User's Manual

ARCXTEND 5.8 GHZ USER MANUAL – R1.0, ISSUE 1

When Cable Interface Control is set to “Disable”, Network

Access is set to “Disable” and Upstream Attenuation can not

be set to “99”, automatic mode.

Auto Frequency Set Chose “ENABLE” to have ARCSmart automatically program

the Hub CATV EIA Input Channel and Upstream

Frequency parameters with the same values used by the

ECM. When set to “ENABLE” these parameters will change

whenever the values are changed at the ECM. This setting is

used for plug-n-play installation of the Hub. Chose “Disable”

when these parameters will be set manually to values

different than those used by the ECM. In this mode, the

values entered will persist regardless of the values used by

the ECM and across a Hub power outage or reboot. This

mode is useful when the Hub will transmit a non-DOCSIS

channel, such as digital video or CBR voice.

The default setting is “Enable”. Note: “Cable Interface

Control” must be set to “Enable” in order for this element to

be set to “Enable”.

Local Ethernet Interface Chose “Enable” to allow local connection to the Hub via the

RJ-45 connector. Chose “Disable” to disable the RJ-45

connection and prevent anyone from connecting locally to

the Hub.

When Local Ethernet Interface is set to “Disable”, Network

Access is also set to “Disable”.

Network Access Chose “Enable” to allow a locally connecting computer to

obtain an IP address, via DHCP, from the head end server

and to access the cable IP network.

Chose “Disable” to prevent a locally connected computer

from accessing the cable IP network. The locally connected

computer will be assigned a default IP address in the

192.168.100.0/24 network.

Select Upstream Band Not used with AX1455.

Upstream Frequency Displays the frequency of the upstream channel that is being

received by the Hub.

CATV EIA Input Channel Displays the EIA standard channel number of the

downstream channel that is being received by the Hub.

Upstream Attenuation Chose the amount of attenuation (in dB) in the upstream

receive path of the Hub.

If “99” is entered, ARCSmart will automatically set the

attenuation based on the upstream channel transmit power

out of the ECM.

If a number in the valid range from 0 to 64 is entered, the

attenuation is set to that value.

This parameter is used to increase or decrease the upstream