Installation Guide Part 2

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CHAPTER 9 GAS METER PREPARATION PROGRAM (GPREP)

TheGasMeterPreparationProgram(GPrep)isasoftwaretoolthatfacilitates

Cellnetprocesses.ItalsorunswithwaterCPRmodules.Thedatacapturedby

GPrepissenttoRIMStoupdatetheCellnetandutilitiesdatabases.GPrepwas

developedforResGas,C&IGas(Diaphragm),C&IGas(Rotary),andCPR(gas

andwa

er)modulesto:

• DisassociateModuleIDsfromMeterIDs‐“MRB(MaterialRepairBoard)

Mode”Thisfeaturemostcommonlycapturestherecordofdisassociation

whenremovingamodulefromthefield.

• ValidatetheprogrammedLANAddresswiththePowerLANAddresslabel

andverifythattheoperationalprogrammedparametersmatchthose

required.‐

“InspectMode

”.

Thisfeatureismostcommonlyusedwhenreceivingmetersfromthefactory

withCellnetmodulesalreadyinstalled(OEMMeters)orwhenreceiving

CellnetretrofitmodulesdirectlyfromCellnet’smanufacturer.Different

utilitiesusedifferentsamplingprocedures.Themetershopshouldverifya

percentageofinboundmodulestoensurethattheLANAddres

thatis

programmedintothegasmoduleandmatchestheLANAddressonthelabel

outsideofthemodulehousing.Themodulescanalsobeinspectedtoverify

thatthecorrectMeterIDformatwasused,thattherolloverpointiscorrect,

andthatthemeterconstantiscorr

ect.

•P

rogramthemodulewithoperationalparameters,includingthemeter‐

specificvaluessuchasmeterID,rolloverpoint,meterconstant,anddial

indexreading(whichforgasmeterscanbenon‐zero)‐“ProgramNeworRe‐

ProgramOldMode”.

ThisfeatureisusedwhenassemblingCellnetmodulesonmetersinthemeter

opandinthefi

eld(fortheO&MProcesses).

•Savetheinspection,programming,MRBdisassociationrecordandindexread

resultsinseparate filesfordeliverytoCellnetandtheutility.

Thiscanbeanautomat icprocessoryoucanturneditoffforaparticular

featurewhenitisnotne

cessarytosa

vetheresults.

YoucanuseGPrepinametershop,atafixedlocation,orinthefield.Youcanuse

aPCorlaptopcomputer.CloselymonitorGPrepusage,andmakethedatafiles

easilyaccessible.GPrepisoftenusedwithoperationsandmaintenance(O&M)

Each of these functions are steps in Cellnet processes. You should fully understand how

data flows within the Cellnet network and what data needs to be captured from or

programmed into a module before using this software.