COMSPHERE 3800 Series Modems

Top-Level Menu Status and

Operational Messages

Access to all menu tree branches from the DCP begins at the Top-Level menu, the head of the menu hierarchy.

The LCD’s top line identifies the modem status, as listed in Table 4-4, while the bottom line displays the main menu tree branches and operational and dial access security messages, as listed in Table 4-5 and Table 4-6.

 

Table 4-4

 

(1 of 3)

 

Top-Level Menu Status

 

 

Normal Operation

Indicates

Status Message

 

 

 

Fax Rx:MR*

Indicates that the modem is online, in fax receive modem, operating at the displayed data rate.

 

 

Fax Tx:MR*

Indicates that the modem is online, in fax transmit mode, operating at the displayed data rate.

 

 

Idle:MR*

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

 

 

Leased:MR*

The modem is operating on leased lines at the displayed data rate.

 

 

OnLine:MR* EC**

Indicates the modem is online, in Data mode, and operating at the displayed data rate. EC (error

 

control) displays 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 Status

Indicates

Message***

 

 

 

Make Busy

Indicates the modem is in a Make Busy condition.

Power On Fail

Indicates the modem has failed its Power-On Self-Test.

Self Health Fail

Indicates a failure in the modem’s hardware components.

Weak Battery

Indicates the battery is operating below 2 volts. Contact your sales or service representative.

Normal Call

Indicates

Setup Messages

 

 

 

Off Hook

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

 

 

Dialing

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.

 

 

*MR. Modem Rate indicates the data rate the modem is using. One of the following values appears: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 7200, 9600, 12K (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 display; the LCD alternates between the two message sets.

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September 1998

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Paradyne 3800 manual Top-Level Menu Status Operational Messages, Status Message, Alarm Status Indicates Message

3800 specifications

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