Web IoT-based solution for remote monitoring and control of taximeters in compliance with the National Regulations.
The context
About IoT market
The IoT (Internet of Things) market revenue is impressive, proving by figures (e.g., in 2020 - $212 billion worldwide) a growing trend embraced by both users and companies. Smart cities, smart homes, performant remote management, etc. - all these will rely (sooner or later) on IoT. And things won’t stop here.
The transportation industry is one of the most receptive when it comes to IoT adoption. For instance, to stay in the game and cope better with the market changes, the taxi companies are more willing (than ever) to implement IoT based fleet management solution.
Why TaxIoT
Devices management. Real-time route tracking and control. Extracting data for daily and monthly reports. Respecting all National Regulations. (etc.) There are plenty of things a taxi fleet manager has to do - usually using disparate solutions.
Based on these challenges, we’ve identified the opportunity to develop a complete digital solution able to integrate all the data and the tools needed in one place and allow admin users to manage activities remotely.
This type of solution could integrate devices, networking, and software applications, assuring edge and cloud data processing and operations, and interconnection with business applications.
The solution
We developed a web-based solution for remote monitoring and control of taximeters based on a microservices architecture.
The web-app helps taxi companies’ owners to save money and be flexible by monitoring applications and scale up the infrastructure.
We define it as an off-the-shelf fleet management solution because it has an already-developed architecture easily customizable for new implementations.
Key-benefits provided by TaxIoT:
- Features for the equipment’s producer, distributors, and end-users:
- Features for the equipment’s producer, distributors, and end-users:
- Facilities for remote device configuration;
- Regular national reporting;
- On-line data visualization (including geolocation, status, and parameters of the devices).
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Device functionalities
- Counter for distance, speed, and running time using a wheel sensor;
- Course tracking using different tariffs;
- Geo-location via GPS;
- Device-lamp pairing/avoiding lamp lift;
- GPRS data transmission;
- Data stored in SD-card, encrypted;
- Incorporated printer for fiscal receipt and received messages;
- Remote configuration of the device;
- Unique digital certificated device loaded, registered with national authorities;
- Generated and sent (to the app server) the daily and monthly reports required by the National Regulations;
- Continuous sending identification message (each 10 sec) to app server containing IMEI, serial;
- Number and GPS coordinates;
- Bluetooth communication used as a back-up for GPRS communication;
- The device is MCU controlled, has an LCD, printer, encryption processor, memory and fiscal memory, GPS, GPRS, Bluetooth, and SD-card storage.
App functionalities
- Users authentication via username and password;
- Provides required audit data on users and operations;
- Device assignation to each distributor and data storage;
- Provides on-line device status;
- Assure remote device programming and configuration;
- Stores device configuration history;
- Records and store information about device end-users, including fiscal requirements;
- Remote device fiscal initialization;
- Process reports received from the device;
- Generated reports under fiscal regulations;
- Assure app subscriptions monitoring and related device lock/unlock;
- Provide on-line information about device status, parameters, and location;
- On-line display of vehicle geolocation on the map;
- AMQP application communication protocol.
Early adoption or customized solution?
Off-the-shelf TaxIoT solution is not the only option.
Need to implement an IoT-based web solution fast - using this prototype?
We can adapt the current version to your business needs and deliver it in only a few days.
Want to develop a customized TaxIoT with specific add-ons and features?
Our developers are ready to take over all your requirements and turn them into functionalities.
Technologies
C#, Asp.Net Core, NodeJs, Angular, SQL, NoSQL
