan groups. Six module slots take the VFD module and whichever input modules the barn needs.
The plug-in board that puts the controller on a CAN bus — two lines out, for the terminals that take their commands over CAN rather than over Modbus or a 0–10 V pair. At this grade it is what gives each DB terminal its own channel back to the controller.
Each DB5 runs its own soaking cycle and reports its own status and operating history. Where a DB3 works as a node on a circuit, a DB5 works as a device: commanded on its own, read on its own, and recorded on its own.
Temperature, humidity, THI, light, indoor/outdoor pressure difference, water pressure — and whatever else the barn needs through the module slots. Sensors are supplied as required: the controller can run on its built-in readings alone, or on several external inputs at once, and a single strategy can weigh more than one at a time.
The uplink that puts the barn on the farm network. Multi-WAN and gigabit, on a DIN rail, so the platform can reach the controller and keep reaching it when one WAN drops. Without it the system still runs locally — it just stops being remote.
The upgrade from Standard is a field-unit swap, not a rebuild. Everything above the rail stays, and everything that was learned about the barn stays with it.
Learning from its own history, and from the animals — with the panel always able to take over.
At this grade every nozzle reports back, so the system keeps a per-nozzle record of what it asked for and what actually happened. It reads that history and moves the strategy itself — cycles and weights shift without anyone editing a schedule.
Presence and intake data from LyingLogix and NutriTrack enter the same loop, so soaking is driven by what the animals are doing, not only by the clock. Every adjustment is logged, and any of them can be taken over by hand from the panel.
The same two feed alleys, drawn per nozzle: every position on the rail is a DB5 with its own address, so the line can be run in sections rather than as one circuit.
Example layoutThis drawing is an example. Its basic conditions come from Live Barn and it is not an actual dairy barn — it shows how a layout is put together and must not be used as a configuration reference for any real project.Talk to us and we will prepare a solution for your barn
Four things become possible once a nozzle is a device rather than a position on a circuit — and every one of them is about being able to prove what happened.
A nozzle at the end of the line can run a different cycle from the one in the middle, and be switched off during service without taking the whole alley out.
Every DB5 reports what it did. Under-delivery, a blocked nozzle or a valve that stays open shows up as a device, not as a guess.
Individual soaking cycles can be changed from the platform. No ladder against the rail, no keypad in the dark, no site visit for a timing change.
With LyingLogix and cameras, each nozzle can be controlled inside its own coverage area — the only soaking grade where the vision layer can act at nozzle resolution.
Two part numbers define this grade, and one of them is already installed if you are upgrading from Standard.
Tell us how many nozzles the alleys carry and what is on the rail today. We will come back with the DB5 count, the swap sequence so the barn keeps soaking through the change, and what per-nozzle history would let you prove afterwards.
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