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Installation & Operation Manual
Account Fields
• For fields passed to the handheld or laptop, sizes listed may vary from what can be displayed.
• Field sizes listed may vary from those defined in the structure of the input file from the billing system.
Customer
This section displays the Account ID,
First Name, Last Name, House # and other
information associated with the customer
where the meter is located.
Field Name Type Size Description
Account ID Alphanumeric 50 Used to link the billing system record to the READCENTER record (see NOTE below).
Description Alphanumeric 50 Optional customer information.
First Name Alphanumeric 50 First name of the customer who lives at the address—if a residence—where the meter is
located.
Last Name Alphanumeric 50 Last name or business name of the customer at the address where the meter is located.
House # Alphanumeric 50 Number of the address—residence or business— where the meter is located.
Street Name Alphanumeric 50 Street name of the address where the meter is located.
City Account Table 50 Optional—city where the meter is located.
State Account Table 50 Optional—state where the meter is located.
ZIP/Postal Account Table 50 Optional—ZIP/postal code where the meter is located.
Category Account Table 50 Optional—for future development to identify a customer category such as residential or
commercial.
ACCOUNT ID NOTE:
• The Account ID is associated with the physical location of the meter and does not change when the meter,
module or tenant changes. If the billing account number does not fit this criterion, a location identifier—if one
exists—may be used.
• The combination of the Account ID and Service # (under the Registration tab) forms a unique identifier for each
meter reading. If the last digits of the Account ID hold a tenant number, READCENTER will be configured to store
it separately in one of the fields under the Utility Use tab. If READCENTER does not find a record with the
combined Account ID and Service # specified in the input file from the billing system, it will create a new record.