Front Panel LED Status Indicator Functions

Front Panel LED Status Indicator Functions

Initial Power Up, Calibration, and Registration

The following chart illustrates the sequence of steps and the corresponding appearance of the cable modem front panel LED status indicators during power-up, calibration, and registration on the network. Use this chart to troubleshoot the power up, calibration, and registration process of your cable modem.

Note: After the cable modem completes step 8 (Registration Complete), the modem proceeds immediately to step 9. See the chart in Normal Operations (on page 30).

Front Panel LED Status Indicators During Initial Power-Up, Calibration, and Registration

Step

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front Panel

Power

Self

Downstream

Downstream

Ranging

Requesting

Registering

Registration

Indicator

Up

Test

Scan

Signal Lock

 

IP Address

 

Complete

1

POWER

On

On

On

On

On

On

On

On

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

DS 1

Blinks

On

Blinks

On

On

On

On

On

 

 

 

1 sec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DS 2-3

Blinks

On 1

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

ƒ

On when

 

 

 

sec

 

 

 

 

 

 

wideband

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

operation is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enabled on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ƒ

Off when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wideband

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

operation is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

US

Blinks

On

Off

Off

Blinks

On

On

On

 

 

 

1 sec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

ONLINE

Blinks

On

Off

Off

Off

Off

Blinks

On

 

 

 

1 sec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

LINK

Off

On

Off - When no devices are connected to the Ethernet or USB ports

On

 

 

 

1 sec

On - When devices are connected to the Ethernet or USB ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinks - When data activity is present

 

 

 

 

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