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The 900 Series FastTrackIT System
is a wireless, vehicle-based system designed for residential and
commercial environments, as well as rural areas making this a flexible
and low-cost solution for the Utility Market.
In a typical situation, the meter reader is able to drive through
the meter route at posted vehicle speeds to collect meter readings.
Readings are collected and stored in the controlling computer.
Simple Graphical User Interfaces provide control and reporting
to the meter reader. The entire system is license exempt. Additionally,
since it is a transmit-only system, there is no need to "interrogate" the
MIU, keeping operator intervention to a minimum.
FastTrackIT receiver is the vehicle-based radio receiver in the
Blue Tower 900 Series AMR system. It permits meter readers to quickly
retrieve a large number of meter readings from a vehicle driving
at posted speed limits.
The FastTrackIT receiver takes reading from Blue Tower Transponders
or from legacy RAMAR systems.
It is very portable – it is
designed to fit temporarily in the passenger seat of a vehicle.
It can be
easily installed in the vehicle and removed so that there is no
need to dedicate a single vehicle to the reading activity.
Utilities that install the FastTrackIT system, can expect significant productivity improvements over a direct manual reading system.
Additional benefits include
- improved meter reader safety
- improved accuracy
- fewer re-reads
- improved customer service
FastTrackIT system has proved to be a cost-effective,
reliable, and flexible solution.
The system can interface into existing system components
minimising the cost and disruption of implementing an AMR system.
The Blue Tower system is widely supported by a network
of third-party software and hardware providers.
The receiver protocol is open – it can be integrated with
most utilities’ existing hand-held computers and route management
software packages.
The system operates in the 902 MHz to 928 MHz ISM band and is
FCC Part 15 compliant, which means that no part of the system requires
a license for operation.
Reading Software
Blue Tower provides two systems. Both of these applications collect
the reading data from the receiver and store it against the record
for the corresponding meter in the route file loaded from billing.
Both allow the meter reader to monitor the collection progress
during a meter reading route, and can store large number of account
readings.
The reading route file is downloaded into the controlling computer
before the route is read; at the end of the day the route file
with completed readings is uploaded to the route management or billing
system.
FastTrackIT PC Software
- Runs on laptop PC. Recommended for large systems.
- Versions available with moving map display supported by GPS Receiver
and with Report Generator.
- Raises audible warnings if reading is missed, if error or tamper
detected or if reading outside limits.
- Available from Blue Tower as complete system including FastTrackIT
Receiver and rugged laptop and vehicle mounting kit. (please Contact
Us for details)
More info in the FastTrackIT PC Software Data
Sheet
Retriever for Palm Software
- Runs on Rugged PalmOS handheld computer also available from Blue
Tower.
- Recommended for small installations and where there is
a considerable number of manual readings to be taken along with
the radio reads.
- Available from Blue Tower as complete system including FastTrackIT
Receiver and rugged handheld computer (please Contact Us for details)
More info in Retriever
for Palm Data Sheet
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