Urban RF is an intelligent shared monitoring distribution automation platform developed by TPX Energy for State, Municipal and federally owned energy providers who are looking for ways to leverage their smart grid investments.

The sensors, communications and software developed for this smart grid platform monitor electric utility assets for events and conditions, while additionally providing life saving services that enhance entire communities.

Energy companies receive precise details of electrical fault locations on transmission and distribution power line assets while our manufacturer specific RFID coding identifies the asset, fault or condition. Knowing when, where and what asset your having a problem with reduces the time needed to find and restore power outages and customer minutes off supply or SAIDI, increasing the quality of power and life for communities.

Urban RFID can also alert energy providers and emergency services when and automobile has collided into a power pole or a conductor has fallen to the ground or started a fire.

From the same fixed TPX Energy access Point or smart meter fire departments can get instant notification of structural or bushfire ignitions in urban and rural areas.

TPX Energy also provides detailed fire mapping and emergency management information to fire authorities; this hi resolution GIS information can be relayed back to firefighters in the field keeping them alert of wildfire progress and movement within minutes.

From the same fixed TPX Energy Access Point or smart meter Police departments will have a new low cost tool for fighting crime, notifying them of armed robberies, burglaries and trespassers.

The TPX Energy database of codes can tell them the specific door or window of entry. It may even be used for the monitoring of home detainees and tracking suspects and vehicles or summon other agencies to an accident scene.

Emergency medical services may also utilize the TPX Energy urban network; it can alert them of where and when an auto has collided with a fixed roadside object. It can also notify and identify from its database of substances potential hazards such as the presence of chemical and gasses.

It may also be used to request assistance from remote or home based patients.

TPX Energy urban network can identify and report specific chemical pollutants in lakes, rivers, creeks, estuaries, ports, storm drains and sewer pipes.