User's Manual

THE PORTABLE INTERROGATOR User Guide
Revised July 2000
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reading can be used to satisfy
requirements in some states.
request your required visual
reading when this setting is
chosen.
Find on Wrong This setting pertains only to touch
meter reading. The gathered meter
reading information contains the
module ID number. If the number
is different than the ID number for
the current meter on the read screen,
The Portable Interrogator 400 will
search for the correct meter if this
setting is chosen. If the setting is
not chosen, The Portable
Interrogator 400 will alert you to the
fact that the reading indicates that
the wrong meter is being read.
This setting is very handy for
touch meter reading because
it allows you to read meters
out of the normal reading
sequence. If you need to
resequence the route, using
this setting you can read the
route in the new reading
sequence order with ease.
Run Consumption This setting pertains only to
programming modules. When
chosen, The Portable Interrogator
400 will request you to run a unit of
consumption after successfully
programming a transponder or a
module. Once the consumption is
performed, The Portable
Interrogator 400 will request that
you again read the meter to verify
that the consumption shows on the
meter reading.
The setting is useful only
when you wish to verify that
the meter is registering flow
correctly. In almost all cases,
you will not need this setting.
Auto Retry This setting is used for TRACE
meter reading only. When this
setting is chosen and The Portable
Interrogator 400 finds a transponder
that has not responded to the
interrogation, The Portable
Interrogator 400 will automatically
retry the interrogation. The
Portable Interrogator 400 will
perform two retries before setting
the meter reading status to No
Response.
This setting provides a great
convenience when reading
TRACE meters, in that retries
due to location or weather are
performed automatically.
The only drawback is that the
time to perform a reading is a
bit longer when The Portable
Interrogator 400 retries the
interrogation.
Auto Clear
Tamper
This setting is used for TRACE
meter reading only. When this
setting is chosen and The Portable
Interrogator 400 finds a transponder
that has responded to the
interrogation with a tamper report,
This setting provides a great
convenience when reading
TRACE meters, in that when
a tamper condition is
reported, it is one that could
not be reset. Such a