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Table 5 — Description of parameters for Modem - Details.
Term Value Definition
MAC Displays the Modem’s MAC address.
COAX 1 to 4 Displays which coax port the Modem is connected to.
LOCATION
Displays the text (string) entered under Location earlier.
See Table 3 and Figure 7.
VLAN 1 - 4095 Displays which VLAN the Modem is connected to.
S Green/Red
S = Status.
Green means that there is a coax link connection.
Red means no coax link connection.
LQ 0 - 100%/0 - 100%
Link quality (RX at Modem / RX at Controller) shows how much of the
optimal link symbol encoding that can be achieved between the
Modem and the Controller.
RX PWR RX Power dBm (RX PWR at Controller / RX PWR at Modem).
CAM UPTIME Coax Access Modem (CAM) uptime in days:hours:minutes.
LINK UPTIME Link uptime in days:hours:minutes.
RX ERR Share of erroneous Ethernet frames that has been dropped in percent.
MHz The centre frequency the Access Modem is to operate on.
VERSION Software version.
3.3.3.5
Firmware
The Modems can be upgraded with the firmware that is included in the Controller software package. In the
main menu, hover over
MODEMS
and click on
FIRMWARE
. The displayed web page is shown in
Figure 13
.
Choose the firmware version to upgrade to, then choose any online Modem(s) that shall be upgraded and click
on the button
Apply
. The symbol under
PENDING
will appear as long as the update is progressing. It
will disappear when the update has finished for each Modem.
Figure 13 — Modem firmware.
3.3.3.6
Modem Statistics
Modem statistics will show the number of packets per second (RX/TX) on both ethernet ports and the coax
port. Data can also be downloaded in
csv
format by clicking on the “csv-link” just above the first diagram. See
Figure 14
.
–
Hover over
MODEMS
in the main menu and click on
OVERVIEW.
Then click on the
STAT
symbol for the
Modem that is of interest.
–
Or, hover over
STATISTICS
in the main menu and click on
CAM STATISTICS
or click on the
CAM MAC
(address). See
Figure 33
. (Please note that CAM is an abbreviation of Coax Access Modem.)
3.3.4
Edit the Configuration of a Modem
If you click on the MAC address for one of the Modems on the web page
MODEMS - OVERVIEW
(see
Figure 6
)
you will be redirected to the web page
MODEMS - EDIT MODEM
. All of the settings in
section 3.3.2
and its
subsections, can be edited, except for the MAC address.