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Diagnostics
Field Description
SNR
When carrier lock has been established, displays an estimate of the carrier signal-to-noise
ratio in dB, with an explanation:
GOOD — Good value
FAIR
— Marginal signal level, check the signal
POOR — Unusable signal
INVALID — Invalid SNR value
AGC
When carrier lock has been established, displays an estimate of the AGC as a
percentage, with an explanation:
GOOD — Good value
FAIR
— Marginal signal level, check the signal
POOR — Unusable signal
INVALID — Invalid AGC value
EMM Provider ID
Displays the conditional access stream for the DCT6400, in hexadecimal
EMM PID
Displays the packet identifier (PID) stream the DCT6400 tunes to for EMM data, in
hexadecimal
Network PID
Displays the network PID to which the DCT6400 is tuned to receive network messages, in
hexadecimal
d04 In-Band Status
This diagnostic displays the in-band status for the last attempted tuned channel. The
information is updated every 5 seconds.
IN-BAND DIAGNOSTIC
IN-BAND TUNER 1
MODE:
64
QAM
CARRIER LOCK:
YES
DATA:
YES
SNR
32.0 Db
GOOD
AGC:
23
%
FAIR
5 SECOND ERROR COUNTS:
UNCORRECTABLE: 1234
CORRECTABLE: 5678
IN-BAND TUNER 2
MODE:
64
QAM
CARRIER LOCK:
YES
DATA:
YES
SNR
32.0 Db
GOOD
AGC:
23
%
FAIR
5 SECOND ERROR COUNTS:
UNCORRECTABLE: 1234
CORRECTABLE: 5678
DCT6400 Phase III Installation Manual