Method and apparatus for communicating with a meter register

Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading

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34082554, 34031001, 34031002, H04B 300, H04L 2700

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for writing a command to a communications unit of a meter, effecting the execution of the command, and reading the results of the execution includes an electrical metering device having metering means, register means and communications means. The write, indirect execute, and read operations are all driven from one command provided from the reading device to the communication unit.

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