# Transfer limit

Efento NB-IoT logger allows you to limit the number of transmissions in a given period of time. For instance, you can set the device to be able to send the data maximum 5 times in a 30 minutes window. This feature allows you to control the battery life time in an environment, in which the small fluctuations of the measurements would trigger the transmission very often. By default this function is disabled (there is no transfer limit set).

You can set up two parameters of the transfer limit function: number of transmissions (N) and time period (T). After each successful transmission a transmission counter increments by 1. The counter decrements every time period (T). If a transmission is triggered, but the counter is equal or greater than the set number of transmissions (N), the communication with the server is blocked, until the counter decrements to a value below the number of transmissions (N). This applies only to regular transmissions and threshold triggered transmissions. Transmission triggered over Bluetooth will always be sent to the server.

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**If you enable the transfer limit, the device may not be able to send the data to the server, even if an alarm threshold has been exceeded!**
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In order to set the transfer limit:

1. Connect to the logger, tap on the three dots in the upper right corner -> “Power user” -> “Network settings” -> “Transfer limit”
2. Enable the transfer limit and key in the number of transmissions and the time period for the transfer limit function


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