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Guides & FAQ

Everything you need to set up and run Flockarewe — step by step.

Getting started

Open the dashboard▾
  1. Click Log in and enter your farm password.
  2. Your workspace holds your animals, paddocks and alerts — all private to your farm.
  3. You'll land on the Dashboard. That's your control centre.
Add your first animal▾
  1. On the Dashboard, open the “Add a tag / tracker” button.
  2. Enter the Device ID — the devEui printed on the LoRa ear tag or collar (or supplied with your hardware).
  3. Give it a Name (e.g. “Heifer 042”), and optionally a Paddock and tag/management number.
  4. Click Add tag. It appears under “Tracked animals”, where all its controls live.
Add a whole mob at once (CSV import)▾
  1. Under “Add a tag / tracker”, click Bulk import (CSV).
  2. Paste one animal per line in the format: device_id, name, paddock, radius_m, tag_no (only device_id is required).
  3. Click Import tags. Duplicates are skipped automatically.

Connecting your network

Point ChirpStack at Flockarewe▾
  1. On the Dashboard, copy your LoRa webhook URL.
  2. In ChirpStack → Applications → Integrations → HTTP, paste it as the endpoint. Your gateways then forward every uplink.
  3. An animal auto-registers the first time an uplink arrives, so you don't have to add it manually first. Details on the How it works page.
What hardware works?▾
  1. LoRa ear tags and GNSS/4G collars all report to the same dashboard. LoRa devices report via your gateways; 4G collars report over the mobile network.
  2. Mixing or switching hardware later needs no changes on your side; the webhook stays the same.

Paddocks & the map

Draw a paddock geofence▾
  1. On an animal's card, click Geofence.
  2. Click a point on the map to drop the paddock centre, then set a radius in metres.
  3. Click Save. From now on you'll get an out-of-paddock alert whenever that animal strays past the line.
  4. Reuse a paddock across mobs by saving it as a reusable zone in the Sites panel.
Read the live map▾
  1. The map auto-zooms to your animals once they report a position.
  2. Each animal shows as a pin; click it to see its name. The selected animal's paddock shows as a green circle.

Managing animals

Edit an animal's details▾
  1. On an animal's card, click Edit.
  2. Fill in tag/management number, breed, value, notes and status.
  3. Click Save. Details like tag number and value are handy for records and insurance.
Record an animal's status▾
  1. Use the status controls on the card to mark where an animal is — in paddock, yarded, on agistment, sold or lost.
  2. This keeps an accurate, up-to-date picture of the whole mob.

Alerts

Get alerts by email & push▾
  1. On the Dashboard, enter an address in “Alert email” and click Save settings.
  2. You'll be notified — by email and app push — when an animal leaves its paddock, the mob scatters, an animal goes quiet, or a tag runs low on battery.
Quiet by day, alert at night▾
  1. Tick “Only alert outside working hours”, set your hours, and Save settings.
  2. Flockarewe then stays quiet during normal daytime grazing and flags night-time movement — the higher-risk signal. Shep still breaks through for genuine emergencies.

Strays & welfare

Flag an animal as at-risk▾
  1. On an animal's card, click Stolen / at-risk. This tightens the movement thresholds so you catch the smallest signal.
  2. Click Unflag once it's safely home.
Share a live location▾
  1. On an animal's card, click Share. Flockarewe creates a public live-tracking link.
  2. Send it to a neighbour, contractor or the police to help recover a strayed or stolen animal — no login needed.
  3. The link updates automatically and can be revoked at any time.
Ask Shep▾
  1. Open Ask Shep on the dashboard and ask things like “which animals haven't moved today?” or “is anything out of its paddock?”.
  2. Shep reads your live data and answers in plain English.

Frequently asked

Do I need mobile signal for LoRa tags?▾

No. LoRa ear tags and collars report to your own gateways, which cover paddocks, hills and valleys with no mobile signal and no SIM. Only 4G collars use the mobile network.

How accurate is the location?▾

GNSS and 4G collars give a precise GPS fix. LoRa ear tags are located by which gateways hear them — a paddock-level position, ideal for 'is this animal where it should be?'.

How often does an animal report?▾

It's configurable per device — reporting more often uses more battery. Ear tags typically report periodically and last months to years on a coin cell; collars report more frequently.

Can I separate different farms or mobs?▾

Yes. Each workspace is fully isolated with its own animals, paddocks, alerts and webhook URL.

Who can see my data?▾

Only people with your farm login. Every animal, location and alert is behind sign-in.

What happens when a tag's battery is low?▾

If the device reports battery level, Flockarewe stores it, shows it on the animal's card, and raises a low-battery alert under 20% — so you can swap it before you lose track.

How do I stop a shared link working?▾

Open the animal's Share button again to manage it — the public link can be revoked at any time, instantly cutting off access.

How do I connect my LoRa network?▾

Point ChirpStack's HTTP integration at your Flockarewe LoRa webhook and claim each devEui to an animal. Full walkthrough on the How it works page.

Still stuck, or want a feature?

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