# Homey and Lora **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401 "2020-03-22T16:36:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stepic7](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stepic7/32/18659_2.png) [@stepic7](https://community.homey.app/u/stepic7)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/1 "2020-03-22T16:36:36Z")
Lora is a long range IoT setup useful for high distance (several Km), low power, low bandwith sensors/actuators Low power means the nodes can work months over the same battery Low bandwith means signals from/to nodes cannot be very fast changing It connects to the internet through a gateway which locally sends/receives at a frequency of 868MHz in EU Also Homey can communicate at this same frequency However: - Can Homey work as a Lora gateway and connect to the broad range of sensors/actuators available within such IoT frame? - Can such nodes be interfaced within the Homey cloud system? - Is Homey long distance/low bandwith capable or can it be strictly used as a domestic system? thanks ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/2 "2020-03-22T17:07:46Z")
Homey doesn’t support the LoRa protocol. Theoretically speaking, it could act as a gateway if you were able to interface a LoRaWAN concentrator with Homey (get the LoRa data frames from a concentrator board to Homey) and implement a gateway app, but in practise I don’t see why you would want to (might as well run existing software on an RPi). Homey doesn’t support any LPWAN protocols (LoRa, Sigfix, NB-IoT), it _is_ strictly a domestic system. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Mellor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/steve_mellor/32/56594_2.png) [@Steve\_Mellor](https://community.homey.app/u/Steve_Mellor)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/3 "2022-11-22T12:26:58Z")
Hello, resurrecting this topic as new components and devices may give it more relevance. I intend to install LORAWAN water meters across the building. I know that it may be possible to connect to a local server and from there adapt the signal to the TTN protocol and access via the internet. The local server however is 15km away. My question is, can Homey act as a LORAWAN interface (it shares the same frequencies) and what actions/apps would be required to enable communication between Homey and the device (Axioma W1). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/4 "2022-11-22T13:15:01Z")
> [@Steve\_Mellor](#): > > can Homey act as a LORAWAN interface (it shares the same frequencies) The answer is still no. It doesn’t really matter if it shares the same frequencies, for LoRa you need specific hardware that Homey (also the upcoming new Homey Pro) doesn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![M\_W](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/m_w/32/81907_2.png) [@M\_W](https://community.homey.app/u/M_W)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/5 "2025-01-05T19:40:47Z")
If anyone stumbles across this in 2024, this app might help: [The Things Network App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/en-ie/app/com.connector.ttn/The-Things-Network/) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/6 "2025-01-05T22:51:40Z")
But it still won’t work without a TTN device? > ![1000040763](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/d/fd1693d7392c25c76858b3764442190408168689.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Vandelay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/art_vandelay/32/128796_2.png) [@Art\_Vandelay](https://community.homey.app/u/Art_Vandelay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-lora/27401/7 "2025-02-15T20:41:26Z")
So just to be clear, there is no possibility to get the data my new Watermeter is sendning out to the Water company? ![WhatsApp Bild 2025-02-15 kl. 21.40.33_5906b177](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/3/e336e0caa70a8e9242d66cf3a5907acb4361d9a3.jpeg)