LoRaWAN Water Meter

Total Solution
User Manual

Kaifeng Shengda Water Meter Co., Ltd.

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Address:No.88,Weidu Road,Jinming District,Kaifeng City,Henan province,China.

1. Total Solution Overview

We provide you the smart LoRaWAN water meter total solution which contains
smart LoRaWAN water meter, LoRaWAN gateway, the LoRaWAN water meter
management syatem (or we call it cloud platform or management software system). The
LoRaWAN water meter can realize remote meter reading and remote valve control etc.
And it conforms to the LoRaWAN standard protocol which is formulated by LoRa
Alliance.

LoRaWAN water meter Gateway Management System

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2. Smart LoRaWAN Water Meter

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Address:No.88,Weidu Road,Jinming District,Kaifeng City,Henan province,China.
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Address:No.88,Weidu Road,Jinming District,Kaifeng City,Henan province,China.

3. LoRaWAN Water Meter Module

3.1 Electrical characteristics

No. Item Function description

Working frequency It’s compatible with LoRaWAN® (433~510MHz or 863~928MHz, etc. which is
1
optional)

Maximum 21±1dBm (which is in accordance with the requirements of power limit in

2
transmitting power different areas of the LoRaWAN protocol)

3 Receiving sensitivity <-136dBm

4 Working temperature -20℃～+70℃

5 Working voltage +2.5V～+3.8V

6 Receiving current ≤9mA

7 Transmitting current ≤130mA (which is related to transmitting power)

Transmitting distance The maximum line of sight communication distance between the gateway and the
8
meter module is 15km

Valve electrical +2.5V～+3.8V

9
parameter

10 Sleep current ≤15uA

11 Dimension 42.1mm*24.8mm*3.2mm
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3.2 Feature Description

No. Feature Function Description

There are two data reporting methods.

1. Magnetic trigger to report data: The magnet triggers the hall components of the
meter module, and the trigger time must be greater than 2S.
1 Data reporting
2. Timed and active reporting: the reporting time slice is automatically
allocated according to the Device Eui of the meter module, and the data is
reported every 24 hours.

Power management It will detect voltages of various states of metering module in real-time and
2
report.

3 Measurement Support dual reed switch,dual hall metering mode.

Power-down Support power-down storage function,there is no need to re-initialize the

4
storage measurement value after power-off

Magnetic attack Support magnetic attack detection, it will generate alarm sign when malicious
5
detection magnetic attack is detected

Monthly and yearly It can save 10 years of annual frozen data and monthly frozen data of the last 128
6
frozen data storage months, and the cloud platform can query historical data

Parameters setting Support wireless near and remote parameter settings. The remote parameter
7 setting is realized through the cloud platform, and the near parameter setting is
realized through the production test tool.
Valve control Valve type can be set to support remote valve control and valve fault detection
8
(which is optional)

The valve will be

9 closed when the When the power is down,the valve will be closed and reported.
power is off.
10 Dredging valve It supports the function of timing dredging valve and command dredging valve.
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Magnetic trigger to report real time data or realize real time valve control:
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4. LoRaWAN Gateway
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4.1. Gateway Electrical characteristics

No. Function Function Description

1 Working voltage PoE IEEE 802.3af Class A, 24V；DC 12~24V
It’s compatible with LoRaWAN® (433~510MHz or 863~928MHz, etc.
2 Working frequency
which is optional)
27±1dBm （ It conforms with the power limitation requirements of
3 Max transmitting power
different areas in the LoRaWAN protocol）

4 Receiving sensitivity <-142.5dBm

5 Standby current ≤30mA

6 Working current ≤350mA( which is related to the transmitting power )

Average power
7 ≤5W
consumption

8 Working temperature -40℃～+80℃

9 Dimension 213*194*60 mm

10 Net weight 3KG

4.2 Functional characteristics

1). Support LoRaWAN® network.
2). 8 LoRa receiving channels, 1 transmitting channel, of which 8 receiving channels
receive data at the same time.
3). The maximum line of sight communication distance between the LoRaWAN gateway
and the water meter module can be 15km.
4). Built-in GNSS synchronization position coordinate information.
5). Support Ethernet and 4G LTE data backhaul links.
6). Robust shell, waterproof IP65
7).Working temperature: -40 ℃~ +80 ℃, which is suitable for the outdoor environment.
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4.3 LoRaWAN Gateway Structure and Interface Definition

