the controller 24 and memory 26 when signals are transmitted from the meter 12 a transmission sequence assembled by the controller 24 is processed by the transmitter 34 and radiated through the antenna 36 the memory 26 has storage capabilities and can store information and parameters received from the metering mechanics 28 through the meter interface 30 along with various other types of information such as identification indicia software and hardware version numbers serial numbers utility meter type pre divider information and meter status information the pre divider information is representative of the multiple or divisor associated with the metering mechanics 28 to arrive at an accurate quantity or total parameter measurement for example the metering mechanics 28 of a natural gas flow meter may turn one hundred times for each cubic unit of gas passing through the meter in this embodiment the pre divider would be a divisor of 100 the controller 24 in association with the memory 26 will assemble a transmission sequence from this information a schematic of the remote meter reader 14 is shown in fig3 the meter reader 14 includes a control system 40 having a controller 42 memory 44 and a telephone or other communication interface 46 the memory 44 preferably provides the necessary operating software for the controller 42 and provides storage capability for the information received from the various utility meters 12 the telephone interface 46 or like communication electronics allows connection to the central network 16 or utility company in order to forward for further processing the.