How to get data usage notification

Question

Hi,
I am working on a mobile broadband campanion app.
I am interested in getting data usage notification.
Docs say we can use system trigger to get notification when there is change of 5% in data usage.
But for that I believe we need to set cost (data limit).

I tried to set cost through provisioning.
Most example on net add cost element in DefaultProfile.
But I am getting error while using this xml as Cost is not part of DefaultProfile.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <CarrierProvisioning xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/CarrierControl/v1">
     <Global>
         <CarrierId>{00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444}</CarrierId>
         <SubscriberId>1234567890</SubscriberId>
     </Global>
     <MBNProfiles>
       <DefaultProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/CarrierControl/WWAN/v1">
           <Name>Profile Name</Name>
           <Description>The Description</Description>
             <Cost xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/CarrierControl/DUSM/v1" PlanType="Fixed" OverDataLimit="true" Congested="true">
                 <UsageInMegabytes Timestamp="2002-05-30T09:30:10+06:00">25</UsageInMegabytes>
                 <DataLimitInMegabytes>10</DataLimitInMegabytes>
                 <BillingCycle StartDate="2011-09-30T09:30:10+06:00" Duration="P1Y4M20DT2H34M78S" Resets="false"></BillingCycle>
                 <BandwidthInKbps>5</BandwidthInKbps>
                 <MaxDownloadFileSizeInMegabytes>25</MaxDownloadFileSizeInMegabytes>
                 <CarrierPolicy>
                     <SecurityUpdatesExempt>true</SecurityUpdatesExempt>
                 </CarrierPolicy>
             </Cost>
           <HomeProviderName>Contoso</HomeProviderName>
           <Context>
               <AccessString>apn</AccessString>
               <UserLogonCred>
                   <UserName>username</UserName>
                   <Password>password</Password>
               </UserLogonCred>
           </Context>
       </DefaultProfile>
 
    </MBNProfiles>
 </CarrierProvisioning>

 

Is there any other way to set Datalimit. 

Thanks, 
Win8 dev

Answer 1

Win8 Dev,

I will look into this for you.

Best Wishes - Eric

Answer 2

Hi Eric,
Thanks for looking into it.
I found that we can add Plans to CarrierProvisioning.
But If I add Plan then I get error 82170013 in Plan.
Where can I find the meaning of this error.

Thanks,
Win8 Dev

Answer 3

DataLimit is set in the Plan.  In the profile, you set an AssociatedPlan which matches the Plan’s Name.  A single Plan can be tied to multiple (MBN, Wi-Fi) profiles.  Could you send a pointer to the documentation which shows the Cost directly embedded in the plan?  That needs to be updated if it hasn’t been already.

Best Wishes - Eric

Answer 4

Hi Eric,

What is the schema AssociatedPlan, online docs just say TBD.

I am not able to set the Plans in CarrierControlSchema, I get error 82170013 when I add Plans to CarrierControlSchema.
What does this error signifies. Can you provide me an example for Plans.

Thanks,

Win8 Dev

Answer 5

Win8 Dev,

Could you send me a pointer to the docs that say TBD? 

Best Wishes - Eric

Answer 6

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh868443.aspx

Description says TBD.

How would we use AssociatedPlan if we are not able to set a Plan

Answer 7

Win 8 Dev,

I have reported the doc issue.  I am also looking into this for you.

Best Wishes - Eric

Answer 8

Thanks for looking into this Eric.

Would you know if system trigger NetworkStateChange also fires when there is a change in data usage by more then 5%.

Are there any triggers that monitor connection data usage.

Thanks,

Win8 Dev

Answer 9

Hi Eric,
Thanks for looking into it.
I found that we can add Plans to CarrierProvisioning.
But If I add Plan then I get error 82170013 in Plan.
Where can I find the meaning of this error.

Thanks,
Win8 Dev

Error 0x82170013 means that there was a plan defined but does not link to any profiles. In other words, the Plan name for the plan (Plans/Plan/@name) does not match to the associated plan name in the MBN profile (MBNProfiles/MBNProfile/AssociatedPlan).