The InControl Options in Group Settings are used to configure how the devices in the group are managed by InControl.
This affects the data usage of the devices.
The section is available from Group Settings > InControl Options.
Estimated Base Data Usage
After clicking for more options, a Base Data Usage Calculator pops up to enable the user to calculate the estimated InControl usage when several options are enabled or disabled.
The estimation is calculated with the following assumptions:
- No clients, events, remote web admin, remote assistance, or feature add-on activation
- 3 SSIDs defined on Wi-Fi AP
- Device goes offline and online no more than once per day
- Network time synchronizations always succeeds
An estimated data usage for the group will be visible to show an estimated amount of data that will be used by the devices in the group to communicate with InControl.
InControl options
The following options can be configured:
Disable Device Configuration
InControl can solely be used for monitoring purposes when Device Configuration is disabled.
Auto roll back device configuration
If devices cannot reach InControl after receiving a configuration from InControl, the configuration will be rolled back.
If the device fails to connect to InControl after 10 minutes, it will automatically roll-back to the previous configuration.
Auto apply configuration patches to devices
In order to fix errors, sometimes InControl needs to send some configuration patches to devices. When such patches are available for a device, if this option is enabled, the patch will be sent to the device automatically.
If the option is not enabled, InControl will stop all configurations to the device. Administrators will be asked to confirm to apply such patch before the patch and any configuration could be applied to the device.
Alternatively, the group can follow the organization setting.
Disable Firmware Management
InControl firmware upgrade configuration cane be disabled by ticking the checkbox.
Low Data Usage Mode
When low data usage is enabled, the minimum amount of data is sent to the device.
Devices’ WAN health checks will be forcefully disabled. You will have to manually enable health checks on the web admin when you disable this mode.
Disable Device Reporting
Devices send reporting data to InControl regularly which incurs data usage. Disabling device reporting could save devices’ data usage.
Captive portals will fail to operate when this option is checked.
Disable Live Status Queries
Live status queries incur data usage and are blocked when this option is checked.
Captive portals will fail to operate when this option is checked.
GPS Location Collection
By default, 30 GPS location points are retrieved from a device every minute. To change data usage and location accuracy, this setting can be changed to 60 location points every minute, 1 location point every 30 minutes, 1 location point every hour the service can be disabled.
Minimum Communication Interval
Configure the communication interval (Default: 28 seconds. Minimum: 28 seconds. Maximum: 60 minutes).
When a device has sent no data to InControl for more than this amount of time (T), it will send a heartbeat to InControl to maintain a two-way communication channel.
A device will be treated as offline if InControl has received no data from it for more than 3 mins and T×2+2 secs when T<=30 and T>30 secs respectively.
Real-time communication with devices may be delayed and InControl managed captive portals may not work for any interval longer than 30 seconds if a NAT router is present in the communication path.
Save the changes to apply the new settings.
