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CMTS Edge Series
Universal Quick Start Guide
May 2022
Version: Draft

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  • Page 1 CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide May 2022 Version: Draft...

  • Page 2: Section 1 - Accessing The Cmts

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide Overview This guide will help you configure a Blonder Tongue CMTS Edge 16/32/32P or the CMTS Edge MAX to enable cable modems (CMs) to work with these CMTS’s on a “6-foot cable plant” in a lab setting. Before...

  • Page 3: Section 2 - Setting Up Cmts Internet Connections

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide The Basic Menu, a simplified GUI, will appear (Figure 3). Figure 3 – Basic Menu Screen 6. Click on the Advanced Menu button at the bottom of the screen, below the menu options. The Advanced Menu, with Device Snapshot will appear (Figure 4), with a vertical menu on the left side of the screen.

  • Page 4: Section 3 - Setup Dhcp And Tftp Services For Cms

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide Figure 6 – Network Config 3. Set the Network IP Address for the SFP+/10Gbe port on the CMTS (Figure 6). If this is a lab environment with no uplink connection for Internet access yet, this address is still necessary for the Local Provisioning setup in the next section.
  • Page 5 CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide 1. On the left menu, under the Network Management folder, click Local-Provision Management. This opens a new tab for setting up the DHCP address pool and uploading a CM config file to be sent to the CMs.
  • Page 6 CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide 6. If running 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1 modems, load a config file in each relative area. In most applications, the same config file can be loaded into both sections. The CMTS will change the name of the config file internally from your file name to “cm.cfg”...

  • Page 7: Section 4 - Rf Setup - Setting Us And Ds Channels In The Cmts

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide Section 4 – RF Setup – Setting US and DS channels in the CMTS Figure 10 – US Channel Configuration 1. Select US Channels Configuration from the RF Configuration menu option on the left menu (see Figure 10).
  • Page 8 CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide 7. Click Save Config button and accept confirmation screen. 8. To turn on US channels, click the boxes on the left side of the US Channels frame, then click “Open Channel” on the top menu bar (green check mark). In the above example, there are 4 US channels open.

  • Page 9: Section 5 - Physical Setup Of Rf Network For Lab Testing

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide Section 5 – Physical setup of RF Network for Lab Testing BT CMTS Series Lab / Test Network Diplexer Attenuators 1. CMTS US Port 4 to Low Freq. side of Diplexer 2. CMTS DS Port to High Freq. Side of Diplexer 3.

  • Page 10: Section 6 - Verify Cms Are Online In Cmts

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide 1. Setup the RF Network as shown in Figure 12. 2. Ensure you are using a Diplexer appropriate for the frequencies set up in your CMTS. a. Sub-split diplexer (shown above) uses 5-42 MHz low freq. / 54-1000 MHz high freq.

  • Page 11: Section 7 - Remote Query Config

    The CMTS should now be operational for DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems and show them in an online state within the CM List. For more detailed information and advanced settings, see the full CMTS Command Reference Guide, CLI Reference Guide and other How-To documentation on the Blonder Tongue website.

  • Page 12: Section 8 - Ofdm Channel Setup

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide Section 8 – OFDM Channel Setup The CMTS Edge 32 Plus and the CMTS Edge MAX support an additional OFDM downstream channel that can be used by DOCSIS 3.1 cable modems. The CMTS Edge 32 Plus supports one (1) OFDM channel, while the CMTS Edge MAX supports up to five (5) full-spectrum (192Mhz) OFDM channels.
  • Page 13 CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide To enable an OFDM-A upstream channel, open the OFDMA Channel menu item under the RF Configuration section of the left menu. Figure 16 – OFDM-A Channel Setup 1. Like the OFDM Channel, do not OPEN the OFDMA channel until all changes have been made and saved.

  • Page 14: Appendix A - Docsis Cable Modem Provisioning Steps

    CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide CMs 3 and 4 on the list are not locking to the OFDMA channel, which is why they show up as “p- online”. This is likely due to the CM capabilities; however, the modem is operational.
  • Page 15 CMTS Edge Series Universal Quick Start Guide online(pt) - The CMTS received a valid BPI TEK request and responded to it. BPI encryption is established and the CMTS is forwarding NSI traffic to and from the CM (DOCSIS 2.0). b-online or b-online(pt) - A “b-” prepended to one of the online CM states means that the CM is operating normally in a bonded downstream and/or upstream mode (DOCSIS 3.0).

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