User's Manual

Table Of Contents

2 TWACS

- ORION

for CENTRON

Meter User Guide

System Overview

The TWACS

- ORION

system utilizes radio frequency (RF)

transmission communication between a RF-enabled auxiliary meter and a

RF-enabled CENTRON

meter. Data relative to energy usage from

auxiliary gas, water, or another electric meter can be gathered and retrieved

in this manner. The system provides selectable Total Consumption data and

Present Consumption data based on the hourly interval meter reading.

Information is retrieved across the Two-Way Automatic Communication

System (TWACS) network by the TWACS Net Server (TNS) located at the

utility company.

The TWACS

- ORION

system solution is comprised of the following RF

devices:

• Electric Meter Transceiver (EMTR)

• Hand Held Transceiver (HHTR)

• Electronic Metering Transponder (EMT-3C-MP)

OTE

Also part of the system, but not provided or installed by DCSI, is the

Badger Meter, Inc. ORION transmitter that is installed at the auxiliary

meter and converts the meter information into electronic signals.

RF communication links the ORION (located at the auxiliary meter) to the

EMTR (located inside a nearby electric meter.) This communication

enables successful operation of the Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)

system.

AUXILIARY

METER

ELECTRIC

METER

ELECTRIC

METER

TRANSCEIVER

(EMTR)

ORION

TRANSMITTER

COMMUNICATION

UP TO 400 FEET

LINE-OF-SIGHT