| BADGER |
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| ACC |
Accessory |
| ADE |
Absolute Digital Encoder |
| B25 |
5/8" Bronze Model 25 Meter |
| B35 |
3/4" Bronze Model 35 Meter |
| B70 |
1" Bronze Model 70 Meter |
| BI |
Basic Integral |
| BMI |
Badger Meter Incorporated |
| BNC |
Bayonet Nut Connector |
| BR |
Basic Remote |
| BSC |
Base Station Collector |
| BSR |
Base Station Repeater |
| CC |
Control Computer |
| CC+ |
Carbon Copy Plus |
| CCU |
Cell Control Unit |
| CM |
Cell Master |
| CMD |
PI Command Mode |
| CMPD |
Compound |
| CNDS |
CellNet Data Systems |
| CPT |
Customer Product Training |
| CSM |
Compound Series Meter |
| CSR |
Customer Service Representative |
| DCU |
Data Collector Unit |
| ER |
Easy Read |
| ERT |
Encoder/Receiver/Transmitter (Itron) |
| FSAA |
Fire Series Assembly (Badger/Ames Version) |
| FSMA |
Fire Series Meter (Badger/Ames Version) |
| GIM |
Generator Interface Module |
| GN |
Gateway Node |
| HQ |
Headquarters System |
| IOM |
Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual |
| IT |
Integral Transponder |
| ITB |
Industrial Tech Brief |
| LMI |
Large Meter Interface |
| LP |
Low Profile 5/8” Disc Meter |
| M120 |
Model 120 1 1/2" Disc Meter |
| M170 |
Model 170 2" Disc Meter |
| MLP |
Model Low Profile 5/8” Disc Meter |
| M25 |
Model 25 5/8" Disc Meter |
| M35 |
Model 35 3/4" Disc Meter |
| M40 |
Model 40 1" Disc Meter |
| M55 |
Model 55 1" Disc Meter |
| M70 |
Model 70 1" Disc Meter |
| MCC |
Micro Cell Controller |
| MC-V |
Trade name for Corvallis Handheld |
| MI |
Mobile Interrogator |
| MOM |
Mode of Meter |
| MRS |
Meter Reading System |
| MRT |
Meter Reading Technologies |
| NAM |
National Account Manager |
| OASys |
Opportunity Analysis |
| OUC |
ORION User’s Conference |
| P25 |
5/8" Model 25 Plastic Meter |
| P40 |
1" Model 40 Plastic Meter |
| PC-100 |
Electronic Batch Controller |
| PI |
Portable Interrogator |
| PLMT |
Portable Large Meter Tester |
| PSMT |
Portable Small Meter Tester |
| PRT |
Portable Register Tester |
| PT |
Pit Transponder |
| RCDL |
Recordall |
| RD |
Recordall Disc or Round flange |
| RDE |
Recordall Digital Encoder |
| RET |
Recordall Electronic Transmitter |
| RFT |
Recordall Flow Transmitter (charting) |
| RI |
Recordall Instrumentation |
| RIR |
Recordall Instrumentation Recorders |
| RIS |
Recordall Instrumentation Systems |
| RMI |
Remote Meter Interface or Returned Materials Incident |
| RMS |
Reading Management System |
| RMSplus |
Reading Management System Plus |
| ROM |
Read-o-Matic |
| RSM |
Regional Sales Manager |
| RT |
Remote Transponder |
| RTR |
Recordall Transmitter Register |
| S/N |
Serial Number |
| SKS |
SK-Special engineering drawing |
| SSM |
Sales Support Manager |
| STB |
Basket Strainer |
| STP |
Plate Strainer |
| SUB |
Basket Strainer, UL Approved |
| TBU |
Tape Backup Unit |
| TC |
Trouble Code |
| TII |
Turbo II |
| TIM |
Telemetry Interface Module |
| TP |
Test Plug/Port |
| TR |
TRACE |
| TSM |
Turbo Series Meter |
| TSM |
Territory Sales Manager |
| UBS |
Utility Billing System |
| UBSplus |
Utility Billing System Plus |
| UCS |
Utility Customer Service |
| UDS |
Utility Data Systems |
| UI/VID |
Universal Interrogator/Vehicle Interactive Display |
| WPN |
Wolkman Propeller New (Turbo Meter Manufacturer) |
| XMIT |
Transmit |
| XMTR |
Transmitter |
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| INDUSTRY |
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| AMCO |
American Meter Company |
| AMI |
Advanced Metering Infrastructure |
| AMR |
Automatic Meter Reading |
| AMR/AMI |
AMR and AMI Systems |
| AMRA |
Automatic Meter Reading Association (now Utilimetrics) |
| AMRI |
Automatic Meter Reading Infrastructure |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| AWG |
Wire Gauge |
| AWWA |
American Water Works Association |
| BPL |
Broadband over Powerline |
| CCW |
Counter Clockwise |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| COMM PORT |
Communications Port |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
| cuft |
Cubic Feet |
| CW |
Clockwise |
| CCW |
Counter Clockwise |
| dB |
Decibels |
| dBm |
Decibel Meter |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
| DISP |
Display |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| DSSS |
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum |
| ECM |
Endpoint Communications Module |
| EL |
Elliptical flange |
| ELL |
Elliptical long flange |
| ELS |
Elliptical short flange |
| ERC |
Electronic Remote Counter |
| ESD |
Electro Static Discharge |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
| FET |
Field Effect Transistor |
| FHSS |
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum |
| FM |
Factory Mutual |
| FSK |
Frequency Shift Key |
| GAL |
Gallons |
| GPM |
Gallons per minute |
| H/W |
Hardware |
| HEX |
Hexagonal flange or Hexadecimal |
| FIC |
Field Installation Computer |
| Hz |
Hertz |
