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 7 (Registration Completed), the modem proceeds immediately to Normal Operations. See Normal Operations, next in this section.

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

 

Step →

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Front Panel

Self

Downstream

Downstream

Ranging

Requesting

Registering

Registration

Indicator

Test

Scan

Signal Lock

 

IP Address

 

Completed

1

Power

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

2

Receive

ON

OFF

OCCASIONAL

OCCASIONAL

OCCASIONAL

OCCASIONAL

ON

 

 

 

 

BLINKING

BLINKING

BLINKING

BLINKING

 

3

Send

ON

OFF

OFF

OCCASIONAL

OCCASIONAL

OCCASIONAL

ON

 

 

 

 

 

BLINKING

BLINKING

BLINKING

 

4

Cable

ON

SLOW

MOMENTARY

OFF

BLINKING

BLINKING

ON

 

 

 

BLINKING

ON

 

2 blinks

4 blinks

 

 

 

 

1 blink

 

 

 

 

 

5

PC*

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

ON

 

 

 

or

or

or

or

or

 

 

 

 

BLINKING

BLINKING

BLINKING

BLINKING

BLINKING

 

6

Line 1

On

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

7

Line 2

On

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

8

Battery

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

 

Low

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Battery

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

 

Replace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The PC LED is on whenever a PC is connected to the modem, and it blinks to indicate that data is being transferred. If the modem is used to provide telephone service only and is not connected to a PC, the PC LED is off.

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