Scientific Atlanta DPC2100, EPC2100 specifications Front Panel Description

Front Panel Description

Front Panel Description

The front panel of your cable modem provides status lights that indicate how well and at what state your cable modem is operating. After the cable modem is successfully registered on the network, the POWER and CABLE status indicators illuminate continuously to show that the cable modem is active and fully operational. See Front Panel Status Indicator Functions, later in this guide, for more information on front panel status indicator functions.

1POWER—Illuminates solid green to indicate that power is being applied to the cable modem

2 RECEIVE DATA—Blinks to indicate that the cable modem is receiving data from the cable network

3 SEND DATA— Blinks to indicate that the cable modem is sending data to the cable network

4 CABLE—Illuminates solid green when the cable modem is registered on the network and fully operational. This indicator blinks to indicate one of the following conditions:

• The cable modem is booting up and not ready for data

• The cable modem is scanning the network and attempting to register

•The cable modem has lost registration on the network and

will continue blinking until it registers again

5 PC—Illuminates solid green to indicate that an Ethernet/USB carrier is present and blinks to indicate that Ethernet/USB data is being transferred between the PC and the cable modem

After the cable modem is successfully registered on the network, the POWER (LED 1) and CABLE (LED 4) indicators illuminate continuously to indicate that the cable modem is online and fully operational.

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