Badger Basket N64944-001, RAD-IOM-01 operation manual

THE BADGER®-RADIX®User Guide

February 2007

•The Badger ORION® receiver receives the transmission that reports either a tamper condition or a potential leak. The Badger-Radix stores the reading and logs the condition. If the meter was displayed on the screen, the Badger-Radix will prompt you to process the tamper condition before displaying the next unread meter.

•The Badger ORION receiver receives a transmission but not all of the transmission was received. The transmission is ignored and no meters are updated.

•No transmission is received from the meter. To increase your chances of a successful read, move closer to the meter. If you choose to skip this meter, press the “N” (NEXT) button. Here are some reasons for not receiving the

o The Badger-Radix is too far away from the transmitter

o There may be something obstructing the line of site between the Badger- Radix and the transmitter.

In any of these cases, getting closer to the transmitter or improving the line of site may result in receiving the meter reading. Note that if you decide to skip the meter, press the “A” button to switch from AUTO to MANUAL mode, and press the “N” (NEXT) button to move to the next unread meter. If the next meter is a Badger ORION meter, be sure to place the route back into automatic mode by pressing the “A” key. If the next meter is a manual or a touch-type meter, you can read that meter in its normal way.

Keep in mind that a Badger ORION transmitter’s radio transmissions can be affected by many variables. As a result, a transmitter’s response may be received from slightly different locations each reading cycle. Keep this in mind when trouble shooting a transmitter.

Processing the Badger ORION Meter Reading

Once the Badger-Radix has received a meter reading from a Badger ORION transmitter, it processes the information in a number of steps:

•Determines if the message from the transmitter was received correctly

•Determines the tamper status and potential leak status of the transmitter

•Determines the reading value reported by the transmitter

•Evaluates the reading value against the high and low audit values to determine if the reading is high or low

The Badger-Radix first analyzes the meter reading to determine if the communication was completed without errors. If an error is found, the Badger-Radix ignores the transmission. If no error is found, the Badger-Radix advances to the next step and determines if a tamper or leak status was reported. If a tamper or leak condition was reported, the Badger-Radix assigns the correct tamper or leak status. Next, the reading is compared to the high and low audit values that were sent to the Badger-Radix from the Badger CONNECT software. If the reading value is greater than the high audit value or lower than the low audit value, the Badger-Radix assigns either the High or Low Reading

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