Badger Meter Inc RANG312 Manual De Usuario

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To access the Quick Read and Programming functions for ORION CE endpoints, tap ORION CE on the Program & Quick Read 

main menu. The ORION CE Utility is divided into five tabs: IR Programming, RF, RF S/N, Settings and About. 

Using the functions on the IR Programming tab, you can start, stop, pause and program ORION CE endpoints. An endpoint 

connected to an RTR with a tamper (cut wires between the endpoint and the RTR) will need to be programmed after the 

wires are repaired.

Note: An ORION endpoint connected to an ADE (or approved competitor encoder) does not require programming if the 

wires are cut. The endpoint will update itself with the new encoder reading in the first hour after the wires have been 

repaired.

The Program screen includes these functions:

Exports data (read and status) from the endpoint through the optical LED.

Changes the odometer or clears a tamper.

Highpower forces a brief high powered signal so an endpoint will report to a gateway.

Registers the amount of water flowing through the meter.

Stops the endpoint from sending a signal until it is programmed again.

Stops the endpoint temporarily until a unit of water is registered. (Common practice of seasonal users.)

Starts the radio transmission on an endpoint.

Switches to RF and "hears" the endpoint if it is active. 

Used for gas meters only.

At the bottom of all the Quick Read & Program screens for the ORION CE Utility, the reading technology,ORION RF and IR, are 

displayed. If the background color is green, the correct COM (communication) ports have been set. 

If the COM port is not set correctly, the field changes. For example, RF BAD COM with a clear background conveys the wrong 

COM port is set for RF. To view and adjust the COM ports, select the Settings tab. For additional information, refer to "

All ORION endpoints are programmed at the factory to begin sending meter readings as soon as the register

 

senses flow 

through the meter. As a result, you can install ORION endpoints on meters without having to manually start the endpoint. 

When water usage is registered on the meter, the endpoint sends a signal every four seconds.

To start an endpoint before installing the meter, use the Start function. Align the optical port and the LED and tap Start. 

To pause the radio signal temporarily, use the Pause function. 

To stop the endpoint from sending a signal until the Start function is used to turn the endpoint on again, use the Stop 

function. 

Note: Stopped radios must be reprogrammed to start the radio signal.