Owner's manual

May 2010 Badger
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READCENTER
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Installation and Operation Manual
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Badger Meter, Inc. — CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY — 23
Registration
This section has information about how
the meter is read, whether electronically
or manually.
Note: Compound meters might have two
registration records associated with one
meter. Each record will have its own
Service # and be related to a separate
register.
Field Name Type Size Description
Service # Numeric This is a required entry that identifies individual meter
readings that share the same Account ID. If not specified,
the number 1 is assumed. Here are the cases this applies
to:
 Several meters are read at one address and the
same Account ID is used.
 One Account ID is used to bill several meters in a
multiple-dwelling unit.
 A compound meter is present, and two readings
are associated with one module.
Module Type See Appendix 4 The type of reading device associated with the meter.
Module Serial
#
Numeric 50 Identification number of the reading module attached to
the meter—required for radio and touch reading.
Gas CFactor Numeric 10 Pressure compensation factor for Gas ORION radio
meter readings.
Module Install
Date
Date Optional—date the reading module was installed on the
meter.
Read
Resolution
See Appendix 4 Setting required for radio and touch reading used to
determine the multiplier needed to convert electronic
readings.
Note: The multiplier varies according to the size of the
meter.
Module
Instruction
Account Table 50 Optional —table entry assigned used to associate
information about the module.
Latitude Alphanumeric 50 Latitude position of the reading module—used by the
laptop collection device for map display.
Longitude Alphanumeric 50 Longitude position of the reading module—used by the
laptop collection device for map display.
Received
Loaded
Sent
Yes/No Indicates whether the account record was:
1. Received from the interface input file
2. Loaded to a collection device for reading
3. Written to the interface output file
Status Flag Numeric Internal status indicator collected from the reading module.
Multiplier Numeric Internal multiplier applied to radio and touch reads based
on the read resolution and reading module.