User's Manual

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VRT Transponder—User Guide Page 2
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Chapter One
Chapter OneChapter One
Chapter One
Introduction
The TRACE
®
VRT Transponder is the heart of AMCO Automated
Systems’ portfolio of products for automated meter reading (AMR).
About this Document
The Transponder manual and installation Guide provides instructions for
installing and troubleshooting transponders. It also includes an overview
of both AMR in general and TRACE technology in particular.
Audience
This document is designed for utility industry meter readers and
supervisory staff. In order to establish appropriate levels of detail for the
material, this document assumes the following:
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The user is proficient in reading meters of the type currently
compatible with TRACE transponders and possesses all the skills
necessary to conduct meter reading by conventional means.
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The user has little or no prior expertise in the TRACE AMR
technology.
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The user is familiar with common data entry devices and techniques.
Conventions
In the interest of brevity and simplicity, this document uses the following
conventions:
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Additional information relevant to a given instruction step may be
shown in one of three ways:
1. A bulleted item covers “how-to” and verification information.
2. An italicized NOTE contains relevant background information.
3. An italicized and bolded
CAUTION
contains information
important to the safety of either the user or the equipment.
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Where reference to other parties is made, the generic masculine
pronouns (he, his, him) are used. This is no way reflects bias or
gender discrimination in any manner related to the users, publishers
or authors of this document.