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Badger Basket N64944-001, RAD-IOM-01 operation manual Setting, What It Does, How You Might Use

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THE BADGER®-RADIX®User Guide

February 2007

behavior will not be carried out. Choosing the values for these settings allows you to customize the Badger-Radix operation to fit your needs.

To move to the next Settings screen, press the “M” key. To move to the previous Settings screen, press the “P” key. If you are done, press the “C” key at any of the settings screens to return to the Utilities menu.

Here’s the list of each of the different settings and how it controls the Badger-Radix’s operation.

SETTING	WHAT IT DOES	HOW YOU MIGHT USE
		IT
Advance on	When a high or low reading is	If you wish to investigate a
High/Low	encountered and this setting is	high or low reading, leave a
	chosen, the Badger-Radix will	brochure with the customer,
	advance the display to the next	or perform some other
	account. If not chosen, the Badger-	function on a high or low
	Radix will continue to display the	reading, clear this setting (and
	current meter being read after the	choose the next one as well).
	reading is stored. To move to the	You will be alerted to the
	next meter you must press the “N”	high and low meters by the
	for NEXT button.	audio tones and the display.
Beep on	When a high or low reading is	If you wish to investigate a
High/Low	encountered for a meter and this	high or low reading, leave a
	setting is chosen, the Badger-Radix	brochure to the customer, or
	will sound the high and low audio	perform some other function
	signals. If not chosen, the Badger-	on a high or low reading,
	Radix will sound the successful read	choose this setting (and clear
	audio tone.	the previous one). You will
		be alerted to the high and low
		meters by the audio tones and
		the display.
Show High and	This setting and the Show Previous	To insure accuracy of the
Low	Read setting control the amount of	meter readings, some utilities
	information available to the meter	will choose to clear this
	reader. When this setting is chosen,	setting. Other utilities will
	the high and low audit values are	choose this setting so that if
	displayed when the View High/Low	an investigation on the
	button is pressed.	operation of the meter is
		needed, this information is
		available. You need to
		determine which option is
		right for you.