4.3.1 Gateway Structure Dimension

4.3.2 External Interface Definition

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No. Interface/Button Description

1 LAN POE 24V/1A POE power input

2 POWER DC power input 12~24V

3 WiFi antenna interface Connect WiFi_2.4G antenna

4 4G antenna interface Connect 4G antenna

5 LoRa antenna interface Connect LoRa antenna

6 GPS receiving antenna GPS receiving antenna

4.3.3 Internal Interface Definition

No. Interface/Button Description

1 SIM Card Slot Insert a SIM card

2 RESET button Reset button, reset the system

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4.4 LoRaWAN Gateway Installation and Boot

4.4.1 Gateway Installation

Please refer to the manual of gateway installation

4.4.2 Gateway boot

There are two ways for the gateway data return link:
1). In Ethernet mode, connect the gateway to the 24V/1A POE power supply and
network cable, and it can be turned on after power on.
2). In 4G LTE mode, insert a 4G SIM card (it needs to remove the bottom shell of
the gateway), and then connect the gateway to a 24V/1A POE power supply, and it can
be turned on when it is powered on.
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5. LoRaWAN Water Meter Management System

5.1 Account login

Login URL: http://lora.haciot.cn:50100/mls/, enter the assigned user name and

password to log in. It’s shown as below:
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5.2 Community management

The community management is divided into three-level areas, such as the 6th floor
of Building 2, Xili University Town Creative Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. The first
floor is Shenzhen City, the second floor is Nanshan District, and the third floor is the 6th
floor of Building 2, Xili University Town Creative Park. The name of the community
cannot be repeated. You can add up to three floors, or you can add multiple 2-story and 3-
story areas.
1). Add the first level area, click "Add Category" to pop up the dialog box of
category name , enter Shenzhen and click "OK". It’s shown as below:

2). Add a second-level area, click the "+" after the first-level area to pop up a dialog
box for entering the sub-category name, enter Nanshan District and click "OK". It’s
shown as below:
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3). Add a third-level area, click the "+" after the second-level area to pop up the
dialog box for entering the sub-category name , enter the 6th floor of Building 2, Xili
University Town Creative Park, and click "OK". It’s shown as below:

5.3 Device information

1). Download the template, click "Template" to pop up the dialog box of "Platform
Selection", select "LORA" and click "Submit" to download the template. It’s shown as
below:
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2). Fill in the template information and open the "LORADeviceInfo_TelIOT_EN"

form to fill in the module information. It’s shown as below:

3). Import the template, select the third layer area, click "Import" to pop up the
"Import file dialog box", select the template type, network access method, community,
application and node type, click "choose file" to load the filled template, and finally click
"Upload" ".
It’s shown as below:
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5.4 Data Management

Select the third layer area, click "query" or enter IMEI (DeviceEui) to query. It’s
shown as below:
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5.5 More Command

5.5.1. Select the third layer area, check the IMEI (DeviceEui) of meter, click the
command that needs to be transmitted, and then trigger the meter to report data. After the
platform receives the data reported by the meter, it will transmit the command. After
receiving the command by the meter, execute the corresponding action and report the
data. The reported data can be inquired in the data management or in the command
information column.
5.5.2 Command transmission description form. It’s shown as below:

No. Command list Command Description

Set the meter

1 Set the meter readings
readings command

Metering mode Different metering modes can be configured according to the meter, such as:
2
command single and dual pulse metering (hall, reed switch, non-magnetic, etc.)

Read monthly freeze Read the monthly frozen data generated by the meter, and the meter can save
3
command the monthly frozen data of the latest 128 months at most

Read yearly freeze Read the annual frozen data generated by the meter, the meter can save the
4
command annual frozen data for a maximum of 10 years

Valve control
5 It’s used to valve control of meter.
command
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It is used to control the valve of meter at regular time. Open the dredge valve
Timing dredging at regular time. The meter will complete the valve at the 3rd of each month.
6
valve command Otherwise, the valve will not be dredged.

Device type It configures different device type of meter, such as: water meter, electric
7
command meter, heat meter, gas meter etc.

8 Read module time It’s used to read the current time of meter.

9 Write module time It’s used to set the module time

Valve dredge
10 It’s used to dredge the valve of meter.
command

Read the software

11 version info Read the current software version information of meter
command