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4-73980-A2-GB30-20 November 1996
Top-Level Menu Status and
Operational Messages
Access to all menu tree branches from the DCP begins
at the Top-Level menu, the head of the menu hierarchy.
The LCD’
s top line identifies the modem status, as listed
in Table 4-3, while the bottom line displays the main
menu tree branches and operational and dial access
security messages, as listed in T
able 4-4 and Table 4-5.
Messages listed in T
able 4-4 are common operational
messages that occur during modem operation. These
messages normally appear on the second line of the LCD.
Messages listed in T
able 4-5 are dial access security
messages that can occur when the optional security
feature is installed.
The Top-Level menu’
s main branches appear on the
LCD in the order of Call Setup, Status, Test, Configure,
Control, Security
, and Remote. These branches are
described in the following chapters.
Table 4-3
(1 of 3)
Top Level Menu Status
Normal Operation
Status Message
Indicates
Idle:
MR*
The modem is configured for dial network operation and is on-hook.
Leased:
MR*
The modem is operating on leased lines at the displayed data rate.
OnLine:
MR* EC**
Indicates the modem is online, in Data mode, and operating at the displayed data rate. EC (error
control) displays if error control is operational.
Fax Tx:
MR*
The modem is transmitting a fax on a dial line.
Fax Rx:
MR*
The modem is receiving a fax on a dial line.
Ring Indicate The local modem is receiving an incoming ring.
Test:
MR*
The modem is in test mode operating at the displayed data rate.
Alarm Status
Message***
Indicates
Make Busy Indicates the modem is in a Make Busy condition.
Power On Fail Indicates the modem has failed its Power-On Self-test.
Self Health Fail Indicates a failure in the modem’s hardware components.
*MR – Modem Rate indicates the data rate the modem is using. One of the following values appears: 300, 1200, 2400,
4800, 7200, 9600, 12K (12,000), 14.4K (14,400), 16.8K (16,800), 19.2K (19,200), 21,600, 24,000, 26,400, 28,800,
31,200, or 33,600 bps.
**EC – Error Control indicates the modem is online and using V.42 or MNP error control. One of the following values
appears after the modem rates listed above: MNP2, MNP3, MNP4, MNP5, V42, V42b, or NoEC. (NoEC indicates the
modem is connected in Buffer mode rather than error control. If an EC value does not appear, then the modem is in
Direct mode.)
*** The Alarm Status Messages only appear when the Normal Operation Status Messages display; the LCD alternates
between the two message sets.