Balance 30 LTE - switch from one SIM/carrier to the other takes about 150 seconds. Normal?

[zegor_mjol]

System: Balance 30 LTE, firmware 6.3.2s027
Configuration: WAN1 = Satellite, Wan3 = Cellular, with AT&T and Verizon SIM cards
**Carrier connections: **Both are LTE, Verizon pretty good (RSRP at -70), AT&T OK (RSRP at -85)
Observation: Autoswitching from one SIM card/carrier to the other (e.g., when changing from the preferred to the non-preferred) takes approx. 150 seconds.

Question: Is the 150 seconds lag (break in connection) normal for such a switch?

[sitloongs]

Hi,

Do you have detail event logs that we can further check ?

The default setting for “fail back to preferred SIM When” idle timeout is 3 minutes, it’s closer to the mention 150 seconds.

Thank You

[zegor_mjol]

@sitloongs

Hi,

Do you have detail event logs that we can further check ?

The default setting for “fail back to preferred SIM When” idle timeout is 3 minutes, it’s closer to the mention 150 seconds.

The time-out was set to one minute - that minute is not included in the transition time.

The event log (the change being to make SIM B the preferred SIM):

Nov 11 19:32:37 WAN: Cellular connected to AT&T (10.239.119.88)
Nov 11 19:27:30 WAN: Cellular disconnected (No device detected)
Nov 11 19:27:15 WAN: Cellular reaches failback timeout, switching to preferred SIM B
Nov 11 19:26:47 System: Changes applied

Looks like it took some five minutes this time 'round.

S

[sitloongs]

@zegor_mjol

The time-out was set to one minute - that minute is not included in the transition time.

The event log (the change being to make SIM B the preferred SIM):

Nov 11 19:32:37 WAN: Cellular connected to AT&T (10.239.119.88)
Nov 11 19:27:30 WAN: Cellular disconnected (No device detected)
Nov 11 19:27:15 WAN: Cellular reaches failback timeout, switching to preferred SIM B
Nov 11 19:26:47 System: Changes applied

Looks like it took some five minutes this time 'round.

S

Hi,

Just to confirm SIM A is Verizon ? SIM B is AT&T ?

Thank you

[zegor_mjol]

@sitloongs

Hi,

Just to confirm SIM A is Verizon ? SIM B is AT&T ?

Thank you

That is correct. The transition time seems to be similar, independent of which direction the transition is.

[zegor_mjol]

@sitloongs

Hi,

Just to confirm SIM A is Verizon ? SIM B is AT&T ?

Thank you

That is correct. The transition time seems to be similar, independent of which direction the transition is.

[TK_Liew]

@zegor_mjol

The time-out was set to one minute - that minute is not included in the transition time.

The event log (the change being to make SIM B the preferred SIM):

Nov 11 19:32:37 WAN: Cellular connected to AT&T (10.239.119.88)
Nov 11 19:27:30 WAN: Cellular disconnected (No device detected)
Nov 11 19:27:15 WAN: Cellular reaches failback timeout, switching to preferred SIM B
Nov 11 19:26:47 System: Changes applied

Looks like it took some five minutes this time 'round.

S

Please find my testing below. The only different is the time used to connect to the ISP. My device uses 33 seconds to connect to ISP. However, your device uses 5 minutes 7 seconds. The time used to connect to ISP is depending on the environment.

If you wish to know what is happening within the 5 minutes 7 seconds, please replicate the problem again (I believe the previous log was overwritten since it was happening on 11 Nov). Then download the Diagnostic Report and submit us a ticket.

Thank you.

[zegor_mjol]

I am ok with the delay - it is not critical for me. Unless you think there might be something wrong (or something useful to your development team) I’ll eave this one be for now.

S