User's Manual Part 1

THE READALL INTERROGATOR User Guide
Revised January 2001
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• Transfer Routes – Send routes to the ReadAll for reading, or send readings in the
ReadAll back to the PC route software
• Read / Program Meters – Read the route that is loaded, or program transponders
(when installing new units or changing out meters)
The ReadAll also displays the current date and time on the bottom of the screen.
Pressing any of these buttons begins that function’s operation.
Transfer Routes
The Transfer Routes functions are used when communicating with your Route
Management software. Routes are sent from the Route Management software to the
ReadAll for reading, and the completed reads are sent from the ReadAll back to the
Route Management software.
The ReadAll also insures that you do not lose meter readings by accidentally loading a
new route before sending the completed meter readings to the Route Management
software. If you try to Receive a new Route before transferring completed meter
readings back to the Route Management software, the ReadAll will remind you that you
need to Send the completed meter readings first.
Receive Route
To receive a route from the Route Management software, connect the serial cable from
the PC serial port to the ReadAll’s serial port (near the top of the unit) and push the
Receive Route button. If the ReadAll already has a route loaded, you will be reminded to
either send the current readings in the ReadAll to the Route Management software, or to
clear the route from the ReadAll. (See the Send Readings and Clear Readings functions
for more information.)