V860Dld 02: Out-Of-Band (Oob) Diagnostic - Motorola DCT2500 Installation Manual

A-6 Diagnostics

V860DLd 02: Out-of-Band (OOB) Diagnostic

This diagnostic indicates the status of the out-of-band control channel:
OOB DIAGNOSTIC
DATA
EMM DATA
CARRIER LOCK
HUNT MODE
CUR FREQ
LKC
EMM PRVDR ID
The OOB Diagnostic fields are:
Field Description
Data The OSD indicates with a "*" that data has been received. The indicators cover all packet
processors regardless of which stream they are monitoring and are cleared when you enter
the diagnostic.
EMM Data Indicates whether the set-top is receiving a message on the EMM stream with the following
variables:
Blank
*
Carrier Lock The CARRIER LOCK is reset to "1" after an initialization from the DAC 6000 or a power
cycle. Each time the set-top detects a drop in OOB connectivity, the counter increments.
The following Carrier Lock variables can display:
YES
NO
Hunt Mode The state of OOB stream acquisition. The Hunt Mode can be:
None
RR (Round
Robin)
EMM
FIX
SRCH
CUR Freq The current out-of-band frequency.
LKC The last known carrier (OOB frequency that had correct Provider ID).
EMM Provider The ID of the provider of the Entitlement Management Message (EMM).
ID
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* SNR
*
YES COUNT
None
0x0001
No data received
Data received
The set-top can receive only six PIDs at once. Data on PIDs can be present
on the out-of-band multiplex that the set-top is not receiving.
Carrier locked
Carrier unlocked
The set-top is locked to an OOB carrier.
The set-top is searching OOB frequencies trying to find an EMM Provider of
0 or 1.
The set-top received a Provider ID change and is searching OOB
frequencies for the new ID.
The set-top has been commanded to attempt to lock onto a frequency.
The set-top at some point had a valid Provider ID on the OOB frequency
and is attempting to re-acquire it.
23 dB GOOD
1