Paradyne COMSPHERE 3800PLUS User Manual page 33

Top-Level Menu Status and
Operational Messages
Access to all menu tree branches from the DCP 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 4-3, while the bottom line displays the main
menu tree branches and operational and dial access
security messages, as listed in
Messages listed in Table 4-4
messages that occur during modem operation. These
messages normally appear on the second line of the LCD.
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. One of the following values appears: 300, 1200, 2400,
4800, 7200, 9600, 12K (12,000), 14.4K (14,400), 16.8K (16,800), 19.2K (19,200), 21,600, 24,000, 26,400, 28,800,
31,200, or 33,600 bps.
**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, 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 display; the LCD alternates
between the two message sets.
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Table 4-4 and Table 4-5.
are common operational
Table 4-3
(1 of 3)
Top Level Menu Status
October 1998
Messages listed in Table 4-5
messages that can occur when the optional security
feature is installed.
The Top-Level menu's main branches appear on the
LCD in the order of Call Setup, Status, Test, Configure,
Control, Security, and Remote. These branches are
described in the following chapters.
Indicates
Indicates
Front Panel Operation
are dial access security
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