Does anyone know of a way of integrating water meter reading into Home Assistant?
I live in the Italy and my new water meter is an Itron equipped with Cyble 5 v1.4 module that allows for wireless remote meter readings.
Here the specification:
https://emea.itron.com/products/cyble-5
Should be possible it has sigfox protocol on, so ask your utils company for API access keys. If there is receiver picking it up it should be as simple as using ths Sigfox - Home Assistant
You can try to ask for LoraWAN keys too that may not work but hey…
If you have rtl_sdr dongle and set it to 868 Mhz and on 922.3Mhz with capture all unknowns just to see if is already sending out something uselful.
Also check the manual for config.
The problem is obtain the keys…
If you are in the EU they have to make at least one way for to be able to read it digitally.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=pi_com:C(2023)3477
Article 5 Responsibilities of metered data administrator
(b) ensure that final customers (i) can access their validated metering and
consumption data; (ii) can make it available to eligible parties and (iii) receive
it in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable and interoperable format;
There is some local regulation that has to map to that and if utils company is resisting say you will complain to… consumer rights people whoever is dealing with it in your country
@Robyxxx sorry for necroposting, but were you able to do it? I have a similar meter from Itron, and I’m looking to integrate it to my setup. Thanks
Hi, you first have to determine how the Cyble 5 module is configured.
A water supplier will apply to Itron for a configuration profile.
The profile is loaded into the RFCT app that runs on Android.
The profile file is protected. It cannot be changed.
The RFCT app allows the water supplier to match a module to a water meter.
The Cyble 5 module can transmit LORA, SigFox, OMS Mode 5 T or C, Mode 7 C or Itron’s proprietry two-way OMS.
I am responsible for the Cyble 5 deployment at the water supplier that I work for. I opted for LORA (4 times a day) and Mode 5 C every 36 seconds.
no, not able to do
Hi @viacyble,
I bought a brand-new Cyble 5 and configured it for LoRaWAN (DevEUI, AppKey, etc.). I have the gateway and network server set up, and I can successfully receive the payloads, but I still need to decode them and I couldn’t find the payload format in the documentation.
Are you available for a consultation?
Thank you in advance,
Domenico
