diff --git a/include/lorawan.h b/include/lorawan.h
index 91305048..a731edfe 100644
--- a/include/lorawan.h
+++ b/include/lorawan.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void os_getDevEui(u1_t *buf);
 void lora_send(void *pvParameters);
 void lora_enqueuedata(MessageBuffer_t *message);
 void lora_queuereset(void);
+void lora_setBattLevel(uint8_t batt_percent);
 void IRAM_ATTR myEventCallback(void *pUserData, ev_t ev);
 void IRAM_ATTR myRxCallback(void *pUserData, uint8_t port, const uint8_t *pMsg,
                             size_t nMsg);
diff --git a/src/cyclic.cpp b/src/cyclic.cpp
index 425b1210..92d98acf 100644
--- a/src/cyclic.cpp
+++ b/src/cyclic.cpp
@@ -67,16 +67,11 @@ void doHousekeeping() {
 // read battery voltage into global variable
 #if (defined BAT_MEASURE_ADC || defined HAS_PMU)
   batt_level = read_battlevel();
-  switch (batt_level) {
-  case MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER:
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Battery: external power");
-    break;
-  case MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO :
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Battery: unknown state");
-    break;
-  default:
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Battery: %d%%", batt_level);
-  }
+  ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Battery: %d%%", batt_level);
+#if (HAS_LORA)
+  // to come with future LMIC version
+  // lora_setBattLevel(batt_level);
+#endif
 #ifdef HAS_PMU
   AXP192_showstatus();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/display.cpp b/src/display.cpp
index 764da7fc..f340e6c9 100644
--- a/src/display.cpp
+++ b/src/display.cpp
@@ -281,16 +281,12 @@ void dp_drawPage(time_t t, bool nextpage) {
     // line 4: Battery + GPS status + Wifi channel
     // B:a.bcV Sats:ab ch:ab
 #if (defined BAT_MEASURE_ADC || defined HAS_PMU)
-    switch (batt_level) {
-    case MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER:
-      dp_printf("ext.Pwr ");
-      break;
-    case MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO:
+    if (batt_level == 0)
       dp_printf("No batt ");
-      break;
-    default:
+    else if (batt_level < 100)
       dp_printf("B:%3d%%  ", batt_level);
-    }
+    else
+      dp_printf("ext.Pwr ");
 #else
     dp_printf("       ");
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lorawan.cpp b/src/lorawan.cpp
index fd0d5fb8..6a033580 100644
--- a/src/lorawan.cpp
+++ b/src/lorawan.cpp
@@ -459,6 +459,40 @@ void myEventCallback(void *pUserData, ev_t ev) {
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s", lmic_event_msg);
 }
 
+void lora_setBattLevel(uint8_t batt_percent) {
+
+  // set the battery value to send by LMIC in MAC Command
+  // DevStatusAns. Available defines in lorabase.h:
+  //   MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER   = 0x00, // external power supply
+  //   MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MIN    = 0x01, // min battery value
+  //   MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MAX    = 0xFE, // max battery value
+  //   MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO = 0xFF, // unknown battery level
+  // we calculate the applicable value from MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MIN to
+  // MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MAX from bat_percent value
+
+  uint8_t lmic_batt_level;
+
+  if (batt_percent == 0)
+    lmic_batt_level = MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO;
+  else
+
+#ifdef HAS_PMU
+      if (pmu.isVBUSPlug())
+    lmic_batt_level = MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER;
+#else
+      if (batt_percent > 100)
+    lmic_batt_level = MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER;
+#endif // HAS_PMU
+
+  else
+    lmic_batt_level = static_cast<uint8_t>(
+        (float)batt_percent /
+        (float)(MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MAX - MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MIN + 1) * 100.0f);
+
+  LMIC_setBattLevel(lmic_batt_level);
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "lmic_batt_level = %d", lmic_batt_level);
+}
+
 // event EV_RXCOMPLETE message handler
 void myRxCallback(void *pUserData, uint8_t port, const uint8_t *pMsg,
                   size_t nMsg) {
diff --git a/src/power.cpp b/src/power.cpp
index 4d1920c5..47e4fb0a 100644
--- a/src/power.cpp
+++ b/src/power.cpp
@@ -212,56 +212,23 @@ uint16_t read_voltage(void) {
 
 uint8_t read_battlevel() {
 
-  // return the battery value as sent in MAC Command
-  // DevStatusAns. Available defines in lorabase.h:
-  //   MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER   = 0x00, // external power supply
-  //   MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MIN    = 0x01, // min battery value
-  //   MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MAX    = 0xFE, // max battery value
-  //   MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO = 0xFF, // unknown battery level
-  // we calculate the applicable value from MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MIN to
-  // MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MAX from bat_percent value
+  // return the battery level in values 0 ... 255 [percent],
+  // values > 100 probably mean external power, depending on hardware
 
-  const uint16_t batt_voltage_range = BAT_MAX_VOLTAGE - BAT_MIN_VOLTAGE;
-  const uint8_t batt_level_range = MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MAX - MCMD_DEVS_BATT_MIN + 1;
-  const int batt_voltage = read_voltage() - BAT_MIN_VOLTAGE;
-  const uint8_t batt_percent =
-      (batt_voltage > 0)
-          ? (float)batt_voltage / (float)batt_voltage_range * 100.0
-          : MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO;
-  uint8_t lmic_batt_level;
+  const uint16_t batt_voltage = read_voltage();
+  float batt_percent_fl = (float)(batt_voltage - BAT_MIN_VOLTAGE) /
+                          (float)(BAT_MAX_VOLTAGE - BAT_MIN_VOLTAGE) * 100.0f;
+  const uint8_t batt_percent = static_cast<uint8_t>(batt_percent_fl);
 
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "batt_voltage = %dmV / batt_level = %u%%",
-           batt_voltage + BAT_MIN_VOLTAGE, batt_percent);
-
-  if (batt_percent != MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO)
-#ifdef HAS_PMU
-    lmic_batt_level = pmu.isVBUSPlug() ? MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER
-                                       : (float)batt_percent /
-                                             (float)batt_level_range * 100.0;
-#else
-    lmic_batt_level = (float)batt_percent / (float)batt_level_range * 100.0;
-#endif // HAS_PMU
-  else
-    lmic_batt_level = MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO;
-
-// set battery level value for lmic stack
-#if (HAS_LORA)
-    // LMIC_setBattLevel(lmic_batt_level);
-#endif
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "batt_voltage = %dmV / batt_percent = %u%%", batt_voltage,
+           batt_percent);
 
   return batt_percent;
 }
 
 bool batt_sufficient() {
 #if (defined HAS_PMU || defined BAT_MEASURE_ADC)
-  switch (batt_level) {
-  case MCMD_DEVS_EXT_POWER:
-    return true;
-  case MCMD_DEVS_BATT_NOINFO:
-    return true;
-  default:
-    return (batt_level > OTA_MIN_BATT);
-  }
+  return (batt_level > OTA_MIN_BATT);
 #else
   return true; // we don't know batt level
 #endif