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Diagnostics
DCT1800 Installation Manual
d 03: In-band Status
The in-band diagnostics display for the last attempted channel tune. If a digital carrier is not
present, the diagnostics indicate the carrier lock is analog. When the carrier lock is analog, all
fields for digital (other than a carrier lock channel) are blank.
Figure B-4
In-band Diagnostic
03
IN BAND DIAGNOSTIC
DATA
*
EMM DATA
*
CARRIER LOCK
YES
PCR LOCK
YES
SNR
36 dB
ssss
MODULATION MODE
QAM 64
SHORT TERM ERROR COUNT
0000
LONG TERM ERROR COUNT
9999
TUNED FREQ
543.000
Table B-5
In-band Diagnostic Fields
Field Description
Data Activity Indicator
Lights when the set-top is receiving data on the in-band channels. The indicator
covers all packet processors regardless of which stream they are monitoring.
The following variables can display:
Blank
No data received
*
Data received
EMM Data Indicator
Lights when the set-top is receiving a message on the EMM stream. The
indicator is clear when entering this diagnostic. The following variables can
display:
Blank
No data received
*
Data received
Carrier Lock
Indicates that the digital in-band receiver is locked to the carrier with the
following variables:
YES
Carrier locked
NO
Carrier unlocked
Analog
Analog channel
PCR Lock
Indicates a program-clock-reference lock with the current digital data stream.