1. Open the Equitrace App
2. Notifications
Choose Yes or No: Caution if you choose not to receive notifications, you will be able to use the App, but you will not get alerts when treatments are due or have been missed, vaccinations reminders, or when a horse is scanned on a different farm. Once they are authorised, you will be able to choose which alerts you receive. If you choose Yes, please also press Allow on the pop-up that appears.
3. Location
In order to be able to generate complete movement records of horses in the system, please choose Yes to allow location. When a pop-up appears, please choose Allow whilst using App.
4. Enter Farm Name Accurately
Enter the farm or business name accurately. If you are applying to join a farm which has already been registered, the subscription holder will receive a notification of your username when you enter it and will be able to authorise your access.
5. Choose a Username
Choose a username be aware that everyone on the subscription will see this name when you make notes etc.
6. Password
Make sure you can remember your password or record it securely. Passwords can be reset via text message (see next screen). You will need your password if you wish to protect data from a third party with access to your personal phone or if you lose or change your phone.
7. Set-up screen
On Set up Screen (which is also available later in the App) you can choose:
- Treatment due Notifications—If these are on you will to receive notification ten minutes before a treatment is due.
- TreatmentsMissed—If these are on you will receive a notification at the time of your choosing after a treatment has been missed.
- Temperature Units—this is only relevant if you are using a Bio-Thermo microchip. The Bio-Thermo chips can measure temperature in either centigrade or Fahrenheit simply choose the unit you prefer.
- Location—The App will allow you to search for animals by age definition e.g. Yearling. Specifying which hemisphere you are located in will ensure that the App correctly identifies these.
- Protect Data Searches—Protect data if selected this means that you will have to enter your password or use touch ID/face ID within the App to search for horses and see their data. Without this anyone can look at data on the App but only if they have your phone. Use Face ID this protects your data if this is not on then you will have to enter your password to search for horses data each time.
- Optional Password Retrieval—to receive a text message that will allow you to reset your password enter your cell phone number here. If you forget your password in the future you will be able to change your password and regain access. This can be difficult to do if you do not enter your cell at this point. Your cell phone number is stored encrypted solely to allow you to recover your account/password. It is not accessible to either EquiTrace employees or any third parties.
8. Disclaimer
Please read the disclaimer carefully and decide if you agree to the terms in it. If you choose cancel you will not have access to the App.
9. Subscription Information
You will then have to wait until the subscription holder authorises you to use the system from the message sent to their phone.
