User guide
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Installation & Operation Manual
From Reader
This section has information from the person or
collection device that reads the meter. Fields are lled
in after collection devices are unloaded.
Field Name Type Size Description
Present Read Numeric Meter reading for billing purposes. (See the Read Value Note on page
32 for adjustments that may have been made to radio and touch reads.)
Read Date/Time Date/Time Date and time the meter reading was received.
Read Type D – Unread
R – Regular
H – High
L – Low
r – Regular with Inquiry
h – High with Inquiry
l – Low with Inquiry
Code received from the collection device that indicates the type of
reading that was acquired.
Read Method D – Unread
d – Manual
D – Interrogated
Code received from the collection device that indicates whether the
reading was acquired and how it was acquired.
Trouble Code Code Table 50 Code entered by the meter reader into the collection device that alerts the
READCENTER operator to problems with the meter being read.
Read Code 1 Code Table 50 Code entered by the meter reader into the collection device to supply
information related to the meter being read to the READCENTER operator.
Read Code 2 Code Table 50 Code entered by the meter reader into the collection device to supply
information related to the meter being read to the READCENTER operator.
Read Code 3 Code Table 50 Code entered by the meter reader into the collection device to supply
information related to the meter being read to the READCENTER operator.
Exception See Appendix Code received from the collection device that indicates there is an alarm
condition in the reading module.
Reader Initials Alphanumeric 10 Initials entered into the collection device by the meter reader when
beginning the reading process. The meter reader’s initials are automatically
associated with each meter reading. If the reading is received by gateway,
Reader Initials eld will display AUTO.