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Trimble® Ranger™
Changing the Odometer setting
The most common use of the SET ODOMETER function is to clear a Tamper condition reported by a Endpoint. Besides clear-
ing the tamper, the SET ODOMETER function will also allow you to change the meter reading stored in the endpoint.
Changing the odometer setting is performed in two steps:
• Perform a READ function
• Enter the new odometer value and perform the SET ODOMETER function
• Optionally, you can then perform a Read function to verify that the new reading is now being reported by the End-
point.
Note: If you attempt to program a new meter reading on a profiling ORION, you will be warned that doing so will invali-
date your profiled data. If you continue, you will need to reset the Profiling feature of that ORION endpoint.
The READ function is described above. Once the Badger Meter ORION® endpoint has been successfully read, you can con-
tinue with the SET ODOMETER function.
To use the Programmer to clear the tamper (the endpoint’s meter reading matches the odometer value), press the PROGRAM
“P” key or tap the “Program” button on the screen once the READ function has completed. The Programmer will clear the
tamper without changing the stored meter reading.
• To use the Programmer to change the endpoint’s stored meter odometer value, enter the odometer value you want
the endpoint to store into the odometer field as follows. First, use the delete key on the keyboard below the screen
(upper left corner, first press the Trimble Ranger key) to remove the current reading from the field. Next, enter the
desired reading by pressing the number keys on the keyboard. Finally, align the optical port and the LED and touch
the Set Odometer button “O”.
Note that if the endpoint’s radio is stopped, the odometer value will be stored but the endpoint will remain stopped. If the
radio is running, the odometer value will change and the radio will remain running.
Example: Changing the Odometer
Here’s an example to help you through the steps of setting an odometer value.
Let’s assume that you are installing a Badger Meter ORION® endpoint on an active meter with usage on the Badger Meter
RTR®. You need to follow these steps to insure that the value in the endpoint matches the current odometer value on the RTR
once the endpoint is connected to the RTR.
When programming Badger Meter ORION endpoints, you need to enter the six moveable odometer wheels plus the sweep
hand for all meter types (gallons, cubic feet, etc.) and all meter models.
For this example, we’ll assume that the odometer value (both black digits and white digits) is "001234". The Badger Meter RTR
odometer would look like this.
Let’s also assume that the sweep hand is pointing between the "5" and the "6". Because the sweep hand has not yet hit the
"6", use the value of "5" as the last digit of the meter reading. Therefore, the value to be entered into the Badger Meter ORION
Endpoint is "0012345".