How to know the quantity of data per month

IoT Modules MC/EM Series
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Hi,

I would like to add a function to monitor the data quantity for my connection manager.
And issue alarm when the data quantity exceed the threshold.
So far, I only know the command to query the data quantity after session start.
Is there any way can know the total quantity from specific time?
Can I query such information from my service provider?
Or, I only can record them by my connection manager?
Thanks.

Regards

Ricky

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Hi Ricky,

Yes, you can check from time to time and count in your connection manager.

It depends on your carrier whether you can query from them, usually via a special code (USSD).
For example, AT&T: http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=53414&cv=820#fbid=QwxGvsLTMJt
Please check with your carrier for more info.

Hope this helps.
Thx

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Hi, Lotam,

Thanks a lot for your reply.
So, if I want to provide such function but don’t want to related to specific carrier, then the best way is to count the tr/rx data quantity by my connection manager?
Am I right?
Thanks.

regards

Ricky

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Hi Ricky,

Yes, count via connection manager is more straight forward and less carrier dependent… but few things to consider, for example, the data count from host may not exactly same as carrier’s, billing cycle may vary, user may switch SIM cards or using different profile with same connection manager…

But that mechanism is good enough as reference, similar to what smartphone do nowadays.

Thx

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But note that smartphones always qualify their counts with the disclaimer that the carriers accounting may be different…