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THE BADGER
®
-RADIX
®
User Guide
February 2007
Page 21 of 73
• The Badger ORION
®
receiver receives the transmission that reports either a
tamper condition or a potential leak. The Badger-Radix stores the reading and
logs the condition. If the meter was displayed on the screen, the Badger-Radix
will prompt you to process the tamper condition before displaying the next unread
meter.
• The Badger ORION receiver receives a transmission but not all of the
transmission was received. The transmission is ignored and no meters are
updated.
• No transmission is received from the meter. To increase your chances of a
successful read, move closer to the meter. If you choose to skip this meter, press
the “N” (NEXT) button. Here are some reasons for not receiving the
o The Badger-Radix is too far away from the transmitter
o There may be something obstructing the line of site between the Badger-
Radix and the transmitter.
In any of these cases, getting closer to the transmitter or improving the line of site may
result in receiving the meter reading. Note that if you decide to skip the meter, press the
“A” button to switch from AUTO to MANUAL mode, and press the “N” (NEXT) button
to move to the next unread meter. If the next meter is a Badger ORION meter, be sure to
place the route back into automatic mode by pressing the “A” key. If the next meter is a
manual or a touch-type meter, you can read that meter in its normal way.
Keep in mind that a Badger ORION transmitter’s radio transmissions can be affected by
many variables. As a result, a transmitter’s response may be received from slightly
different locations each reading cycle. Keep this in mind when trouble shooting a
transmitter.
Processing the Badger ORION Meter Reading
Once the Badger-Radix has received a meter reading from a Badger ORION transmitter,
it processes the information in a number of steps:
• Determines if the message from the transmitter was received correctly
• Determines the tamper status and potential leak status of the transmitter
• Determines the reading value reported by the transmitter
• Evaluates the reading value against the high and low audit values to determine if
the reading is high or low
The Badger-Radix first analyzes the meter reading to determine if the communication
was completed without errors. If an error is found, the Badger-Radix ignores the
transmission. If no error is found, the Badger-Radix advances to the next step and
determines if a tamper or leak status was reported. If a tamper or leak condition was
reported, the Badger-Radix assigns the correct tamper or leak status. Next, the reading is
compared to the high and low audit values that were sent to the Badger-Radix from the
Badger CONNECT software. If the reading value is greater than the high audit value or
lower than the low audit value, the Badger-Radix assigns either the High or Low Reading