User's Manual Part 1

THE READALL INTERROGATOR User Guide
Revised January 2001
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site license application coordination through the Utility Telecommunications Council
(UTC). Transmit frequency license application preparation is provided as a service at no
charge by Badger Meter, Inc.
NOTE: License application submittal, payment, and renewal of fees are the
responsibility of the utility.
The ReadAll’s Features
When using CONNECT, the ReadAll can perform all the TRACE functions.
Specifically, the ReadAll performs these types of meter reading:
• Reading TRACE transponders
• Programming TRACE transponders
• Reading manually read meters including high and low audit checking
In addition, the ReadAll performs a number of additional functions to make working with
AMR much easier.
• The ReadAll contains a feature called “Quick Read” with which you can enter a
transponder’s serial number and perform an immediate interrogation. This feature
makes Final Reads and trouble shooting much easier to perform. The ReadAll
accepts the information from a bar code reader, connected via the serial port, in
the Quick Read feature. This allows you to check in a shipment of TRACE
transponders simply by scanning each of the bar code labels on the outside of the
shipping box for each transponder’s serial number. This is much easier then
entering each transponder ID number by hand.
• The ReadAll allows you to easily search through the route you are reading for
ANY information that is displayed on the reading screen
• The ReadAll allows you to send Trouble codes back to the PC host software.
• The ReadAll reports its progress in reading the current route at your request. The
Progress feature displays the current statistics for the route being read.
• The ReadAll’s responses to different meter reading conditions can be customized.
For example, you can choose how the ReadAll responds when a transponder does
not report, or reports a tamper. In this way, the ReadAll responds to the way you
read meters. You do not have to change your meter reading procedures in order
to accommodate the ReadAll.
About This Manual
The manual is divided into these sections:
• Introduction - What is the ReadAll?
• The ReadAll Glossary
• The Makeup of the ReadAll
• The Details – a number of sections explaining how to perform the ReadAll’s
functions