We are pleased to announce that Binary Parser, a feature for Soracom Air devices that converts binary data into JSON, now supports Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR).

As a binary format, CBOR can reduce cellular data usage compared to sending data in JSON format. Once Binary Parser receives CBOR formatted data from your device, the binary is converted back to JSON and can be sent to Soracom Harvest for storage and data visualization, or to Soracom Beam, Funnel, or Funk in order to forward the data to a server or a cloud service.

To configure Binary Parser for CBOR, simply enter @cbor in the Binary Parser format setting.

For more information on how to use Binary Parser, please refer to the Binary Parser documentation.