User's Manual

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“Application” Purpose Required server functionality
Field Service
Application
Install, decommission, swap,
calibrate, and test meters in the
field. The primary users are field
service people. Operates on a
field service laptop or handheld
computer that may be out of
communication with the rest of the
system for long periods of time.
Specify set of service orders for a particular service
person (or service id).
Specify what is to be done for each service order.
Allow basic IMU communications parameter
configuration (e.g., set the channel number).
Perform basic tests of meter communication.
Check that necessary network setup has been
completed to allow service order function to
proceed for a given meter.
Download service orders to individual service
laptops.
Upload modified information from individual service
laptops and integrate it into the databases at the
utility end.
Calibrate water meters
Field Monitoring
and Diagnosis
Tool
Monitors RF traffic. Performs
diagnostic tests of meters, relays
and gateways.
Display all RF messages received (should we allow
for filtering parameters?)
Invoke diagnostic tests for IMUs, relays and
gateways via the RF interface.
Reprogram IMU communications parameters (e.g.,
meter utility id, channel number, power).
Query for all meters on a channel.
Scan channels for a meter
Download gateway error and event logs via RF.
Perform pings via the WAN from a gateway to the
utility (for WAN problem diagnosis), invoked via
the RF interface?
Factory
Commissioning &
Test tool
Checks IMUs and relays to make
sure they’re properly programmed
with the correct Utility Serial
Number, produces factory log,
performs noninvasive gateway
testing.
Checks IMUs and relays for correctly programmed
Utility Serial Number and default channel
Performs noninvasive gateway test.
Generates factory log.
If the meter supports an internal record of factory
commissioning, update that record once tests and
configuration have been completed.
Depot
Commissioning
tool
Connects specific IMU, relay and
gateway ids to customer accounts
and locations. Permits gateways,
relays and IMUs to be replaced
with identical units.
Interactive Meter
Reader
Query meter readings and status
interactively. The primary users
are utility customer service
people.
Isolate particular customer/meter
Read meter
Query meter status
Inform user when result of operation is available.