# Unexpected return value bearerStart

**URL:** <https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/unexpected-return-value-bearerstart/7346>\
**Category:** Open AT\
**Created:** [July 28, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/unexpected-return-value-bearerstart/7346 "2014-07-28T07:56:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jorn](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/Jorn)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/unexpected-return-value-bearerstart/7346/1 "2014-07-28T07:56:09Z")

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> 2014/07/28;09:51:48:576;001;ADL;5;Unexpected result from bearerStart: -35

What does this code mean?

```auto
s8 startResult = wip_bearerStart(bearerHandle);

		switch (startResult)
		{
			case 0:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "Bearer started successfully"));
				break;
			case WIP_BERR_OK_INPROGRESS:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "Bearer is connecting"));
				break;
			case WIP_BERR_BAD_HDL:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "Bad handle, shouldnt occur"));
				break;
			case WIP_BERR_BAD_STATE:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "The bearer is not stopped"));
				break;
			case WIP_BERR_DEV:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "Error from link layer initialization"));
				break;
			case WIP_BERR_BAD_CONTEXT:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "call to bearerStart not made in main_task"));
				break;
			default:
				TRACE((TRACE_LEVEL, "Unexpected result from bearerStart: %d"));
				break;
		}
	}
```

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**Author:** ![Rex\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@Rex\_alex](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/Rex_alex)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/unexpected-return-value-bearerstart/7346/2 "2014-07-30T13:28:49Z")

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i think -35 error corresponds to WIP\_BERR\_PIN\_NOT\_READY…

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**Author:** ![Jorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jorn](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/Jorn)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/unexpected-return-value-bearerstart/7346/3 "2014-08-06T07:27:18Z")

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Tank you rex, I guess I got a bit lost in the documentation … or it was not listed as one of the possible return values.  
Anyway, I’ll find my way now. Thank you rex!