How to Tell That Your Prepaid Water Meter Will Be Compatible With the New ‘Black’ Keypad

There are tens of thousands of Amanzi Prepaid Water Meters in the field.

All of them were initially supplied with the ‘White’ keypad which is water and dustproof as well as NOT having any user replaceable batteries – handy when you drop your keypad in the toilet but NOT handy when the internal battery runs flat.

All of the keypads from new generation Amanzi prepaid water meters communicate with the prepaid water meter on an ICASA designated channel – 433MHz.

The original (from approximately before 2015) prepaid water meters communicated on a different channel.

If you want to check if your prepaid water meter will be compatible with the new Black Keypad from Straton Prepaid then all you need to do is flip your existing keypad over and check what the frequency is that it operates on – if it is 433MHz then the keypad is compatible.