I had access to one through work

Post #411,923 by scoenye 7/18/16 11:36:49 AM 7/18/16 11:36:49 AM Reply	I had access to one through work A portable jobbie like the Osborne 1 was portable... Any TDR should be able to show you the impedance changes on the cable. The TS-54 you mention is geared towards telephone use. It may no do much good if you need to get down to measuring actual signal strengths.
Post #411,924 by Another Scott 7/18/16 12:23:48 PM 7/18/16 12:23:48 PM Reply	Thanks. I downloaded the Arris/Motorola Surfboard 6141 manual and will look at what it thinks is going on when I get a chance. With any luck, there will be some useful signal level numbers... Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #411,928 by scoenye 7/18/16 6:57:46 PM 7/18/16 6:57:46 PM Reply	If Cox is anything like Comcast... The Surfboard 1500 made the readings available but Comcast reprograms it as soon as it connects to the cable. From that point on, bye-bye readings. (SNMP to the cable side is blocked out as well.)
Post #411,930 by Another Scott 7/18/16 8:02:30 PM 7/18/16 8:02:30 PM Reply	Seems to be working here. The log started working around 4:30 PM today - before that the date is Jan 1, 1970. There was a big line of thunderstorms that came through this afternoon... Everything seems normal and accessible in the modem - it says I've got 0 to -1 dBmV down, 57 dBmV up. I assume the next time it crashes, I won't be able to access any sensible information... We'll see. At least I can try to look at some numbers now! Cheers, Scott.

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