
Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Contact Info
Serial LEDs
Two serial LEDs on top of the xDirect unit, directly adjacent to the “X” Power/Status LED, indicate transmit and receive data activity:
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TX Serial LED  | Green  | 
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RX Serial LED  | Amber  | 
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RJ45 Ethernet LED
The following two tables describe the meaning of the left and right LED colors on the Ethernet.
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Color  | Meaning  | 
Off  | No Link  | 
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Amber  | 10 Mbps  | 
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Green  | 100 Mbps  | 
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Color  | Meaning  | 
Off  | No Activity  | 
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Amber  | Half Duplex  | 
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Green  | Full Duplex  | 
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Problems and Error Messages
Table A-6  Problems and Error Messages
Problem/Message | Reason | Solution | 
When you issue the ARP   | Your currently   | Have someone from your IT department log  | 
command in Windows, the "ARP  | does not have the correct rights  | you in with sufficient rights. To configure  | 
entry addition failed: 5" message  | to use this command on this  | Windows Vista/7Use the link below for FAQ  | 
displays. For Windows Vista/7 you  | PC. Windows Vista/7 has  | 1442.  | 
need to run DOS as administrator  | changed security measures.  | http://ltxfaq.custhelp.com/app/answers/list  | 
regardless of your login.  | 
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  | retrieve the FAQ 1442 instructions.  | 
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When you attempt to assign an IP  | When you Telnet to port 1 on  | Telnet back to Port 1. Wait for it to fail, then  | 
address to the unit by the ARP  | the device server, you are only  | Telnet to port 9999 again. Make sure you  | 
method, the "Press Enter to go into  | assigning a temporary IP  | press Enter quickly.  | 
Setup Mode" error "(described below)  | address. When you Telnet into  | 
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message displays. Now when you  | port 9999 and do not press  | 
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Telnet to the device server, the  | Enter quickly, the device server  | 
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connection fails.  | may have rebooted, causing it  | 
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  | to lose the IP address.  | 
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