User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 14-0066 - Exhibit Cover.pdf
- PUBLICATION_UM Handheld_12.13.pdf
- Neptune Handheld System User’s Manual
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of the Neptune Handheld System
- 3 Using the CE5320 Handheld
- 4 Using the Nomad Handheld
- 5 Setting Up the R900 Belt Clip Receiver
- R900 Belt Clip Receiver
- Nomad Handheld and R900 Belt Clip Receiver
- Unpacking and Inspecting Equipment
- Using the R900 Belt Clip Receiver
- Using the R900 Belt Clip Receiver to Read a Route
- Updating R900 Belt Clip Receiver Firmware
- 6 Gathering Route Data
- The Reading Entry Screen
- Manually Collecting Meter Readings
- Collecting RR Readings
- Working with Accounts
- Validating Readings
- Removing a Reading
- Clearing a Skip Code
- Clearing a Comment Code, Customer Note, or Trouble Code
- Adding a New Meter to a Route
- Correcting or Changing Meter Information
- Finding and Displaying Reading-Entry Screens
- Resequencing Routes
- 7 Communicating with the Host Computer
- 8 Using the Field Programmer
- Connecting the Mouse
- Starting Field Programmer
- Programming the ProRead
- Querying the ProRead
- Reading the ProRead Register
- Programming the R900G Endpoint
- Using Command Gas
- Reading the R900G Endpoint Register
- Networking Two Registers
- Managing Formats
- 9 Maintaining and Repairing the Neptune Handheld System
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A Changing Volume Settings
- Appendix B Tokens List for Custom Format Screen
- Appendix C Pressure Configuration Factor Indexes
- Glossary
- Index
- Neptune Locations
Glossary
G-4 N_SIGHT R900 User’s Manual for the Neptune Handheld System
meter number The number by which a utility identifies a meter.
MHz Abbreviation for megahertz. One MHz represents one million cycles per sec-
ond. The speed of MICROPROCESSORS, called the clock speed, is measured in
megahertz.
microprocessor A chip that contains a central processing unit. At the heart of all personal com-
puters and most workstations sits a microprocessor. Microprocessors also
co
ntrol the logic of almost all digital devices from clock radios to fuel-injection
systems for automobiles.
MIU ID An abbreviation for meter interface unit identifier, which is a discrete number
used to identify a specific meter interface unit.
modem A device that allows two computers to communicate via telephone lines by
mo
dulating and demodulating the signals from each. The name modem is a
contraction of the words modulate and demodulate.
MS-DOS An abbreviation for Microsoft Disk Operating System. Originally developed by
Microsoft for IBM, MS-DOS was the standard operating system for IBM-com-
patible
PERSONAL COMPUTERS.
The initial versions of DOS were very simple. However, MS-DOS is still a 16-
BIT operating system and does not support multiple users or MULTITASKING as
do newer OPERATING SYSTEMS such as WINDOWS 95 or WINDOWS NT.
multiple-route assignment A type of assignment in which more than one route is assigned to one meter
re
ader.
multitasking The ability to carry out more than one task at the same time, a task being an
APPLICATION PROGRAM.
N_SIGHT R900 database
s
erver
A type of software that receives, stores, and passes on information. Because
handheld computers cannot send information directly to your company’s billing
computer (and the system cannot send information directly to each handheld
computer), the server is needed to translate information from one source to
another.
number keys Keys that allow you to enter a number in the display of the handheld. Number
k
eys are the large, white oval keys in upper portion of the keypad.
office code In the N_SIGHT R900 APPLICATION PROGRAM, office codes are used to indicate
the office to which a meter belongs or to indicate the employees of an office.
Office codes can be two digits, two letters, or a digit and a letter.