Wireless mBUS over LoRaWAN Bridge

The latest firmware version is v2.5.2 (since 2020-02-25)

Firmware Downloads

Hardware Revision 2.x (active since 2020)

Download:

• app-wMbusLoraBridge-2.5.2+hw2.hex (hardware v2.x) [current release]
• app-wMbusLoraBridge-2.5.1+hw2.hex (hardware v2.x)
• app-wMbusLoraBridge-2.4.0+hw2.hex (hardware v2.x)

Hardware Revision 1.x (active since 2017)

Download:

• app-wMbusLoraBridge-2.5.2+hw1.hex (hardware v1.x) [current release]
• app-wMbusLoraBridge-2.5.1+hw1.hex (hardware v1.x)
• app-wMbusLoraBridge-2.4.0+hw1.hex (hardware v1.x)

Please note revisions 1.x are no longer the default variant since 02/2020

The v1 hardware revisions are still active but only on special sales inquiry!

Please contact Lobaro if you are interested in revisions 1.x hardware.

Old v1.x firmware

Old v1.x firmware version

The v1.x firmware branch is no longer recommended for use.

If you rely on these older version you can find it at the end of the v1 documentation.

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Release changelog

v2.5.2 - 2020-06-17

• Time Sync only one attempt at bootup
• use Lobawan v1.2.2, fixes issues with OTAA Join under certain conditions

v2.5.1 - 2020-05-15

Changed

• Adjust to Lobawan v1.2.0

v2.5.0 - 2020-04-02

Added

• Also send status message when not collecting telegrams.
• Add second cron expression for status message.
• Add remote command for triggering collection of telegrams outside of cron.
• Add listenOnBoot config parameter allowing to disable collection on boot.
• Send Status message before listening on boot.

Removed

• Remove learning mode.

Changed

• Status message has an additional byte "flags"

v2.4.0 - 2020-02-25

• Add new Payload Format 2 with Timestamp and RSSI.

v2.3.10 -2020-02-21

• Add version number of LoRaWAN-Stack to log.
• Fix crash on append function of remote config.

v2.3.9 - 2020-01-21

• Fix minor memory Leak in wMBus parser

v2.3.8 - 2020-01-09

• Enhance wMBus reception.

v2.3.7 -2020-01-08

• Internal use only

v2.3.6 -2020-01-07

• Increase wireless MBUS C1/T1 mode receive bandwidth
• Change detection method for incoming C1/T1 mode telegrams

v2.3.5 -2019-12-23

• Improve wireless M-BUS C1/T1 mode receive sensitivity

v2.3.4 -2019-12-13

• Improve reset line usage (dedicated pcb version)
• Fix issue with bad measurement timing for status message battery voltage (std. pcb version)

v2.3.3 - 2019-12-10

• Optimize LoRaWAN RX1/RX2 window timing + add more precise downlink logs

v2.3.2 - 2019-11-18

• Fix crash on receiving certain long non-standard telegrams.

v2.3.1 - 2019-11-13

• Improve Filtering of non-standard wMBus-telegrams

v2.3.0 2019-11-12

• Migrate to alternative dedicated board
• Fix Deep Sleep settings on dedicated board
• Fix rx/handling of S1-mode CRCs of unencrypted telegrams in wMBUS driver

v2.2.0 - 2019-09-13

• Integrated with new LoRaWAN stack, now supporting v1.1, Class C, downlinks, ...

v2.1.3 - 2019-03-11

• New Parameter: learnedListenSec to define how long to listen when meters was learned

v2.1.2 - 2019-03-11

• Packet size depending on SF with payloadFormat = 1

v2.1.1 - 2019-02-20

• New Parameter: timeSync - request time with status packet and upload status packets until we got a valid time
• New Parameter: payloadFormat - 0 = as in older versions, 1 = new split format including receive timestamp (see below)
• The upload is randomly delayed by 1-30 seconds to avoid collisions

New payload Format "1":

LoRaWAN Port: 101 Message: <5 byte Timestamp UTC>

Messages are split into chunks with 1 prefix byte: Prefix byte bits: <7..2 RESERVED><1 LAST><0 FIRST> The FIRST bit is set on the first packet. The LAST bit is set on the last packet. Together with the LoRaWAN framecounter, a whole message can be reconstructed in the backend.

v2.0.0 - 2019-02-12

• Leanring mode to learn up to 20 devices with their intervals.
• New Parameter: learningMode - set to true to allow deep sleep based on learned intervals (default: false)
• New Parameter: meterIntervalSec - predefine the sending interval of the meter, so it needs not to be learned (default: 0 = learn intervals)

Learning mode: Up to 20 devices are learned. When received the first time, the device is added to the list. When received the second time the interval is calculated. The second step is omitted when "meterIntervalSec" ist set to any value but 0. When learning was completed during one listening interval the device will only wakeup 10 seconds before and after receiving the learned meters in future. When missing one device for whatever reason, the bridge will start the learning mode again and stay awake for one full listening period.

While receiving learned sensors the maximum receive interval is doubled but ends as soon as all learned devices are received.

v1.6.0 - 2019-05-20

• Add additional config parameter "cmodeCompatibility" to allow wideband receive as fallback
• fix issue with crc validation of unencrypted meters

v1.5.8 - 2019-02-18

• Reduce chance to miss wMbus packet when there is a lot of traffic

v1.5.7 - 2019-01-07

• Fix issue with very large T1 mode telegrams

v1.5.6 - 2018-11-20

• Support new FRAM memory type
• Improve random generator behaviour

v1.5.5 - 2018-11-14

• internal use only

v1.5.4 - 2018-10-25

• Support LoRaWAN NBTrans > 1
• Don't allow to set unsupported FSK DR during ADR

v1.5.3 - 2018-10-18

• Fix bug with not working deduplication of same wMBUS messages during listen intervals

v1.5.2

• Support LoRaWAN Rx1 DataRate Offset

v1.5.1

• New parameter "resetHours" (default = 0): Hours after which the firmware will reset and rejoin the network (0 = never)

v1.5.0

• Changed duration parameters to seconds: cmodeDur -> cmodeDurSec and smodeDur -> smodeDurSec
• Status packet is 2 byte shorter, version is encoded with 3 bytes now
• Upload correct battery status in DevStatusReq

LoRaWAN Changes: - Support ADR ChMask to disable Channels - Restore default channels when loosing uplink connectivity - Support LoRaWAN NewChannelReq MAC command - Support LoRaWAN DlChannelReq MAC command - Support LoRaWAN RxParamSetupReq MAC command - No LoraWAN MAC Commands are dropped when unknown MAC command is received - Fix bug with endless loop when unknown LoRaWAN MAC command was received - Improve debug logs of LoRaWAN stack

v1.4.1

• Bugfix: Allow big wMBUS raw messages > 160 Bytes in T1 mode
• Improved cfg parameter explanation texts
• Improved wmbus telegram terminal output

v1.4.0

• New Parameters for ADR (OTAA = false): AppSKey, NetSKey, DevAdr
• New Parameter: OTAADelay to configure the delay between OTAA joins on fail + [0% ... 30%]
• Bugfix: Support LoRaWAN Status MAC command
• Bugfix: TxPower was not considered
• Requires Lobaro Tool > v1.3.1 for configuration

v1.3.1

• Fix ADR Bugs

v1.3.0

• Allow to enable ADR (default: enabled)

v1.2.0

• Increase config version (Config will be reset)
• Introduce LoRaWAN default parameter

v1.1.0

• New Filter: device id (devFilter), device type (typFilter), manufacturer (mFilter)