Motorola DCT1800 installation manual Out-of-Band OOB Status, Yes, Emm, Fix, Srch

B-6Diagnostics

d 02: Out-of-Band (OOB) Status

This diagnostic indicates the status of the out-of-band control channel.

Figure B-3

OOB Diagnostic

	02 OOB DIAGNOSTIC
	DATA		*	SNR	23 dB GOOD
	EMM DATA		*
	CARRIER LOCK		YES	COUNT	1
	HUNT MODE		None
	CUR FREQ
	LKC
	EMM PRVDR ID		0x0001
Table B-4
OOB Diagnostic Fields
Field	Description
Data	The OSD indicates with a “*” that data has been received. The indicators cover all packet
	processors regardless of which stream they are monitoring and are cleared when you
	enter the diagnostic.
EMM Data	Indicates whether the set-top is receiving a message on the EMM stream with the
	following variables:
	Blank	No data received
	*	Data received
		The set-top can receive only six PIDs at once. Data on PIDs can be present
		on the out-of-band multiplex that the set-top is not receiving.
Carrier Lock	The CARRIER LOCK is reset to “1” after an initialization from the DAC 6000 or a power
	cycle. Each time the set-topdetects a drop in OOB connectivity, the counter increments.
	The following Carrier Lock variables can display:
	YES	Carrier locked
	NO	Carrier unlocked
Hunt Mode	Indicates the state of OOB stream acquisition. The Hunt Mode can be:
	None	The set-top is locked to an OOB carrier.

RR(Round

Robin)

EMM

The set-top is searching OOB frequencies trying to find an EMM Provider of 0 or 1.

The set-top received a Provider ID change and is searching OOB frequencies for the new ID.

FIX	The set-top has been commanded to attempt to lock onto a frequency.
SRCH	The set-top at some point had a valid Provider ID on the OOB frequency
	and is attempting to re-acquire it.

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