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 (Digi RM) connecton/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
  • Digi RM-related configuration settings at their defaults
    • Connection to Digi RM 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 (approximately 10kB in size)
  • One firmware update included (approximately 30 MB as the average DAL product firmware size, some platforms have smaller firmware some have larger)
  • All Digi RM-related config settings enabled and tuned to their most-often frequency
    • Initial connection sequence to Digi RM along with query_state and query_setting RCI calls from Digi RM - 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 Digi RM-related configuration settings enabled to maintain a base connectivity to Digi RM
    • Initial connection sequence to Digi RM along with query_state and query_setting RCI calls from Digi RM - 12.25kB
    • Keep-alives set to once per 2 hours - 141.84 kB
    • Device event logging disabled
    • Health metrics disabled
Last updated: Dec 07, 2023

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