State; Mac Abort Counter; Socket Port State - Motorola DCP501 Installation Manual

D-34 Diagnostics

State

The State parameter indicates the interactive status of the settop:
OSD
UNCONFIG
MAC_CONNECT
INIT_WAIT_DC_OR_C
WAIT_LM_ACK
WAIT_SO_ACK
WAIT_LA_OR_SO
INIT_STOPPED
RUN_WAIT_DC_OR_C
RUNNING
RUN_STOPPED
INVALID

MAC Abort Counter

The MAC Abort Counter increments every time the MAC layer reaches the Cell Abort Count
limit. The MAC Abort Counter is reset by the successful upstream transmission of a cell, for
example, when an ACK is received by the settop.
If the MAC Abort Counter reaches the MAC Abort Count limit, the settop assumes the MAC
layer is unavailable due to noise, congestion, or some other problem. The settop will stop
transmitting data upstream, report an error to the calling function, and attempt to re-enter the
network using the initialization process.
0000 is displayed as default or if the MAC Abort Counter is not configured or unknown.

Socket Port State

The Socket Port State indicates socket mode and activity:
OSD Value Description
The socket is not being used.
UNUSED
The socket is open.
OPENED
The socket is ready to send or receive.
READY
The socket is receiving data from the application server.
RECEIVING
The socket is sending data to the application server.
SENDING
The socket state is invalid or unknown.
UNKNOWN
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State Description
Settop is not configured for the interactive system and platform should run as
Pre-Interactive.
Settop is waiting to establish connection to MAC Pid Stream.
Settop is running in the interactive initialization state and waiting for the default
configuration or the contention channel list messages.
Settop is running in the interactive initialization state and waiting for Link
Management Response ACK for Local Address Message.
Settop is running in the interactive initialization state and waiting for a Sign On
acknowledgement.
Settop is running in the interactive initialization state and waiting for Logical
Address or Sign On with verification Frequency message.
Settop is in the interactive initialization state and the TransMode has stopped.
Settop is running in the interactive state and waiting for the default configuration
or the contention channel list messages.
Settop interactive state is running, sending idle messages, and waiting for any
Prepare for Poll or MAC messages.
Settop interactive run state has stopped and settop is waiting for status or
transmission control message.
Settop interactive state is unknown or invalid.