Owner's manual

Badger
®
READCENTER
®
May 2010
Installation and Operation Manual
22 — CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY — Badger Meter, Inc.
Meter
This section displays details about the
meter such as the Meter Serial # and
Meter Location.
Field
Name
Type Size Description
Item # Numeric Not currently used.
Meter
Type
Water
Gas RT
Gas ORION
Electric
Other
Type of service being read. If not specified, the default is
water.
Meter
Serial #
Alphanumeric 50 Identification number of the meter. This number is used
by readers for verification when manually entering
readings into a collection device.
Meter
Install Date
Date Optional— date the meter was installed.
Meter
Location
Alphanumeric 50 Details to help locate the meter.
Meter Sub-
Group
Account Table 50 Optional—for future development to identify a group of
meters that are supplied by a master meter.
Meter
Instruction
Account Table 50 Optional—table entry assigned used to associate
information about the meter.
Read
Value
Numeric The actual (raw) reading unloaded from the collection
device. (see note below)
Last
Received
Date The date that the account record was read from a billing
input file.
Read Value Note:
 ThemeterreadingformattedforbillingisshownontheFromReadertabinthePresentRead
field.
 RadioandtouchreadsmaybeadjustedbasedonamultiplierthatrelatestotheRead
ResolutionshownontheRegistrationtab.Themultipliervariesaccordingtothesizeof
the
meter.Radioandtouchreadsmayalsobeadjustedbythereadingresolutiondefinedin
configurationsettingsdisc ussedduringinitialtraining.