Diagnostics

The Cable Modem has five status LEDs for diagnostics. You can monitor the LEDs during installation and during normal operations.

Table 1 shows Cable Modem status LEDs and identifies what each LED light means. This table will help you to diagnose problems.

 

Function

Color

Definition

 

Cable

Green

- dark for no downstream RF carrier present or power

 

 

 

off

 

 

 

- flashing slowly*1 for downstream RF carrier present

 

 

 

and ranging in progress

 

 

 

- flashing fast*2 for registration in progress

 

 

 

- solid for the Cable Modem registered and ready to

 

 

 

transfer data

 

PC

Green

- dark for no carrier to/from PC present or power off

 

 

 

- solid for carrier to/from PC present

 

Data

Green

- dark for no user data going through the Cable Modem

 

 

 

or power off

 

 

 

- flashing for user data going through the Cable Modem

 

Test

Amber

- dark for initial self-test of the Cable Modem OK or

 

 

 

power off

 

 

 

- flashing for initial self-test of the Cable Modem in

 

 

 

progress or software down loading of the Cable

 

 

 

Modem in progress

 

 

 

- solid for self-test failure of the Cable Modem

 

Power

Green

- dark for power off

 

 

 

- solid for power on

 

 

 

Table 1 Status LEDs

1 flashing slowly : flashing every 2 seconds (approximately)

2 flashing fast

: flashing every 1 second (approximately)

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Toshiba PCX2000 owner manual Diagnostics, Function Color Definition