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What are normal signal levels?
Service interuptions multiple times a day. SB8200 Modem. Only one 2-way splitter installed by the tech.
Outage coincides with error log "Started Unicast Maintenance Ranging" followed by multiple "Commanded Power in Excess of 6 dB Below the Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW" and "Dynamic Range Window violations"
After weeks of chats with tech support and the automated phone support that just wants to reboot my modem I finally got a live person who tells me you signal is within normal limits but can't tell me what those limits are. Obviously my modem doesn't agree.
I believe these downsteam numbers are on the ragged edge of being too low. The modem panics and rescans, causing the outage. I can't get any human tech support that knows enough to help me troubleshoot this. All the other posts I"ve found show signal levels in the positive range for DS and I'm -10 dBm or worse. If the system is asking for more upstream than the modem is willing to give, wouldn't that indicate a problem?
Channel ID | Lock Status | Modulation | Frequency | Power | SNR/MER | Corrected | Uncorrectables |
38 | Locked | QAM256 | 721750000 Hz | -9.6 dBmV | 36.8 dB | 3476 | 2511 |
1 | Locked | Other | 780000000 Hz | -10.8 dBmV | 26.8 dB | 791041545 | 982 |
11 | Not Locked | QAM256 | 0 Hz | 0.0 dBmV | 39.8 dB | 3856 | 3415 |
12 | Locked | QAM256 | 559750000 Hz | -4.2 dBmV | 39.6 dB | 4147 | 3273 |
13 | Locked | QAM256 | 565750000 Hz | -5.2 dBmV | 39.4 dB | 4411 | 3122 |
14 | Locked | QAM256 | 571750000 Hz | -5.3 dBmV | 39.4 dB | 3892 | 3014 |
15 | Locked | QAM256 | 577750000 Hz | -5.4 dBmV | 39.1 dB | 3790 | 3121 |
16 | Locked | QAM256 | 583750000 Hz | -6.0 dBmV | 38.9 dB | 3837 | 3949 |
17 | Locked | QAM256 | 589750000 Hz | -6.8 dBmV | 38.5 dB | 3825 | 3991 |
18 | Locked | QAM256 | 595750000 Hz | -7.5 dBmV | 38.6 dB | 4148 | 3673 |
19 | Locked | QAM256 | 601750000 Hz | -7.3 dBmV | 38.5 dB | 4178 | 3844 |
20 | Locked | QAM256 | 607750000 Hz | -7.3 dBmV | 38.1 dB | 4219 | 4054 |
21 | Locked | QAM256 | 613750000 Hz | -8.4 dBmV | 37.5 dB | 4828 | 4500 |
22 | Locked | QAM256 | 619750000 Hz | -9.3 dBmV | 36.9 dB | 5940 | 4741 |
23 | Locked | QAM256 | 625750000 Hz | -10.4 dBmV | 36.9 dB | 5314 | 4858 |
24 | Locked | QAM256 | 631750000 Hz | -10.4 dBmV | 36.8 dB | 4473 | 4817 |
25 | Locked | QAM256 | 637750000 Hz | -10.6 dBmV | 36.8 dB | 4447 | 4414 |
26 | Locked | QAM256 | 643750000 Hz | -10.5 dBmV | 36.7 dB | 4107 | 4668 |
27 | Locked | QAM256 | 649750000 Hz | -10.7 dBmV | 36.5 dB | 4304 | 4650 |
28 | Locked | QAM256 | 655750000 Hz | -10.9 dBmV | 36.9 dB | 3951 | 4159 |
29 | Locked | QAM256 | 661750000 Hz | -10.3 dBmV | 36.9 dB | 5768 | 6746 |
30 | Locked | QAM256 | 667750000 Hz | -10.1 dBmV | 35.4 dB | 4897 | 5183 |
31 | Locked | QAM256 | 673750000 Hz | -10.3 dBmV | 36.6 dB | 4019 | 4320 |
32 | Locked | QAM256 | 679750000 Hz | -10.5 dBmV | 36.6 dB | 4168 | 4274 |
33 | Locked | QAM256 | 685750000 Hz | -10.4 dBmV | 36.6 dB | 4001 | 3982 |
34 | Locked | QAM256 | 691750000 Hz | -10.2 dBmV | 36.5 dB | 3954 | 3473 |
35 | Locked | QAM256 | 697750000 Hz | -10.5 dBmV | 36.5 dB | 23596 | 29249 |
36 | Locked | QAM256 | 703750000 Hz | -10.4 dBmV | 36.2 dB | 117800 | 200360 |
37 | Locked | QAM256 | 709750000 Hz | -10.7 dBmV | 36.5 dB | 7048 | 5432 |
39 | Locked | QAM256 | 715750000 Hz | -10.2 dBmV | 36.4 dB | 3682 | 3052 |
40 | Locked | QAM256 | 727750000 Hz | -10.1 dBmV | 36.2 dB | 3444 | 3100 |
41 | Locked | QAM256 | 733750000 Hz | -10.3 dBmV | 36.3 dB | 3595 | 2711 |
Channel | Channel ID | Lock Status | US Channel Type | Frequency | Width | Power |
1 | 3 | Locked | SC-QAM Upstream | 23700000 Hz | 6400000 Hz | 41.0 dBmV |
2 | 1 | Locked | SC-QAM Upstream | 36500000 Hz | 6400000 Hz | 41.0 dBmV |
3 | 2 | Locked | SC-QAM Upstream | 30100000 Hz | 6400000 Hz | 41.0 dBmV |
4 | 4 | Locked | SC-QAM Upstream | 17300000 Hz | 6400000 Hz | 40.0 dBmV |
Current System Time: Tue Aug 11 09:17:39 2020
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