User's Manual

Operation: CVSO OpenWay Register

50 CENTRON® OpenWay™ Meter Technical Reference Guide

Firmware Upgrades

PC-PRO+ Advanced 7.2 and higher supports upgrading firmware for D/T/L Registers.

When the firmware is upgraded, all billing data in the D/T/L Register is erased. After a

D/T/L Register’s firmware is upgraded, you must re-initialize the meter.

You can determine which version of D/T/L Register firmware is installed on your PC by

looking at Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel (Start | Settings | Control Panel) and

reading the Support Information for the D/T/L Register firmware. The firmware version is

also displayed each time you begin a firmware upgrade while logged on to a D/T/L Register.

This feature is not available for meters that have been initialized (sealed) for

Canadian installations. If a Canadian meter has not been sealed, the firmware can be

upgraded.

Installing D/T/L Register Firmware on the PC

You must install the D/T/L Register firmware on your computer to make it available to

PC-PRO+ Advanced. You can obtain firmware upgrades through your Itron, Inc. Sales

Representative. You can install only one version of D/T/L Register firmware on a computer.

For more information, refer to your PC-PRO+ Advanced online help files and the

PC-PRO+ Advanced CENTRON Device Online User’s Manual.

After you have installed the D/T/L Register firmware on your computer, if you attempt to

initialize a D/T/L Register that has a different version of firmware, a message is displayed

stating that the firmware in the meter is different and asks if you want to change the meter

firmware.

R300CD/CD3

As an option the D/T/L register can be ordered with R300 functionality. The R300CD/CD3

continuously transmits Standard Consumption Messages (SCM) and Interval Data

Messaging (IDM), if available, using radio frequency in the unlicensed frequency band

which can be read by handheld, drive-by or fixed network systems. The table below