What is Prokis?
Prokis stands for “Programmable Automatic Poultry House Climate Control System“. It’s a product developed to meet the needs of the poultry farming sector, which includes both cage-type and free-range poultry houses. As with all our products, we’ve followed the same principle with Prokis: simple hardware, powerful software, and an easy interface. Essentially, Prokis is designed to bring the air inside the poultry house to the desired conditions in the fastest, most economical, and most efficient way. While doing this, Prokis can manage the system entirely according to its own algorithm, and it also has the flexibility to easily integrate different algorithms developed as a result of user experience.
Although Prokis is climate control-based software, it is also essentially a poultry farm control system that manages various elements such as feeding, feed consumption, water consumption, electricity consumption, and lighting control.
Prokis on All Platforms!
Thanks to the modem included in Prokis and the Wi-Fi range extenders to be placed in the field, you can access, control, monitor, and manage the system from your smartphone, tablet, and personal/office computer via the local network created in the farm area.
Similarly, if the remote access option is activated and a SIM card is inserted into the modem in Prokis, you can access, control, monitor, and manage Prokis from anywhere in the world via the internet using the same platforms.
Prokis General Overview?
The Prokis system consists of two main components: a DDC (Direct Digital Control) panel and an MCC (Motor Control Center) panel.
The aim of this design is to group high-current components in the MCC panel, while low-current components such as sensors, PCB boards, and PLCs are grouped in the DDC panel. This eliminates interference with sensor values and disruptive magnetic field effects on PLCs, displays, and PCB boards caused by high-current components affecting low-current components.
In the standard design, the touchscreen used to control the system is only located on the DDC (Prokis) panel. If requested, touchscreens can be placed on both the DDC (Prokis) and MCC panels.
Distributed I/O Technologies
The PLC and its auxiliary modules are placed between the MCC and DDC (Prokis) panels using Distributed I/O technology.
The main CPU and RTD PT100 module are located inside the DDC (Prokis) panel. Other digital inputs and outputs are located inside the MCC panel. Information exchange between the input/output modules in the MCC panel and the CPU in the DDC (Prokis) panel is carried out via the INTERFACE module inside the MCC panel.
Who's coming to the DDC (Prokis) panel from the field?
PT100 Temperature Sensor Cables
Humidity Sensor Cables
Alarm-Warning-System Operation Indicator Cables
Pressure Sensor Cables
Water Meter Pulse Cables
No Water Flow Alarm Cable
Silo Loadcell Cables
Backup Security System Temperature Sensor Cables
Range Extender Wifi Module Cables
Feed Cart Forward-Reverse Signal Cables
Who came to the MCC board from the field?
Fan Motor Power Cables
Damper Motor Power Cables
Damper On/Off Switch Cables
Pad Pump Power Cables
Air Inlet Motor Power Cables
Air Inlet On/Off Switch Cables
Chimney Fan Motor Power Cables
Circulation Fan Power Cables
Lighting Line Power Cables
DDC (Prokis) Panel
Limitations of the Prokis System
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- 60 Tunnel Fans
10 Dampers
10 Pad Pumps
1 Chimney Fan Outlet
1 Chimney Fan Cover Outlet
1 Chimney Fan Speed Control Outlet
1 Air Inlet Outlet
3 Heater Outlets
1 Circulation Fan Outlet
8 Temperature Sensors if PT100 Temperature Sensor is selected
15 Temperature Sensors if Wifi Temperature Sensor is selected
1 Internal Humidity Sensor
1 External Humidity Sensor
1 Pressure Sensor
4 Silo Monitoring Sensors
3 Feed Cart Outlets
10 Water Meter Pulse Inputs
- 60 Tunnel Fans
Advantages of the Prokis System
1) Multiple Method Selectability
Prokis offers three control methods for each of the following: Fan Control Method, Damper Control Method, and Minimum Ventilation Control Method. You can choose the method that best suits your system. These are:
Fan Control Methods
Classic Control Method
Linear Control Method
PID Control Method
Damper Control Methods
Classic Control Method
Tunnel Control Method
Pressure Control Method
Minimum Ventilation Control Methods
Classic Control Method
Weight Control Method
Volume Control Method
You can review the user manual for the working principles of the methods.
