Chapter 5: Monitoring Circuit Status and Displaying System Information

The following table describes the data displayed on the ADSL Performance Status screen.

Field

Meaning

 

 

Down Alarms

Identifies the current downstream alarms (toward the Megabit

 

Modem 320F). Options:

 

LOF - Loss of Frame

 

LOS - Loss of Signal

 

MAR - Margin

 

ES - Errored Seconds

 

SES - Severely Errored Seconds

 

SELF - Self Test Failed

 

NONE - No current alarms

 

 

Up Alarms

Identifies the current upstream alarms (transmission toward the

 

Megabit Modem 310F).

 

 

System State

Identifies the state of the ADSL system:

 

ACK - Acknowledge during handshake.

 

TRAINING - Modem is currently training.

 

CHANA - Channel analysis is in process.

 

EXCH - Exchange final handshaking messages.

 

DATA - Link is up and data can be transferred.

 

 

SNR Margin (dB)

Identifies the current (cur) and minimum (min) margin values for

 

the ADSL loop for the current 24-hour period. See “Reach, Data

 

Rate, SNR Margin, and Noise Environment” on page 48 for

 

information on SNR margin and BER.

 

 

Line Attn (dB)

Indicates the line attenuation for the upstream and downstream

 

ADSL channels. Line attenuation is the decrease in amplitude of the

 

signal between transmission and receipt.

 

 

24 Hour ES

Indicates the total number of errored seconds that were detected on

 

the ADSL link during the current 24-hour period.

 

 

24 Hour UAS

Indicates the total number of unavailable seconds (UAS) that were

 

detected on the ADSL link during the current 24-hour period. UAS

 

indicate the amount of time that the lines were unavailable for

 

transmission since the modem was powered up or cleared.

 

 

Data Rate (kbps)

Identifies the current rates at which data is being transmitted.

 

 

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