Installation Guide Part 2

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9Howsoondoesthedatagetupdatedineachsystemafteramoduleis
programmed?
ACRONjobrunsnightlythatpicksupthedatathatisputontheCellnet
serverandtransfersittoRIMS.Ataminimumthereisaonedaydelay.
10 Whyshouldn’tItakeGPreptoth
efi
eld?
DatamanagementbecomesdifficultwhenthePCthatGPrepisbeingusedon
isnotatafixedlocation.ThedatathatiscapturedbyGPrepistimesensit ive,
customeraccountinformationandshouldbecopiedandtransferreddaily.
TheequipmentthatisusedtooperateGPrepisnotmadetobeus
edoutdoors.
IfGPrepista
kentothefield,itisvitalthatthedatabetransferredassoonas
possibleuponreturn.
11 WhatdataiscapturedbyGPrep?
Thereiscurrentlynoscreenthatcapturesboththeclosingandopeningreads
onamodule(asneededforindexchanges).MRBmodeshouldbeusedto
di
sass
ociatethemodulefromthemeterandcapturetheclosingread.
Program‐oldshouldthenbeusedtore‐programthemodulewiththenew
indexread.
12 WhataresometroubleshootingstepsifGPrepisnotworking?
–Ifyouareusingtheshooterbox,checktheACpowe
r,modulepluggedin,
shooterboxturnedon,correctDB9toDB9(RS232)cab le(Non‐Null
Modem),correctCOMport,ensuringthatyouareusingthecorrectmeter
typeandmode,ex.ResGasv.commercial.
–IfyouareusingUSBonewayprogrammingcable,refertothe1‐Wa
y
ModulePr
ogrammingCablePC/LaptopGettingStartedGuide.
13 Whatarethebenefitsofusingre‐programoldallofthetimeasopposedto
programnew?
Whilesomeprogramsdothis,therearenorealbenefits.Itisalittleeasierto
preparetheprogramlogtosend,butinvolvesextraworkfortheendus
er
.
14 Whatdoesitmeanwhenafileissuperseded?
Someonemadeamistakeandhadtore‐enterameterIDorLANAddress.
15 Whoisresponsibleforcleaningthesefiles(removingsupersedes,converting
intoanExcelspreadsheet,etc.)?
Typicallysomeonedesignatedbytheutilityperformsthistaskbeforesending
thesefi
lestothedatabaseanalyst.
16 WhoshouldIcontactifthereisaproblem?
Firstyoushouldcontactalocaldatabaseanalyst.ThentryCellnetCustomer
Supportat[e-mail].
17 Whenusingdifferentscreens,whydoesthephrase“parameterreject”flash
yellowwhenIpluginamodulethathasjustco
mefrom
themanufacturer?
Whenmodulesarebeingmadetherearetestparametersprogrammedinthat
allowthemanufacturertomakethemoduletransmitmorefrequent lythan
every15minutes,andallowsotherteststoberunonthemforquality
reasons.GPrep(orahandheld)replacesthesetestparameterswithfi
eld
paramete
rs.