2) Interchangeability of PLC Input/Output Ports
In this system, the elements connected to the inputs and outputs can be defined via the screen, and the outputs can be rearranged without changing the cable connections. For example, a fan connected to output Q2.5, currently in position 10, can be moved to position 1 if desired. All that needs to be done is to change the number assignment from 10 to 1. The same applies to other outputs such as dampers and pad pumps. Furthermore, if one of the PLC’s inputs or outputs fails, the cable can be reconnected to an available input or output and redefined via the screen settings. This minimizes both time and financial losses associated with PLC replacement and extra service.
3) Compliance with Minimum Installation Cabling Requirements
If the MCC board is placed at the back of the poultry house where the tunnel fans are located, instead of at the front of the house along with the DDC (Prokis) board, as shown in the image above, the number of motor cables from all the tunnel fans to the MCC board will be minimized, providing a significant advantage in terms of both cable and labor costs.
Since there is only one Ethernet cable and one 4×0.75 TTR cable between the MCC board and the DDC (Prokis) board, it is quite easy to place one at the front and one at the back. Furthermore, the distance of the MCC board from the screen is not a disadvantage because the same operations can be performed from anywhere in the poultry house using a smartphone or tablet via the touchscreen on the DDC (Prokis) board.
4) Accessibility to Prokis from All Platforms
The Prokis application can be used on Android and iOS phones and tablets. It also runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. The advantage is that the interface is completely identical across all platforms. Prokis can be accessed from these platforms either locally or over the internet, provided the necessary settings are configured.
5) Unlimited Data Backup and Access to Past Data
The system records all data generated during its operation into the SERVER PC to enable analysis that enhances both security and efficiency. Temperature and humidity values are recorded every 5 minutes, and alarms and warnings are recorded as they occur. Consumption data is also continuously recorded daily. In the parameter logs section, the system records which user changed which parameter and when.
6) It has its own UPS system.
Prokis has two 12V/12Ah batteries within its structure. This allows it to operate the alarms and control system for a certain period (40-45 minutes) in the event of a power outage. If the damper motors are 24VDC, the UPS system in Prokis can also open the designated dampers in the event of a power outage, thus delaying the effect of heat on the animals inside for a while.
7) Prokis pano içerisinde ve kümes içerisinde yedek ek güvenlik sağlayan sıcaklık sensörleri bulunmaktadır.
Sistemde bir adet sıcaklık sensörü ile ölçüm yapan harici bir güvenlik sistemi bulunmaktadır. Bu sistemin ölçtüğü sıcaklık değeri belirlenen üst sınırı aştığında bir çıkışından belirlenen sayıda fanı çalıştırırken, diğer çıkışından da belirlenen sayıda klapeyi açar. Böylece sistem için ikincil bir güvenlik düzeyinde önlem alınmış olur.
8) Logging point temperature data within the poultry house.
When a user needs to temporarily measure temperature values in certain areas of the poultry house where Prokis’s temperature sensors are not available to control the system, they can place a separate “Wifi temperature sensor” module at the relevant point and activate it from the logging area in the Prokis application, enabling temporary logging under desired conditions. This allows for better analysis of animal behavior or air movement observations in that area.
9) The user manual should be embedded in the application.
On all pages in the application, clicking the info icon in the upper right corner displays a user manual explaining the function of that page’s content. In this way, a complete user manual is embedded in the application in parts, making it viewable whenever needed.
10) The system includes an external alarm that the user can define.
The system has one external alarm input. The user can trigger an alarm for situations not present by default in the system by sending a signal to this external alarm input. On the “ALARM SETTINGS” page, the user can enter and save a list of situations in which external alarms are triggered.
11) Realistic mapping of control elements
A precise map of the poultry house’s rear wall fans is created by clicking on the “question mark” icons, and the map is confirmed by clicking the “Confirm Map” button. This accurate mapping and the assignment of feature and output numbers via the map can be done not only for tunnel fans, but also for dampers, pad pumps, heat sensors, chimney fans, heaters, and silos.