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Contents

User Guide Badger-Radix Data CollectorBadgerMeter, Inc RAD-IOM-01THE Badger-Radix ORION HANDHELD INTRODUCTION About This Manual The manual is divided into these sections Introduction - What is the Badger-Radix? The Badger-Radix GlossaryReading manually read meters including high and low audit checking The Makeup of the Badger-RadixDEFINITION THE Badger-Radix GLOSSARYTERM THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide ServiceSettings FebruaryTHE MAKEUP OF THE Badger-Radix THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February THE BADGER-RADIX LOADER-CHARGER Page 6 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February CONSERVING THE BATTERYPage 7 of Page THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February GENERAL CARE OF THE Badger-Radix Page 9 ofTHE DETAILS - THE Badger-Radix OPERATION Page 11 of Pressing the Enter button brings you to the Login screenLogging-in to The Badger-Radix The Login screen looks like this THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February The Badger-Radix Main MenuPage 12 of Utilities “U” - Display the Utilities Menu screen There are seven functions on the main menu to choose fromRead Route “R” - Begin reading meters Communications with the Badger CONNECT SoftwarePage 14 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 15 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Route InformationPage 16 of THE DETAILS - READING METERS WITH THE BADGER-RADIX THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February NavigationPage 18 of Gathering Meter Readings Reading MetersHere is an example Page 19 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Reading Badger ORION MetersPage 20 of Determines if the message from the transmitter was received correctly o The Badger-Radix is too far away from the transmitterProcessing the Badger ORION Meter Reading Determines the reading value reported by the transmitterIf you choose to enter a Manual Read, you’ll see this screen Processing Tamper ReportsChoose one of these options by pressing the corresponding button Page 22 ofThe read screen for manual mode looks like this Switching to Manual Mode Meter ReadingClearing a Tamper Page 23 ofManual Meter Reading Direction Starting the Reading Process for a Manual or Touch-type MeterManual Meter Reading Page 24 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February High and Low Limits for Manual Meter ReadingsPage 25 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Here is what you will see if you enter a reading below the low limitPage 26 of Page 27 of In this case, the meter reading process begins again for this meterAdvancing the Display THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 28 of Reading BadgerTouch ModulesVerification Readings THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryThe settings are stored at Settings Screen Error Conditions - Stopped Meters and Negative Consumption2. The settings that control these features must be turned on Page 29 ofPage 30 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February“R” - Perform a manual read for this meter Other Reading functions - The Reading MenuThe functions are “A” - Define a new account “U” - View the Utilities Menu screenO The Progress function displays the progress screen B The Battery function will display the current battery statusC The contrast function will allow you to change the screen contrast Page 32 ofSearching S The Search function will display the Search MenuCLEAR The Clear function will clear a field of data entry Page 33 of“S” - Go to the first account in the current route You can also bring up the Search Menu screen using the “S” Hot KeyThere are three different ways to search for a particular meter “U” - Go to the next unread meter in the current routePage 35 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 36 of Trouble Codes and Reader CodesThe Trouble Code The three Reader Codes The Text Message THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 37 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 38 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February You can also bring up the Reader code screen by using the “R” Hot KeyPage 39 of Page 40 of If you have chosen a message, you might see a screen like thisText Messages THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 41 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryTo return to the Read screen, press the “C” button You can also bring up the High Low screen by using the “H” Hot KeyViewing High and Low Audit Values Page 42 ofPage 43 of UtilitiesThe functions on the Utilities Menu are THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryThe Badger-Radix Progress screen displays these statistics You can also display the Progress screen by using the “O” Hot KeyClose “C” - this function returns you to the Read Menu Progress Total number of meters stored in the Badger-RadixTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Date/TimePage 45 of Here are samples of the Settings screens THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Battery InfoYou can also access the Battery screen by using the “B” Hot Key Page 46 ofPage 47 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 48 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryHOW YOU MIGHT USE SETTINGWHAT IT DOES resequence the route, using This setting pertains only to touchThis setting is very handy for this setting you can read thesetting be left unchecked. If This setting allows you to chooseWhen checked, the Badger-Radix the setting is checked and youyou to possible negative billing system has not been updatedShow Negative consumption. The most commonThe buttons perform these functions Edit Addr “1” - Enter the service address for the customerPressing the New Account button will bring up this screen Edit Name “5” - Enter the name for the new accountReviewing the progress of meter reading on a per route basis Route OperationsSearching for the first meter in a specific route Page 54 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Searching for a RoutePage 55 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Progress Reporting by Route Page 56 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Route Completion messagesPage 57 of Read the meters in the route or routes Summary of the Meter Reading Process in The Badger-RadixRoute function o Read/Program Meters from the Badger-Radix Main MenuTHE DETAILS - PROGRAMMING METERS USING THE Badger-Radix Turn on Done Here’s what you would see if you started transmitter # Using the Programmer to start a TransmitterStarting the Badger ORION Transmitter without the Programmer Page 60 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Stopping a Transmitter Changing the Odometer settingChanging the odometer setting is performed in two steps Stop Done Here’s what you would see if you stopped transmitter #Page 62 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Program DoneExample Changing the Odometer THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Example Setting the Odometer for a 4 or 6 CompoundPage 63 of 5. The reading to be entered into the odometer field is 4. Next, add the low flow and high flow together as followsLow Flow = High Flow = Page 64 ofTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Programming DIALOG Modules Page 65 ofProgramming a Badger DIALOG Module’s Network ID Setting the Odometer ReadingTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Clearing a Tamper Page 66 ofTHE DETAILS - OTHER USES FOR THE BADGER-RADIX THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February Badger ORION Quick Reads Page 68 ofPage 69 of THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryPage 70 of When you have completed your Quick Reads, press the Close “C” buttonVersaProbe Quick Reads THE BADGER-RADIX User Guide FebruaryTHE BADGER-RADIX User Guide February This screen shows that module number 96410104 has a reading ofPage 71 of WHAT IF THINGS GO WRONG Faxing the Technical Support Group The current state of the Badger-RadixWhat To Report To Technical Support E-Mailing the Technical Support Groupfor specific contacts BadgerMeter, IncPlease see our website at P.O. Box 245036, Milwaukee, WI 800 876-3837 / Fax 888