Status indicators and error diagnosis
| There are five LEDs on the front panel of the ca- | ||
| ble modem to monitor status and show errors: | ||
| POWER | lights up green | |
| CABLE | lights up green | |
| PC |
| flashes or lights up green |
| DATA |
| flashes or lights up green |
| TEST |
| not lit (orange on test) |
| The meaning of the LEDs for the respective op- | ||
| erational states is shown below. | ||
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Function | Status | Meaning | |
Power | not lit | power off / mains missing | |
| lit | power on | |
Cable | not lit | no RF carrier (Downstream) | |
| flashing every 5th s | scanning for RF carrier (Downstream) | |
| flashing slowly | downstream RF carrier present and ranging | |
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| in progress | |
| flashing fast | registration in progress | |
| lit | cable modem registered and ready for data | |
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| transfer | |
PC | not lit | no Ethernet or USB carrier present | |
| lit | Ethernet or USB carrier present | |
| flashing | data transfer to PC | |
Data | not lit | No data transfer | |
| flashing | Data transfer to cable headend | |
Test | not lit | no error indicated | |
| lit | error |
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During power up and self test all LEDs except “Power” are flashing for about 1 second.
Failure of data transmission
If the data transmission should fail, check the connections of the modem to
the antenna socket, the PC and
the supply.
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