Abstract: A method for assisting a user to clear a media jam in a printing device, that provides text-based instructions responsively to detecting the media jam; provides video-based instructions responsively to detecting the media jam; and, activates visual indicators corresponding to select parts of the printing device responsively to the detected media jam; wherein the text based instructions, video-based instructions and activating each communicate a common resolution procedure for the detected media jam.

Abstract: A method of detecting fractional channels in a telecommunications circuit. A non-idle data rate is measured for each channel in the telecommunications circuit. Channels having matching non-idle data rates are grouped into sets. Non-idle data rates are measured again for the channels within each set. In each set, any channels having non-matching non-idle data rates (with a small predetermined range of permissible variability) are eliminated. The measurement for each set is repeated multiple times. Each remaining set has channels that have substantially identical non-idle data rates over multiple time periods and each remaining set is assumed to constitute a fractional channel. Non-idle data rates are measured by counting non-idle octets over a fixed period of time, or by measuring throughput (non-idle octets per second) or by measuring utilization (throughput/capacity).

Abstract: A method of detecting fractional channels in a telecommunications circuit. A non-idle data rate is measured for each channel in the telecommunications circuit. Channels having matching non-idle data rates are grouped into sets. Non-idle data rates are measured again for the channels within each set. In each set, any channels having non-matching non-idle data rates (with a small predetermined range of permissible variability) are eliminated. The measurement for each set is repeated multiple times. Each remaining set has channels that have substantially identical non-idle data rates over multiple time periods and each remaining set is assumed to constitute a fractional channel. Non-idle data rates are measured by counting non-idle octets over a fixed period of time, or by measuring throughput (non-idle octets per second) or by measuring utilization (throughput/capacity).