| ID |
Inside Diameter |
| IEC |
Commission for International Electronics |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IR |
Infrared |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Data Network |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
| Kg |
Kilograms |
| KHz |
Kilo Hertz |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LL |
Lay Length |
| M³ |
Cubic Meters |
| mA |
Milliamp |
| MB |
Megabyte |
| MHz |
Mega Hertz (1 million cycles per second) |
| mm |
Millimeters |
| MOV |
Metal Oxide Varistor |
| MP |
Maintenance Program |
| ms |
Milliseconds |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
| msec |
Millisecond |
| MTU |
Meter Transmission Unit |
| MXU |
Meter Transceiver Unit |
| NAMEL |
National Aeronautical Medical Equipment List |
| NCC |
Network Control Computer |
| NCN |
Network Control Node |
| NEC |
National Electric Codes |
| NEMA |
National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NiCad |
Nickel Cadmium Battery |
| NMR |
Network Meter Reading |
| NMRC |
National Meter Reading Conference |
| NPN |
Negative positive negative |
| NPT |
National Pipe Thread |
| NRWA |
National Rural Water Association |
| NSF |
National Sanitation Foundation |
| NST |
National Standard Thread |
| NVRAM |
Non-volatile Random Access Memory |
| OD |
Outside Diameter |
| OP |
Oscillating Piston |
| PLC |
Power Line Carrier |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System |
| PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
| PSI |
Pounds per square inch |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RECHG |
Recharge |
| REN |
Ringer Equivalency Number |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RH |
Relative humidity |
| ROF |
Rate of Flow |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| SPDT |
Single pole double throw |
| SPST |
Single pole single throw |
| mA |
Micro amp |
| mAhr |
Micro amp hour |
| mV |
Microvolt |
| UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
| UL |
Underwriters Laboratory |
| UTC |
Utility Telecommunications Council |
| UV |
Ultra violet |
| VDC |
Volts direct current |
| VGA |
Variable Graphics Array |
| VOM |
Volt-ohm meter |
| VXU |
Vehicle Transceiver Unit (Sensus RadioRead) |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
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| WIRELESS INDUSTRY |
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| CWDM |
Coarse wavelength division multi-plexing |
| CO |
Central Office |
| DWDM |
Dense Wavelength Division Multi-plexing |
| EBS |
Educational Broadband Service |
| EPON or GePON |
Ethernet Passive Optical Networks |
| EDFA |
Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier lasers |
| FTTH |
Fiber To The Home |
| FTTP |
Fiber To The Premises |
| IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol – used to discover multicast groups on a network |
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
| MDU |
Multi-Dwelling Units |
| MIMO |
Multiple Input Multiple Output through antenna diversity at both transmitter and receiver |
| MSO |
Multiple Service Operator |
| MSC |
Mobile Switching Center |
| ONU |
Optical Network Unit |
| OLT |
Optical Line Termination |
| OSG |
Optical Services Gateway |
| OFDM |
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multi-plexing |
| PMP |
Point to Multi-Point |
| PTP |
Point To Point |
| PCO |
Private Cable Operators |
| STB |
Set Top Boxes |
| SoC |
System-on-Chip |
| SFP |
Small form Factor Pluggable |
| SDP |
Service Delivery Platforms |
| TDD |
Time Division Duplexing |
| TPS |
Triple Play Services |
| WDM |
Wavelength Division Multi-plexing |
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| OBSOLETE |
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| 3000+ |
12" Circular Micro Chart |
| A+ |
ACCESSplus |
| B40 |
1" Bronze Model 40 Meter |
| BHPV |
Oscillating Vane Flow Meter (Badger High Pressure Vane) |
| BREP |
Trace Battery Replacement Exchange Program |
| BS |
ACCESSplus Basic |
| CMP |
Custom Molded Products (Rio Rico, AZ) |
| ER7 |
Electronic Remote Indicator |
| FSA |
Fire Service Assembly (Water Specialties Version) |
| FSM |
Fire Service Meter (Water Specialties Version) |
| FFI |
Full-Featured Integral |
| FFR |
Full-Featured Remote |
| HPV |
High Pressure Vane |
| HRT |
High Resolution Transmitter |
| HRT-G |
High Resolution Transmitter for Gas Meters |
| HRT-P |
High Resolution Transmitter for Pit Setting |
| IOT |
Interchangeable Oil Train |
| MDIM |
Magnetic Drive Irrigation Meter |
| MLFST |
Main Line Flanged Steel Tube |
| MLFT |
Main Line Flanged Tube |
| MLS |
Main Line Saddle |
| RPC |
Recordall Pulse Converter |
| RSC |
Recordall Signal Converter |
| RMN |
Returned Materials Notification |
| SC |
Split Case |
| SGH |
Sealed Gear Housing |
| SOT |
Sealed Oil Train |
| ST-PE |
Plain End Steel Tube |
| TFH |
Recordall Turbo II Fire Hydrant |
| WPD |
Wolkman Propeller Delta |