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An rtl-sdr receiver for Itron ERT compatible smart meters operating in the 900MHz ISM band.

23 mentions on Hacker News by 21 people: 0 stories, 23 comments · first 2015-12-03 · latest 2025-09-17

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  1. …thought) and tracked it over a week while I was away on vacation. No leak luckily. RTL-AMR: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by zhala · 2025-09-17 · in Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)
  2. …quick google found this rtlamr project with a number of blog posts about people doing this with it. https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by mh- · 2025-01-25 · in Show HN: I built a DIY plane spotting system at home
  3. rtlamr! https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by chromakode · 2024-08-10 · in Fobos SDR: High-Quality Radio for Hobbyists, Researchers and Professionals
  4. …meter is not too old, it probably sends wireless signal for consumption data. It can be read with https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by yelite · 2024-01-20 · in What's that touchscreen in my room?
  5. …transmits readings in the clear on the 915 MHz band. There's a neat program to catch the readings: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by matthewmcg · 2023-10-23 · in Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
  6. …I listen to these and other automated meter broadcasts with an RPi, a TV dongle, and this software: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by sokoloff · 2023-10-23 · in Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
  7. Not OP, but in my jurisdiction the smart power meters broadcast consumption as SCM at 900MHz. rtlamr https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr does a good job of receiving and decoding those broadcasts using a cheap SDR. My local water utility…
    comment by makr17 · 2022-11-07 · in Circadian lighting with Home Assistant: Like f.lux, but for your house
  8. using this: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr , I could read the meters of about 30 of my neighbors... and I was not living in apartments... Yards in that neighborhood were about 150ftx75ft. And I would get meter reading updates about…
    comment by Black101 · 2021-06-25 · in Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm
  9. …clamps near the electrical panel, and it exactly matches the usage for which I'll be billed. [1] https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr
    comment by dperfect · 2021-06-25 · in Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm
  10. …I am able to read the all the power meters in my building with a cheap USB SDR and this software. https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr I have not gotten around to figuring out which one is mine or a good way to system to store/display the…
    comment by KingMachiavelli · 2021-02-26 · in IoTaWatt Open Source WiFi Electric Power Monitor
  11. …with a Raspberry Pi 4 running Home Assistant, a Honeywell T6 Z-wave thermostat, and rtlamr ( https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr ) to read the smart meter signal.
    comment by mouth · 2020-09-30 · in Nuclear industry bribed politicians to kill app electric utility customers love
  12. …these are all useful, and using them isn't super complicated. https://github.com/antirez/dump1090 https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
    comment by justinsaccount · 2019-11-25 · in GNU Radio first steps: a FM receiver
  13. …use can be reading your electric meter (and the ones of your neighbors), using GNU Radio or https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr . Another one, is reading TPMS from your car wheels (or cars that are passing by):…
    comment by OrgNet · 2019-08-13 · in GNU Radio 3.8
  14. …kWh of the whole house several times per minute. There are some little tools that make this easy: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr You'll need to do a little detective work to separate yours out from the neighbors' but it's not hard. For…
    comment by ims · 2019-05-07 · in The Amazing $1 Microcontroller (2017)
  15. I use https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr for tracking my electric and gas usage on a minute-by-minute basis.
    comment by collinmanderson · 2019-02-18 · in Flightradar24 – how it works
  16. …to do. - First, check to be sure your meter is compatible. (My gas and electric are both Itron) https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr/blob/master/meters.csv I recommend taking a photo of your meter. (helpful for reference and comparing…
    comment by collinmanderson · 2018-01-02 · in Monitoring Home Power Consumption for less than $25
  17. …on the 900MHz ISM band every minute... I used this program to read the meters of all my neighbors: https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr ... You probably also can buy the data from the power companies...
    comment by zeep · 2017-10-22 · in Could cryptocurrency mining kill online advertising?
  18. …usage by decoding their smart meter transmissions (around here, they transmit about every minute). https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr I can read about 40 smart meters from inside my home using the antenna that comes with it.
    comment by awqrre · 2017-06-19 · in Intro to SDR and RF Signal Analysis
  19. …Mate on the rpi3 (you can also use raspbian or whatever) * rtlamr to take readings from the meter ( https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr -- this is awesome and worked on the first try after I installed golang and ran "go get…
    comment by fattire · 2017-03-05 · in Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher than actual consumption
  20. It's not very private when it's broadcasted for everyone to see... https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr I have that reading both my gas and power meters, and I can easily see another 60 or so nearby meters. And that's with the terrible…
    comment by devicenull · 2017-03-03 · in We Are Entitled to Expect Privacy in Our Smart Meter Data
  21. …encryption. [1] https://github.com/shaunhey/ea_receiver [2] https://github.com/argilo/gr-elster [3] https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr [4] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
    comment by heywire · 2017-02-21 · in Universal Radio Hacker: investigate wireless protocols like a boss
  22. …our gas meter [2]. rtl_433 is another fun one [3]. [1] https://github.com/shaunhey/ea_receiver [2] https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr [3] https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433
    comment by heywire · 2016-12-04 · in Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio
  23. …security and speed(0)) * https://github.com/jpoirier/gortlsdr * https://github.com/porjo/hamsdr * https://github.com/bemasher/rtlamr 0: https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs#performance
    comment by mitchtbaum · 2015-12-03 · in Harnessing the Chaos of the Cosmic Microwave Background for Better Encryption