Owner's manual

Badger
®
READCENTER
®
May 2010
Installation and Operation Manual
24 — CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY — Badger Meter, Inc.
To Reader
This section has information that is
helpful to the person or collection device
that reads the meter.
Field Name Type Size Description
High Limit Numeric Reading passed from the billing system and sent to the
collection device to warn of a high reading.
Low Limit Numeric Reading passed from the billing system and sent to the
collection device to warn of a low reading.
Previous Read Numeric Reading passed from the billing system and sent to the
collection device to warn of no usage.
Alert Code Code Table 50 Code passed from the billing system and sent to the
collection device to alert the meter reader to special
conditions that apply to the meter being read.
Location Code Code Table 50 Code passed from the billing system that is used to
identify the meter’s location.
Route ID Alphanumeric 20 Identifier passed from the billing system that specifies the
route or book the meter belongs to. It is used by Badger
®
READCENTER
®
to group accounts for loading into
collection devices, running reports, and to perform other
reading cycle functions.
Sequence # Numeric Number passed from the billing system that specifies the
order of account records loaded in collection devices. For
manual meter reading, this is the walking order the meter
reader will follow.