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Meter User Guide 41
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
An independent, U.S.-based technical standards organization.
AMR
See Automatic Meter Reading.
ANSI
See American National Standards Institute.
Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)
Electronic accumulation and transport of meter data.
billing demand information
Consists of the demand reset count, which increments, and the demand previous billing.
billing read
Defines the registers used during one-time scheduled reads and on-request reads.
DSHTBill read (Daily Shift Billing)
Defines the registers used during recurring scheduled reads; normally used to create
billing files.
blink count
See power-down count.
bus identification
Identifies the substation bus to which DCSI’s equipment is connect.
CCE
See Central Control Equipment.
Central Control Equipment (CCE)
The top level of the TWACS system hierarchy, also referred to as the Master Station. The
CCE typically resides at the utility home office, providing system control and data
storage for the TWACS system.
CIS
See Customer Information System.
Glossary