Manufacturers Guide | Standard Transfer Specification Association

MANUFACTURERS GUIDE TO STS

The power of STS is known worldwide throughout the energy industry and knowing exactly which route to take to benefit from this, can be daunting if you don’t know which steps to take, or even which questions to ask. Below are all the steps that will guide you through the entire process of having your product STS certified.

*Please do take note that the STS Association does not provide guidance on the technical design of your STS compliant system, you will however receive guidance on the interpretation of any of the specifications, and any other STS related questions.

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Which type of STS compliant product do you wish to manufacture?

Meter

Vending

Security Module

Meter

For meter manufacturing

1. Apply for STS membership to the STS association

2. Apply for a Manufacturers Code

3. What type of meter do you want to make? Gas? Electricity? Time? Currency? Water? – This depends on market requirements

4. Purchase the IEC specs (IEC62055-41 / -51) and download the relevant companion specifications that are required for your meter type (specification selector)

5. Design your meter according to the required standards.

6. Test the meter according to the STS certification documents

7. Send meter samples for certification testing to an approved STS test house.

8. Purchase a manufacturing security module in order to code your meters according to your customers requirements.

9. Request a SGC for your manufacturing security module from the KMC

10. Manufacture & code the meters

Vending

For vending system manufacturing

1. Apply for STS membership to the STS association

2. Is your vending system a token server? (web based) Or a point of sale?

3. What type of vending system do you want to make? Gas? Electricity? Time? Currency? Water? – This depends on market requirements

4. Purchase the IEC specs (IEC62055-41 / -51) and download the relevant companion specifications that are required for your vending system type (specification selector)

5. Design your vending system according to the required standards.

6. Test the vending system according to the STS certification documents

7. Setup a test date for certification testing with the test house

8. Download the virtual security module in order to generate tokens during your test.

Security Module

For security module manufacturing

1. Apply for STS membership to the STS association

2. Is your security module a manufacturing / vending / both?

3. Purchase the IEC specs (IEC62055-41 / -51) and download the relevant companion specifications that are required for your security module type (specification selector)

4. Design your security module according to the required standards.

5. Certify your security module according to the requirements of STS600-10-1 This document specifies which international security standards you must meet.

6. Test the security module according to the STS certification documents

7. Setup a test date for certification testing with the test house

8. When certification is complete register your SM firmware version with the KMC (see STS600-4-2)