User's Manual

THE PORTABLE INTERROGATOR User Guide
Revised July 2000
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Utilities
The Portable Interrogator 400 provides you with a number of functions to provide you
with information that can be helpful while meter reading. These functions are accessed
from the Read Menu by pressing the Utilities button. Pressing the button brings you this
screen.
The four functions on the Utilities Menu are:
• Progress – a display of meter reading statistics to help you determine how far
along you are in the route
• Diagnostics – when reading TRACE transponders, this screen will show some
technical information about the meter reading received that can be helpful when
investigating a problem
• View Settings – which displays the settings currently being used by The Portable
Interrogator 400
• Calculator – a simple calculator in the event you need one
Progress
The Portable Interrogator 400 keeps records on the total number of meters in The
Portable Interrogator 400, the number of meters read, the number of meters that were
interrogated but failed to report, the number of tamper reports received, etc. If you wish
to view this information, press the Utilities button from the Read Menu followed by the