Hardware Solutions for Gas Utilities Manual
Status Bar
The status bar, located at the bottom of the Main screen, displays the number of meters left to read in the route, the percent
complete and the number of routes and meters loaded. The colors displayed on the bar indicate the reading and
communication status for the types of meters being read.
Figure 12: Status bar prior to loading route
Before the route is loaded, the status bar is gray and reads "Nothing Loaded" as shown in Figure 12. When the reading cycle
starts, the status bar is activated.
The following information is available on the status bar during a reading cycle.
Meter Reading Status Yellow indicates the reading is paused. Green indicates the reading is in progress.
Reading Progress Indicates the progress of the reading application. As meters are read, the progress bar will
increase. The ratio of read meters to unread meters is shown in numbers next to the progress bar.
Read X of Y Provides the meter reader with the number of endpoints loaded in the software and the
total number of endpoints that have been read. In Figure 13, 5 of 10 meter endpoints have
been read.
ORION ME/ORION CE Either ORION ME (when an ORION ME FHSS mobile transceiver is connected) and/or ORION CE
(when an ORION CE FHSS mobile receiver is connected) will display in the lower right status bar
to indicate communication status between the ORS software and the mobile transceiver and/
or receiver. Green indicates good communication. Red indicates no communication. In Figure 13,
both the ORION ME and ORION CE show good communications status.
Figure 13: Status bar after loading route
GPS OK Displays when the GPS is operational. No message shows on the status bar if GPS is off.
PROGRAM STARTUP / EXIT
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