User's Manual

THE PORTABLE INTERROGATOR User Guide
Revised July 2000
Page 42 of 63
Progress button from the Utilities Menu. The Portable Interrogator 400 will display these
statistics:
• Total number of meters stored in The Portable Interrogator 400
• Current number of unread meters, including meters in which an attempt to read
has not occurred
• The total number of meters that have been read
• The total number of meters whose read attempts have failed
• The percentage of meters of the total meters in The Portable Interrogator 400 that
have been read
• The percentage of meters within the current route that have been read
• The number of tamper conditions reported (this total does not include any meters
in which the tampers have been reset)
• The number of unexpected manual reads (of meters equipped with automatic
meter reading equipment)
The screen looks like this.
When you have finished examining the statistics and information, press anywhere on the
touch screen. The entire Progress screen is defined as one button that will return you to
the Utilities Menu. To return to meter reading, press the Read Menu button and then the
Back to Read Screen button.
Diagnostics
If you need additional information regarding the results of the interrogation of the last
meter, press the Diagnostics button from the Utilities menu. The Portable Interrogator
400 will display the additional TRACE read information that is not required for meter
reading:
• Battery Strength
• Signal Strength
• Read Channel