From: Jones 
Newsgroups: bellsouth.net.support.adsl
Subject: Some STH Exploration Reveals Hidden Command...
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:56:24 -0500

Well, after a lot of playing around in the EXPERT CLI mode of the
STH or STP, I have figured out how to get the modem to display
the upstream sync statistics. At present (and by default), the
modem will only display the downstream stats when the command
'golden operational_data' is executed via the EXPERT CLI. The
results look like this:

Operational data report : near end (Downstream)
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Attainable line rate : 4140 kbit/sec
Attainable Atm rate : 3648 kbit/sec
Used line rate : 1876 kbit/sec
Fast used Atm rate : 1472 kbit/sec
Interleaved used Atm rate : 0 kbits/sec
Rel. capacity occupation : 45
Noise Margin : 12 dB
Line attenuation : 19 dB
Output Power : 17 dBm

Operational data report : far end (Upstream)
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No data available.
Type 'help golden' for more information.

Now, to enable the displaying of the upstream statistics, execute
'tdsl golden on'. After waiting a few seconds (the modem will
re-sync and store the upstream data), type 'golden
operational_data'. Your results should now show the upstream
data:

Operational data report : near end (Downstream)
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Attainable line rate : 4052 kbit/sec
Attainable Atm rate : 3552 kbit/sec
Used line rate : 1888 kbit/sec
Fast used Atm rate : 1472 kbit/sec
Interleaved used Atm rate : 0 kbits/sec
Rel. capacity occupation : 47
Noise Margin : 14 dB
Line attenuation : 19 dB
Output Power : 17 dBm

Operational data report : far end (Upstream)
--------------------------------------------
Attainable line rate : 596 kbit/sec
Attainable Atm rate : 480 kbit/sec
Used line rate : 352 kbit/sec
Fast used Atm rate : 256 kbit/sec
Interleaved used Atm rate : 0 kbits/sec
Rel. capacity occupation : 59
Noise Margin : 13 dB
Line attenuation : 12 dB
Output Power : 10 dBm

The information above I feel is unique and I did not find it
anywhere on the Internet, so have at it; just a little poking
around with the CLI ! Also, after enabling of the upstream golden
option, the other golden commands will display upstream data as
well. The 'tdsl golden on' command seems to enable the option
until the modem is power-cycled or reset. 

If you have no idea what CLI, expert mode or anything else
mentioned above is, I would advise leaving your modem alone!

This is just an interesting tidbit that I think some people in
the forum might enjoy!

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I originally posted this over at the DSLR Forum, at this thread:
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Just putting it up here so you guys that don't follow the BSFA Forum
on DSLR see it!  I think this information is helpful for anybody with
a STH and is trying to track down line issues!

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BJ