NAME Device::CableModem::SURFboard - Get info from a Motorola 'SURFboard' SYNOPSYS use Device::CableModem::SURFboard; my $modem = Device::CableModem::SURFboard->new or die Device::CableModem::SURFboard->errstr; # print upstream power range check print $modem->upPowerStr . ' ' . $modem->upPowerCheck; # print downstream power range check print $modem->dnPowerStr . ' ' . $modem->dnPowerCheck; # print Signal/Noise range check print $modem->SNRatioStr . ' ' . $modem->SNRatioCheck; DESCRIPTION The Motorola 'SURFboard' cable modem includes a built in web interface that contains useful information like signal to noise ratios and power levels. These values can be used to aid in trouble shooting modem connection problems, or monitoring the health of the modem or cable connection. "Device::CableModem::SURFboard" connects to several different models of 'SURFboard' modems (currently confirmed: SB4100, SB4200, SB5100, SB5100E, SB5101, SBV5120E), scraping the status page for the most useful information regarding cable line condition. CREATING A NEW MODEM OBJECT $modem = Device::CableModem::SURFboard->new(); This will create a new modem object using default values. You can also initialize the modem object from an associative array reference: $modem = Device::CableModem::SURFboard->new( dnPowerMax => 16, dnPowerMin => -16, upPowerMax => 54, upPowerMin => 36, SNRatioMax => 100, SNRatioMin => 0, modemIP => '192.168.100.1', loginUsername => 'admin', loginPassword => 'motorola'); The above example also demonstrates all of the configurable options with their defaults. METHODS errstr() Returns the last error message (or empty). Currently this isn't much use as a method as only pageRef() (used internally) will generate errors. errstr() can also be called directly to determine why a new() method failed. modelGroup() Returns the model group found. Different models of SURFboard modems have different URL/page layouts. These can be grouped into similar model groups that share the same basic layout. When a new modem object is created, modelGroup will be set according to the first successful status page retrieved. channel() Returns the up stream channel id (number). upFreq() Returns the up stream frequency value (Hz) as a simple number. upFreqStr() Returns the up stream frequency value as a text string with the unit description attached. For example "25250000 Hz". dnFreq() Returns the down stream frequency value (Hz) as a simple number. dnFreqStr() Returns the down stream frequency value as a text string with the unit description attached. For example "477000000 Hz". SNRatio() Returns the down stream Signal to Noise ratio value (dB) as a simple number. SNRatioStr() Returns the down stream Signal to Noise ratio value as a text string with the unit description attached. For example "40.5 dB". SNRatioCheck() Checks the current down stream Signal to Noise ratio against pre- defined max/min limits and returns either "high", "low" or blank. The pre-defined max/min (default 100/0) can be also be set with the SNRatioMax/SNRatioMin parameters when the object is created. dnPower() Returns the down stream power value (dBmV) as a simple number. dnPowerStr() Returns the down stream power value as a text string with the unit description attached. For example "7.3 dBmV". dnPowerCheck() Checks the current down stream power against pre-defined max/min limits and returns either "high", "low" or blank. The pre-defined max/min (default 16/-16) can be also be set with the dnPowerMax/dnPowerMin parameters when the object is created. upPower() Returns the up stream power value (dBmV) as a simple number. upPowerStr() Returns the up stream power value as a text string with the unit description attached. For example "49.5 dBmV". upPowerCheck() Checks the current up stream power against pre-defined max/min limits and returns either "high", "low" or blank. The pre-defined max/min (default 54/36) can be also be set with the upPowerMax/upPowerMin parameters when the object is created. pageRef() Takes a URL path and an optional IP address to read a page from the modem. pageRef() is used internally to get the signal information page. It could also be used for grabbing other information pages from modems. A valid page request returns a reference to a string containing the page contents. A page request failure will return undefined (check the $errstr value or call errstr() to find out why). SUPPORT This script was developed and tested on a Motorla SURFboard cable modem. (Models: SB4100, SB4200, SB5100, SB5100E, SB5101, SBV5120E). It may work on other Motorla modems, but likely will not. If you have a different cable modem that works, or you would like to have work, please let me know. AUTHOR Scott Mazur CPAN ID: RUZAM littlefish.ca scott@littlefish.ca http://littlefish.ca COPYRIGHT copyright(C) 2007 Scott Mazur, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. SEE ALSO perl(1).