Overview
The FlexNet EasyLink™ WorkBook application provides on-screen mapping for for the FlexNet EasyLink™ Mobile Communications solution. WorkBook allows utilities to simultaneously read both Sensus SmartPoint® modules and Itron ERTs in a drive-by environment. WorkBook enhances vehicle-based meter reading and allows the end-user to view routes and their status.
Product Features
- Provides a GPS-based mapping interface to graphically depict the location of each meter along a route to instantly verify each reading
- Maps similar to GPS show your current location
- Meter locations along each route can be optionally set by the utility to change color or disappear from the screen when collected
- The on-screen map automatically shifts position when used with the GPS system, keeping the vehicle location “positioned” on the map as it travels along the route
- Map layers include meter information, street names and other useful information
- Shortens meter read time and reduces costs
- On-screen instant reading verification helps eliminate the need to re-drive the routes to obtain readings which may have been missed
- Eliminates guesswork in establishing the most efficient routes for radio-based meter reading
- Alerts the meter reader of multiple alarm conditions to include leaks, high/low, low battery
- Non-radio-equipped meters can be depicted on digital route maps to alert the user that manual or special readings are required at the specific locations
- Route statistics are saved and displayed while being loaded and read
- Real-time data transference and route updates (Wi-Fi and cellular options)
Benefits to you
- Real-time data transfer via Wi-Fi or cellular
- Instant access to assigned route reading tasks (via Wi-Fi or cellular)
- Work offline in the absence of data connectivity
- Maps similar to GPS show your current location
- Real-time access to meter-reading status via GPS
- Visual alert statuses identify problems at the meter