Digi Remote Manager data usage for DAL-based products

This KB article is intended to give users an understanding of how much data the Digi Remote Manager connector/client typically uses, for Digi products that run the modern DAL Operating System.

Average monthly data usage:

  • 4.68MB on cellular connections
  • 18.1 MB on non-cellular connections (wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi client, PPPoE, etc)
  • no configuration/firmware updates
  • DigiRM-related configuration settings at their defaults
    • connection to DigiRM enabled
    • keep-alives set to 290-seconds for cellular, 60-seconds for non-cellular
    • health metrics set to once per hour
    • device event logging disabled

Maximum monthly data usage:  263MB

  • one configuration update with 50 config settings (approx 10kB in size)
  • one firmware update included (approx 30 MB as the average DAL product firmware size, some platforms have smaller firmware some have larger)
  • all DigiRM-related config settings enabled and tuned to their most-often frequency
    • initial connection sequence to DigiRM along with query_state and query_setting RCI calls from DigiRM - 12.25kB
    • device event logging enabled at 1/minute intervals - 137 MB per month
    • keep-alives set to once per 30-seconds - 34 MB per month
    • health metrics reported once per minute - 62.64MB per month

Minimum monthly data usage:  154 kB

  • no configuration/firmware updates
  • only critical DigiRM-related configuration settings enabled to maintain a base connectivity to DigiRM
    • initial connection sequence to DigiRM along with query_state and query_setting RCI calls from DigiRM - 12.25kB
    • keep-alives set to once per 2 hours - 141.84 kB
    • device event logging disabled
    • health metrics disabled
Last updated: Jun 15, 2023

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