DCP Operation

 

 

Table 3-3

 

 

(1 of 3)

 

 

Top-Level Menu Status

 

 

 

Status

Message

Indicates

 

 

 

Normal

Leased:MR*

The modem is operating on leased lines and transmitting at the

Operation

 

displayed data rate.

 

 

 

 

Idle:MR*

The modem is configured for dial network operation and is on-hook.

 

 

 

 

OnLine:MR*

The modem is online, in Data mode, and operating at the displayed

 

EC**

data rate. EC (error control) appears if error control is operational.

 

 

 

 

Ring Indicate

The local modem is receiving an incoming ring.

 

 

 

 

Test:MR*

The modem is in test mode operating at the displayed data rate.

 

 

 

Alarm***

Make Busy

The modem is in a Make Busy condition.

 

 

 

 

Power On Fail

The modem has failed its Power-On Self-test.

 

 

 

 

SelfHealth Fail

A failure has occurred in the modem’s hardware components.

 

 

 

Call Setup

Off Hook

The modem is off-hook and waiting to dial a telephone number.

 

 

 

 

Dialing

The originating modem is dialing a telephone number.

 

 

 

 

Remote Ring

The remote modem is ringing.

 

 

 

 

Training****

The modem is training or retraining.

 

 

 

 

EC Negotiating

The local and remote modems are negotiating the highest possible

 

 

level of error control compatible between both modems. Once a

 

 

level is selected, this LCD message disappears.

 

 

 

Dial Backup or

Standby: MR*

The modem is operating in Dial Standby mode.

Leased Backup

 

 

DialBckUp:MR*

The modem is operating in Dial Backup mode at the displayed data

 

 

 

rate and is configured for Direct mode.

 

 

 

 

Backup:MR*

The modem is operating in Dial Backup mode and is configured for

 

EC**

error control and data compression on leased lines.

 

Standby:MR*

The modem is operating in Dial Standby mode and is configured for

 

EC**

error control and data compression on leased lines.

 

 

 

*MR. Modem Rate indicates the data rate the modem is using. One of the following values appears: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 7200, 9600, 12.0 (12,000), 14.4 (14,400), 16.8 (16,800), or 19.2 (19,200) bps.

**EC. Error Control indicates the modem is online and using V.42 or MNP error control. One of the following values appears after the modem rates listed above: MNP2, MNP3, MNP4, MNP5, V42, V42b, or NoEC. (NoEC indicates the modem is connected in Buffer mode rather than error control. If an EC value does not appear, then the modem is in Direct mode.)

***The Alarm Status Messages only appear when the Normal Operation Status Messages appear; the LCD alternates between the two message sets.

**** The Training message may also appear in normal Trellis Multipoint (TMp) operation.

3910-A2-GN32-40

September 1998

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Digicom 3910 Top-Level Menu Status, Status Message Indicates Normal, Operation, Call Setup, Dial Backup or, Leased Backup