LoRaWAN, IoT and dashboards
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Hello knowledgeable people of this section of the forum!
I work for a company who uses a lot of water it goes all over the place and through various different processes. In order to manage and monitor it we are installing a load of new water meters, I have been talking with the supplier of the meters about the desire for a automatic meter readings and have been advised (and already bought) meters with LoRaWAN communication modules to achieve this.
I understand I now need a gateway and service to use these, which is where i am now getting a little confused.
The meter manufacturer/supplier mostly just make the hardware but have recommended a gateway and service using "Netmore Go" (180 euros per year) - I wanted to learn a little more about it and see some examples but their website is down, and has been showing 404 not found and has now shows "new website coming soon", emailed them last week to let them know and ask some questions and see if they had any documentation they could send to me, but I haven't had a reply. none of which is not exactly comforting.
I have had a google and "the things network" and "things board" pop up but they are more like 180 per month.
Realistically we have approximately 15 water meters we want to monitor - hopefully with the ability for a daily report.
part of the appeal of the LoRaWAN is the ability to add other devices to it in time. Temperature sensors and energy monitors would be very useful to us as a later addition.
I was wondering if anyone has any experience in this area? Even a little bit to provide a few pointers etc
I work for a company who uses a lot of water it goes all over the place and through various different processes. In order to manage and monitor it we are installing a load of new water meters, I have been talking with the supplier of the meters about the desire for a automatic meter readings and have been advised (and already bought) meters with LoRaWAN communication modules to achieve this.
I understand I now need a gateway and service to use these, which is where i am now getting a little confused.
The meter manufacturer/supplier mostly just make the hardware but have recommended a gateway and service using "Netmore Go" (180 euros per year) - I wanted to learn a little more about it and see some examples but their website is down, and has been showing 404 not found and has now shows "new website coming soon", emailed them last week to let them know and ask some questions and see if they had any documentation they could send to me, but I haven't had a reply. none of which is not exactly comforting.
I have had a google and "the things network" and "things board" pop up but they are more like 180 per month.
Realistically we have approximately 15 water meters we want to monitor - hopefully with the ability for a daily report.
part of the appeal of the LoRaWAN is the ability to add other devices to it in time. Temperature sensors and energy monitors would be very useful to us as a later addition.
I was wondering if anyone has any experience in this area? Even a little bit to provide a few pointers etc
Are the LoraWAN modules yours, or theirs?
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/can-i-listen...
Home assistant is perhaps a bit hacky for industrial stuff, but if it reads the signals with a bit of Heath Robinson engineering, you can pass that onwards for less money.
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/can-i-listen...
Home assistant is perhaps a bit hacky for industrial stuff, but if it reads the signals with a bit of Heath Robinson engineering, you can pass that onwards for less money.
You're inadvertently realising why one service is 12x the cost of the other 
If you don't have the knowledge to cobble this together yourself, you will be far better off buying a service that sorts it for you. Including dashboards etc. It's not straightforward starting from scratch, and will be a time blackhole.
Do a search for lorawan dashboards... There are a number of companies doing this sort of thing. Most do demos/free trials.
If you don't have the knowledge to cobble this together yourself, you will be far better off buying a service that sorts it for you. Including dashboards etc. It's not straightforward starting from scratch, and will be a time blackhole.
Do a search for lorawan dashboards... There are a number of companies doing this sort of thing. Most do demos/free trials.
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