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February 2007
Pressing the “S” key will keep you at the last meter in the route. Pressing the “F” key will display the first meter in the route.
Reading Meters
The Read Screen shows specific information about the meter to be read including:
•Meter information appears on the first five lines of the display. This information can be customized by the user through Badger CONNECT Software. See the Badger CONNECT Software manual for information on setting the account information loaded to the
•The type of meter reading technology in use for this meter (ORION, MANUAL, DIALOG, TOUCH) is shown on the sixth line.
•The service that this meter is measuring (Water, Gas, Electric, Reclaim, etc.) is also shown on the sixth line.
•The meter reading (after the reading has been gathered) is shown on the seventh line.
Here is an example.
In this example, the information chosen for the first five lines are the address, the customer name, the meter serial number, the AMR serial number, and the route and sequence numbers of the meter. In the picture above, the customer’s name is Mickey Dolenz, and he lives at 111 1st St.. The meter serial number is 00550001 and the Badger ORION® transmitter number is 71160024. Finally, the route and sequence numbers are 055 and 380. (Note that when displaying a name, the Badger CONNECT software determines the display order. If Badger CONNECT downloads the last name first, the
Gathering Meter Readings
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