4 DIAGNOSTICS

Figure 4-4 Front panel display for the OOB diagnostic

Data activity

EMM data

activity indicator

indicator

 

 

 

OOB

 

Carrier lock indicator

 

 

diagnostic

(L = locked, U = unlocked

 

 

indicator

 

The Out-Of-Band Status fields are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

OOB

Indicates the OOB tuner center frequency, from 70 to 130 MHz.

Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrier Lock

Indicates whether the OOB receiver is locked to the carrier:

 

 

 

 

 

OSD

Front panel

Description

 

 

 

 

 

YES

L

Carrier locked

 

 

 

 

 

NO

U

Carrier unlocked

 

 

 

 

Data

Indicates whether data is being carried by the OOB and EMM traffic, which is tracked

 

separately:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OSD

Front panel

Description

 

 

 

 

 

YES

On

OOB data detected within last 5 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

NO

Off

OOB data not detected within last 5 seconds

 

 

 

 

EMM Data

Indicates whether EMM data is being carried on the OOB stream:

 

 

 

 

 

OSD

Front panel

Description

 

 

 

 

 

YES

On

EMM data detected within last 5 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

NO

Off

EMM data not detected within last 5 seconds

 

 

 

 

SNR

When carrier lock has been established, displays an estimate of the carrier signal-to-noise

 

ratio in dB, with an explanation:

 

 

GOOD — Good value

 

 

 

FAIR — Marginal signal level, check the signal

 

POOR — Unusable signal

 

 

INVALID — Invalid SNR value

 

 

 

AGC

When carrier lock has been established, displays an estimate of the AGC as a percentage,

 

with an explanation:

 

 

 

GOOD — Good value

 

 

 

FAIR — Marginal signal level, check the signal

 

POOR — Unusable signal

 

 

INVALID — Invalid AGC value

 

 

 

EMM

Displays the conditional access stream for the DCH3200, in hexadecimal

Provider ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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DCH3200 specifications

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