4 DIAGNOSTICS

Purchase Status

This diagnostic displays the status of subscriber event purchases on the OSD and front panel. The displays are updated each time this diagnostic is viewed:

Figure 4-3 Front panel display for Purchase Status diagnostic

Purchase indicator

On when IPPV is enabled Number of unsent purchases

The Purchase Status fields are:

Field

Description

 

 

Unsent

The number of purchases in the DCH remaining to be polled. It can be an integer

 

from 0 to 63.

 

 

Unack

The number of reports that have not been acknowledged by the controller. It is an

 

integer.

 

 

Last Seq Num

The last acknowledged sequence number of a purchase sent by the controller. It is

 

a 16-bit, unsigned hexadecimal number.

 

 

Last RB Time

The last time the DCH6416 attempted to report back purchases to the controller, in

 

GPS seconds.

 

 

IPPV Status

If IPPV is enabled, the IPPV status indicator is on. If IPPV is disabled, the IPPV

 

status indicator is off.

 

 

Prep CMD

“Last Prepare for Poll Command” sequence number and time of the last prepare for

 

poll request command that was sent by the controller. Note that each requesting

 

process maintains an independent sequence of poll requests to uniquely identify

 

the poll responses.

 

 

Prep ACK

“Last Prepare for Poll Acknowledge” sequence number and time of the last Report

 

 

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Motorola DCH6416 installation manual Purchase Status fields are