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HOTSTOCK is the collective name for HOTGROUP's range of products for livestock and animals habituated to humans. This list is very long and usually include the following list at least; cattle, sheep, goats, horses and dogs.

The HOTSTOCK product range is designed for risk management and can be categorised as follows:

  • Dummy products:
  • Visibility products:
  • Monitoring products:
  • Tracking products:
  • Fencing products:

And combinations thereof: 

  • Monitoring & tracking products.
  • Visibility, monitoring & tracking products.
  • Fencing, visibility, monitoring & tracking products.

Here are some basic explanations for each product category:
Dummy products:
An imitation of the working product. Used to imitate the real device where monitoring duplication is impractical or expensive.

Visibility products:
A reflective device used to improve the object visibility. Used in fenceless farming areas near roads for animal traffic night time visibility. A second fluourescent type is used to find animals in no light conditions.

Monitoring products:
The electrical measuring, transmitting, and recording of qualities, properties, and actions of organisms and substances, usually by means of radio transmissions from a remote site. Biotelemetry in our developments also include behavioural, physiological, physical and environmental data with reverse manipulation.

Tracking products:
Triangulation and trilateration positioning devices for establishing position and virtual fencing applications

Fencing products:
Switching, audio and electrical manipulation techniques used to contain an object to a predefined space or area.

The HOTSTOCK product range has two basic collar designs in different collar lengths, colours, accessories, battery types and capacities:

  • Collar options: D (380g) and DD (580g).
  • Collar belt length range: 50cm to 130cm.
  • Collar belt colour options: white, black and custom.
  • Collar belt type options: polyester weave with steel insert, polyester and kevlar weave with steel insert and polyester weave with braid insets.
  • Collar accessories: black sliders, fluorescent sliders, number sliders, reflective stickers, and adjustable safety and growth release buckle clip.
  • Battery type options: rechargeable and non-rechargeable types.
  • Battery capacity range: 1,8Ah to 38Ah.

The technology inside the collars can be catagorised as follows:

  • GSM bi-directional communication
  • VHF bi-directional communication
  • Dual GSM and VHF bidirectional communication
  • VHF one way transmission
  • Syndromic surveillance
  • Behaviour surveillance
  • Exposure surveillance
  • Positioning
  • Fence detection
  • Electro acoustic
  • Battery management
  • Stability control
  • Protection
  • Diagnostic
  • Repair & override

Here are some basic explanations for each technology category:
GSM bi-direcitonal communication:
A quad band digital radio modem with high gain antenna. This modem sends and receives digital data via the GSM networks.

VHF bi-directional communication:
A single programmable digital radio modem with high gain antenna. This modem sends and receives digital data via the HOTNET VHF network.

Dual GSM and VHF bidirectional communication:
Modem duality combining both modem technologies into the same device enabling both GSM and HOTNET network abilities.

VHF one way transmission:
A single programmable digital radio modem with high gain antenna. This modem only sends signals and data without the ability to receive.

Syndromic surveillance:
The monitoring of digitally monitored syndromes associated with disease identification.

Behaviour surveillance :
The continuous monitoring of associated movement for the identification of known behaviour types.

Exposure surveillance:
Climatic change and exposure monitoring.

Positioning:
Triangulation and trilateration transmitters and receives for the purpose of establishing geographic location.

Fence detection:
Electro magnetic sensors and/or GPS for predefined virtual fence lines.

Electro acoustic:
Audio and static electrical stimuli.

Battery management:
Passivation minimisation, overloading, overheating and leakage prevention for primary cells. Charge management, overloading, overheating and leakage prevention for rechargeable cells.

Stability control:
Frequency stabilisation control to accommodate antenna and temperature dynamics.
Power stability control to accommodate battery dynamics.

Protection:
Temperature, fire, vibration, pressure, shock and moisture protection of electronic components and batteries.

Diagnostic:
Hardware, software, battery, signal and sensor diagnostic monitoring, logging and reporting.

Repair & override:
Fail safe software and hardware fault/failure repair and/or override. Over the air software reprogramming and setup reconfiguration.