Badger Meter ReadCenter User Manual
Page 21
May 2010
Badger
®
READCENTER
®
Installation and Operation Manual
Badger Meter, Inc.
— CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY —
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Account Fields
For fields passed to the handheld or laptop, sizes listed may vary from what can be
displayed.
Field sizes listed may vary from those defined in the structure of the input file from the
billing system.
Customer
This section displays the Account ID,
First Name, Last Name, House #, and
other information associated with the
customer where the meter is located.
Field Name
Type
Size
Description
Account ID
Alphanumeric
50
Used to link the billing system record to the
READCENTER record. (see note below).
Description
Alphanumeric
50
Optional customer information.
First Name
Alphanumeric
50
First name of the customer who lives at the address—if a
residence—where the meter is located.
Last Name
Alphanumeric
50
Last name or business name of the customer at the
address where the meter is located.
House #
Alphanumeric
50
Number of the address—residence or business— where
the meter is located.
Street Name
Alphanumeric
50
Street name of the address where the meter is located.
City
Account Table
50
Optional—city where the meter is located.
State
Account Table
50
Optional—state where the meter is located.
Zip/Postal
Account Table
50
Optional—zip/postal code where the meter is located.
Category
Account Table
50
Optional—for future development to identify a customer
category such as residential or commercial.
Account ID Note:
The Account ID is associated with the physical location of the meter and does not change
when the meter, module, or tenant changes. If the billing Account # does not fit this criterion,
a location identifier – if one exists – may be used.
The combination of the Account ID and Service # (under the Registration tab) forms a unique
identifier for each meter reading. If the last digits of the Account ID hold a tenant number,
READCENTER will be configured to store it separately in one of the fields under the Utility Use
tab. If READCENTER does not find a record with the combined Account ID and Service #
specified in the input file from the billing system, it will create a new record with a clean
reading history.