Motorola DCT1800 User Manual

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B-8 
Diagnostics 
DCT1800 Installation Manual 
 
d 03: In-band Status 
The in-band diagnostics display for the last attempted channel tune. If a digital carrier is not 
present, the diagnostics indicate the carrier lock is analog. When the carrier lock is analog, all 
fields for digital (other than a carrier lock channel) are blank. 
Figure B-4  
In-band Diagnostic  
03
IN BAND DIAGNOSTIC
DATA
*
EMM DATA
*
CARRIER LOCK
YES
PCR LOCK
YES
SNR
36 dB
ssss
MODULATION MODE
QAM 64
SHORT TERM ERROR COUNT
0000
LONG TERM ERROR COUNT
9999
TUNED FREQ
543.000
Table B-5  
In-band Diagnostic Fields 
Field Description 
Data Activity Indicator 
Lights when the set-top is receiving data on the in-band channels. The indicator 
covers all packet processors regardless of which stream they are monitoring. 
The following variables can display: 
 Blank 
No data received 
 
Data received 
EMM Data Indicator 
Lights when the set-top is receiving a message on the EMM stream. The 
indicator is clear when entering this diagnostic. The following variables can 
display: 
 Blank 
No data received 
 
Data received 
Carrier Lock 
Indicates that the digital in-band receiver is locked to the carrier with the 
following variables: 
 YES 
Carrier locked 
 NO 
Carrier unlocked 
 Analog 
Analog channel 
PCR Lock 
Indicates a program-clock-reference lock with the current digital data stream.