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Wireless M-Bus Gateway (Solar)

Product Identification​

  • Product Name: Wireless M-Bus Gateway V3 (Battery)
  • Product Type: LOB-GW-HYB-WMBUS
  • Lobaro PN: 8000162

Description​

Battery-powered gateway for regular remote reading of up to 650...800 wireless M-Bus (868 MHz) and Sensus RF consumption meters (e.g. water meters, heat cost allocators) via NB-IoT, LTE-M mobile radio or LoRaWAN to the Internet. Suitable for indoor and weather-protected outdoor installation. Ideal for intra-year consumption information (uVI) and billing in the housing industry.

Used Components​

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This product is made from the following components, please see the individual common descriptions for further details!

How to update the firmware

† Please see Lobaro Tool description for information on how to update the firmware.

Datasheet & Quickstart​

Document TypePDF Download
Data sheet + Quickstart🇩🇪 Download ⎮ 🇬🇧 Download
1-Page Printable version🇩🇪 Download ⎮ 🇬🇧 Download
  • Print settings: DIN A4 double sided, flip on short side
  • Folding: You can fold it to a six page leaflet, using the marker next to "Initial operation".

DoC​

Product specific details​

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Information provided in this chapter is only valid for the above product unless otherwise noted. In case of doubt, the information in this section takes precedence over the general description of any component.

Device Components​

  1. Battery connector (XH)
  2. SIM card socket (4FF - nano)
  3. Reset button
  4. Status LED (Blue, Green, Red)
  5. Connector for USB configuration adapter
  6. MicroSD card socket (unused by firmware)
  7. Connector for internal PCB antenna
  8. 3.6V D-Cell battery incl. loop tape
  9. Pressure compensation element (PCE)

LED signal patterns​

The device has 3 three LEDs (B, G, R = Blue, Green, Red), labeled Status on the PCB: 🔵🟢🔴.

See also item (4) under device components listing.

Patterns during booting/restart​

  • 🔵⚪🔴 B and R on: Device is in Bootloader Mode (not actively running, remove config adapter press reset to leave Bootloader Mode).
  • ⚪🟢⚪ G on for ~2s and off again: Device just booted, either after power on, reset b button or software, or after a hard failure.
  • ⚪⚪🔴 R flashes repeatedly on and off in 1s interval: critical failure during boot (failed to start application).

Patterns during normal operation​

  • 🔵⚪⚪ B flashes 1s on and 1s off in loop: building LTE connection to mobile provider. Followed by:
    • ⚪🟢⚪ Short G flash on success.
    • ⚪⚪🔴 Short R flash after connection failed.
  • There are no patterns during normal LoRaWAN operation.

Exceptional patterns​

  • 🔵⚪🔴/⚪🟢🔴 Quickly changing between R & B and G & B every 5s in a loop: Modem is in connection restriction mode - keep device on power, will fix itself after 30min.

Battery Lifetime Calculator​

Please see online spreadsheet.