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MDS Mercury 16E Technical Manual
MDS 05-6302A01, Rev. B
5.0
TROUBLESHOOTING
5.1 LED INDICATORS
NOTE:
When the Subscriber boots up, the
PWR
LED will be on solid
at first, then begin blinking slowly while the unit initializes.
Once initialized, the
LINK
LED will blink slowly while the unit
scans for a Base Station. Once the unit links, the
LINK
LED
stays on solid.
5.2 WiMAX Statistics
The
Maintenance and Status - Performance
screen on both the Base Station
and Subscriber provides WiMAX Statistics. This information can be
used for diagnostics and troubleshooting of the wireless link. The
WiMAX
Statistics
pane provides packet and byte statistics for both the uplink and
downlink direction.
Table 12. LED Indicators
Indicator
Activity
Meaning
PWR
ON
Primary power present
Blinking Fast
Unit is alarmed
Blinking Slow
Unit is intitializing
OFF
No primary power
LAN
ON
LAN detected
Blinking
Ethernet traffic
OFF
No LAN connected
COM1
Blinking
Data traffic
OFF
No data traffic
GPS
ON
Internal GPS receiver is synchronized to satellite
network
OFF
Internal GPS receiver is not synchronized
LINK (Base
Station)
ON
The Base Station is operational and transmitting
OFF
The Base Station is not transmitting/not ready yet
LINK
(Subscriber)
ON
The Subscriber is linked to a Base Station
Blinking slow
The Subscriber is scanning
OFF
The Subscriber is not linked to a Base Station/not
ready yet
USB
ON
USB activity on Host port
OFF
No USB activity