Front Panel Description - Scientific Atlanta WebStar DPX100 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.
The following illustration and descriptions of the status indicators apply to the Model DPX100/120 Cable Modems
along with the Model DPX2100 and Model EPX2100 Cable Modems.
Model DPX100/120 Cable Modems support DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 and Euro-DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1, while
Model DPX2100 and Model EPX2100 Cable Modems support DOCSIS 2.0.
1. POWER—Illuminates solid green to indicate that power is
being applied to the cable modem
2. PC—Illuminates solid green to indicate that an Ethernet/USB
carrier is present and blinks to indicate that Ethernet/USB
data is being transferred between the PC and the cable
modem
3. DATA—Blinks to indicate that data is being transferred
between the modem and the cable network
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4. CABLE—Illuminates solid green when the modem is
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registered on the network and fully operational. This indicator
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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
Blinks very slowly (once every 5 seconds) to indicate that
Cable Modem Access Protection is enabled
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Blinks continuously to indicate that a Message is waiting
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