Front Panel Description - Scientific Atlanta WebSTAR DPC2100 User Manual

Front Panel Description

The front panel of your cable modem provides status lights 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 CABLE
status indicators illuminate continuously to show that the cable modem is active and fully operational. See Front
Panel Status Indicator Functions, later in this guide, for more information on front panel status indicator
functions.
POWER—Illuminates solid green to indicate that power is
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being applied to the cable modem
RECEIVE DATA—Blinks to indicate that the cable modem is
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receiving data from the cable network
SEND DATA— Blinks to indicate that the cable modem is
3
sending data to the cable network
CABLE—Illuminates solid green when the cable modem is
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registered on the network and fully operational. This indicator
blinks to indicate one of the following conditions:
The cable modem is booting up and not ready for data
The cable modem is scanning the network and attempting
to register
The cable modem has lost registration on the network and
will continue blinking until it registers again
PC—Illuminates solid green to indicate that an Ethernet/USB
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carrier is present and blinks to indicate that Ethernet/USB
data is being transferred between the PC and the cable
modem
After the cable modem is successfully registered on the
network, the POWER (LED 1) and CABLE (LED 4) indicators
illuminate continuously to indicate that the cable modem is
online and fully operational.
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