Installation Guide

CommScope ERA
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High Power Carrier Access Point Installation Guide M0201AKG_uc
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Using the Status LED to Determine State of the CAP H
USING THE STATUS LED TO DETERMINE STATE OF THE CAP H
You use the Status LED, which is on the bottom of the CAP H on its Connector panel (see "CAP H Connectors
and Status LED" on page 6) to determine the current operational state of the CAP H. The color of the Status
LED indicates the state of the CAP H, as described below.
• Off—The CAP H is not powered on, check for a MAINS power failure.
• Steady Green—The CAP H is powered ON and operational:
– The link is established and the unit is detected by the system
– The unit has no active alarms
• Slow-Flashing Green—A software update has been initiated via the ERA software and is in process. The
slow-flash starts as soon as the software update file has been transferred and the software update
procedure has been triggered. This LED state cannot be interrupted by any alarms, except for a failure
that prevents the software update to be completed, such as a software package integrity check failure
(MD5 check). For information on software updates, refer to the Release Notes that are applicable to the
Software Version running on this system.
• Fast-Flashing Green—the ERA software has sent a Flash LED request so a technician can visually identify
and locate this CAP H unit. The fast-flash starts as soon as the Flash LED request is initiated in the GUI and
remains active until the duration set in the Auto stop parameter has expired. For further information,
refer to the ERA configuration guide that corresponds to this installation; see "Accessing ERA Series User
Documentation" on page 60.
• Steady Orange—The CAP H is not operational for one of the following reasons:
– The CAP H is booting.
– The CAP H has not been connected to the ERA system; check for
 Missing fiber link
 Link failure
 if the link is good, the CAP H has not been detected the ERA GUI
– The CAP H has not yet applied a valid signal set.
– A major or minor alarm condition has been detected. The alarm can be recovered without having to
replace a hardware component. The CAP H does not need to be replaced. For example, an ALC alarm
or too low storage memory available alarm may be active.
• Slow-Flashing Red—The ERA GUI is reporting a critical alarm for this unit; the CAP H can be recovered
without replacing hardware. For information on the active alarm, view the Active Alarms page in the ERA
GUI (see the Active Alarms page description in the ERA configuration guide that corresponds to this
installation; see "Accessing ERA Series User Documentation" on page 60).
• Steady Red—The ERA GUI is reporting a critical alarm for this unit that cannot be recovered. The CAP H
or a CAP H component (such as an SFP+ Module) must be replaced. For information on the active alarm,
view the Active Alarms page in the ERA GUI (see the Active Alarms page description in the ERA
configuration guide that corresponds to this installation; see "Accessing ERA Series User Documentation"
on page 60).