our solution - Metering as a service
A turnkey smart metering solution for electricity, water and gas distribution.
Multi-fluid: Electricity, Water, Gas
The Vision solution supports all types of meters—electricity, water, and gas—covering residential, submetering, and industrial applications, while accounting for the unique requirements of each utility sector. It is compatible with a wide range of brands and models and can integrate new meter models on request, including custom configurations tailored to specific needs. This flexibility ensures seamless adaptability to evolving technologies and customer demands.
Multi-Media: Point to point, Lorawan, Wize, G3/PLC
Vision supports communications across multiple media, including point-to-point (GSM, NB-IoT), radio (LoRaWAN, Wize), and PLC (G3/PLC). Communications can be executed in pull or push modes, offering flexibility in data collection. Our expertise in DLMS/COSEM and wireless M-Bus protocols, combined with robust security solutions, enables efficient management of every meter type across all communication media, ensuring reliable and secure operations.
Simple to deploy
Effortless deployment. Taurus Metering handles everything, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free implementation of Vision. From setup to integration, our team manages the entire process, allowing you to focus on your core operations while benefiting from a fully operational system. Business data remains fully accessible, and we provide a standardized API for seamless integration into your information systems. For more advanced needs, we also offer custom development to ensure deeper, tailored integration.
Efficient & Scalable
Vision leverages cloud-based operations to deliver unmatched scalability, seamlessly managing meter fleets ranging from a few units to millions of devices. The system is not only highly scalable but also adaptable, evolving with the growing or changing needs of utilities. This flexibility ensures that Vision remains a future-proof solution, capable of expanding alongside business demands without compromising performance or efficiency.
Taurus offers a fully integrated solution covering the complete lifecycle of utility distribution operations.
A complete turnkey solution covering:
- Information system supply, configuration & commissioning
- Metering and communication equipment delivery
- Roll-out planning and maintenance management
- Credit and consumption management
- DSO system integration
- Customer web portal
- Device monitoring & operational control
- System maintenance
our solution enables:
Network server management
Network servers and listeners can be managed either internally or externally (third-party) by Vision, applicable across all communication media. The HES (Head-End System) module of Vision manages and supervises the various connectivity solutions, ensuring seamless integration, monitoring, and control of the entire communication infrastructure.
HES and MDM functions
The HES (Head-End System) activity lies at the heart of Vision, our advanced smart metering solution. Vision supports a wide range of drivers for electricity, water, and gas meters, operating across diverse communication media. Beyond data collection, Vision offers extensive command programming capabilities, including group commands, retry mechanisms, and API interfaces. These command functionalities are the cornerstone of smart metering, enabling demand management, supply control, prepayment, tariff adjustments, and more—empowering utilities to optimize operations and enhance service delivery.
Prepaid and postpaid customer management
Prepayment is a valuable use case for customers in many countries, offering flexibility and control over their energy or utility consumption. Our system enables these transactions remotely, eliminating the need for physical access to the meter. This not only streamlines the process for users but also enhances convenience, security, and efficiency in managing prepayment operations.
Our Vision solution integrates a comprehensive prepayment module that seamlessly connects to external vending systems. It supports STS standard compliance as well as direct commands, while managing recharge histories and balance tracking. Additionally, the module can predict credit exhaustion and interface with messaging systems to proactively alert customers, ensuring uninterrupted service and a smoother user experience.
Supervision
Vision provides continuous, real-time supervision of the entire meter fleet, monitoring its operation around the clock. The system detects and highlights critical alarms, unusual variations, and control anomalies—such as communication failures or abnormal consumption patterns—that may require immediate intervention. This proactive approach ensures operational reliability, minimizes downtime, and enables swift corrective actions to maintain optimal performance.
Fraud control
Vision integrates advanced fraud detection and control mechanisms to safeguard utility operations. By analyzing consumption patterns, communication anomalies, and meter behavior, the system identifies potential tampering, bypassing, or unauthorized access in real time. With customizable alerts and automated responses, Vision empowers utilities to mitigate risks, reduce revenue losses, and ensure the integrity of their metering infrastructure.
Robust by Design
Built on standardized STS architecture with dematerialized credit management and autonomous meter operation.
- Meter design without exposed keyboard or interface
- Autonomous credit management
- Enhanced fraud protection
- Increased durability and resistance to tampering
Simple to Deploy
Designed for fast roll-out with minimal infrastructure complexity.
- Lightweight communication architecture
- No dependency on telecom operators
- Minimal field intervention required
- Customer access via web portal and mobile application
- Mobile phone interaction via USSD and SMS
- Simultaneous prepaid and postpaid management
- Remote switching between payment models (over-the-air)
- Alternate credit recharge via smart cards
Efficient & Scalable
Optimized for operational performance and loss reduction.
- Embedded breaker or valve to control delivery of energy/water,
- Real-time device monitoring
- Monitoring and analysis of energy flows
- Identification and reduction of non-technical losses
- Scalable architecture for network growth