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The system status indicator – Hughes DIRECWAY DW4020 User Manual

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Chapter 3 • The User Interface

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The System Status
indicator

Clicking on

System Status

will display a

System Status

screen.

See Figure 34.

The screen consists of the following fields.

Signal Strength -

indicates the signal quality factor (SQF),

which is the strength of the receive signal. If SQF is 30 or
below, the antenna must be repointed by a certified
professional installer.

Transmit Status -

indicates the status of the transmit modem.

Receive Status -

indicates the status of the receive modem.

Software Download Status -

indicates the status of the

downloading of software from the Network Operations
Center (NOC). If the DW4020 has been commissioned, this
message will generally indicate that software download has
been completed. Occasional updates are automatically
downloaded to the DW4020 from the NOC. The purpose of
these updates is to enhance DW4020 performance.
Remember that this software is not placed on the customer’s
computer, but on the DW4020. No action is required from
them. The software version number in the

System

Information

page indicates the current version of the

downloaded software. See System Information on page 45.

Figure 34: System Status screen