Remote meter operation

Details Remote meter operation Remote meter operation

1991-10-15

1994-11-29

Hajec, Donald

Communications: electrical

Continuously variable indicating

With meter reading

36446402, G06F 704, G06F 1520

Patent

active

053694015

ABSTRACT:
A technique for reconfiguring in the field postage meters having a set of features that may be selectively enabled or disabled by software. The technique provides security so that the meter company will always have a correct record of the configuration of the meter in the field. A technique is provided for reconfiguring in the field of external devices in communication with postage meters, the external devices having an external device feature set that may be selectively enabled or disabled by software. A technique for securely adding postage to a remote setting postage meter without the remote setting code is also provided. A technique for detecting the entry of an invalid code for remote setting the meter a predetermined number at times is also provided. Once detected, a security lock flag stored in memory is set which prevents the meter from being reset until the flag is cleared in a separate procedure.

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