Cinemon Cable System Monitor
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Cinemon Inc.
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Cinemon 1.0 Features

  • Detect Network and Physical Topological Failures in HFC Plants (with email/pager alerts)
    • Detect failures in HFC equipment and cables
    • Drill into problem areas by "slicing and dicing" problem modem-sets to find commonalities and differences
    • Server based, simple web front-end interface, attractive graphical overviews, colour determines health
    • Efficient, runs on minimal hardware, no $100,000 box required, doesn't clobber your network with monitoring traffic
  • View Composite Statistical Information about channels, trunk lines, device versions or any intersection of them in the system
    • Discover and localise signal-quality problems within your HFC plant, modem versions, or network topology
    • View bandwidth across a given trunk line, or bandwidth across that trunk line from a given CMTS or Channel
    • View transmit/receive levels or quality metrics for a given modem software revision for a given upstream port, then break that down according to optical nodes in the field
  • Prioritise Support and Replacement of Customer or HFC Hardware according to real-world performance
    • Detect HFC hardware introducing interference into your system
    • Detect troubled modems, bandwidth abusers, and per-modem signal-quality issues just by pointing and clicking
  • Point and Click Interface to streamline single-user support calls
    • Establish modem presence, performance, and history on the network
    • See where in the HFC network the modem is located (answer the question: Is this customer affected by known problems or maintenance in a given area?)
    • See the status of modems with similar configurations or in similar locations
  • Detect Rogue Modems on your network
    • Those not known to your billing database
    • Those using non-standard configurations (i.e. rogue hardware installations)
  • Discover and Catalogue Modem Hardware and Software Versions and their relative performance
    • Discover conflicts among modem hardware and software versions during a roll-out
    • Detect modems with old and/or outdated hardware or software