# Retrieve data from water meter (868MHz) **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 19, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/retrieve-data-from-water-meter-868mhz/151330 "2026-02-19T08:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**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:** [February 19, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/retrieve-data-from-water-meter-868mhz/151330/10 "2026-02-19T20:22:46Z")
Yes, 2016-2019 models only, but only in theory. @rmb @Henrik_Johnsson I remembered someone explaining, and I found the post: > [@AWOL projector screen](https://community.homey.app/t/awol-projector-screen/124623/5): > > 868Mhz is availabe and online for the older Homey’s, it just wasn’t very useful. > > Thanks to Z-Wave: > It could only work on ASK modulation for listening, and sending. > But most of 868MHz devices work with FSK which could only be send (from Homey to device, with a short duration for listing to a “signal received” signal back), not receive anything else. > And thus no app really was ever made for it as it was also really difficult to create apps (some tried but stopped trying eventually cause a good signal was difficult to get recorded). > > And I believe FCC (american institute) doesn’t allow 868mhz being broadcasted by any device (Z-wave has a different frequency because of this in america), so to get their validation was also a reason to remove the chip in its entirety. There ain’t a single published 868Mhz app-store app as well: > [@AWOL projector screen](https://community.homey.app/t/awol-projector-screen/124623/4): > > > ![1000039006](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/9/d90accaa19bbc2d476a0c5149fa5acc0b554cac0.jpeg) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/retrieve-data-from-water-meter-868mhz/151330)._