Out-Of-Band (Oob) Status - Motorola DCH70 Installation Manual

4 DIAGNOSTICS

Out-Of-Band (OOB) Status

This diagnostic indicates the status of the out-of-band control channel.
The Out-Of-Band Status fields are:
Field Description
Data Indicates whether data is being carried by the OOB (the indicators cover all packet
processors, regardless of which stream they are monitoring, and are cleared when you enter
the diagnostic).
OSD
"*"
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SNR When carrier lock has been established, displays an estimate of the carrier signal-to-noise
ratio in dB, with an explanation:
GOOD — Good value
FAIR — Marginal signal level, check the signal
POOR — Unusable signal
INVALID — Invalid SNR value
EMM Indicates whether the set-top is receiving a message on the EMM Stream
Data
OSD
"*"
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Carrier The CARRIER LOCK is reset to "1" after an initialization from the headend or a power cycle.
Lock Each time the set-top detects a drop in OOB connectivity, the counter increments.
OSD
YES
NO
Description
OOB data detected within last 5 seconds
OOB data not detected within last 5 seconds
Description
EMM data detected within last 5 seconds
EMM data not detected within last 5 seconds
Description
Carrier locked
Carrier unlocked
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