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Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
Account Number
An alphanumeric, twenty-character field identifying the customer account number. If the
account number is less than twenty characters, the unused space is left blank. This unused
space also is used to display other relevant information pertaining to the account and is
displayed just as it is sent from the HOST. This additional information includes items
such as the number of months since the last reading or an indicator of an equal payment
plan.
Account Status Code
A code that indicates the current status of each account. It corresponds to a table of four
alphanumeric entries determined by the utility and is displayed on the ROADRUNNER.
Examples include ACT for active account, IACT for inactive, VAC for vacant-active,
SEA for seasonal, COM for commercial account, etc.
Address
A data field containing the street name and assigned number of the residence up to a total
of 40 characters in length. When imported into RouteSTAR MVP from the DLL this
field is divided into two fields of 20 characters in length for ease of display on the
ROADRUNNER.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Standard text character set used by
MS-DOS applications.
ASCII File
A text file that uses the ASCII character set.
Attenuation
Attenuation is any obstacle that weakens or impedes the RF signal.
Audit
A function of the ROADRUNNER that verifies the reading is a number that falls
between a high or low value set by the billing system. If the reader’s entry fails audit, the
ROADRUNNER does nothing, gives a warning, or requires verification by the reader,
depending on the settings and rights for that user in RouteSTAR MVP. When a meter
reading fails audit, the reader most often is required to re-enter the reading.
Automatic Primary Display (APD)
The ROADRUNNER screen that contains the basic information about a meter or
account, including the data entry field for the readings. This screen can show the meter