PrimePulse
Although PrimePulse (formerly PigPulse) was originally developed for use in the Pig industry, it may be used with data sourced from any industry. In fact one of the key benefits of PrimePulse is its ability to collate data from multiple “unknown” sources. For example Pig Producers can use PrimePulse to analyse data captured in computer herd recording programs or on farm weather stations, or Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets recording stock exchange share prices.
The beauty of PrimePulse is that it is generic and that the user interface is dynamic and determined by the contents of the data files it imports. So if your data file contains measurements of “Biscuit Weight” then PrimePulse will present “Biscuit Weight” in its menu system.
The other key strength of PrimePulse is that the user interface is very flexible and designed for multi-tasking, which lends itself to automation. PrimePulse can be configured to load a project, automatically update data files, process SPC analysis, and filter these SPC results to identify significant changes within given time bounds.
So when you view the “Pig” examples used to explain PrimePulse features elsewhere on this site, it is important to realise that the “Pig Traits” given eg “Average pigs born per litter” could be any trait, eg BHP average weekly share price, Average daily student attendance, or average daily soil temperature, Percentage pasture cover, Average staff absenteeism, Total weekly newspaper sales, Closing inventory of Beer Cartons.
So what is a Trait?
PrimePulse uses Trait Names as labels to describe the characteristic being measured in a series of successive samples drawn from the Production / Enterprise process over a period of time. These samples may be counts, averages or percentages, and samples may be formed at variable frequencies (eg daily or weekly).
The following graph (click to enlarge) shows how PrimePulse could look if “non – pig data” was analysed:
So how do you get your current data into PrimePulse? You may manually enter it into PrimePulse or you can import data files. PrimePulse uses a very simple CSV data structure.
To Trial PrimePulse with your data:
- Download the free data entry program (and or the PrimePulse data file specification documentation).
- E-mail SmartDATA to gain a password that allows your entry into the SmartDATA Site.
- Upload your data to the SmartDATA website.
- Download and install the PrimePulse Viewer program.
- Download your PrimePulse Project to view your results – allow a few days to process.
Please send me a username and password so I can log into SmartDATA.
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