Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 User Guide

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DHCT Status Reporting Utility 

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Run the DHCT Status Reporting Utility regularly. The DHCT Status Reporting 

Utility is designed to test and analyze two-way communications between the DHCT 

and the headend. The DHCT Status Reporting Utility provides system operators 

with the following data: 
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Provides a current summary of the statuses of a system’s DHCT population 

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Polls all DHCTs that have an IP address and reports the following data: 
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DHCT transmit levels 

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DHCT delay values 

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Currently loaded resident application and operating system 

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Provides the following reports: 
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DHCT non-responders by QPSK modulator and demodulator 

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DHCT transmit levels by QPSK modulator and demodulator 

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DHCT delay values by QPSK modulator and demodulator 

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Operating system and resident application by DHCT type and revision 

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General DHCT summary 

Only DHCTs that are in homes of subscribers, labs, or ready to be immediately re-

issued should have a status of in-service, two-way in the DNCS. DHCTs that have 

been returned from subscribers and are being processed in anticipation of being re-

issued should have a status of out-of-service.