Connecting the Modem
Terayon TA-102 and TA-202 MTA Modem Installation Guide
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Reading Your Modem Lights
The indicator LEDs on the front panel of the Terayon MTA modem
tell you what’s happening during a communications session. The
table below tells you what each LED indicator means
.
LED Color
Definition
Power
Green
•
Dark when power is Off.
•
Solid when power is On.
Amber
•
Flashing slowly when the Battery Backup Unit bat-
tery is powering the modem.
•
Solid when the Battery Backup Unit battery is bad.
Cable
Green
•
Dark when no downstream RF carrier is present or
when power is Off.
•
Flashing slowly when an RF carrier is present and
ranging is in process.
•
Flashing rapidly when registration is in process.
•
Flashing continuously when network access has been
disabled by your cable company.
•
Solid when modem registration is complete and
ready to transfer data.
PC
Green
•
Dark when there is no carrier signal present to or
from your PC or when power is Off.
•
Solid when there is a carrier signal present to or from
your PC.
•
Flashes slowly when data switch is OFF and PC con-
nected.
Data
Green
•
Dark when there is no data passing through the
modem or when power is Off.
•
Flashing when your PC is receiving data.
Test
Green
•
Dark when initial modem self-test is OK, or power is
Off.
•
Flashing when modem self-test is in process, or
when the modem is receiving software updates.
•
Flashes when the modem fails the initial self-test
during startup.
•
Solid when the modem fails the initial self test.
Line 1
Green
•
Dark when phone call service is unavailable.
•
Solid when phone call service is available.
•
Flashing when a phone call is in progress.
Line 2
Green
Same as Line 1.
Power
Line 1
Line 2
TA-102
Cable
PC
Data
Test
