GDI COMMUNICATIONS Extreme Copper XC-RP300, Owner'S Manual

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MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
Start-up Dialog
When the Manager starts, the COM select dialog box
appears. The user has to select the COM port that is
connected to the VDSL modem. If the SAVE AS DEFAULT
check box is checked, the settings are stored and will be
available on the next start-up.
Figure 14 Startup Dialog
General Settings Page
The general settings page allows basic
settings of the VDSL Bridge Manager.
Both, local and remo te modem (if
available and synchronized) can be
addressed by this window.
The following functions are supported on
the General Settings page:
Modem Type Display
:
Indicates which
modem type (LT or NT) is the local
and remote modem.
Reset:
Performs a soft reset of the
modem. After a soft reset, the VDSL
is held in reset state for 256 clocks.
Local Loop back:
Returns data from
the TX port of the VDSL to the RX
port of the VDSL. The transmitted
data to the line is not guaranteed
when the local loop back is activated.
This feature is not supported on the
far-end modem since this would bring
down the link.
Line Loop back:
Connects the output
port of the VDSL TC-layer to the TC-
layer input. This loop back contains
the Ethernet interface, the scrambler,
Figure 15 General Settings Page
the Reed Solomon block, interleaver,
framer and synchronizer.
Turn transmitter on/off
:
This button turns the transmitter on/off in case a VDSL link is not
established. This feature serves for test purposes, e.g. to monitor the spectrum with a spectrum
analyzer.
Activation disable/enable:
This button enables the user to enable or disable the VDSL link
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