diff --git a/lib/connector/meshcore_connector.dart b/lib/connector/meshcore_connector.dart
index 21b5653..da62d3e 100644
--- a/lib/connector/meshcore_connector.dart
+++ b/lib/connector/meshcore_connector.dart
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ class MeshCoreConnector extends ChangeNotifier {
   String? _firmwareVersion;
   String? _deviceModel;
   int? _offbandCaps;
+  int? _offbandCaps2;
   bool? _femLnaEnabled;
   int _pathHashByteWidth = 1;
   CompanionRadioStats? _latestRadioStats;
@@ -610,6 +611,11 @@ class MeshCoreConnector extends ChangeNotifier {
   /// null on older firmware that sends a shorter frame.
   int? get offbandCaps => _offbandCaps;
 
+  /// Second `offband_caps` bitfield (frame offset 84, firmware #508). Null when
+  /// the frame is too short, which means "no byte-2 capabilities" and is never
+  /// an error: every radio predating #508 reports null here. (#480)
+  int? get offbandCaps2 => _offbandCaps2;
+
   /// Whether the connected firmware speaks the `0xC1` GPS extension, i.e. it
   /// advertised the Offband-fork `offband_caps` byte. Stock MeshCore omits it,
   /// so 0xC1 is suppressed there rather than pinged blindly. (#144)
@@ -5022,6 +5028,21 @@ class MeshCoreConnector extends ChangeNotifier {
   static bool? parseFemLnaState(Uint8List frame) =>
       frame.length >= 84 ? frame[83] != femLnaBypass : null;
 
+  /// Second `offband_caps` byte, at frame offset **84** (firmware #508).
+  ///
+  /// Deliberately NOT adjacent to byte 1 at offset 82: offset 83 is already the
+  /// FEM LNA state byte, and every field here is read at a FIXED ABSOLUTE
+  /// offset, so inserting byte 2 next to byte 1 would shift the FEM state and
+  /// make shipped clients misread a bitmask as the LNA toggle. Firmware appends
+  /// byte 2 at the end of the frame for exactly that reason
+  /// (`OffbandConfigProtocol.h`, firmware PR #515).
+  ///
+  /// Null on any firmware predating #508, which sends a shorter frame. Null
+  /// means "no byte-2 capabilities", never an error. Bounds-checked like its
+  /// siblings, so a truncated or hostile short frame never indexes OOB.
+  static int? parseOffbandCaps2(Uint8List frame) =>
+      frame.length >= 85 ? frame[84] : null;
+
   void _handleDeviceInfo(Uint8List frame) {
     if (frame.length < 4) return;
     if (_shouldGateInitialChannelSync) {
@@ -5072,11 +5093,14 @@ class MeshCoreConnector extends ChangeNotifier {
     // FEM LNA state rides one byte past the caps byte on v16+ (#304). Primary
     // read on connect, a 0xC3 GET is only the fallback.
     _femLnaEnabled = parseFemLnaState(frame);
+    // Second caps byte rides at offset 84, past the FEM state byte (#480).
+    _offbandCaps2 = parseOffbandCaps2(frame);
     // Capability-gated features are invisible when a bit is clear, which looks
     // identical to a bug. Log the raw inputs so "the toggle didn't appear" can
     // be told apart from "this radio says it can't". (#304)
     _appDebugLogService?.info(
       'Offband caps=0x${(_offbandCaps ?? 0).toRadixString(16).padLeft(2, '0')} '
+      'caps2=${_offbandCaps2 == null ? 'absent' : '0x${_offbandCaps2!.toRadixString(16).padLeft(2, '0')}'} '
       'verCode=${_firmwareVerCode ?? 0} frameLen=${frame.length} '
       'femLnaByte=${_femLnaEnabled == null ? 'absent' : (_femLnaEnabled! ? '1' : '0')} '
       'femCapable=$supportsOffbandFemLna blockCapable=$supportsOffbandBlock',
diff --git a/test/connector/offband_caps2_test.dart b/test/connector/offband_caps2_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d56073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/connector/offband_caps2_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:meshcore_open/connector/meshcore_connector.dart';
+import 'package:meshcore_open/connector/meshcore_protocol.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  /// Device-info frame with the three additive tail bytes at their fixed
+  /// absolute offsets: caps byte 1 at 82, FEM LNA state at 83, caps byte 2 at
+  /// 84 (firmware #508 / PR #515).
+  Uint8List deviceInfo({
+    required int length,
+    int caps1 = 0,
+    int femByte = 0,
+    int caps2 = 0,
+  }) {
+    final frame = Uint8List(length);
+    if (length >= 1) frame[0] = respCodeDeviceInfo;
+    if (length >= 83) frame[82] = caps1;
+    if (length >= 84) frame[83] = femByte;
+    if (length >= 85) frame[84] = caps2;
+    return frame;
+  }
+
+  group('offband_caps byte 2, device-info offset 84 (#480)', () {
+    test('reads byte 84 when the frame is long enough', () {
+      expect(
+        MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps2(
+          deviceInfo(length: 85, caps2: 0x01),
+        ),
+        equals(0x01),
+      );
+      expect(
+        MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps2(
+          deviceInfo(length: 85, caps2: 0xFF),
+        ),
+        equals(0xFF),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('a present byte 2 of zero is still present, not absent', () {
+      // "No byte-2 capabilities set" and "firmware predates byte 2" are
+      // different states; only the second is null.
+      expect(
+        MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps2(deviceInfo(length: 85, caps2: 0)),
+        equals(0),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('null on firmware predating #508 (frame stops at 84)', () {
+      expect(
+        MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps2(deviceInfo(length: 84)),
+        isNull,
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('null on a short or truncated frame, never an OOB index', () {
+      for (final length in [0, 1, 4, 81, 82, 83, 84]) {
+        expect(
+          MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps2(deviceInfo(length: length)),
+          isNull,
+          reason: 'frame length $length must yield null, not throw',
+        );
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('byte 2 does not disturb the fields before it', () {
+    // This is the regression the offset-84 choice exists to prevent: byte 2 is
+    // appended at the END of the frame, not adjacent to byte 1, because the FEM
+    // state byte already occupies 83 and every field is read at a fixed
+    // absolute offset.
+    final frame = deviceInfo(
+      length: 85,
+      caps1: offbandCapFemLna | offbandCapBlock,
+      femByte: 1,
+      caps2: 0x03,
+    );
+
+    test('caps byte 1 still reads at offset 82', () {
+      expect(
+        MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps(frame),
+        equals(offbandCapFemLna | offbandCapBlock),
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('FEM LNA state still reads at offset 83', () {
+      expect(MeshCoreConnector.parseFemLnaState(frame), isTrue);
+    });
+
+    test('byte-1 gate predicates are unaffected by byte 2', () {
+      final caps1 = MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps(frame);
+      expect(firmwareSupportsOffbandFemLna(caps1), isTrue);
+      expect(firmwareSupportsOffbandBlock(caps1, 15), isTrue);
+    });
+
+    test('all three tail fields are independent', () {
+      final onlyCaps2 = deviceInfo(length: 85, caps2: 0x02);
+      expect(MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps(onlyCaps2), equals(0));
+      expect(MeshCoreConnector.parseFemLnaState(onlyCaps2), isFalse);
+      expect(MeshCoreConnector.parseOffbandCaps2(onlyCaps2), equals(0x02));
+    });
+  });
+}