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Diagnostics
DCT2500 Installation Manual
V860DLd 02: Out-of-Band (OOB) Diagnostic
This diagnostic indicates the status of the out-of-band control channel:
OOB DIAGNOSTIC
DATA
*
SNR 23 dB GOOD
EMM DATA
*
CARRIER LOCK
YES
COUNT 1
HUNT MODE
None
CUR FREQ
LKC
EMM PRVDR ID
0x0001
The OOB Diagnostic fields are:
Field Description
Data
The OSD indicates with a “*” that data has been received. The indicators cover all packet
processors regardless of which stream they are monitoring and are cleared when you enter
the diagnostic.
EMM Data
Indicates whether the set-top is receiving a message on the EMM stream with the following
variables:
Blank
No data received
*
Data received
The set-top can receive only six PIDs at once. Data on PIDs can be present
on the out-of-band multiplex that the set-top is not receiving.
Carrier Lock
The CARRIER LOCK is reset to “1” after an initialization from the DAC 6000 or a power
cycle. Each time the
set-top
detects a drop in OOB connectivity, the counter increments.
The following Carrier Lock variables can display:
YES
Carrier locked
NO
Carrier unlocked
Hunt Mode
The state of OOB stream acquisition. The Hunt Mode can be:
None
The set-top is locked to an OOB carrier.
RR
(Round
Robin)
The set-top is searching OOB frequencies trying to find an EMM Provider of
0 or 1.
EMM
The set-top received a Provider ID change and is searching OOB
frequencies for the new ID.
FIX
The set-top has been commanded to attempt to lock onto a frequency.
SRCH
The set-top at some point had a valid Provider ID on the OOB frequency
and is attempting to re-acquire it.
CUR Freq
The current out-of-band frequency.
LKC
The last known carrier (OOB frequency that had correct Provider ID).
EMM Provider
ID
The ID of the provider of the Entitlement Management Message (EMM).
