User's Manual

Detailed Operations ............................................................................................................................... 19
The Reading Cycle ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Restarting the Unit .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Starting the ReadCenter Field Application Software ....................................................................................................... 19
Copyright Screen ...................................................................................................................................................20
Trademarks screen ................................................................................................................................................21
Device ID/Name screen ..........................................................................................................................................22
ReadCenter Main Menu .......................................................................................................................... 23
Communications with the Badger Reading Data Management Software ......................................... 23
Route Info screen ................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Meter Reading ........................................................................................................................................ 25
Log In screen ........................................................................................................................................................................ 25
The Read Screen .................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Navigation ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Reading Meters .................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Gathering Meter Readings .................................................................................................................................................. 29
Reading Badger ORION Meters .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Processing the ORION Meter Reading ................................................................................................................................ 30
Processing Tamper Reports ................................................................................................................................................ 30
Clearing a Tamper ................................................................................................................................................................ 31
Processing Encoder Errors .................................................................................................................................................. 31
Switching to Manual Mode Meter Reading ....................................................................................................................... 32
Starting the Reading Process for a Manual Meter ............................................................................................................ 33
Manual Meter Reading ........................................................................................................................................................ 33
Manual Meter Reading Direction ....................................................................................................................................... 33
High and Low Limits for Manual Meter Readings ............................................................................................................. 34
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