Front Panel Description
Front Panel Description
The front panel of your cable modem provides LED status indicators that indicate how well and at what state your cable modem is operating. After the cable modem is successfully registered on the network, the POWER and ONLINE LED status indicators illuminate continuously to show that the cable modem is active and fully operational. See Front Panel LED Status Indicator Functions (on page 29) for more information on front panel LED status indicator functions.
1POWER—Illuminates solid green to indicate that power is being applied to the cable modem
2DS 1 (Downstream LED 1)—Illuminates solid green to indicate that the cable modem is locked onto the downstream signal or blinks to indicate that the cable modem is scanning for the downstream signal
DS 2-3(Downstream LEDs 2-3)—Off while the cable modem is connecting to the network, after connecting, illuminate solid green to indicate wideband operation, and Off if no wideband channels are found
3US (Upstream)—Off when no upstream connectivity is present, illuminates solid green to indicate the upstream connection is operational, blinks to indicate that upstream calibration is in progress and during registration with the system. Off when the modem is off-line.
4ONLINE—Illuminates solid green when the cable modem is registered on the network and fully operational
5LINK—Off when no Ethernet/USB device is present, illuminates solid green to indicate that an Ethernet/USB device is connected, and blinks to indicate that Ethernet/USB data is being transferred between the PC and the cable modem
Note: After the cable modem is successfully registered on the network, the POWER (LED 1) and ONLINE (LED 4) indicators illuminate continuously to indicate that the cable modem is online and fully operational.
