Installation Guide

Sensus BA0031 Assembly & Installation Guide (12.14.04) Page 12 12/14/2004
Device Mode – NTR (repeater)
1. Set the ‘NTR ID’ – The device uses this ID when transmits diagnostics and report
messages. The ID range is 1 to 16,777,215.
2. Set the ‘NTR Mode’. In ‘ReTx All’ mode the device retransmits every message it
receives. In ‘SL’ mode the device retransmits received messages that were initiated
by subscribers listed in the Subscriber List (SL). When working in ‘SL’ mode the
device either retransmits the received messages as it receives them (‘Single Hop’
mode) or replaces the ‘Type’ of the received message with ‘ReTx Type’ taken from
the stored Subscriber List (‘Chain’ mode).
3. Set the ‘Diagnostic Period’ and ‘Reporting Rate’. Once every ‘Diagnostic Period’,
in minutes, the device is generating diagnostics message summarizing the reception
and transmission activity in last ‘Diagnostic Period’ minutes. After the transmission
of the diagnostic s message the device transmits number of Subscriber List report
messages according with the number set in the ‘Reporting Rate’ field. In every
report message the device reports the contents of two lines from the Subscriber List.
And so, if, for example, the Subscriber List contains 100 lines (100 subscribers) it
takes 50 report messages to send the whole list.