{"id":279,"date":"2010-10-13T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T00:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:13:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:13:52","slug":"helpful-tips-for-eyeball-reading-the-neptune-ecoder-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Tips For “Eyeball Reading” The Neptune ECoder Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jim ‘Slim’ Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>The “E-Coder” is an excellent water meter register, manufactured by Neptune Technology Group<\/a>, that features an all-digital\u00a0LCD display\u00a0activated and powered by an integral solar cell.\u00a0 The register as a whole does not contain a battery, and it is entirely powered by a combination of hydroelectric energy (water passing through the meter) and the solar cell.<\/p>\n

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Neptune Meter Equipped With E-Coder Register<\/p><\/div>\n

In order to\u00a0minimize power consumption, the E-Coder\u00a0register only activates its LCD when exposed to sunlight or another compatible light source, such as a flashlight.\u00a0 When the LCD is activated, the display alternates between meter totalization and flow rate.\u00a0\u00a0When inactive, the LCD is simply blank.\u00a0\u00a0While the ECoder is being interrogated by a\u00a0SCADA device (eg “EtherMeter”) or AMR endpoint (eg “R900”), the LCD will go blank until the interrogation is complete — usually no more than 1 or 2 seconds at a time.<\/p>\n

Note that if a flashlight is to be used for activating the LCD, the beam should be pointed directly at the solar cell at close range and from directly above.\u00a0 The beam should be held steady until the 9-digit totalization is displayed.\u00a0\u00a0In our experience, most flashlights and cell phone lights will work.<\/p>\n

Looking for a flashlight recommendation?\u00a0 The Model 2000 “Super SabreLite” flashlight by\u00a0Pelican<\/a> is\u00a0an excellent flashlight tailored for the Water Industry, as it has a sturdy outer shell and is rated for submersion.\u00a0 It features a Xenon-based bulb\u00a0that is\u00a0powered by\u00a0three (3)\u00a0C-Cell batteries and produces a strong light of 33 lumens\/12,000 candelas.\u00a0 The Pelican 2000\u00a0may be purchased from Grainger<\/a> as Part No.\u00a04JC10, or from another Pelican supplier.\u00a0\u00a0A set of new Duracell<\/a> C-Cell batteries are recommended.\u00a0 The replacement bulb is Pelican Part Number 2004, available as Grainger Part No. 4JC11.<\/span>\u00a0 (Batteries are not included with this flashlight.)<\/p>\n

The ECoder’s glass cover should be kept as clean as possible, as any residue or debris will weaken the light that is intended for the solar cell.\u00a0 If the ECoder register is interrogated automatically at short polling intervals (for instance, the EtherMeter’s default meter polling interval is every 15 seconds) — then the LCD may cease to display the meter totalization and flow-rate, even when activated with direct sunlight or a bright flashlight.\u00a0 If this poses a problem for the user, then the EtherMeter polling interval should be increased to 20 or 30 seconds.\u00a0 (eg. SET SAMPn 30)\u00a0 On the other hand, the user can always rely upon the EtherMeter’s LCD display, since it echos the flow-rate and an exact duplicate of the totalization from the ECoder.<\/p>\n

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Pelican 2000 “Super SabreLite”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The “E-Coder” is an excellent water meter register, manufactured by Neptune Technology Group, that features an all-digital\u00a0LCD display\u00a0activated and powered by an integral solar cell.\u00a0 The register as a whole does not contain a battery, and it is entirely powered by a combination of hydroelectric energy (water passing through the meter) and the solar cell. …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,4,7],"tags":[64,65,66,63,30],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applications","category-general","category-meteringtechnology","category-troubleshooting","tag-e-coder","tag-ecoder","tag-flashlight","tag-neptune","tag-water-meter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}