diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b0a221c..45c9db1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "meshcore"
-version = "1.9.8.dev5"
+version = "1.9.8.dev6"
 authors = [
   { name="Florent de Lamotte", email="florent@frizoncorrea.fr" },
   { name="Alex Wolden", email="awolden@gmail.com" },
diff --git a/src/meshcore/lpp_json_encoder.py b/src/meshcore/lpp_json_encoder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b330c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meshcore/lpp_json_encoder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from cayennelpp import LppFrame, LppData
+from cayennelpp.lpp_type import LppType
+
+# type name "how to display vale"
+#   display : None: (use lib default), []: only one value to display, ["field1", "field2" ...]: meaning of each field 
+my_lpp_types = {
+    0:      ('digital input', []),
+    1:      ('digital output', []),
+    2:      ('analog input', []),
+    3:      ('analog output', []),
+    100:    ('generic sensor', []),
+    101:    ('illuminance', []),
+    102:    ('presence', []),
+    103:    ('temperature', []),
+    104:    ('humidity', []),
+    113:    ('accelerometer', ["acc_x", "acc_y", "acc_z"]),
+    115:    ('barometer', []),
+    116:    ('voltage', []),
+    117:    ('current', []),
+    118:    ('frequency', []),
+    120:    ('percentage', []),
+    121:    ('altitude', []),
+    122:    ('load', []),
+    125:    ('concentration', []),
+    128:    ('power', []),
+    130:    ('distance', []),
+    131:    ('energy', []),
+    132:    ('direction', None),
+    133:    ('time', []),
+    134:    ('gyrometer', None),
+    135:    ('colour', ["red", "green", "blue"]),
+    136:    ('gps', ["latitude", "longitude", "altitude"]),
+    142:    ('switch', []),
+}
+
+def lpp_json_encoder (obj) :
+    """Encode LppType, LppData, and LppFrame to JSON."""
+    if isinstance(obj, LppFrame):
+        return obj.data
+    if isinstance(obj, LppType):
+        return my_lpp_types[obj.type][0]
+    if isinstance(obj, LppData):
+        d = {"channel" : obj.channel, "type" : obj.type}
+        if my_lpp_types[obj.type.type][1] is None :
+            d["value"] = obj.value
+        elif len(my_lpp_types[obj.type.type][1]) == 0 :
+            d["value"] = obj.value[0]
+        else :
+            val_dict = {}
+            i = 0
+            for t in my_lpp_types[obj.type.type][1] :
+                val_dict[t] = obj.value[i]
+                i = i + 1
+            d["value"] = val_dict
+        return d
+    raise TypeError(repr(obj) + " is not JSON serialized")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/meshcore/reader.py b/src/meshcore/reader.py
index 1cc8499..11eb668 100644
--- a/src/meshcore/reader.py
+++ b/src/meshcore/reader.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import sys
 import logging
 import asyncio
 import json
-from cayennelpp import LppFrame, LppData, LppUtil
+from cayennelpp import LppFrame, LppData
 from typing import Any, Optional, Dict
 from .events import Event, EventType, EventDispatcher
 from .packets import PacketType
+from meshcore.lpp_json_encoder import lpp_json_encoder
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("meshcore")
 
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ class MessageReader:
                 data.append(lppdata)
                 i = i + len(lppdata)
 
-            lpp = json.loads(json.dumps(LppFrame(data), default=LppUtil.json_encode_type_str))
+            lpp = json.loads(json.dumps(LppFrame(data), default=lpp_json_encoder))
 
             res["lpp"] = lpp