Modem Status Messages - Paradyne COMSPHERE 3821PLUS User Manual

Modem Status Messages

Access to all menu tree branches from the SDCP
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 3-1, while the bottom line
displays the main menu tree branches and operational
and dial access security messages, as listed in
and Table 3-3.
Normal Operation
Status Message
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.
Fax Tx: MR*
The modem is transmitting a fax on a dial line.
Fax Rx: MR* The modem is receiving a fax on a dial line.
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
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.
*MR – Modem Rate indicates the data rate the modem is using, in bits per second. One of the following values appears:
300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 7200, 9600, 12K (12,000), 14.4 (14,400), 16.8 (16,800), 19.2 (19,200), 21.6 (21,600), 24K
(24,000), 26.4 (26,400), 28.8 (28,800), 31.2 (31,200), or 33.6 (33,600).
**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, V42t (SDC) 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 are displayed; the LCD
alternates between the two message sets.
3821-A2-GB20-40
Messages listed in
messages that occur during modem operation. These
messages normally appear on the second line of the
LCD.
Messages listed in
messages that can occur when the optional security
feature is installed.
Table 3-2
The Top-Level menu's main branches appear on the
LCD in the order of Modem Select, Call Setup, Status,
Test, Configure, Control, Remote, and Security.
Table 3-1
(1 of 3)
Top-Level Menu Status
Indicates
Indicates
January 1999
SDCP Menus
Table 3-2 are common operational
Table 3-3 are dial access security
3-3