Technical Manual

24 D C U M a i n t e n a n c e a n d O p e r a t i o n M a n u a l
Installer Commands
DCU Console Menu
With a failover backhaul configuration, the DCU Console Menu will display the
following options:
Command Description Notes
1 Identity
2 Date <GMT>
3 Time <GMT>
4 Ethernet/Fiber Primary IP
The Ethernet/fiber and cellular options
will be displayed to configure primary
and secondary IPs. Ethernet/fiber will
default to primary backhaul.
5 Ethernet/Fiber Secondary IP
6 Cellular Primary IP
7 Cellular Secondary IP
8 Heartbeat Timeout This option sets the total duration after
which a backhaul is considered down
if no commands are received from the
headend; defaults to 300 seconds.
9 Switch Backhaul This option allows the user to switch
primary backhaul; can be used if
fiber/Ethernet configuration is present,
but a physical connection is not yet
available.
10 Backhaul Recovery Mode Automatic recovery is the default.
Attempts primary backhaul after a set
period of time; the default time period
is 6 hours.
Manual recovery requires the user to
switch the backhaul via the user
interface.
11 Return to main backhaul Allows the user to immediately switch
back to main/primary backhaul at the
console.
12 QRC interval This option sets the speed at which the
DCU responds to the #QRC request;
defaults to 75 seconds.
13 Local IP Address
14 Disable DHCP
15 Call Schedule
16 GPS Coordinates
17 Show Configuration
18 Read LTC4015 Reg
19 Create DCU Info Data
20 Create Test Records
21 Force Call